Those are some of the things rattling around in my skull. Feel free to share your thoughts on them or add your own!
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Eight Short Commentaries
Just a few short (and this time, though each successive one gets longer, by JMO standards these are all very short) thoughts on various subjects:
The roads in New England are not made for post surgery travel.
Before we had the medical ability to take out the appendix, was severe pain in your lower right side a death sentence?
"Obama looks to cut $100,000,000 from the federal budget." I know a couple of recent spending bills that could be cut...
Struggling to cut $100 Million from the $3 Trillion federal budget is like having a $3,000 budget and struggling to cut ten cents.
Note to supporters of "same-sex" marriage: The majority of the nation still opposes "Same-Sex" marriage (not a commentary for civil unions). Stop acting like your stance is main stream and stop slamming people when they express an honest opinion.
If there is to be a separation of Church and State, it needs to go both ways: Hey Church, don't tell my government how to govern. Hey State, don't tell my church how to handle its finances, don't tell my church who it must and must not marry, don't tell my church who it can and cannot refuse to hire.
The IMF is guesstimating that the world's economy won't recover until 2010! This is being reported as though we still have a long way to go. Wait a minute, I thought this was the greatest recession since the great depression. Two years doesn't quite make this the recession of the century! I guess this was over hyped too. Anything to get into office, right? (Of course, Obama will take credit for this recovery. Even though I still believe that after the "stimulus" money is gone, the US will see another dip, a more severe dip in our economy before we recover.)
Let us briefly note the difference in stimulus programs compared to the parties that authored them. The Republicans (remember: for big business and the rich) gave a stimulus to the people. The same amount to everyone unless you had kids, then you got a little more. The Democrats (remember for the little guy, against big business) gave a stimulus to HUGE businesses (AIG, GMC, Fannie and Freddie Mac, ETC) and to states to give the money to the lowest bidder (IE: other big businesses) for special projects. Wake up American voter! Stop guzzling the Kool-Aid! Look at the facts and think for yourself! Which party is favoring "the little guy" and which one is favoring "big business?"
Those are some of the things rattling around in my skull. Feel free to share your thoughts on them or add your own!
Those are some of the things rattling around in my skull. Feel free to share your thoughts on them or add your own!
Monday, April 20, 2009
I Am A "Right-Wing Extremist"
At least, according to Janet Napolitano, the head of homeland security, I am.
And you might be too!
You may have heard the hubbub over Napolitano stating that returning Veterans would be targeted by these "Right-Wing Extremest" groups as possible recruits, and how up in arms the Veterans, and those who support them, were.
Not willing to just take someone's word for it, I found the declassified report. Low and behold, not only does it say that disgruntled veterans would be prime targets, but it also says that I am one, too! The report states:
Now, while I don't fall into the hate category. I definitely favor state authority over federal authority and I am defiantly in opposition to abortion and illegal immigration.
Truth be told, my stat counter has already registered a hit from the House of Representatives.
Maybe they are keeping an eye on me! Little do they know, I am keeping an eye on them!
I also had to chuckle that, according to this report, if you are a "Right-Wing Extremist" you are automatically breaking the law. Read this sentence:
To recap: I appose abortion. I favor states rights over federal authority, I oppose illegal immigration. Therefore, according to this report, I am a potential threat to the government. Are you?
You may have heard the hubbub over Napolitano stating that returning Veterans would be targeted by these "Right-Wing Extremest" groups as possible recruits, and how up in arms the Veterans, and those who support them, were.
Not willing to just take someone's word for it, I found the declassified report. Low and behold, not only does it say that disgruntled veterans would be prime targets, but it also says that I am one, too! The report states:
Rightwing extremism in the United States can be broadly divided into those groups, movements, and adherents that are primarily hate-oriented (based on hatred of particular religious, racial or ethnic groups), and those that are mainly antigovernment, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely. It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration.Here we must note a few things. First, true to Washington's absolute narcissism, the only "government" that matters is the federal government. According to this paragraph, those that are "antigovernment" "reject federal authority in favor of state..." Apparently, state government doesn't exist. Second, did you find the immigration bias in this paragraph? I'm sure "Right-Wing Extremists" don't oppose immigration, but rather illegal immigration. Based on context elsewhere in the report, illegal immigration is listed as simply "immigration." As JMO has stated before, I refuse to refer to illegal aliens as "immigrants" as that term implies paperwork, visas, and law. As opposed to wire cutters, dark clothes, and the circumvention of the law
Now, while I don't fall into the hate category. I definitely favor state authority over federal authority and I am defiantly in opposition to abortion and illegal immigration.
