Monthly Archives: July 2009

Jul 28 2009

The poor economy is taking a toll even on the dead

The county morgue, which is responsible for the indigent and others who go unclaimed, saw a 25% increase in cremations in the first half of this year over the same period a year ago, rising to 680 from 545.

The demands on the county crematorium have been so high that earlier this year, officials there stopped accepting bodies from the coroner. The coroner’s office since has contracted with two private crematories for $135,000 to handle the overflow.

“It’s a pretty dramatic increase,” said Lt. David Smith, a coroner’s investigator. “The families just tell us flat-out they don’t have the money to do a funeral.”
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We better be careful, the Obama administration along with the democrats controlling congress will figure out a way to put a Fed tax on our dead love ones.

Jul 27 2009

Video: Henry Gates Rant In 1996 On “Racist White Institutions”

Obama Shifts Tone on Gates
Advisers said both his sharp statement, which was made at Wednesday night’s news conference, and his toned-down remarks on Friday reflected strains of his experiences. He was personally outraged by the arrest and wanted to speak bluntly about it, aides said. And they said he was distressed that his words proved polarizing and contrary to his instincts for conciliation.

Tell me people who is racist…Gates or the police officer risking his life to protect the Gates home.

LINKS:
(1) “Michelle vs. Michelle” By Michelle Malkin

(2) The fear-mongerer-in-chief

Jul 27 2009

The recession is forcing districts to lay off teachers (Mismanaged School Budgets)

The recession is forcing districts to lay off teachers even as the economic stimulus pumps billions of dollars into schools. As a result, classrooms across the country will be more crowded when school starts in the fall.

Patti Hathorn, a fifth-grade teacher in rural Pinson, Ala., is expecting 29 or 30 students, making it the biggest class she’s taught. Many of her students at Kermit Johnson Elementary are learning English or are in special education.

“You may have a child that needs you, that needs that adult figure, to spend the extra five minutes with them. If you have five or six extra kids, that five minutes is gone,” Hathorn said.

It’s the same story in small communities such as Pinson and Wapakoneta, Ohio, and urban areas including Los Angeles and Broward County, Fla. In many places, classes will have well over 30 kids.

There is no official data on class sizes for the upcoming year; many states and districts have not finalized their budgets. A survey this year by the American Association of School Administrators found that 44 percent of school districts expected to increase class size.

Educators and parents worry the larger classes will keep kids from learning. Read More

Nothing new about schools Mismanaging taxpayers money. Plus its about time teachers should be made to teach larger classes. Why can’t teachers today teach 35 or 40 kids per classroom the teachers of the pass taught that many and more with less wages.