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I hope parents are aware of these issues and closely monitor what their children post. I think this is a real wake up call.

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It might be a cow bird, aka buffalo bird. It is too friendly to release because it might land on someone who does not like birds. It sits on your hand and likes to hang out with me when I am on the computer. I was hoping to release her, but she really became much tamer than most of the pet birds we had as kids. I guess we raised her from such a young age that she thinks we are her family. I gave her a mirror so she knows what she looks like, but that does not seem to bother her. Maybe she knows she is adopted. So, I was just looking on e-bay for a chicken tractor for her. I think maybe an old bird cage, so she could dig in the dirt when I am out doing the same thing, but she would be safe from the predators. There are a lot of ravens out here and a couple of road runners.

[Aecetia]

It might be a cow bird, aka buffalo bird. It is too friendly to release because it might land on someone who does not like birds. It sits on your hand and likes to hang out with me when I am on the computer. I was hoping to release her, but she really became much tamer than most of the pet birds we had as kids. I guess we raised her from such a young age that she thinks we are her family. I gave her a mirror so she knows what she looks like, but that does not seem to bother her. Maybe she knows she is adopted. So, I was just looking on e-bay for a chicken tractor for her. I think maybe an old bird cage, so she could dig in the dirt when I am out doing the same thing, but she would be safe from the predators. There are a lot of ravens out here and a couple of road runners.

[Aecetia]

It might be a cow bird, aka buffalo bird. It is too friendly to release because it might land on someone who does not like birds. It sits on your hand and likes to hang out with me when I am on the computer. I was hoping to release her, but she really became much tamer than most of the pet birds we had as kids. I guess we raised her from such a young age that she thinks we are her family. I gave her a mirror so she knows what she looks like, but that does not seem to bother her. Maybe she knows she is adopted. So, I was just looking on e-bay for a chicken tractor for her. I think maybe an old bird cage, so she could dig in the dirt when I am out doing the same thing, but she would be safe from the predators. There are a lot of ravens out here and a couple of road runners.

[Aecetia]

It might be a cow bird, aka buffalo bird. It is too friendly to release because it might land on someone who does not like birds. It sits on your hand and likes to hang out with me when I am on the computer. I was hoping to release her, but she really became much tamer than most of the pet birds we had as kids. I guess we raised her from such a young age that she thinks we are her family. I gave her a mirror so she knows what she looks like, but that does not seem to bother her. Maybe she knows she is adopted. So, I was just looking on e-bay for a chicken tractor for her. I think maybe an old bird cage, so she could dig in the dirt when I am out doing the same thing, but she would be safe from the predators. There are a lot of ravens out here and a couple of road runners.

[Aecetia]

It might be a cow bird, aka buffalo bird. It is too friendly to release because it might land on someone who does not like birds. It sits on your hand and likes to hang out with me when I am on the computer. I was hoping to release her, but she really became much tamer than most of the pet birds we had as kids. I guess we raised her from such a young age that she thinks we are her family. I gave her a mirror so she knows what she looks like, but that does not seem to bother her. Maybe she knows she is adopted. So, I was just looking on e-bay for a chicken tractor for her. I think maybe an old bird cage, so she could dig in the dirt when I am out doing the same thing, but she would be safe from the predators. There are a lot of ravens out here and a couple of road runners.

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Thank you. I know the voucher idea is controversial, but the unionization of teaching has not improved test scores in California and it cannot all be blamed on either lack of money or non-English speakers dragging down the scores. Many of the home schoolers kick the public kids butts in tests because they can learn at their own pace and a lot of the PC crap does not translate into better jobs or job skills. I would also like to see trade schools. Not everyone has use for a college education. By the way, I did go to public school, but my son does not because I want him to get an education that will serve him well.

I would like to see employers who hire illegals fined and the fines used to improve the immigration process. I have heard people call in to talk show to say that they have been on waiting lists trying to legally immigrate for years! Knowing the feds, I can believe they would make this process tedious and have so many check and balance levels that would slow it down to a snail’s pace. We do need immigrants at all levels to bring their skills and energy to keep this country growing and the government could be doing a better job to screen those people in a timely manner.

[Aecetia]

Thank you. I know the voucher idea is controversial, but the unionization of teaching has not improved test scores in California and it cannot all be blamed on either lack of money or non-English speakers dragging down the scores. Many of the home schoolers kick the public kids butts in tests because they can learn at their own pace and a lot of the PC crap does not translate into better jobs or job skills. I would also like to see trade schools. Not everyone has use for a college education. By the way, I did go to public school, but my son does not because I want him to get an education that will serve him well.

I would like to see employers who hire illegals fined and the fines used to improve the immigration process. I have heard people call in to talk show to say that they have been on waiting lists trying to legally immigrate for years! Knowing the feds, I can believe they would make this process tedious and have so many check and balance levels that would slow it down to a snail’s pace. We do need immigrants at all levels to bring their skills and energy to keep this country growing and the government could be doing a better job to screen those people in a timely manner.

