Comments on Michelle Obama's Mirror: Frackin’ Genius

ITA yours as well, John Smith. I certainly don'...

2012-01-28T19:07:05.040-05:00

ITA yours as well, John Smith. I certainly don't think any children should get a pass for bullying. I just hadn't heard that's what the Obama girls were doing.

And she is getting the typical treatment reserved ...

2012-01-28T15:16:55.153-05:00

And she is getting the typical treatment reserved for those brave souls. The ugliness is really starting to hit the fan. Fortunately, she's a tough lady and I have no doubt she will overcome.

A good book/books to read if you want to know what...

2012-01-28T15:15:51.816-05:00

A good book/books to read if you want to know what signs to watch for is "I Will Bear Witness: A Diary of the Nazi Years" by Victor Klemperer. I say "books" because my edition is broken up into two volumes. He writes in very ordinary, prosaic terms how little by little, their freedoms are taken away and what once would have seen as unthinkable becomes the ordinary.

<span>You made me think of my beautiful gra...

2012-01-28T15:08:41.956-05:00

<span>You made me think of my beautiful grand-nephew Jackson. He was born three months prematurely, when his mother was involved in an auto accident that caused her airbag to deploy. She went into contractions. He weighed three pounds at birth and had bleeding on the brain from the impact of the airbag. They were given all sorts of dire predictions--he would be deaf, blind, autistic, cerebral palsy, etc--and he was not expected to make it. He spent the first 104 days of his life in the hospital. My nephew and his wife faced it all with an incredibly positive attitude, and Jackson not only survived, he thrived. He just had his fourth birthday. He's a happy, healthy little boy whose only traces of his illness are numerous scars (he's had something like sixteen surgical procedures) and he's a bit small for his age due to being on a feeding tube for so long.
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Where I work, we subscribe to a translation servic...

2012-01-28T15:08:12.899-05:00

Where I work, we subscribe to a translation service called Language Line. It's quite telling that in order to choose a translator, you have to press 1 for Spanish, and 2 for "all other languages." When I hear people extol the hard-working and adaptable undocumented workers, all I can think is, "We give them credit for being able to learn how to do just about any job, but we don't expect them to learn English!"

For that matter, why don't we hear more about ...

2012-01-28T14:55:59.164-05:00

For that matter, why don't we hear more about Frederick Douglass as an AfAm role model? He was an amazing man...butt he was a Republican.

I was thinking about typical Indian food and how t...

2012-01-28T14:54:32.864-05:00

I was thinking about typical Indian food and how they eat so many carbs and starches (and not a lot of meat), and yet you don't see many fat Indian people. Wonder how that works?

That and so much more, Janice. Just think..the Dep...

2012-01-28T12:25:11.284-05:00

That and so much more, Janice. Just think..the Dept of Education now keeps records of parents voting history, smart meters on energy use, bracelets to monitor children's activity, a number of 'snitch' sites for those who speak ill of The Wons policies, one high school student was recently punished and his article in the school media pulled when he wrote that he was against 'homosexuality'(despite being asked to write an article on the subject). Operation Fast and Furious was to be a tool for suppression of 2nd amendement rights, the divisions being created between ethnic and other groups by both the press and the 'leadership'. Blatant corruption and deceit everytime you turn your head. The talk of a 'homeland security force', just as well-funded and organized as the military, intolerable treatment of citizens by the TSA, and Obama's 'signing statements. The encouragement of ignorant masses of law-breaking, anarchist Occutards...etc,etc. We may be a lot closer than we even suspect.

ITA your reasoning, Savage Sadie, but the same rea...

2012-01-28T11:35:11.458-05:00

ITA your reasoning, Savage Sadie, but the same reasoning could be applied to bullies, and other kids who make school a miserable experience for the kind of kids that I teach, and kids like my daughter. Usually, when I meet parents of kids who can't behave, and are cruel, it doesn't take any leap of logic to figure out why their offspring behave the way they do.

Charming, when I was a child/teenager, I read a lo...

2012-01-28T11:16:28.383-05:00

Charming, when I was a child/teenager, I read a lot about Nazi Germany. Back then I often wondered how I, as an ordinary person, would be able to tell if that was happening around me. The stories I have heard from those who grew up in Nazi Germany were a starting point. Neighbors started disappearing, and everyone was encouraged (by the authorities) to not talk about it. There were rumors of people being forcibly "relocated" to other areas. Recycling became a national duty. Exercise and fitness became a big part of schools and businesses. Diet and nutrition were studied on the national level, and laws were considered to force people into particular diets. Race and purity were openly discussed, and anyone of "mixed" race was considered inferior. That was what people remembered about growing up there.

Have heard about people disappearing (obviously can't talk about details in an open forum). Recycling is becoming a standard. Exercise and fitness are considered a duty, a societal responsibility. Obviously diet and nutrition are no longer private decisions, but are considered to be everyone's business, along with weight. And the government does not have to regulate guns, they just have to regulate ammunition (which they have been trying to do, somewhat unsuccessfully, for years).

Now, the purity part is actually pertinent. Let me explain: Most people, if you ask them their racial background, deliberately choose a race to identify with. However, there are fewer and fewer people of "pure" racial background, because we have had the audacity to freely intermarry with each other. Therefore, what you declare as your racial background may be based upon one grandparent (1/4 of your heritage), or one great-grandparent (1/8 of your heritage). Many of the Indian tribes are down to 1/16 to 1/32 Indian blood to be considered a full-blood Indian. However, the demographics of racial heritage are something that is documented throughout a lot of the federal paperwork. It is that documentation that is troubling, because much of how we identify our racial heritage is based upon family tradition.

