Many complaints have been made against the educational system, HOWEVER what most people seem to overlook is why it was created in the first place.

During high school, I discovered a startling fact: “Napoleon created the premise of public education for the purpose of conditioning society to be a subservient culture. To follow orders and not question them.”

In the Land of the Free, and Home of the Brave, does this system foster a generation of free thinkers? No, it creates two separate classes of youth:

1. Those who ingest and regurgitate information.

2. Those who rebel against the system.

Very rare is it to see an individual who thinks for them self and can create new and exciting ways to navigate through society.

Just a thought.

Yes a man who was light years ahead of his time penned this opening to one of the MOST influential documents ever written in history.

Sadly, today this means nothing to the elected officials governing our once great country. No it didn’t start sliding downhill when the Novelty Obama-nation uttered the statement, “We live in the greatest country in the world; help me change it, but that non hacker sure as fuck hasn’t HELPED things out a whole lot has he?

Motherfuckers (and father fuckers for you ladies who feel left out when I say it) Are lining up to defend this shitbird with statements like “No one can expect him to deliver on all of his campaign promises”. Then WHY the FUCK was he elected by a majority vote? If it doen’t matter what they say, why aren’t we picking a President’s name out of a fucking Fez? (Yeah a turban would just be a freaking hand towel with a bunch of clumps of paper inside it wouldn’t it?)

I’m getting off track here. HEALTH CARE for ALL should be FOR all not just one for us and one for them. I’f I’m having their shit crammed down my throat then at least tell me that they are getting the same lack of condiments that I am. REGULATIONS and REFORM are what the current System needs and not a Socialist, Eastern Block replacement for it.

While we’re at it, lets think about this. Nancy Pelosi and the fucking DNC is all over this shit about Leveling out the WEALTH of the nation. Lets call this what it REALLY is. They want You and I to be in the poorest 85% of the nation so THEY can be in the RICHEST 15% (if they will allow that many people to be as “privileged” as they are for being good enough to get you fucking moronic, mouth breathing masses to vote them into office.

“From Each According to His Abilities and To Each According to His Needs” is the mantra that these fuckaholics are chanting and the Public is chewing that up like it is a NEW concept. Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov brought forth REFORM via these means in a little place that used to be called Russia with these EXACT words.

The FIRST thing that these radicals who wish to infringe upon OUR Inalienable Rights do is to take away the guns of the people that they wish to enslave.

Amendment 2 - Right to Bear Arms. Ratified 12/15/1791. Note
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

This was written by men who had to shed blood to have the right to protect themselves from all enemies Foreign AND Domestic.

Hitler immediately took away every gun from the Jews and I hope you fucking idiots do remember what happened to them during his rise to power. NOW the Democrats have sought to take guns out of the hands of the people for many years and they always come back to the same thing. They SAY it is for OUR own good so that “Criminals” cannot get their hands on guns to harm us. WAKE THE FUCK UP. They are the criminals that wish to enslave YOU and make you work so that you get just enough to get by and they get MORE than they can possibly expect their grandchildren to be able to spend. if GUNS are so BAD, why are these people all Guarded by agents who have them?

AGAIN… WAKE THE FUCK UP PEOPLE! Our society is being dumbed down by the lack of a true Education System. Our Wages and Income are being attacked, we are being led like lambs to the slaughter and the apathy and brainwashing that our leaders MUST be right just because they hold that position is sickening.

We are soon going to need a Revolution to get the Government out of our wallets, schools, and privacy of our own bedrooms because the MASSES can no longer think for themselves or ask the simple questions and react to the answers that are given to them rather than just going with the flow.

I can no longer sit idly by and watch the destruction of the greatest nation in the world. Who has the guts to speak out with me?

It’s been a while since I’ve been here to spread my insights of great ponderence, but this made me take pause and write.  So, a potentially racist situation goes down that results in a man’s arrest and Barack Obama immediately comes to the defense of his friend…Yale Professor of African Studies, Henry Louis Gates in the midst of the frey.

It has been an unnecessary crap storm if you will, that Obama has backed himself into regarding this incident having not been availed of the proper facts.  I’ve heard it said that there were mostly egos involved that got out of hand.  It is more a case of ONE ego, that of Professor Gates.  As the police reports have stated, Gates became belligerent the moment the white officer (there was also a black and Hispanic officer on the scene, as well) began asking routine questions that one would ask on a B&E (breaking and entering) call (i.e. Is there anyone else in the house? May we look around?, etc.).  These are all standard procedure for a call of this nature.  However, the YALE professor felt it beneath him to be questioned in any manner regarding suspicion of any kind. The “educated” and I believe correct response would have been…”Thank you for coming to my home when called in regard to something this serious. Certainly, you may check around. I’m happy to do whatever I can to help rectify any misunderstanding by the neighbor as well as the police department. In fact, I probably should thank the neighbor for his conscientiousness, as well.”

