tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85007327731765436452025-05-03T00:05:46.669-07:00We all need that conversation everyday...quiddity2001http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269974625072682079noreply@blogger.comBlogger348125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8500732773176543645.post-31826735945977096572016-04-18T18:10:00.001-07:002016-04-18T18:10:12.891-07:00

I support a fair flat tax. We can't keep taxing success ad further inflating a bloated government. I like Tom Del Beccaro. He would make an excellent US Senator for California. http://www.delbeccaroforsenate.com/ontheissues/tax-policy/

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Forcing an increase in the minimum wage I a job killer. Jerry Brown has crammed one down on business owners, making us all losers. http://m.townhall.com/tipsheet/justinholcomb/2016/04/18/uc-berkley-forced-to-cut-500-jobs-after-15-minimum-wage-n2149066?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad

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More Stupidity in California. The Bag Tax Needs to Be Voted Down! http://www.flashreport.org/blog/2016/04/18/california-grocers-worst-nightmare/  

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A Photographer Reminds Us of a Past That May End Up In Our Future  I found this story on New Advent that linked to http://www.creativeboom.com/photography/abandoned-checkpoints-photographer-documents-europes-forgotten-borders/  which describes a photographer's project to photograph abandon checkpoints.  You may want to check out these eerie photographs by Josef Schulz. Secure

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Prop. 13 has always been good for the State coffers and property owners.  It is time to review why it is so for the new homeowners, especially those juggling student loans, home loans and starting families, and yes, Obamacare.  Read on:  A Defense of Proposition 13 -- Updated January, 2015  by Richard Rider  http://riderrants.blogspot.com/2015/01/

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  Vatican calls on Muslim leaders to condemn Islamic State "Religious leaders also are called on to exercise their influence with the rulers for the cessation of these crimes, the punishment of those who commit them and the restoration of the rule of law throughout the country, ensuring the return home of the deported," the Vatican said.   Good people can not sit quietly while letting

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My Favorite Book for Summer 2014:  What a Surprise! The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet | Book by Nina Teicholz If you want to know why the food industry and Michelle Obama have it so wrong and why obesity is the public health problem it is, then read this HISTORY book.  No, this is not a diet book, it is a history of how we have gotten this food

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Another feel good idea that makes life miserable. Study: 'Cash for Clunkers' an even bigger lemon than thought | Fox News "Strikingly, we find that Cash for Clunkers actually reduced overall spending on new vehicles," the researchers reported, noting households "tended to purchase less expensive and smaller vehicles such as the Toyota Corolla, which was the most popular new vehicle purchased

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 This is so exciting: I hope that it happens! The Cenacle, which is the site of the Last Supper, is the site recognized by Israel as the Tomb of David?  The Vatican has long been pursuing Israel to grant it control of this most special site.  Pope John Paul II was able to say the Mass there (you can read the homily here: John Paul II: Homily March 23, 2000 at the Cenacle (Private

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  The Bishops and American Business: Rethinking the Minimum Wage January 26, 2014 By Kathy Schiffer  Patheos.com Simply raising the minimum wage does not begin to unwreck the economy that has been severely damaged by Obamacare and its effect on the workforce participation.  It can only add to inflation and higher unemployment in the the 16 –20 year old workforce sector. Schiffer

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  The Freedom of the Family - Truth and Charity Forum  Father Brian Thomas Becket Mullady, O.P. Can we talk about the principle of subsidiarity too much?  The answer is no when we have allowed a Leviathan that is disastrously over reaching, especially threatening the ability to practice one’s faith in the public square. Institutions do not take the temperature of a sick individual

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  Obama math: under new Common Core, 3 x 4 = 11 | The Daily Caller   The article above and the editorial here in the Trib published August 17, 2013 that points out 100 Catholic dioceses have adopted Common Core are excellent  The editorial also questions whether this adoption is the “demise of Catholic Schools” and “if that is the intention?”   Catholic schools & Common

