PregnantForTheLastTime
Hideous trait.
Quote from the Chicago Tribune this morning:
(It's "bla-goy-a-vitch" if you're curious. Sometimes called Blago.)
I didn't think I'd be fighting the good fight all way up here, so far from the Mason-Dixon line. Now, I almost had to call Rob Sherman once last fall over a flyer that was passed out at school, but that won't even help now.
Moment of silence, my ass. I have no problem with the Pledge of Allegiance- I'll accept that mention of "God" as an abstract. But when you add this in... the obvious implication is that you should be using the moment of silence to reflect on something specific. Maybe if they passed out dandelions to blow after making their "wishes," I'd be ok with it. They'd probably get a better return on their investment. There are not enough minutes in the school day as it is, and now they're wasting one underlining the fact that some kids pray and some kids don't. Mine don't. If you want to see Mama Bear come out to play, wait until the day my kid comes home crying because some little asswipe told him about hell and why he's going there. Grrr...
Serves me right for sitting on my ass instead of constantly writing letters to my representatives... I even get a weekly state legislature update, and I haven't read it in a few weeks because I've been busy. Although clearly that wouldn't have helped.
OK, vent over.
SPRINGFIELD - State lawmakers moved Illinois to the forefront of the national school-prayer debate Thursday, requiring public schools to provide students with a brief moment of silence at the start of classes.
The House joined the Senate in voting to override Gov. Rod Blagojevich's veto of legislation mandating the period for "silent prayer or for silent reflection on the anticipated activities of the day."
(It's "bla-goy-a-vitch" if you're curious. Sometimes called Blago.)
I didn't think I'd be fighting the good fight all way up here, so far from the Mason-Dixon line. Now, I almost had to call Rob Sherman once last fall over a flyer that was passed out at school, but that won't even help now.
Moment of silence, my ass. I have no problem with the Pledge of Allegiance- I'll accept that mention of "God" as an abstract. But when you add this in... the obvious implication is that you should be using the moment of silence to reflect on something specific. Maybe if they passed out dandelions to blow after making their "wishes," I'd be ok with it. They'd probably get a better return on their investment. There are not enough minutes in the school day as it is, and now they're wasting one underlining the fact that some kids pray and some kids don't. Mine don't. If you want to see Mama Bear come out to play, wait until the day my kid comes home crying because some little asswipe told him about hell and why he's going there. Grrr...
Serves me right for sitting on my ass instead of constantly writing letters to my representatives... I even get a weekly state legislature update, and I haven't read it in a few weeks because I've been busy. Although clearly that wouldn't have helped.
OK, vent over.