Animal rights

I'm teaching a class of high school students yesterday and a young lady brought up the fact that animals have rights...okay I say, what rights do they have and why? She says because we are animals and have rights that animals require the same treatment and that they should be treated equally. Is this ludicrous, or am I the only one out there that believes somewhat differently? Well, a lot bit differently come to think of it. It seems to me that these kids are getting this nonsense from somewhere, and that perhaps we as experienced, knowledgeable adults should be gently correcting their misconceptions with compassion, love and forebearance. Either that or just laugh at their silliness, explain to them in no uncertain terms how inane they truly are, give them a good kick in the butt, and send them on their way. I vote for the latter.

Relationships

I recently spent a week in Ft Lauderdale in the presence of elite college and national team coaches and came away from the experience with some new insight. I have determined that I am not requiring enough out of the players that I coach. Instead of trying to be nice to them, I should actually be demanding much, much more from them on the soccer pitch. If I do not demand excellence, then I will not get it. This is true in life as well. If our government continues to bail everyone and anyone out of their financial miseries, then they will come to expect it and will cease to take any responsibilities for themselves. This is true for companies as well as individuals. It is also a harbinger of disaster for our country. Like my demands for excellence on the soccer pitch, excellence must be demanded from our citizens and our leaders. Our new national slogan should be: No more mediocrity!

Hilliary diliary doc, the idiot ran up the clock!

I heard the esteemed Hilliary Clinton tell the international community that the United States would do nothing to prevent further pirate attacks on our citizens until the "international community" decides what is the best course of action. Now isn't that special! The mighty U.S. has to wait for the international community to tell us what they want done. Remember the time when we ruled the world? Remember the time when we had the strength and leadership to make our own decisions? Guess what! Those times are long gone. Aren't we citizens just soooo happy to have change, change, change!!!

Help me I being held by pirates!

The American captain of a cargo ship has been taken hostage by Somalians interested only in coercing money from his company for his safe return. Can you imagine his thoughts right now with the knowledge that we have a President that has not one lick of foreign policy experience? We have as a President a man who would negotiate with terrorists, who would sit down with dictators, who claims Iran is a small country that can do us no harm, and a man that hobknobs with terrorists and radicals throughout his entire adult life and that same man is now faced with a situation that calls for some difficult choices. This may be exactly what Joe Biden meant when he said that we would be tested before six months was up. Let's see; North Korea firing missles, terrorists taking captives on the high seas, I hate to even think what's next. It's going to be a long, long four years.

No longer Christian

According to our illustrious president, we are no longer 'a Christian nation'. That's interesting news to all the Christians in America, the country founded with Christian values is no longer Christian. Does that mean we are a Godless nation? Does that mean Barack desires the nation to be Muslim, radical or some other form of religion? What is most troubling about this entire attitude is that we knew before the election that Barack had radical viewpoints and he was elected anyway, so, for once he might be right. If we are no longer Christian, then this country founded on Christian values and supported by a Heavenly Father that promised us untold riches if we adhered to those values will no longer enjoy those same blessings. I guess we will have to learn the dangers of such a path.

Nationalizing Banks

The signs are there, we need to be aware! When banks wish to repay the TARP money early, and the federal government (Obama and his socialist friends) say "no, not until we say you are ready", does that bother anyone? Let's take a look at that scenario; some banks have already said they would rather give the money they took from the government back, but that the government is unwilling to accept the repayments. Why would the government not wish to be paid back, that's easy...now they have control over the banks. Now they can tell the CEO's how much money they can make, and even more disturbing, they can tell the banks who to loan money to, and who not to loan money to. That's the way we got into this mess to begin with, and now it's twice as bad. Nice way of nationalizing banks, wouldn't you say?

Learning experience

Having just returned from a Premier licensing course for soccer coaches in Ft Lauderdale, Florida, I find myself in a unique position of not knowing what has been happening lately politically, but I will be back up to speed shortly. When I am, I will post accordingly. I did hear the emphatic response to North Korea's launching of a missle by Obama, I guess they are just trembling in fear! It was so strongly worded that they saw the hidden strength lying within him....NOT!