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Catholic school parents fear arrival of Common Core  The Morning Call August 19, 2013 We have watched how our American Bishops have pushed big government money into our Catholic institutions such as healthcare, immigration and education that has now threatened their future Catholic identity.  It is a self-inflicted wound.  Now, they are pushing Common Core into the parish schools

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  Common Core Won't Make Kids Smarter - Eagle Forum  Phyllis Schlafly If you care about kids, education and society, then fight Common Core. Here is an excellent article by Phyllis Schlafly regarding the state of Common Core. Tell your local bishop, such as Bishop Patrick J. McGrath in San Jose, this is an atrocity if it is inflicted on the diocesan schools.

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  Beware of Sophistical Education “Reformers” | Crisis Magazine  by Steven Jonathan Rummelsburg. This article is summarizes the philosophical harmful underpinnings of Common Core, standardized testing, charter schools and modern public and now much of private education in America.  It is worth printing out and keeping a copy to pass on.  From the article: Like the proverbial

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  The Worlds Most Famous Teacher Blasts School Reform  By Valerie Strauss, The Washington Post, July 16, 2013 This is worth reading as a teacher that is recognized in both the USA and in China urges teachers not to adopt Common Core, which he refers to as another “new [school reform] flavor of the month.” So why is the Diocese of San Jose adopting this? I thought Catholic education was

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  San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Economy at a Glance Here are the stats for San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara California.  U6 numbers are not available.  The California Labor Market Review can be found here:  http://www.calmis.ca.gov/file/lfmonth/calmr.pdf

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  Common Core: Homogenizing Schools and Our Children | Acton PowerBlog President Obama has overtaken the auto industry, the insurance industry and now is attempting to do the same with our educational industry.  Our rights are melting from under our feet.  Will Americans let their children’s future melt away, because they are so brainwashed in moral relativism that they no longer

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  Humanist, Where Art Thou? This brought tears to my eyes.  Why are we taking away the fundamental human search for the beauty and the truth that do not contradict. We were given five senses to experience the world before we ever engage in technology etc.  Why are we making our children slaves to the technological world without first giving them the joy of the created world?

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  Catholic Children In Grave Danger: A Report on Common Core in Catholic Schools  by Betsy Kraus   Read the excellent report and decide whether or not you want your child to be educated or part of a “human capital development data system. (page 21 of the report).

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  Update on the situation with St. Clare School  From California Catholic Daily From the article:    The diocese has now instructed all parochial schools in the diocese not to accept refugees from St. Clare School and other Drexel schools whose parents do not want their children to become guinea pigs in the new blended learning experiment, which also separates schools from

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 Common Core Education Standards Generate Catholic Concerns (3104)The academic quality of the new federal standards is insufficient, according to critics. by CHARLOTTE HAYS 06/17/2013  National Catholic Register   The article points out that the use of materials for suggested use will be used by teachers as it will make lesson planning easier and provide opportunities in some cases

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Anthony Esolen writes about the harm of Common Core.  Excellent article to share with your friends. Get a load of the writing sample he cites.  I pity those having to read such essays for a consideration to college entrance. Life Under Compulsion: The Dehumanities - Front Porch Republic If you were interested in what you have read, read this Esolen article next. http://

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The Chinese produce the best of test takers, but are they innovative?  We can all agree they are great cheap manufacturers, but innovators?  I think not.  Why would we want to lose that edge with our children?  Why are Catholic Bishops jumping on this bandwagon?  Why specifically may we ask this of Bishop Patrick J. McGrath?  Why would anyone want to send their kids

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  Parents and Taxpayers in Thousand Oaks California showed up to a public meeting about Common Core.  The curriculum is copyrighted and can not be changed without permission.  Is this the case in the Diocese of San Jose? Is that why Pastors will not have any say about these schools?  Just how much will parents be informed regarding these standards? Wow-Wow! Sparks Fly at

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