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Posted on August 29 at 4:31 a.m. (Suggest removal)
So nice to see a letter with some common sense, not all hopped up on email rumors :o).
Posted on August 28 at 6:58 a.m. (Suggest removal)
propzilla-
Old school discipline is not acceptable any more. Child social services has taken care of that. Along with removal of capital punishment in schools..I am not talking about beating children, I am talking about judicious use of a paddle. That paddle hanging in the Principals office was always good enough reason to behave myself!
As a child I always stopped to ask myself whether or not what I was about to do(if I knew I wasn't supposed to) was WORTH the spanking I knew I would receive if caught :o). Sometimes it was and sometimes it wasn't. It really, honestly kept me from being an even worse kid. I knew it was coming, I bent over, grabbed my ankles and took it and it was with some pride if it was worth it!
Talking to me never made me listen! Pull out the paddle and you had my full attention!
Kids today do not have this...They are told from a very young age that they have the power and that anything they want should be theirs just because they want it! If we look at this a different way, how about our kids are crying out for discipline!! Gangs have very stiff penalties for disobedience. Do we?
I know a teenager, 15 at the time, who was on the cusp of going the wrong way, they were caught by Law enforcement, arrested for drinking, blew 2x the legal limit, got their little hand slapped and some community service.
Within a month of being arrested they were spanked by a parent(first spanking EVER, they raised a fist to hit the parent), and a relative called the cops and child services, got to move in with same relative who did not discipline them, got to run wild there, quit going to school, doing drugs, smoking, drinking, hanging out with wannabe "Gangsta's" talking trash ect..
Now if that same parent who wanted the best for them had gotten some back up for that one spanking..said child would most likely have gotten their crap together and still be in school! With never another hand raised! They were an honor student just a year before the incident! They would have graduated this year.
Posted on August 22 at 9:20 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Ulises Gonzalez-
It is all very well for you to give your real name but, sometimes people have very polarizing viewpoints that sometimes lead other people to say things to their families or themselves that are hateful, threatening or violent.
Use of your real name gives other people a very distinct advantage of being able to find out just about anything they want to about you. Starting with your phone #, physical address including any and all currently/previously owned property in the whole state, past court troubles ect..That are all available online in different databases.
"Posting anonymously can be beneficial when discussing very private matters, or taboo subjects or expressing views or revealing facts which may put someone in physical, financial, or legal danger."
Calling someone a coward who chooses not to let the world know who they are is like calling the ANONYMOUS Federalist Papers, that led to the ratification of our Constitution, cowardly even though they were a very important part of our becoming the country we are. We know now who wrote them but, at the time they were anonymous. I personally do not want some radical who does not agree with a comment I made showing up at my house to take me on in person.
On Four nos
Posted on August 14 at 5:43 p.m. (Suggest removal)
nope..it's the white rabbit
Posted on August 6 at 8:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)
TAC-HAHAHAHA!
from the article-
Since there are likely "bear-conditioned bears" still in the area, officials have closed the Donoho Basin to overnight use for the rest of the 2008 season.
I must be confused but, aren't bears suposed to be used to umm..themselves?
On Black bear killed in Wrangell-St. Elias after raiding campers' food
Posted on July 31 at 5:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Just got back from across the river from Perkins Landing on the Tanana. River went an inch down in about an hour. It is going down but, very slowly.
On Tanana River crests in Fairbanks; Chena expected to crest Saturday
Posted on July 30 at 8:35 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Ok I am stupid :o)
That map is OLD! Not only is the sun shining in the satellite pic but, the date I think, can barely make it out, says 2007!
Better go check the boat!!!
On Flooding in Interior Alaska area spurs voluntary evacuations
Posted on July 30 at 7:29 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Salcha interactive satellite/map hybrid from weather underground-
map-
http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/?l...
Website-
Can't get in too close but, still better than nothing.
I have been using it to keep an eye on our boat on the Tanana.
Going down in person in a couple of hours just to make sure it is really ok!
On Flooding in Interior Alaska area spurs voluntary evacuations
Posted on July 24 at 6:31 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Having been T-Boned leaving the Safeway parking lot in North Pole a few years ago, I appreciate how the roundabouts keep traffic flowing and slowed down. There is never a line of cars leaving any of the parking lots in that area anymore. I would bet NPPD is apprecative of the lack of traffic accidents.
My only pet peeves about them are the lack of proper usage of signals to tell those behind, or stopped at the entry, where you are going and the ones who stop at the YIELD signs when no one is either in the circle or close enough at 15 mph to be a hazard. I realize it would mean they need to get off the phone long enough to use BOTH hands for the proper opperation of the vehicle in going in a circle AND using the turn signals.
On Officials look to strengthen economic development in North Pole
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Posted on August 29 at 6:39 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I saw this on Yahoo news before it was even on here..Wild!
On Palin calls VP nomination 'privilege of a lifetime'