2012 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN: WHY OBAMA WON RE-ELECTION: GOP = GRUMPY, OUTDATED PROBLEMS!

It's Too "Randy" To Blame Superstorm Sandy: Pat Robertson And The GOP Daring To Blame Storm In Lieu Of Accepting Blame and Their Out-dated Ways!

Love Them Dems: President Obama Loves The LGBT!

My Fearless Prediction: President Obama and VP Biden Will Win Re-election! Electoral College: POTUS Will Wind Up At About 303!

President Obama 303: In My Fearless Prediction, POTUS Wins Re-election and Reaches 303 In Electoral College.

November 5, 2012 - 10:29 PM (CDT)

NOTE:

In my fearless prediction, I say President Obama wins re-election and at least reaches 303 in the electoral college - the process not an actual place.  LOL! 
If Florida's or Ohio's Republican Governors, Secretary(s) of State, and election officials don't muck things up as they have done in past years and most recently in weeks and days leading up to tomorrow's election, we should know by tomorrow night if President Obama will return to star as our champion in cause.  I say he wins because we are tired of the b/s and the lies spewed by the right and Romney's strong disconnect with the "47%", with women, with Latinos, with college students, with the middle class, with the poor and despondent, with the LGBT community, and with the elderly.  Pretty much the majority of this awesome country does not really like, trust, or understand Romney therefore we cannot support him thus we will not be voting for him.  There's no hate for him (not like the kind the right has for President Obama), we just do not 'get him' and that is his fault for being the biggest flip flopper of all time in politics and such a good liar.
Like I stated, we should-should-should know if POTUS wins re-election by tomorrow night, but everyone needs to get out and vote regardless of long voting lines and such.  We have seen voters in other states have to wait in long lines thanks to representatives and officials whom I referred to above but there they were waiting and in places where the voting places were shut down early for one stupid right-winged/GOP-led reason, the voters remained until the officials re-opened the election place.  Americans are strong and strong-willed and we will not be stifled or denied our rights.
Per the cartoon I drew on my Political Blog on October 6th, 2012...let's not forget Florida 2000.  You know the presidential election when one Gov Jeb Bush (W's brother) and Florida's SOS Katherine Harris purposely screwed up that presidential election which led to things ending badly for Al Gore who won the popular vote but because of the electoral college and Florida's muck-up, the U.S. Supreme Court "selected" George W. Bush as our 43rd president.  We need to vote and "elect" our president and not leave things up to any court to "select" one for us - not again!!!

2012 Presidential Election: Obama's "Last Hurrah"!: POTUS Gives Last Campaign Speech Of His Career In Iowa!

November 5, 2012 - 10:15 PM (CDT)

It was an awesome speech and an awesome event to witness for me if even from thousands of miles away via the television (MSNBC).  It was a somber yet uplifting speech.  Somber for me because it meant it would be the last time we would witness President Obama give a campaign speech but uplifting because he still has another shot at another four years to serve us and to make things way better for us than what the right does.  

I realize that although for the last four years many of his ideas and promises have been thwarted (thanks to the right) and have taken longer to come to fruition and many not yet implemented or enacted, we still have someone like President Obama to champion for us.  Yep, he is our champion, our voice in Washington...for the left, even for the right, for the elderly, for the poor, for the middle class (which is decreasing), whether you support him or not, if you are not wealthy, this man is your champion - your advocate.  The hard-right, the Neo-cons, the wealthy...they have lobbyists and big money on their side to fight for their cause (which usually benefits the wealthy and only the wealthy) and to ensure that their ideologies and voices are heard and brought to fruition of some sort.  The rest of us need representation like that and if Mr. Obama wins re-election as I predict he will (E-303), it gives millions of us something to be uplifted for and another four years to look forward to as Obama will surely be more able to get more positive things done for the sake of our country.

Yes, indeed it was a wonderful speech to witness this late evening as President Obama gave thanks to the millions who have supported him for the last four arduous, difficult years.  But oh so uplifting as we heard him speak so eloquently and honestly about how his work - our work was in need of finishing as he asked for four more years.  At one time he quickly yet gently brushed aside a tear as he appeared to be fighting his emotional side from superseding his words, he reminisced about how it all began back during the primaries when few knew him much less how to pronounce his name.  It all began for him in Iowa in 2007/08 as his newbies to the political arena and himself began the trek at trying to just win the Democratic nomination first which was starting to look stark and all too daunting but his second wind literally and figuratively began thanks to his supporters and voters in Iowa.  Thanks to one supporter in Greenwood, Iowa Edith Childs he and his staff got their second wind through her battle cry known as: “Fired up! Ready to go!”!!!  We all know how things turned out and here we are again four years later ready to re-elect the best person for the job of POTUS!

