Lady Sings the Blues

Should Barack Obama lose in November, I don't want to hear Democrats blaming Hillary Clinton for his loss. Sen. Clinton has gone out of her way to be most conciliatory following her loss.
It is now up to Sen. Obama to give specifics as he attempts to become our nation's 44th president. Will the Obama-Biden ticket succeed? Only time shall tell.

Mexican Shiva

I cannot believe that a film has been made dealing with a Mexican Jewish family trying to observe Shiva. Shiva is the solemn procedure observed by Jewish people following the death of parents, brothers, sisters and children. This should not be made into a movie. Enough is enough already.

Let's Make it Harder

Yes, let's make it harder for New York City teachers find parking. Mayor Bloomberg, how about your staffers forfeiting their placards? They could also take the subway. What do you want? I know you want teachers to come late so that it will be easier next June to rate them unsatisfactory.
Where is Ms. Weingarten in the matter? Instead of arguing with the mayor, she takes her usual conciliatory 3rd grade-like tone. What else are you giving up Randi? How much more can teachers take? They're treated like dirt.

Testing 5 Year Olds

The brilliance of Joel Klein, N.Y.C. school's chancellor, never fails to amaze me. That is, his complete ignorance of educational matters. This is a great one. Klein and our mayor are adamant about testing 5 year olds. Why not test them while they're in mother's womb? Unfortunately, many of them are wild there already. Let kids be kids. Imagine, they'll give up finger-painting to prep for the exam.
Mr. Klein, after you leave the chancellor's position, please teacher in one of our many surr schools. You taught for 6 months in a Queens intermediate school prior to fleeing from the system.

The Animal Farm

100 varied animals in the back of the private house. Congratulations to the neighbor who called police. These animals would be welcomed at 1237 Ave. Z in Brooklyn. Here is where everything goes.

Randi in Denver

Of course, the darling of the Liberal establishment, Randi Weingarten, is at the Democratic convention. Interesting that while she spoke, the media chose not to cover her. Someone should tell Ms. Randi that she is due back in N.Y. on Thursday as is her teachers. Remember, she made sure to get the teachers back in August so that she should be further subjected to more boring meetings. Of course, Randi must have given her optimistic cheering voice in its usual 3rd grade tone.
Has the UFT ever allowed significant discussion to take place before an endorsement is made?Instead, they shove their selection down the throats of the membership. Snow would fall in August and there would be cures for both AIDS and cancer before Randi would endorse McCain. Instead, she will go for the same nonsense that helped elect liberals who destroyed the school citizen.
A pleasure that failed President Jimmy Carter did not speak. Commentators were pointing out that he was kept quiet for fear of further alienating Jewish voters. This turns out not to be the case since Carter didn't speak in 2000.
I must say that the speech of Senator Kennedy was inspiring. Michelle Obama did help her husband by her discourse. Nancy Pelosi is a complete dud.

Mrs. Thatcher Losing Her Marbles

Sorry to hear that Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher has dementia. It must be pretty bad if she doesn't realize that her husband died 5 years ago.
Of course, many in England realized that the Iron Lady was off her rocker when she tried to cancel health insurance for the British citizenry when she was in office. No wonder she was so close to President Reagan. We know what he thought of health insurance provided that he was protected all the way.