Has Mona Shores failed with our Kids?

My previous blog shows a little of what is going on at Mona Shores High School in Muskegon Michigan.(Norton Shores to be exact) I am not referring directly to the debate about transgender people and their rights being violated. This type story is most likely happening at most high schools. The age of high schools make them susceptible to questions about their sexuality. They are still growing physically and mentally and most of the time they are thinking with their emotions. In high school everything is a soap opera and many things are blown out of proportion. On top of all these emotion based problems they try to mix in real life problems. Part of high school is preparing young children for the adult life and the "real world". By their senior years most students are so confused and to top this off these kids are in a instant gratification mode. All their answers are a computer away, a key stroke to Wikipidea, or a quick visit to facebook. Kids don't talk, they text or instant message, they don't debate, they argue and will tell anyone that"they just don't understand". With all this confusion, teachers and administrators play with their heads. In an attempt to be political correct, they will create the controversies and stir the pot. Rule are not applied the same across the board. They promote discrimination in many forms in an effort to be politically correct. An old saying, Whats good for the goose is good for the gander" is long gone. Decisions are made by nerd, geek, jock, rich, poor, and popularity polls. Our children are being taught and raised by the Internet and poor interaction between faculty and students. Schools like Mona Shores will not change, as a matter of fact, they are just like our schools when we were young. The schools need to get back to the 3 R's. Teachers should teach, not be policeman, political advisers, or authority on sexual issues. This is where the parents should step in. The young people need to search farther then the Internet to find answers.

Transgender, to be or not to be king.

In Muskegon Michigans Mona Shore High school there seems to be a problem. If you are unaware of it you can go to WWW.woodtv.com and see the story. In short, A girl who wants to be a boy was voted homecoming King, but the school disqualified her because she is not yet a boy and is still a girl. Yes, we are talking about transgender. I really don't have an opinion on transgender, how they got the way they are, how they have surgeries to change, or if it is a curse from God or the devil. People who are much smarter then I can debate that. I applaud the students for standing behind a fellow student who feels that they are being discriminated against. I will continue to pray for this student and hope that answers can be found. With that said, both sides are wrong.
(1) The competition for Homecoming King and Queen clearly state that that the King is to be a boy and the Queen has to be a girl. No matter how many votes he got, he is still a she. This obstacle should have been changed before. You can't change the rules after the game has started.
(2) According to published reports, the school let this girl become a boy by allowing her to dress and participate in activities as a boy. In short they hoped it would go away if they ignored it. Now they are sending mixed signals to the students who are now confused. They, the school, uses rules when it best affects them and thus become politically correct when they want. Not all rules effect all people equally. Our legal system show us how to twist the law, our politician show us how to lie and still call it the truth, and our schools teach our children that life is not fair and money and popularity is most important.
My suggestion is to cancel the Homecoming King a Queen and leave the thrones empty. What a better way to protest. Change the requirement for next year leaving this year as the year that no one won. That would be a bigger statement.

What a happy day

I've been listening to the song and get excited everytime I hear it. God has truely made everyday a happy day. The last few months I have argued with everyone. I have argued with smart people, and not so smart people. I have argued about sports and politics and about who is right and who is wrong. My wife and children have said that I have been much more argumentative since my last heart attack. I have been told by doctors that this is common with heart patients and is nothing to worry about. I hate retirement, restriction because of medical reason and money, and I wish this was a normal retirement with more money then I could ever spend. I wish I could play golf everyday, buy my wife everything she needs in life and be there financially for my kids. I watch my kids struggle at times to get their life and carreers on track in an economy that sucks and I can't do much to help. Somedays I feel like a one legged man at a butt kicking contest, and yes, that pissis me off. Yesterday started out that way, I was pissed at the world, pissed at God, and anyone who wanted to get in my way I would be pissed at them. The day was starting out with doctors visit for Liz and I, what could be better. Along with the heart problems, there may be skin cancer problems. Liz is worried for me, and still trying to come to terms with her past. I am worried for her, worried for my kids, and worried about me. Then a wise man put my mind at ease. He did not say a word, butgave me more information and peace then I have had in a long time. He is my grandson, Vincente Steven Donald Peacock. He is almost 5 months old and has the biggest smile that you will ever see. I got to spend a few hours with my grandson and he changed my outlook from bad to great. All of my problems and concerns are still there, but that cute smile of recognition on his face make this a happy day. Thank you God for kids and grandchildren. They help put our lives into the right perspective.
I now know that God has forced me to slow my life down. Without lifes problems, I would be to busy to enjoy lifes gifts. I watch other parents raising their kids and remembered that I was to busy to truely enjoy them growing up. If any of my heart attacks would have been fatal, this joy could not be shared. Thank you God.
I woke up this morning, I have a wife who loves me and is more then I deserve, and now have time to do things with her, and sometimes that means just sitting and talking. O HAPPY DAY. I am not to busy to do that.

