100 Days

Pig Book

Ever wonder how much $money$ the government wastes? Well, Citizens Against Government Waste has released its annual "Pig Book" which monitors and reports on the government's biggest offenders when it comes to excessive spending, pork projects, and needless taxes.

And this administration wants more of our money?

The 2009 Pig Book

A Day In The Life Of....

Ever wonder what I teach? What the heck do I do at work?

I just finished a unit on transitive and intransitive verbs.

Say what?

That is exactly what I thought when I found out that I had to teach those verbs last year. I don't even remember learning those myself in school.

Here's how it works.

Transitive Verb:

Example - The coach called the game.

First, you have to locate the verb, which is CALLED. Second, you have to ask yourself the question 'who or what is receiving the action of called?' In this case, the GAME is being called. That makes GAME the direct object. If the sentence has a direct object that receives the action of the verb, the verb (called) is a transitive verb.

Got it?

Intransitive Verb:

Example - The girl ran to the store.

First, you have to locate the verb, which is RAN. Second, you have to ask yourself the question 'who or what is receiving the action of ran?' In this case, the girl is running, but it comes before the verb. Therefore, there is no direct object receiving the action. The phrase: "to the store" is a prepositional phrase and can be eliminated as a possible direct object. If the sentence does not have a direct object, the verb is an intransitive verb.

So not only do student have to recognize verbs, but they also have to be able to identify direct objects and prepositions.

More clear now?

Imagine teaching that to 12 year old kids...

Barack and Hugo: Fast Friends

Great minds think alike...



“I hereby accuse the North American empire of being the biggest menace to our planet.”

“The left is back, and it's the only path we have to get out of the spot to which the right has sunken us, ... Socialism builds and capitalism destroys.”

“[The planet] is being destroyed under our own noses by the capitalist model, the destructive engine of development, ... every day there is more hunger, more misery thanks to the neo-liberal, capitalist model.”

"I am convinced that the path to a new, better and possible world is not capitalism, the path is socialism."

"Let's save the human race, let's finish off the U.S. empire."




Would you shake this man's hand?

April 15: Anti-Spending (Tax) Day

At least people are standing up to this government and this administration. And this is 1/16 of the way through the first term.

Amen...



And the Tea Party begins...


Ohio

The Great American Tea Party Is Underway

Gov. Rick Perry (2012?)

Did someone just throw his hat into the ring for the 2012 presidential election? This clip by Governor Rick Perry is AMAZING. Take in what Governor Perry says. Why didn't the media cover this press conference? This could be the uprising conservatives have been looking for. God Bless Rick Perry!

Our Easter

Easter Egg Hunt from Ryan on Vimeo.

Play House and Slide

Here is a video of Kayley seeing (and playing with) her Easter gift for the first time:

Play House and Slide from Ryan on Vimeo.

America: "Appeasing the World Since 2009"

Recently, Barack Obama made his first trip to foreign countries as president of the United States. During this trip, several instances occurred that are worth discussing.

First, this administration is single handily putting America's tail between its legs in regards to foreign policy. Never have I witnessed the president of the free world being so apologetic for the United States of America and its people. From country to country, Obama apologized for America's arrogance, dominance, and stupidity. "Ahhh, those arrogant Americans. First they rebel against King George III and all the crowned heads of Europe. Then they welcome tens of millions of poor and persecuted people from the Old World. Then they fail to bow down to Europe's greatest figures -- from Napoleon and Otto von Bismarck to the Kaiser, Hitler and Stalin. Then they fight a civil war, losing half a million people to liberate black people in America. Then they diss the man the BBC considers to be the greatest philosopher ever, one Karl Marx, whose followers killed 100 million innocents in the 20th century. And then, to top it all off, they liberate both the Western half of Europe in 1946 and the Eastern half in 1989" (Lewis, 2009). I'm sorry Mr. President, but you do not have to apologize for me or anyone else. Personally, I'm proud for what my country stands for (or used to stand for), and I have a hard time believing in European socialism and its creation of gutless citizens who believe in statism over liberty. Mr. Obama vowed to bring America's cards to the card table and start playing the game the right way. However, the Obama Administration is oblivious to world events and ideologies.

