Sick Notes

These are real notes written by parents in a Tennessee school district...(spellings have been left intact.)

1. My son is under a doctor's care and should not take PE today. Please execute him.

2. Please exkuce lisa for being absent she was sick and i had her shot.

3. Dear school: please ecsc's john being absent on jan. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and also 33.

4. Please excuse gloria from jim today. She is administrating.

5. Please excuse roland from p.e. for a few days. Yesterday he fell out of a tree and misplaced his hip.

6. John has been absent because he had two teeth taken out of his face.

7. Carlos was absent yesterday because he was playing football. He was hurt in the growing part.

8. Megan could not come to school today because she has been bothered by very close veins.

9. Chris will not be in school cus he has an acre in his side.

10. Please excuse ray friday from school. He has very loose vowels.

11. Please excuse pedro from being absent yesterday. He had (diahre, dyrea, direathe), the sh**s. [note: words in ( )'s were crossed out] .

12. Please excuse tommy for being absent yesterday. He had diarrhea, and his boots leak.

13. Irving was absent yesterday because he missed his bust.

14. Please excuse jimmy for being.It was his father's fault.

15. I kept billie home because she had to go christmas shopping because i don't know what size she wear.

16. Please excuse jennifer fo! R missing school yesterday. We
forgot to get the sunday paper off the porch, and when we found it monday. We thought it was sunday.

17. Sally won't be in school a week from friday. We have to attend her funeral.

18. My daughter was absent yesterday because she was tired. She spent a weekend with the marines.

19. Ple ase excuse jason for being absent yesterday. He had a cold and could not breed well.

20. Please excuse mary for being absent yesterday. She was in bed with gramps.

21. Gloria was absent yesterday as she was having a gangover.

22. Please excuse brenda. She has been sick and under the doctor.

23. Maryann was absent december 11-16, because she had a fever,sore throat, headache and upset stomach. Her sister was also sick,fever an sore throat, her brother had a low grade fever and ached all over. I wasn't the best either, sore throat and fever. There must be something going around, her father even got hot last night.  

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It is THESE people who voted for Bush. No wonder he is still in office.

Sorry I haven't blogged in a while. Busy...and general lack of blogging interest to tell the truth. I should get back to it, but...I have my professional blog and then work...so...I dunno.

Anyone still reading? Comment if you are. Make my mind up if I should keep doing this. 

Google me and you will find a lot of links talking about Irish Senator Shane Ross. Not a Senator who is Irish, but a Senator in Ireland.

Here is his web site.

I hope hair loss isn't linked to your name...

 

With revolutionary new features!

You Tube Video

NY TIMES VIDEO

Man, now I wish I had a PC... 

When my father was in first grade he was given an assignment to draw a Christmas picture. He chose to draw a picture of Santa Claus. He used a gold crayon on St. Nick's eyes, making them sparkle. Now, My Dad's teacher gave him a failing grade because she said that no one had gold eyes.

I was born with gold eyes. My father has wanted to take me and show me to his first grade teacher even since, and show her that gold eyes, are indeed, possible.

My father has grown up to be a professional artist...and I still have gold eyes. 

OK...EDWARD JAMES OLMOS.

I shook hands with Edward James Olmos.  Met him at the local Apple store where he was shopping with his daughter.  I got three words out of him.

"Excuse me, Mr. Olmos.  I have a friend who recently worked with you."

"Oh?"

"Yes.  Mike Mench.  Air Force band leader.  You did the voiceover for a concert CD of his."

"Ah."

"Anyway, I am a big fan and just wanted to introduce myself.  Shane."

"Pleasure."

That was that.  Still...what a joy. 

Why is it that every time I turn around the Republicans want to limit our freedoms? The Democrats aren't doing this, so what is going on with those other guys?

Union Leader - Gingrich raises alarm at event honoring those who stand for freedom of speech.
 

MANCHESTER – Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich yesterday said the country will be forced to reexamine freedom of speech to meet the threat of terrorism. 

Gingrich, speaking at a Manchester awards banquet, said a "different set of rules" may be needed to reduce terrorists' ability to use the Internet and free speech to recruit and get out their message. 

"We need to get ahead of the curve before we actually lose a city, which I think could happen in the next decade," said Gingrich, a Republican who helped engineer the GOP's takeover of Congress in 1994. 

Gingrich spoke to about 400 state and local power brokers last night at the annual Nackey S. Loeb First Amendment award dinner, which fetes people and organizations that stand up for freedom of speech. 

Darn that pesky BILL OF RIGHTS. Messing everything up for these guys.

OK...how will limiting freedom of speech prevent a terrorist attack? He doesn't say. But, this, along with the new Patriot Act and other legislation enacted recently seems bent on giving the government more power. And many folk still think the Republican party is looking out for them. Isn't one of the cornerstones of the Conservative belief LESS government involvement in our lives? And also LESS government spending? The Bush Administration has spent MORE money that all other administrations combined...and this includes the Cold War. And we aren't up against a superpower.

What is going on with these guys? 

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The Reverend elected to take over as president of the Christian Coalition of America said he will not assume the role because of differences in philosophy.

The Rev. Joel Hunter, of Longwood's Northland, A Church Distributed, said Wednesday that the national group would not let him expand the organization's agenda beyond opposing abortion and gay marriage.

"These are issues that Jesus would want us to care about," Hunter said.

"They pretty much said, 'These issues are fine, but they're not our issues, that's not our base,'" Hunter said.

NOT OUR BASE...they said. How can someone claim to be Christian, yet not adhere to the teachings and philosophy of Jesus Christ? I am not the most religious person in the world, but I do believe in what Jesus preached...be kind to your fellow man, help the needy. But more and more I am seeing that that is not what is on the mind of most of the Christian Right. They seem to be more concerned with the political hot topics like Abortion and Gay Rights. People in my town, starving? So what? There are two guys in San Francisco who want to get married...HOW DARE THEY! The very visible Christian Right are more concerned with political clout and raising money for themselves than in helping your fellow man. I see more and more rich people who claim to be Christian, claim to believe in what Jesus preached, yet feel that people need to "pull themselves up by their own bootstraps." (Hmm....who said that?) Many don't have bootstraps to pull on, and need help and compassion.

Does this country try to help the world? Or just want to dominate it? If the current leadership is so religious and believes in God and Jesus, why don't they give more aid to countries in terms of food? Instead of paying our farmers NOT to grow food, grow the food and ship it to countries without. Or send people to help that country become self sustaining. Help ALL the countries out from under the foot of tyranny and corruption, not just the countries with oil.

I am so fed up with the Christian Right and neoCons who claim to be Christian when they don't seem to follow what he preaches in the slightest. Please, point to one section of the Bible where Jesus mentions homosexuality. Come on...there has to be one, right? 

Once there was a little white duck. And she had a little yellow nose and little yellow slippers. And she lived in a little red egg. One day the egg bumped. It bumped and bumped and bumped. And then the egg popped. And the little white duck stuck her head out through the top. And…she bumped her head. So the little white duck ran to her white mama duck. And the white mama duck told the white baby duck all kinds of stories about a bunch of things that happen to ducks. 

Lookee here...an Indian listening to an iPod:




This is TOO funny. I wonder if this is on a reservation in Canada? 

Rush Limbaugh REALLY stepped in it this time.

Michael J. Fox appeared in a political ad backing a candidate who was for funding stem cell research. Mr. Fox suffers from Parkinson's Disease, that's visible symptoms are the body being wracked with tremors. Most of the world knows he suffers from this, as he is a spokesperson for the cause.

But Rush...the pigheaded dolt that he is... claimed that Fox was "either off his medication or acting." Saying that he deliberately went off his medication to appear on camera with exaggerated symptoms of his disease for dramatic effect. "He is an actor, after all."

And Rush is a known drug felon. What does that tell you?

Even if Fox went off the medication for effect...wouldn't you want him to? How else are you going to show the horrible ravages of the disease? I think it is an effective, and NOT exploitative in the least.
 

The Bloodless Girl
By Hallie Ross 

Once upon a time there was a legend about a haunted school with a girl who bumped her forehead on her desk. After Bob, Frank and Jo Jo heard this legend, they followed the directions and the address of the school. Mr. Hopps told the legend of the haunted school to them. They looked for the right class. Soon, they found it. It was a very long way…because it was class 100.

Class 100 was the last class. They carefully searched through the class. Sometimes they’d feel hands on their shoulders. Frank was the first one. He said, “Jo Jo, did you grab my shoulder?”

Jo Jo replied, “no.”

Frank said, “Bob, did you touch my shoulder?”

“No,” replied Bob.

They ran as fast as they could out of the closet. Jo Jo fell into a loose board. Frank said, “Are you alright Jo Jo?”

“Yes,” Jo Jo said. “Go on without me.”

They went ahead to see if it was the other class they had to go to. After a long time they came back to Jo Jo. They helped her up, because she was a little higher. They followed the drips of blood.

Soon they found her. Her skin was completely white. She cried away into the closet. They followed her. They asked what her name was. She said, “Wabazina.”

Frank said, “Nice name.”

She said, “Thank you. Everybody teased me.”

Frank said, “You’re welcome.” Bob and Jo Jo repeated Frank.

Soon they had to go back home for dinner. They waved goodbye silently. And then they ran back home. Then they never listened to a legend again.
 

THE END 

I cannot stop laughing. It is hurting me so much. Oh my god. OK, here are the top 25, but if you are itching to laugh your "pants" off, click HERE for the entire list.
 

