My Tall Ideas

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I think school Zero Tolerance Policies are the biggest load of bullsh@% to ever be brought into the school disciplinary environment.  I mean really.  One kid can get the crap beat out of him by a school bully and because of Zero Tolerance both kids gets suspended from school.  That has got to be the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard of.             I don't… Read More

Well that fox must live pretty close to our house in town.  He came back this morning.  This is the first time I have seen him again.  Only this time he was basically chasing the trash truck.             It is Monday morning, and I am just getting ready to step out the door to head to work.  I step out the door and then go back inside to grab my jacket because it is a little chilly. … Read More

This of course is the topic that is on everyone's lips lately.  Comments are either good or bad.  I think most of the talk that you hear of course is the complaints about the new Health Care bill.  I don't want to talk about whether this new bill is good or bad or if it is going to work.  I haven't read all the in and outs and wouldn't be able to give a fair assessment.   I just want to take a moment… Read More

First off this is not an anti Paul Shirley article, although I don't really agree with him.  However, I think that Paul made a few decent points in his article and that a lot of it does give one food for thought especially about finding a better way for the world to respond to natural disasters.  If you choose to donate money to causes, you have to not be naive enough to think that 100% of that money… Read More

I like both Leno and Conan.  I have watched both of them for a long time now.  They both have their appeal and their own style of humor.  But, I am team Conan all the way.  It's not that I don't like Leno.  I love headlines and Jay Walk Allstars.  I love Kevin Eubanks too.  But, Jay needs to hang it up and quit.  I honestly think that he is… Read More

Free TV may be becoming a thing of the past.  Traditionally networks such as NBC, ABC, CBS, and FOX have not charged for viewing their stations programming and made their money from advertising.  However, with cable channels taking more and more viewers and advertisers away from these networks the old paradigm is not working as well as it once was.  Fox recently threatened to block programming on Time Warner… Read More

What kind of callous and uncaring country have we become that we would make the mom of a single and childless soldier have to apply just to be buried in the same plot as he is?!?!  Then tell her that her request can't be granted now because she is still alive and not in need of burial. Corey Shea was an Army Spc. who died in Iraq on Nov. 12, 2008.  He only had about a month left on his tour before he was coming home.   Denise Anderson made the ultimate sacrifice for her country and lost her son to war.  And now due to bureaucratic red tape we tell her that we can't grant her request to be buried with him in Massachusetts National Cemetery. … Read More

Today I had a very interesting opportunity to meet and listen to a lecture on Paraguay corruption from one of it's government officials.  His name was Gustavo Ivaldi.  He is the father of  Elias Ivaldi's, who is a student in my Geography class at Washburn University. His father has had many assignments for the Paraguayan government such as: Head of the Treasury department, Head of the Industry and Commerce department, and he is currently working with the American Embassy and the Paraguayan government reportRead More

Idiot Nation, by Michael Moore, describes the lack of education students receive and where the funding for education comes from.  Moore talks about how teachers are underpaid and not respected.  He also describes how government funding is dialed out to schools, libraries, and other educational institutions.  Schools often turn to Corporate America for funding such as; Coca Cola, Pepsi, and Dr. Pepper machines in the schools. As I read this article… Read More