Friday, May 10, 2013

Wet and 24

It is wet, wet in this area this morning...it's been a while,( Sounds like an old Staind song) But if you think back, Spring in SE Texas is pretty much like this...boggy....anyway, I had 4.37 inches of rain and actually could not sleep due to the thunder last night. ( We have WW2 Blackout Curtains in our bedroom, like we are expecting the Luftwaffe to be bombing all night...)

Sad part, if you look at the regional radar near San Antonio, round two is headed this way...

Second thing of note. one of my favorite all time TV shows is in negotiations to come back....24, with Kiefer Sutherland. There is so little I watch on network TV, I hope Fox is able to pull it off.

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Student Blows Up on Youtube.

So a Duncanville ISD( Near Dallas) 10th grade student blew up at his World History teacher when the teacher kicked him out of class. 

The kid is right. There are some lazy ass teachers. You know I have written about sorry teachers in the past.... Nothing new, that said, I would have eaten the kid alive just for fun....but then again, that's just me. :)

I Wonder How Much Trouble I would Be In????

So, many of you are having children that are high school in age. I got to thinking about how a parent conference would go?

I was wondering if I would be nice, bring stuff up you did when you were in school, yell at you for the kid, take both of you to the cuss porch?

I'd try to be nice, but if I were retirement eligible, there ain't no telling...man, I am so glad I am retired....

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Jodi Arias

I have been watching the Jodi Arias trial off and on since it started in January. I do not know how the 12 jurors and alternates have stood it. I know they were not sequestered, and Arizona has not sequestered a jury in 80 years, but you know they are worn absolutely out.

Tomorrow they will start the punishment phase. Either life in prison or death. I am guessing they are going to give her life. Juries just do not put women to death. There are 122 men and 3 women on death row in Arizona. The way the jury announced the verdict, they may have already compromised the verdict and the she'll get life. ( 7 premeditated and felony, 5 premeditated.)

Arizona has not executed a woman since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. I doubt Jodi will receive a lethal injection.

Buna School

I have said repeatedly I love the people in the community of Buna. I'll always have a special place in my heart for the folks there. I think about many of you often and wonder about what you are doing. That said, there is seriously something wrong with the school.

I understand that some of you work for the district and within the district you see things from well, a different viewpoint. I know this because I was there. Now that I am removed, more and more I look at the school with a more objective eye.

There are just too many things going on that I as a former teacher look at from afar and go, " what in the hell were they thinking?"

People are starting to call me at my house, some all in a tizzy. I thought it was just a few malcontents, but last evening, I received a call from a person who I see as pretty darn straight shooter with their opinions. They were upset with the actions that took place during the last week. They literally were besides themselves and these are people who don't normally get upset. They are to the point I think homeschooling is the venue they are looking at for their children.

I know there are several "old school" Buna educators who are just appalled. They won't/can't tell the general public, but secretly, they are shocked at what is going on.

Now, I know Buna is not Beaumont ISD or even Pt Arthur ISD, but the route it is going, it makes you wonder how long the same stunts will be pulled within the district. ( There are a lot of people who think the school is doing nothing but playing CYA instead of taking care of business first.)

Don't know who reads this in Buna administration or board ( probably no one), but if you want a bond to pass, you need to make more of your patrons happy than what you have right now....and to be honest, I don't think you know how...



Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Three Girls in Cleveland

So, if you have not heard, three young women were released from a kidnapper in Cleveland, OH. They were held captive for over 10 years.

I assume that the kidnapper used the girls along with his brothers for some sort of sex slaves.

The kidnapper was a school bus driver in Cleveland.

I've been around schools all my life. Since I retired is the longest I have not been in a school. ( My Mother took me to workdays before I was in school, I remember that vividly.) I am going to make some school people upset with this next comment.

There are some fucked up people in the schools. I am amazed at the number of people in this area that are caught trying to fuck, or actually screwing their students. This happens at public, private, and parochial schools. It isn't just public schools.

I really wonder about the schools sometimes. I worked with some really fucked up people and the school knew, and did nothing......

I just do not know....



Sex...Aliens......Witches?

So, I asked Monday for possible "hot topics" to write about. There is just so much going on in Jasper, Orange, Newton, Hardin, etc. Counties I can cover....

I was suggested sex......Yes, I am all for it....Most guys I know are.....

Aliens??? Are there people on other planets? Probably. Are they here? I do not know.....

So what are UFOs? A lot are government experiments. The CIA, USAF, USN has stuff we don't know about as of yet....that entire Area 51 stuff......The other UFOs......Well, let me put it this way, if the government reveals there are UFOs, I will discuss, on this blog, what I really think they are....and at that point, it'll either "click" for you, or you'll think that I have finally "lost my damn mind."