 

1 - I find your lack of pants disturbing.
2 - You are unwise to lower your pants.
3 - The Force is strong in my pants.
4 - Chewie and me got into a lot of pants more heavily guarded than this.
5 - I cannot teach him. The boy has no pants.
6 - Your pants, you will not need them.
7 - You came in those pants? You're braver than I thought.
8 - Governer Tarkin. I should have expected to find you holding Vader's pants.
9 - In his pants you will find a new definition of pain and suffering
10 - I sense the conflict within you. Let go of your pants!
11 - I think you just can't bear to let a gorgeous guy like me out of your pants.
12 - Pull up! All pants pull up!
13 - I've just made a deal that will keep the Empire out of our pants forever
14 - Alderan is peaceful, we have no pants!
15 - These aren't the pants you're looking for.
16 - A disturbance in the pants. I have not felt this since near my old master...
17 - Looks like someone's beginning to take an interest in your pants.
18 - The pants will be down in moments, sir, you can begin your landing
19 - He has no time for smugglers who drop their pants first sign of Imperials
20 - Your pants can deceive you, don't trust them
21 - Great, Chewie, great. Always thinking with your pants.
22 - That blast came from the pants! That thing's operational!
23 - Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your pants.
24 - Lock the door. And hope they don't have pants.
25 -Away with your pants, I mean you no harm!

Man...my side hurts....ow ow ow ow... 

New legislation states that non-allegiance to Bush is equal to terrorism.

I am going to go on record by saying WHAT THE FUCK! Pardon my harsh language, but why is no one questioning this? I would stand up and challenge this to the full extent of my abilities...but I have a wife and kids, and if I get thrown in prison, they lose a husband and father. And with all the rhetoric being bandied about, my imprisonment might get shoved under the carpet...or..if challenged, those who challenge it will be incarcerated themselves!

Buried amongst the untold affronts to the Bill of Rights, the Constitution and the very spirit of America, the torture bill contains a definition of "wrongfully aiding the enemy" which labels all American citizens who breach their "allegiance" to President Bush and the actions of his government as terrorists subject to possible arrest, torture and conviction in front of a military tribunal.

After five hours of searching through the 80-plus page bill, Alex Jones, who won the 2004 Project Censored award for his analysis of Patriot Act 2, uncovered numerous other provisions and definitions that make the bill appear as almost a mirror image of Hitler's 1933 Enabling Act.

In section 950j. the bill criminalizes any challenge to the legislation's legality by the Supreme Court or any United States court. Alberto Gonzales has already threatened federal judges to shut up and not question Bush's authority on the torture of detainees.

"No court, justice, or judge shall have jurisdiction to hear or consider any claim or cause of action whatsoever, including any action pending on or filed after the date of the enactment of the Military Commissions Act of 2006, relating to the prosecution, trial, or judgment of a military commission under this chapter, including challenges to the lawfulness of procedures of military commissions under this chapter."

The Bush administration is preemptively overriding any challenge to the legislation by the Supreme Court.

This is history repeating itself.
 

IN the autumn of 68 B.C. the world’s only military superpower was dealt a profound psychological blow by a daring terrorist attack on its very heart. Rome’s port at Ostia was set on fire, the consular war fleet destroyed, and two prominent senators, together with their bodyguards and staff, kidnapped. 

The incident, dramatic though it was, has not attracted much attention from modern historians. But history is mutable. An event that was merely a footnote five years ago has now, in our post-9/11 world, assumed a fresh and ominous significance. For in the panicky aftermath of the attack, the Roman people made decisions that set them on the path to the destruction of their Constitution, their democracy and their liberty. One cannot help wondering if history is repeating itself. 

... 

By the oldest trick in the political book — the whipping up of a panic, in which any dissenting voice could be dismissed as “soft” or even “traitorous” — powers had been ceded by the people that would never be returned. Pompey stayed in the Middle East for six years, establishing puppet regimes throughout the region, and turning himself into the richest man in the empire. 

 

Panic is being used to placate us...to make us afraid and want the big federal government to protect us. That they need to have more power to better protect us from all the evil in this world. That to save most of our freedoms, we must give up just a few liberties here and there. We don't need those anyway. And we can trust the Big Government folk to not abuse their power, right? WRONG! 

What happened to CHECKS AND BALANCES? That wonderful part of the Constitution that ensured that one branch of the government wouldn't be able to have too much power and abuse it? Checks and balances were created to ensure AGAINST dictatorship...against monarchy. But now, with this new Patriot Act 2, those checks and balances have been done away with. Cast aside.  

WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE? WHERE IS THE "LIBERAL MEDIA" REPORTING ON THIS? Oh, wait...liberal media, owned by MAJOR corporations who donated money to the Republicans and Bush....ahhhhhhh... 

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For years and years Republicans and Republican news commentators have painted Clinton as a weak man who did nothing about Bin Laden. Well, on FOX news they asked him why he didn't do more about Osama...and they got an earful. While I might not be a complete Clinton-ite (I think he was a politicians politician)...but he certainly has more brains than half of the current White House Staff.

Well, that might not be entirely true. He used his brains in a good way, to solve world issues, where the current administration is focussing on making everything Democrats do seem bad...and trying to get power power for themselves and less freedoms for the common citizen.