In the last few years there have been a number of instances where young people, most often blacks, have been confronted by law officers and in some instances this resulted in either injury of death.  From the videos, which there always seems to be one, the problem arises when the young person decides that it is to his or her best interest to question instructions given them by a law officer.  I think I figured out where this problem started.

When we were in grade school we started to learn our alphabet and numbers.  We learned by rote.  We practiced our times tables ad nausea .  I dont remember there ever being any type of explanation as to why 2 + 2 = 4.  It just did.  There were some rumors throughout the years that certain lawyers and CPA’s could make 2+2=5 but I never saw it in person.  I just took it for granted that numbers did certain things and that is the way it was.  I never questioned.  Although I dont often use algebra I know that A +3=6 means that A has to have a value of 3.  I understood that 2 45 degree angles made a 90 degree angle.  I never equated this with Euclidean mathematics.  Thus, my hypothesis, that many of our problems started with the introduction of ” new math.”  The new ideas of how to teach math has caused people to question.

However, there are some things that should be accepted as gospel.  When my father instructed me to do something I can remember the few times that I asked him “why? the answer was very straightforward.  He simply said, because I told you so.  Carved in stone.  If deputy sheriff Gary Ingram told you to raise your hands in the air, it was pretty much accepted that failure to do so would result in a possible pistol whipping of the highest order.  Its the old story about someone being so tough that when they hollered jump, you asked how high while you were in the air. This concept seems to have been abandoned by today’s youth.  “Well, officer. am I being detained?”.  Yes you are. Now get out of your car and place your hands on the roof.  ” Not before you explain to me why I am being stopped and how this traffic stop relates to my civil liberties as pointed out in the ACLU memorandum of 9/9/89.”  The next statement, by the law officer simply explains to the person being stopped that failure to comply with a lawful request by a peace officer will result in you being tazed to the point that you brown your shorts.

You can see how questioning basic things can cause one to think that it is okay to question everything.  We need to return to the times of rote learning.  It fill the school day with scheduled learning.  The teacher’s lesson plan can simply state that Tuesdays will consist of 8 hours of learning the “intos”  You know, 4 into 8 =2.  It also allows the student to take some work home .  Home work is a good thing.  It keeps the student quiet for most of the evening and off the internet where they are probably doing something they shouldnt or networking with other young people who are questioning life’s rules.

Structure without understanding is what we need more of.

Chuy the educator

I have heard this statement almost all my life.  Never in my life time is it more appropriate than now and next year.  If you are a Republican then here is the situation.  It appears that 2 men are running neck and neck, according to what poll you look at.  Both of these men appear to me to mirror 2 men of the past.

Ben Carson= Albert Einstein.  Dr. Carson shows intelligence in a quiet, straight forward                                                      manner.  He appears to be reflective on his answers and                                                      seems to consider the results of what he says.

Donald Trump= P. T. Barnum  Mr. Trump shoots from the hip with an apparent lack of                                                           consideration of the results of what he says.  He is a                                                             showman.

Which man do we need?  Or do we need some other candidate?

I only wish there was some one in politics who mirrored JOHN WAYNE.

CHUY THE CONFUSED

It is hard to comprehend how we got from the point of trusting most people of the world to the point of not being able to trust anyone.  Our country fought in 2 world wars and several other smaller wars all in the name of helping our fellow-man. IT DIDNT WORK. Its kind of like giving a few dollars to the beggar at the corner of the block.  It seems like the right thing to do but then you realize that the money probably goes for either crack cocaine or Colt 45 malt liquor.  We are taught from childhood to help the less fortunate but it gets harder to follow those teachings when things happen like the shooting in Paris.  If , in fact, they find that the shooters came in with refugees from a war-torn land in the middle east then that will make it harder to accept any kind of refugee from anywhere.

The media and the talking heads of government are talking about how sophisticated and difficult it was to put together such an attack from a logistics standpoint.  Bullshit, I could put together a jihad in about 30 minutes.  You fed ex the guns to Pierre’s house.  You gather up about 6 or 8 guys of minimal intelligence, who have no job, no future, no food, and who are enticed by the thought of receiving 72 virgins and you explain the plan.  The plan being:  You guys take these Timex watches and go to Paris.  When the little hand gets to 12 and the big hand is on 11, then you go to Pierre’s house.  Pick your weapon, load it, and wait until the big hand gets to 6 and the little hand gets to 1.  Leave Pierre’s house and start shooting up anyplace you see where there are large groups of people.  Allahu Akbar.

Remember the part about giving the money to the bum on the corner?  Remember letting tens of thousands of refugees into your country for humanitarian reasons?  Neither turned out quite like you thought.  Did I hear someone say  MORAL QUANDARY?  Yep, I bet I did.  Moral quandary will be a good thing to say at some of the funerals they are going to have in France when people are asking why all those people died.

The word we need to hear is COALITION.  A coalition is defined as a temporary alliance of factions, parties, etc, for some specific purpose.  Faction being defined as every nation on the earth, other that those in the middle east.  Specific purpose being defined as wiping radical extremist muslims from the face of the earth.  You start at the western edge of Syria and you march east across the middle east at about 50 yard intervals.  You shoot everything moving that is dressed in black pajamas.  (remember what color the viet cong’s pajamas were?)  When you get to the Indian ocean, you turn around and come back again.  Muslims are damned easy to catch.  5 times a day they pull out a little rug and face Mecca to pray.  That is called a skillet shot.  Radical plan>?  You damned right it is but just how radical do you think those people in Paris would have considered such a plan?

Chuy the militant