Incompetence

THIS is an example of the level of management at our public schools.

If the school officials have no better judgement than this, then the school administration have gone beyond the Peter Principle in their promotion policies.

If the school superintendent cannot use better judgement than was used in this incident, then he/she does not need to be in charge of an elementary school.

Period.

(IMO such a person should be slapped around a bit. Stupid should hurt once in a while…) I am sure that this was a Pacifist, Anti-Gun statement by an activist educator, but still….stupid is stupid.

Load your bayonets

Seriously, if  THIS allegation is true, then we must seriously consider violence against our government.

This is politics over nation, power of ideas over national security….which in my opinion is treason and a violation of the presidential oath.To put the countries security at risk, to continue to allow people who damage our culture and our economy, just for political gain and because they think that their ideas have more merit than other……to risk the welfare and security (physical as well as economic) of us citizens in order to promote a socialist agenda……This is treason and a violation of their oath.

If true, I know of several well placed lampposts…..and I have lots of rope. I still have, somewhere, my merit badge from scouting for knots…….

Similar thoughts HERE.

Storm aftermath

As I posted earlier, my neighbors tree fell onto my barn due to storm winds Friday night….I did not think it was THAT big of a deal on Friday, as everything seemed stable……Saturday morning however, I found that the tree had settled into the barn by 8-10 inches and was settling more. The roof trusses in the barn were leaning and twisting and the walls had begun to bow as the tree settled even harder into the structure of the barn.

As this job seemed to be beyond my comfort/skill level, I called the insurance agency to see what they wanted to do….Let us just way that I was obviously not talking to the “A” team at the call center……They were very unhelpful….I suggested that they might want to get someone to perhaps decide to remove some tree weight from the roof before the barn fell…..They had zero motivation to help, and basically left the choice of contractors to me, as well as the decision to remove the tree from the roof or not.” BUT,” they said, “YOU MUST DO ALL YOU CAN TO MITIGATE ANY DAMAGE.”

Kudos to “A Clean Cut Tree Removal” out of Wanatah, IN for their quick response and excellent work. They were fucking artists at trimming and cutting in just the right spots to remove the tree WITHOUT HITTING THE BARN WALLS. or adding to the damage.While there is still  LOT of work to do, the weight is off the barn, and the roof is tarped.

And, I must say, FBI builds a strong building. The roof, while damaged, did support about 5 tons of tree, and somehow I doubt that that is a part of the design specs.

We will see how  the insurance company handles things on Monday…

Father’s day

Today is Fathers Day. The day we recognize and honor those men who are our fathers.

Sadly, many men are sperm donors, but never fathers.
I am lucky. I had a father. Still do, so I am doubly lucky. I am not half the man he is, and sadly, will likely never have the chance to be a father, much less one like him.

My Dad taught me how to be a man, How to stand fast, and do what is right, to be dependable as you can be. To make your word your honor. Because of my father, I can build nearly anything, fix anything that can be fixed. He took the time to do his best to teach me those skills which he felt were useful to a man in the world which he inhabited.

In the main, he was correct in his choices of skills to teach. He taught me to weld, to be a carpenter, a plumber, a veterinarian, a mechanic…..He taught me patience (as much as I can be) and honor, and compassion.  He taught me to never fight unless needed, but then to fight with all the ferocity and violence I could muster. These lessons have served me well through my life. I am a better man today because I had him as a father.

While I am far from a perfect son, seldom exhibiting the traits he wishes for in a firstborn, he still shows me respect and patience and honor. He holds in his disappointment, seldom letting it show that he wishes he had a son with so many other traits.

Thanks, Dad.
There is more I should say, but I don’t know how.
 Love ya.

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So with BP having zero control or oversight as to how the 20 billion dollars they are putting into the “slush fund” as ordered requested by Mr. Obama…..I have a question:

Who is going to make sure that the cash is spent on those who were damaged by the spill, either materially, or whose livelihoods were destroyed by damage oil does to the gulf, rather than on social programs to help the “little people” in the gulf?

I can see Acorn (or whatever it has currently morphed into) getting a significant sum of cash to do some sort of social work. All without oversight or any standards.

If there is no accounting to BP, and BP has no control, who will force the money to go to those who are damaged?

How to start a revolution.

While there are many who think that we are being boiled slowly (see the parable about the frog if you are unsure what I am talking about) THIS is a sure way to turn up the heat fast enough to get the attention of those who have so far been complacent enough to allow the rest of the socialization plans happen (GM, Dodge, Tarp, The “Bailout”, and, or course, the Health Care Plan.. 

Screw with my retirement account/IRA?Bad Idea….. Social Security is a failure, and so far, is paying LESS than 3% on monies taken at gunpoint by the government contributed to the accounts by the workers.

You wanna start a revolution? Turn up the hat so that the frog notices? This is one of the best ways that I can think of. And it worked so well in Argentina, to. That once vibrant economy is in the shitter now, all thanks to policies which the DNC and their president, Mr. Unicorn, he of HopenChange  wish to follow exactly.

Methinks that I would be better to take the penalty, withdraw my IRA’s, and invest them as other types of accounts and pay the tax penalty.As the federal government has failed to do anything well in my lifetime, I do not trust them at all to handle my retirement account , much less provide me with a decent return. And, of course, there is the question.of what happens to the monies when/if I die? Who gets the cash then?

While this rumor has been around for 2+ years, it won’t die, and is gaining traction. And with socialists in the government, and in a majority in congress who must be aware of the fact that their majority will end in November 2010,…What have they to lose by pushing this agenda as well? Anything to further the socialist cause.

Methinks that this will finally blow the top off the socialist agenda and cause people to wake up enough t say “Stop”. I only hope that is is not too late to engage the brakes…

Storm

Seems that the wind blew down one of my neighbors trees. Which is not a big deal, except that my barn cushioned the fall of said tree.

Hard to tell how much damage, but the roof now leaks and I can see broken wood.

At least no one was hurt. (Except the insurance companies).