It was a chilling experience, a good one because it literally gave me chills and inspiration as President Obama gave his final campaign speech of his career, but I reminded myself to keep things in perspective to that one fact because if things go as I believe, we will see President Obama in the Oval Office for four more years.  It was the campaign speeches for himself that has come to an end, his "last hurrah"...his work as POTUS has just begun for the next four years if voters do the best thing for our great nation tomorrow night and vote him back so we can all move "forward"!  Just as he was ending the speech, he did re-invigorate this supporter of his to get as Edith would say: “Fired up! Ready to go!”!!!

NOTE:

In my fearless prediction, I say President Obama wins re-election and at least reaches 303 in the electoral college - the process not an actual place.  LOL!

D-Town Trip Goes Awry: Madonna Gets Ill and Big Tex Burns!

Dora's POLI-TOONS: 2012 AVATAR and Signature (copy right)

Patriot Day 2012: Remembering 9/11 and Holding Our Country to Higher Standards In Memory Of Thousands of Victims of That Fateful Day!

Remembering 9/11:  In shame I mis-trust!

Today is a somber day obvious as we remember the terrible occurrences of 9/11, but it also brings to me other feelings combined with disappointment, anger and disbelief.  No, not because of the events which took place on that unforgettable day in September, those feelings are overt, the negative feelings I felt as I awoke today are associated with the cold, frozen position in which this country appears to be some 11 years later.

As I watched various news programs recanting and replaying the events of that day, I could not help but be moved by the awesomeness which drove people on that frightening day to help their fellow man after the towers were hit and fell to our dismay and when we all knew for sure it was a terrorist attack which had befallen this awesome country.  No one asked one another if they were Caucasian, Latino, Asian, Christian, Muslim, Jewish, American, European, heterosexual, gay…each person who loaned a hand despite the daunting, arduous  task staring them in the eye seeing how much tons of debris they would have to muddle through simply did so because it was the right thing to do.  No one questioned anything knowing deep down that they, too, were still in danger of getting hurt or worse.  Without a second thought they just jumped in and helped because they wanted to help their fellow man…no one gave a second thought to the idea that though they had survived the attacks that their respective lives were still in danger as they tore through the rubble to look for other possible survivors or simply to locate bodies or other forms of identification so that the loved ones would have something to bury.

I watched television today and saw various politicians, military personnel, and other people of different backgrounds and such as they paid their respects through-out different locations where the attacks occurred on that gloomy day in September - then I muted the television.  As I did as such it came to my mind, with both sadness and anger, it came to my mind that if I did not know any better and already knew that their heads were lowered out of respect for 9/11, for a moment of silence, that it could have very well been that their heads were instead lowered in shame.  Shame you might ask…why?  Simple…because so many people gave their lives on that September day so that the rest of us could live on in peace and keep living the American dream and keep fighting the good fight yet 11 years later this country finds itself at the helm of too much unnecessary turmoil!
Take the passengers of Flight 93 which crashed in the desolate field which was actually a reclaimed strip mine in Stonycreek Township near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, they shared one thing different I presume than the other ill-fated victims of the other three plane crashes that morning, they knew without a doubt what negative impact might bestow this country and each one knew of the most probable demise they were faced with, but they took action to try to regain control of their flight.  They voted and decided to take action against their captures…they stared death in the face and opted to take a stance and make their move…"Let’s roll!" was their final battle cry!  I am certain each person who took action wanted a better outcome and their actions were led by the desire to survive, but they also knew that for the betterment of thousands more on the ground that they needed to do everything they could to deny the four hijackers of their plane from causing greater harm.  The heroes of this flight also knew the dangers their plane might cause to Washington if it was allowed to crash anywhere in the area.  They selflessly tried to regain control so that government could continue to govern, so that freedom could continue to shine in this awesome country.  Their actions brave and heroic were certainly not in vain.  We owe them so much; we can never repay them for what their actions saved for the rest of us on that day. 

