Study Finds One-Third in D.C. Illiterate
This, via Matt Drudge, who one can rest assured isn't making race an issue by highlighting D.C.'s functional illiteracy rate.
Fact is, one-fifth of the country is functionally illiterate. Personally, I'd love to see a "literacy comprehension" rate; that is, the percentage of the American adult population that can read day-to-day necessities - things like instructions on automated tellers, bill payment machines and the like - but choose to play stupid and screw something up for themselves.
I bet we'd find more than half of this country in that group.
But a one-fifth functional illiteracy rate is embarrassing enough.
19.3.07
Enjoy it while it lasts, punk
High court hears 'Bong hits 4 Jesus' case - CNN.com
Snips:
"The Supreme Court Monday debated the case of a high school principal who suspended a student over a "Bong Hits 4 Jesus," banner displayed at a school-sponsored event.
"The free-speech case tests the limits of student messages officials could try to suppress.
"Joseph Frederick, then 18, unveiled the 14-foot paper sign on a public sidewalk outside his Juneau, Alaska, high school. Principal Deborah Morse confiscated it and later suspended the young man.
"At issue was whether Frederick's free-speech rights were violated and the discretion schools should be allowed to limit messages that appear to advocate illegal drug use."
The day you leave the cover of school and take a job, you can cash in your free-speech rights. I can't display "controversial" stickers on my vehicle (since it's parked in a work parking space), can't say what I want to in the workplace or even outside the workplace if someone knows where I am employed, I can't take advantage of my state's decriminalization of marijuana use because my company has random drug tests that can force a one-weekend-a-month pot smoker out of work.
Fight on, brother, but later in life, you'll lose more than you gain: America is money, not freedom.
Snips:
"The Supreme Court Monday debated the case of a high school principal who suspended a student over a "Bong Hits 4 Jesus," banner displayed at a school-sponsored event.
"The free-speech case tests the limits of student messages officials could try to suppress.
"Joseph Frederick, then 18, unveiled the 14-foot paper sign on a public sidewalk outside his Juneau, Alaska, high school. Principal Deborah Morse confiscated it and later suspended the young man.
"At issue was whether Frederick's free-speech rights were violated and the discretion schools should be allowed to limit messages that appear to advocate illegal drug use."
The day you leave the cover of school and take a job, you can cash in your free-speech rights. I can't display "controversial" stickers on my vehicle (since it's parked in a work parking space), can't say what I want to in the workplace or even outside the workplace if someone knows where I am employed, I can't take advantage of my state's decriminalization of marijuana use because my company has random drug tests that can force a one-weekend-a-month pot smoker out of work.
Fight on, brother, but later in life, you'll lose more than you gain: America is money, not freedom.
What more do we want?
US troops in Iraq want out
Some excerpts:
"We just want to get out of here as soon as possible," said one vehicle commander in one of his few printable comments.
"It's because the Iraqi army is so scared that we have to come here to die," he added, asking not to be named.
"Ninety-five percent of Iraqis are good but five percent are bad. But the 95 percent are too weak to stand up to the five percent."
The majority of civilian Americans want out. Many US soldiers want out. Why are we still there? We've wasted enough lives on Halliburton-sponsored nation-building.
Some excerpts:
"We just want to get out of here as soon as possible," said one vehicle commander in one of his few printable comments.
"It's because the Iraqi army is so scared that we have to come here to die," he added, asking not to be named.
"Ninety-five percent of Iraqis are good but five percent are bad. But the 95 percent are too weak to stand up to the five percent."
The majority of civilian Americans want out. Many US soldiers want out. Why are we still there? We've wasted enough lives on Halliburton-sponsored nation-building.
Great art
Tootie poses by *14-bis on deviantART
This guy is working on a tattoo design for me. I love his work.
18.3.07
New tattoo
This is Russian for "Blessed are the peacemakers." Going on the underside of my left forearm. All black.
The Family
Vera can navigate with a computer mouse enough to start iTunes, the DVD player and Photo Booth. Here's her latest...
Wasted argument
This is a waste of time.
No, the Old Testament doesn't apply to Christians, hence, the Ten Commandments contained therein don't apply to Christians. Why did Jesus come to earth? To do away with the old law and to usher in a new kingdom. Bye-bye, Ten Commandments, hello salvation through grace, humility and servitude!
Many, if not most, Christian Americans hang on to the 10 C's because (a) many Americans hate critical thinking and a checklist gives them a pass on having to use the ol' noodle and (b) America isn't exactly a nation brimming over with humility and servitude. This country thrives on greed, waste and utter disregard for the needy.
The New Testament, the bedrock teachings of Christianity, is refreshingly free of lists and chock full of enough raw, undirected wisdom to make any pea-brained Christian zealot go running to the black-and-white of that old, out-dated and discarded Ten Commandments.
Holding on the 10 C's doesn't make a Christian more pious, rather, shows them as less able to be the Christian Christ asks them to be. They have neither the willingness nor desire to take Christ's hand and make the best of the long, convoluted and self-debasing path of humility that is Christianity.
No, the Old Testament doesn't apply to Christians, hence, the Ten Commandments contained therein don't apply to Christians. Why did Jesus come to earth? To do away with the old law and to usher in a new kingdom. Bye-bye, Ten Commandments, hello salvation through grace, humility and servitude!
Many, if not most, Christian Americans hang on to the 10 C's because (a) many Americans hate critical thinking and a checklist gives them a pass on having to use the ol' noodle and (b) America isn't exactly a nation brimming over with humility and servitude. This country thrives on greed, waste and utter disregard for the needy.
The New Testament, the bedrock teachings of Christianity, is refreshingly free of lists and chock full of enough raw, undirected wisdom to make any pea-brained Christian zealot go running to the black-and-white of that old, out-dated and discarded Ten Commandments.
Holding on the 10 C's doesn't make a Christian more pious, rather, shows them as less able to be the Christian Christ asks them to be. They have neither the willingness nor desire to take Christ's hand and make the best of the long, convoluted and self-debasing path of humility that is Christianity.
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