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Sunday, April 27, 2008

Reckless Economics & Fiscal Irresponsiblity

I’m wondering how history is going to label the American ADULTS of the last 20 years? Let me suggest THIS: “THE MOST FISCALLY IRRESPONSIBLE GENERATION“.

Rebate checks to STIMULATE the economy, huh? Let me be perfectly clear on this subject, stimulate the BUSH ECONOMY! THIS is NOTHING but ANOTHER attempt to PROP UP the dire results of the Bush Administrations RECKLESS fiscal policy, UNTIL they leave office. I want NO PART OF IT!

I hope all you CONSUMERS out there ENJOY your rebate check spending spree BECAUSE your children and grandchildren ARE PAYING FOR IT!

REALITY now… where the #*~/ do you people think ALL THESE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ARE COMING FROM? We’re already TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DEBT. That miserable mind numbing WAR in Iraq and Bush spending tax dollars like a crack Ho with a credit card.

Funny how the US Government will punish someone like Wesley Snipes to MAKE AN EXAMPLE for those who don’t pay taxes… But once the Government bureaucrats get hold of that TAX revenue… THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH ALL THE WASTE, FRAUD, ABUSE, SCANDAL, CORRUPTION that made up the Bush Administration “Reckless Economics”… No investigation, no prosecution, no punishment for a CRIME WAVE OF EPIC proportions. It’s like the #*~/’n JUSTICE (sic) Department NEVER HEARD OF the R.I.C.O Act! The CRIMINALS get secret service law enforcement PROTECTION in this poor excuse of a U.S. DEMOCRACY!

Bush has been hitting the booze again, slurred speech... watch news clips with the Military band 4-27-08. When George W. made his State of the Economy speech last month I thought he was back on the cocaine. The excited speech and wild eyed enthusiasm…

Somebody better check Fort Knox to see if there’s ANY GOLD LEFT. Make sure you scrape the gold bricks to make sure it’s not painted lead or something… y’know? EXPERIENCE HAS TAUGHT ME ONE JUST CAN’T TRUST OUR CURRENT GOVERNMENT…

Monday, April 14, 2008

#*~/ You Mayhill Fowler, McCain and Hilary, TOO!

Talking points to use AGAINST McCain and the Clinton’s

I can’t believe Americans are still falling for all this bullshit coming from both the McCain and Clintoncamps”. Just because all those grinning fools that pass for news anchors nowadays, put it on TV doesn’t mean it’s #*@/’n TRUTH!

The only people in this nation I have ANY respect for are the good, VOLUNTEER, “Concerned Citizens” who work in the SERVICE of the CONSTITUTION! Someday all Americans will WAKE to the possibilities. BUT FIRST YOU MORONS GOT TO STOP GETTING PLAYED FOR FOOLS, AND FALLING FOR THE BULLSHIT!

I SAID once AND I’ll say IT 10,000 more #*@/’n TIMES until it sinks in… (Y’know the Italian-American’s already have a name for you pitiful m’#*~/r’s , TESTA DURA… it means HARD HEADS)

All you have to do is LISTEN to what John McCain and Hilary Clinton are saying, take notes of key points… THEN get on that wonderful informational tool called the INTERNET and research the content of their BULLSHIT! All the hypocrisy is NOT difficult to find… It’s the WAY your brain processes the INFORMATION that MATTERS!

Let’s use today’s bullshit as an example:

John McCain is talking about solving the mortgage crisis… JEEZ Senator, NOW you care for the average American? After all this time you spent #*@/ing them over and selling them out…

McCain is the only m’#*@/’r running for President that’s been alive for all 3 of the last banking crisis scandals… During THE GREAT DEPRESSION! More recently the Savings and Loan scandal (right Senator Keating 5?) of the 80’s. AND then present in the who’s WHO of Wall Street, K-St., financial institutional lobbying, scandal, fraud and corruption… SINCE!

You must think I’M STUPID, McCain… ya OLD M’’’’#*`/’r

And DEAR SWEET HILARY CLINTON on the road, taking shots of Crown Royal to LOOSEN up for her very OWN special brand of BULLSHIT! Hilary is the master of the MOMENT… It feel good to SAY IT, the crowd LOVE IT, the media and Saturday Night Live suck IT UP… The only PROBLEM is IT IS FULL OF SHIT!

Hilary Clinton talking about concern for the working American’s... is about as genuine as WalMarts concern (WAIT, Hilary worked to promote WALMART trade practices, DIDN’T SHE?) …or Communist China’s concern OR… ~ …Lol, SUCKER’S!

One can tell the reality behind this media produced outrage we know as the 2008 Presidential campaign…

Ohhhh look Hilary has been getting loads of FREE AIR TIME on the FOX Spin Channel… but ONLY IF SHE’S BADMOUTHING BARACK OBAMA… GET IT? The Neo-Con’s are foaming at the mouth for Hilary to win the nomination and they’ll make sure Hilary gets huhmmm… Let me see, the last 6 minutes ON FOX to talk about Obama being AN ELITIST??? ( 4-13-08 10 o’clock hour am, PST )

#*~/ YOU… it’s ALL an insult TO THE INTELLIGENCE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE (well some of us anyway)

AND NOW I’d like to turn the readers attention to the Huffington Post and “citizen journalist“ (?… YEA RIGHT, some ladder climbing bitch is WHAT she IS) named Mayhill Fowler.

It seems Mayhill has been following Obama around the nation just waiting to record ANYTHING she could make a big deal out of… So she plays the part of some “gurl from the rural“, all insulted because Obama talked bad about the Fowler Clan sacred “GUNS AND RELIGION”… (laughter)

I’m wondering when the last time anyone from the Huffington Post (Mayhill Fowler) or CNN (Lou Dobbs), NBC, MSNBC, FOX, ABC has been to rural America, lately… Especially a Black person?

The last time I saw Blacks in a rural Pennsylvania setting they were hunters who walked in the “WRONG” bar… They got beat down for their “uppyness”.

Has anyone from the Huffington Post been to a rural church, EVER! Well I have… I went to these so-called Christian Churches for research and spiritual healing and ALL I GOT was liberal hate jokes and bias right-wing interpretations of the bible.

(NOTE: I swear in this one church in the outback southwest I had a vision of the congregation laughing at a VILE, hate joke… they all appeared as demons IN FLAMES… it was VERY upsetting. I got up and walked out immediately) NOW IMAGINE A BLACK PERSON walking in off the street into one of those churches.

You so-called journalist are ALL showing your ignorance and false, petty outrage to bring down Obama… SAD, so very SAD! Sharp political minds, MY @$$! MORE like Silver spoons so-called journalists trying to be relevant. What I can’t BELIEVE is how the Huffington Post covered this story with the same ZEAL as the FOX Spin Channel...

Not Your Everyday "Terrorist Threat"

Here! …a NOBODY like ME with no budget is going to do the billion dollar media’s JOB… ONCE AGAIN! (I’m gonna fuck you pussy’s up if you KEEP STEALING MY TALKING POINTS... somebody BETTER come up with the “props and pay“, m’#*@’r’s)

It all began after this soldier leaves a comment on my You Tube site. The ignorant motherfucker had the audacity to question MY PATRIOTISM, just cause I don’t agree with his Bush-like mentality…

Well I wasn’t going to let him get away with THAT, SO I wrote up some literary sucker punches and started a NEW blog “THE CYBER BITCH SLAP” … and slapped that soldier boy bitch. (last post)

“That’s it? That’s ALL you GOT? That’s your comeback? Yea Jose, whatever… Next time TRY bringing some facts, statistics and CONTENT into your argument… THIS ain’t checkers, THIS is chess. Ya ignorant, military apologist YOU! Don’t comment on MY BLOG until you can DEBATE like a MAN!

I take IT you missed “60 Minutes” on CBS last night? (4-13-08) I guess all those confidential, highly classified documents you somehow have access to never mentioned how a CORRUPT Bush Administration propped up and even MORE CORRUPT Iraqi government? Billions of US tax dollars LOST, in the pockets of some of the MOST EVIL beings on the planet… So please don’t BLESS me with whatever satan m’#*@/’r YOU’RE praying to…

FIXATED? YEA, so this devil WAR for PROFIT crap NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN! I WILL work endlessly until the Bush Administration and ALL his War Profiteering cronies are in crowded holding cells wearing chains waiting for WAR CRIMES TRIALS… ya Mussolini m’#*~/r’s

SOFT? Don’t bring your DICK into this debate, that’s your lady’s problem… (lol)

You can call me SOFT over the internet BUT I’ll BET the farm you ain’t got the heavos to say THAT face to face, IN PERSON… Ya cyber yella belly!

