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I saw a You Tube video and I'd like to download it, either onto a CD or into a file on my computer. Is this possible? Does anyone know how? This just happened to me for the fifth time. Both the eastbound and westbound 202/Valley at Tucker has three lanes: left turn, straight through, right turn. I have been unpleasantly surprised by drivers going straight through the intersection from the right turn lane. Twice I was able to speak with the driver and neither realized it was a right turn lane. Didn't that bent arrow give you a clue? Cheap Tomatoes - an English teacher speaks out!
This English teacher has phrased it the best I've seen yet!
She is with LAUSD but it could be anywhere USA.
"As you listen to the news about the student protests
over illegal immigration, there are some things that you
should be aware of: I am in charge of the
English-as-a-second-language department
at a large southern California high school which is designated a Title 1
school, meaning that its students average lower socio-economic and income
levels. Most of the schools you are hearing about, South Gate High, Bell Gardens ,
Huntington Park , etc., where these students are protesting, are also Title 1 schools. Title 1 schools are on the free breakfast and free lunch program. When I say free breakfast, I'm not talking a glass of milk and roll -- but a full breakfast and cereal bar with fruits and juices that would make a Marriott proud. The waste of this food is monumental, with trays and trays of it being dumped in the trash uneaten. ( OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK - disgusting )
I estimate that well over 50% of these students are obese or at least moderately
overweight. About 75% or more DO have cell phones. And they love to text message during class time. The school also provides day care centers for the unwed teenage pregnant girls (some as young as 13) so they can attend class without the inconvenience of having to arrange for babysitters or having family watch their kids. (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK)
I was ordered to spend $700,000 on my department or risk losing funding for the
upcoming year even though there was little need for anything; my budget was already substantial. I ended up buying new computers for the computer learning
center, half of which, one month later, have been carved with graffiti by the appreciative students who obviously feel humbled and grateful to have a free education in America. (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK)
I have had to intervene several times for young and substitute teachers whose classes consist of many illegal immigrant students here in the country less then 3
months, who raised so much hell with the female teachers, calling them 'Putas' (whores) and throwing things that the teachers were in tears. Free medical, free education, free food, day care etc., Is it any wonder they feel entitled
to not only be in this country but to demand rights, privileges and entitlements?
To those who want to point out how much these illegal immigrants contribute to our society because they LIKE their gardener and housekeeper and they like to pay less for tomatoes: spend some time in the real world of illegal immigration and see the TRUE costs. Higher insurance, medical facilities closing, higher medical costs, lower wages for citizens, more crime, lower standards of education in our schools, overcrowding, new diseases etc., etc, etc . For me, I'll pay more for
tomatoes.
We need to wake up. The guest worker program will be a disaster because we won't have the guts to enforce it! Does anyone in their right mind really think they will voluntarily leave and return? It does, however, have everything to do with culture: A third-world culture that does not value education, that accepts children getting pregnant and dropping out of school by 15 and that refuses to assimilate,
and an American culture that has become so weak and worried about 'political
correctness' that we don't have the will to do anything about it.
CHEAP LABOR? Isn't that what the whole immigration issue is about? Business doesn't want to pay a decent wage. Consumers don't want expensive produce.
Government will tell you Americans don't want the jobs. But the bottom line is cheap labor. The phrase 'cheap labor' is a myth , a farce, and a lie. There is no such thing as 'cheap labor.' Take, for example, an illegal alien with a wife and five children. He takes a job for $5.00 or 6.00/hour. At that wage, with six dependents,
he pays no income tax, yet at the end of the year, if he files an Income Tax Return,
he gets an ' earned income credit' of up to $3,200 free. He qualifies for Section 8
housing and subsidized rent. He qualifies for food stamps. He qualifies for free (no deductible, no co-pay) health care. His children get free breakfasts and lunches at school. He requires bilingual teachers and books. He qualifies for relief from high energy bills. If they are or become, aged, blind or disabled , they qualify for SSI. Once qualified for SSI they can qualify for Medicare. All of this is at (our) taxpayer's expense! He doesn't worry about car insurance, life insurance, or homeowners insurance. Taxpayers provide Spanish language signs, bulletins and printed material. He and his family receive the equivalent of $20.00 to $30.00/hour in benefits. Wake up people!
