I understand that our economy sucks, and that we are in a recession, and we our economy is falling further and further into debt, but do not take our economy's frustrations out on education, PLEASE!!!!
I am tired and tired of seeing our government, and our California governator pull more and more funing away from our children's education. Our children are our future, they are alive and learning. Right now, if I were an aware child, I would think that our government does not care about me, because they keep pulling more and more funding out of schools. This means older textbooks, more crowded classrooms, a higher ratio of children to teachers, a higher ratio of children to computers, fewer new computers, less educated teachers, fewer and worse background checks on potential teachers, etc.
Please, don't make our children suffer for the mistakes that we are making today. Our education system is already far enough behind the other G8 countries, we don't need to fall behind any further. If anything we need to put more funding into our public school system.
At this rate, if I have children, I am putting them into private schools, because they are the only ones that are going to be keeping up with the other nations in some way. I am not big on organized religion, but if it means that my kid knows algebra, calculous, physics, chemistry, English, etc. Then it is worth it.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Giant Killers
Once again David has slain Goliath. The Dolphins today have not beaten just one team from last years AFC Championship game, but both teams from last years AFC Championship game between New England and San Diego. Quite a turnaround for a team that had only one regular season win a year ago. Now, they begin their winning ways by defeating the best teams in the AFC last year. True, New England is without Tom Brady, and true, San Diego is missing many pieces of their puzzle as well, but that does not discredit the fact that Miami was the better team the last two games.
Not only does Miami's offense look efficient and powerful, but their defense is keeping them in games, and not allowing their oppenent to score points, let alone keep the ball. No, Miami's defense is not taking the ball away alot, they have just two or three turnovers all year, but they are getting the oppenents offense off the field, and not allowing long scoring drives.
This can be definitely attributed to the brilliant minds of Bill Parcells, and the entire Miami coaching staff. The formula for winning, that the Dolphins have misplaced the past few years, is coming back. No, they did not go out and sign some big name free agents, or even pick the most talented player in the draft, instead they chose the correct pieces of the puzzle to get the team running efficiently and confidently. They hired the leagues most brilliant coach ever as their vice president of football operations, they signed a brilliant genearl manager, and they chose a coaching staff that would push their players. In combination, in just one year these brilliant minds have turned the worst team in the NFL into a contender. I am not saying that they have a chance to win the Super Bowl, or even that they will make the playoffs. I am saying that they now have a chance, and it is up to the players to take that chance. Plus, given that they play in the AFC, I could definitely see the Dolphins going 10-6 and still not making the playoffs, again. However, no matter how well, or how poorly, the Dolphins do this year, already we can see a change in this team. They know they can win now, even against strong playoff bound opponents. Now, they need to make sure they win against the weak teams as well, like Houston next week.
Not only does Miami's offense look efficient and powerful, but their defense is keeping them in games, and not allowing their oppenent to score points, let alone keep the ball. No, Miami's defense is not taking the ball away alot, they have just two or three turnovers all year, but they are getting the oppenents offense off the field, and not allowing long scoring drives.
This can be definitely attributed to the brilliant minds of Bill Parcells, and the entire Miami coaching staff. The formula for winning, that the Dolphins have misplaced the past few years, is coming back. No, they did not go out and sign some big name free agents, or even pick the most talented player in the draft, instead they chose the correct pieces of the puzzle to get the team running efficiently and confidently. They hired the leagues most brilliant coach ever as their vice president of football operations, they signed a brilliant genearl manager, and they chose a coaching staff that would push their players. In combination, in just one year these brilliant minds have turned the worst team in the NFL into a contender. I am not saying that they have a chance to win the Super Bowl, or even that they will make the playoffs. I am saying that they now have a chance, and it is up to the players to take that chance. Plus, given that they play in the AFC, I could definitely see the Dolphins going 10-6 and still not making the playoffs, again. However, no matter how well, or how poorly, the Dolphins do this year, already we can see a change in this team. They know they can win now, even against strong playoff bound opponents. Now, they need to make sure they win against the weak teams as well, like Houston next week.
