Check this out.
Pelosi claims that 500,000,000 Americans lose their jobs per month!
What a moron!
See it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8hMJVXt09E
One has to wonder. . . .
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Change the paradigm of education!
Alaska has for too long accepted the current paradigm of education funding. Our school boards and the State Legislature and our Governors have been complacent in their acquiescence of an ever increasing regulatory burden in the classroom imposed by the federal government. In many instances this regulation has little or nothing to do with literacy, physical fitness, or logic, but has everything to do with imposing a social agenda that is anti-family, anti-religion, and anti-everything about the history and culture of the United States.
The agenda of the socialist aspect of the indoctrination of our children is fraught with the politically correct, rather than the reality of what these kids need to prepare them for life in our society and to compete in a global market place. Education was supposed to give them the basic tools: literacy, a certain level of understanding and competence in math and science, an understanding of geography, and an understanding of history.
After all, those who fail to understand history are doomed to repeat it.
I recently learned of what may be an insidious attempt by the Anchorage School District (ASD) to indoctrinate through Health Education. Instead of the classroom elementary teachers having health as one of their subjects, that subject will now be taught by a Health curriculum team from outside of the school who are going to be specifically trained. Trained in what is now the question.
This may be the means by which ASD incorporates the homosexual, anti-family agenda into the classroom. In other districts in the U.S., it is Health Education that is used to incorporate sexual orientation and sex education into elementary education at the lowest elementary grade levels.
What ASD does, Matanuska Susitna School District will soon attempt.
Instead of teaching our children to compete in an ever shrinking global economy, our federal Dept. of Education seems to believe that it is more important that a first grader understand sexual orientation, transgenderism and whether or not the kid can place a condom on a banana correctly. Reading and writing are obviously not a priority, given the number of kids that are illiterate and incapable of doing basic math, but who are graduated from high school in the name of not wanting to embarrass the kid by requiring meaningful graduation standards that must be met.
Society then pays the price for that failure through the criminal justice system. Society also pays otherwise as the labor force is then deficient and undereducated, meaning employers are forced to look overseas for qualified people.
When I was Iowa working this last year, I was surprised and disturbed at the number of Pakistanis, Indians, Mexicans, and other latinos in the work force there.
We have killed our replacement workforce through abortion and must now import that labor. And, we have impeded our young from qualifying for the job market by our acquiescence to a crippled education system.
How can we turn this mess around and return our schools to education of our young to be competitive, good citizens who have pride in their American heritage?
Get rid of the federal funding for our schools.
The Supreme Court has ruled that there is no obligation incurred if a subdivision of government refuses federal funds.
Federal funding comprises 8.9% of education funding in the U.S.
Federal funds comprise 3% of ASD’s budget for education.
Federal funds comprise 66% of the regulatory burden imposed upon the classroom including non-education related social experimentation.
Carol Como, Superintendent of Schools has stated that there are districts in U. S. that do not take federal funds for their schools.
Alaska can afford to eliminate the federal burden upon education. Alaska can go its own way. Alaska can end the social experiment that is our schools and return education to the dominance that it should have as the primary purpose of those schools.
Let our teachers teach, not transgenderism, not homosexual this and that, but literacy, math, science, and history. Let them demand and receive from our children . . . excellence!
Let us change this mess, and remove federal regulation and federal interference from our classrooms in Alaska.
Sarah Palin, where is the new deal in education? Why is it just more of the same under your administration?
The agenda of the socialist aspect of the indoctrination of our children is fraught with the politically correct, rather than the reality of what these kids need to prepare them for life in our society and to compete in a global market place. Education was supposed to give them the basic tools: literacy, a certain level of understanding and competence in math and science, an understanding of geography, and an understanding of history.
After all, those who fail to understand history are doomed to repeat it.
