bubbah's Blog

Memphis City Schools and the city of Memphis have reached an agreement on school funding that has been approved by the state education commissioner.

Under this proposal, the district will use $57.6 million its reserves to pay off debt to the city. The city will in turn give it back to the district.

In a letter to MCS general counsel Dorsey Hopson, state education commissioner Tim Webb said the transfer would meet the state’s maintenance of effort law, which says local governments can not reduce funding to school systems unless the student population drops. That means the state will not withhold its funding to the school district.

“At this time, the proposal submitted appears to satisfy the maintenance of effort of local funding requirement,” Webb said. “Therefore, the department grants preliminary approval of such proposal pending submission of budget documents and formal action of MCS.”

The city council slashed by $66.2 million its subsidy of the district, which triggered a threat by the state to withhold $423 million in funding. The district sued the city in an effort to recoup the funds.

 The Three Pillars of Evil In memphis

I've already posted about the subversion of federal prisoner rehabilitation program dollars as it was posted by a directly related insider of the prisoner rehabilitation program.

  I've already posted about MLGW's targeted overcharges targeting poor neighborhoods where people won't fight back, as told by two of their meter readers and two supervisors.

 Now I'm posting about MCS as told be a current teacher at MCS. These are the current configuration of the Three Pillars of Evil In Memphis. There may be more pillars appearing soon. 

 Here's the post:

"MCS is failing miserably, I should know, I am a teacher. If you have not taught in a Memphis City school in the past 10 years- you really have no idea how much trouble our city is in. We are in deep doo-doo- code red.

The school I teach at actually changes the grades that teachers submit for report cards. They CHANGE the grades so that everyone passes. I am serious. This gives the students a free pass to the next grade- for which they are not academically prepared- which will result in failure.

These kids are the ones getting cheated, mostly by their own uneducated and uninvolved parents. Add an administration that does not really are about the well-being of the kids and you have a recipe for a lifetime of misery, Memphis. These kids will be adults soon, criminals soon (if not already), in jail soon. 

I have no idea how to fix this mess after years of optimism and trying everything I can to help our city. Dr. Cash cannot fix this. Our city is in a crisis of severe magnitude. Ignore it and you are a fool. Ignorance is not bliss, it is ignorance."

OK, call the lawyers to sue these bozos?

Programs for prisoners, their families and their children are sorely needed and can work. They should and could be staffed by former prisoners who have truly transformed their lives and have the qualifications and ability to motivate those still struggling to find the right path.

Unfortunately, in Memphis, misuse of funds, failure to deliver services and other highly inappropriate behavior have taken place under the guise of providing programming.

I am sorry I had any part in this misuse of taxpayer dollars and in the false face that is being placed on a needed and cutting-edge program. As he was in the Tennessee Waltz investigation, though, Hooks is again just the tip of the iceberg.

Randi Blumenthal Guigui

Mount Kisco, N.Y.

Time travelers

 Time travelers

 We, you and I, are time travelers.

Yes we are. We are exploring an instant in your real life, before birth, this life you know now, and what's after that's over. Tied on a single strand of destiny we travel time together, we are one. You are me and I am you. Everyone gets a turn as everyone to explore all aspects of being. Oppressor and oppressed, blesser and blessed.

 In this temporal reality we all share a history. It is not in the moment of right now, the only moment we are alive in. Yes, we are not alive in the past and we are not alive in the future. We are only alive right now. The past we shared we were everyone there too.

 Look into someone's eyes and see yourself. It's more than a metaphor.

 We travel through time and together we experience our unfolding destiny, together. Right now, we can not experience the past. We can do what works right now. We can choose to do what works in the future, live in reality of, if there is no integrity nothing works, because it is so.

 With all that, this is only a blip, smaller than the size of a quark in the star Alderran. It seems like everything on purpose, but, it is not all of the ultimate reality we "be" in.

 We are beings. Where does time have anything to do with something that just "Be"?

So now that you know that all there is is right now, what could you do to make your reality of right now work out for your family, right now.

Could you eat together, right now?

Could you play scrabble right now?

Could you call your mother and put your kids on the phone,

Could you go see your grandpa in the old folks home,

Could you put a meal in someone homeless' hands with a note that says "you do matter and you are worth something, people are afraid to show that and share that, it's not you",

Could you mentor a child in your neighborhood,

Could you comfort someone who's parents passed,

Could you teach a child or ten how to garden,

Could you do something good for no reason at all as a regular routine,

Could you sit down and think about what you could do without destroying your own life to make the world a better place and then take action on your plan and have your whole life work out because of it?

  You don't have to make a commitment to continue to do anything you don't like doing, but, you'll find that rewarding feeling will really call you into being in the NOW!

The human potential movement

completely passed Memphis TN by.

 To this day, there has been no exploration of human potential in Memphis, TN. We live in  a fog of what we think is going on and the rumors, superstitions, outright lies by power to the people and all the failures that generated for us that have gone on in the past and on into the future. Though there is a lack of governmental transparency, the lies to us from power have us not even looking at life in a way that we aren't willing to really explore what our true human potential is. If you want to know what that does over time, just look at our statistics. 

