Did I Say That Out Loud

Since when did needing temporary help to feed your children make you less worthy of protection under the law.   Well Missouri lawmakers have recently passed legislation requiring people that receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF, to take random drug tests to stay on the “roll.” Republican lawmakers across the country are lobbying to enact similar laws.   I believe the Constitution says a little something about Americans being protected against unlawful search and seizure.   http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_953196cf-8104-5758-8198-60e151debe90.html Republicans continually insist they are the party of smaller government, but here again we have another crystal clear example of Republicans helping to create a cottage industry of privately-operated drug labs for welfare families.   The details of how the law will work is further proof that this is just a way to help republican business “friends” make money. The cost...

As the parent of a precocious two-year-old, public school education has never meant so much to me as it does now.  I was blessed to have had parents with the means, and the wherewithal, to send me to a private, all-girl, college Prep school called Notre Dame de Sion.  When you say it put some French on it!  Now my little one is participating in public education.  But at this rate she won't be for long because I cannot afford to fail her by sending her through public school. This week the Hickman Mills School Board voted to cut the Parents As Teacher Program (PAT) budget by 50 percent http://www.kctv5.com/education/27528532/detail.html .  PAT works with parents to teach them how to teach their children from birth to kindergarten. http://www.parentsasteachers.org/about/what-we-do   They aren't building weapons of mass destruction, they are educating OUR children who might otherwise not have access to one-on-one tutoring.  They work with spec...

I have a confession to make---I really don't like Facebook or the chatter that goes on in that vortex, and I don't really get the appeal.  Millions of people on Facebook, a movie, and I'm sure a book will be forthcoming, but what is the BFD.  Yes, I'm on Facebook, but never ever check my account anymore.  I figure if someone said something days ago, it CAN'T be relevant anymore. I think all conversations should be limited to Twitter's 140 characters, or less.  In person, on the phone, at the office, in the classroom, all communication.  I shouldn't have to use more than 140 characters to get my 2-year old to behave properly, or sit on the potty.  Unfortunately, I cannot convince my dearest besties of the point of Twitter .  They just don't get it.  They fail to see the blast that one can have just reading the limited rantings of their favorite NFL player, or the musings of a mother clear across the globe about how potty training ...