When I need to vent before I kick someone.
I’ve been known to bite, too.
Okay. Here’s the complete memo. Sunday TimesAnd here’s something worse, the bits and pieces of explanation Mr. Kinsley (mentioned yesterday) didn’t have. Sunday TimesI’m going to use bits of it, and hope you read it yourself. And then decide Okay. Here’s the complete memo. SundayTimes And here’s something worse, the bits and pieces […]
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The bit below is from an op-ed piece in the LA Times, linked here. I’m going to take it apart a bit, because it annoys me. Then I plan to go looking for the entire infamous Downing Street memo and see if my tiny little brain can make any decisions for itself. Pardon the sarcasm,
Did I miss something? I’m scanning the news, trying to get it from different sources, trying to figure out what the heck’s going on and why, and a few things are popping out at me. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay’s been indicted in a campaign finance scheme. He says it’s politically motivated. Well, duh.
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“…there was a time when America’s public discourse was consistently much more vivid, focused and clear. Our Founders, probably the most literate generation in all of history, used words with astonishing precision and believed in the Rule of Reason.
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Why am I the one to call about “is there basketball practice today?” Do I look like the coach? (who is, btw, an extremely organized person whom I’m sure sent home a schedule of practices and his phone number.) Do I care that your kid is getting picked on at lunch? Well, yes, I do,
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I barely saw the light of day, all day. Okay, during my working hours. And the light I didn’t see was anything outside my office, except for the inside of the bathroom. Darn that coffee. Anywhoo. I got through the “M’s” done on the seventh grade. No, that doesn’t mean 6th grade is done, I
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Today as I was working on the “first priority,” getting kids enrolled (with the three I’m expecting tomorrow, fourteen this week) my principal stopped in to tell me we’re expecting to get audited next week. Yes, that’s audited. Not by the district, by the state. What are they looking for? Umm–papers in files. Certain papers,