Bill Cosby Blasts Black Parents for Not Getting Involved in Children's Lives

Bill Cosby Blasts Black Parents for Not Getting Involved in Children's Lives

LOS ANGELES — Bill Cosby, who has ignited controversy in the past with his sometimes scathing rebukes, criticized teachers and parents at a weekend education conference, saying they don't do enough to help kids.
Cosby spoke Saturday at a forum called "Education Is a Civil Right." Hundreds of Los Angeles-area parents, teachers and students attended the event at Maranatha Community Church.
Cosby, 69, was critical of black parents, saying they don't involve themselves enough in their children's education and don't know what their children are doing.
"We've got parents who won't check the bedrooms of their children to see if there's a gun," he said.
He chided teachers for not offering clear explanations to children who ask why courses such as English and algebra are necessary.
"If you teach English and you can't answer this child, then you're in trouble, and we've been in trouble," Cosby said. "We can't answer these children, because nobody's given them any goals."
In the past, Cosby has criticized some black children for not knowing how to read or write, said some had squandered opportunities the civil rights movement gave them and said whites are unfairly blamed for problems in the black community such as teen pregnancy and high dropout rates.

Rest In Peace Knucksie

Joe Neikro passed away yesterday at the age of 61. He was one of my first sports heroes, and I am saddened by his passing. Joe Neikro or Knucksie as his teammates and fans called him was the ultimate guy next door baseball player. He was not blessed with a cannon for an arm like Nolan Ryan, or Steve Carlton, he was just a guy who got by in the Majors with hard work and an out pitch that not only drove hitters crazy but umps and his own catcher. Joe had mastered the knuckle ball and it was that pitch that allowed him to become the Houston Astros go to pitcher for almost 8 years. He compiled a record of 144-116 as an Astro and an overall record of 221-204 for his career. He and his brother Phil are the winningest brother combination in Baseball history. Joe is also know as the first player to have gotten caught "Doctering" the baseball, when at 44 he was caught with an nail file in his back pocket while pitching for the Twins. He was suspended for 10 games because of that.

Several comments about Joe from former teammates and friends

"In my opinion," said Alan Ashby, who was a catcher for Niekro for much of
his career in Houston, "he was the heart and soul of the pitching staffs of
those teams in the 1970s and '80s. This was a complete shock to hear about Joe.
He was way too young and way too full of life."

"Obviously, Knucksie (Niekro) was an accomplished pitcher, but he was a super guy, everybody loved him," Smith said. "(Niekro) had a great sense of humor and was the life of the party," Tal Smith said. "He always had a quip or a needle and had the talent of keeping people loose. I truly never heard anything disparaging about Joe. If you didn't like him, you didn't like people.

"He was, really, in many ways the ultimate ballplayer," said Dierker, who was a teammate of Niekro's in 1975-76. "He seemed to fit into the baseball life better than just about anyone I knew. Plus, he was pretty darn good at it; a good athlete and a good pitcher."

Niekro's son, Lance, 27, is a first baseman with the San Francisco Giants. After seeing his son in a major-league uniform for the first time, Joe Niekro was quoted by the San Francisco Chronicle as saying: "Just to see that name on the back of a major-league uniform, on a major- league field, is a big thrill."
In addition to Lance, Niekro is survived by a daughter, Natalie, who lives in Scottsdale, Ariz., and is planning to be married on Dec. 9. In addition, Niekro is survived by his second wife, Debbie, and a 9-year-old son.

Funeral arrangements are still pending as are how the Astros will honor him.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2641235
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4294013.html
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/6112844
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/baseball/mlb/10/28/obit.joe.niekro.ap/index.html

Headlines and Comments for Today Friday 10/27

Well it is Friday and it looks like there is plenty for me to comment on however there are to many juicy topics for me to chose just one so here are the headlines and links so you can see some of the stuff that is in our world today...

This Day in History Teddy Roosevelt Born Thought I would start with some history and one of our greatest leaders...

In a janitor's words: We're fighting for our families I'd support these people and their organization if they can prove to me that everyone they are representing is here legally, other wise you get what you deserve. Keep your house clean before you open it up for the world to visit.

Retiring state Sen. Lindsay toasted by Texas luminaries Of course they are praising him. this is the man that brought us the Harris County Sports Authority, which today is a 5 Million dollar a year burden on taxpayers. He is the man who all but assisted the Democrats in running away during redistricting. He is the man who has an ag exemption on property and is unwilling to see the truth about appraisal creep, or maybe to stupid to understand. The perfect politician, deaf, dumb, and blind to what he does, and how it affects those he is supposed to serve.

