I Did Not Know Teachers Are The Enemy

This was forwarded to me, and it was so powerful, I needed to share it.

To The Honorable Chris Christie,

I am the enemy. I never realized this until your election to governor. In a few short weeks, you have made this fact explicitly clear to me. A large portion of your budget address was about my profession, and how we have caused the problems this state now faces. I want to thank you for opening my eyes to this fact. However, I am not sure I understand how I am the problem or how I have caused the state to be in such debt.
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Please Stop the Lies About the NJ Budget Cuts

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Chris Cristie the other day announced that he found a way to cut the budget by 450 million dollars.  A collected round of applause whizzed through the Garden State.  All those applause came from people who did not read the article.

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I Really Don’t Care Where You Are, Really!

Twitter has recently exploded with 3rd parties applications that post just about everything from where you are to how much you weight to, how popular you are in the virtual world.  Well I hate it, and if I hate it, then the world hates it. We all know that I know what the world wants.  Well I propose a solution, after the jump.

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Bobby

Earlier this week the US Supreme Court took up the question of civil confinement (also known as civil commitment) of convicted sex offenders who have served their prison term and are released on probation.  It’s a complicated issue, but basically it boils down to two sides:

Side A: These are incredibly dangerous people who cannot be rehabilitated and can’t be a part of society.

Side B: These are people who have paid their debt to society, have civil rights, and within reason deserve to live normal lives.

I think you can guess where I stand. I am really angry about this case, and to explain why, I have to get kinda personal.

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Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet

I’m very intriqued to see how fast the color posts spread all over facebook.  I am even more disheartened in the indifference it caused. For all who don’t know the color post represented the olor of a girl’s bra to raise awareness for breast cancer. The better question is two-fold.