Let this be a LESSON for ALL You Tubers… Don’t mess with ME! I’m tougher than TOUGH, badder than BAD AND Jose just got the “Cyber Bitch Slap” (my new blog)…”

And then I got really mad after Jose wrote back to threaten me...

“Blah Blah Blah, Yea I need exercise, but you’re still at home, at 37 past the hour writing to me. LOL. I get MORE exercise doing what I do than some “has been” soldier collecting welfare, living out the only thing he had the brains to DO!

I’m 6’2” 200lbs of rock hard MEAN, m’’’’#*@/er. Anytime you wanna leave your safe zone and meet face to FACE, give me a time and place and I’ll be there.

Remember ya silly bitch, YOU CAME TO my house (You Tube site) and questioned MY patriotism… I have the 1st Amendment Right to say or print anything on MY SITE… ya boy.

I guess you missed the part of your SWORN OATH to defend the Constitution? You fuCking mental midget, SOLDIER BOY! You need to learn RESPECT for your elders toO YA PUNK HO!

OK, ok you people have the picture, it got ugly... So I decided to check this "joseitsme" guy out… And that’s how I found the DISTURBING You Tube video Christian Supremacy and segregation” by in Gods Army…

(I refuse to post this vile BS video on my holy site)

Be scared, be very, VERY SCARED, America… This is the kind of warped vile crap that’s being passed off as Christianity TO OUR MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN & IN SMALL TOWN, RURAL AMERICA!

Obama is right, as a Black Man, anyway! I dare any one of you so-called News Organizations to sent on of your Black employees (no camera crew) To certain small towns in PA among other REDNECK havens. I’ll bet the farm the Black man gets the “Whites Only” treatment… especially in a bar.

What about YOU Huffington Post? Arrianna is a fraud…

Hey, I never said Liberals couldn’t be FOOLS, too… It’s NOT ALL about the Conservatives y’know?

Ooooohhh NO, I have to fight with all those grinning hippie holdovers that kept voting 3rd Party even if IT MEANT A 2nd BUSH TERM… Even NOW the idiots are holding on to their so-called “principles“… #*@/ YOU TOO @$$holes! It’s as though they’re oblivious to the fact we’re 7 months AWAY from one of the MOST IMPORTANT ELECTIONS IN U.S. HISTORY.

NOTE: (Abbie Hoffman once said he came up with the term “YIPPIE” to separate himself from the hippies… who he felt RUINED the protest movement in America. At University of Buffalo “Yippie VS. Yuppie” lecture tour with Jerry Rubin)

Obama… HERE’S A MAN who has aroused the APATHETIC masses…
He’s gotten PEOPLE involved who’ve NEVER EVEN VOTED BEFORE…
(THE Democratic Party should be on it’s knees THANKING Obama for filling their voter registration roles) His speeches have INSPIRED MILLIONS… and all you stupid m’#*@~r’s are TRYING TO RUIN THAT?

COME ON! I thought ANYONE taking the oath of office or got behind a news desk would have the INTEGRITY not to warp and corrupt the election process. The American PEOPLE want CHANGE! There’s NO #*~’n debate about THAT… THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN!

…it IS STILL about the PEOPLE, right? Y’know all that about "of, by, for"?

Why not gain some courage like BILL MOYERS and do an in-depth investigation on the FARM BILL OR MAYBE A GOLDEN OLDIE - 527 “Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" (HA) Funny how the story never got OUT… how they stumped for Bush because they were heavily invested with Bush war profiteering cronies… or ANY one of the many VITAL Bush scandal corruption stories you could be using precious TV national airtime for…

COPYRIGHT 2008 BY F.G. Esposito

Saturday, April 12, 2008

(On YOU TUBE comments, link: )

Yea Jose, there’s THATBut as a patriotic American I feel it’s my duty to present an OPPOSING VIEWPOINT:

The ONLY thing you SERVED was a bunch of vain, self-serving, power mad, greed stricken silver spoon CON MEN profiting from the WAR. I’M NOT talking about Afghanistan, I mean Iraq.

You REPRESENT the “Universal soldier” that EMPOWERED and backed up the Bush LIES that got us in this miserable WAR in the 1st place.

You HELPED the Iraqi people? …cause that’s NOT what they’re saying on Bill Moyers Journal and Democracy Now. The FACT is millions of Iraqi’s have been killed, maimed, expatriated, living in refugee camps.

AND what about the 4000+ American dead, ten’s of thousands wounded… Waste, fraud, abuse, scandal, incompetence, contract corruption, arms dealing, war profiteering, torture, CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS… GOOD JOB m’#*@/r’s!

Since you’re a military EXPERT (sic) You should already know:

Strategically, the USA was MUCH better off with Saddam. The man was MAD of course, but his jackboot was on the throat of every Muslim fanatic that's now our ENEMY. Saddam countered Iran, Syria, Hamas, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Pakistan. AND ONCE AGAIN, there was no al Qaeda in IRAQ!

NOW? ...Well, Iraq is deep in Civil WAR. Shiite VS. Sunni, Sunni VS Kurd, Shiite VS Shiite… it’s a #*@/’n mad house… Maybe we shoulda kept Saddam around as well as the Soviets before him… BOTH who historically knew these savages needed to be CONTROLLED.

NOTE: (If nothing else American's are witness to the low grade thought processes that drives FOREIGN POLICY in the Conservative Movement. TIME TO GO, stiffs)

Al Qaeda is waiting in the wings... George W, Bush did EVERYTHING Osama bin Lunatic could have hoped for... bin is gonna destroy America (from within) just like he did the Soviet Union... Ruin the economy paying for NEVER ENDING WAR!

jOSE'S waving the flag but he's just like every other silly, ignorant, self-absorbed, victimized, apathetic, celebrity worshipping FOOL that voted for George W. Bush... YOU'VE LOST TOUCH WITH REALITY, m'@*@~r's!

Bush or McCain
have to go into Bagdad under cover of night with 1000’s of military people to guard them. Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad can NOW go into Iraq, NO SECURITY, in the middle of a crowd with NO INCIDENT! Strategically speaking… YOU and your man Bush FAILED MISERABLY.

And allow me to point out the economic toll on the American PEOPLE:

By the end of Bush’s reign all America’s most valuable assets will have been sold off, off shored, or given away to one of Bush's silver spoon cronies.

Then what happens? Well, then it’s the average American that’s going to PAY for Bush spending money like a "Ho with a credit card". We’ll be “under the economic thumb” of the Saudi’s and Communist China. Hey Jose, MAYBE you should’a asked you kids if they wanted WAR cause they’re the one’s paying for it…

YEA Jose, that scares me more than any terrorist threat. Good plan George W. Bush. Your war in Iraq opened the back door to economic ruin… I’d say we’re already #*@/ed but Bush has been going round the world getting his handler’s to prop up the US economy until he leaves office… Then he can blame the Democrats that are SURE to win BIG in November 2008.

I admit you're a brave individual, Jose… along with all your fellow Vets… BUT YOUR BRAVERY WAS WASTED on the Bush Administration

Now I on the OTHER HAND… have spent the last quarter century+
A VOLUNTEER fighting in service of THE CONSTITUTION. No one had to PAY me, I did it out of LOVE for this great nation and ALL it stands for…

(Well, before Bush got a hold of IT anyway… I want no part of Bush's IT, especially since Bush/Cheney made TORTURE part of US foreign policy)

I volunteered my TIME (y’know the time YOU spent on the couch watching WW Raw wrestling GETTING that steroid bound, bad brains MESSAGE that all problems can be solved with VIOLENCE!

I stood up and organized the PEOPLE teaching them HOW to ACTUALLY USE their Constitutional Rights. Instead of soldiers wasting money in a foreign country we became “concerned citizens” fighting RIGHT HERE at home to keep FREEDOM from becoming a DELICATE CONCEPT. Y’know Jose, all THAT about LIFE, LIBERTY, HAPPINESS, EQUAL RIGHTS and JUSTICE

I questioned AUTHORITY, demanded ACCOUNTABILITY. Gave assistance to victims of government meddling/incompetence and police abuse of POWER.

I stood up for the 35 million Americans struggling below the poverty level, or the 2+million Americans in the jail/prison “Convict Lease System”.

Land of the Free,Home of the BRAVE” my skinny Italian-American @*$. With a mainstream media full of sell-out cowards and the largest prison population on the planet?

Hey Jose, maybe you should turn your attention to vital issues like the upcoming Farm Bill that’s in Congress. $’s for the Rich? That’s what Bill Moyers and Expose said…

copyright 2008 by F.G. Esposito

NEXT: ...a BIG #*@/ you to the Huffington Post and Mayhill Fowler... Liberals have FOOLS, too!