Truth be told, my stat counter has already registered a hit from the House of Representatives.
Maybe they are keeping an eye on me! Little do they know, I am keeping an eye on them!I also had to chuckle that, according to this report, if you are a "Right-Wing Extremist" you are automatically breaking the law. Read this sentence:
Open source reporting of wartime ammunition shortages has likely spurred rightwing extremists—as well as law-abiding Americans—to make bulk purchases of ammunition.That's right, "Rightwing Extremists" as well as law abiding citizens ~ And ne'er the twain shall meet.
To recap: I appose abortion. I favor states rights over federal authority, I oppose illegal immigration. Therefore, according to this report, I am a potential threat to the government. Are you?
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Another Advertisement
In my last post, I mentioned an ad that I thought was humorous due to its claim that somehow doughnuts were better for your children than cartoons. Well, in this post, I'm going to destroy an advertisement that drives me absolutely crazy!
Mastercard has often assembled some of the more touching or thought provoking ads with their "Priceless" campaign. Their most recent attempt, however, falls well short of the mark. (You can view the commercial here.)
For those who haven't seen it, an eight year old boy is participating in everyday activities with his dad: brushing their teeth, buying light bulbs, and grocery shopping. With each activity the boy helps his dad be more eco-friendly. "Water glass... five dollars" says child's voice over as the youth turns off the running water. "Energy saving bulb... four dollars" and the child hands the dad the low power bulb while daddy returns the standard one. "reusable bag... two dollars." The son hands the plastic bag back to the cashier and gets a reusable one for his dad. "Helping your dad become a better man: Priceless."
I've often complain that Hollywood puts out too many films where the adults are morons and the kids/teens have all the answers. Now Mastercard has fallen into that same trap. I find few undercurrents more demeaning, more offensive, more detrimental to society than the one that puts forth that the youth know more than the aged.
What are we to infer from this ad? Somewhere this child learned how to be eco-friendly and needs to pass his eight-year-old wisdom on to his dad. Who did he learn if from? TV? His teachers? His friends? What else does dear-ole-daddy not know? What else has dad taught him that he should question or completely ignore? Nothing like undermining what should be the loudest strongest voice of influence in our lives: Our Dad.
Wanna make an eco-friendly commercial? Go right ahead. But have the dad teaching the child how to be environmentally responsible. The dad gives the kid the glass, shows him the better bulb, explains why he's bringing bags into the store. Need a tagline? "Raising the generation you are saving the world for: Priceless." "Passing the world on to a more responsible generation: Priceless." Teaching our children to be responsible is part of the job description. They could even leave my version with "Being a dad: Priceless." letting everybody know: This is something that all dads need to be doing.
Telling Mastercard where they can stick their commercial: Priceless.
Mastercard has often assembled some of the more touching or thought provoking ads with their "Priceless" campaign. Their most recent attempt, however, falls well short of the mark. (You can view the commercial here.)
For those who haven't seen it, an eight year old boy is participating in everyday activities with his dad: brushing their teeth, buying light bulbs, and grocery shopping. With each activity the boy helps his dad be more eco-friendly. "Water glass... five dollars" says child's voice over as the youth turns off the running water. "Energy saving bulb... four dollars" and the child hands the dad the low power bulb while daddy returns the standard one. "reusable bag... two dollars." The son hands the plastic bag back to the cashier and gets a reusable one for his dad. "Helping your dad become a better man: Priceless."
I've often complain that Hollywood puts out too many films where the adults are morons and the kids/teens have all the answers. Now Mastercard has fallen into that same trap. I find few undercurrents more demeaning, more offensive, more detrimental to society than the one that puts forth that the youth know more than the aged.
What are we to infer from this ad? Somewhere this child learned how to be eco-friendly and needs to pass his eight-year-old wisdom on to his dad. Who did he learn if from? TV? His teachers? His friends? What else does dear-ole-daddy not know? What else has dad taught him that he should question or completely ignore? Nothing like undermining what should be the loudest strongest voice of influence in our lives: Our Dad.
Wanna make an eco-friendly commercial? Go right ahead. But have the dad teaching the child how to be environmentally responsible. The dad gives the kid the glass, shows him the better bulb, explains why he's bringing bags into the store. Need a tagline? "Raising the generation you are saving the world for: Priceless." "Passing the world on to a more responsible generation: Priceless." Teaching our children to be responsible is part of the job description. They could even leave my version with "Being a dad: Priceless." letting everybody know: This is something that all dads need to be doing.
