Via Insty (ht, Mr. B):  A school superintendent in New Jersey Rhode Island  asked her union high school teachers to do what teachers in my time did anyway apparently voluntarily:  adding 25 minutes to the school day, providing tutoring on a rotating schedule before and after school, eating lunch with students once a week, submitting… Continue reading

There was a fire in Cicero last night and seven people died and three firefighters were wounded battling the four alarm blaze.  It could have been avoided.  In 1991, the city of Cicero tried to tighten up its occupancy limits and was sued by the federal government (who won) because the federal government felt that… Continue reading

Via Aaron Gee at American Thinker, a posting about a California police officer who ‘joked’ on Facebook that Second Amendment supporters/advocates should be shot.  Reasoning such as this is why citizens should be armed.  If we are unable to defend ourselves from those ‘trained’ to be armed, then we have made ourselves automatic victims.  From… Continue reading

These are some culled from the link in my previous post: Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. Aristotle The saddest thing in the world, is loving someone who used to love you. Anon After all these years, I see that I was mistaken about Eve in the beginning; it is better… Continue reading

I was doing a bit of research on Valentine’s Day since it’s a ‘holiday’ that I’ve never really understood or celebrated.  I always figured why? since it was the day of a massacre and none of the original saints named Valentine were associated with love (Chaucer made that connection between the holiday and love in… Continue reading

Via JayG at MArooned…..  Here’s an answer to Audi’s Green Police ad. Continue reading

This is REALLY funny so I just had to link to it! Listen to Uncle Jay…: So Close… Continue reading

Just saw that Green Mountains Homesteading linked to me so I’m tossing back some linky goodness. Continue reading

Saw this on my sitemeter.  I think they were searching for something other than commentary…..  Domain Name (Unknown)  IP Address 89.108.0.# (Sahara Network) ISP Sahara Network Location Continent  :  Asia Country  :  Saudi Arabia  (Facts) State/Region  :  Ash Sharqiyah City  :  Dammam Lat/Long  :  26.4258, 50.1142 (Map) Language English (U.S.) en-us Operating System Microsoft WinXP Browser Internet Explorer… Continue reading

So is it just me (probably) or does anyone else find it interesting that the nation’s capital being completely closed down (at an estimated $100 million/day cost to the taxpayers) right when the Democrats are talking about using  reconciliation (via Insty) to force Obamacare down the throats of a public who may well resort to… Continue reading