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Just because the Conservatives are getting played for FOOLS, DOESN'T MEAN THE REST OF US HAVE TO

Representing the REAL great Americans & Patriots

Oh boy, here we go AGAIN… General David Petraeus is on the boob tube bullshitting the American PEOPLE. Reality NOW! What the #*@/ did you think the General is going to SAY? Petraeus speaking out against the WAR is like a Cop telling the American public the WAR on Drugs is a mind-numbing, miserable FAILURE…

Ohhhh NO, there’s job/pension/health care SECURITY in that kind of bullshit… Y’know the kind those of us in the “private sector” CAN ONLY DREAM ABOUT!

CIVIL SERVANTS my skinny Italian-American @*$… Just who is serving WHO?

Ooooh, Petraeus has charts… WELL, that makes up for fact the Bush Administration #*@/’n LIED to get us in this pitiful, miserable, life-blood sucking WAR IN IRAQ.

Not to mention all the waste, fraud, abuse, contract corruption, missing BILLION$, 170,000+ misplaced weapons, reckless economics, Wall St. scandal, domestic spying, arms dealing, war profiteering, torture, CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS!

And what about sending our brave soldier into battle in vehicles with NO #*@/’n ARMOR?

I’m wondering just what kind of mental illness it is that makes Conservative voters give the Bush Administration FREE PASS on all the crimes, incompetence and OTHER LOW GRADE THOUGHT PROCESSES? And want MORE OF THE SAME WITH JOHN McCAIN?

AND THOSE YELLA BELLIES IN CONGRESS (and media) DOING NOTHING… 7+ YEARS OF #*@/’n over the American PEOPLE and I’m NOT supposed to be ANGRY? That’s what Homeland Security (protector of the Con Men/Women) says…

Anyone questioning the authority of the Bush Administration or the Pentagon is considered a “terrorist threat”. I want to know who the @*~$^@/er was that DEFINED that threat.

Ohhhhh and god forbid you ORGANIZE the PEOPLE TO demand ETHICS, RESPONSIBILITY, ACCOUNTABILITY… The government will use ALL it’s POWER and taxpayers wealth to get RID of you and any protest movement that formed. WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO MY UNITED STATES OF AMERICA?

Here we go… U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crocker is trying to justify the THREE TRILLION DOLLARS it’s going to cost the American taxpayer to pay for managing this Iraqi Civil WAR. It’s as though our top leaders living in the #*@/’n Ivory Towers are oblivious to the fact our own nation’s infrastructure and economy are FAILING. But I can’t get MAD about THAT either.

I SO SICK of you Right-wing Conservative WAR profiteers and the dumb @$$ voters that fall for their bullshit… Just because you stupid m’#*@/r’s are getting played for FOOLS doesn’t mean the GOOD Americans have to put up with IT.

There’s MORE than enough Constitutional protections to make sure these Republican Criminals spend their retirement in crowded holding cells wearing chains waiting for WAR CRIME TRIALS!

And if the Bush regime has circumvented those Constitutional Rights, and made himself and his cronies EXEMPT FROM ANY PROSECUTION… well then we’re really NOT America anymore… are we?

HEY! All you silly, stupid, self-absorbed, victimized, apathetic, celebrity worshiping COWARDS. I have a message for you… “UNITE OR DIE” “ETERNAL VIGILANCE

Quote of the Day:
The devil knew NOT what he did when he made MAN politic…”

Friday, April 4, 2008

40th Anniversary - HATE killed Martin Luther King Jr.

For anyone who is picking sides, Look at the facts...

Martin Luther King Jr. - PEACE activist working for JUSTICE! What could be MORE American? PATRIOTIC!

J. Edgar Hoover - racist, hating, cross-dresser who directed FBI "dirty tricks" AGAINST MLK Jr.

Also called MLK a "communist" just because he stood up for striking sanitation UNION workers.

Funny thing... Does anyone else see the hypocrisy of Law Enforcement Unions? They enjoy the BENEFITS of those working union organizers they harassed, abused, beat down, gassed, shot, imprisoned, etc... #*@/'n TRAITORS!

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

A little SANITY with my politics PLEASE

4-2-08 6:55am PST:
"...those elitist, spoiled, silver spoon scumbags at FOX News are making a big deal about some magazine picture of poor, homeless people. The so-called anchors are whining because the picture is years old. The m'#*@/r's don't BELIEVE there's 40 MILLION American's struggling below the poverty level..."

Frankly speaking, I don’t SEE much of a choice… I’ve had to LIVE through 2 of the candidates and their policy decisions SO, I’m ready to give the NEW GUY A CHANCE!

Y’know, all that about “variety is the spice of life”, “new and improved”. I liked what Barack Obama said about: “… the fierce urgency of NOW” (MLK), Change, and how others told him to WAIT, but he didn’t want his hope dashed, soured and corrupted by years spent in Washington, DC.

As an activist/organizer Obama is the DREAM candidate. I’ve been to the Black Churches and NOTHING lights that conscious fire in my soul like a righteous SERMON. So I appreciate the way Obama can fill a 20,000 seat stadium and work the CROWD INTO A FRENZY!

He’s attracting PEOPLE who’ve NEVER gotten INVOLVED before, let alone VOTED! At the very least Obama will bring the masses out on election day. The Democratic Party should be on it’s knees giving THANKS to Obama for filling it’s voter registration ranks…

NOW, back to the OTHER 2 CANDIDATES…

Be afraid Democrats, (3rd Party Candidate supporters TOO) BE VERY AFRAID! Your nation is ONE election away from being turned into totalitarian, corporate state, with a military based economy. I can’t even believe after 8 years of the George W. Bush #*@/’n DISASTER… anyone would be considering voting for “MORE of the SAME with JOHN McCAIN“.

One would have to be either MAD or a traitor to the U.S. Constitution to VOTE Republican, RIGHT?…

Ohhh look the morning so-called NEWS is running clips of McCain on last night’s Letterman Show, "You look like the guy", huhn… Well, lets SEE:

you look like the kind of guy who would BOMB IRAN. It’s NOT like you haven’t done that kind of thing before. You’re NO fuck’n war hero to ME! You got caught because you were a pilot involved with bombing and dumping #*@/’n flaming jellied gasoline on Vietnamese tree farmers.”

For all you right-wing Christians out there, THAT FACT makes MCCain cursed in the eyes of the LORD. I guess it has something to do with “…thou shalt not KILL”. If he’s elected he’ll complete the Bush legacy of path to hell policy.

Hey John McCain, you look like the kind of guy who would let K-St lobbyists turn you into their BITCH. It’s NOT like you DON’T have a history of #*@/ing over the American middle-class for some multi-national Corporation, telecom company, war profiteer or BANK. In the 80’s YOU helped Reagan/Bush kill the Anti-trust Act and any REGULATION that kept business HONEST, that’s the root of ALL our present economic PROBLEMS.

You were there right from the beginning laying the ground work for DE-REGULATION DISASTERS when you got involved with the HUGE Savings and Loan SCANDAL. Right, Mr. “Keating 5”?

You look like the kind of guy who would help Newt Gingrich SELL-OUT the American worker during the 90’s. You and the “Grich” oversaw legislation that paved the way for outsourcing of American jobs, off-shore accounts scandal, media consolidation, predatory lending and the “Corporate Crime Wave” (Enron,etc.)

While Republicans were waving the American flag and professing love of our great nation, behind the scenes they were busy selling out our children’s future. Explain to me please JOHN, what good can come from insuring the venture capital of Corporations that move American jobs to Communist China?

I WAITING for SOMEONE in the pussy media to ask senior Senator McCain about all the 90’s hidden legislation such as the “Expatriate Clause” in Clinton’s Family Leave bill. Y’know? IT allowed the super rich (multinational Corporations, Saudi royals, drug traffickers, etc) take their billions OF $‘s out of the country PENALTY FREE!

NOTE: (To ME… you look like THAT KIND OF GUY, you traitorous m#*@/’r)

THEN, on the OTHER hand there’s Hilary Clinton… I wanna love you Clintons (Bill, Hilary, Chelsea, Jed, Grannie, Jethro, Ellie Mae, etc…) I really do… but you make it so damn hard.

Just look what your campaign has degraded to. You’re depending on those racist Hicks that exist in Pennsylvania between Philadelphia and Pittsburg, TO WIN THE STATE!

And in the remaining primaries, the MOST you can HOPE FOR… is that enough racist morons and dumb ass Christian “Reagan Democrats” will come out and VOTE for you to make it to the National Convention in Denver.