Telling Mastercard where they can stick their commercial: Priceless.
Thursday, April 09, 2009
300
Three years, seven months, twenty-five days.
Just under 44 months
Three days over 190 weeks
One thousand three hundred thirty-three days.
Thirty-one thousand nine hundred ninety-two hours
That is how long it has taken me to reach my three hundredth post.
Don't be fooled! This is not a review of the movie 300. This is my third "Let's look back" episode!
My first one hundred only took seven months, twenty-seven days
The next were posted over a period of one year, nine months, eighteen days
The most recent one hundred took one year, two months, and eleven days
These past 100 posts have seen some milestones!
Here is just a quick review of the subject matter covered over the past 100 posts. (the link is to my favorite post in each category):
Politics won with 21 posts
Of those
12 of them were episodes of the "Voting Booth"
7 were aimed squarely at Obama, and
4 were about the economy
Sports was second with 20 posts
12 of them were about the NFL
General Culture grabbed 10 posts
15 were movie review posts (multiple reviews on a single post totalled 18 reviews)
As with all "Flashbacks" one has to pull out their favorite moment, Ross' leather pants from friends, the nose-slap from Cheers, and the following from JMO's "Holiday Compromise":
Now, one can only have so many of these without introducing something new in them. I believe I've reached that limit. Here is a new thought that you haven't read yet on JMO:
Dunkin Donuts has an ad campaign out right now that cracks me up. The children are in a dim living room watching cartoons. Hulu would be glad because they are transfixed, clearly rotting their brains.
Enter: Dad. He's returning home after a visit to Dunkin Donuts. Magically, the hypnotic trance of the television is broken. The children rush into a brightly lit kitchen and feast on the dozen doughnuts their father has purchased. In the background, the family dog is being unwillingly drawn in by the power of the TV.
The message of the ad? Hey kids, stop watching that crap, come over here and eat this crap!
If you like what you've seen over these last 300 posts, let me know! Want to see more of something? Less of something else? Here's to another hundred episodes of Just My Opinion!
Just under 44 months
Three days over 190 weeks
One thousand three hundred thirty-three days.
Thirty-one thousand nine hundred ninety-two hours
That is how long it has taken me to reach my three hundredth post.
Don't be fooled! This is not a review of the movie 300. This is my third "Let's look back" episode!
My first one hundred only took seven months, twenty-seven days
The next were posted over a period of one year, nine months, eighteen days
The most recent one hundred took one year, two months, and eleven days
These past 100 posts have seen some milestones!
- The birth of my beautiful daughter!
- The beginning of my wonderful wife's blog: It's Called Guilt
- The most comments on a single post
(52 sparked by Intelligent Design, blowing the previous record of 39 on a post about immigration out of the water) - The addition of high-speed Internet at home (leading to a great increase in photos being used to improve the JMO experience)
Here is just a quick review of the subject matter covered over the past 100 posts. (the link is to my favorite post in each category):
Politics won with 21 posts
Of those
12 of them were episodes of the "Voting Booth"
7 were aimed squarely at Obama, and
4 were about the economy
Sports was second with 20 posts
12 of them were about the NFL
General Culture grabbed 10 posts
15 were movie review posts (multiple reviews on a single post totalled 18 reviews)
As with all "Flashbacks" one has to pull out their favorite moment, Ross' leather pants from friends, the nose-slap from Cheers, and the following from JMO's "Holiday Compromise":
You will not have December 25th off and while you are working you will not be earning double time.
Clearly the day has no meaning for you. I don't take Rosh Hashanah off. I'm working on the Summer Solstice. I don't sleep late on Eid Al-Fitr. I don't stay up till midnight on January 25th. You don't get my religious holiday off. Now, if it's your argument that exchanging gifts with loved ones on the 25th day of the 12th month is cultural and that's why you should get the day off, then that would be called "Christmas."
Now, one can only have so many of these without introducing something new in them. I believe I've reached that limit. Here is a new thought that you haven't read yet on JMO:
Dunkin Donuts has an ad campaign out right now that cracks me up. The children are in a dim living room watching cartoons. Hulu would be glad because they are transfixed, clearly rotting their brains.
Enter: Dad. He's returning home after a visit to Dunkin Donuts. Magically, the hypnotic trance of the television is broken. The children rush into a brightly lit kitchen and feast on the dozen doughnuts their father has purchased. In the background, the family dog is being unwillingly drawn in by the power of the TV.
