Point of views on the new president of the United States.

[Rococo Modem Basilisk]

Well, many politicians are perfectly capable of ignoring guilt twinges.

Still, I'd rather have my tax dollars feed a fat guy and buy him blow jobs than kill people, and although portions will be allocated to both, I'd be happy for any shift from the latter to the former.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Well, many politicians are perfectly capable of ignoring guilt twinges.

Still, I'd rather have my tax dollars feed a fat guy and buy him blow jobs than kill people, and although portions will be allocated to both, I'd be happy for any shift from the latter to the former.

Thanks to modern technology, they can do both.

Also, why should you put up with either?

[Jenne]

Well, I for one am part of a group of watchdogs on education for the state of CA, and we know exactly how much of that pie is ours, for educational funding.  We know Wash DC has 30 days from Tuesday to get it to Sacramento, and Sacramento has 30 days to get it to the school districts.

What we have to watch for and write against starting next week is a largescale theivery on Sacramento's part for the pork that's OURS.  They need to find OTHER PORK for their evil deeds, and leave the educational community's alone.  Because this is a benchmark year in CA's history, and unless we get this infusion of funds and can apply it, our educational system will finally do its last circle round the bowl.

[fomenter]

what do you know about the reduction in the number of bus routes and their increasing walk distance as a part of school  district budget cuts? in CA

[Honey]

I didn't vote for him, I don't like him very much. He didn't even go into any detail and is still not going into detail on his plans for the future of the US. I don't care for him at all. I just have to salute him now. I am in the Navy and I am going to try to get posted near Japan.

I voted for him because if we elected Palin, we'd never be able to look Europe in the eye again.  However, I trust him as far as I could throw Dennis Hastert, and I eagerly look forward to watching him apply surprise buttsecks to America, because I hate this country and want it to fail.  I have felt this way since I woke up one morning and realized that my entire time in the military was based on a lie, and that Desert Storm and Panama (not to mention Grenada, Vietnam, etc) were nothing more than trade shows...And that I had never been defending America or mom or apple pie or the constitution or any of that bullshit, I was basically an enforcer for various corporations.  Much like Teddy Roosevelt charged San Juan Hill for the glory of the United Fruit Corporation.

So fuck the future of the United States.  Burn the fucking thing down, it's nothing but a horrible lie, and has been since the Adams administration.

Go Obama.  Fuck these bastards in the ass.

This post goes beyond awesome!

I think the designation, Country, is comparable to a Corporation especially in the modern day feudal system masquerading as a world economy.  Countries can be seen as a labyrinth of conglomerations, comprised of corporations & fueled by corporate interests, bailouts, lay offs & good ole boy politics.  Complete with all the mergers & acquisitions, hostile & semi-hostile takeovers, corporate raids & leveraged buyouts.  Also includes the *golden parachute* for those *lucky big cats* on top of the food chain.  Blackmail, greenmail, white knight tactics, Jonestown strategies & Pac-Man Defenses, it's all just 1 big crap shoot where serfs never win, they never even get to play.

The US of SNAFU?  United Kingdom of Krikkit? or The New Cartesian Republic?  whatever & doesn't matter what you call 'em.  Same o same o Buuuuuuulllllllllllsssssssshhhhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiittttttttttttttttttt!   

& campaign promises?  ah ha ha ha – Anyone who believes them ... hey & I should talk?  I like to fantasize about Eris as Goddess, Roger as Rain God & well, that big rabbit too, hhhmm whatwashisname?  oh yeah Harvey, but campaign promises?   ah no, my imagination can only take me so far.   

& Sarah Palin that *icon* of American politics?  I was somewhat mollified the GOP's *new & improved Southern Strategy* wasn't enough of a con job to get her elected.  (& when was the last time US didn't have a *good ole boy* as king?)

[Jenne]

what do you know about the reduction in the number of bus routes and their increasing walk distance as a part of school  district budget cuts? in CA

I know that the classified employees are considered more expendable than teachers, and so the bus drivers are the first to go.  This means in rural areas, the responsibility of getting kids to school is placed squarely on the parents' shoulders (as opposed to sub/urban areas where there might be "normal" bus routes the kids could use), and so they are less likely to get to school in the first place.

This mostly impacts places like Central Cali where the overwhelming majority of schoolchildren come from migrant farmworker families, and their priority system is already at odds with getting their kids an education.