Instead, he was most likely irritable when the officers arrived, having been absent minded enough to lock himself out of his home. That disgruntled attitude (coupled with a predisposition toward racism as an African Studies Prof.) then manifest itself in the form of indignant arrogance toward an innocent officer who was simply trying to do his job.  In order for this to be even remotely considered racial profiling, Gates would have to have been randomly stopped.  This was a B&E call, plain and simple.  When the officer asked for Gates’ ID, he went ballistic prior to complying with the officer’s request. Then the officer was satisfied and began to leave with the other officers and Gates continued to berate and malign the officer all the way to the front door with racial epithets. The officer warned him to let it go and asked him to stand down.  Gates refused and the officer took out his cuffs and warned him a last time.  Gates, was relentless and as a result was arrested.  The only reason that the charges were dropped, in my opinion, is because not only was race introduced (by Gates) but also, because he is a high profile individual. It’s bad press for the department any way you look at it and the higher ups don’t need Obama’s camp looking down at their fair city.  They had no choice, even though it would have been a simple misdemeanor.

Adding insult to injury, Obama proceeded to call the officer “stupid” without having read even so much as a newsclipping on the incident.  The educated and proper response here, in my opinion, should have been…”I have not read the police report on the incident so, I won’t speculate and will reserve my comments until such time.”  His arrogance wouldn’t let him do that.  Instead, he chose to get out ahead of the situation and make it about defense of a friend over defense of the facts.

In closing, what this said to me is that both Gates and his buddy Barack arrogantly overstated their cases.  It continues to be revealed that Obama has some pretty outspoken friends (Rev. Wright, communist party devotees, etc.).  Being outspoken is not a bad thing in and of itself, mind you.  However, the destructive words of an outspoken person who is not intent on speaking words that teach, heal or inform for the progression and edification of the whole over self…is quite dangerous.  This further indicates to me that birds of a feather flock together. These “friends” of Obama’s that continue to pop up can only cause one to think…Who is the real man beneath the spit and polished President?  Is there an outspoken radical buried someplace deep down in there who thinks that every irresponsible, harsh and divisive situation can be excused and brushed off by simply sitting down and sharing a beer together?  Great idea, until the beer starts talking…then what?  Seriously, though, Obama and other educated black men such as himself have a huge responsibility to speak intelligently to such issues as racism…not perpetuate its destructiveness themsevles by viewing every given incident from a racially-motivate point of view absent of the facts.      

That’s my take.

Benman out!

“Due to swine flu, state health officials are changing the way public schools report absences…” That was the beginning of the recorded message I got on my phone last night from the school district.

Now, because of this so-called pandemic, public schools have to report to State Health Officials EVERY student who is absent because of flu-like symptoms.

What are flu-like symptoms?

*fever of 100 degrees or higher

*sore throat,

*cough,

*body aches,

*runny nose

Give me a break. What illness doesn’t fit into that list?

So the big question is…….Am I going to be a good girl and tell the school that my children have flu-like symptoms when I call them in sick? Whatever.

(From the School Districts Website:) “Students or staff with influenza-like illness should stay home and not attend school for at least 7 days even if their symptoms resolve sooner. If after 7 days, the student or staff continues to have acute symptoms, he or she should stay home until 24 hours after these symptoms resolve. If you have questions, please contact your school’s Health Services Office.”

If my kids are sick, they’ll stay home until they’re better. Period. If they are better, they will go to school. I’m not keeping them out of school for a whole god damn week because they MIGHT have flu-LIKE symptoms for one day of that week. I WILL keep them out for as long as they need to for WHATEVER reason until they are well enough to go to school, whether it’s one day or three weeks. I will decide. It’s MY job to be the parent - NOT the governments. Fucking invasive pile of bullshit.

By the way, the number of people that die every year from staph infections would make this so-called swine flu epidemic look like a small piece of paradise. I don’t know. If was going to freak out about something, I’d freak out about Staph infections. The number of deaths caused by this nasty little infection is anywhere from 18,000 per year to 100,000 per year, (depending on who’s talking) and affects as many as 2 million people a year, give or take. I don’t know how many people die every year from contracting Staph in hospitals, and I don’t care enough to research it, but it’s plenty more than the number of people dying from Swine Flu. So if you’re thinking of going to a Hospital to fix your swine flu, well… good luck.

By the way, the TOTAL number of people that have died from Swine Flu in the USA, is 3. In case you missed that number, here it is again: THREE.

The TOTAL number of deaths from Swine Flu ON THE PLANET is 53. It’s an epidemic alright. With respect to that, am I going to report that my children’s symptoms are flu like? Fuck you. How’s that for an answer?