[Aecetia]

Thank you. I know the voucher idea is controversial, but the unionization of teaching has not improved test scores in California and it cannot all be blamed on either lack of money or non-English speakers dragging down the scores. Many of the home schoolers kick the public kids butts in tests because they can learn at their own pace and a lot of the PC crap does not translate into better jobs or job skills. I would also like to see trade schools. Not everyone has use for a college education. By the way, I did go to public school, but my son does not because I want him to get an education that will serve him well.

I would like to see employers who hire illegals fined and the fines used to improve the immigration process. I have heard people call in to talk show to say that they have been on waiting lists trying to legally immigrate for years! Knowing the feds, I can believe they would make this process tedious and have so many check and balance levels that would slow it down to a snail’s pace. We do need immigrants at all levels to bring their skills and energy to keep this country growing and the government could be doing a better job to screen those people in a timely manner.

[Aecetia]

Thank you. I know the voucher idea is controversial, but the unionization of teaching has not improved test scores in California and it cannot all be blamed on either lack of money or non-English speakers dragging down the scores. Many of the home schoolers kick the public kids butts in tests because they can learn at their own pace and a lot of the PC crap does not translate into better jobs or job skills. I would also like to see trade schools. Not everyone has use for a college education. By the way, I did go to public school, but my son does not because I want him to get an education that will serve him well.

I would like to see employers who hire illegals fined and the fines used to improve the immigration process. I have heard people call in to talk show to say that they have been on waiting lists trying to legally immigrate for years! Knowing the feds, I can believe they would make this process tedious and have so many check and balance levels that would slow it down to a snail’s pace. We do need immigrants at all levels to bring their skills and energy to keep this country growing and the government could be doing a better job to screen those people in a timely manner.

[Aecetia]

Thank you. I know the voucher idea is controversial, but the unionization of teaching has not improved test scores in California and it cannot all be blamed on either lack of money or non-English speakers dragging down the scores. Many of the home schoolers kick the public kids butts in tests because they can learn at their own pace and a lot of the PC crap does not translate into better jobs or job skills. I would also like to see trade schools. Not everyone has use for a college education. By the way, I did go to public school, but my son does not because I want him to get an education that will serve him well.

I would like to see employers who hire illegals fined and the fines used to improve the immigration process. I have heard people call in to talk show to say that they have been on waiting lists trying to legally immigrate for years! Knowing the feds, I can believe they would make this process tedious and have so many check and balance levels that would slow it down to a snail’s pace. We do need immigrants at all levels to bring their skills and energy to keep this country growing and the government could be doing a better job to screen those people in a timely manner.

[Aecetia]

[quote=gandalf]Aecetia, what’s your take on reducing our dependence on foreign oil? Is it achievable? Combination of conservation, domestic drilling, clean coal and development of renewables such as wind, solar, biofuels, micro-generation, etc.? The electrical grid underpinning it all? Ten years out? 20 years out?

Where does the money come from? Given the state of things?

Do you view this energy issue as connected to foreign policy? Does it give us a better strategic position vis-a-vis the middle east (and others)?[/quote]

I think we need to use every means available to wean us from foreign oil dependency to quit feeding hostile regimes. I would like to see more drilling, more refineries built and more alternative energy use encouraged by grants to innovators, tax breaks for taxpayers who use solar panels, etc. (here in San Diego) we need them to pay for all the energy the home or business system generates.

Where will the money come from? Get rid of some of those bloated bureaucracies like education. Use vouchers. In one generation you would have smarter citizens and better teachers. Ending the war (which
I am sure is one the horizon) will save money. Cutting taxes will encourage spending and innovation. Let people invest their own social security money. Prosecute government fraud in all areas- Medicare both fraudulent recipients and abusers in the medical delivery system. Maybe Congress should be part time. The less they do, the better off we are. I would like to decentralize and debureaucratize all aspects of government. FEMA comes to mind, as does CalFire. Ask yourself if we were better of before such and such and be honest. I can appreciate the war on terror, but who wants to travel by air now a days, thanks to those bufoons at TSA? I think people who submit money saving ideas to State and Federal government should be rewarded for those ideas by a cut of the savings with some kind of cap on the highest “reward” you would get for saving the money.

Those are just a few ideas off the top of my head and I did not have time to go to any sites to get that input. These are just my crazy ramblings.

[Aecetia]

[quote=gandalf]Aecetia, what’s your take on reducing our dependence on foreign oil? Is it achievable? Combination of conservation, domestic drilling, clean coal and development of renewables such as wind, solar, biofuels, micro-generation, etc.? The electrical grid underpinning it all? Ten years out? 20 years out?

Where does the money come from? Given the state of things?