I recently learned of what may be an insidious attempt by the Anchorage School District (ASD) to indoctrinate through Health Education. Instead of the classroom elementary teachers having health as one of their subjects, that subject will now be taught by a Health curriculum team from outside of the school who are going to be specifically trained. Trained in what is now the question.
This may be the means by which ASD incorporates the homosexual, anti-family agenda into the classroom. In other districts in the U.S., it is Health Education that is used to incorporate sexual orientation and sex education into elementary education at the lowest elementary grade levels.
What ASD does, Matanuska Susitna School District will soon attempt.
Instead of teaching our children to compete in an ever shrinking global economy, our federal Dept. of Education seems to believe that it is more important that a first grader understand sexual orientation, transgenderism and whether or not the kid can place a condom on a banana correctly. Reading and writing are obviously not a priority, given the number of kids that are illiterate and incapable of doing basic math, but who are graduated from high school in the name of not wanting to embarrass the kid by requiring meaningful graduation standards that must be met.
Society then pays the price for that failure through the criminal justice system. Society also pays otherwise as the labor force is then deficient and undereducated, meaning employers are forced to look overseas for qualified people.
When I was Iowa working this last year, I was surprised and disturbed at the number of Pakistanis, Indians, Mexicans, and other latinos in the work force there.
We have killed our replacement workforce through abortion and must now import that labor. And, we have impeded our young from qualifying for the job market by our acquiescence to a crippled education system.
How can we turn this mess around and return our schools to education of our young to be competitive, good citizens who have pride in their American heritage?
Get rid of the federal funding for our schools.
The Supreme Court has ruled that there is no obligation incurred if a subdivision of government refuses federal funds.
Federal funding comprises 8.9% of education funding in the U.S.
Federal funds comprise 3% of ASD’s budget for education.
Federal funds comprise 66% of the regulatory burden imposed upon the classroom including non-education related social experimentation.
Carol Como, Superintendent of Schools has stated that there are districts in U. S. that do not take federal funds for their schools.
Alaska can afford to eliminate the federal burden upon education. Alaska can go its own way. Alaska can end the social experiment that is our schools and return education to the dominance that it should have as the primary purpose of those schools.
Let our teachers teach, not transgenderism, not homosexual this and that, but literacy, math, science, and history. Let them demand and receive from our children . . . excellence!
Let us change this mess, and remove federal regulation and federal interference from our classrooms in Alaska.
Sarah Palin, where is the new deal in education? Why is it just more of the same under your administration?
Monday, February 2, 2009
Mt. Redoubt and Mt. Spurr
MT REDOUBT
I went through a couple of Mt. Redoubt's eruptions. Nothing spectacular, but there are issues that one must be aware of.
Pumice ash is very corrosive, being jagged and very sharp. Not good for the lungs or the intake for any engine. Aircraft windshields and cabin windows are easily scored by pumice ash. It is a good idea to wear a mask when outdoors when the stuff is falling. Changing the air filter in the car or truck is something one should do at least once a week, more often, depending upon the mileage one is accruing.
The Alaska Volcano Observatory has a web cam on an oil rig in Cook Inlet, courtesy of UNOCAL.
http://www.avo.alaska.edu/webcam/webcam.php?cam=Redoubt%20-%20CI
I can't see Mt. Redoubt from my house, but we can see Spurr on a very clear day. The Alaska Volcano Observatory has a webcam for Mt. Spurr: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/webcam/webcam.php?cam=Spurr
Mt. Spurr is another volcano in the Alaska Range that has recent activity and is always one to be aware of.
A volcano eruption is a pretty impressive event. The last time Redoubt blew, it spewed ash all over the Matanuska-Susitna Valley and down the Kenai, covering the Anchorage bowl. Pretty impressive. Blocked the sun for a couple of days and stopped air traffic into and out of Anchorage and Elmendorf AFB.
The last eruption of Redoubt was in the Spring and there was snow on the ground. Snow, soon covered by ash.
My wife teaches third grade for Anchorage School District and she is looking forward to the event so that she can acquire more ash for science exhibits and examination by the kids.
I went through a couple of Mt. Redoubt's eruptions. Nothing spectacular, but there are issues that one must be aware of.
Pumice ash is very corrosive, being jagged and very sharp. Not good for the lungs or the intake for any engine. Aircraft windshields and cabin windows are easily scored by pumice ash. It is a good idea to wear a mask when outdoors when the stuff is falling. Changing the air filter in the car or truck is something one should do at least once a week, more often, depending upon the mileage one is accruing.
The Alaska Volcano Observatory has a web cam on an oil rig in Cook Inlet, courtesy of UNOCAL.
http://www.avo.alaska.edu/webcam/webcam.php?cam=Redoubt%20-%20CI
I can't see Mt. Redoubt from my house, but we can see Spurr on a very clear day. The Alaska Volcano Observatory has a webcam for Mt. Spurr: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/webcam/webcam.php?cam=Spurr
Mt. Spurr is another volcano in the Alaska Range that has recent activity and is always one to be aware of.
A volcano eruption is a pretty impressive event. The last time Redoubt blew, it spewed ash all over the Matanuska-Susitna Valley and down the Kenai, covering the Anchorage bowl. Pretty impressive. Blocked the sun for a couple of days and stopped air traffic into and out of Anchorage and Elmendorf AFB.
The last eruption of Redoubt was in the Spring and there was snow on the ground. Snow, soon covered by ash.
My wife teaches third grade for Anchorage School District and she is looking forward to the event so that she can acquire more ash for science exhibits and examination by the kids.
Interestingly enough, given the non stop press on the potential for an eruption by Redoubt, some of the kids are pretty concerned and very afraid. I think the press can knock off the gloom and doom and report the event when it happens, and otherwise, inform, but do not over sensationalize. There is no excuse for making more out of something than what it actually is.
There is a definite difference between reporting the news and sensationalizing to no good purpose, other than ratings.
The eruption of Redoubt is not something that is life threatening for anyone in my area. Were the mountain to do a "Krakatoa", then Kenai might suffer the blast shock, but is still far enough away that the damage would be minimal. The biggest danger is visibility when the ash comes down and any potential damage from sucking the ash into one's lungs or the intake of an aircraft or vehicle engine.
Use common sense about all of this, and everything will be fine.
MT SPURR
Volcanoes are a fact of life in Alaska.
Learn to live with the beast and one is fine. Worrying about something that may or may not happen is foolish. Sooner or later a volcano someplace in Alaska poofs some ash. Some are doing so continually. Mountain ranges in Alaska have many volcanoes. Alaska is on the "ring of fire" and tectonically active.
Volcanoes do not worry me. Another 9.2 earthquake does. We are way overdue for a major earthquake event in the Anchorage bowl and my area.
When Redoubt blows, it will be something to remark upon, put up with and nothing more. A unique event for the kids to understand.
Once one has been through a 9.2 earthquake and volcanic events, one appreciates just how insignificant the human race is and how little impact we have on this ball of dirt.
How arrogant are those who believe that we are the causation of "global warming". Given that it is now -15F at my place right now, I am very much looking forward to the impact of global warming!
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Sarah Palin--she's baaaack!
FINALLY, OUR GOVERNOR IS BACK IN ALASKA ACTING LIKE A GOVERNOR!
The Road to Nome, a long overdue improvement to the State's overland infrastructure is now being proposed by Gov. Palin. This is the first time there has been support by any administration since Walter Hickle in the late 60s.
Even more telling is the beginning of a thaw between Exxon and the State with the approval by DNR for Exxon to drill two gas wells at Pt. Thompson this year, along with building necessary pad and ice road support infrastructure. Granted, a long way to go to settle the State's angst against Exxon for delaying and setting upon gas leases when Alaska and the United States could use the royalties and natural gas. The natural gas would offset Middle East sources, meaning less money to the terrorists and cheaper gas for Americans.