Eleven years later and yes Washington continues to govern but they do so on such a pathetic level.  The warm-fuzzies we all held on 9/11 and in day, weeks, months ahead of us in this nation have since passed and things are back to status quo.  Politicians on the hill are more divided than ever.  As the victims of flight 93 perished for our good, the politicians keep politicking for selfish reasons.  They have veered into cold, ugly positions where compassion, diplomacy and democracy has eluded their ways.  The right wing and left wing of politics is more divided than ever and ideas and views no longer are shared.  If it is not their way it is the wrong way no matter if the idea is actually a good one that should probably be enacted into law.  Disrespecting one another seems to be the norm and hatred and vitriol is also happenstance.  Shamefully calling for the leader of our country, our president, our commander-in-chief, to show his birth certificate and the hatred which has befallen him by his political opponents is probably not part of the ideas or ideals that the victims of flight 93 died for on 9/11.  I am still taken aback by the lack of shame, regret and remorse which has escaped so many politicians and fellow Americans every time someone or an organization curses our president referring to him many things which he clearly is not and not for; my gosh, who does such things?  Demanding to see a birth certificate of our president is so juvenile, humiliating and has only gone on to make our awesome country appear ignorant and hateful to the rest of the world.  Is this where politicians really want to take our country 'back to"; personally I vote for not just "NO" but for a "HELL NO"!  Calling our president a Muslim when in essence he is not is done in spite and to incite the hatred that many people have come to allow into their world, into their hearts post 9/11.  A group of terrorists who happened to be Muslim attacked America not the religious group as a whole, but the ignorant masses of Americans who became too radical could not see the difference.  They saw it as one thing, one group, one belief.  The same mistakes which have long plagued our awesome country during past wars was once again leading many down the wrong path in this new millennium.  Lest we forget the wrong decisions that our previous experiences and fear has caused us to make in the past.  For instance the awful and so not very Christian-like  Japanese war camps this country set-up in our own backyard during WWII, the mistreatment of thousands of Japanese-Americans during this time of war that saw many of these citizens stripped of their rights, their freedom, their possessions and separated them from their loved ones.  Negative actions like those are what faces this country once again if we do not turn from our close-minded ways and begin to really accept one another for not just who we are but for what we are and what we stand for and for the differences we all bring to the table.  We need to celebrate those differences and respect them so that we do not allow our judgment to be clouded in a manner which keeps us from doing good deeds and to make better, sound decisions for the betterment of this awesome country.   
Ultimately as the citizenry of this awesome country, we ALL need to hold our respective politicians to the same high standards or perhaps higher so that they are more afraid of not getting along because their constituency will, without the blink of an eye, vote them out of office.  Awesome would be if politicians especially senators and representatives would once again revert back to the days which Ted Kennedy once spoke about when all politicians would gather for drinks and cigars after a long battle on the hill to not only fellowship and form friendships but to decide, off the record, those difficult decisions facing them on the hill the next day or days to follow.  To simply get along and make decisions for love of country instead of allowing divisiveness to be their guiding light because being right and having their ideas become law was more important than actually bringing good ideas to fruition for the betterment of the masses.  To be better and more honorable so that the victims of flight 93, all victims of 9/11, and their legacies to never succumb to vanity for what they lost on that somber September day.

STEVE JOBS: An Apple A Day: Finally Gets His Real Piece Of An Apple!

Born: February 24, 1955 (San Francisco, CA)
Died: October 5, 2011 (Palo Alto, CA)

From The Mouth Of Babes: Misinterpreted Words/Sayings: I.E. "Standing Water"!

My Favorite Sweathog: R.I.P. Ron Palillo "Arnold Horschack": Passed Away 08-14-12.

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Elton John Is Going Mad: Who's Your Queen: Madonna! His Boring Verbal War On Madonna Continues And Is Getting Old!

The way Elton keeps acting out against the one and only Madonna makes many of the LGBT community question his true loyalty of Lady Gaga as being genuine or is John genuinely jealous of Madonna.