Come on Hilary, WORK IT GIRL! Lets stick to the vital and important issues the IDIOTS you’re catering to will understand. Like challenging Obama to a bowling match or comparing yourself to a fighter like “ROCKY”, even though that “has been” Sylvester Stallone has made it clear he supports McCain. (sorry paisan, Sly, I love you man, but this is politics, y'know?)

Cry about THAT, woman! If YOU really loved America you’d TAKE YOU PLACE as Obama’s Vice-President and work as HARD AS YOU CAN to defeat the Republicans in 2008. I’m NOT just talking about McCAIN

Instead of having this divisive feud with Barack Obama… you Clintons could be traveling the nation helping Congressional Democrats win seats in the House and Senate SO THIS #*@/ed up government start WORKING again….

#@*/ YOU TOO. Get OUT, NOW! You fools…

Copyright 2008 by F.G. Esposito

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

April Fools day for the petty FOOLS

Two Conservatives were standing at the water cooler:
"George W. Bush wasn't what we thought he'd be, huh?"
" at least he's making progress with the Illegal immigrant issue..."
"YEA, pretty soon the economy will be sooo BAD, they won't wanna come to America"

I’m wondering WHAT the criteria IS when so-called NEWS organizations hire spokespersons, pundits and anchors? Loud mouth? Wealthy, well-connected, “silver spoon” or "Momma’s boy”? Former elected official? Funny HOW the “average Joe” NEVER gets a voice in?

Allow me to use the example of Anderson Cooper… ahhhh NO wait, better yet, JOE SCARBOROUGH

Maybe NO one noticed, but “Morning JoeScarborough takes particular PLEASURE in PROPAGATING the Clinton VS Obama feud. Joe with his petty, snide, elitist TWIN, Willie Geist demonstrate their BIAS, with every word that comes from their mouths. This is NEWS?

I’d like to have been at the meeting of MSNBC executives when they were deciding to hire Scarborough, going through his resume… JEEZ, I can ONLY imagine…

ENTER: MSNBC headquarters, round table of company top officials discussing Joe Scarborough.

focus groups show he has that clean cut Ivy league fraternity boy look that most Americans find appealing.”

...and his term in Congress gives him credibility, experience, maybe even the public trust…?”

THE “CONSCIOUS” GUY in the room
“WHAT?, CREDIBILITY? …did anyone bother investigating his voting record? Perfectly in line with the Christian Coalition and those 2 CON-MEN Ralph Reed and Tom Delay

One of the 40 GOP freshmen legislators that came to POWER in 1994. I like to call this legislative branch the Sell-Out the American Middle-Class Congress. While Scarborough hung out with fellow freshman Mark Foley, with the boys masturbating to Monica Lewinski testimony… the REPUBLICANS were working late night and behind the scenes making deals with K-St to tip the scales of economic JUSTICE.

If our economy is failing it’s because of the low grade thought processes involved with the long range fiscal planning of the Republican Party.

Republicans believe Corporations have a right to do as they please. Most card carrying conservatives are so ignorant they don’t even know their own ideological CREDO. “Limited intervention in the economy. Substantial intervention in morality”. This means let the RICH do whatever they please while finger pointing and preaching to the average Joe and Jane Smuck.

Reagan/Bush killed ANTI-TRUST and any regulation that kept industry HONEST. When Reagan/Bush came to power, the USA was #1 on the planet in exporting goods and importing raw materials. This is the very definition of a prosperous economy. In 2007, it is the exact opposite. Why? Years of Republicans selling out the American middle class, that’s why.

Oh and let’s not forget Reagan union busting and DEREGULATION. The root of ALL future Corporate scandal. I hope Republican voters didn’t conveniently forget John McCain was right there forming the groundwork of this warped system in the Saving and loan scandal and Keating 5.

Then we go to the 90’s with Newt Gingrich Republican’s busy selling out the American middle class. I wanted to ask the Grich about all the hidden legislation such as the “Expatriate Clause” in Clinton’s “family leave” bill. It allowed the super rich (multinational Corporations, Saudi royals, drug trafficers, etc) take their billions out of the country PENALTY FREE!

Newt oversaw legislation/policy that paved the way for outsourcing of American jobs, off-shore accounts scandal, media consolidation, predatory lending and the “Corporate Crime Wave” (Enron, etc.) While Republicans were waving the American flag and professing love of our great nation, behind the scenes they were busy selling out our children’s future. Explain to me please Newt, what good can come from insuring the venture capital of Corporations that move American jobs to Communist Chin

WHOA!, easy there fella, we already have someone to put Joe and Willie in their “place”… a woman Mika B……

CONCLUSION OF SCENE: Conscious guy gets fired and Scarborough hosts “Morning Joe

NOTE: YEA… I needed to get that out or I would have been angry all day…

Anyway, my take on the Clinton VS. Obama fiasco is this:

You want to REALLY impress ME, Mr. or Mrs Democrat Presidential wannbe? A true patriotic HERO would concede the presidential bid for a Vice-Presidential spot. Who wants to be president after 8 years of that pathetic loser George W. Bush, anyway. It’s going to take a generation to clean up the mess this idiot left Americans with…

This Vice-Presidential superstar would be in line for a long string of strong willed, honest Democrat Presidents that choose to take on the challenge of keeping FREEDOM from becoming a delicate concept and bringing America BACK from the deep abyss of Bush/Cheney reckless economics. “YOYO economics”, y’know… You’re On Your Own…

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lynn jaffeeLynn Jaffee is a licensed acupuncturist and the author of the book, Simple Steps: The Chinese Way to Better Health, a clear and concise explanation of Chinese medicine for the lay person. She is co-author of the book, The BodyWise Woman, a personal health manual for physically active women and girls. Read more about Lynn...

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Lymph Drainage Therapy

Over the years, a number of my acupuncture patients have asked about lymphatic massage.  Until recently, I was unable to give them a good answer about what it is or how it’s done.  Not any longer!  This past January, a group of body workers/massage therapists moved into our building, and I was able to experience lymphatic drainage firsthand from Raina Sinclair.

My take:  It was incredibly relaxing and I felt energized for several days afterward.  During the massage, I remember thinking about how good it felt and how badly I needed to take better care of myself.

I invited Raina to be a guest blogger and answer some questions about lymphatic massage.

Here’s Raina’s post:

Your lymphatic system plays an important role in immunity. Lymph fluid runs throughout your body fighting viruses and bacteria and carrying waste to the nodes to be filtered and removed. The lymphatic system has no pump and relies on your breath, movement, or manual pumping for its circulation. It is comprised of superficial capillaries, ducts, and nodes.

Lymph Drainage Therapy (LDT) enhances the rate and amount of movement within your lymphatic system.  LDT can help people suffering from a number of conditions including:  inflammation, pain, sinus congestion, and swelling of the joints and soft tissue. LDT can also be used for detoxification and general relaxation.

French physician Dr. Bruno Chikly has trained many therapists in the United States through the Upledger Institute in Florida. Dr. Chikly uses a system of LDT called “mapping.” In this style, the therapist tunes in to your body’s specific rhythm, pressure, quality and direction of lymph flow.

Lymphatic drainage technique is gentle and light, using pumping motions to encourage the lymph fluid to move more efficiently.   A session may incorporate lymph drainage for specific areas of the body, a full session for either the face or body, or may be used in combination with other massage techniques.

If your lymph system is compromised or damaged due to injury or illness you may develop lymphedema, which is a serious medical condition and requires medical intervention. While beneficial, LDT is not a substitute for medical treatment.

Raina Sinclair has been a practicing Massage Therapist since 1989. She is trained in several modalities including, Lymph Drainage Therapy, Craniosacral Therapy, Connective Tissue Massage, and Neuromuscular Therapy.  Her office is located in St. Louis Park.  She can be reached at 952-545-0346.

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Then Quit Having So Many of Them

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When I was at a big agency, I had a recurring nightmare. I'd died and gone to hell, which turned out to be a windowless room with a big table in the middle. I was seated at the table, bound to a chair.

There were other people around the table too. There was a presenter who I'm pretty sure was speaking English, but I couldn't comprehend anything being said. Images flashed on a screen -- the exact words that were coming out of the speaker's mouth -- accompanied by the occasional pie chart, clip art and, I think, sometimes a Ziggy cartoon.

I tried to cry out, "Get me out of this place." Instead, what came out was, "Can you go over the whole Power Point presentation one more time please?" And they would.

You know where I'm headed with this. It wasn't a nightmare at all, but an all too frequent real-life experience. OK, maybe I put a little hair on that story, but I do believe that when it comes to productivity, the sheer volume of meetings at a big agency is more hindrance than help.

