How the NEA spends its time.

San Diego was a beautiful place for the NEA (National Education Association) to hold its recent conference. While there, they voted on, amongst other things, abortion and gay marriage. And, big surprise, they support both. Will someone please explain to me why the organization that supports the nation's teachers has to spend time taking a position on these two issues? Why aren't they spending that time discussing how they can better teach our children or how they can better manage their class time? Instead, they are so beholden to the LGBT & women's rights groups that they think they have to spend the time to discuss and then take a position on political issues. Why didn't they vote on what we should do in Iraq, how we should approach Iran, what to do about Israel, the ramifications of national health care, cap & trade, ..... etc? I'll tell you why - because they don't effect the core of what these people should be doing, which is teach our kids.
Here's my advice. Let's start private schools that take no government money and teach our kids in an environment that doesn't support immorality. Let's push for school vouchers. Let's do a lot more home schooling. Let's get our kids out of the hands of the useless NEA and into our hands, the hands of those who love the children and care about their future.

I Love My Wife

Does anyone love their wife more than I love mine? I can answer that very quickly - NO! My wife is the most wonderful person on this planet and I am so blessed to have found her and to have her put up with the likes of me. Being away from her has confirmed in my mind something I already knew - I am pretty worthless without her. We'll get through this adventure and I'm sure we'll learn lots of things but it is really going to be a long year.

Where Have I Been?

It's hard to believe its been more than half-a-year since I last added something here. Not that anyone actually cares but I should blog more just for my own sanity. So many things I keep thinking about that should be written down so they don't clutter up my brain.

1) Michael Jackson. He really was a talented individual. As a big Gene Kelly fan, I always admired Jackson for his singing and dancing. But unlike Kelly, Jackson couldn't act at all. But I always liked Jackson's music. My favorite Jackson 5 song has always been "I Want You Back' and my favorite solo is 'Black or White'. When I was DJ'ing, I sure played a lot of his music, usually encouraging the audience to see who could do the best moonwalk. So it is sad that he has passed. But is it really the end of the world that many people seem to think it is. I heard someone suggest a Michael Jackson stamp and a day to honor him. Come on now! He was good but he was also very wierd and even leaned to the perverted side. He was an entertainer. If you're going to honor someone, how about all the doctors and nurses that save lives every day, or the soldiers that protect our country, or the policemen and firemen, or clergy and volunteers or ....... the list goes on. Although he entertained us, he never did what any of these others have done for us. Let's just say thanks and goodbye, and save the honors for those who truly deserve them.

2) Sarah Palin. Let's make her Mitt Romney's VP running mate and get them both elected. That's what this country really needs - some real business sense and some of that Alaska common sense.

3) Barack Obama. I've finally figured him out. He wants to be king of the world. Yes, I said KING OF THE WORLD! I know everyone thinks I'm nutty but all the signs are there. He criticizes the US, apologizes to the world for our behavior, takes down all of our defenses and snuggles up with the every leader/dictator/terrorist in the world and then scolds the one nation the rest of the world loves to hate - Israel. Think about it, if you wanted to win an election to be the king of the world, what would you do? Exactly what Obama is doing! I'm all for being diplomatic and trying to make nice with others, but come on! He is taking our country down a socialist road (so that the rest of the world will feel good) and doing everything he can to destroy all that is good about this country. If we're stuck with eight years of this man as president, we'll all be in big trouble.

Whew, that felt good. I should do it more often.

We Need Baseball

What we really need right now is for the baseball season to start. I've always believed that if you understand baseball, you'll understand life. Any situation you encounter in life has an answer in baseball. Being a San Diego Padres fan since 1969, I've learned a lot of lessons, mostly about how to deal with losing. But I'll always stand being them, support them and root for them. They are my team.

Feelin' Better

OK, I'm feeling a little better now. It took a couple of days but I think I've come to grips with this election fiasco. It's been interesting to watch the reaction of the No on 8 people to their defeat. For a group that preaches tolerance, I see little of that coming from them. On election day, as I drove into work, there were Yes on 8 signs lining one street. However, each had been spray-painted with a big NO over the YES. Why did we hear about so many Yes on 8 signs being stolen or vandalized and very little about violence against the No on 8 group? It's the Yes on 8, pro-marriage, pro-family group that is the the compassionate and tolerant one. Don't let the others convince you differently.

Here's the bigger issue. The No on 8 group used the subtitle "Equality for All" on their campaign. But it is not that they want to be equal, they want to be the SAME. Their subtitle should have been "Sameness for All.' The problem there is that they can never be the same. Homosexual couples will never be able to have children naturally. A similar situation came up a few years ago when feminists tried to pass the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). When you think of that campaign as well as the No on 8 campaign, both misused the word 'equal'. I don't know anyone who's against equal rights for homosexuals or women. But women can never be the same as men. And homosexual couples can never be the same as heterosexual couples.

I didn't agree that Obama should be president, but I'm also not going to file a lawsuit. The No on 8 group should learn this lesson.

America is Amazing

I'm writing as I'm watching the election results - probably not the best time to write because of all of the emotions I'm feeling. First and foremost, I love this country. Unlike Michelle Obama, I've been proud of my country all of my life. America is Amazing!

But now I feel frustrated and worried. My hope is that Barack Obama does not do as much damage to our country as I think he will. Everyone talks about him turning more toward the center, and that's the most I could hope for. He's always done whatever he needed to to get the support of the people around him. He's a political cameleon, with no set principals or values. You take that trait and the fact that he has turned himself into a celebrity/rock star and poof!, you become a US President. Unexperienced, untested, but loved by 55 million Americans.

So where do we go from here? Obama, Reid and Pelosi are now in charge. America is Amazing!

I Need Help.

OK, I need some help understanding. Maybe I'm missing something but how do people justify a vote for Obama as President of the United States? There's always something we don't like about all candidates and usually you can look past some of their flaws in order to vote for them. But Obama has so many issues & questions, I just can't understand how poeple can look past them. Here's just some of the things that come to mind.

1) Age and experience. So much for honoring older Americans for having the life experiences necessary to lead and guide, not to mention professional and leadership experiences. Obama has neither the life nor professional experiences to lead this country. There is simply no comparison to John McCain in this area.
2) Friends. My mother always taught me that you're known by the company you keep. How does someone explain away associations with William Ayers, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Tony Rezko, Rashid Khalidi, Emil Jones Jr, Reverend Michael Pfleger ..... and the list goes on and on. Will someone tell me why so many people simply looked past these? Amazing.
3) Honesty. Usually there are 'little white lies' or 'stretching the truth' all over any campaign. But Obama committed to taking public funds for the campaign then just didn't do it which allowed him to take unlimited campaign funds (by the way, where did all that money come from?). This was an outright lie. And what about saying he opposes gay marriage but opposes Proposition 8 in California? I guess integrity is not something people who are voting for Obama are worried about.
4) Socialism. You say this word and associate it with Obama and you're labeled a looney. But seriously, isn't this the way many of his programs lean? Redistribution of wealth, taking money from corporations (oil) and distributing it to others, promoting welfare-like programs - these are taking this country down the road to socialism. Call me looney but that doesn't mean I'm wrong.
5) Constitution. The Constitution of this country was inspired by God and I consider it a sacred document. It has guided this country for 230 years and we have prospered and been blessed beyond belief. Then Obama comes out and calls this document flawed. Ouch! This just doesn't fly with me and I don't understand how people can just ignore this statement.

I could go on but my point is that this Obama guy just has so many issues that worry me but don't seem to bother millions of other Americans. Am I missing something? Please help me understand.