Do you view this energy issue as connected to foreign policy? Does it give us a better strategic position vis-a-vis the middle east (and others)?[/quote]

I think we need to use every means available to wean us from foreign oil dependency to quit feeding hostile regimes. I would like to see more drilling, more refineries built and more alternative energy use encouraged by grants to innovators, tax breaks for taxpayers who use solar panels, etc. (here in San Diego) we need them to pay for all the energy the home or business system generates.

Where will the money come from? Get rid of some of those bloated bureaucracies like education. Use vouchers. In one generation you would have smarter citizens and better teachers. Ending the war (which
I am sure is one the horizon) will save money. Cutting taxes will encourage spending and innovation. Let people invest their own social security money. Prosecute government fraud in all areas- Medicare both fraudulent recipients and abusers in the medical delivery system. Maybe Congress should be part time. The less they do, the better off we are. I would like to decentralize and debureaucratize all aspects of government. FEMA comes to mind, as does CalFire. Ask yourself if we were better of before such and such and be honest. I can appreciate the war on terror, but who wants to travel by air now a days, thanks to those bufoons at TSA? I think people who submit money saving ideas to State and Federal government should be rewarded for those ideas by a cut of the savings with some kind of cap on the highest “reward” you would get for saving the money.

Those are just a few ideas off the top of my head and I did not have time to go to any sites to get that input. These are just my crazy ramblings.

[Aecetia]

[quote=gandalf]Aecetia, what’s your take on reducing our dependence on foreign oil? Is it achievable? Combination of conservation, domestic drilling, clean coal and development of renewables such as wind, solar, biofuels, micro-generation, etc.? The electrical grid underpinning it all? Ten years out? 20 years out?

Where does the money come from? Given the state of things?

Do you view this energy issue as connected to foreign policy? Does it give us a better strategic position vis-a-vis the middle east (and others)?[/quote]

I think we need to use every means available to wean us from foreign oil dependency to quit feeding hostile regimes. I would like to see more drilling, more refineries built and more alternative energy use encouraged by grants to innovators, tax breaks for taxpayers who use solar panels, etc. (here in San Diego) we need them to pay for all the energy the home or business system generates.

Where will the money come from? Get rid of some of those bloated bureaucracies like education. Use vouchers. In one generation you would have smarter citizens and better teachers. Ending the war (which
I am sure is one the horizon) will save money. Cutting taxes will encourage spending and innovation. Let people invest their own social security money. Prosecute government fraud in all areas- Medicare both fraudulent recipients and abusers in the medical delivery system. Maybe Congress should be part time. The less they do, the better off we are. I would like to decentralize and debureaucratize all aspects of government. FEMA comes to mind, as does CalFire. Ask yourself if we were better of before such and such and be honest. I can appreciate the war on terror, but who wants to travel by air now a days, thanks to those bufoons at TSA? I think people who submit money saving ideas to State and Federal government should be rewarded for those ideas by a cut of the savings with some kind of cap on the highest “reward” you would get for saving the money.

Those are just a few ideas off the top of my head and I did not have time to go to any sites to get that input. These are just my crazy ramblings.

[Aecetia]

[quote=gandalf]Aecetia, what’s your take on reducing our dependence on foreign oil? Is it achievable? Combination of conservation, domestic drilling, clean coal and development of renewables such as wind, solar, biofuels, micro-generation, etc.? The electrical grid underpinning it all? Ten years out? 20 years out?

Where does the money come from? Given the state of things?

Do you view this energy issue as connected to foreign policy? Does it give us a better strategic position vis-a-vis the middle east (and others)?[/quote]

I think we need to use every means available to wean us from foreign oil dependency to quit feeding hostile regimes. I would like to see more drilling, more refineries built and more alternative energy use encouraged by grants to innovators, tax breaks for taxpayers who use solar panels, etc. (here in San Diego) we need them to pay for all the energy the home or business system generates.

Where will the money come from? Get rid of some of those bloated bureaucracies like education. Use vouchers. In one generation you would have smarter citizens and better teachers. Ending the war (which
I am sure is one the horizon) will save money. Cutting taxes will encourage spending and innovation. Let people invest their own social security money. Prosecute government fraud in all areas- Medicare both fraudulent recipients and abusers in the medical delivery system. Maybe Congress should be part time. The less they do, the better off we are. I would like to decentralize and debureaucratize all aspects of government. FEMA comes to mind, as does CalFire. Ask yourself if we were better of before such and such and be honest. I can appreciate the war on terror, but who wants to travel by air now a days, thanks to those bufoons at TSA? I think people who submit money saving ideas to State and Federal government should be rewarded for those ideas by a cut of the savings with some kind of cap on the highest “reward” you would get for saving the money.

Those are just a few ideas off the top of my head and I did not have time to go to any sites to get that input. These are just my crazy ramblings.

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