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After seeing some recent Oscar headlines, I cannot help but laugh. So, after seeing said headlines, I've decided to make this the blog for news regarding everyone's favorite actor, Gary Busey. And his unofficial Xanga fanclub. No one cares, but you might find these recent headlines interesting.
The man is nuts. Blame the brain damage from his accident, blame the drugs, whatever. But he's so....off. And almost completely deaf. BUT, also the greatest living actor ever. Don't ask me why, he just is. Cigars, yellow teeth and all.
Mr. Busey (I'm not on a first name basis...yet.) was actually in the headlines for to incidents, both at the Oscars. Yes, all that going on and I only care about him. The first incident can be viewed on youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQYeL7RInsg
Ryan Seacrest (*spits*) was interviewing Jennifer Garner and some other actress on the red carpet, when who but Busey should appear. Completely butted in, then hugged Garner and kissed her on the neck. All were clearly uncomfortable. The video is quite amusing to watch, although if I remember right the women with him is his sister and not his wife.
Incident number two is even stupider: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjaQkUbPbHE&feature=related
Busey was being interviewed by a young girl, couldn't hear a word she said (as I said, deaf and crazy), then got mad because she asked him to get a shout out.
He did apologize for both incidents later on Extra (just happened to flip to it). Doesn't really mean much, but I don't think the man has much control over his actions. Again, he's nuts. There you go. Wait another five years, and he'll probably be in the news again. Until then, I leave you with this genius video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7YjHvhcZL4&feature=related
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| Okay, I've
decided to more thoroughly examine the whole homeschool issue. Which is
much more grave and important than war, poverty, or any of those whiny
people with real problems.
I have decided to look at it from
the different angles, and will attempt to find the correct answer,
somewhere in the middle. On one hand, we have people for homeschoolers,
who argue every homeschooler is good, righteous, and smart, able to
function in the real world easily. On the other hand, we have people
who argue that all kids should be in public school, where kids can get
a real education, since all homeschoolers don't actually learn
anything, and can never learn to function socially.
I'm going
to start by providing examples from what I learned everything from. Not
public school teachers, not my homeschooler mother. No, a screen.
Actually, I've never seen this movie, but Kim quotes these plenty and
they never get old. First off, here's what a homeschooler says:
Homeschooled Boy: And on the third day, God created the
Remington bolt-action rifle, so that Man could fight the dinosaurs. And
the homosexuals. Amen.
Think that looks bad? Check out the public school sex ed:
Coach Carr: Don't have sex. Because you will get pregnant and
die. Don't do it in the missionary position, don't do it standing up.
Just don't do it. Everybody grab some rubbers!
Yeah.
So.
Arguments for homeschooling. As I homeschooler, I say that we are
raised in godly ways, and we learn to function better than public
schoolers. We are smarter, more righteous, and not evil like people in
public schools. All of us are Christians (the Muslim homeschooler
commune is a myth), we learn more than other people, and there aren't
any of us who just pull their kids out of school and don't educate
them. Public schoolers are raised in harmful, non-Christian
environments. They have goths, they listen to the wrong music, and
learn evil things like evolution, and about condoms that keep you from
getting diseases.
Now. Arguments against homeschooling and for
going to public schools. First off, Homechoolers can never adapt
socially. They don't learn how to function with other people, they are
hermits, and they are offensive to everyone. In public school on the
other hand, you learn things like acceptance, you learn to live with
people different from them. They also learn better and more, and don't
stay at home doing crack because their homeschooler parents let them.
Now
that we've heard the opinions, we must examine the evidence that make
people reach this conclusion. Unfortunately, people tend to not cite
their evidence, so I have taken the liberty of doing it myself.
Starting with the anti-homeschooling opinions. First off, again,
homeschoolers have trouble socially. Apparently even with the fact
there are various homeschool groups, social events, and even schools,
homeschoolers never make contact with other human beings. Another thing
is acceptance. After reviewing the evidence, and studying the public
schooler's behavior, I have come to this conclusion. Apparently, public
schoolers learn acceptance of other people and ideas as follows. By
maintaining a strict social heirchy, where the attractive, rich, and
athletic remain on the top, and all others below them just run down the
social food chain.
Acceptance is achieved by total conformity,
where the females purchase shiny objects for storing various things
(called purses) and speak through wireless communication devices
(called cell phones) with a primitive abbreviated language, where
numbers are in abundance and vowels are lacking. The more costly these
devices are, the better. Acceptance is also achieved, apparently, by
publicly ridiculing all others different from them, those who dress or
talk or act different, in some cases leading to suicide. But at least
the victims know they are accepted. With the males it is slightly
simpler. Acceptance is achieved by participating in sporting events,
and bragging about how they were "gettin' it ooooooon" with their girl
last night in the back of their large pickup truck, which is used to
distract and compensate for their small devices, used for "gettin' it
oooooooon." As these males mature and lose hair on their heads, they
similarly purchase sportscars.
