Month: April 2007

  • Hillary Clinton

    An article was linked on drudgereport and digg.com that tried to answer the question “Why women hate Hillary?”  

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    It must have received too many hits because it is not available now.   I will link it later if it becomes available.  So now I am just sitting here left to wonder:

    Why do people hate Hillary?

     

  • Christian Tattoo

    A man opened a Christian Tattoo parlor. 

    Lower back tattoos are more common among young women.

    He is careful to not do any tattoo design that glorifies sin.  That includes “marijuana leaves, profanity, peace signs and homosexuality.”  Here is the link:  Link

    Which of the following tattoos are most likely to glorify sin, marijuana leaves, profanity, peace signs or homosexuality?

     

  • Smoking

    There have been a whole lot of laws passed against smoking recently.

    Have we come to the place where we are now being unfair to smokers?

                                                                       

  • PETA

    PETA is asking the Associated Press to refer to animals as he/she instead of it. 

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    (This is Daisy.  It belongs to a veterinary student).

    The Associated Press has a guideline that currently refers to animals as inanimate objects.  PETA requested that the Associated Press “take a progressive step and give animals the respect that they deserve by revising AP style guidelines to reflect the usage of personal pronouns for all animals.”

    Here is the link:  Link

    Should the Associated Press refer to animals as he and she in order to give them the respect they deserve?

                                                            

  • Person of the Year Award

    A lady told people she had cancer and raised about $20,000 from fund-raisers.  She faked the cancer and had people pay for fake treatments.  Here is the link:  Link

                                                         

  • The Essay

    I wrote earlier today about how a kid was arrested and forced to change schools for an essay he wrote for creative writing class.  The students were encouraged to not “censor” themselves and to exaggerate.   

    The kid’s lawyer released the essay.  Here is the essay with edits for cursing by the paper that printed it:  

    “Blood sex and Booze. Drugs Drugs Drugs are fun. Stab, Stab, Stab, S…t…a…b…, poke. “So I had this dream last night where I went into a building, pulled out two P90s and started shooting everyone…, then had sex with the dead bodies. Well, not really, but it would be funny if I did.” Umm, yeah, what to wright about…… I’m leaving to join the Marines and I really don’t give a [expletive] about my academics, so why does the only class that’s complete [expletive], happen to be the only required class…enough said. The model citizen would stay around to vote in new board member to change the 4 years of English policy, but no one really stays around to vote for that kind of local crap, so whoever gets there name on the Ballet with a pretty face gets to do what the [expletive] ever they want with local ordinance. A person is smart, but people are dumb selfish animals. We can’t make rules for ourselves so we vote others to do it for us, but we can’t even do that right, I meen seriously, Bush for President? And our other option was John Kerry who claimed to parktake in Vietnam Special Forces missions that haven’t been declassified…. [expletive]. So Power Flower Super Mario. Pudge, hook, rot, dismember “Fresh Meat.” Most new/young teachers are laid back, and cooperative with students as feedback and input into the curriculum and atmosphere. My current English teacher is a control freak intent on setting a gap between herself and her students like a 63 year old white male fortune 500 company CEO, and a illegal immigrant. If CG was a private catholic school, I could understand, but wtf is her problem. And baking brownies and rice crispies does not make up for it, way to try and justify yourself as a good teacher while underhandidly looking for complements on your cooking. No quarrel on you qualifications as a writer, but as a teacher, don’t be surprised on inspiring the first cg shooting.”                

    Here is the link with the kid’s explanation of his writing:  Link       

    Does seeing the essay itself change your mind about whether the kid was a threat?  

                                                                             

  • God and the Environment

    Here is the link:  Link

    Do you think God is an environmentalist?

                                                         

  • Creative Writing

    Apparently it is now politically incorrect to write a paper for school that you dream of shooting your classmates and then have sex with their dead bodies.

    Honors student Allen Lee was arrested for an essay he wrote in his creative writing class.  The teacher told the students not to “censor” themselves.  They were also encouraged to “exaggerate.”  So Allen Lee did what any normal boy his age would do and wrote a story of a dream of shooting his classmates and having sex with their dead bodies. 

    He was arrested and transferred to another school.  (School officials must not care about the kids in the other school).  Here is the link:  Link

    Should Allen Lee be forced to change schools for being creative in his writing class?

                                                                                                   

  • New Ways To Cheat

    I just read an article about how kids are using iPods to cheat.  Here is the link:  Link

    iPod nano. Rhythm and hues. 2GB, 4GB, 8GB from $149

    If you saw a person cheating on a test or assignment, would you turn them in?

                                                       

  • Debate

    Democrats Spar Over Iraq War in First Debate // Democratic presidential candidates at the debate (© Jim Bourg/Reuters)

    So did you watch the debate tonight?  If you did, who do you think won?