  Was it done on purpose? Is it done on Purpose?

  Maybe not, maybe so. It doesn't matter and though unwilling to help, Government is powerless to stop us from exploring our human potential on our own.

 For a people so concerned with ourselves, you'd think that some exploration is due.

The problem comes when the acknowledgment of who we've been and what results in our lives we've generated is required, to know who we are/have been in reality. We don't like to look at the truth of ourselves, we like to look at "who we think we've been", as if what we think in our head is reality even when it isn't.

 We need to look at what our "successes" have done to people and communities around us. Good effects and /or bad and own the full extent either way it goes.

 We like to think about things the same old way and we think we don't.

Lazy thinking, not actually thinking. We get pawned by our own thoughts. We look for "reasons" not to change our way of thinking and when we find them we pat ourselves on the back for "good thinking", then, nothing new happens. But we tried! as if trying is worth something even when we fail.

 When we are so right about a position that we have that we begin giving a coworker hell in their job, especially because of an opinion we have, that should be an alarm that we have stopped focusing on making things work and that we have begun sabotaging our own work environment, our own success, our own city. The vicious cycle begins.

 In the case of MCS administration, the children of Memphis' futures.

 In the case of MLGW, the wallets of the citizens and a very hateful atmosphere in the customer service center.

 In the case of Memphis City Government it's property values, dead businesses, race crimes, violent crime, drug trafficking, blight, insurance rates, racially polarized neighborhoods, a huge population of unsuccessfully rehabilitated ex-cons used as pawns,  an unending supply of aspiring young inmates to get into the system, a perception by the rest of the world that Memphians are black, racists, uneducated, angry, poor, violent, unwilling to do anything to change.

Fertile ground for anything positive you can think of?

 Bet you can't.

 I can.

Let's see how you do.

 I remember when I was a kid, there was a man who beat his wife regularly in front of his kids for many years. His kids were my friends. They ran to our house many times needing emergency help, ambulances, police. Their dad broke their mom's bones, legs, arms, knocked all her teeth out with a shoe, ran over her once, shot at her regularly. It was awful.

 When their dad was sober he was great.  He took us fishing, went to the jail and bonded out felons, went on hunts to the middle of nowhere for bail jumpers, fun fun fun. Through him, I've met bank robbers and murderers, corrupt police officers who worked for him, corrupt politicians he bought off (some were my relatives), some were presidents (that's right), corrupt judges and governors, and I learned a few things about politicians. I learned that when politicians say they are for something, they are actively working against it covertly, like Al Gore. You can complain about global sky falling all you want, but, is it also OK to  aprove the worst polluters in America to continue unabated with no pollution control? They OK'd hundreds of thousands of untreated tons per hour to come out of 3M's smokestacks. They tried to hide the evidence. That point was brought home. That is just one tiny example. 

 How about the law and order judges and prosecutors allowing certain criminals to get out of jail free? More of the same. 

 It all had a familiar "family face" on it all. It was family, we all knew each other, we were all friends, it was going to continue as the next generation was being prepped to asume control.

 AS A CHILD, I COULD SEE THIS WAS NOT GOING TO WORK OUT INTO THE FUTURE FOR A LOT OF THE VICTIMS OF THE EFFECTS OF THIS SYSTEM AND EVENTUALLY, SOCIETY AS A WHOLE.

  DISEASE SPREADS, UNOPPOSED AND UNABATED.

 Since I was present and listening astutely, as instructed, I understood early on that this was how the big wheels really turned in politics. It's an inside game for those who know how to work the wheels. It's a very dirty busines. The people involved are very affable, no one would hate them instantly. They can get in with a smile, do you a favor or two, ask for some help and then you are hooked in and hooked up. 

 The price.

 No one thinks of the price, just the benefits, as if they outweigh the future. THAT really is the mantra of the group. 

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

 They never think about who owns all the bushes the birds live in who made the birds.

 Get to know the gardner, the servant, the one you think is not listening or hearing you. 

Do you think the servant is not astute? You will soon discover who is in control.

 For mankind to have a future, mankind must do what works for all, and what works for all time.

 There is no possible other way.

You would think that as a father, my friend's dad would have known that.

 He died, lost the use of his legs, his wife, the love of his children, his ill-gotten amassed fortune, most of his "friends", and all his influence before he died. He died living in an apartment, in a wheelchair, after owning slums, living with a woman who once worked for him, who constantly plotted how to strip him of his fortune. His last days were hell.

 No one profited from his entire life.

 His son, once an extremely intelligent honors student, member of the president's physical fitness team, straight A's, multilingual, is now an alcoholic diabetic who beats his wife and works a very demeaning job.

 Society is better for how it worked out for that father and all the promise his children had, and they all had promise.

 They all have children. 

What will they pass on to them?

I wonder if they've ever thought about that question themselves.

 Happy Father's Day.

How many of these describe the people you've elected to represent you?

Antisocial Personality Disorder

A common misconception is that antisocial personality disorder refers to people who have poor social skills. The opposite is often the case. