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It can't really compete with the much larger LHC in Europe.
The U.S. did have a plan to build a much larger particle collider in Texas that would have dwarfed the LHC, but this was scuttled several years ago.
As with manufacturing and the space program and so many other things in the multiculti U.S. we're seeing our nation taking a back seat to other nations in basic science.
Are the best days of America behind us? Has the recipe that made America great now been so screwed up that we will soon be joining the Third World, not just in cities such as Detroit, but nationwide?
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HAVE A STRONG SENSE OF ETHNO-IDENTITY AND LIKE YOURSELF AND THOSE LIKE YOU MORE THAN THOSE NOT LIKE YOU?
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It may be that your genes are programmed to release more oxytocin--the hormone of ethnocentrism.
Will we now see people being forced to take "antidotes" to make them more, ah, multiculti and diversity loving?
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HOLLYWOOD TO BLAME?
THE SUPERINTENDENT HUBBARD MATTER EXPOSING (AGAIN) THE PRIVATE CLUB LIKE NATURE OF THE NMUSD
A couple of years ago when one of the NMUSD board members got a drunk driving citation, the NMUSD board closed ranks to try to protect him.
We thought that was a mistake and sent the wrong message to kids, especially since the board had been pushing a strong no alcohol and no drugs message to students.
So, at that time, we spoke out about the double standard and we even went to a board meeting and confronted the board and the member who got the citation.
One of the things that troubled us during that time was the in-group attitude that we saw from the board. We got vibes that the NMUSD board and staff seemed to think they were a private club.
Fast forward to 2010 and 2011: When it was first reported that Superintendent Hubbard was in hot water over allegations of wrong doing from his last job in Beverly Hills, we saw the NMUSD board closing ranks to protect him as various members tried to minimize or explain away his legal problems.
Now in the last few days, and as reported first in the OC REGISTER and now picked up by the DAILY PILOT, there are a number of racy emails that have come to light between Hubbard and the woman also involved in the problems in Beverly Hills.
There aren't too many blue noses over here at the CM PRESS, but we think those emails are out of line in a professional setting and especially for school board employees and even more especially for someone in a top position who has some say in how tax money is used. We can see why the Beverly Hills School District is upset and wonder why the NMUSD isn't. (Actually, we don't wonder why--it's that private club thing.)
In the DAILY PILOT today, we read that NMUSD Board Member Martha Fluour has also received emails that to us seem to be unprofessional.
Here's what Fluor told the Daily Pilot:
"To be real honest, he has e-mailed me and said, 'love ya' and 'sweetheart' and 'hang in there,' and 'Thanks, babe,'" Fluor said. "So, you know, he's a very affectionate person and expresses himself and does say some witty things, and that's the type of relationship when you're working with a superintendent. You develop a bond of trust and closeness that's not necessarily sexual." Ah, yes, but haven't we read about similar comments leading to sexual harassment charges in various businesses and other entities? Maybe over at the NMUSD this goes on all the time, but we're not sure this is the best way to run a school district. It just seems a little too cozy.
Fluor also told the DAILY PILOT: "The bottom line is they are consenting adults." Ah, yes, but correct us if we're wrong; doesn't the issue up in Beverly Hills involve tax money going to Mr. Hubbard's consenting adult friend?
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GOVERNOR BROWN, THE BUDGET, SELF-RELIANCE, HAITI
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One line struck us in the above linked LA TIMES article about Governor Jerry Brown's budget proposals: "Government will be closer to the people." [said Governor Brown]
Brown's idea is not a new one. Many of us have been preaching it for years. Shrink government and have it close to the people where ideas of self-reliance and local volunteerism can be encouraged to replace many things the larger nanny government now does.
In Costa Mesa, we have many strong neighborhood associations. These associations--mini-governments, really--can step up and help with many needs in their particular neighborhoods without having to rely on City Hall to do everything.
We don't want to go too far afield with this idea of self-reliance and local volunteerism, but the situation in Haiti, which we have written about several times, comes to mind.
The 7.0 earthquake that we still read about every day in the bleeding heart press, hit Haiti on January 12, 2010. Even though millions of dollars and thousands of Great White Mothers and Great White Fathers have poured into Haiti over the past year, the nation is still a shambles with disease and crime rampant.
What are we hearing from Haitians? They're complaining that the rest of the world isn't helping them enough.
They continue to live in rubble and tents instead of fixing things themselves. They're waiting for the nanny world to take care of them as though they're little children or abandoned stray kittens.
But if the nanny world does take care of them, and does everything for them, the nanny world will ask certain things--like the establishment of law and order.
And, when that happens, you can bet the Haitians will whine that the nanny world is imposing its will on them or is treating them like slaves and that the "foreigners" and "white devils"should get out of Haiti.
There is a deeper philosophical issue here and it involves the nature of man and how he should view himself and the world around him. This view seems to be largely missing from the way many Haitians see things.
This view is that each individual is responsible for himself or herself and must take care of himself or herself and be self-reliant.
This concept of personal responsibility and self-reliance then expands from the individual to close relatives, to the neighborhood, the city, the state and the nation.
But, at it's heart, and the key to this working, is the individual doing his or her part to take care of himself or herself and then helping others (who truly can't help themselves) in his or her own community.
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Those are our opinions. Thanks for reading them.
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GOVERNOR BROWN, THE BUDGET, SELF-RELIANCE, HAITI
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One line struck us in the above linked LA TIMES article about Governor Jerry Brown's budget proposals: "Government will be closer to the people." [said Governor Brown]
Brown's idea is not a new one. Many of us have been preaching it for years. Shrink government and have it close to the people where ideas of self-reliance and local volunteerism can be encouraged to replace many things the larger nanny government now does.
In Costa Mesa, we have many strong neighborhood associations. These associations--mini-governments, really--can step up and help with many needs in their particular neighborhoods without having to rely on City Hall to do everything.
We don't want to go too far afield with this idea of self-reliance and local volunteerism, but the situation in Haiti, which we have written about several times, comes to mind.
The 7.0 earthquake that we still read about every day in the bleeding heart press, hit Haiti on January 12, 2010. Even though millions of dollars and thousands of Great White Mothers and Great White Fathers have poured into Haiti over the past year, the nation is still a shambles with disease and crime rampant.
What are we hearing from Haitians? They're complaining that the rest of the world isn't helping them enough.
They continue to live in rubble and tents instead of fixing things themselves. They're waiting for the nanny world to take care of them as though they're little children or abandoned stray kittens.
But if the nanny world does take care of them, and does everything for them, the nanny world will ask certain things--like the establishment of law and order.
And, when that happens, you can bet the Haitians will whine that the nanny world is imposing its will on them or is treating them like slaves and that the "foreigners" and "white devils"should get out of Haiti.
There is a deeper philosophical issue here and it involves the nature of man and how he should view himself and the world around him. This view seems to be largely missing from the way many Haitians see things.
This view is that each individual is responsible for himself or herself and must take care of himself or herself and be self-reliant.
This concept of personal responsibility and self-reliance then expands from the individual to close relatives, to the neighborhood, the city, the state and the nation.
But, at it's heart, and the key to this working, is the individual doing his or her part to take care of himself or herself and then helping others (who truly can't help themselves) in his or her own community.
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Those are our opinions. Thanks for reading them.
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