I would have missed out on many hours of joy if my mother had not given me a puppy (Friskers) to play with.

My teeth would still be a mess if my mother had not made me wear braces.

I would never have become a lifeguard if my mother had not arranged for swimming lessons.

I would not have become friends with many of my favorite people if my mother had not introduced me to tennis, fencing and dancing.

I would never have gone to college if my mother had not expected it.

I could go on and on…

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President Gloria Arroyo said that despite the exports’ slowdown and the rising layoffs, the Philippines will remain outside the scope of global financial crisis; however, with the successive company closures; massive layoffs; arrival of the unemployed Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs); and the freeze hiring of Filipino workers abroad; this stand of Arroyo is nothing but crap.

After 35 years of staying in the Philippines, Intel, the world’s biggest creator of microprocessor, closed its company, resulting to 1, 800 unemployed Filipino workers.

Motorola Inc. in the Philippines recently cut its labor force.

Levi Strauss, the US major jeans company in Manila will close its company at the end of July, 2008 and will terminate 257 workers.

Asahi Glass Philippines, the local unit of Japanese Asahi Glass Company will phase out its operations this year.

Jackson Gan, vice president of Federated Association of Manpower Exporters (FAME) confirmed the freeze hiring of OFWs.

Australia, Bhutan, Canada, and Taiwan were badly affected by the economic fall of the United States. These effects resulted to the unexpected onset of the unemployed OFWs – the arrival that adds up to the burden of unemployment in the country.

Unemployment is just one of the marks of global crisis in the Philippines. Joblessness means no money; no money, no purchase power; no purchase power means a dead economy. Are we still outside the curtains of global financial crisis?

Indeed, Filipinos are living in a world of irony intricately woven by the Arroyo administration. With her numerous speeches, PGMA promised millions of jobs, but where are the “million jobs”?

Filipinos could not live by craps — promises or the citations of goals — alone. The Filipino people need nothing but the realizations of these promises.

76% of Filipino adults say they understand spoken English; 75% say they read English; 61% say they write in English; 46% say they speak English; 38% say they think in English; while 8% say they are not competent in any way when it comes to the English language.

Every year we are faced with survey results of Filipino’s English competency. With the presentations of these results, are we also informed why we have to be competent in English?

Today, labels of basic commodities from sacks of rice to the cheapest candies found in groceries even in sari-sari stores are in English. If you couldn’t understand English then you might die of poisoning or might misuse a medicine and impair an illness.

English is programmed in today’s technological advancements such as laptops, flash disks, MP4s and digital cameras. You want to manipulate and maximize the use of your gadgets? Consult your manuals, and how are instructions written? In English.

They say that if you’re a foreigner, you have to know the laws of the land. How many Filipinos are caught or fall to accident because of ignorance? We aren’t foreigners but it’s as if we were. Signs, rules, and regulations of establishments such as schools, malls, and government offices are written in English.

In the academe, references that feed the world with the latest advancements in the different fields are mostly written in English. In the internet, few websites are in Filipino. Even government websites that are supposed to give us access to what was happening in the Philippines are in English. How could you extract knowledge and even enjoy those references if you couldn’t understand what it says? With these situations, it is no doubt that English proficient students outshine the others.

“English means jobs,” assumed Rick Santos president of American Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines.

In the professional sector, being competent in English is an edge. Why? From resumes, application forms and letters, to the interview and reports (financial, medical, etc.) to be submitted are required in English. Even phone calls in offices need to be in English.

To be able to produce not only locally but also globally competitive work force, a key factor (except for skills because those are prerequisites) is a good command and understanding of English.

Cards are all laid. Without being competent in English, how will you survive this modern world and age?

You know that every one is on the fad of going green and clean energy. Just like they’re on the fad of getting rid of trans fats. I mean they were just on the kick of no-carbs or very low carbs. So they’re on the kick of clean energy but like morons they don’t bother to read the whole report or even consider the consequences of their actions for example.

E-85 the cleaner burning gas that everyone should switch to. Except for the little fact that only the car emissions are cleaner than traditional gas. The truth is that to produce one gallon of E-85 alone coughs up more green house gases than methods used to produce a galleon of gas with the car emissions included.

The electric or hybrid cars well this is a nice idea except where’s the power going to come from. I know that people say that the cars will be charged durning the off peak hours at night. Wait a minute though if everyone is charging their car at night then wouldn’t that make a new peak time for power usage. Now where is this extra power going to come from?

A car that runs on hydrogen a wonderful idea and hopefully in the future it’s available but the fact of the matter is the technology is not there yet. The cost to make the tanks brings the vehicle’s price tag into the one to five million dollar range. It’s the same story with the battery powered car. Good idea but the tech ready to make it cost feasible to the average person.

