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So Far, Obama Has Had to Tell Families of Gun Violence that He Can't Do Anything About It by David Ravenwood 10/2/2015 3:42:03 PM
A Good Article I Found on Facebook,
Updated by German Lopez Vox Politics:
President Barack Obama is furious.
On Thursday, Obama spoke about the Umpqua Community College shooting in southwestern Oregon. He did not mask his anger about the t... more
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Low Income Workers are People, Too by David Ravenwood 9/29/2015 10:48:48 AM
Some people want the minimum wage increased to $15 an hour. I don't know if that's too high or not, but I believe there's something wrong when a person with a full time job only makes about $15,000 dollars a year. Why? Because that's near the poverty... more
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Be careful: You Just Might Need That Police Officer You Kicked Out of Your Restaurant by David Ravenwood 9/19/2015 8:14:18 AM
The Whataburger employee who told those police officers they wouldn't be served wasn't being very smart. It's bad enough that they have such a warped attitude toward people who uphold the law. And I've always had a hard time understanding that mind s... more
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Punishing High School Football Players for Taking Out the Referee by David Ravenwood 9/13/2015 10:46:21 AM
The video of two high school football players knocking down a referee was disgusting. What made it worse was how hard they hit him. And hitting him from behind made it an act of cowardice. The boys claim the ref used racial slurs. If he did then I th... more
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It Usually Doesn't Pay To Tell People Off by David Ravenwood 9/5/2015 1:25:02 PM
A video on the Internet shows a young woman telling off two workers at a fast food restaurant. She raised her voice and told them they had made a mistake on her order. She also told them it was rude of them to speak to each other in a foreign languag... more
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What Will We Do About All Of This Violence? by David Ravenwood 8/29/2015 8:00:40 AM
A Houston, Texas law enforcement official was gunned down while pumping gas into his police car. The killer evidently shot him several times from behind for no reason other than his position as a lawman who was out doing his job. When will we end thi... more
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As August Passes On Its Way by Steve Kerr 8/27/2015 3:10:22 AM
Has August just rushed past without stopping to say hello?
This weekend sees the last bank holiday before the Christmas break and already there is a touch of sweet Autumn in the air but hey ! isn`t Autumn beautiful in its very particular way... more
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Cracking down on Perverts in our Schools by David Ravenwood 8/22/2015 3:15:19 PM
Due to the rash of reports on the news, I have decided to run this blog again. We've got to do something about this problem.
As a teacher, it saddens me to learn of administrators and teachers involved in inappropriate relationships with student... more
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Buses and Baskets by Steve Kerr 8/17/2015 2:06:19 AM
It is now past mid August and the buses pass the untidy flower baskets that adorn the lampposts in this northern English city where,after all my wanderings, I have ended up.The sun comes out again after a few days of torrential rain .I suppose there ... more
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Make sure we don't Jump the Gun, even if the Arlington police officer did by David Ravenwood 8/16/2015 2:08:40 PM
As a white person I can only try to imagine what black people think when so many of their people have been shot by police officers. At the same time, I don't believe each shooting victim was entirely innocent, regardless of their color. The shooting ... more
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Even Donald Trump Can Go Too Far by David Ravenwood 8/8/2015 9:14:48 AM
Donald Trump had proven once again that he thinks he can do or say whatever he wants. I'm glad his invitation to a speaking engagement was removed. Fox news anchor, Megyn Kelly, asked him about calling women fat pigs. Evidently Trump doesn't like tou... more
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Hiroshima,Portuguese and Cilla by Steve Kerr 8/5/2015 8:37:18 AM
It has been a dull overcast day with a tinge of sunshine on
this the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima .The
atom bomb ,the Japanese POW camps all more examples of man`s
inhumanity to man.The story told and ret... more
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Life isn't Always Fair or Politically Correct, So Get Over It by David Ravenwood 8/1/2015 7:47:20 AM
We see story after story of people resisting police officers and getting arrested, stun-gunned, shot, or hurt in some way.
No one likes to be stopped by the police. Well, that's just tough. I was stopped once for driving 66 mph on a 55mph ... more
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Texans For Secure Retirement by David Ravenwood 7/25/2015 9:54:59 AM
Good article that I copied and pasted:
July 21, 2015
Mr. Mike Norman Editorial Page Editor Star-Telegram
Box 1870
Fort Worth, TX 76101
Dear Mr. Norman,
Recently, James Quintero of the Texas Public Policy Foundation ... more
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Perverts in Schools must receive Maximum Punishment by David Ravenwood 7/18/2015 9:17:09 AM
As a teacher, it saddens me to learn of a principal of a school soliciting a minor. Obviously, no one should do that kind of thing. But when it involves a teacher or administrator who makes their career working with kids, it is so much worse.
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Too Many People on the Planet by David Ravenwood 7/11/2015 12:39:04 PM
The people in my Sunday School class will think this is awful, but I think China has the right idea: impose a fine if a couple has more than one child. They've been doing this for years. Most people think with their heart and not their head when it c... more
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Pulling the Rebel Flag by David Ravenwood 7/3/2015 8:05:20 AM
Have we gone too far by yanking Dukes of Hazzard from the TV lineup?
The Confederates flew the rebel flag during the Civil War. The south wanted slavery to continue. I can see why people today associate that flag with discrimination. Most... more
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Are those of us who were spanked really warped? by David Ravenwood 6/28/2015 11:41:57 AM
Too many so-called experts say we shouldn't spank our children. Most of those people probably have never taught in the public schools. In the old days the schools used corporal punishment. The football coach at my high school in 1971 broke up a fist ... more
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It's All the Other Side's Fault by David Ravenwood 6/10/2015 7:29:39 AM
The protesters after the fight at the private community pool in, Texas reminds me of elementary school kids. Several protesters are saying this incident is all the fault of the police. An internet web site even has a drawing of a finger and the words... more
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Where I've Been by Leslie P Garcia 6/8/2015 8:18:05 PM
Sometimes life takes us away. Sometimes it brings us back. I'm back.... more
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