I know some witches....they are evil, spiteful, women....wait, wait.....Was that with a "W" or a "B?"


Monday, May 6, 2013

Topics?????

From time to time, I ask for topics you would like for me to cover.This is one of those times...also, if there is something you want me to look into and investigate, let me know. I may just write a "blistering" blog on the topic.

As always, the suggestions, and information as always is kept on an anonymous basis....

thegovteach@gmail.com


Buna ISD Bond??????

So, I have not even thought about the bond in Buna....Don't even know the plans. Have not written about it, have not mentioned it on the radio program....I don't even know anything about it....I thought about going to a meeting, but the same night, I got a better offer.

For the third time I was approached by a Buna person, this weekend. who asked...." They are wanting to know how bad you are going to hurt the bond?"

Who is " they?" Why can't "they" contact me on their own?  What has "they" finally decided to put on the bond? Have "they" put off the bond until later? Is the bond talk dead?

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Syria

So, I finally read some world news this morning and saw all of the Syrian News. It seems that the Israeli Air Force has bombed Syrian installations for the second day. The weapons are said to be Iranian of origin. Syria has responded by saying that the strike was a "Declaration of War."

Hang on, the ride might get bumpy. Syria has now pointed missiles towards Israel.  And the way Syria is talking, at this point they may strike back. 

There are even reports that Syria has a doomsday jet to carry chemical weapons into Israel. 

The "alternative" media is bringing back the "Damascus Option" and the destruction of that city as OT prophecy has predicted.

It may be interesting in the Middle East over the next few days.....weeks.....

White Suit

I have lost my damn mind. Seriously, I have lost it.

I am looking at ordering a white suit from Jos A Banks for the Summer season. I just can't make up my mind if it should be Poplin or Seersucker.....

Wear the Panama hat, the white suit, get sort of a Tom Wolfe, Mark Twain look going.

I've always been a little, well, eccentric in my life...Somebody stop me before I go totally over the edge...

Saturday, May 4, 2013

Tim Tebow to WWE Wrestling???

So, the rumor now is that Tim Tebow could go to the WWE Wrestling business....( Or Rasslin' as I prefer to call it.)

Why the heck not? If he doesn't catch on with a NFL or CFL team what are his other options?  ( If he doesn't switch to either H-back or Tight End as I have suggested in the past.)

He has two.

1. Go on the lecture tour. It's what I would do if I were famous. Make money while you can.

2. Go into another form of entertainment. I don't see him as a very good 'actor" and Hollywood I doubt wants him, so go into rasslin'. There's big money in it. Trouble is, rasslin' might be harder on the body than the NFL. Just look at the injuries Mick Foley has had. 

I wouldn't be shocked if we see Tebow on a WWE Pay-Per-View coming soon.

I Hate Kirbyville

Well, not really. I just have a disagreement with the school system.

The school is in the process of early voting for their bond. They are wanting a new weight room, fix their old gym, make new parking lots, new HS offices, and add some classrooms...for a district that went from 3A to 2A in the last census.

I may have been a little more positive towards the bond, but some asshole(s) affiliated with Kirbyville ISD got us kicked off our last radio station. They couldn't handle political dissent. If you can't do that, it makes me wonder what "Nixonian Dirty Tricks" they are willing to do?

We've heard rumors of employees being threatened to be in favor of the bond, we wonder why the bond vote is on school district property rather than at a neutral site?

Look, I am generally not a friend of administrators.( There are some I like.) I often wonder why they are in the school business. If they really like kids, they would have stayed in the classroom like I did....

Kirbyville, I would vote "No."

Friday, May 3, 2013

YES!!!!

Well, I must have made some people actually mad....They deleted me as a friend from FB!

Good, I was getting near the "magical" 1000 friends mark, and at that point, the purge begins....everyone's safe for now...:)

We Were Discussed at LSU?

Forgot to include this in the last blog, but it I figured it my need its "own" essay....

One of the letters received at the station was from an unhappy listener who claimed they had listened the radio show in Lafayette, Louisiana.

The writer claimed that they were a student at LSU.....I am wondering which LSU? LSU-Baton Rouge which is a 60+ mile drive from Lafayette? Or LSU-Eunice which is about a 40 mile drive? ( Eunice is a junior college, there are no 4 year degrees offered there. ) After I read the letter, I am guessing Eunice...14 grammatical mistakes. 

If they live in Lafayette, why not go to University of Louisiana-Lafayette,  the old USL....( As a Lamar grad when I think of USL, I can't help think of the old chant we said at games...." Go to Hell USL, Go to Hell."  I guess it would still work, "Go to Hell ULL, Go to Hell. :)" 

BTW: ULL is a good school, looked at doing a History MA there 25 + years ago. 