His career has long been over while Madonna's career continues to thrive as she keeps pace with trends often setting them; either way she adapts unlike John whose wardrobe, songs and character remains stuck in the 70s.  Lady Gaga can fend for herself, John.  She respects Madonna (her own words) and admits she emulates the "Material Girl" quite often.  The same thing which is often said by the pundits of the music world and by millions of fans everywhere.  Lady Gaga too often runs the risk of being just a copy-cat!
Madonna merely suggests that Gaga try being herself.  No thrashing of Gaga just a suggestion to move ahead setting her own trends like Gaga is fully capable of doing instead of being overshadowed.  Lady Gaga's "little Monsters" are fanatics but millions are also Madonna fanatics and "Iconers" and do not like picking one over the other.  Millions are of the LGBT community as I have stated several times having followed Madonna way longer than Lady Gaga and millions are ready to choose "Team Madonna" if needed.  Heed the suggestions, Gaga, and stay away from Elton despite your personal connections to him (God-Mom to his child, etc.) and do your own thing as you have and leave the Madonna imitations alone already for that, too, is getting somewhat old and contrite!

CONGRATS: Sara's New Job w/DPS!

THD QUEEN HAS SPOKEN: (DON'T) LET THEM EAT (STOKE'S) CAKE!

THD QUEEN HAS SPOKEN: (DON'T) LET THEM EAT (HER) CAKE!

Racial Issues: Say What?!! The Difference Between Ethnic Groups (things they hear, read, say...IE: Guacamole)

Again...what Casey Diaz (a Latino Attorney-at-Law) intellectually hears and comprehends 

as opposed to what 

Billy Bob (the "uneducated hillbilly") ignorantly hears and understands!

A "Whale" of a Tale: The Story of "Mistress Squirt"!

The Real America: The True Native Americans and The Original "Undocumented Workers" Who Sailed Over To Take Our Jobs!

REPS: Fictional Books: The Ones The Right Won't Ever Allow The Public To Read!

Arizona and SB 1070: The Dilemma Continues: AZ Gov. Brewer Continues Her Unjust and Unconstitutional "Cries"!

Self-deportation versus Teleportation: A Latino Trekkie's Story!

I am posting this once again to remind people that "self-deportation" is not real despite what the ignorant Republican candidate Mitt ("the Snit") Romney thinks.  His campaign peeps need to vet the idea of it more carefully and tell this chump to stop using the phrase.  Click on the link "Self-deportation Post" to read my original post where I made fun of "self-deportation" back in February 2012.  You will get a kick out of the short story I wrote as well.  
BTW, thanks to the originator of "self-deportation" - for showing us all the ridiculousness of it...the one and the only Latino satirist, author and political genius - Lalo Alcaraz a.k.a. Mr. Daniel D. Portado.   And to the great Rachel Maddow for bringing the entire satirical idea into our homes on several occasions via her political show on MSNBC!

WWJD: Dems Over The Reps: Donks Over The Phants!

BEECH WOOD (NOT THE 45789 SONG EITHER): AN "INSIDE JOKE"!

PEEPS,
BEFORE YOU GO ALL RACIST-LIKE AND WRONGFULLY (AND IN VAIN) TRY TO STIFLE PEOPLE FROM SPEAKING THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE AND SUCH, FIRST MAKE SURE YOU SPEAK ENGLISH PROPERLY AND THAT YOU PRONOUNCE WORDS THE CORRECT WAY (like "BEECH WOOD")!!!

JUST SAYING...

The "trouble-makers" Saga: It May Soon Come To An End...YAY!

Racial Issues: Say What?!! The Difference Between Ethnic Groups (things they hear, read, say...IE: Carabiner)

What Casey Diaz (a Latino Attorney-at-Law) intellectually hears and comprehends 

as opposed to what 

Billy Bob (the "uneducated hillbilly") ignorantly hears and understands!

LIFE LESSONS: WHAT REALLY IS FAITH?: DOGMA SANS PROOF!

Ozzie Guillen's Gaffe: To Stifle Up or Not To Stifle Up!

Racial Issues: To Stifle Or Not To Stifle: Doing Unto Others, etc...

