According to my 14-year-old daughter, I have become a conservative.
I conform to societal norms and reject modern thinking in making my parental decisions.
It's those damn liberal public schools! They are warping our children!
According to my 14-year-old daughter, I have become a conservative.
I conform to societal norms and reject modern thinking in making my parental decisions.
It's those damn liberal public schools! They are warping our children!
As if anyone here can envision someone to the left of myself.
Meet my daughter, the budding radical environmentalist. She was so upset about the oil spill off the Santa Barbara coast, she wrote (on her own) to the California attorney general wanting to see the head of the offending company jailed. Or at least the entire company hierarchy forced to clean up the beaches.
Basically, anything that harms wildlife or wildlife habitats is verboten. And we need to get rid of those darn fossil fuels. Which needs to happen anyway. Coal is so 19th century anyway.
Fortunately, she is not a vegetarian. It's OK to have a conscience. But people gotta eat.
"I am allergic to piety, it makes me break out in rash judgements." - Penn Jillette
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with a lot of pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"The man who invented the telescope found out more about heaven than the closed eyes of prayer ever discovered." - Robert G. Ingersoll
Oh, nonsense !! Of course I can !! Stalin comes immediately to mind ......
How about Fidel Castro ? Arguably ... Hugo Chavez ?
... Pol Pot ?
You see, Gabby, really, it's quite easy ...
Does she imagine that the Company involved does such things deliberately ?Meet my daughter, the budding radical environmentalist. She was so upset about the oil spill off the Santa Barbara coast, she wrote (on her own) to the California attorney general wanting to see the head of the offending company jailed. Or at least the entire company hierarchy forced to clean up the beaches.
Has she ever made a mess, and thought she should be jailed for it ? Funnily enough, I suspect ... not ....
A certain British Leftie (... and yes, he, too, may be more Left wing than you) would DEFINITELY disagree with you on that last one. To him, dependence on coal is/was a way of dispensing with democratically elected Governments he happened not to approve of at the time. His name .. Arthur Scargill. Do some research .. I'm sure your family will be impressed.Basically, anything that harms wildlife or wildlife habitats is verboten. And we need to get rid of those darn fossil fuels. Which needs to happen anyway. Coal is so 19th century anyway.
Get her to stroke a pig sometime, just to confuse her a little. If that doesn't confuse, try convincing her that Obama is good for America (you can't fail with that one !) Just so long as she doesn't start objecting to bacon sandwiches on religious grounds ....Fortunately, she is not a vegetarian. It's OK to have a conscience. But people gotta eat.
It's That Bloody Foreigner Again !!!
My youngest son wanted to tell off that useless nigger kid on the last day of school. He said, why not send that kid to jail already? He never tries and just holds up the rest of the class. They started the school year off in McKinney ISD. Both my sons want us to move back to McKinney even if the houses are not quite as nice.
Experienced Social Distancer ... waaaay before COVID.
I was no different at her age. The writings of Paul Ehrlich and Rachel Carson had me in tears at times. I wrote to the governor and Congressional representatives repeatedly. I was very involved in early environmental movement. Then those things didn't happen, at least not how envisioned. I learned that some temperance was necessary in evaluating what I read and what was 'taught.' Didn't happen overnight.
I'm still very concerned about the environment, just have a healthy amount of skepticism for what is purported to be 'facts.'
"The government is a child that has found their parents credit card, and spends knowing that they never have to reconcile the bill with their own money"-Shannon Churchill
“You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin." Need I say more?” - Chris Rock
Referring to someone as a "useless n--- kid" is a good way to get stabbed or otherwise assaulted.
Tailfins, I thought your kids were homeschooled? Surely I can't imagine your kids going to public schools. Especially in a place like McKinney. And yes, I know about the area. One of my best friends went to HS in Grapevine.
Currently I am dealing with my daughter's quick temper and total lack of a filter. The result of which have led to more than a few problems with school administrators and a few helicopter parents.
Experienced Social Distancer ... waaaay before COVID.
Last edited by tailfins; 06-12-2015 at 07:27 PM.
Experienced Social Distancer ... waaaay before COVID.