Update on "Iris"

I finally have flowers from the Iris tubers I planted a couple of years ago!

Kansas Failed In Attempt To Dodge Accountability In Education

Kansas does not want to bother to educate it's children.

Today, Kansas was told by Washington DC that it has to teach children according to national standards. Kansas had sought an exception to this. From reading the news articles and talking to teachers and educators involved, I am given to understand that it is mostly test scores in math and reading. Now; I have six children in Kansas school, and while my husband's kids, who have always lived in Kansas, struggle greatly to meet Kansas standards, my own children are not challenged enough. My children used to attend school on the East Coast.

I think I can shed some light on this. While children in Kansas schools struggle to read, they all seem to know that everything the bible says is literally true, even if they do not understand the context of the given scripture. My son's sixth grade teacher, a wonderful teacher in many ways, actually teaches Jewish history and culture by showing the kids the movie, The Ten Commandments, every year. There has never been a single student so far, except my own child, who has watched that movie in her class and been able to report which Jewish holy day that movie is about! Not very educational.

There is a lot of controversy here in Kansas about teaching creation in science instead of evolution. If Kansas switches over to that, they way Governer Brownback wishes, I will home school all of my children. I want my children to be prepared for college. Brownback wants my children to be trapped in Kansas, with no options in life and no chances of studying at a decent university.

The former director of the Special Education Department of our school system here also got extreemly upset with me for my insistance that my gifted and talented daughter learn a second language. Her exact words were: "I don't know why it's so important to learn any language besides English". If that does not speak for itself, then I probably cannot convince you that Kansas has a few problems with it's education of children.

Perhaps it is time for me to write a letter to Washington, and send it, along with copies of every letter that yours truly has sent every person or agency every time a problem has come up that has adversely affected one of my children. I don't think these people are aware that I have a hard file consisting of documentation of all of these items. I am overjoyed to hear that Kansas has gotton it's engraved invitation to start teaching it's children.

Demjanjuk Attained US Citizenship TWICE?

Demjanjuk used to be an auto worker in Ohio. He also used to be in the army. Not our army, Germany's. Not today's Germany, Nazi Germany. According to the verdict in court today, in Germany, and assorted accusations over the years, since 1977, when he was first identified as a war criminal, he is also a murderer, over 27,000 times over. After his convictions and appeals in Europe, his revoked citizenship here was actually restored!!! In 2002! Would it have happened if his last name was Mohammad or Ahmed? I think not. What finally convinced the State Department to "unrestore" this monster's citizenship here in America was the discovery that he had concealed the fact that he had been a Nazi officer! My question to the government is: why was he here in the first place, when plenty of innocent people from other countries cannot be here?

My question to the people in Ohio is: how could you guys live and work side by side with someone who obviously enjoyed killing members of a certain cultural group of people? How? Was everyone too busy to get to know him, just a little? It seems like a lust for blood in the amount of 27,000 people should be a bit more obvious.

Here's an article describing reactions to this man's guilty verdict, even though he is ninety-one years old.

I am not necessarily blaming other Americans for overlooking this war criminal, but I would really like to know why he found it SO comfortable to just live here, in this country? Why does any criminal find it comfortable to live here, among us? Do we ever stop and think about ways we can become proactive about living our lives in such a way that individuals such as Demjanjuk would not want to live next door to us?

Adam Herrman Update

How did I miss this? It's an article stating that Doug and Valerie Herrman pleaded not guilty to the charges of fraud and theft, for collecting monies for an adopted child who was missing and not reported missing for over ten years. The court date is June 21 of this year, and I am considering being there for it. Here is the article, complete with a picture of Kansas, SRS approved slime, who were wonderful foster and adoptive parents.

Now; if only SRS had chosen foster parents who wouldn't mind giving the rest of us the whereabouts of Adam Herrman.

Why I Think Terri Horman Is Guilty

Terri Horman, where is Kyron?

When I first heard about this case, I knew that any suspect is presumed innocent until proven guilty. So I dismissed my opinion that Terri Horman is responsible for Kyron's disappearence until I could read more about her and give the whole matter some thought. A couple of personal things occured to me. One is that I not only have biological children, I have stepchildren and my husband and I have guardianship of another child. If any of those children went missing, I would be all over Northeast Kansas, then all over Kansas, then all over the country, then all over the world, searching until the child was found. It would not matter if my husband and I were filing for divorce, it would not matter if I did not get along with any of my non-biological childrens' natural parents. I would not be able to enjoy life until the missing child was found. So why is Terri kicked back and relaxed? Is it possible that she does not have to look for Kyron because she already knows where he is? Is it possible that she does not want him coming home? What a nasty person. Why?

Here's a news story that supports this idea.

The other thing that occured to me is purely personal. I ran across some pictures of Terri Horman on her way to the courthouse. On her face was one of the angriest expressions I have ever seen. There is only one place I have seen that look before..........on the face of my Dad's poorly chosen second wife. They were in disagreement over.............you guessed it: me! She did not want me to live in my Dad's home; my Dad would not listen to any of her guff.

Doesn't she look like she thinks the world owes her something?

Mothers Day in Roseburg; Kyron Horman

Yesterday, a small group of people spent the day in Roseburg, Oregon, passing out flyers with Kyron Horman's picture and information. He has been missing since June 4,2010. It seems that quite a few mothers don't feel complete as long as they know the world isn't completely safe for EVERY child, and are willing to give up their time to make it so. A big "THANKYOU" from me to those Moms. Read about it here:http://kezi.com/news/local/211793

Thankyou, Emily

My youngest daughter has a new bike now! Well........it's a bike that used to be Emily's, when she was younger. And it is nicer than any bike Jakky has ever owned. Thankyou, Emily! It has made Jakky very happy, and I have not been able to get Jakky to stop riding all weekend!