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Youtube and political censorship
Why would the internets best site for political snippets and videos suddenly stop showing videos with a political essence? For example, Saturday Night Live has recently had two skits performed with Tina Fey portraying Governor Sarah Palin, and Youtube is now blocking the skit that satirizes Palin's interview with Katie Couric; at least the full versions is. Is Youtube trying to stay politically neutral, or are they now blocking all video with a political nature. So, should they then block all political endorsement videos, satire, etc. I say if they are going to block one then they should block all, but the other video of SNL's skit with Palin and Clinton is still playing. Why are they only blocking the one skit? Palin herself said that she thought the skits were funny and that Tina Fey was dead nuts on portraying her character. Why have they decided to pull that skit?
Obviously, there is still alot of political bias. Of all the times I have viewed videos on youtube, I have never seen one blocked from playing. Censored yes, for children's sake, but never completely blocked from actually even being played. Is this the new beginning of political censorship in this country? Will we soon see fewer and fewer political satires? What is this country coming too? I don't mean to sound like a slippery slope, but it has to start somewhere.
Please, if you are like me, and I detest censorship on any level (except for children), please make sure to make your concern known. Tell a friend, talk with a coworker, speak with a relative about it, just speak up, because if we don't then they will continue to silence us.
Obviously, there is still alot of political bias. Of all the times I have viewed videos on youtube, I have never seen one blocked from playing. Censored yes, for children's sake, but never completely blocked from actually even being played. Is this the new beginning of political censorship in this country? Will we soon see fewer and fewer political satires? What is this country coming too? I don't mean to sound like a slippery slope, but it has to start somewhere.
Please, if you are like me, and I detest censorship on any level (except for children), please make sure to make your concern known. Tell a friend, talk with a coworker, speak with a relative about it, just speak up, because if we don't then they will continue to silence us.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
And we voted for this?
This is the stupidest thing I have ever heard of, short of Bush's IQ.
In the age of Identity and Credit Cart fraud, why oh why would we ever pass a law that makes it illegal to ask for a customer's ID if the back of the credit card is signed. This is ridiculous, who proposed this law, the credit cart companies? 'Cause they are the only ones that are going to benefit from this, besides the pick pockets, and identity theft hackers. This law just makes it easier for them to steal our money, and who wants that? I know I don't want someone to steal my wallet and use my credit cards for their own personal gain. People should know better than this. This is one of my concerns, why don't people know better than this?
Our education system is falling further and further behind the other major countries in this world. We need to devote more funding, extend schools hours, and the school week. Expect that our students should study, and hope that they do. More and more of our students are entering college out of high school, and are flaberghasted at how much more work they must put in. They shouldn't be that shocked, if they were educated properly, and work loads similar to that of college, then we wouldn't see such a high freshman drop out rate. It takes a college education these days to make a decent wage in this country. If we make it more difficult to graduate college, then we will continue to see fewer and fewer well educated individuals.
In the age of Identity and Credit Cart fraud, why oh why would we ever pass a law that makes it illegal to ask for a customer's ID if the back of the credit card is signed. This is ridiculous, who proposed this law, the credit cart companies? 'Cause they are the only ones that are going to benefit from this, besides the pick pockets, and identity theft hackers. This law just makes it easier for them to steal our money, and who wants that? I know I don't want someone to steal my wallet and use my credit cards for their own personal gain. People should know better than this. This is one of my concerns, why don't people know better than this?
Our education system is falling further and further behind the other major countries in this world. We need to devote more funding, extend schools hours, and the school week. Expect that our students should study, and hope that they do. More and more of our students are entering college out of high school, and are flaberghasted at how much more work they must put in. They shouldn't be that shocked, if they were educated properly, and work loads similar to that of college, then we wouldn't see such a high freshman drop out rate. It takes a college education these days to make a decent wage in this country. If we make it more difficult to graduate college, then we will continue to see fewer and fewer well educated individuals.