Inspired by Doug Zanger's funny first-person account of a particularly bad interview, I decided that my second installment of a big vs. small thread would expand on the topic of meetings, particularly their excessive reach and frequency at big companies.

I don't mean to pick on my last agency. I don't know that they were any better or worse about over-meeting than any other big shop. I polled a number of friends who work or worked at large agencies and the consensus was that the problem exists everywhere.

I think it's just an unfortunate consequence of growing large. You add more layers, more bureaucracy, communication gets more complicated and the easy answer is to have more meetings as a way of communicating.

I'm not an anti-meetingist. Meetings have their place and value. I go to an all-agency status meeting every Monday morning. It's a great way to start the week by hearing what's on the collective agency plate. Only five or six out of 50 people speak and they keep it succinct. No agendas. No written reports. No Power Points.

On Fridays, group heads meet to talk about anything important going on. Sometimes it's 15 minutes, and other times much longer. As much or as little time as needed.

In between there are the typical meetings -- account teams, planners meeting with creatives, that sort of thing. Most often, "meetings" are just that -- casual. You want to meet with someone? Walk over and talk to them. It seems to be a good way to work.

More important, it encourages more effective personal interaction. Face it, big, formally structured meetings don't really do that.

I think the problem arises when people aren't sure what to do, so they call a meeting, ostensibly to get input or maybe validation on an idea. But that's a crutch at best, and contrary to real problem solving. It's confusing activity with productivity. You're meeting instead of doing.

Herbert Hoover wasn't our most quotable president, but he got it right when he said, "When the outcome of a meeting is to have another meeting, it's been a lousy meeting."

I haven't only attended many such meetings, I'm guilty of having organized my share as well.

A greater danger in having a meeting-heavy culture isn't just that it wastes time; it can also create an atmosphere of meeting-apathy.

We've all seen it. You look around even important confabs and three-quarters of the room is cranking on e-mail or text messaging. And don't get me started on the people who bring laptops. Pssst, no one believes you're taking notes.

I'm guilty there too. My vice was playing poker on my Blackberry, which I continued even after an embarrassing incident where everyone thought I was very enthusiastic about a media plan when in reality I'd just drawn a full house.

It's ironic, but by running leaner and having fewer manpower resources, small agencies have an advantage over the Goliath's. We simply don't have room for fluff.

I still call meetings, but my new colleagues have taught me to be respectful of their time. And when I'm invited to one I know it's important to be there and to contribute, even if it means my poker skills will suffer for it.
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Lazarus x 3 = ?

Randomly, I had the story of Lazarus brought to my attention twice yesterday. The first was a post on a blog I just happened I was lurking around in blog world. The second was as I watched a video I had put off for a couple of weeks...but needed to watch. These two folks looked at the story from different perspectives. After I heard (and read) these two accounts my mind went back to a third account I had heard about Lazarus. My SOE peeps may remember the wonderful speaker we had in Houston...this guy rocked...and told the story of Lazarus in a way that sent goosebumps racing across my body...his words impacted my life....I wanted to run from the room shouting truth. Anyway, I've now read the story in Luke 16 about 7 times. I wonder what God is trying to say to me. Which angle of the story does God want me to hear...or maybe all three...or maybe a 4th. Why do I bore you with such ramblings? It is an interesting anyone still reading this? The 3 angles you ask? Briefly.....1) that anyone would want to cross over the great chasm from heaven to hell.....2)about how God cares for the we certainly will be held accountable for merely tossing our crumbs to the needy...just stepping over them.....3) Note: this guy was a converted Muslim...he spoke about the rich mans' desperation that someone go tell his brothers...he spoke of the lies of Islam and how he knows that as these guys (like the hijackers of 9/11) enter hell...they immediately realize the truth and scream out....Somebody go tell my brothers!!!!!!!!.....all three of these people caught my attention. There is truth in what each of them speaks. Anyway, I suppose I will read Luke 6 or 7 more times tomorrow...just waiting for something to jump out :)

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The discussion subject for today was digital television.
Make sure when you are buying a television make sure it is a true high definition television with the key question to ask is ;
  • Does this television have a true 1920 x 1080 display
This refers to the number of horizontal pixels by number of vertical pixels
You can however get 1024x 768 displays being sold as hi definition (in reality they're not ) .
So what do most tv stations broadcast at?
Most are broadcast in 852 x 576 , some hi-def channels at 1280 x 720 and a couple at 1920 x 1080 ( that is true hi definition)
Hence the lack of extreme clarity as you are asking 576 to expand to 1080.
Blu-ray dvd discs are all 1080p , hence the reason they look so good
Normal DVDs are 852 x 576
Digital televison either works or it doesnt , there isn't the gray area as with analog televison which can show a "fuzzy" picture.
You may need to buy a new antenna and make sure it comes from a reputable dealer / installer so you can receive the digital signal.


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Save me from EFCC, Patience Jonathan cries for help

The House of Representatives on Wednesday received a petition from the former First Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan, against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

In the petition presented to the House by Rep. Lovette Idisi (PDP-Delta) the former first lady alleged that she was being “incessantly harassed” by the anti-graft agency.

Commenting on the petition, Idisi said that the wife of former President,Good luck Jonathan was presumed to be innocent until proven guilty as enshrined in Section 36 of the 1999 Constitution as amended.

She said, “This petition is in line with Section 36 of the 199 Constitution, where every citizen of the country is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

“Mr Speaker, the constant harassment of the former first lady is a petition emanating from her which was sent to my offic

“With the leave of the house, I seek your permission to lay the petition before the house.”

After Idisi laid the petition,the Speaker, Mr Yakubu Dogara, referred it to the Committee on Public Petitions.(NAN)

  1. Patience Jonathan is even becoming more silly by the day
    I wonder when it has become the duty of the law makers to go about protecting single individuals that are accused of looting the public fund
    Patience only needs to explain convincingly to the EFCC from where she got such a huge amount of money

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Monday, 23 September 2013

Summer Scoops Bulletin Board

Yes, I realize I have been slacking on my blog posts.  While laziness has definitely played a part in this, I have also felt minimal motivation.  I began this blog mostly for myself - something for me to enjoy, hoping that others will gain inspiration from my enjoyment.  I don't want it to become simply work.  Today, I feel like that motivation has slightly returned!  :)

About two weeks ago I put up a bulletin board to display my students' writings about their summers.  The bulletin board was my welcome board at the beginning of the year, which I turned into the students' summer reflections. You can see both below!

You may notice I have a mere 7 students this year in my class :).

I had the students write their reflections on ice cream scoops.  This idea worked well as the students wanted to write more so that they could fill more scoops!  What a great motivation to keep them writing! :)  While it might be a little late to do this project in your classroom now, it could be a great one for the end of the year!  Leave a comment if you would like the template for the scoops!

Wednesday, 4 September 2013

September Read Alouds

 The weather is getting cooler, I no longer have time for cooking 'exciting' meals, and I wake up with the sun once again - Ah, yes, it is September already! I have a wonderful new set of Grade 2's, eager to learn...(well, mostly) and a freshly decorated classroom ready for full use!  While I kind of disappeared for a while in August, I am back ready more than ever to blog! :)  By the end of this week I hope to have pictures up of my Safari Themed classroom.  While it may be too late to post these pictures for any of those who were itching for helpful ideas, you never know what you could add to your classroom in later weeks :).

As for today, I want to blog about the children's books that I have decided to use in my classroom for the beginning of this school year.  I found it difficult to know which books to chose, but after much research I think the ones I chose are working well.  While the first day book may no longer apply to you, the others will still work well for the month of September.

First Day

Back to School Rules by Laurie Friedman

This book is an excellent choice for the first day of school as it is a fun hook to talking about the classroom and school rules with the students.  Talking about rules can be 'a real drag' on the first day of school, so I am always looking for ways to spice it up a bit.  It was a fun way to start the talk and thinking about ways for a good student to act!

First Week

How I Spent My Summer Vacation by Mark Teague

I like to make a point of talking about the summer vacation with my students the first week (As I am sure many of you do)  As my students are writing journal entries about their summer vacations, I plan on reading this book to the class before the students share their journal entries with the class.  If nothing else, it is simply a great book for a laugh, and to get the students' imaginations rolling.

My Mouth is a Volcano by Julia Cook

I have some wonderful, imaginative, and excitable talkers in my class this year.  This book is a great way to help students understand the importance of not speaking out when you are not supposed to.  As an activity to go with it, I found a great idea at Thank God It's First Grade .