Dallas ISD eases demand for principals to speak Spanish Oh the PC crowd is going to be going crazy on this one. I mean how dare they not accommodate those that are unwilling to assimilate to our culture. oh, I'm sorry we are not supposed to offend those who are not White Anglo Protestant Males... BS I hope Dallas ISD continues to show some common sense.

Libertarian Werner campaigns for acceptance Check this article out about the unknown 5th Beatle oops candidate for Governor of Texas..

Voting Vote 2006 Elections Michael J. Fox.. I was over medicated when I was talking politics Yeah and your true feelings came out and you are trying to avoid being labeled a flaming liberal like so many of your other Holly weird friends. Sorry Mike, but you have been outed. It really must have burned your britches to have been so popular because you played a conservative in Family Ties.

Rumsfeld Tells Anyone Demanding Iraq Deadline to 'Back Off' Got to love people who stand up and let it fly every now and then. Message to the "Cut and Run" crowd, the more you bitch the more you sound like the petulant children you really are.

Salon Interview: Camille Paglia Only read a bit of the article but made some good points about the Foley Page scandal and how the Democrats are looking foolish because they don't have their facts correct, and how the DLWM is being shown as the "lapdogs of the liberal Democrats"

IOL: Iraq better off under Saddam, says Blix Yeah, like Hans Blix has any credibility at all. I mean this is the guy who allowed Saddam to partake in the oil-food scandal, was unable to keep IRAN from getting advanced Nuclear tech, and is more interested in kissing up to impotent egomaniacal lunatics than doing his job.

Admissions surge at Texas community colleges No kidding, what with record number of illegals in the state getting in-state tuition and other aid. Read the article and check it out, the fact that the majority of those who are part of the increase are Hispanic, makes you wonder.

Metro hopes Web users will travel to new blog They don't know what they are getting into. All it will take is passing this news to the conservative bloggers and Metro will be pounded on both it's rail plans, as well as the toy train they now have in production. Not to mention the HOV, lanes, as well as the convoluted bus routes and schedules.

As income grows at top, we're milking it for taxes

This article was in the Chronicle a week ago and on one even said a word about it. I'll let you read it first and add my comments at the end.

Burns: As income grows at top, we're milking it for taxes

Today's awkward situation: Suppose the rich and the affluent were cows. And
suppose the rest of us ran the farm. The answer, according to the most recent
IRS statistics, is a resounding yes. Over the last two years, tax collections
have enjoyed the largest increase in history. We're doing right well by the
herd. They are treating us well in return. The herd is growing. It is providing
a good deal of milk in the form of tax payments. The most productive cows on the
farm are otherwise known as corporate executives. Their specially engineered tax
milk comes from stock options, which are generally taxed at ordinary income tax
rates when realized. So it's the rich and creamy 35 percent stuff. The more of
these cows we have in the herd, the greater the productivity of our tax farm.
The usual view is to bemoan the growth of income at the top. After that, we
worry about how it is depriving the rest of us of our ability to pay for cell
phone minutes, lattes, lottery tickets and other life essentials.

In fact, if "taxes are the price of civilization," most of us are getting our civilization
cheap. Why? Because the rich and affluent — our cash cows — are paying most of the bill. In 1986, according to IRS data, the top 10 percent of all households had incomes of $48,656 or more, collected 35.1 percent of all income and paid 54.7 percent of all income taxes. They paid an average tax rate of 22.6 percent.

By the recently released figures for 2004, the top 10 percent of all households
enjoyed adjusted gross incomes of $99,112 or more. They collected 44.3 percent
of all income. And they paid 65.7 percent of all taxes, at an average rate of
18.6 percent.

Lower tax rates on top-earner income had the beneficial result of
reducing the portion of the tax burden that the other 90 percent had to pick up.
Viewed from the other end of the pyramid, the bottom 90 percent of all
households collected only 55.7 percent of all income. But they paid only 31.8
percent of all taxes. Better still, they paid at an average rate of only 6.9
percent. You're pretty much excused as a taxpayer if your income is in the
bottom 50 percent, some $30,124 or less in 2004, because your average tax rate
will be only 2.94 percent. If human beings didn't change their behavior when
taxes were changed — and the idea that they don't is one of the most persistent
delusions of politicians — we could see some interesting tax policy changes.

