What I Taught Myself....April 16, 2011

I saw on the news the other day that a town was thinking about dropping the the word 'Easter' from their annual Easter Egg Hunt since they didn't want to offend any would-be attendees.  I didn't catch the full story since just by hearing the blurb really upset me.

I wouldn't call myself the perfect Christian, but I was raised in a household that loved the good Lord.  Growing up, we always went to the annual egg hunt down at the local school grounds.  I always looked forward to searching the yard for the spring-colored eggs that were filled with goodies.  I probably went to the event for ~10 years, we'll say.  Not once, NOT ONCE did any of the children scream "I'M OFFENDED BY THIS EVENT INCLUDING THE WORD EASTER!!!!"

First off, egg hunts have been associated with Easter for decades, much like Trick-or-Treating with Halloween.  Should I be throwing a fit because I hate Halloween?  Yes, I'm disgusted with the holiday since it just irritates me, but I deal with it.  If you don't like the celebrations, just don't participate in them.  Are these towns so desperate for participants that they drop words so more people participate in them?  If I dropped vowels from sentences because my blog would draw more people because it caters to vowel-haters make sense?  NO!  People read my blog because its full of useless information and opinions.  In fact, I really could care less if people read this.  It just gives me something to do.

But dropping Easter from Egg Hunt, Christ from Christmas, Trick-or-Treating from Halloween, turkey from Thanksgiving, and flags from Flag Day just doesn't make sense.  These have been traditions for decades.  I mean, look up Easter anyway: the word is derived from Eastre, the goddess associated with Spring.  Well, I guess we have to cater to the spring-haters.  Whatever.

That's it for me!

Bobby P.

P.S.-  To the person that friend requested me, I accepted, then you deleted me, requested me again, I accepted, then you deleted me, requested me again....yea, I blocked you!!!!

What I Taught Myself....April 7, 2011

Sorry!  I know its been a while since I wrote something here.  Some of us DO have lives outside of our blog.

Today on the news, Robin Meade had a story about how the state of Florida may pass a law allowing companies to place advertisements on the side of school buses.  Tobacco, alcohol beverages, and political ads would not be allowed along with sexual advertisements.

Advertisements have been allowed inside schools for a number of years.  A few years ago a school in Iowa began allowing "billboard" advertisements along the walls of the building's hallways.  By charging a large amount per advertisement, schools were able to break even or actually make a profit.

Parents complain about how advertisements would distract children who ride the bus.  My question to those parents: have you ever BEEN ON a school bus?  The ads on a side of a bus are NOT going to distract your children.  Kids on that bus are busy trying to light up cigarettes, groping each other, and replacing every-other word in a sentence with the f-word.  A few ads are not going to distract your children.  A majority come out of the womb with A.D.D. any way.

I don't believe that a school district should even have to sink so low that it must place ads on any school property.  Districts have soft drink companies place their logos on scoreboards and vending machines.   Where the districts really need to make the cuts would be by having one superintendent in each county.  Why should a dinky school pay their superintendent $100,000+ salary anyway?  I can sit on my ass all day too!

That's it for me!
Bobby P.