Beyond First Week

Recess Queen by Alexis O'Neill

Recess is a time where bullying and mistreating others can happen easier than in the classroom.  To remind students the importance of treating each other with respect, this book is a great one to read.  It is not only good to to read at the beginning of school year, but any time it seems that there is some bullying during recess time.  Post-reading I would chose to do a type of group activity as opposed to a writing assignment, as I feel this would be most effective for such a book.  There are some great ideas found here for discussion and group activities.

You Are Special by Max Lucado

This is another book that is great to read both at the beginning of the year and if your class struggles with bullying or self-confidence.  This book can also be found on Youtube:  You Are Special by Max Lucado

Hope these helped you with some ideas and here's to a smooth, sailing year ahead! ;)

Wednesday, 24 July 2013

Organized Binders

There are a ton of different ways to organize a teaching binder - many found on Pinterest :).  Instead of focusing on only one binder, I decided to use 3 different binders this year.  Last year, I felt very unorganized and all over the place with my binder so I'm hoping this will help.  Personally, I hate lugging around a massive binder with everything in it, which is my other reason for splitting up my information and notes.

This is how I decided to split it up:

Obviously, my teaching binder is my main, every day binder.  These are the sections I used in each binder:

Teaching Binder

1. Important Info - Where I place all the extra important information I need for the day or week.
2. Schedules - Where I place daily schedules, including AEA, and schedule changes.
3. Day Plans - The obvious
4. Monthly Plans - This is something new I am adding this year in order to help me see an overall view of the month ahead.
5. Class Lists - This is used for daily reminders, field trips, etc.  (This is not used for marking - see below at the student binder)
6. Long Range Plans
7. Meeting Info

Student Binder

1. Class Lists - This will be used for marking and assessment.  I believe having this in my student binder will help me, as it will be the binder I will take along with me when marking and will also have students' information in it.  A clip board will be added to the front of this binder so I always have that to take with me as well.
2. Parent Teacher Interviews - Any information I need for these.
3. Student Info - I will have a section for each student in my class to keep anecdotal notes, report cards, etc.

Idea Binder

 As stated in my Summer To Do post, I made an idea binder.  However I decided to add more sections then I had originally stated:

1. Overall Notes - General idea notes for the class
2. Management - Any ideas to improve classroom management
3. Language Arts
4. Mathematics
... And possibly to add other subjects I teach as well.

Hopefully this will make everyday chaos, into a bit more organized chaos :)

Tuesday, 16 July 2013

Organized Read Aloud Books

I finally took the time today to put a dent into my Summer To Do list.  (Found here.)  Seeing as the weather is stifling and I already have a painfully, itchy burn from laying on the beach too long this past weekend, it's the perfect day to stay in my AC filled apartment.

I worked on organizing my read aloud books today.  I can already sense how much easier this organizing will make my teaching this coming year.  I heard somewhere the following quote:

 "Organization makes a good teacher into a great teacher"

That is my motivation for this long process of organizing :)

I went from a small basket of squished books to a filing box big enough for my books and many more:

Below is the end result of my organized children's books:

As you can see, I organized my books into months and then topics.  All I used to do so, was a filing box (found at Walmart), dividers, cardstock paper, and clear tape.  I covered my labels with tape as my at home lamination :)

I only ended up having 3 topics apart from my months.  These are Culture, Math, and Science.  (They are not alphabetical in the picture, but I have organized them alphabetically.)

While some books don't really fall into a specific time of year or those certain topics, I put them in the month that I plan on using them in.  As I get more books, I am sure I will need to add more specific topics.  However for now, this works perfectly for what I need.

I am now working on lesson plans and activities for each book.  I will put a copy of each plan in each book, and I will also make a binder of the plans.  Stay tuned for lesson plan ideas for read alouds!

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Friday, 5 July 2013

Blog Hop!

So, I joined Bloglovin', and as you can see, I now have an easy way for you to follow my blog!  Woohoo! :)  Please do consider following my blog!  I love to connect with other teachers, and I think this would be a great way to meet you all!  I simply love to share my ideas, will hopefully somehow inspire some of you, and also would love to learn from you with comments you write me! :)

I recently discovered a Blog Hop when reading The Perks of Teaching Primary.  This blog hop is found through the following blogs:

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Thursday, 4 July 2013

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Language Arts Organization

Today is becoming an extremely productive day.  I guess that's what happens when my car is out of commission and it's pouring outside.  While I have not finished tackling one of my 'Summer To Dos' I decided to revamp my Language Arts binder today.  It is pretty simple and I thought I would share it with you to give some ideas in the sections of organizing it.  While these sections completely relate to what I teach for Language Arts, if you adjust them to your own program, they could work just as well!  Do keep in mind that these are only the worksheets and such used in the programs, whereas textbooks/workbooks are not included.

 Before I begin, I must warn you that my pictures are not spectacular.  Along with my non-functional car, I have a non-functional camera and therefore was forced to use my phone.  It does the trick though, and will give you the perfect idea as to how to create your own organized Language Arts binder.  Since this is pretty self-explanatory, this will mostly be a picture blogpost :)

( For public speaking competitions or reading records where students try to read enough pages to win a prize)

I especially like the Holidays section, as I always find I am wondering where my Thanksgiving or Christmas sheets and activities are.  Eventually, I would like to make a binder specific to Holiday activities.

 Throughout the year, I also chose to make notes on specific worksheets or activities I used.  These notes were just made on post-it notes (as seen below) and simply stated what worked and what didn't work, what could be improved, and what to keep in mind.  I plan on updating this and to keep adding to it!

                                      These simple stickys are great, quick reminders!!

Happy Organizing!! :)

Tuesday, 2 July 2013

Summer To Do

Ah summer... how I love thee.

While many fellow teachers of mine choose to have a summer job, go on extravagant trips, or take an AQ course, I chose to stay at home and simply relax.  For some reason...this isn't working out for me as well as I planned.  It's only been the second week of summer, and already I feel swamped with unpacking/cleaning our new apartment, sorting through mounds of teaching materials from the year (picture below), and catching up on appointments that were missed throughout the busy school year.  Suddenly, I realized, I only have four more weeks until I go on my personal 'extravagant' trip (to BC!).  And then, guess what!  It is basically time to go back to work.. ah, the summer is short.  Low and behold, I still have a Summer To Do List for teaching for these next four weeks.  Just some things I hope to get done before I begin a new year of teaching.  While these items are not detrimental for starting a new year of teaching, they are simply helpful ideas for organization.  Perhaps this will help me keep on track a little bit more this year...and perhaps it could help you too!

This weeks project

Summer To-Do List:

1. Pre-planned Supply Lessons

All throughout the year it was my plan to make supply lessons.  While I am thankful to say I had no days where I had to call in the morning sick, If I had, I would have been scrambling and stressing trying to come up with a supply plan.  It is just not worth that extra stress.  This summer, I plan on making these supply lessons for at least 3 days of classes.  While, of course they will have to be adjusted according to the time of year and what the students are currently learning, some good basic plans will still save so much time!

2.  A basket of children's books ready to read with lesson plans/activities.

Whether it be for creative writing, journal entries, a tie to a math or science lesson, or a start to an art project - books are your best friend (Especially in Grade 2!)  I already have a basket of books, separated into seasons and topics (Wait for future blog post to see how this was done!), which was very helpful for me throughout the year, to quickly pick up a book when I had the time to read one to the students.  The pre-made lessons/activities to go with it, would just be so much more helpful!  I plan on starting this soon, and will blog my ideas throughout.  Below is a picture of my current basket of books, which I also hope to fix up quite a bit!  (As you can see, the basket is a little small... :)

Basket of books (Could use some updating...:)

3.  Planned Bulletin Boards ideas

Most times, I've considered pinning an idea on Pinterest to be a planned bulletin board idea.  However, I want to take some time this summer to take those ideas (with my own creative spins) and actually get them ready to simply place on the bulletin board for when the time is right.  Bulletin boards can be an added stress during a busy time of report cards or grading.  I would love for that stress to be diminished, just a little.

4.  Organized Binder of Ideas

Not much to add here.  I hope to make an organized binder for Language Arts and Math.  While of course, the curriculum binders are already set, there are many times when some extra activities are needed for further learning.  This binder will be great to have throughout the year to also add any new ideas I come up with.

These four things will definitely keep my next four weeks busy. I plan to blog about each of them as I work through them.  This is my first step into getting over my procrastination.  Wish me luck, and maybe even join me! :)

Wednesday, 19 June 2013

Marbles Management Break Down

(Before reading this post, you may want to look back on a past post from January: Classroom Management with Marbles )

A while ago I posted about how I began to use marbles in my classroom for management reasons and how at the beginning I believed it to be an easy strategy to keep up with and to be motivating for my students. Today, I want to re-cap on how it went for the rest of the year.  While it is a great management strategy, I don't believe I used it in the right way.  However, I do believe there are ways to use it efficiently.  I truly believe I had a great start with it, yet as things got busy it went down hill.

