The Median Sib

Look at Michelle Malkin’s latest post about anti-military vandals at the UNC-Chapel Hill ROTC headquarters.  The limited vocabulary vandals wrote some venomous epithets on the doors:  “We won’t fight your wars!”  and “F*** Off.”

Fortunately for them, we have wonderful and patriotic soldiers who love our country, freedoms and rights so much that they WILL fight this war for all of us.

The Education Wonks has a story about a young Texas teacher who came up with a unique way to address a common problem.  One thing I’ve learned in my current teaching position is that even in the wealthiest school systems there are pockets of poverty.  In the midst of million dollar homes, there are children who come to school hungry, with no books to call their own and no jackets to keep them warm in cold weather.

When I first read about Andrea Clarke I figured it was one of those tales that make its way through the internet - a story someone fabricated and sent around to see how far the story would go.  It turns out, however, that it is a true story - an unbelievable and horrifying one.  And it’s happening right here in the United States - in Texas.

When Terry Schiavo was killed last year, I couldn’t believe that despite the fact that she had parents who wanted her to live and who were willing to take care of her for the rest of her life, her husband - who already had another girlfriend and children - was allowed to prevail in making the decision to kill her.

There is something seriously wrong and inhumane about a society that not only allows such things to happen but even supports it.  And now it appears something very similar is happening once again.

Beth at My Vast Right Wing Conspiracy has several posts on Andrea Clarke’s story.  I won’t repeat what she’s written - click HERE, HERE, and HERE and read it for yourself. 

This makes me sick.  There ARE boundaries to what is acceptable and ethical.  Every “orientation” is NOT okay.  Just because you feel a certain way does not mean that it is normal and all right.