NFL Spin

The spin masters for the NFL are fantastic. On Sunday they spun their way out of being caught determining the outcome of a football game. (Detroit vs. Chicago). They spun it with showing everyone the rule, how it was applied, and that it was the right rule. For the uneducated morons, they were able to spin it and make it look like a non issue. What they didn't address was the fact that the call was right, up to the point when the play was done. Now officials have to carry stop watches to determine when a play is finished. The NFL still fixes games.
Now they flood the market with a story about a scantily dressed Mexican female reporter who does not feel that she was sexually humiliated by the Jets. She doesn't feel wronged, the Jets players don't feel that were demeaning, and the NFL is using this non story to hide the facts that they are, and have been fixing games for a long time.
The NFL also threw the Lions a bone by reducing Mahew's suspension by 9 days. This story is now spun out of existence.
The NBA admits to doing it by having different levels of fouls, depending on the popularity of the player. All fouls are not called the same.
MLB can expand or shrink the strike zone and avoid using the replay system.
Money corrupts absolutely

The NFL was on damage control after the fiasco in the Game between Chicago and Detroit. After the bad call or interpretation of the rules, the word went out to other officials. Surprise, Surprise, right at the end of the Rams/cardinal game the rule was used again on a play that was dead, but a fumble was called. The replay showed without a doubt that no fumble had occurred, but quoting the same rule that they just had in their pocket, the fumble was granted . The reason was to give Sam Bradford a chance to win it for the Rams and increase the ratings. All those who are employed by the NFL in one way or the other, towed the company line. Professional wrestling would have been proud of the scripted hose job. Fox was prepared with a ex referee in the studio who towed the company line. According to the NFL, if a ball carrier run into the endzone and spikes the ball, drops the ball or hand the ball to an official, it is considered a fumble. If you think that this is ridiculous, then when is the play over. Do we need a stop watch? What the NFL does not want you to see is that the player was getting up when he let loose of the ball, not the party line of control of the ball.
Yes, I know, it is only a game. Is it controlled? Of course it is. What would happen if you had a Superbowl between , let say, Tennessee and Seattle. The NFL would lose money big time. The NFL has already shown it's disdain for Detroit when they over fined the Lions president for his DUI. They get continually left off the prime time schedule and are trying to take away the Thanksgiving Day game. We Lions fans already know that we can lose all by ourselves. Coach Swartz has his hand full to turn around a program that the NFL keeps slamming.
Here is food for thought. Why do college replay go much quicker then the pro version?

Burn the Koran..........................

What is the big deal? We are so tied to symbolism that we forget the important thing. Gang violence starts with symbolism being words or colors. Flag are also a symbol of a country. If you burn the flag, the Koran, the Bible or your draft card it seems to invoke emotion. We burn in effigy people and leaders, and even bra's. Who is at fault? How about the media? If these people didn't get attention they would go away.
If a Koran burns in a house fire or is burned by some obscure person in Florida, it still burns. The words live on. When a flag burns, a new one is replaced. If a Bible is burned, another one is available. If people want to burn these objects, let them do it, just don't give them the attention.

My question, What would be better? A Koran or Bible being burned, or the Koran or Bible gathering dust on the shelf? Think about it.

Happy Labor Day

It's cold, it's raining, there is double digit unemployment, the unions because of their greed and no control on lost jobs, most labor being sent abroad, the working class losing their homes and jobs, and big business and executives are having their best years ever. You can blame it on the the greed of big business, or the past greed of the unions. Instead of Labor Day, lets just call this Play Day, or thanks for screwing me Day.

We are pulling out of Iraq. Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. but wait. We have pulled out of Japan, Germany, Korea, and North Vietnam, but we are still there. Iraq will just be a police action and we will just be advising. Korea and Vietnam was the same wasn't it? When will our soldiers be home? When war fails to be profitable and the business of war is recognized for what it is, then our children will come home.
We spent trillions of dollars for a Republican wet dream, WMD and terrorist groups. What would happen if peace broke out. Our soldiers could turn their rifles to plows and eliminating world hunger. Downsizing the military will only increase our unemployment. Could you imagine the down turn in crime if the military presence was in our cities. We are trying to tell Iraq how to police it's people, and we can't even do it in our country. Our law enforcements are screaming for help. Put these soldiers to work rebuilding our cities, and increase the value of our country. Why won't this happen? No profit for big business. Our soldiers could find the terrorist groups,......hint hint, they are already here. Look up the definition of terror and you will find that we are searching in the wrong place.