Comments for Polimom Says http://www.polimom.com I used to be in the middle, but they keep moving the line! Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:01:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 Comment on Great Expectations and The American Dream by Goldenrod http://www.polimom.com/2010/03/09/great-expectations-and-the-american-dream/#comment-164283 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:48:17 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2010/03/09/great-expectations-and-the-american-dream/#comment-164283 Your paragraph beginning with "What America promised" is 'dead on', it seems to me, Polimom. And I agree with EdT. Great expectations of free handouts ad infinitum. It's quite a dismal subject if one wants to dwell on it much, so I'm going to conclude my comments immediately. :( Your paragraph beginning with “What America promised” is ‘dead on’, it seems to me, Polimom. And I agree with EdT. Great expectations of free handouts ad infinitum. It’s quite a dismal subject if one wants to dwell on it much, so I’m going to conclude my comments immediately. :(

]]> Comment on About Those New Texas Education Standards… by Lynn Crum http://www.polimom.com/2010/03/13/about-those-new-texas-education-standards/#comment-164271 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:28:31 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2010/03/13/about-those-new-texas-education-standards/#comment-164271 I am a long time teacher which removed myself from the public school scenario many years ago. Teachers are not allowed to do their job and teach. There are very good private facilities for students. This is the way to go. Home school is possible. There are private schools which will teach for you, but according to your plan. I am a long time teacher which removed myself from the public school scenario many years ago. Teachers are not allowed to do their job and teach.
There are very good private facilities for students. This is the way to go. Home school is possible. There are private schools which will teach for you, but according to your plan.

]]> Comment on About Those New Texas Education Standards… by John http://www.polimom.com/2010/03/13/about-those-new-texas-education-standards/#comment-164264 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:11:04 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2010/03/13/about-those-new-texas-education-standards/#comment-164264 As I commented on Facebook: I love Texas in so many ways. If I had kids, I'd leave, though, and we'd probably be in northern Virginia or Maryland. As I commented on Facebook: I love Texas in so many ways. If I had kids, I’d leave, though, and we’d probably be in northern Virginia or Maryland.

]]> Comment on Great Expectations and The American Dream by EdT. http://www.polimom.com/2010/03/09/great-expectations-and-the-american-dream/#comment-164256 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:25:00 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2010/03/09/great-expectations-and-the-american-dream/#comment-164256 I always thought of the "American Dream" as embodied in the Declaration of Independence, that is to say, the right to "life, liberty, and the <em>pursuit</em> of happiness." Of course, I also saw this as the dream of those who left their homelands to come here, because unlike most other countries, there is the <em>potential</em> to better one's social standing in America (of course, to actually realize that potential takes more than a little effort on the part of the person involved.) I guess I must have been mistaken. I better find the next stop on the Gravy Train, so I too can hop on! It is interesting, though, to see how we Americans have come to take so many things for granted, that we now see them as basic "rights" - such things as health care (not just the access to basic/emergency care, but the actual receipt of health care services, including elective services, all paid for by somebody else), post-secondary education (up to and including post-graduate studies), a good job (with short hours, many benefits), a house with a two-car garage (and a subsidized mortgage), child care for the kiddoes (again, paid for by others), and now even broadband Internet access! ~EdT. I always thought of the “American Dream” as embodied in the Declaration of Independence, that is to say, the right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Of course, I also saw this as the dream of those who left their homelands to come here, because unlike most other countries, there is the potential to better one’s social standing in America (of course, to actually realize that potential takes more than a little effort on the part of the person involved.)

I guess I must have been mistaken. I better find the next stop on the Gravy Train, so I too can hop on!

It is interesting, though, to see how we Americans have come to take so many things for granted, that we now see them as basic “rights” - such things as health care (not just the access to basic/emergency care, but the actual receipt of health care services, including elective services, all paid for by somebody else), post-secondary education (up to and including post-graduate studies), a good job (with short hours, many benefits), a house with a two-car garage (and a subsidized mortgage), child care for the kiddoes (again, paid for by others), and now even broadband Internet access!

~EdT.