Suppose, for instance, that the average tax rate on the cash cows in the top 10
percent was increased from 18.6 percent to an average tax rate of 27.3 percent.
The poor cash cows would be trapped into paying enough income tax so the other
90 percent wouldn't have to pay a cent. I'd bet heavy money that more than 51
percent of all voters would be in favor of such a plan. Indeed, I can imagine
the positive vote going to nearly 90 percent.

Then again, if you yanked an additional 8.7 percent from those fabulously well-off households that earn $99,112 or more, there's a good chance much of the income being taxed would mysteriously disappear. So the bottom 90 percent would still have some income taxes to pay. Needless to say, this is not the end of all tax discussion.

Much could be said about the regressive impact of the employment tax. We could still worry about the long-term impact of the increasing concentration of income among the top earners, or the difficulty many workers have in increasing their real
income. The one thing we really can't talk about is whether the affluent are paying their fair share. They are

Now for the commentary... For the first time Mr. Burns writes something that can be appreciated by the conservative portion of society. He is correct about all of his income tax issues and has hit the nail right on the head. Those that are on the top of the income ladder have no problems with paying a REASONABLE tax on our income, however if that tax get to be to punative then we will look for ways to shelter that money from taxation thus cutting off the supply. Really simple. The funny thing is my family fall into the top 10% because of our income. So if I want to bitch and complain about Taxes I am well within my right because as Mr. Burns puts it I am paying my fair share, and should be able to voice my discontent with the way it is being used.

Poll: Lieberman Holds 17-Point Lead in Connecticut U.S. Senate Race

The headline says it all,... Have you also noticed that the DLWM has gotten really quiet about this race. Poll: Lieberman Holds 17-Point Lead in Connecticut U.S. Senate Race

HAMDEN, Conn. — Sen. Joe Lieberman has built a 17-point lead over Democratic challenger Ned Lamont, according to the first Quinnipiac University poll since the two faced off in a debate this week.
Lieberman, running as an independent after losing the Aug. 8 Democratic
primary to Lamont, leads the Greenwich businessman 52 percent to 35 percent
among Connecticut likely voters in the poll
released Friday. Republican Alan Schlesinger trailed with 6 percent, and 7
percent were undecided. A similar poll released on September 28 showed
Lieberman with a 10-point lead. The debate between Lieberman and Lamont on Monday was their first since the August primary. Among those in the poll who watched the debate or read or heard about it, only 3 percent said it changed their
minds. "Ned Lamont needed to score a knockout in the debates to catch
Sen. Joseph Lieberman, but he apparently didn't lay a glove on him," poll director Douglas Schwartz said. The poll suggested that Lieberman's support among Republicans and independent voters was substantial.
Lieberman leads Lamont 70 percent to 9 percent among likely Republican voters, with 18 percent for Schlesinger, and 58-36 among likely independent voters. Likely Democratic voters back Lamont, 55 percent to 36 percent. The poll of 881 likely Connecticut voters, conducted from Oct. 17-19, has a sampling error margin of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.

Well, well, well, it looks like Howard Dean's hand picked replacement for the moderate Lieberman is going to fail. I wonder if this will be a common thread in all races..

Headlines and Comments

some headlines I found interesting over the past couple of weeks and my 2cents
College Tuition Fees Rise Slightly; Financial Aid Not Keeping Up
Higher education costs going up faster than mom and dad can save for it.

Bush Touts Strong Economy
Just remember it is about the economy stupid... or that is what Clinton told us

North Korea Calls U.N. Sanctions 'Declaration of War'
The little dictator is slowly painting himself into a corner that he will not be able to sneak out of

Bush Signs U.S. Port Security Act; Contains Ban on Internet Gambling
When did national security depend upon who I am playing poker with or losing my money to?

Mideast 'Road Map' Isn't Working
Of course it is not. Until Lebanon, and Palestine eliminate the terrorists in their governments, there will not be any peace.

Schoolgirl arrested for refusing to study with non-English pupils
PC and stupidity out of control

2 Weeks till Elections

Ok we are 2 weeks from the mid-term elections and I have been keeping quite about a lot of issues but I am going to let it all hang out here today. First we are going to wade in up to our necks in the governor's race in Texas. Here we sit in a state with an incumbent Republican Governor who is currently sitting at between 35 and 40% in most polls state wide. He is being challenged by an open liberal Democrat, the State comptroller who has changed her names as many times as she has changed her position on things, and a author-comedian who is sick and tired of the "good-ole-boys network" that is prevalent in Austin. So who should conservatives and republicans vote for in this race? I'll lay things out for you as best as I can and let you make up your own minds. I'll provide you with each candidate's views on some of the following: Trans Texas corridor, School funding, government size/spending, environment, abortion, or at least what I can find during a quick search.