Excellent off the spoon, too!

2012-01-28T01:09:21.345-05:00

Excellent off the spoon, too!

Bettyann, I was just on the Newsbusters page and d...

2012-01-28T00:22:34.088-05:00

Bettyann, I was just on the Newsbusters page and do you know neither CBS, ABC, NBC, or The NYTimes mentioned the thousands that came out for the Pro-Life March? According to NB, not one report. It is despicable, but not surprising. On the other hand, some cable sources were sure to take note of the pro-abortion counter protestors.

PatAZ, I have Gov Brewer on my FB page too. Love ...

2012-01-28T00:05:15.798-05:00

PatAZ, I have Gov Brewer on my FB page too. Love her posts and that she's not afraid to tackle difficult issues. She's definitely got balls that the male politicians lack.

As for her education, she graduated from a high school in CA and went on to become a certified radiology technican (x-ray tech). Frankly, I wouldn't care if she were a drop out.

Remarkable. Thanks, dnr. What a fine gallery and t...

2012-01-27T23:33:24.518-05:00

Remarkable. Thanks, dnr. What a fine gallery and tribute to Americanism. The dems have no such list to present: only subjugated minds, mediocrity at it's worst.

Yeah Otis--I know I'M ready for him to go!

2012-01-27T23:32:57.024-05:00

Yeah Otis--I know I'M ready for him to go!

Tony the Tiger an enemy of the state?? NNNOOOOOOOO...

2012-01-27T23:28:55.078-05:00

Tony the Tiger an enemy of the state?? NNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

John Smith, although I understand what you're ...

2012-01-27T23:25:34.144-05:00

John Smith, although I understand what you're saying, and Malia and Sasha are old enough to take some responsibility for their own behavior, I find it excessively harsh to blame children for picking up the attitudes taught at the church their parents took them to. Yes, they spent their earliest years in Wright's church (I won't call him a Rev.) butT they didn't choose to do so. IMO their indoctrination is one more thing b00 and m00 will one day have to answer for.

Besides, we all know we can't choose our relatives. I feel sorry for anyone who has the misfortune to surface from the toxic gene pool that resulted in b00 and m00!

If those girls are ever to become useful members of society they will have a LOT to overcome.

Oh, and incidentally I do not have a big heart. Just ask my students.

I have an Israeli friend and we email each other f...

2012-01-27T22:46:53.643-05:00

I have an Israeli friend and we email each other from time to time. She sent this story about one of her friends:

Inbal (or bell clapper, tongue of bell, staphylion in Hebrew) just told me a story. She is sitting next to me now and allowed me to share it with you.

She was sitting in the back of a bus in Tel Aviv yesterday, the bus pulls into a stop and a man gets up and joyfully proclaims Allahu Akbar and she thought he was about to set off a suicide bomb, but it turned out that he was just happy he had arrived at his stop. As she put it her heart was in her boots.

Injain, both of my kids have attended summer sleep...

2012-01-27T22:45:41.307-05:00

Injain, both of my kids have attended summer sleep away camps for years. The camps try to limit contact with the parents in case of homesickness. it's easier to deal with it and get over it if there isn't a constant reminder of home. We were allowed to write or email the camp. They were not allowed cell phones during their week there.

I've been listening to Richard Evans books: Th...

2012-01-27T22:44:06.059-05:00

I've been listening to Richard Evans books: The Coming of the Third Reich, The Third Reich in Power, and The Third Reich at War. Excellent series so far. I'm halfway through the second book. Peopletry to portray you as a nut if you refer to the Nazi rise to power. Not so. The Nazis used the privileges of a democracy to kill that democracy and replace it with a totalitarian society. Some of the laws they enacted in the 30's are very familiar. The Enabling Act of 1934(? I may be a year or two off on the date) was so much like Obama's bragging of how he has to act alone, not allowing Congress to stand in his way. It's very eerie...

Thank you, CR and schatzi for posting as you did. Appreciate it!

Bye-bye Goya food products. you snuggle up with a...

2012-01-27T22:36:39.024-05:00

Bye-bye Goya food products. you snuggle up with a TruMoo, and I'm outta here...

BTW, Peanut butter is wonderful in pie, fudge, and/or cookies.

The way I read it, I am fired up and Buh-R0ck is r...

2012-01-27T22:34:45.770-05:00

The way I read it, I am fired up and Buh-R0ck is ready to go - away!

You're right, creeper: They will force abortio...

2012-01-27T22:28:20.107-05:00

You're right, creeper: They will force abortions on mother's carrying children they may want, but who will be a burden to the state, due to expenses. Such as my beautiful 19 month old grand daughter, a gastroschiesses (sp) baby - her bowels developed outside the body, due to the most common human birth defect. These babies used to be "still born" - disembowled at birth. Now, ultra sound identifies the fetus as distressed, and American medical science intervenes. She is perfect in every other way! Saved by a surgery, and a month in NICU (newborn ICU). Her bill, paid for by private insurance and gladly her parents: $150,000, worth every penny. And none of Obama and Nancy Pelosi's goddamn business.

Baby's like Elora will die in the future, if we do not repeal Obama care. They will be aborted at the fourth month. So as not to be a burden on "society".

Apparently he was. Good catch. http://www.nbra.info/index.cfm?fuseaction=pages.blackgop

Gov. Brewer's letter to DingleBarry: http://ww...

2012-01-27T22:24:39.360-05:00

Gov. Brewer's letter to DingleBarry:
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/arizona/article_5c5bf364-4888-11e1-9257-001871e3ce6c.html