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Cal Poly learning censorship by doing

the contrast between good and not good

Here’s a small plug for  Fire.Org.  These are the wonderful guys & gals who run around the country defending students, faculty and an assortment of other nice folks from the whims and callousness — I say “capriciousness” — of university bureaucrats. They have offered up their own evaluations of universities across our great land.  Do you know where your college stands? CHECK it out! Each analysis comes with links to media coverage.

Did you that in some universities you can not even discuss whether or not any differences exist between the sexes … even in an academic setting? If you dare, then the full force of the university can land on you? 

Once some enterprising student takes them to court, these neanderthal regulations will fall, …. but until then, they will act as a law unto themselves. Sensoring speech is but the tip of the authoritarian iceberg in a lot of these schools… but it is their key stone and must be removed.

Roger Freberg

Kudos to the University of Tennessee

 

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the Secret of Dieting is BUTTER

How I make my diet really work!

Almost every person who diets will tell you the same old lie: don’t make food your reward. Well, that is sort of true. You can’t live to eat, but let’s remind ourselves that one of the REAL reasons we got as big as we did in the first place is because we do enjoy great food.

So what can anyone do faced with two opposing realities: the joy of wonderful food and the need to lose weight. I call it ‘event planning.’ Choose a few spots during the year on which your plan to escape from the rigors of your diet. Maybe this is your birthday, thanksgiving and a few others spread out over the months. On these occasions plan for something delightful on your special days. Maybe a  Seafood Gumbo,  Bobotie ( Lamb Casserole) ,  Hoender Pastei (chicken pot pie) , add a great wine followed by a special dessert and you have the beginnings of a memorable event.

Having a few events along the way helps support the rigors of your diet.

Good Luck,

Roger Freberg

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When Local Kids go bad THEN join the ARMY

To say I was amused would be to sound a bit heartless, intolerant and unsympathetic. I am really not. However, I am constantly bombarded by — excuse the expression — leftists and liberals who moan the fact that their little not-so-immature son or daughter has run off and joined the army. In their minds, Greenpeace has just lost another foot soldier.

What did they expect? (link)

Part of the problem is that many parents — particularly mothers — do not realize that they can’t change who their children are inside just by the strength of a mother’s will. Biologically & from an evolutionary point of view, children are the product of their genetic history. They are descended from survivors, people of achievement — and yes — warriors. Now-a-days we can discover our genetic heritage… the little boy sitting next to you singing ‘kumbaya’ may be a direct descendant of Attila the hun!

Can you guess which of my daughters fought in Iraq

Now why is it that some mothers think they can change all of that by forcing their munchkins to play mindless soccer, admonish them with ‘use your words and not your fists’ and drug up their boys if they attend school NOT acting like little girls?

Clearly these women are not thinking honestly…. but their children now are.

Dad’s Take:

We live in an increasingly competitive world and our children must be supported if they are going to have a chance at thriving in it. Every child has many talents and we must help them find, recognize then develop their unique and very individual skills. If you succeed, any occupation — they desire and train toward — can be wonderful… whether it be a scientist, artist, musician, athlete, scholar, linguist, academic, business or even a warrior. They key is to find something your child enjoys… and then back them up with time, energy and resources.

Many Heroes

Mom, the goal is to help your child be happy… not make YOUR life less stressful.

Roger Freberg