Midwest Chick's Place

(A.K.A. Non-Original Rants)

–Co-opting good stuff from all over the ‘Net and maybe some original thoughts—ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒE

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  • Not poison ivy after all….

    Mr. B called it this morning.  He was having a different reaction to the same thing that I got and the culprit is stinging nettle, which is all around the garden (unbeknownst to me until this morning when I saw the picture).  I was pulling it up and had on gloves and long sleeves but… Continue reading

  • Poison Ivy AGAIN!

    Got poison ivy again, despite both Mr. B and myself being hyper-vigilant.  This usually necessitates a trip to the doctor for a nice steroid shot and a follow-up pac for a couple of weeks.  I’m trying my damnest to avoid this (but my arm is really, REALLY looking gross right about now–got a nice huge… Continue reading

  • So tell me again HOW the MSM is not a propoganda tool for the government?

    The Institute of Medicine came out with a report that recommends that the FDA should  create regulations–those things with the force of law that no one votes on–limiting the amount of salt that can be put into food  (sugar is next).  ABC last night ran a story on the horrible amounts of salt used in… Continue reading

  • Christie strikes again!

    Apparently it’s School Budget voting time in New Jersey and Gov. Christie has come out swinging (ht Jammie Wearing Fool).  Christie is accusing the teachers union of ‘using the students like drug mules’ in order to squeeze more money out of the taxpayers in New Jersey.  According to Christie, the union and its members have… Continue reading

  • Tea Party stuff

    Mr. B and I attended a Tea Party on April 14 (you can see his blogposts here and here).  It was a good time and a good crowd.  But it lead to a rather interesting conversation with a friend of mine.  I was telling her about the Tea Party and such and she said something… Continue reading

  • The Difference between Dems and Republicans on Education budgets

    I was listening to Don Wade and Roma this morning and they had Gov. Pat Quinn on their show.  He was trying to tout his reform of the teachers’ pension fund but the conversation quickly turned to the one percent income tax increase (he kept calling it a ‘surcharge’) that would be dedicated specifically for… Continue reading

  • Go Christie Go!!

    New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is taking on the New Jersey teachers union and is taking the fight to the public.  It looks like the union will no longer be able to hide behind the ‘it’s for the children’ meme since in this case, the money definitely is not.  Per this article: Christie added that… Continue reading

  • The New Jersey Teacher's Union is on a par with gangs….

    Apparently the New Jersey Teachers Union wants to play for keeps.  Union leadership sent out a prayer calling for Gov Christie’s demise in response to his calls for cuts in education funding.  Hopefully after this, he will start following Rhode Island’s excellent example. Continue reading

  • Why am I not surprised?? Are our educators duplicitous or just ignorant??

    An AOL article on how poorly US colleges and universities teach about US history, key texts (Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, etc.), and our institutions (ht Jerome Darnell at American Thinker).  What’s frightening is the ‘before picture’.  According to the article, half of the incoming freshmen (14,000) failed an exam on history/civics (getting half of… Continue reading

  • Quote of the day…

    Jim Hoft (Gateway Pundit) in this blogpost has a great turn-of-phrase! One thing we can all agree on about President Obama… He focuses his attention where it is needed least. Americans want jobs – He nationalizes health care. Americans see an emerging threat in nuclear Iran – He signs a nuke agreement with Russia. That’s… Continue reading