How can I change my email setting on this blog? Roadrunner changed to comcast, and I need to change my email setting to be notified when new posts are added. MyTechGuy hasn't (probably won't) get back with me.
I'm confused...I thought that the identity of children could not be revealed in situations like this...or does that pertain only to crimes of a sexual nature?
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TIME CHANGE...It will start at 1:00 PM because we added an Elementary division.
Please don't pee on my feet and attempt to convince me that it's raining.
http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1078630437
&channel=429149675&lineup=1078625907
The link goes to a video from another network station reporting that Houston crime is down. I fail to believe that recent events are just a "spike" in the numbers. It's all spin.
Never more than now do I need to put my concealed license to use!
I will make this VERY brief...
Is President Bush crazy?
Are we now in the society where it is actually ACCEPTABLE to murder someone and let them off easy, no matter WHAT country they're from?!
Sheesh...
Renee Johnson, mother of convicted murder Dexter Johnson, who lunged out of his seat yesterday in a fit of rage, made comments that she did not raise murderers in her home...
...but you...raised a...rapist?
Cocaine is a helluva drug, Ma'am.
As always, it is SAD and a PAIN to grieve the loss of a loved one, be it through natural causes or something as heinous as a homicide, and everything in between.
Here's my problem with today's incident...those who blame the fact that there were no arms installed at the crossing.
So what if there WERE arms there? Their statement about the lack of arms CONDONES the felonious act of riding at a high rate of speed...IN A STOLEN VEHICLE!!!!!!!!! Why is it a problem NOW?! No, I am NOT insensitive at the loss of life. An ounce of prevention is worth a pond of cure. If the family members of the victims are now speaking out about the arms, where were they DAYS...WEEKS...MONTHS...YEARS before this morning? Where is their effort of pushing the City of Baytown to install arms?
I will tell you what the problem is...most parents feel that they fail in parenting, do not want to admit it, and feel better blaming "the system" for killing their child. Everyday there is a story on the news about children dead or critically injured because of either lack of supervision or outright parental defiance. It is so much easier to pass blame onto others for what WE are responsible for.
The insubordinate acts of these 4 children have cost them their lives. The dad and uncle of 2 of the victims, Doug Moyers, said the night before, he "...talked to them..." Mr. Moyers, it takes more than talking sometimes.
Mr. Moyers is seen almost to the point of ramming Mr. Joe Arbona, spokesperson for Union Pacific Railroad. Mr. Arbona probably should not have made the comment about how proper it is to yield at all crossings to Mr. Moyers, but Mr. Arbona is 100% CORRECT. Do we need crossing arms and flashing lights at EVERY STOP SIGN INTERSECTION AS WELL???? No. It's unreasonable and costs too much money to make happen. I'd rather see the that money go towards helping the homeless before putting up crossing arms and flashing lights at every railroad crossing and stop sign intersection.
Finally, about the comment that the train stopping there overnight being a problem (remember that the kids ran into a PARKED train)...There was a story some time ago about a train that always parked along a route where kids have to cross the tracks daily to go to school. That community fought long and hard to get that situation rectified, and THEY MADE IT HAPPEN. So again...let's not blame others for what WE should be responsible for.
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