Most extreme late term abortion

Was listening to a discussion on a "Christian" station. It took me a few hours to realize what was so grotesque about the "Christian" support of parents' decisions to
"cut off" their gay children. It seemed to be the ultimate case of late term
abortion. I suspect that those parents' vision might have been impaired
by the beam(s) they neglected to cast out of their own eyes (Matt 7:5).
Moreover their judgment stands to scoff at the endless mercies that
have been afforded them through the shedding of the blood of Jesus
Christ. Your lights cannot shine through the pungent odor of your haughtiness.
Your dignified self-righteousness repels instead of attracts souls.

My presumptive distinction from "Progressives"

History is neutral. Agendas are, for the most part, what give history polarity. Omissions that don't fit the narrative that support ones assertions is a common tendency. I began with that because I suspect it to be a significant factor in my understanding of progressives.  I emphasize, that it's my understanding. What I know is fluid , open to incorporating new information. Ideologically, I find myself in alignment  with many, probably most views that I assume are also important to progressives. For progressives, our commonalities are essentially irrelevant. At least that's the impression I get. The movement is at war with dogma,  but seeks to supplant dogma with its own dogma. Having a myopathy that relies upon a selective review of history, the present, and their interdependence, is what I find to be an earmark of the movement. That drives the inflexibility that's more amenable to chaos than creation. Its "all or none" theme is inimical to democracy, diplomacy, and solidarity. It is as tainted with inexplicable inclination towards and tolerance of ageism as its foes are with racism and cronyism. There is also a tendency to look at its objectives and those of its predecessors,  in a vacuum.  Realistically policies have been subjected to compromises. What one gets is often very different from what one envisioned.  That's because others have different aspirations that are just as important to themselves. Give and take is how things ultimately get worked out. Most significant is the movement's hypersensitivity to critique.  Differences quickly become irreconcilable. So while I might have progressive views, I don't possess the mentality that makes me gang material.  I have evolved into someone who doesn't need to belong to any group that's fundamentally resistant to self analysis. Also I'm convinced that revolution needs to happen through alliance building, not, pointless destruction and extortion. Tactics sometimes can be effective even when there's no strategy.  Strategy,  however,  is key to longevity and stability.  Patience really is not the enemy.

Pompous Idiotic Tyrannical (PIT) Christie

One has to wonder if PIT Christie has ever really seriously given thought to everything that factors into students' performance in class, and more specifically, in testing. I'm sure that there are many who would be better equipped to go into more depth with this topic than I. But I will discuss a few things that are pretty obvious to those who aren't intoxicated with power, over which teachers have little if any control. Teachers don't decide which students possess an X-box, Nintendo, or Play Station, nor how much time is spent with those, T.V., or D.V.D's versus homework. Teachers don't have licenses to referee or mediate domestic unrest, quarrels, or physical altercations in students' homes. Teachers, unlike parents or guardians, don't get to implement reward systems in homes. Teachers can't make neighborhoods safer. Teachers can't influence where education lies on students' list of priorities. For some students part time jobs that pay money trump any messages coming from teachers. The bottom line is that there are too many things outside of the control of teachers that potentially impact students' performance. Ignoring these other influences and doggedly tearing into teachers like a Pit Bull might gain some political points among the me me me voters. But changing teachers without affecting the other factors that influence student performance will do little else. There are numerous studies that look at factors that influence student performance. I wonder how many PIT has read. Some are available right on the Internet. But you don't have to read or do a study to figure out that it's idiotic to punish teachers for their students' poor performance!

I'll be the first to admit that some American traditions are asinine and a pain in the butt. But generally striving towards more rather than less tolerance, is a custom that should be heralded. It's bizarre watching traditional American customs disintegrating in the name of political correctness and tolerance of others' traditions that have often emanated from far more intolerant social regimes. So Americans, eager to not offend might be too trigger happy when it comes to accommodating the de-identifying of the baby country. The insidious or noble effort to make America a thing of complete neutrality, without personality or color appears to benefit from this country's oblivion. The U.S.A. really does not need to be attacked when it can be systematically dismantled.

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A lot of us seem to recognize the slave mentality when we see it. But, accentuating the positive, there's another dynamic that should be noted. It's an innovative spirit that, in some ways can be seen as reacting to the very prevalent "massa" mentality. That mentality loathes innovation in the very ones that it seeks to oppress. But if necessity is the mother of invention, then it makes sense that oppression begats innovation. And still we rise.

That'll teach me to leave the sound on on my pc while asleep. I was dreaming that I was in the classroom of one of those uniquely profound professors. He was writing some life principals that you know are going to be remembered for life. Well I was awakened by an IM while he was on principal # 4. And it's the only one that I remembered from the dream!
#4: Think of your students as your children and you won't do or say anything harmful to you or them in the classroom. I think I paraphrased the anonymous professor. But I guess I inadvertently picked up another life lesson. Turn off the #$*@ electronics when you're supposed to be asleep. I promise you 1 -3 were really deep. But they're lost with all of those other things heard in a dream and blended into the abyss.

Once again SEPTA, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority is threatening a strike. Mind you that I think the majority of large companies are pimps. So workers fighting back is not really my beef. The problem is that SEPTA's workers don't give a good crap about how badly they inconvenience riders, not their management. This comes at a time when weather conditions are deteriorating. Conveniently this latest threat is being waived at riders during unprecedented circumstances. The Philadelphia Phillies are in the World Series. The World Series in Philadelphia without public transportation would make the city a national spectacle, a title which it deserves for putting up with SEPTA's shit for so many years! SEPTA's union has used the riders as bargaining chips or hostages periodically with impunity. Unless the riders are loving this being SEPTA's hoe thing, then they need to take this rare opportunity to throw it back at SEPTA. At at time when lots of us are suffering due to a poor economy, this organization, like a whiny spoiled brat, wants to be an exception.