The message of the ad? Hey kids, stop watching that crap, come over here and eat this crap!
If you like what you've seen over these last 300 posts, let me know! Want to see more of something? Less of something else? Here's to another hundred episodes of Just My Opinion!
Sunday, April 05, 2009
Allianced Intermingled Greed
While investigating the "Watergate" scandal, Woodward and Bernstein (Co-authors of "All the President's Men") were admonished to "Follow the money."
As history has shown us, that has turned out to be very sound advice. So, let's take a few minutes today and follow the banking bail-out money.
We know that some of that money went to pay bonuses for certain employees of the bail-out companies. In response, several high ranking government officials expressed their outrage that AIG, in particular, would dare use the bail-out money for these bonuses. Many people don't know these were bonuses that AIG was contractually obligated to pay.
The outrage came from all over Washington, including the Oval Office!
But the money continues, let's keep following:
What else has AIG done with their bailout money? What a surprise! They've donated it to certain politicians' campaigns! What do you know? They are not the only bailed-out bank to be doing this!
Bank of America (which received $15 billion in bail-out dollars) has donated $24,500 in contributions in the first two months of 2009 alone! The lucky recipients? Democrat Steny Hoyer and members of the House and Senate banking committees. Citigroup (Which was handed $25 billion of our tax dollars) has donated $29,620 and UBS (who didn't receive funds directly but was paid as an AIG "counterparty" to the tune of $5 billion) has offered $10,000 to political parties.
Excuse me? Where is the outrage? Our government has passed a bill taxing 90% of the AIG bonuses, are we taxing the post-bail-out campaign contributions to the same degree? Oh. We only tax when the money is going to someone else. I get it...
Is there more money to follow? You bet!
AIG has sent nearly $100 billion to other banks. Over half of that has been sent to foreign banks! AIG is using US Taxpayer money to bail-out the rest of the world! Included, but not limited to $36 billion given to French and German banks alone!
But wait, there's more! (JMO never just scratches the surface!)
CBS is reporting that the Obama Administration and members of Congress knew that the bonuses were going to be paid months before the checks were actually issued! Yet they did nothing to stop it! Why would they do that? Two answers:
First, they could then fake outrage and appear to be morally incensed that the tax payers money was going to pay these undeserved huge bonuses (in the hopes we'd ignore the tax dollars being given back to the politicians as campaign contributions). This is the same tactic that Obama used regarding Rev. Wright. Wait for the story to break, feign outrage, encourage him to continue speaking and distance yourself from the problem.
The second answer? They could get the money back into the pockets of the government by taxing said bonuses. If Washington stopped the bonuses from being paid, they wouldn't have 90% back in the treasury! They'd have 0% and AIG would still have all of that money!
An interesting side note to this whole debacle is that in 2008 the bailed-out banks gave an awful lot of money to the very politicians who spear-headed this bail-out process. Let's use just AIG as an example: (Remember, this is only the contributions of AIG. Imagine what these people have received on the whole from the bailed-out banks and auto makers!:
Here are the top twenty.
(D-IL) Barack Obama ....... $104,332
(D-CT) Chris Dodd .......... $103,900
(R-AZ) John McCain .......... $59,499
(D-NY) Hillary Clinton ........ $37,965
(D-MT) Max Baucus .......... $24,750
(R-MA) Mitt Romney ......... $20,850
(D-DE) Joseph R Biden Jr .... $19,975
(D-CT) John B Larson ........ $19,750
(R-NH) John E Sununu ....... $18,500
(R-NY) Rudolph W Giuliani .. $13,200
(D-PA) Paul E Kanjorski ...... $12,000
(D-IL) Dick Durbin ............ $11,000
(D-CO) Edwin G Perlmutter . $10,500
(D-NY) Charles B Rangel ...... $9,000
(D-NC) John Edwards ......... $7,850
(R-TN) Bob Corker ............ $7,400
(R-NJ) Chris Smith ............ $6,900
(D-MA) Richard E Neal ........ $6,500
(D-WV) Jay Rockefeller ....... $6,500
(D-RI) Jack Reed .............. $6,000
Totals:
Donations to Republicans:
Total number of donations: 17
Average per donation: $6,132
Total donation amount: $104,249
Donations to Democrats
Total number of donations: 18
Average per donation: $18,229
Total donation amount: $328,122
I want to know where the major media journalists are. They are usually so fast to break stories like this. Sounds to me like Chris Dodd is set up to be the fall guy for all of these people who took money, gave a ton of money, and are now continuing to receive money from these very people.
