Wow this is really really shocking:-)

So Once again William Bennet has done something stupid. Read for yourself

Oh Yeah I love the News about Tom Delay

So there I was at school, I had just finished a really good class and I had entered my office and turned on my computer. There is was on Cnn. Tom Delay will step down after his indictment. If my day was not already awesome enough that just made my day completly. I mean it was about time. I have been waiting for this moment for months. Now this Texas Jury just needs to convict this major league A_Hole.

An Ugly Jets Season

Well I think I blogged too early last week. Damn is this Jets Season going to suck. Chad is down and we are back to possibly the old man Vinny. I would rather take Bollinger I think. Oh well

Wow what a differnce a week sort of makes

So the Jets came out on Sunday and played well. They beat a decent Miami team. Lets see what they do against the Jags. I am actually going to the game on Sunday. Very cool huh.
The Yanks on the other hand are in First again. Can they hold on to it. Next Weekend against the Sox will be Key. Lets go Yanks

Go Yanks and oh yeah Go J-E-T-S JETS, JETS JETS

Well the Yanks seemto have some what righted there ship but now they still have to catch both the Indians and the Red Sox. Oh if only the Yanks had actually done better against the D-rays we would not be in this mess that we are now. I still think the yankees are going to make the playoffs but I am not one hundred percent certain on this issue. I might actualy be going into waters that I have not had to experience since 1993. What am I talking about you non sports fans ask(Kevin, Weisberg, Nick and hopefully others who I am unware are reading this) 1993 was the last(non strike shorten year) where the Yankees did not make the playoffs. So I am of course a little bit nervous. I don't think that would actually be depressed or totally down like I might have been in high school. No rather my nervousniss/anxiety is actually linked to another sport--Football.
I am a Jets fan not die hard the way I am a yankee fan but still I follow them in the off season and watch all their games. So after watching the disater that was Game 1 vs KC I am having some serious reservations about this season. I don't know if I can stomach an ugly losing season. I really need my sports to help me chill and if I have to wait until April again to really enjoy sports that will be too long. So Lets Go Yankees and Lets Go Jets(beat those stupid dolphins)

Hit the road jack.(or should I say M. Brown)

Wow less than a week from reassignment to resignation. They must have really wanted this guy gone. Good riddance just as long he is not the last

A few thoughts

I am about to start my second week of work. I am so looking forward to it. My students could not be better. So far they are everything that I could ask for. They are respectful, and they appear excited about learning history.
On a more serious note. Today is the 4th minute anniversary of 9/11. I think we should all take a moment to think about those who lost their lives on such a horrible day. I also think that the Bush administration has taken our sorrow over this horrible event and manipulated our thoughts and fears and taken us down the wrong path. It is just so frustrating thinking about how Americans have been so missled.

some props to my friend Lucky_Adrastus

My friend over on Live journal has been saying some really good things about what is going on in this country these days. So here is link.

Fire Mike Brown!!!

Wow are they actually going to fire this guy. Okay yeah maybe the guy is being scapegoat but lets face it. He messed up big time. So it is obvious to me that sending this guy back to Washington is just( or hopfully is just) a step to actually firing this guy. My point is this. Everybody knows this guy needs to get canned. So just do it. Maybe wait a few more days but don't go through this B.S. of sending him home to his desk just fire him.

10 days of amazement Part II

So here is the part of my post where I get pissed. It has now been about a week since Hurricane Katrina essentially destroyed large parts of the Gulf Coast. There have been so many issues involved here from the fact that most of the victims in New Orleans have been poor African-Americans and the fact that the Bush Administration seemed at first to fault them for being poor with no place to go to the fact that bodies are still float in the water a week after the storm. This should not happen in this country. Not that this should happen in any country but hte United States prides itself on being the richest most powerful most democratic country in the world and here we are looking like a third world country.
The sad part of all this is the scope and priorities. This tragedy could probably not have been prevented but perhaps the scope could have been less. The Bush administration did two things that really hurt New Orleans. One when the Army Corps of Enginers requested a budget to fix and upgrade the levees the Bush Administration cut the budget to fight the war in Iraq. This was the Bush administration with its eye towards a seemingly more important issue. It is the second action that I take more issue with. Prior to President Bush II, President Clinton and from what I understand President Bush I protected the wetlands around New Orleans. President Bush II allowed these protections to expire and essentially sold the land to developers who promptly destroyed the wetlands. When the hurrican came through the wetlands which normally would have soaked up some of the water from the hurricane were no longer there and New Orleans flooded. So again poor people had to suffer so President Bushs anti environmentalist developer friends could get rich. Does this seem right to you. Again this administration has proven that it will go out of its way to help the rich and the developers and capitalist countering years of previous administration efforts to help the environment.
Think about that folks.

Ten days of amazement Part I

Wow I have had a interesting last 11 days or so. To begin with I want to express my sorrow and outrage at was has happened down south on the Gulf Coast. But I will get to that in a moment. First I must discuss good news.

I have a new job. I am still teaching but now I am at a new school. It is a private school and although the students have not shown up yet I am so happy. The faculty is so nice and helpful and I will have great support from the entire staff. I will be teaching History(of course) and can't wait.
My class size keeps on dropping dramatically. My first year teaching I had 165 students. My second year I had 112. Now this year I will have less than 60 total. How cool is that. So anyway for the past week plus I have been going to work for Teacher week. I am looking forward to Tuesday with a bit trepidation but mostly excitement!