I'll start with Chris Bell - Democrat:

TTC : The Trans Texas Corridor is a case study in corruption and cronyism, and one of my first acts as governor would be slamming the brakes on the whole plan and dragging it back into the public light.

Education:

• Ending tuition deregulation to keep college affordable for middle class families.
• Giving our public universities the state funding they need to remain world-class.
• Giving students a break at the bookstore by making textbooks tax-free.
• Vigorously defending the TEXAS Grant program and other initiatives to make a college degree accessible to all Texans willing to put in the hard work.
• Recognize the role community colleges fill in our state's economic development.

http://www.chrisbell.com/issues

Next is Carole Keetion Strayhorn - Independent
TTC :Texas property belongs to Texans, not foreign companies,” Carole Keeton Strayhorn declared outlining her Texas First transportation plan. “To meet our transportation needs we need freeways not toll ways, and we must use existing rights of way and increase efficiency of existing roadways and ports. We must not destroy our precious farm and ranch land.”

Education:

• Make Higher Education More Affordable and Accessible
• Provide Long-term Reliable Funding for Schools
• Recruit and Retain Quality Teachers.
• Improve our Public Schools and Make Sure Children Are Really Learning
• Improving Efficiency through Performance Reviews

http://www.carolestrayhorn.com/Issues/

Next is Kinky Friedman - Independent

TTC: - Kinky has said he would evaluate the TTC after he got into office and determine if it was a worthy plan or not.

Education:

• Texas has the 8th largest economy in the world, but we're 1st in drop-out rates and 32nd in education spending in the country.
• Teachers' salaries in Texas are over $6,000 below the national average. This lack of respect for the people who do our state's most important job must stop. As governor, Kinky will work to make sure that teachers are paid what they're worth. Period.
• The TAKS test and its predecessor, TAAS, were invented essentially to make legislators look good on education. But studies show that rigid enforcement of standardized test scores doesn't help kids learn or make teachers more effective. Teach to the test and kids will learn the test—but not much else.

http://www.kinkyfriedman.com/issues/

Finally Rick Perry - Republican
TTC: He is pushing for this and supporting it. The main benefactor of these contracts are some Foreign Construction companies who are also some of his biggest supporters.

Education: Perry is proud of his record on education as well as the changes that have been made under his watch to the TAKS test.

http://www.rickperry.org/issues/

I am not endorsing any one candidate or another all I am saying is every person who votes in this election needs to sit down and study any candidate that they are considering and see where they sand on the issues that appeal to them the most, and then get out and vote.
Here are some other links to issues and advertisements with regards to this race.

http://corridorwatch.org/ttc/index.htm
http://www.collectionagencyfilms.com/Kinkytoons2.htm
http://www.collectionagencyfilms.com/Kinkytoons3.html

Katy TKD Project D.A.R.E fundraiser - I have photos

For those that wanted proof....
On October 14th, the Katy TKD Booster Club hosted a community fund raiser for the Katy ISD DARE program. DARE raises drug awareness in Katy schools. Katy TKD students raised money by getting sponsors at $5 per board. The event raised $4500 for DARE. Below are a couple of pictures of myself and my daughter breaking some of the 50 boards that everyone sponsored. Thank you to all who sponsored us as well as the rest of the Katy community for their support. The link below goes to the site with more pictures of the event. Katy TKD

Clinton says right wing has hurt U.S., predicts win by Democrats

Clinton says right wing has hurt U.S., predicts win by Democrats.....