Fishy-fishy!
Because it has taken me so long to finish this post, there is something that I must comment on: Our President has publicly shamed America while in Europe. Anyone else incensed? Obama worships at the alter of the EU because it's headed down the socialist path. America doesn't.
As history has shown us, that has turned out to be very sound advice. So, let's take a few minutes today and follow the banking bail-out money.
We know that some of that money went to pay bonuses for certain employees of the bail-out companies. In response, several high ranking government officials expressed their outrage that AIG, in particular, would dare use the bail-out money for these bonuses. Many people don't know these were bonuses that AIG was contractually obligated to pay.
The outrage came from all over Washington, including the Oval Office!
But the money continues, let's keep following:
What else has AIG done with their bailout money? What a surprise! They've donated it to certain politicians' campaigns! What do you know? They are not the only bailed-out bank to be doing this!
Bank of America (which received $15 billion in bail-out dollars) has donated $24,500 in contributions in the first two months of 2009 alone! The lucky recipients? Democrat Steny Hoyer and members of the House and Senate banking committees. Citigroup (Which was handed $25 billion of our tax dollars) has donated $29,620 and UBS (who didn't receive funds directly but was paid as an AIG "counterparty" to the tune of $5 billion) has offered $10,000 to political parties.
Excuse me? Where is the outrage? Our government has passed a bill taxing 90% of the AIG bonuses, are we taxing the post-bail-out campaign contributions to the same degree? Oh. We only tax when the money is going to someone else. I get it...
Is there more money to follow? You bet!
AIG has sent nearly $100 billion to other banks. Over half of that has been sent to foreign banks! AIG is using US Taxpayer money to bail-out the rest of the world! Included, but not limited to $36 billion given to French and German banks alone!
But wait, there's more! (JMO never just scratches the surface!)
CBS is reporting that the Obama Administration and members of Congress knew that the bonuses were going to be paid months before the checks were actually issued! Yet they did nothing to stop it! Why would they do that? Two answers:
First, they could then fake outrage and appear to be morally incensed that the tax payers money was going to pay these undeserved huge bonuses (in the hopes we'd ignore the tax dollars being given back to the politicians as campaign contributions). This is the same tactic that Obama used regarding Rev. Wright. Wait for the story to break, feign outrage, encourage him to continue speaking and distance yourself from the problem.
The second answer? They could get the money back into the pockets of the government by taxing said bonuses. If Washington stopped the bonuses from being paid, they wouldn't have 90% back in the treasury! They'd have 0% and AIG would still have all of that money!
An interesting side note to this whole debacle is that in 2008 the bailed-out banks gave an awful lot of money to the very politicians who spear-headed this bail-out process. Let's use just AIG as an example: (Remember, this is only the contributions of AIG. Imagine what these people have received on the whole from the bailed-out banks and auto makers!:
Here are the top twenty.
(D-IL) Barack Obama ....... $104,332
(D-CT) Chris Dodd .......... $103,900
(R-AZ) John McCain .......... $59,499
(D-NY) Hillary Clinton ........ $37,965
(D-MT) Max Baucus .......... $24,750
(R-MA) Mitt Romney ......... $20,850
(D-DE) Joseph R Biden Jr .... $19,975
(D-CT) John B Larson ........ $19,750
(R-NH) John E Sununu ....... $18,500
(R-NY) Rudolph W Giuliani .. $13,200
(D-PA) Paul E Kanjorski ...... $12,000
(D-IL) Dick Durbin ............ $11,000
(D-CO) Edwin G Perlmutter . $10,500
(D-NY) Charles B Rangel ...... $9,000
(D-NC) John Edwards ......... $7,850
(R-TN) Bob Corker ............ $7,400
(R-NJ) Chris Smith ............ $6,900
(D-MA) Richard E Neal ........ $6,500
(D-WV) Jay Rockefeller ....... $6,500
(D-RI) Jack Reed .............. $6,000
Totals:
Donations to Republicans:
Total number of donations: 17
Average per donation: $6,132
Total donation amount: $104,249
Donations to Democrats
Total number of donations: 18
Average per donation: $18,229
Total donation amount: $328,122
I want to know where the major media journalists are. They are usually so fast to break stories like this. Sounds to me like Chris Dodd is set up to be the fall guy for all of these people who took money, gave a ton of money, and are now continuing to receive money from these very people.