Hope yes, sign of things to come, no.
To anyone who thinks that what the Dolphins did to the Patriots on Sunday was a sign of things to come this season, your wrong. The Dolphins are still rebuilding. They have one of the youngest teams in the NFL, and a brand new rookie head coach. Don't get me wrong, I am a huge Dolphins fan, and I will support them to the end. (Even if they only went 1-15 last year.) Yes, they did show signs of improvement, but that was only one game against a mediocre team. Yes, I said it, the Patriots are mediocre. The Patriots starting quarterback has not started a game since high school, their best running back is injured, the offensive line is in disarray, and their defensive secondary looks terrible.
Look at the facts, the Patriots had to pick up Deltha O'Neil from the Bengals, after being released, to improve their secondary, even though O'Neil has looked terrible the last few seasons. Even with Brady healthy, he still relied on Lawrence Morency to push the line, and hand the ball off on draw plays every now and then. The Patriots have obviously become one dimensional, and have a quarterback with only two starts under his belt; both coming this year. Yes, they still have big weapons like Randy Moss, Wes Welker, Ben Watson, Richard Seymour, Vince Wilfork, Ty Warren, Adalius Thomas, Mike Vrabel, and Rodney Harrison, but they have to want to play. Obviously, the loss of Tom Brady, one of their team captains, has made the locker room alot quiter. Players, are not upbeat and high tempo like they were last year. Plus, Randy Moss and Wes Welker only work if you can throw the ball deep. The Dolphins admitted that they challenged Cassel to throw the ball deep, but he hesitated every time. Thus you are going to see Moss become the same no effort wideout that he was in Minnesota and Oakland. Fans are going to see a hall of fame performance last year, turn into a pathetic reversal this year.
As for the Dolphins, congratulations on your first win of the season; you guys earned it. Just, don't get cocky. The Dolphins host the San Diego Chargers next week, and don't let San Diego's 1-2 record fool you. The Chargers could easily be 3-0 right now, if they had received a few breaks, and alittle better referee play calling. I have looked at the schedule. I figure that the Dolphins at best, will go 7-9 this season. Sure, I'd like to see them perform like they did against the Patriots, but they are just not that kind of team, they never have been. The Dolphins have always been a giant killer. Lose to the easy teams, destroy the hard ones. The one thing that I did like out of the Dolphins on Sunday was they didn't take their foot off of the Patriots throat. I have watched too many games where the Dolphins just play careful, and let teams back in the game. It was good to see the Dolphins finally keep putting up points, even after the score was 28-13.
In closing, I'd like to say good luck to the Fins. I hope that we see more performances out Ronnie Brown, like the one we saw on Sunday. As well as, to Dolphins' fans, please be patient. We can see some of Parcells' genius already, but they still have long road to travel. They will make the playoffs, and become a Superbowl contender, just 2-3 years from now.
Look at the facts, the Patriots had to pick up Deltha O'Neil from the Bengals, after being released, to improve their secondary, even though O'Neil has looked terrible the last few seasons. Even with Brady healthy, he still relied on Lawrence Morency to push the line, and hand the ball off on draw plays every now and then. The Patriots have obviously become one dimensional, and have a quarterback with only two starts under his belt; both coming this year. Yes, they still have big weapons like Randy Moss, Wes Welker, Ben Watson, Richard Seymour, Vince Wilfork, Ty Warren, Adalius Thomas, Mike Vrabel, and Rodney Harrison, but they have to want to play. Obviously, the loss of Tom Brady, one of their team captains, has made the locker room alot quiter. Players, are not upbeat and high tempo like they were last year. Plus, Randy Moss and Wes Welker only work if you can throw the ball deep. The Dolphins admitted that they challenged Cassel to throw the ball deep, but he hesitated every time. Thus you are going to see Moss become the same no effort wideout that he was in Minnesota and Oakland. Fans are going to see a hall of fame performance last year, turn into a pathetic reversal this year.