The headline says it all. Bill Clinton is still living in his fantasy world. Read it for your self

LAS VEGAS (AP) - The nation has been "jammed into an ideological corner" by conservative Republicans and is primed for a power shift in the November elections, former President Bill Clinton said Thursday.
"This is an election unlike any other I have ever participated in," Clinton told Democratic supporters at a fundraiser in Las Vegas. "For six years this country has been totally dominated - not by the Republican Party, this is not fair to the Republican Party - by a narrow sliver of the Republican Party, its more right-wing and its most ideological element." ( and your party is wholsome and pure?)
"When the chips are down, this country has been jammed to the right, jammed into an ideological corner, alienated from its allies, and we're in a lot of trouble," he said.
Clinton addressed a group of about 50 top-level donors to the Jack Carter for Senate campaign. Carter, the son of former President Jimmy Carter,* (it is not surprising that the apple has not fallen far from the tree on this one) is running to unseat Republican Sen. John Ensign.
Clinton also attended a fundraiser for Democratic congressional candidates Jill Derby and Tessa Hafen at which the minimum contribution was $3,000.
He appeared onstage with Hafen, Derby, Carter and Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., but did not take questions from the media or comment on recent criticism of his administration's policy on nuclear nonproliferation in North Korea.
The former president largely stuck to politics.
"The Democratic Party has become the liberal and conservative party in America. If you want to be fiscally conservative, you've got to be for us. If you want to conserve natural resources, you've got to be for us," he said. "If you want a change of course in Iraq ... you've got to be for us." ( read that as give us your money, live in caves, and surrender to radical islam, because it feels like the right thing to do)
Clinton also attacked Republican tax cuts, describing a repeal of the estate tax as the GOP's top legislative priority.
"They may think I should be able to give Chelsea every nickel, but I don't," Clinton said.
Tucker Bounds, spokesman for the Republican National Committee, returned the criticism.
"It's going to take more than a Bill Clinton stopover to change the minds of the majority of Nevadans," he said.
"Republicans have solid candidates on the ballot that are going to keep taxes low and continue to fight terrorism," Bounds said. He said the party had not fallen out of step with voters.
"Keeping taxes low and the economy healthy is not a fringe belief. It is a popular belief in Nevada and a popular belief in most every other state."
Clinton did not mention Rep. Jon Porter, Hafen's opponent, or Nevada Secretary of State Dean Heller, Derby's opponent, by name. He dismissed Ensign as "a sort of a likable fellow" with "good relations with most of the powers-that-be here in the state," perhaps a reference to Ensign's working relationship with Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.
Clinton, who recently made fundraising stops for Democrats in Minnesota and New Jersey, also said he was embarrassed by the recent immigration debate.
He noted that Mexico had become one of the U.S.'s top 10 creditors.
"These people are our bankers," Clinton said. "Doesn't it embarrass you that these poor people are trying to sneak over the Rio Grande River to find a living in this country and we want to stop that? But we're only too happy to turn around and say, 'Don't spend your own money on those poor illegal immigrants to give them an education and get a job in Mexico. Loan it to us.'"

This is from a president who brought us the following images during his administration... You go and make your own conclusions. I already have mine.

North Korea might now have The Bomb, but it doesn't have much electricity

North Korea might now have The Bomb, but it doesn't have much electricity

As the world grapples with how to rein in the "axis of evil" state which this week conducted a nuclear test, this spectacular satellite photo unveiled yesterday by US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld shows in stark detail the haves and have-nots of the Korean peninsula.
The regime in the north is so short of electricity that the whole country is switched off at 9 p.m. - apart from the capital of Pyongyang where dictator Kim Jong-il and his cohorts live in relative luxury. But even there, lighting is drastically reduced.
The result, as shown in this picture taken one night earlier this week, is a startling contrast between the blacked-out north and the south, which is ablaze with light, particularly around major cities and the capital, Seoul, in the north-west of the country.
Mr Rumsfeld showed the picture to illustrate how backward the northern regime really is - and how oppressed its people are. Without electricity there can be none of the appliances that make life easy and that we take for granted, he said.
"Except for my wife and family, that is my favourite photo," said Mr Rumsfeld.
"It says it all. There's the south, the same people as the north, the same resources north and south, and the big difference is in the south it's a free political system and a free economic system.
"The people in the north are starving, their growth is stunted. It's a shame, a tragedy."
An aide added: "This oppressive regime is too busy trying to make war to make life comfortable for its people."

Friday the 13th, Are you afraid?

Welcome to the the most feared day of the month, Friday the 13th. People who are afraid of this day suffer from a disorder called paraskavedekatriaphobia. Now do not even ask me to try to pronounce the name but it is the fear of one single day Friday the 13th. For more info on this day of bad luck check this out. Friday the 13th more info and facts. If you have any fun stories or ghost tales for this Halloween seaon Friday the 13th please share. Enjoy and don't let to many black cats cross your path..