The progress towards the start of a 24 inch natural gas in-state pipeline from the North Slope to Palmer or Anchorage is positive with a potential completion in 2014. That's cutting it too close for my liking in terms of completion before Cook Inlet reserves are depleted, but at least it is a date.
The Healy coal power generation plant sale to Golden Valley Electric is another good decision. The new power plant will reduce costs to central Alaska power consumers and demonstrate that a clean coal generation facility is a necessary and viable power generation technology for Alaska and the U.S. That plant has set idle for better than 10 years after a tremendous investment by the Dept. of Energy and the State of Alaska.
Now, if Sarah will get spending under control and show us the "fiscal conservative" side of the Palin Administration, the Sarah Palin I voted for and supported will be occupying the Governor's office.
The next item should be a vocal and public challenge by our Governor to the ANILCA restrictions regarding rights of way. The Izembek NWR land swap is an indication of unfairness in ANILCA. The State of Alaska should be allowed to build roads as it needs them and where it deems fit, just as every other State has been allowed to do so. To deny Alaska is to impose a restriction that is bad faith with respect to the intent of our Statehood Compact.
WELCOME BACK, SARAH, AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!
The Road to Nome, a long overdue improvement to the State's overland infrastructure is now being proposed by Gov. Palin. This is the first time there has been support by any administration since Walter Hickle in the late 60s.
Even more telling is the beginning of a thaw between Exxon and the State with the approval by DNR for Exxon to drill two gas wells at Pt. Thompson this year, along with building necessary pad and ice road support infrastructure. Granted, a long way to go to settle the State's angst against Exxon for delaying and setting upon gas leases when Alaska and the United States could use the royalties and natural gas. The natural gas would offset Middle East sources, meaning less money to the terrorists and cheaper gas for Americans.
The progress towards the start of a 24 inch natural gas in-state pipeline from the North Slope to Palmer or Anchorage is positive with a potential completion in 2014. That's cutting it too close for my liking in terms of completion before Cook Inlet reserves are depleted, but at least it is a date.
The Healy coal power generation plant sale to Golden Valley Electric is another good decision. The new power plant will reduce costs to central Alaska power consumers and demonstrate that a clean coal generation facility is a necessary and viable power generation technology for Alaska and the U.S. That plant has set idle for better than 10 years after a tremendous investment by the Dept. of Energy and the State of Alaska.
Now, if Sarah will get spending under control and show us the "fiscal conservative" side of the Palin Administration, the Sarah Palin I voted for and supported will be occupying the Governor's office.
The next item should be a vocal and public challenge by our Governor to the ANILCA restrictions regarding rights of way. The Izembek NWR land swap is an indication of unfairness in ANILCA. The State of Alaska should be allowed to build roads as it needs them and where it deems fit, just as every other State has been allowed to do so. To deny Alaska is to impose a restriction that is bad faith with respect to the intent of our Statehood Compact.
WELCOME BACK, SARAH, AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!
Obama, Jimmy Carter by any other name
Barak Obama is pursuing a propaganda game to paint the recession as being the worst since the Great Depression. In reality, it is not as bad--YET--as the debacle of our economy shepherded by President and peanut farmer Jimmy Carter in the late 70s early 80s.
Before Ronald Reagan took office, Carter had managed to bungle the economy into 18% inflation. In Alaska, interest rates at local banks were up to 22% to offset the declining value of the dollar.
Obama's messages have had a common note. Things are worse than they have ever been, things will get worse, and the feds need to squander our taxes in ponzi schemes for the inept jerks on Wall Street, at Fannie Mae, Freedie Mac, and in Congress. What he does not say, is that the PRC is not going to buy our debt, which means the fed is printing money, and that means . . . inflation will soon rear its ugly head. One cannot print a $trillion dollars and expect the dollar to be unscathed on the world market.