Now the other big gripe from the eco people that can only see the world through green eyes and screw everyone else is power plants. But that’s a post for another time. You know believe it or not I like the idea of Green energy I do but that’s what it is at the moment a good nice idea. If he half assed rush the new energy we’ll just end up making things a hell of a lot worse, like with the e-85 dibacle.

Something has been bothering me lately and I wonder if I’m the only one.  On occasion when I’m watching the news there will be a government-related story about some activity going on in Washington or at the White House; usually something regarding the President.  Every once in while - and it seems to be happening more frequently - the reporter will refer to the Commander-in-Chief as “Mister Obama”.  At the risk of sounding old fashioned, politically affiliated or even prudish, this bugs the heck out of me and I’ll tell you why.  No matter what you may think of those who hold the office of President of the United, it is the POSITION itself that warrants respect; enough respect, I think, that one should refer to him who holds the position as PRESIDENT OBAMA or even THE PRESIDENT. Heck, I’d even settle for MISTER PRESIDENT.  Let me be clear that I don’t think that this is a racial issue, because I’ve heard Presidents Bush and Clinton referenced in the same manner.  Let me also be clear in stating that this is in no way an endorsement of any one of these Presidents, but rather an endorsement of the highest office in the land.  Even former presidents are refered to as President “surname here”. When I was Student Body President of my High School in Arizona - no matter how much I would have loved it - I didn’t expect to be called “Mister President” or even “President Benman”.  My point?  The office that I held wasn’t worthy of that level of respect. However, when you wear a uniform for your country, earn a higher degree in medicine, education or law…or step into the Oval Office of the White House to lead the most powerful and influential nation in the world, I don’t think it’s too much to expect to be referenced according to the prestigious title that you hold…or maybe I’m over thinking it.

Mister President Benman out!

I know a youth for whom suicide is an option. Do his parents know this? No. Where do his parents stand with regard to him?

Well, let’s have a look-see.

This kid’s pot use was just found out about. His parents reacted by getting angry. Telling him he was in big trouble. Telling him he just broke their trust. Grounding him. Bla bla bla bla bla bla.

Where is this kid at now? Confused. Alienated. Alone. Depressed. Angry. He is confused about the trust issue. He never felt there was any trust between him or his parents to begin with. He never felt particularly close to them, and has never felt a connection with them. Now, he’s further cut off from them, rejected, hurt, angry and bitter.

Is he going to stop using? Hell NO! He’s going to find better places to hide while using. Which means he could be entering dangerous territory. Believe me I know. I’ve been there. You don’t want to know where your kid could be hiding to “use”. I would rather have my children using in my home, than in a dark alley with strangers. Wouldn’t you?

Back to the kid. What his parents don’t know about him? When listing his after-graduation options he included three: 1. go travel, 2. go to this college (which his parents chose for him and he doesn’t want to go to), 3. suicide. I’m not making this up.

What don’t you know about your kids? Find out.

Listen Grown-ups; raising kids is like fishing. First you gotta hook them. You do this by using bait they like. Find out what it is. It could be anything; it’s your job to figure it out. How will you know when you’ve got them hooked? Because you’ll be talking. There will be good feelings between you – at least somewhat open feelings. Get to this place no matter what it takes.

Once they’re hooked, keep them on the line for as long as it takes to reel them in. I MEAN IT. The ocean is a big dangerous place. Once you lose them they will swim away and swim fast, whether they know where they are going or not. You may never be able to find them again. And you don’t want to know what could happen to them out there. Why don’t you? Because you’ll have to live with that knowledge for the rest of your miserable life. As well as the knowledge that you had them. You almost had them.

They’re your kids. Sit with them, even if you have to sit with drugs at the same time. Hold on to them while you can, even if they’re high. If you do that, you might be able to steer them toward better choices by loving them, accepting them, finding out what makes them happy, and helping them pursue it. Believe me, there is something that makes them happy besides drug use. Get to it.

This makes me so mad. Parents, get a f**king clue!

I don’t care how you approach it. You’ll probably f**k up 9 times out of ten in your efforts to relate to your kids. Keep at it. Tell your kids you’re stupid, you don’t know a d*mn thing about how to deal with this issue, but you LOVE them and you’re angry because you’re afraid you might lose them. Tell them your fears and tell them you are there for them NO MATTER WHAT! Tell them you’ll work it out together. Tell them to tell you when they think you’re being stupid. You have to communicate with them – that means letting them tell you when they think you’re feeding them a line of BS.

Get your own shit out of the picture and be there for them. It’s your d*mn job, mom and dad. Do it. And do it with love so you don’t lose the greatest chance for love you ever had.

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