The following is what I did wrong:

1. I was inconsistent.  Sometimes I chose to give the students marbles when they had a really good morning or afternoon, other times I would forget.  Sometimes I gave marbles when I saw a student doing a kind act to another, whereas most times, I forgot.

2.  My goals were set too high.  I often found reasons to take away marbles rather than add marbles and when I did add marbles it was too little.  While the students were close to filling the jar, it never actually got full.  This was partly due to me forgetting it as well.

What I learned?  Well, while the importance of consistency can be so obvious, it is harder to accomplish than one would think.  So this is some advice I give to anyone thinking of starting this management strategy:

1.  Only use the marble jar for one reason.  Whether it be for when the students cooperate in class and show hard work, or whether you use it for acts of kindness.  Do not set your goals so high to use it for numerous reasons, or it will become forgotten, and inconsistent.

2.  Set goals in the morning for the marble jar, letting the students know the goal.  For example, you could tell students that if they show hard, quiet work all the way until recess they will get a big marble, or 5 marbles in their marble jar.  Or, if you are doing it for acts of kindness, you could tell students that if you see 5 special acts of kindness during the day, you will add 5 marbles to the jar.  This way, you are reminding yourself to add marbles, and you are reminding your students about the marble jar.

3.  Make the goals achievable so that the students WILL get that promised class party or treat if they fill the jar.  If they fill the jar once and get their prize, they may be even more keen to do it again.

Trial and error... the best way to eventually run the perfect classroom :)

Saturday, 8 June 2013

10 Musts to Have in Your Classroom.

My lack of blogging has been due largely to moving and loosing my camera cord. Therefore, leaving me with no pictures to post.  To try to explain art projects or bulletin boards without pictures would simply be pointless.  So, while I have a blog post today, I have no pictures and therefore must blog about something different than my 'great' lessons ;).

I want to talk about the things you absolutely need to have in the classroom at all times.  Okay, maybe not NEED, but will definitely help take away some stress in a day of teaching :).  Whether it be for emergency lessons, quick management strategies, a simple fill in, or just to make a teacher's job a tiny bit easier.

 Over my past year of teaching I have realized the importance of keeping certain things in my classroom at all times - I failed to do this most of the time and learned greatly from it.  There were numerous times when I needed something and didn't have it.  I'm going to skip the obvious ones (ie. tape, stapler, hole puncher, pens, etc.) because I am pretty sure we all know those.  I want to tell you about the ones that are not always thought of right away, yet can really make your days go that much smoother.  While some may seem obvious to you, as a new teacher, they weren't to me at the beginning of the year.

1. Jelly Beans.

Jelly beans are KEY.  Whether it be for a math lesson, a review game, a reward, or just a regular Fun Friday afternoon, jelly beans are a must.

2.  Dice.

 Primarily for need to explain much here.  (If you need some ideas for math games with dice, comment and I will blog them!)  Cards could also be added to this!

3.  Labels.

At the beginning of the year, fellow teachers told me the importance of making labels - labels for each student's name (big and small), labels for each subject/book, and labels for your name.  While I saw the importance of making these for the students books and duotangs, I did not see these as important for much else so I ended up stuffing them some where quick when I was finished labelling the books at the beginning of the year.  Well little did I know how often they would become useful throughout the year.  Whether it was for the students' snacks on field trips, new notebooks when students' finished theirs, costumes for the school play, labelling projects, etc. etc., I needed htem all year long.  The amount of annoyance it is to run out of labels is underestimated.  Next year, I plan on making double the amount I did this year so I am sure not to run out.

4.  Bandages.

This might be an obvious one.  Honestly, for some reason I just never had them in my classroom this year.  When students have a tiny hang nail or cut that they 'desperately' need a bandage for, it would just be so much easier to be able to give them one rather than having to send them to the office and wasting all that precious work time.

5.  A box of random toys, prizes, etc.

This could help with many of the same ways that the jelly beans could.  My school has a prize bin in the office for any reason a teacher chooses to send them there.  However, I think it is so nice to be able to have such a box in your own classroom as well.  I definitely have used the prize bin in the office, but I also would .like to seriously start one in my own classroom for more management plans.  (Perhaps to be blogged about in the future...)

6.  Birthday gifts.

This year for every student's birthday I gave a birthday pin and a sheet of stickers.  I also printed off a sign that said 'Happy Birthday _____!' and hung it up in front of the classroom for the day.  I chose to buy all of the gifts ahead of time, which worked really well for those days that I remembered it was a student's birthday 5 minutes before class started... guilty.  However, I chose to leave the sign printing until the last minute... every time - well how much easier it would have been had I printed them all at the beginning of the year and simply pulled them out the day of?!

7. Empty jars.

Empty jars are needed more than one would think.  While I used them mainly for science experiments, they were also useful for things like my marble jar (found here), picking names for an activity and storing items.  I am sure you could find many more uses for them as well.

8.  Students' names on magnets.

I started this at the beginning of the year and it was helpful for numerous reasons.  I simply wrote the student's names on colourful cardstock, cut it out and glued a magnet strip to it.  I used it for two main reasons. First of all, every day the students had to hand in their agendas. Once they handed in their agenda they had to put their name on the chalk board to show me that it was handed in.  If their name wasn't on the chalkboard, I knew I didn't have their agenda yet.  Secondly, I used it occasionally for students who were misbehaving or who needed to stay in for recess to finish work.  Rather than writing their names on the board  I could just put their magnet up to remind them.  While this isn't necessarily a must, it definitely makes your life that much easier.

9.  Stickers, stickers, stickers!

Do not underestimate the importance of stickers.

10.  EXTRAS... of everything!!

Whether it be duotangs, pencils, erasers, notebooks, paper... Always have more than enough.  This year I failed on this with pencils and duotangs.  Two very key things in order to make your student's work go smoothly.

These are just my top 10 things - while there are definitely plenty more.  If you have any more to add, please do comment!!

Summer is two weeks away for me.  In this spirit, stay tuned for a blog post about Summer To Do's as you spend a bit of time preparing for the next year! :)

Monday, 20 May 2013

Drawing to Music

Since my last post was about music in the classroom (found here) I figured it was appropriate to blog about a music art activity that I did with the Grade 4's that ended up working quite well!

 I began by having students fold big pieces of scrap paper into about 6 sections.  I then played many different types of music (only Karaoke versions so that no lyrics were heard) and had students draw lines to the music.  It was their choice what to draw, but they had to be line drawings.  When we were finished, I went around to each student and together we picked the favourite, which they then made into a colourful oil pastel drawing.  Students were only allowed to use 3 colours in their pastel drawings.

Here are some examples as to how they turned out:

Electric Rock

Electric Rock

This project was much like the Grade 4's Expressions with Line drawings (found here).  I found they really enjoyed both projects.  They also turn out to be wonderfully colourful art pieces!

As for the last few weeks of art classes I plan on doing some fun end of the year projects.  I have specifically some great ideas from Art Mash blog.  I'm excited to use some of these ideas!

Friday, 17 May 2013

Music in the Classroom

As the year slowly comes to an end... I am starting to think about three main things:

1. The ideas and plans I did that worked really well this past year.
2. Those 'awesome ideas I had' that definitely did not work.
3. All the ideas and plans I have for the future...some time....

I decided I want to blog about all three of these things.  I already have blogged about what I liked that worked, however blogging about failed attempts and future ideas are not so common.  After all, it is always easier to talk and write about 'accomplishments' than failures and ideas that might not follow through.  However, I've realized by leaving those two out, a lot is missed out on.  The best way to learn is through failed attempts and hopeful wishes!

So, I will start with writing about both a failed attempt and an idea for next year:  Using music in the classroom.

I did use music with my Grade 2's while doing quiet work or working on an art project this past year.  I also played music during my art classes quite regularly.  However, I had no real plan with it.  With my Grade 2's I usually played Christian worship music (since I work at a Christian school).  This worked well - as they would many times sing along and really enjoy it!  With my art students, I picked very random music to play.  Often I played Newsboys, Adele, Keane, some Mumford and Sons, Enya, and some Walk Off the Earth.  Many times the students would ask for requests (as I was playing from Grooveshark on my laptop) and at the beginning, being the naive teacher I was (and still am), I played whatever they asked as long as there was no swearing and I knew what the song was about.  Soon enough, I came to realize that this does not work well for classroom management.  One class, I accidentally played Mumford and Sons and forgot to take out the one song with swearing - lets just say students heard, and it wasn't the most spectacular teaching moment in my life - taught me a lesson of the importance of reviewing everything before playing it in class.  Coming to the end of the year I soon got tired of trying to pick the right music and many classes I just wouldn't play it anymore.  Or I would say absolutely no requests and simply stick with Christian worship music.  The problem with this, is that I had started off on the wrong foot with the music in my classroom and so students weren't so happy.