This post is dedicated to those who tried in vain to "shut-up" a group of people and then pretended they did nothing wrong and are friends to everyone!  And worse yet they have the audacity to keep on acting as if they are better than others and constantly continue to fail to see their own shortcomings - which are many!  May they one day see the error of their ways and just change them!  No need to apologize for what they have already done as it is much too late and a moot point at this juncture in time - their belligerent and ill actions have created too many hurt feelings to revert to having previous friends from ever trusting in them or in their promises of true friendship.  They cannot say and/or deny that they did not do anything wrong. Especially when matters were never discussed first and foremost within the group of friends and/or colleagues who were associated with the matter and instead said matters were taken straight to upper management.  They cannot say and/or deny that trying to keep people of a certain race from speaking their native language is not a racial issue either.  Until they themselves are subjected to such an ordeal as a minority should they even try to say they understand because clearly they cannot.  In the meantime and next time...first try exercising candor, camaraderie, understanding and diplomacy before becoming whistle blowers and culprits. And for Pete's sake do not say..."some of my best friends are..." - you know the rest!

SPEEDY GONZALES ES MISUNDERSTOOD: THE LANGUAGE BARRIER!

OK, so I do not want to come across as an all-out racist. I am not an aggressive one but can be if pushed! At least I can admit to it. Those who deny it are plain ole lying! That's just my firm belief! We all have it embedded within our psyches to be racist, prejudice, and bigots! A pig in a dress is still a pig, right. LOL! I am laughing very gently at my raza and the language barrier we often have to contend with; I am giving "equal voice" to both sides of the language wars - so sue me if you don't agree or hate this cartoon. It's best to laugh at one's weaknesses before we allow others to do so and they blow it way out of context.

"Stop Speaking Spanish!": So Tired Of Getting Stifled!

America's Caste System: Racism v/ Classism!

Repubs On-Going War of the so-called Roses: Leave Women's Health Care To Women!

Rick Santorum's "man on dog" comment: The Real (but hidden) Meaning??!

Repubs Gone Wild: Dissing President Obama!

(click here) The 10 Worst Moments of Disrespect Towards President Obama!


01-25-12: Arizona Gov. (R) Jan Brewer shows how far (and low) Republicans, Tea Party members, Conservatives, politicians to the "right" etc. have succumbed to in continually trying (in vain) to embarrass President Obama!
And did I mention he is black?!!

Playing Games Again: Stop Letting the Repubs Decide Health Care for Women!

The New Predator: Unmanned Drones!

The Drone Next Door: New FAA Rules Will Increase UAVs In National Airspace!

Jillian Rayfield February 9, 2012

A new set of laws will require the FAA to ease up on the rules governing domestic drone use — and to find a way to integrate them into national airspace alongside regular aircraft.
Earlier this week, the Senate passed a bill by a vote of 75-20 that had been fought over in Congress for several years, which appropriates $63.4 billion for the FAA, and, among other things, requires the FAA to loosen restrictions on domestic drone use by September, 2015.
Currently, the FAA has a strict process of licensing agencies to operate Unmanned Aerial Vehicles within the U.S., and limits where they can be flown for safety reasons. Primarily, the unarmed UAVs are being used by some law enforcement agencies for surveillance and emergency situations. (read more here...)

Making Latinos Proud Everywhere: Introducing: Businessman Rudy Solya Tino and his cousin, Attorney Casey Diaz!

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Self-deportation versus Teleportation: A Latino Trekkie's Story!

Before I start my story, please remember that self-deportation is different from teleportation. The latter is a device, a transporter...it is a fictional teleportation machine used in the Star Trek universe. The Star Trek universe is fictional - it is to most but not to persons such as myself and certainly not to the Latino Trekkie who recently decided to put his self-deportation to Mexico on hold and instead via teleportation went on hiatus to the planet Vulcan...and so this is where the story begins, my amigos.

Once the Latino teleported there (Vulcan) he was told he also did not belong there. The family members of Spock felt badly for the Latino and offered him refuge. The part of them that is human wanted to knock-off the poor bastardo, but the Vulcan half spared him his life and had the Latino mow their lawn first before hiding him. It was days before the Spock family-members and the Latino decided to teleport him back to Earth...en route the Latino remembered that he may have left beans cooking and tortillas warming so needless to say upon his arrival back to his casita, the Latino found himself homeless as his home had burned to the ground. Investigators called to the scene decided that the incident was an accident and ignored the many members of the KKK that had gathered to pray for the Latino. The officials were grateful that the KKK had several crosses burning obviously to help light up the area so they (investigators) could perform their work as it was night-time. Signs of "go back home" gave the officials the warm fuzzies that the KKK could show such concern for the Latino that he have a place to call home. The Latino has since been rumored to have found a nice place to call home in an area with lots of cellars...it is six feet under according to most!

