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Be A Mama Bear — or Lioness — to Protect Your Special Needs Child

Not Right to Always Be Nice

Holding others accountable – yes, that is part of a righteous life. I was taught to always always always be nice — by my mother. But my dad held people accountable, for sure! He could not understand why I was so shy. “Be brassy!” Did he not know what mother was teaching me? Anyway, one day, when an older Christian woman said, “Integrity demands…” it was very helpful — if not a revelation. Being righteous sometimes means requiring others to do right, to keep contract, and not get away with wrong. Sometimes, we take on hurt willingly. Other times, normally when someone else’s well-being is a stake, we do not. As parents, we protect our children.

Time to Engage to Hold Public Officials Accountable

Today, we are hearing about government school going beyond what anyone of us could have imagined. Then, we hear about law enforcement being violently corrupt. Yet, then we hear about courts veering wildly from the rule of law. We cannot be silent. We must speak. Given that we have been given both right and duty of governing, we must engage.

Students With Learning Disabilities Need Special Protection From School

At no time is this more important than when we have a child with a learning problem. Precisely because they are spending so much time and effort on decoding or the simple tasks of academics, they may miss the nuances of social interaction. It may seem that they ahve a bully target on them, both to fellow students and adult staff. Indeed, much of what the school does with children with special needs ensures that they will continue to have worse troubles for the rest of their lives. It is vital that parents protect their children. Today, consideration of being a mama bear.

False Choice of Communist Versus Fascist – Know What You Are Talking About

LEFT VERSUS RIGHT

In our world today, we talk a lot about Left versus Right politically. We call one kind of extremism “communist” and the other kind “fascist.” It is abundantly clear, however, that we need some definitions. These historical parties are a mix of both political and economic ideas or ideologies. They do not include the full spectrum of ideas and reality is not on a 2 dimensional spectrum.

Socialism is centralized government and redistribution of wealth. They coined the term “capitalism” which does not adequately define “free trade” of all kinds. Communism is merely authoritarian socialism. Fascism is centralized government while retaining private ownership of the means of production. Authoritarian government can partner with private industry and still be tyrannous. Democracy is rule by the majority. Republicanism (when used by American founders) meant representative democratic government under the rule of law, rather than of men.

In fact, communists and fascists are more alike than different. But, yes, they like to hate one another. Fascists, specifically the Nazis, were socialists, just like their Bolshevik and Trotsky-ite cousins. Both were authoritarian. Communists of the day like to call everyone they hated, a Nazi. Mao, Gramsci and others had their own twists, but all were based on increasing conflict toward revolution and top-down control afterwards.

What we really want, I think is liberty with some charity. I don’t think very many people want tyranny — except those few on top. They have been fairly successful at fooling all the rest of us. Get definitions before you go out and fight for idea, some promise, (especially one that has always lost out, been fake, and stolen lives.)

THIS WEEK’S NEWS FROM CANADA

In this week’s news, hilariously, a government and specifically the Prime Minister of that government who like to make slurs against his opponents by calling them “fascists” and “Nazis” (because he is a communist and the government there has long leaned socialist) actually invited an real Nazi, a fascist who fought for Hitler, into their official meeting and gave him a standing ovation — twice. They were thinking about the current conflict in Ukraine. However, they have many citizens who fought against Nazism, many from Ukraine, Lithuania, Estonia, and many from Poland who well remember World War II. They took great exception to the Parliament’s invitation and honoring a Nazi. The international press noticed too. Canada’s government is in a scandal. More importantly, the government has been thrice caught in tyrannous policies, violating their own Charter Rights. This may end the PM’s career and I would expect an election to be called, or at the very least a shuffle in the Parliament. The Speaker resigned with apologies.

YOU ARE AHEAD WHEN YOU LEARN – IF YOUR TEACHER IS GOOD – BE THANKFUL

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