Socialism is on the Way

Yeah, this isn't socialist at all...

Government is not about controlling what people make. It is about governance. Wow.

What a Week

So, my wife went to Illinois for my spring break. What a week it was. I already appreciated what my wife goes thru to be a stay at home mom, but after being the stay at home dad for a week, it means that much more to me that she is willing to do such hard work.

Other stuff:
* I didn't always believe Tiger Woods is the greatest ever, but with today's round, I am convinced he will pass every one of the all time records.
* As a teacher, I feel that students should exercise common sense when it comes to "Public Displays of Affection", but to completely ban ALL human contact is ridiculous.
* I realize the president has a lot of influence, but this is beyond belief.
* These people are alarmists that need to look at the science, not the politics of global warming.

I want to play golf every day next week. But alas, we are not made of money, and I have a big project for my masters degree due on Saturday. Until then...

Half Way Thru Spring Break

Played golf today. It was beautiful weather. But, at around 10:00 or so, I heard what sounded like a sonic boom. Turns out it wasn't. An old friend of mine from Chula Vista knew the pilot. Sad.

Wife comes home Saturday. Little ones miss her. Youngest hates bath time with me for some reason. She just plays for about 3 minutes then starts crying. It makes Oldest mad and start crying too. Then I start crying... just kidding. But it makes me want to let Youngest wait until Sunday to get a bath. Probably not a good idea.

Didn't get much done so far during this vacation. I am supposed to read a book and write a 6 page "book report" on it for my masters class. It is due 4/4/09. I am on page 20 of 245. For some reason every time I pick it up, Oldest is in my face wanting to play, or eat or just bug me. Oh well. I also haven't even looked at the papers that I need to grade for school. Maybe on Sunday night after wife is back. Next week is going to be all about the Masters class.

Final random thought - I wish Sonic wasn't all the way in Palmdale. I love those Strawberry-Limeades. Could go for one right about now...

Day 1 of Spring Break

Took the wife to Burbank Airport today. She went to Illinois to see her sister and her new niece (born 1/23/09). As for Me and our kids, we will try not to destroy the house, keep ourselves fed on food other than Winchells, In-N-Out, Weinerschnitzel, and Starbucks, and will miss her. A Lot. As in, I am going to go to bed soon because I don't want to be awake and missing her.

With Church tomorrow and Oldest having Cubbies, it might be a long day.

Vacations

So, tonight is my first and last night of vacation.

My spring break began at 2:23 this afternoon, but ends very soon as the wife is going to visit her sister in Illinois for the next 7 days. I will be left to fend for myself with the little ones. Luckily, I have the mother-in-law around the corner, and a babysitter coming to watch them one day. Usually spring break consists of sleeping in and playing golf (not both on the same day of course) but this year it is playing Mr. Mom.

In other news, I am so tired of the garbage that is happening in Washington DC that I have decided to not read anything that will make me any more angry than I already am. So, no Rush Limbaugh, no politico, no left wing or right wing news sources. Just sports and local news.

Rudeness

I experienced one of the rudest actions on Wednesday in one of my classes. Here's the scoop:

My students were doing a "labette", not a full fledged lab, but one that still required some manipulating of solutions and lots of thought. One of the boys didn't notice that his paper was under one of the plastic cups we were using for beakers. As he pulled it towards him, the cup tumped over, spilling its contents onto the lab bench and a few papers. The 3 students (2 girls, 1 boy) all scrambled to move their papers, and get them dry, but a few papers were wet. They did not move their folders. I was helping them with how to do a calculation so none of them "jumped" to get it wiped up.

A few moments later, they noticed that one of the girls folders was now wet from the spill as the liquid spread across the table. This young lady then began yelling at the boy for not cleaning up his spill. (Recall that none of the 3 of them made any effort to clean.) I told them all to calm down and asked the boy to get a few paper towels and get it cleaned up. The spill was rectified and I thought all was well. I was wrong.

A few minutes later, I was in their area again, and noticed the girl with the wet folder holding a cup of water and preparing to pour it on the boy's paper while he is away doing something else. "WOAH WOAH WOAH" says the teacher. "What are you doing?" She looks sheepish at the teacher. Teacher says "That's not very nice." Her reply? "He didn't clean it up!" So teacher says, it was an accident that none of you cleaned up. It's done, move on. Then the coup de grace...

I looked over a few minutes later, right as the bell is about to ring, and see the boy drying off his paper. I just about lost it. "Did you pour water on his paper? Yeah, that's mature. That is one of the rudest things I have ever seen. You repay an accident with ill-will? How Rude. Just Rude. I can't believe you would do that." Bell rings.

It gets worse.

She leaves, never apologizing, never showing any remorse. The other girl in the group is still there and I say again, "That was so rude. I am so sorry [student] that she did that." The other girl says... Are you ready? This is sad...

"It's not like he didn't deserve it."

ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!? YOU ARE JUSTIFYING THIS BEHAVIOR BECAUSE "He deserved it?" Unreal.

Please tell me that students are not like this around the USA. Please tell me that accidents are not treated with malice and contempt. Please tell me that the youth of today are able to think through things and understand how to make the world a better place.

Conservativism

This guy used to be a Conservative Christian, but has changed his view. I disagree with him on multiple levels, but this paragraph angered me...

So, what is the problem with lying to our faces, say, claiming that all American's taxes are going up when 95% of American's taxes are going to go down? Why not claim Obama is a socialist, even if he's not? Why not say anything at all to drive our country into a pit when losing is seen as winning? That, is all the Republicans have to offer America: more lies on a path to destruction from which the Republican "leadership" plans to resurrect themselves and "save" America from Obama.

Conservatives are not lying.
Fact: Taxes in California ARE increasing. Fact: In order to pay for the Porkulus Package, SOMEONE is going to have to pay for it. It may not be me this year, but taxes WILL go up. They have to. The money doesn't just appear in the Gov't coffers.

Socialism by definition via wikipedia: Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating public or state ownership and administration of the Means of production and distribution of goods, and a society characterized by equal opportunities for all individuals, with a fair or egalitarian method of compensation.

Aren't the bailouts, the banks being "rescued" by the government, the idea of "Universal Health Care", the "Fairness Doctrine", the "Freedom of Choice Act" all BY DEFINITION Socialist ideas? Then, by logical induction, Obama's financial policies are Socialist.

Not all conservatives are rooting for the policies to fail. That would be like saying I hope my car gets keyed in the parking lot so I can get a new paint job. I WANT the policies to work, but in the back of my mind, I don't think they will. So, I make the necessary life-changes to prepare for the worst. Then, if I am wrong, I am in good financial shape. If I am right, I am not in as bad of shape as I could have been.

And his attack of a Biblical Worldview is EXACTLY the problem with our society today. A Biblical worldview is looked upon as immature, unscientific, unreliable or even to some assanine. My faith in God drives my worldview, which says I should live my life in a way that glorifies God. My worldview in turn believes that there is only one Truth. There can be many falsehoods, but there cannot be many truths. Current Hedonistic/Materialistic worldview believe there is Relative Truth. Christianity is inherently Absolute. Jesus is the Truth, and all others are deceivers.

Finally, Schaeffer lists off things that he says ALL republicans believe. Let's answer a few of them.

Guns make you safe, They can be a huge deterrent to crime, but remember, Guns don't kill people, People kill People.

The earth is 6000 years old, I AGREE, as that is what the Bible tells me.

Gays are evil and dangerous, I DISAGREE. Gays are sinners in need of a savior. Their lifestyle is in conflict with a Biblical Worldview.

Iraq had something to do with 9/11 I don't know. I know Saddam was oppressing his people, and we could do something about it, and in turn, help make the world a safer place.

Obama is a Muslim, I DISAGREE. I trust him on his word that he is an evangelical, but I question his worldview, since he doesn't hold to Biblical truths.

Obama is a communist, I DISAGREE. Socialist is the more accurate.

Obama is the Antichrist, I DISAGREE. The Bible tells us that the AntiChrist will be a deceiver, and many will be deceived. While that part is true, he doesn't fit the rest of the Biblical descriptions of the AntiChrist.

Lowering taxes for the super rich would help the economy, UNSURE. But allowing them to put their money to work in business wouldn't hurt. Taxing them more only stifles growth. But I am not an economist, so I don't know for sure.

Deregulating banks leads to prosperity. I am not an economist, so I have no idea.

Jesus is coming back soon to take all the evangelicals to heaven leaving anyone who can walk in a straight line and chew gum at the same time on earth, Close. Jesus IS coming back soon to take all the BELIEVERS IN HIM AS SAVIOR. The implication that Christians cannot chew gum and walk in a straight line is also implying that all Christians check their mind at the door of the Church, which is ridiculous.

Sara Palin's only problem is that the "elite media" was unfair to her, Gov. Palin is human, which means she has plenty of problems. The problem was the other candidates were not examined using the same lens as Gov. Palin.

Every word of the Bible is true -- literally, FINALLY HE GOT ONE RIGHT, but not all Republicans believe this.

We don't need trains that work, infrastructure that functions and new energy, just Jesus... Well, we need Jesus, that is for sure, but our society still needs to function. I have no problem with conservation efforts, and improvements in commerce, infrastructure and SOME government is needed, but Not oodles and oodles of tax payer money going to support the others. The Biblical worldview says if you don't work, you don't eat.

Obviously, I am a staunch believer in the Biblical Worldview. And I believe that Fiscal reponsibility should be practiced by the Government, just like individuals are called to be. More government is not the way to a prosperous culture.

Sorry, Mr. Schaeffer, but we are becoming the New Rome yet I don't think ANY Republican wants to see the United States Fail. We want people to use their brains.