Mitt Romney Gaffes: 2012 Rep Primary: "Not Concerned About the Very Poor!"...

"Not Concerned About the Very Poor!"

SARA FERGUSON AND ELLEN DEGENERES: PHILANTHROPIC WAYS LETS REPUBLICANS "CASH" IN ON "JOHNNY'S SYNDROME"!

Sara Ferguson, a Pennsylvania Teacher, appeared on "The Ellen Degeneres Show" today during which Ellen presented the altruistic teacher with a gift card and a $100,000 check. The check, which was donated by JC Penney, is for Columbus Elementary School -- where Ferguson teaches math and literacy. The school is part of the Chester Upland School District in Pennsylvania which is right outside of Philadelphia. The school district announced earlier in January that it was facing bankruptcy. That was when 204 teachers, including Ferguson, and 64 support staffers vowed to work for delayed pay. Ferguson was later featured in a Philadelphia Inquirer piece reporting that Chester Upland teachers had resolved to keep working without pay when the district revealed that it could no longer afford to pay its staff. With this decision Pennsylvania public schools win a round against Republican Governor Tom Corbett's effort to kill off an entire school district, but the fight is far from over. Ferguson was the guest of Michelle Obama during the State of the Union Address, February 25th.
Sara Ferguson was also the guest on "The Ed Show" on three separate occasions. Today Ed Schultz ended his show by congratulating his "favorite teacher", Sara Ferguson, for her continued efforts to keep working for free. He went on to show the segment during which Sara appeared on "The Ellen Degeneres Show" earlier today - Ed told Ellen that she was "pretty cool" for recognizing Ferguson on her efforts. He ended his segment stating that it was too bad that Republicans failed to see such positive actions and that it was also too bad that they could not learn from it.
I totally agree with Ed Schultz that the right ignores such altruism and selfless acts even if they are for the betterment of our children and their futures. I understand why Ed bids such praise. The issue I take up with Ed is simply this...that by the left exercising such philanthropy and good will, it allows Republicans to keep ignoring the issues and to keep lending a deaf ear and a blind eye to such issues. Using a term which yours truly has dubbed "Johnny Cash Syndrome", the Republicans basically ignore said issues and they will continue sweeping them under the ole proverbial rug. My "Johnny Cash Syndrome" is simple, it basically pertains to people who seldom or never deal with problems because they have come to expect others to fix things for them. Johnny Cash was this type of person according to his significant other - the one and only June Carter (Cash). Republicans have the same views - to keep ignoring issues plaguing this country because "others" (mainly the Democrats) will rise up to the occasion and fix any issues. Whether the Reps agree to how the Dems will fix things they will at first be against the ideas and then when it most benefits them, the Reps will come up with the same ideas but with different verbiage. Oh, Johnny come lately!!!

The "Kings of Flop": Michael Trying to Help "Jo-Pa" Into 'Heaven'!

Costa Cruises and Carnival Corp: Shame On You!

Eye on Newt: Usual Stupid Rant: "Let's Ban Bacon"!

(read Yahoo story click here)

Spinning: A Media Equal Opportunity! Mitt the victim...NOT!

Politics is a real b-t-h!

Candidates are often the victim of those awful soundbites, the misconstrued message(s), the occasional but long-lasting wanton lie, or the likes of "swift-boat" attacks - like the ones spewed on John Kerry when he ran for Prez!
It can be detrimental to the candidate as Romney experienced last week when his speech was rearranged (spun) to make it seem like he likes to "fire people". I don't feel badly for him, though, campaigning is not for the faint of heart - Mitt can take it as sure as he can dish it out. Besides Romney did not make his fortune by never firing people - something tells me he does like it - it's money in his pocket after all. The art of "spinning" in the political realm is an equal opportunity for all media sources, Mitt should not be the political diva and fake such indignation.

FOR SARA: A NEW YORK STATE OF "MADONNA"!

WORLD-WIDE CLASSROOMS: What A Difference!

This posting is for Sara!
Her idea...Thanks.

I totally agree that Americans are being left behind
because of our own demise...
electronic gadgets are becoming our enemy!