As for the Dolphins, congratulations on your first win of the season; you guys earned it. Just, don't get cocky. The Dolphins host the San Diego Chargers next week, and don't let San Diego's 1-2 record fool you. The Chargers could easily be 3-0 right now, if they had received a few breaks, and alittle better referee play calling. I have looked at the schedule. I figure that the Dolphins at best, will go 7-9 this season. Sure, I'd like to see them perform like they did against the Patriots, but they are just not that kind of team, they never have been. The Dolphins have always been a giant killer. Lose to the easy teams, destroy the hard ones. The one thing that I did like out of the Dolphins on Sunday was they didn't take their foot off of the Patriots throat. I have watched too many games where the Dolphins just play careful, and let teams back in the game. It was good to see the Dolphins finally keep putting up points, even after the score was 28-13.
In closing, I'd like to say good luck to the Fins. I hope that we see more performances out Ronnie Brown, like the one we saw on Sunday. As well as, to Dolphins' fans, please be patient. We can see some of Parcells' genius already, but they still have long road to travel. They will make the playoffs, and become a Superbowl contender, just 2-3 years from now.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Damn Favre!!
Ok, so the fins lost their first game. They did not look anything like the way they did in the preseason; undisciplined, made stupid mistakes, too many penalties, did not run the ball well, etc., etc. However, this is kind of anticipated after a huge change; new front office, new coaches, new players, etc. The coaches are still learning the players, and the players are still learning the new schemes. It is to be expected. Even when Parcells came to teams in disarray his first season with those teams generally was not great, but he got them walking in the right direction. Again, I do not expect alot from the dolphins this year, or even next. However, Parcells is laying down the blue prints for future success of the team, something that was not being done before.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Go FINS!!!
Well I will tell you one thing after the dolphin's preseason game against the chiefs, the dolphin's do not have to worry about winning one game this coming season. They are going to win at least 5, I say. The team that appears to be the next one at risk of going 0-16 this next season is actually the dolphins oppenent from Saturday, the chiefs. The chiefs looked horrible; no pass protection, no run blocking, bad special teams play, bad everything. They did not even score a point against at team that barely won a game last season. True the dolphins look good, I have to admit. However, they are still not even close to a playoff team.
The other team fans need to worry about this season, is actually the patriots. I doubt we are going to see another 16-0 perfomance from them anytime soon. As a matter of fact, I doubt they even win more than ten games this coming season. True, their defence is still good, they still have Lawrence Maroney, Randy Moss, Vince Wilfork, Rodney Harrison, and Richard Seymour is back. However, they may not have Brady at the beginning of the season, due to a foot injury, their special teams and backups look terrible, their offensive line cannot run block, and they lost the superbowl last season. It is true, many teams that have lost the superbowl the next season they fail to make the playoffs. Case in point, da bears, the seahawks, the eagles, the raiders, the giants, the panthers, the rams, etc. Therefore, do not be suprised if the patriots take a downward spiral the next couple of years. Randy Moss may have just found the new Raiders. The defence is getting too old, Tom Brady is becoming an injury liability, the patriots have no depth, equals a rebuilding year for the patriots.
The other team fans need to worry about this season, is actually the patriots. I doubt we are going to see another 16-0 perfomance from them anytime soon. As a matter of fact, I doubt they even win more than ten games this coming season. True, their defence is still good, they still have Lawrence Maroney, Randy Moss, Vince Wilfork, Rodney Harrison, and Richard Seymour is back. However, they may not have Brady at the beginning of the season, due to a foot injury, their special teams and backups look terrible, their offensive line cannot run block, and they lost the superbowl last season. It is true, many teams that have lost the superbowl the next season they fail to make the playoffs. Case in point, da bears, the seahawks, the eagles, the raiders, the giants, the panthers, the rams, etc. Therefore, do not be suprised if the patriots take a downward spiral the next couple of years. Randy Moss may have just found the new Raiders. The defence is getting too old, Tom Brady is becoming an injury liability, the patriots have no depth, equals a rebuilding year for the patriots.
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