]]> Comment on A Closed Folder, A Sad Farewell by Goldenrod http://www.polimom.com/2010/03/03/a-closed-folder-a-sad-farewell/#comment-164171 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:53:24 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2010/03/03/a-closed-folder-a-sad-farewell/#comment-164171 Oftentimes these commentors (my sp) become a very integral part of our family, Polimom. I fully understand your sense of loss. A nice tribute to "Jon Swift". Oftentimes these commentors (my sp) become a very integral part of our family, Polimom. I fully understand your sense of loss. A nice tribute to “Jon Swift”.

]]> Comment on Running Against Success in Texas (Good Luck With That) by Polimom Says » Houston A Drag on Texas Unemployment Figures http://www.polimom.com/2010/03/03/running-against-success-in-texas-good-luck-with-that/#comment-164158 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:28:20 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2010/03/03/running-against-success-in-texas-good-luck-with-that/#comment-164158 [...] Oh dear.  Coming right on the heels of yesterday’s post about trying to run against success, this is not good news for Bill White and his planned campaign for governor. The local unemployment rate shot up to 8.8 percent in January, the Texas Workforce Commission reported this morning. The rate was 8.2 percent in December. [...] […] Oh dear.  Coming right on the heels of yesterday’s post about trying to run against success, this is not good news for Bill White and his planned campaign for governor. The local unemployment rate shot up to 8.8 percent in January, the Texas Workforce Commission reported this morning. The rate was 8.2 percent in December. […]

]]> Comment on The Ninth Life (Updated) by Gary K http://www.polimom.com/2010/02/02/the-ninth-life/#comment-163908 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:24:11 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2010/02/02/the-ninth-life/#comment-163908 I too just stumbled on this blog, and I have to say that was the most touching sendoff I've ever read. Although I never met Pounce, I feel as I do vicariously through my little old man, Bagheera. He's been around for 22 yrs now (I actually helped his mother birth him) but is fading fast. I honestly don't know what I'll do when he's gone. Every night he sleeps by my side, and each time I pray that when I awaken I'll be I'm blessed with yet another day with him. I wanted to say, I think it would be the most beautiful gift to leave this world with those whom you love expressing their love for you so exquisitely. And because there is no feeling more comforting than to know you are loved, surely, if cats can smile, he had one then. best wishes, GK I too just stumbled on this blog, and I have to say that was the most touching sendoff I’ve ever read. Although I never met Pounce, I feel as I do vicariously through my little old man, Bagheera. He’s been around for 22 yrs now (I actually helped his mother birth him) but is fading fast. I honestly don’t know what I’ll do when he’s gone. Every night he sleeps by my side, and each time I pray that when I awaken I’ll be I’m blessed with yet another day with him.

I wanted to say, I think it would be the most beautiful gift to leave this world with those whom you love expressing their love for you so exquisitely. And because there is no feeling more comforting than to know you are loved, surely, if cats can smile, he had one then.

best wishes, GK

]]> Comment on Gearing Up for a Special Good-Bye by Polimom http://www.polimom.com/2010/02/04/gearing-up-for-a-special-good-bye/#comment-163731 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:29:02 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2010/02/04/gearing-up-for-a-special-good-bye/#comment-163731 EdT -- Yes, it might! I'm re-thinking things, and crawfish is party of my 'new' plan. Mark -- no, I'm truly sad to say it's not. Much as I love NOLA and always will, we're heading north to New Hampshire. EdT — Yes, it might! I’m re-thinking things, and crawfish is party of my ‘new’ plan.

Mark — no, I’m truly sad to say it’s not. Much as I love NOLA and always will, we’re heading north to New Hampshire.

]]> Comment on Gearing Up for a Special Good-Bye by Mark Folse http://www.polimom.com/2010/02/04/gearing-up-for-a-special-good-bye/#comment-163724 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:04:23 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2010/02/04/gearing-up-for-a-special-good-bye/#comment-163724 So where are you bound? Dare I ask if it's back to the Best Bank? So where are you bound? Dare I ask if it’s back to the Best Bank?

]]> Comment on Gearing Up for a Special Good-Bye by EdT. http://www.polimom.com/2010/02/04/gearing-up-for-a-special-good-bye/#comment-163688 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:42:10 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2010/02/04/gearing-up-for-a-special-good-bye/#comment-163688 Will it include maybe a crawfish boil? :) ~EdT. Will it include maybe a crawfish boil? :)

~EdT.

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