WALK A DAY IN MY SHOES WITHIN
THE LAUSD SYSTEM AND YOU TOO WILL BECOME CYNICAL
THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS WE SHOULD BE ADDRESSING TO THE
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES FROM EITHER PARTY. '
AND WHEN THEY LIE TO US AND DON'T DO AS THEY SAY, WE SHOULD REPLACE THEM AT ONCE! "
To begin, thank you Canine Creek for the shot / microchip mini-clinic. I always enjoy dropping by and chatting with y'all and I will ask people to sign the petition for a shelter. It's too bad the day took a tragic turn. I am so sorry about that little dog who slipped away from the child in the parking lot. It was a short run onto Tucker and underneath that vehicle. And hey, driver who ran over the little dog, I wish many nasty things upon your head. Did you know that even if it isn't your fault you are still required BY LAW to stop? There were three children who watched as their little dog was scooped up from Tucker where you so callously took a life and fled. So, poop-for-brains driver, you think you were lucky today that I did not get your license plate. Since I cannot track you I will leave it to Karma to smite you. Hopefully that will be worse than anything I could have done. A friend of mine was cited for "too loud" an engine. It is now a state requirement to have a BAR referee check if fix-it tickets have been fixed. His car tested within legal decibels and smog emissions (with no work being done) but one part had a serial number that did not match those on the BAR list for that vehicle so the referee wouldn't sign off the form. I am confused. Why is California so worried about whether every part is stock or not? This was a used car purchased from a guy who works on engines. My friend figured the car would be in good shape, mechanically speaking. How do any of us know if the used car we are buying may have a part replaced with one which fits but isn't on some state certified list? Sounds like the car makers had a friend in Sacramento.
Has anyone checked out the Edelwiess yet? It's over by the Olde Towne plaza, next to A+Pets. I need to schedule time to drop in and try the food. If anyone has been there already then please leave a comment.
I read that Tehachapi donated equipment from the defunct fire department to Bakersfield College. I heard that some things were donated to a city in Mexico. My question is: why didn't the equipment get donated to Sand Canyon Fire? Wouldn't that have made more sense than sending it so far afield? Those folk out in Sand Canyon have not been treated very well by County Fire. They pass a hat and sell home-baked goods to raise money for equipment. They could have really used the Tehachapi stuff and it would have stayed local. The citizens of Tehachapi paid for it; it shouldn't have been sent off like that. By the way, who is paying for the shipping charges to Mexico? The citizens, again?
Since it doesn't seem like anyone reads the Forum section, I'm going to comment on a recent Forum submission in this section. Ms Huckins (In Support of TVHD) states that the new directors at the hospital, three physicians with local medical practices, are trying really hard to learn about the hospital and they have a steep learning curve. Didn't the public vote in a bunch of local doctors because they were supposed to know something about a hospital? Why do these physicians, a couple of whom have been in the community for decades, not have a better grasp of this hospital? Where were they in the past years?
Since the Bakersfield Californian chose to print a story in the Tehachapi News [July 4, 2007, page B2] that was poorly written and flawed, I am posting the letter I wrote to the Californian (which has not been printed) as a rebuttal. ----- Original Message -----
A badly written bill is going to be heard, again, in State Assembly Committee on Business and Professions. Assembly Bill 1634 will be reviewed on 24 April. This bill has the ability to kill dog competitions within the state. It is written to allow puppy-mills to flourish while forcing the dedicated hobby-breeders to sterilize their animals, effectively ending their bloodlines within the state. This does nothing to end pet dumping. The people who use dogs and cats as a way to make money (i/e the backyard breeders and puppy-mills) will simply pay the extra fee and keep going. It will just be the cost of doing business. The hobby-breeder, often a retiree, will have to decide whether keeping a couple intact animals for the fun of showing is worth the extra expense. Hobby-breeders spend more on their animals than they ever make in the occasional litter (one litter every four or five years is about average). AB1634 has been amended twice and it still stinks. Please visit http://home.earthlink.net/~... and check out what you can do tonight. |