Second, Barack Obama's declaration in Turkey that the United States is not a Christian nation. Can you imagine the king of Saudi Arabia (whom Obama bowed to)saying that his country is not a Muslim nation? There would be mob rioting in the streets. I agree with Obama to an extent. Do I believe that Christianity and those who follow it should be raised on a pedestal above all others? No. Do I believe that the United States has a Christian theocracy? Hardly. What Obama should have said is this: America, although rooted with a strong heritage of Judeo-Christian principles, is one of the freest and most prosperous nations for all races, ethnicity, and faiths. I believe that our nation was founded on Judeo-Christian principles, which the secular cultures of this country have tried to destroy for years. Our Founding Fathers (dominantly Christian...although some secularists will argue a few of them as deists) knew that "the concept of unalienable rights inheres in the Judeo-Christian precept that an all-loving God created man in his image, thus entitling him to dignity, freedom and rights that cannot be divested by the state" (Limbaugh, 2009). Our constitutional framework was created with a Christian worldview, the Bill of Rights is biblically based, and Western Law adopted Christian principles as its basis. Barack Obama needs to crack open a history book before he tries to, disastrously, rewrite one.

Third, the pros and cons of the G-20 Summit. Do we need allies to push for liberty? Yes. Do we need allies to help stop global terrorism. Yes. Do we need allies to end the threat of a nuclear Iran and North Korea? Yes. These are all great ways to bring our friends back to the table. However, Obama doesn't stop (or start, in some cases) there. His alliances will financially fund a non-existent global warming hysteria. His alliances will slowly roll over and accept radical Islam as a natural occurrence of the times. His alliances will promote global wealth distribution and tax its citizens for socialistic programs that make us slaves to the state. His alliances will have a checks and balances system, because we wouldn't want anyone to get to arrogant and out of place. Therefore, Obama has put us in our place....appeasers of the free world...what's it gonna cost you?

Hey, at least I didn't vote for the guy. I have that going for me.

Easter Eggs

Easter Eggs from Ryan on Vimeo.

Happy (Early) Easter

Let every man and woman count himself immortal. Let him catch the revelation of Jesus in his resurrection. Let him say not merely, "Christ is risen," but "I shall rise." ~Phillips Brooks

God Working

Barack Obama: What Could Have Been

His words resonated in the hearts of every American
‘Change’ and ‘Hope’ became a slogan for all
Record crowds flocked to catch a glimpse
Of ‘The One’ who seemed to stand so tall.

He promised the world, which hung on every word
A race was inspired, school children sang him praise
People danced in the streets, a canvas of color
A fountain of optimism, herald of a transformational phase.

With every opportunity at hand, he failed to deliver
Instead embracing an ideology proven to fail
Expanding control, distributing our wealth
Weaving Socialism into Capitalism only the beginning of this tale.

He’s demonstrated incompetence laden with political arrogance
While using a crisis to instill submission and fear
A hand that was once extended to the meek
Now is no longer near.

We gave him our trust, he sold it away
And a generation has been left to clean up this mess
One that started with empty rhetoric and a mirage in the desert
Leaving us with a politician who failed the test.

2012…REAL ‘hope’ and ‘change’

RMK 2009

Think Spring

Lunch in the park!

Checkin' out the icky water and imitating Titanic (I LOVE this picture!)...

I can see the whole world from up here!

Seriously, you want ME to go down THERE?

He's crazy. I've got my whole life ahead of me.

Here goes nothin'!

Weeeeeee!

That wasn't too bad! "Ginn, Ginn, Ginn"

Tater Tots

Tater Tots from Ryan on Vimeo.

Down the Stairs We Go!

Untitled from Ryan on Vimeo.