[fomenter]

what do you know about the reduction in the number of bus routes and their increasing walk distance as a part of school  district budget cuts? in CA

I know that the classified employees are considered more expendable than teachers, and so the bus drivers are the first to go.  This means in rural areas, the responsibility of getting kids to school is placed squarely on the parents' shoulders (as opposed to sub/urban areas where there might be "normal" bus routes the kids could use), and so they are less likely to get to school in the first place.

This mostly impacts places like Central Cali where the overwhelming majority of schoolchildren come from migrant farmworker families, and their priority system is already at odds with getting their kids an education.

this is about to go into a meeting in our school district office, apparently several districts in the city have already passed it, they are increasing the walking distance to 1 mile (as the crow flies) meaning the kids who are walking will end up walking over a mile on city streets. there is a effort going on to get it on the news and inform the parents most of whom don't see it coming..

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I think the designation, Country, is comparable to a Corporation especially in the modern day feudal system masquerading as a world economy.  Countries can be seen as a labyrinth of conglomerations, comprised of corporations & fueled by corporate interests, bailouts, lay offs & good ole boy politics.  Complete with all the mergers & acquisitions, hostile & semi-hostile takeovers, corporate raids & leveraged buyouts.  Also includes the *golden parachute* for those *lucky big cats* on top of the food chain.  Blackmail, greenmail, white knight tactics, Jonestown strategies & Pac-Man Defenses, it's all just 1 big crap shoot where serfs never win, they never even get to play.

The US of SNAFU?  United Kingdom of Krikkit? or The New Cartesian Republic?  whatever & doesn't matter what you call 'em.  Same o same o Buuuuuuulllllllllllsssssssshhhhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiittttttttttttttttttt!   

& campaign promises?  ah ha ha ha – Anyone who believes them ... hey & I should talk?  I like to fantasize about Eris as Goddess, Roger as Rain God & well, that big rabbit too, hhhmm whatwashisname?  oh yeah Harvey, but campaign promises?   ah no, my imagination can only take me so far.   

& Sarah Palin that *icon* of American politics?  I was somewhat mollified the GOP's *new & improved Southern Strategy* wasn't enough of a con job to get her elected.  (& when was the last time US didn't have a *good ole boy* as king?)

Shit yeah.

[Soul Sojourner]

I fucking hate the government. Plain and simple.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I fucking hate the government. Plain and simple.

What government?

[Cainad (dec.)]

Does he mean the people who keep all the really big guns to themselves?

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Does he mean the people who keep all the really big guns to themselves?

Blackwater?

Idaho?

What?

[Jenne]

what do you know about the reduction in the number of bus routes and their increasing walk distance as a part of school  district budget cuts? in CA

I know that the classified employees are considered more expendable than teachers, and so the bus drivers are the first to go.  This means in rural areas, the responsibility of getting kids to school is placed squarely on the parents' shoulders (as opposed to sub/urban areas where there might be "normal" bus routes the kids could use), and so they are less likely to get to school in the first place.

This mostly impacts places like Central Cali where the overwhelming majority of schoolchildren come from migrant farmworker families, and their priority system is already at odds with getting their kids an education.

this is about to go into a meeting in our school district office, apparently several districts in the city have already passed it, they are increasing the walking distance to 1 mile (as the crow flies) meaning the kids who are walking will end up walking over a mile on city streets. there is a effort going on to get it on the news and inform the parents most of whom don't see it coming..

Parents are usually the last to know, which is one of the MAIN reasons I advocate.  I hate seeing this shit blindside the populace.  But it's always how it goes down, man, always.  Unless you are a jerk off like me who will go to school board meetings, meet with District superintendents, and hold teachers accountable for the teaching they do...yeah, if you are going through your motions of your life the best you can, then you can turn around and the state has raped you of your kids' education.

OH SHIT I AM DEBBIE DOWNER TODAY

[Requia ☣]

Oh, I totally recognize that that's what typically happens. However, the proposed fund is MASSIVE. Even professional politicians probably couldn't mine all that without feeling a twinge of guilt..

$750,000,000,000.00 bank bailout.  Nobody knows where the fuck it went.

You were saying?

7 billion of it went to a company who decided to give 1.5 billion of it in executive bonuses, then kicked me to the fucking curb with a hiring freeze right before I started with them.

I's burn the place down, but they rent.

[Requia ☣]

Shit, only a mile?  I could have taken the bus!

Of course, walking to school here may be a bit more practical than walking to school in wherever the hell you are, the only real hazard I ever faced was the trains full of nuclear waste that ran behind my school and pissed of teenagers trying to run me over.