Before Ronald Reagan took office, Carter had managed to bungle the economy into 18% inflation. In Alaska, interest rates at local banks were up to 22% to offset the declining value of the dollar.
Obama's messages have had a common note. Things are worse than they have ever been, things will get worse, and the feds need to squander our taxes in ponzi schemes for the inept jerks on Wall Street, at Fannie Mae, Freedie Mac, and in Congress. What he does not say, is that the PRC is not going to buy our debt, which means the fed is printing money, and that means . . . inflation will soon rear its ugly head. One cannot print a $trillion dollars and expect the dollar to be unscathed on the world market.
Inflation is the only certain outcome of the "we gotta throw money at it" and the "quick, we gotta throw MORE money at it!" policy of Obama/Pelosi and the "compassionate conservative" read "appease liberals by out liberaling them in spending" Bush before him.
Inflation is an economic killer. All of us will feel the impact of an inflationary spiral resulting from the printing of more money to promote the liberal agenda and the unbridled growth of government. The price of bread, milk, sugar, gasoline, clothes, diapers . . . everything will go up. The poor and the rich alike will pay more and more and more as prices rise weekly.
In Zimbabwe, a loaf of bread is now a TRILLION of their currency. The government had to print trillion denomination notes. The money is worthless.
That is exactly what your government is now doing. Printing more money and making it worth less.
I remember the Carter years and the last year of Nixon and price controls. Nixon had an oil embargo to deal with. Carter had the aftermath. Worse, Iran underwent an Islamic revolution that resulted in the take over of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and our embassy personnel being held hostage, 5 dead Airforce and Marine personnel, and a burned out C130 and H53 helicopter left in the desert in the abortive attempt to free those hostages.
Carter's solutions to his economic woes and the challenge by Iran's Islamic regime? Spend more, put on a sweater, and talk. The U.S. was shown to be weak and ineffective in protecting its embassy in Tehren, something that ended with the election of Ronald Reagan and the freeing of the hostages.
Reagan became president and there was hope. Unlike Obama who continually reinforces why bigger government and unbridled spending is necessary, Reagan called for tax cuts and gave reasons why we should have faith in ourselves and the country--not the government. Reagan's speeches continually told us that smaller government was better, and that we could spend our money better than government, that tax cuts meant we would keep more of our money.
Obama just tells us to give more to the government. That the government that made the mess will spend us out of our economic problems.
No. Inflation will be the result.
Inflation will hurt the poor and the middle class more than any.
Obama/Pelosi have us on a course for disaster.
Contact your Congressional delegation in the House and Senate and tell them that you want tax cuts, and you want the spending to cease. Otherwise, things will get worse. Inflation will result, and then we will risk a long term depression.
In the mean time, save your money, be frugal, and use as little gasoline as you have to. The less gas you use, the lower the price at the pump. That was the only "positive" outcome of the high prices we paid this summer.
After all, it is our savings that banks and credit unions use for loan capital, not money from the government. Government ownership of these institutions is just asking for worse yet economically. As screwed up as Washington D. C. is, what do you think will happen to our loan institutions with government ownership and meddling?
What was it that created the home mortgage subprime mess? Pelosi, Barney Frank and Harry Reid and their ilk, with the complicity of George Bush trying to influence the next election by showing that Republicans could out lib the libs. Fools, one and all, and we will pay the price.
Yell at your local governments to cut their spending, and not increase your taxes at the cash register and for your property.
If we do not stop the lies coming from the Whitehouse and Pelosi/Reid, the United States is headed for a socialist experiment that will result in utter devastation of the free market economy and in an over burdensome and oppressive government.
If this idiocy continues, we will see a Great Depression, the depression of Obama/Pelosi.
It is time the Republicans in Congress started calling Obama on his characterizations of the economic situation. And, you and I paid more attention to why no tax cuts and less spending versus more spending and bigger government.
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