News Headlines from over the last 2 weeks

I ahve been busy with a lot of things but have not forgotten about keeping up with the news. Here are some of the links to stories that caught my eye lately

Cy-Fair board defies protests, ups tax rate

State to seek toll corridor plans from 2 firms

Perry defends call for single, Friday night debate

Muslims are waging civil war against us, claims police union

Intelligence: Russian Assassins in Iraq

Proposed Ordinance asks Each Household to Have a Firearm

RICE BOILS OVER AT BUBBA

Ethanol Fueling a New Economy?

My Way News - McCain Criticizes Clinton on N. Korea

Google merger ups pressure on Yahoo to strike deal

Dobbs: Voters won't tolerate 'axis of amnesty'

When First Amendment hits 'close to home,' teens care

The Tax revolt continues

THE TAX REVOLT CONTINUES.
Protests hold up mailing of Harris tax bills

This story is a DIRECT result of our state government not doing the right thing and setting the appraisal caps at 3%. It is also showing that citizens and business owners are not sitting still and letting appointed government lackeys take their money with out a fight.

Governor Perry needs to take a look at what is going on here in Houston and Harris County, because if he gets re-elected he will be doing it by the smallest of margins and will not have much political capital to spend over the next 4 years unless he changes his stripes. He needs to get Lt. Gov Dewhurst, and speaker Craddick in his office on day 1 after the election and start working on taking care of the agenda that will keep Texans happy. That agenda should contain in the following order

1) Repeal of HB3 and the business Tax
2) Elimination of the Trans Texas Land Grab(Corridor)
3) appraisal caps set at 3% or better yet frozen at the purchase price of property
4) cap on growth of state spending not to increase more than inflation and population growth combined.
5) re work School finance process
6) Vouchers for children to escape under performing schools
7) Tuition assistance or school tax rebate program for families that have children in private schools, or are home schooled.
8) reworking of appraisal exemptions, including ag and others.
9) elimination of Harris County sports authority.
10) consolidation of county, city and state services under county or city management.

This should be Governor Perry's "contract with Texas".

The sad thing is he will probably do none of the above and should be voted out of office.

Governor Perry the ball is in your court.

Are Houston-area teens lost without their lattes?

Are Houston-area teens lost without their lattes?
Here are some portions from the article

Wes' mother, Karlotta, a fan of the nonfat Caramel Macchiato, has no problems with her son's habit: He could be doing worse things, she said.

Yes I suppose your child could be doing worse things than consuming unsafe levels of caffeine, sugar and fat. But then you don't care what sort of health issues will come from this down the road do you mom.

The 17-year-old, who once joked on MySpace that he loved Starbucks as much as his girlfriend, first visited the chain in middle school.

Sad commentary on where his priorities are... But then this is just an extention of the "if it feels good do it" mentality that most of these kids parents grew up on

"Given that many of their products are unhealthy — they are high in sugar and high in calories and high in caffeine — that's a problem," he said.
A 16-ounce "grande" Caffe Mocha — with whole milk and whipped cream — has 400 calories and 22 grams of fat, according to the company's Web site. That's the equivalent of about two Krispy Kreme glazed doughnuts.

Yeah, and I know that I can get a better sugar buzz off of a dozen Krispy Kreme doughnuts for the cost of 1 Grande Caffe Mocha.

And at Kingwood High School, where Wes is a student, Starbucks habits are more the norm than counter-culture.
School officials say they tried to hop on the bandwagon. Three years ago, they opened a coffee kiosk on campus, but low sales forced it to close.
Karen Collier, the district's spokeswoman, said the drinks just weren't "cool."
"We needed to charge more for it," she joked.

Who gives a flying rats ass if the drinks were cool. It is not the job of the school district to be cool, nor is it their job to assist students in their habbits. They are there to teach, not be cool.

Principal Steve Amstutz of Houston ISD's Lee High, said his school's cozy Java City cafe, which opened two years ago, has made his school a better place to learn

My wife taught at Lee HS for a while and the last thing that school needs is more kids amped up on caffeine, and sugar. I would really like to know how it is better now Mr. Amstutz.

Miller Lite Man Law Outtakes

Some hilarious outtakes from the commercials...Burt Reynolds and the Bus doing their best to keep it together

Sports headlines and some positive stories.

Fund for Clemson CB, brother raises nearly $50K

Longhorn takes spot Aggies use for yell practice

U. of Phoenix buys naming rights to Cardinals stadium

Blonde Star Commercial

A new service here in America, Blonde Star, similar to OnStar, but for our blonde people.