Next year, I want to have a plan for music in the classroom.  I want to know what I am going to play before I even set foot into the classroom.  (Seems obvious, but while planning all lessons I never took the time to do this.) So, recently I decided to search for ideas.  I found this website: Music to Manage Your Classroom, which has inspired me in many ways.  This teacher uses music for classroom management.  What a brilliant idea!  He plays a certain song when a transition is needed, certain music for when students enter the classroom and to end the day, music to introduce a new lesson, and music to set the tone.  Even his transition times are timed with the song playing.  This idea blows my mind!  Students will be able to hear a song and know what to do or know what is happening.  No longer would I as a teacher have to remind students, count from 10 to have students sitting in their seats, or urge students to hurry up.  I simply play a song, and students are aware.  Oh how I wish I had seen this idea at the beginning of this year! The teacher also gives great ideas for what songs to use in each situation. After hearing about this idea it seems so obvious to me.  Music is all around us all the time, why not use it for purpose in the classroom!

Since I have a SMARTboard in my classroom, easily enough this can be used.  Next year, I may not have a SMARTboard, but as long as you have a laptop and some speakers, you are set.

I cannot wait to use this idea next year!

Paper Mache Men

One thing (of many) I like about teaching art is that it is a really free subject to do fun and different projects.  I don't have a specific curriculum for art at my school, so I am free to teach the students projects that I think they would really enjoy.  I found the following project through Pinterest, on Blog K-12.  It was the perfect project to teach my Grade 4 students how to use paper mache, practice their fine motor skills, and just something different than the regular drawings, paintings, etc. I also love working with paper mache - every kid loves getting a bit messy sometimes! :)

We started with making the shape of a man out of tinfoil.  We then covered these with paper mache strips.  And lastly, after letting it dry we painted them.  This project took two classes - one for the tinfoil and paper mache, and one for painting.  Here are some pictures to show the process and results!

1. Covering tinfoil with paper mache:

2. Painting over our paper mache men:

Tuesday, 7 May 2013

Stress Advice

Last week good friends of mine got hitched and I was so blessed to be apart of the wedding as a bridesmaid.  It was the absolute perfect day! (The weather thankfully as gorgeous as it was!)  They got married at a Yacht Club...the ceremony right on the water, and the reception in a gorgeous hall.  The wedding was in Ottawa, so hubby and I chose to take a few extra days off work and explore/vacation! I took three days off work, thinking it'd be no problem.  I've only taken one day off so far this year, and figured planning the sub plans wouldn't be too big of a deal. Well...I was a tad mistaken.  First of all, making supply plans is WAY more work than anyone who is not a teacher would think.  Second of all, coming back to try to figure out everything that was accomplished with the supply teacher is a headache in of itself.  And third of all, trying to catch up with marking WHILE report cards are due is so busy it's really just insane.  Bad timing?  I think so. Man is it tough coming back after "vacationing"!  Don't get me wrong, I love to teach.  But boy do I love weddings more.  Future wedding planner career.. perhaps.. :)    I also do not enjoy this crazy busy schedule.  It's been a busy year, but this by far is the worst it's been.  A fellow teacher of mine told me to just let some things go... well I am letting go reports cards getting in on time, marking getting finished before next class, and my lessons being fully planned.  Winging it is key at this moment.

So while I don't have a an art project, an interesting science lesson, or a writing idea to post today (Though I do assure you I have many pictures ready to post), I just have some small advice.

I thought since I am stressing with all this right now, I'd take a break, and blog a little bit with some advice for fellow overwhelmed teachers...or those who are just overwhelmed in general.  It's my first year - so I probably don't have near as much advice as someone who has been at this for 10..'s a start! You might also be thinking - why not stop blogging and get to work - well, my issue is that when I am as stressed as I am, I have an even harder time not procrastinating.

1.  Make lists.  And cross numbers off when done.  If you don't do this already, it is definitely worth a try.  The accomplishment I feel after crossing off something on my list is just an incredibly great feeling.  Even if it's as small as 'photocopy science sheets'.  Along with this...don't be discouraged when you don't get something done perfectly, or done on time.  *Life goes on..

2. Try a new environment.  After this blog, I plan on going to a coffee shop to write some report cards.  This forces myself so get something done - rather than being distracted with cleaning at home, or doing pointless things at the school.

3.  Always have a back up lesson for times like these.  When I am this stressed there are times when I will just completely forget to plan a period.  Having these back up plans ready to go gives me some leeway for such times.

4.   Take the breaks you need.  Whether it is a coffee date with a friend, a movie, reading a book, or going for a walk - do not give those up.  Whatever it is that energizes you and keeps you looking forward to something, it is just as important as finishing up that marking, or finishing the plan for that lesson.  You have to help yourself before you can help others right?

5.  Take a DAY for yourself.  Crazy, I know.  How can you possibly do that if you are SO busy!?  Well, it is possible.  It's all about prioritizing, which I know is tough.  But having that one day for yourself, may give you that release you need to come back the next day with full force.  I try my best not to work on the weekends at all.  This is hard at times (especially now), but it really helps me to have those days to focus on the other things that matter to me, other than teaching.  If everything I possibly do is about teaching,  I think I would go crazy and eventually start to not have enjoyment for it anymore.

6. VENT.  We all need to do this at times - don't hold it in!!  It's just not worth it.  The importance of letting it all out is underestimated.

7. Find an outlet...something else to put your focus on to get through your stress.  I am still learning the importance of this and even trying to find out what exactly mine is.  I lean towards cooking, sometimes drawing, or writing (which is why I am writing this blog post.)

8. Drink LOTS of water.  This honestly has helped me so much more than I would have thought.  It perks me up and gives me just a little more energy that I need.  Hate drinking water?  Here is a blog post with some great advice for drinking water that might help you: Tea Time with Bri   I put fruit in my water (otherwise I wouldn't drink it near as much) and this also helps me drink less coffee.  (Which really just gives me an hour boost, and then I am back to feeling low again.)

So this is not rocket science, and I am sure many of you can think of more ways to help while being overwhelmed, but these ideas may get you thinking what you can do for yourself, so that you can continue to do the best possible job set before you.  One last piece of advice that has really kept me going during this entire year...

**  Remind yourself that it is GOD who gave you this job, this calling in your life at this moment.  Your work is being done for HIM, no one else.  It is all about doing the best you can for God's glory.  Therefore, bring your stresses to God, take it one day at a time, and do it all for His name.

Tuesday, 23 April 2013

Colour Schemes

In both Grade 5 and Grade 6 I have recently decided to work on colour schemes.  In Grade 5 I only focused on complimentary colours and monochramatic colours.  For their project, I simply had them choose one of the schemes, and make an abstract shape drawing.  This project took most students two, 1-hour periods to finish.  I highly recommend this project for two reasons: 1) A great bulletin board display!, 2) No prep and even a great filler if you need a quick art project!.

Here are the results:

Complimentary Colours - Blue and Orange

Complimentary Colours - Purple and Yellow

Complimentary Colours - Green and Red

Monochromatic - Orange

Monochromatic - Blue

For the Grade 6's I made the study of colour schemes a much bigger project.  The reason for this, is simply because Grade 6's focus for art this year is colour, whereas, Grade 5's focus is shape.

The Grade 6's learned about the following colour schemes: monochromatic, complimentary, tertiary (only secondary colours or only primary colours), and analogous (closest shades/tints of colour on colour wheel) colours.  I began with having the students draw any picture they wanted on a big piece of paper, making sure they knew that there had to be detail in all areas of the paper.  They then had to fold the paper into quadrants. Each quadrant was going to be a different colour scheme.  I went through each quadrant slowly with the students so that they would truly understand the different colour schemes.  This was the first of two projects worked on for exploring colour schemes.

Here are some results:

Their second project was to take one of the four colour schemes and make an abstract watercolour painting with shapes, using that colour scheme only.

Here are some of those results:

My favourite project of the three are definitely the watercolour paintings!  It was a great project to help students grow in their skills of mixing and blending colours with watercolour paints.  I am excited to brighten the art room with these paintings!

Feel free to use any ideas, but please do leave a comment if you do!