Tim Black On Ahmed Mohamed's Digital Clock

Here's another, very straightforward perspective on Ahmed Mohamed's school project, and the community and police reaction.

Texas School Tries Hard To Ruin A Child's Life

A fourteen year old high school freshman in Irving, Texas was arrested on Monday because he built a clock and took it to school. And also, because his name is Ahmed Mohamed. He built the clock out of a pencil box, for an engineering class, and a nasty female teacher called the police, reporting that Ahmed had brought a bomb to school. Since the teacher's IQ is probably average or slightly below average, and she is probably a racist and christian, she thought that a child who is intelligent should be punished for his intelligence, humiliated in front of his peers, and robbed of any chances to attend college. So she went out of her way to hurt him.

President Obama heard about this and invited Ahmed to the White House to show him the homemade clock. The teacher who called the police will probably not get to  go to the White House, and the only people who want to meet her are probably small minded creeps, like herself.

Here's the response from the police. Notice that it contains no apology.

It is obviously the intention of the school and the community of Irving, Texas to continue to harass any promising student who happens to have a dark complexion, an Arabic name, or a religion other than Christianity. It has been argued, by the few who support the police here, that school safety is of utmost importance in all of America's schools. That simply isn't true, and the proof is in this message. In March of 2015, an eighteen year old senior named Casey Farrant took a gun to Frankfort High School in Frankfort, Kansas and threatened another student. Federal law maintains that after such an incident, the student must be expelled and barred from entering the building for a whole year. Seven weeks later, Casey Farrant attended graduation. He did not build a clock. Casey is probably not smart enough to build a clock. Instead, Casey presented an actual threat, but since he is white and has christians in his family, the threat he presents is not taken seriously by Frankfort High School, Dean Dalinghaus, the principal, or USD 380. Had a Muslim child done something of that caliber....pun somewhat intended....the law would have been followed. It's all about maintaining a racist environment.

Laura McNish Strikes Again

Laura McNish strikes again! Or maybe not. According to the Marysville Advocate, she has finally gotten around to filing a petition before Kansas Corperation Commission about a project by Clean Line Energy called the Grain Belt Express. This petition is to express concerns of the landowners in Marshall County, Kansas, who will be affected in many ways by this budding enterprise. Many objections have been voiced, from the possible incompatibility of transport of direct current in places that already transport alternating current, to property owners losing their land to eminent domain.

Eminent domain is a process that is generally used as a means of compensating owners of real estate for property that must be bought and used by the government or the community for the benefit of the public and the community. Clean Line Energy is a private enterprise, and none of the direct current transported by the Grain Belt Express will benefit Kansans, particularly in Marshall County. In fact, it appears that Kansas simply wants to confiscate land from unwilling property owners, giving them nothing more than "conscience money"........not anywhere near market value......to go ahead and make a quick buck by selling it to Clean Line Energy.

The Grain Belt Express has been in the works since July of 2010, which, ironically; is when Laura McNish was appointed to serve as council to Marshall County, Kansas. Why did she wait until now to address the concerns of those whose properties and whose livelihoods will be affected by the Grain Belt Express? August 30 was last day to file a petition: why did she not file before then? Hearings to answer questions about direct current and alternating current, and the requirements involved for both, have been in progress since 2010. While Clean Line Energy is overly optimistic about the engineering aspect, it is downright insensitive to the desires of the farmers and other landowners, all of whom would have appreciated the opportunity to voice their concerns much earlier. During a recent meeting with Clean Line representatives and Marshall County residents, McNish appeared either weak, or resigned to the defeat of her constiuents' goals. Could she have gotten Marshall County's voices heard in a more timely and efficient manner? Was it possible to inform residents of Marshall County before the eleventh hour? Does Laura McNish truly represent Marshall County?