Anyway, they claimed that they discussed the show, listened to the show in class, and how it sucked....Seriously, do college classes now have the time to listen to hours of recorded shows now? 

Then, they claimed that they had done research on Jay and said his father was a lawyer....Jay's dad is a minister. I am wondering if they were getting us/family members mixed up, my late dad was a welder, but my BROTHER is a lawyer. 

They then told us some stuff that we don't tell the general public.....sort of stuff that makes you know your decision to carry is the right thing to do. 

Response to Viewers

Let me explain this once again........

I know the blog, the radio show upsets some people. I understand this. I know people get pissed off. I know people now hate me. I'm not trying to win friends here.

Look, when I started the blog there would be time in which I would tell people stuff they didn't want to hear. I try to tell it the way I see it. I try to say things people think, but they can't.

There are bridges I have burned. There are people who have written unflattering essays about me on FB. There are people who look the other way when they now see me in a store whereas in the past they were happy to see me.

Some of these people I have gone out on a limb to help in the past......gee, thanks.....actually I am glad to know how you really are...

Sometimes I wonder if it is worth it and in the end, I say, "Yes it is."

The radio station is another world. I am amazed at some of the letters we get both pro and con....Jay received an email this past week that started " Dear Asshole."  At that point you realize, we are hitting a nerve...good....

I know some people are upset because I openly tell people I carry a pistol, and I recently switched from a .38 special to a 44 special....Seriously, do you have to ask why? ( BTW: I love wheelguns, don't try to tell me to switch to some 1911 or a some boring Glock...puke.)

Am I going to change my blog? No?

If you do not like the blog, don't read it, if you want, un-friend me on Facebook.

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Not a Felony?

So, it is my understanding that the person who confessed to the crime will not be charged with a felony. The crime will be a misdemeanor. They do not want a felony to follow the person for the remainder of their life.

It's their call. My understanding there is their were mitigating circumstances.  ( Read into that whatever you want.)

As a former teacher, I believe in second chances, if you don't think so, look back at some of your time in gov/eco with a fat, bald headed man, who liked hats and had too bushy of a mustache...  He should have flunked the hell out of several of you.

Question is this. At what point do crimes become a felony? Do you feel safer sending your kid to school? I know there are several people upset about the lack of felony, and if you are, call the school, it's still your school.

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Confession at Buna ISD

It is my understanding that the person who made the threats has confessed.

The school district plans to press charges and will punish the student according to the code of conduct.

The question is this....For as much worry, concern, cost it it has made, will it be enough? Does the district need to re-write the code to make the punishment even stronger?  What will the punishment be?  Will we ever find out?

I know and understand there is probably a minor involved and certain rules apply...but one wonders....

Once Again, I Thank You

The last two days I have had my biggest viewership for a 48 hour period since I began the blog.

Once again, I am humbled and I thank you for you reading this blog. I figured by now, I would be "out of business."

Thanks!!!

Bad Boys, Bad Boys

So the long running Fox TV Show " Cops" is going to filmed in Beaumont the next several days.

You know it is of interest when it was one of the headlines from the Houston Chronicle today. 

I had planned on going to Beaumont to look for something I want, but with Orange County registration, I think I'll just stay home....or go to Pt Neches, Groves or Nederland over the big bridge...

If you go to Beaumont.....don't do anything stupid today....

The Media, Threats, and Buna ISD

I am wondering how much the latest threats are hurting the school? Last night as I watched "Hell's Kitchen," I saw a least 3 ads for the KBTV 9pm News and one of the top stories was the threats made at Buna Schools.

Then I look at KFDM 6's site and I see this. "Buna ISD and Jasper S.O. Investigating Threatening Messages." 

Hell, yesterday and Monday night, I had HUGE numbers of hits on my blog. Say what you will, people worry about their kids and the school in general. ( It's sort of a love/hate deal ain't it?)

My question is this.....Will there be any long term damage from the threats? If the perpetrator is not caught, then what?

Westboro Baptist

So, the Westboro Baptist Church out of Kansas is going to protest tonight's NBA game in Oklahoma City between the Thunder and the Houston Rockets. 

For those of you who don't know, these are the same people who protest anything. Military funerals, the West explosion funerals, all saying America is going to be like Sodom and Gomorrah due to the gays in the nation....and are against just about any other denomination, religion or church...other Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, Muslims, Hindus, Orthodox, Catholics...etc....

Now, while I am in favor of First Amendment rights, at some point you need to realize you are not doing anything but making a damn fool of yourself.

How do they pay for all these trips to protest?

These goobs even have numbers of people " Cast into Hell" while visiting this site.....You have to wonder what eternity is really going to be like for them????