davidambro's Blog

When I read how much it costs to teach each student, I again wondered why we don't have boarding schools?  Public boarding schools seem less expensive than what we have now.  Marching, discipline, values and all with the overview of Medical professionals.  maybe we could start one in the inner city?  They could live and do school work in a building where they are watched for their own protection, monitored, to ensure they are doing ok, well fed and receive medical care.  Sure there is lots more I could say.  Parents would be welcome and nearby, since it would be near where they live.  Children could go on field trips where they could ride horses, visit the elderly and assist with those who are  receiving care in Veterans hospitals...  There would be no ghost students there.  They would learn to be responsible in a healthy environment where bullies would not be tolerated...  You could add more.  The costs of caring for ghost students, for future medical problems associated with poor healthcare, for criminal justice and the rest, would be minimal.  Drugs would be virtually elliminated.  We could do it.  All of us, pitching together.  We could change the world for the better.  Several hundred students at a time!  Dave

I just read where some white racists were arrested for planning to kill a bunch of innocent people, because the people were black.  I'm white.  I've encountered black racists, but as yet, none appeared to want me dead.  They were planning on killing O'bama.  Anyone out there understand why?  Being white hasn't given me all the answers.  Nobody comes to my door to hire me for high paying jobs.  Any vehicle I have had, I've paid for.  I've walked in what used to be, black neighborhoods, and found friends there.  Today I suppose there are angry gang members in those neighborhoods?  They aren't making goofy plans to kill white people, are they?  I've always felt that people are the same everywhere.  People like this refute that.  Is it a genetic abnormality?  Just what causes people to use any goofy reason they can to justify killing?  If we somehow were able to confiscate all the weapons and bomb making materials, are these lunatics able to use some unknown source of ingenuity to create weapons to kill with?  Why do people kill people?  As someone who has studied psychology, I wonder if it is genetic, or environmental?  Is there some way to pinpoint these dangerous souls before they can do any harm?  Are they the product of incestuous relationships?  Is it because they have some sadly stupid desire to emphasis bogus supremacy in a really retarded way?  I am asking this in all honesty.  I just don't get it.  I want to at least understand.  Why?  I know that discussing this goes against all that we middle class people of various ethnic groups stand for, anonymity, but the urge to know far outways the dangers of standing up and asking.  No matter how lame I sound, I really do want to know?  Please someone, tell me.  Dave

Did you hear about the bailout that allowed the business people to spend two weeks in a spa; and it cost over $400,000.00 of our money?  It was on the news today.  Yeah!  Even while the politicians were blowing a lot of hot air at Mr. Fuld.  I don't know him, but maybe he should change his name to SCAPEGOAT?  I don't know how to fix this humongus problem.  Idiot politicians, and spoiled business tycoons???  What to do, what to do???  Hey would somebody ask our politicians if they wouldn't mind giving me about oh, 70 billion dollars???  You see, I'm terrible at finances, and make lots of mistakes with my mortgage and taxes...  I really could use a couple of weeks at a spa and then to recouperate from that, maybe a month or two in Las Vegas???  Oh, yeah, and I'd even be willing to answer our politicians questions about how I got into this mess, and I would be really truthfull.  Wait, maybe I wouldn't be able to answer those questions right away, I forgot, I've wanted to visit Hawaii, I was there when I was in the Navy, I'd like to see it again now that I am a civillian and could afford to bum around a bit....  After that I'm sure I'd be willing to answer those questions.  Well, maybe not right away...  There may be a few other places I forgot I wanted to go to, in order to relieve the stress that my own mismanagement has caused me.  However; I am sure once the money is gone and I need yet another $70 billion dollar bailout, I'd be more than willing to answer those questions...  Although the stress of requesting yet another $70 billion dollars from them may cause me to visit several more places and revisit some of the ones I went to before...   Hey!  But keep in mind, they can always print more money right???  So don't forget to write your congress/senator person and let them know that Dave here, is looking for a nice bailout.  Well I gotta bail,,, buh buh buh byeeeeee!!!

Dave

I realize that our legislature is going to have to do something to fix this crisis.  I still expect that we are in for a Greater Depression.  I also feel that if we panic, it will make things worse.  People who are better at math and organizing should keep a very close eye on this.  Anytime we allowed politicians, Dems or Reps to handle anything larger than 100k, they managed to missmanage millions of dollars.  We need lots of accountability here.  Certainly I disagree with handing the financiers who got into this mess any money at all.  There needs to be something done for home owners and something to prevent the price of houses going down.  It is just that I suspect our politicians, mostly people with law degrees, are inept and are unable to fix it.

Prepare for the worst, hope for the best!

Dave