Fishy-fishy!
Because it has taken me so long to finish this post, there is something that I must comment on: Our President has publicly shamed America while in Europe. Anyone else incensed? Obama worships at the alter of the EU because it's headed down the socialist path. America doesn't.
Thursday, April 02, 2009
New School Rule
A child from Milford Connecticut's middle school had to be hospitalized after being struck in the groin by a classmate. The school authorities took quick action and instituted a policy to prevent this from ever happening again.
Did they strengthen the school's rules regarding fighting? No. Did they add a "horseplay" clause to those regulations? Nope. Rather, they instituted a "No Touching" rule. This rule states that touching of any kind could result in "parent conferences, detention, suspension and/or a request for expulsion from school!"
Come on, they can't mean no touching at all!? Can they?
YES! No touching. No pushing. No hugging. No high-fives. No holding hands. No Patty-Cake. No Touching Period.
Let's extend this out logically. This rule means: No tag. No football (Well, maybe flag football, but no blocking). No baseball (Or if you do play, once you are on base steal steal steal! If they can't touch you, they can't tag you out!). Theater would be difficult (Imagine Romeo and Juliet unable to come in contact with each other!).
How indicative is this of our culture?! Something happens that's bad, so we over-react! The "Shoe bomber" happens and every traveler in or going to America has to remove their shoes at the gate (Because when something fails, terrorists often try that exact same thing again.). A few people believe that immunization shots cause autism, so we cause a hysteria regarding them. (This action in no way saves our children from autism, but it does open the door for "extinct" diseases such as small pox, polio, mumps and measles.) A few people are offended by Christmas, so it's illegal to have a tree on the town green and companies won't wish you "Merry Christmas." (Let's remember that without the commercialism of Christmas most stores would be out of business! And Santa still makes money so we'll charge people to have their picture taken with him in the mall.) What's next? Some people are dying in car accidents: NO MORE DRIVING! (But when it comes to teens and sex, well, they are going to do it anyway...)
And what's next for this middle school in Connecticut? Are children having their feelings hurt from name-calling? No talking! Is that student making you nervous because he's staring at you menacingly? Don't look at each other! Whoever suggested this rule should be fired and whoever agreed to it should be demoted!
Kudos to the students, however, who protested the new ruling by coming to school wrapped in blue duct tape. My high school principle was wrong when he said that the school was there for the administrators and the faculty. Peacefully voice your dissension, students! Don't let them usurp your school!
That's my opinion. What's yours?
Did they strengthen the school's rules regarding fighting? No. Did they add a "horseplay" clause to those regulations? Nope. Rather, they instituted a "No Touching" rule. This rule states that touching of any kind could result in "parent conferences, detention, suspension and/or a request for expulsion from school!"
Come on, they can't mean no touching at all!? Can they?
YES! No touching. No pushing. No hugging. No high-fives. No holding hands. No Patty-Cake. No Touching Period.
Let's extend this out logically. This rule means: No tag. No football (Well, maybe flag football, but no blocking). No baseball (Or if you do play, once you are on base steal steal steal! If they can't touch you, they can't tag you out!). Theater would be difficult (Imagine Romeo and Juliet unable to come in contact with each other!).
How indicative is this of our culture?! Something happens that's bad, so we over-react! The "Shoe bomber" happens and every traveler in or going to America has to remove their shoes at the gate (Because when something fails, terrorists often try that exact same thing again.). A few people believe that immunization shots cause autism, so we cause a hysteria regarding them. (This action in no way saves our children from autism, but it does open the door for "extinct" diseases such as small pox, polio, mumps and measles.) A few people are offended by Christmas, so it's illegal to have a tree on the town green and companies won't wish you "Merry Christmas." (Let's remember that without the commercialism of Christmas most stores would be out of business! And Santa still makes money so we'll charge people to have their picture taken with him in the mall.) What's next? Some people are dying in car accidents: NO MORE DRIVING! (But when it comes to teens and sex, well, they are going to do it anyway...)
And what's next for this middle school in Connecticut? Are children having their feelings hurt from name-calling? No talking! Is that student making you nervous because he's staring at you menacingly? Don't look at each other! Whoever suggested this rule should be fired and whoever agreed to it should be demoted!
Kudos to the students, however, who protested the new ruling by coming to school wrapped in blue duct tape. My high school principle was wrong when he said that the school was there for the administrators and the faculty. Peacefully voice your dissension, students! Don't let them usurp your school!
That's my opinion. What's yours?
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