Now the evidence for the
pro-homeschooler argument. They are godly, righteous people. This is
done mainly by telling themselves, and others of their kind, how great
and godly and righteous they are. They also claim to be better than
non-homeschoolers, who live in sin among their other kinds of music,
dress, and lifestyle. These people are to be looked down upon. They
also follow various commandments, by spreading false rumors and
accusations, and by hating their neighbors and enemies. Just like the
bible says. The meth dealing homeschooler who pulls their children out
of school and does nothing is non existent. The homeschooler who is not
conservative or evangelical is a rarity, and the non Christian
homeschooler is also non existent. These people are told that they are
accepted, but subtly turned away from other homeschoolers because they
have different views on matters.
Okay. In conclusion, after
reviewing all the evidence presented, I have come to this. Either way
you're going to be equally screwed. Public schools are overcrowded, the
teachers do not care, and students are constantly lumped into one
group, with their needs being ignored. On the other hand, homeschoolers
do have trouble in real world situations. Averting your eyes solves
nothing. Homeschoolers also tend to be self righteous, holier than thou
types. Find a happy middle ground. Do what is best for you. Because
life pretty much sucks either way. Or, as Bart Simpson said, you're
damned if you do, and you're damned if you don't. But making
homeschooling illegal, that's a load of crap.
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Who in the heck thought this up?! There is no one saying it should be illegal. Great job Xanga!
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| Hey. I finally feel like posting. Nobody will read it (and actually, I kind of wish someone would in this case. Although that's probably bad), but I've got something I need to get off my chest. You'll find out what in a minute. First off, nothing has happened, except that stupid, crappy snow and cold temperatures. If it doesn't stop I'm going to need to poke something. School started back up, and that's going fine. I've watched a ton of movies. I was supposed to go to a hockey game tonight, but I couldn't go. And I'm sure that's a deciding factor in my mood.
First off, I'm making one thing clear. This ain't gonna be pretty, and it ain't gonna be all warm and fuzzy. Don't worry, you won't read anything R rated.
The Teen Night Friday. I'm going to miss it. It's Nick's birthday, so happy birthday Nick, and congratulations on the new house. That being said, I'm glad I'm missing it. After reading the E-mail from the woman hosting it (who will remain unnamed), I can honestly say I haven't been this pissed off in a very long time. Whaddya know. A whole paragraph of me being angry, and no sarcasm. That means it must be bad.
Who in the name of all that is cheesy decided on that crap?!! I'm already leery over the last fiasco surrounding Teen Night (spreading false testimony anyone?). This just seems like more "holier than thou" moral superiority. First off, the list of things planned:
"Prayer
Introduction of new teens
Business to discuss:
1. Heather
speaking on teens interested in
ministry to others in the area.
2.
Possibility of interest for a young adult
homeschool fellowship
3.
Teen Pact conference supported by HSLDA
4. Open discussion of interest and
activities
the teens would like to do together.
5. Next scheduled
teen meeting.
6. House rules to respect."
What?! What ever happened to us hanging out with friends, and playing games, and again, hanging out. No, I don't want a young adult homeschool fellowship. Let's take up more of my time, for crap I don't really care about. OOOhh, we're homeschooler's, we're so great, we're so godly, we're so blah blah blah...(Ooo! Sarcasm!). Which brings me to the next part of my [insert (in)appropriate word]. Teen pact conference? First off, the Homeschooler's Legal Defense Association is a load of crap. There is nothing anyone can do about your homeschooling unless you aren't doing it properly. So why pay (I don't know how much, you'd think it'd be easy to find on their site) to have people do absolutely nothing for you?
So, "Teen Pact" conference. Here's a link about it: http://www.hslda.org/elert/archive/2003/12/20031230162844.asp
From Generation Joshua. A division of HSLDA. HSLDA, a Christian organization. Which funds another, obviously conservative, Christian organization. I'm sorry, but I'm not gonna pay good money to end up putting up signs for John McCain. Guess what, there are Liberal homeschoolers, liberal Christians, liberal athiests, liberal athiest homeschoolers, conservative athiests, conservative athiest homeschoolers, etc, etc. Jackson county homeschool group is signing a statement of faith. All bets are open as to when AMACHE is going to do the same thing.
And no, I'm conservative. Ish. Actually, I think all the candidates suck. Obama claims the wrong things, McCain is horribly old, and Clinton is a man (ooo, that's cold). And will they shut up about change and hope?! Come on, I'm not dumb. Tell me what you freakin' stand for, or shut up. So again, why I want to go to that crap?
What would the teens like to do together. More crap. You already listed that ten times.
And house rules to respect. I'll respect them within reason, but I get the feeling these are going to take the fun out of any teen night (not that a crappy list without mentioning anything whatsoever about games, hanging out etc. doesn't do it). If it's for just this person's house, good. But if I'm told that at every teen night I have to be quiet, tuck my shirt in, and sing hymns, I'll show you where you can put your list.
Lemme give you a hint. The sun don't shine down there. Okay, that's done. Quick, while the adults aren't looking, let's smoke pot and have a teen orgy!!
Edit: Aaaaah, Network. Is there anything it can't do?
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| Hey all. If anyone is reading this, I'd like to ask you to pray for Joe, who is a friend of mine.
I'll give you a hug (or not give you one, depending on who you are), or something.
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