Just a thought

[Jo McDonald]

 

School 1957 vs. School 2007

Scenario: Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls into school parking lot with shotgun in gun rack.

         1957 - Vice principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun, goes to his car and gets his own shotgun to show Jack.

         2007 - School goes into lockdown, the FBI is called, Jack is hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors are called in to assist traumatized students and teachers.

Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fistfight after school.

       1957 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end
up buddies.

       2007 - Police are called, SWAT team arrives and arrests Johnny and Mark. They are charged with assault and both are expelled even though Johnny started it.

Scenario: Jeffrey won't sit still in class, disrupts other students.

       1957 - Jeffrey is sent to the principal's office and given a good paddling. Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.

       2007 - Jeffrey is given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. Tested for ADD. School gets extra state funding because Jeffrey has a disability.


Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his neighbor's car and his Dad gives him a whipping with his belt.

       1957 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman.

       2007 - Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy is removed to foster care and joins a gang. State psychologist tells Billy's sister that she remembers being abused herself and their dad goes to prison. Billy's mom has an affair with the psychologist.

Scenario: Mark gets a headache and takes some Aspirin to school.

       1957 - Mark shares Aspirin with the school principal out on the smoking dock.

       2007 - Police are called and Mark is expelled from School for drug violations. His car is searched for drugs and weapons.

Scenario: Pedro fails high-school English.

       1957 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college.

       2007 - Pedro's cause is taken up by local human rights group.  Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that making English a requirement for graduation is racist. US Civil Liberties Association files class action lawsuit against state school system and Pedro's English teacher. English is banned from core curriculum. Pedro is given his diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.



Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover Independence Day firecrackers, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle and blows up an anthill.

       1957 - Ants die.

       2007 - Homeland Security and the FBI are called and Johnny is charged with domestic terrorism. Teams investigate parents, siblings are removed from the home, computers are confiscated, and Johnny's dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.

Scenario: Johnny falls during recess and scrapes his knee. His teacher, Mary, finds him crying, and gives him a hug to comfort him.

       1957 - Johnny soon feels better and goes back to playing.

       2007 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job.  She faces three years in federal prison. Johnny undergoes five years of therapy.



We cannot see the future. We cannot change the past. We can only live in the now with an eye towards gaining enough power in the future to wreak revenge on the  SOB who screwed us with all of the stuff that is happening now.

[Dee Gee]

Wonderful story but is just the truth, too bad we can't go back to the good old times.

[Jo McDonald]

Definition of term

The following is the winning entry from an annual contest calling for the most appropriate definition of a contemporary term. This year's term: Political correctness.

And the winner is: . . .

"Political correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."

[Roma Jean Turner]

That says it all!!!!

[Jo McDonald]

 
 

VERY INTERESTING READING.

A little history lesson. If you don't know the  answer make your best guess.
Who made these statements?

1) "We're going to take things away from you on
behalf of the common good."

A. Karl Marx
B. Adolph Hitler
C. Joseph Stalin
D. None of the above

2) "It's time for a new beginning, for an end to
government of the few, by the few, and for the few
.... And to replace it with shared responsibility
for shared prosperity."

A. Lenin
B. Mussolini
C. Idi Amin
D. None of the Above

3) "(We) ...can't just let business as usual go on,
and that means something has to be taken away from
ome people."

A. Nikita Khrushev
B. Josef Goebbels
C. Boris Yeltsin
D. None of the above

4) "We have to build a political consensus and that
requires people to give up a little bit of their own
.. in order to create
this common ground."

A. Mao Tse Dung
B. Hugo Chavez
C. Kim Jong Il
D. None of the above

5) "I certainly think the free-market has failed."

A. Karl Marx
B. Lenin
C. Molotov
D. None of the above

6) "I think it's time to send a clear message to
what has become the most profitable sector in (the)
entire economy .... that they are being watched."

A. Pinochet
B. Milosevic
C. Saddam Hussein
D. None of the above


Scroll down for the answers.......


Answers:

(1) D. None of the above. Statement was made by
Hillary Clinton 6/29/2004
(2) D. None of the above. Statement was made by
Hillary Clinton 5/29/2007
(3) D. None of the above. Statement was made by
Hillary Clinton 6/4/2007
(4) D. None of the above. Statement was made by
Hillary Clinton 6/4/2007
(5) D. None of the above. Statement was made by
Hillary Clinton 6/4/2007
(6) D. None of the above. Statement was made by
Hillary Clinton 9/2/2005

Be afraid, Be very afraid!!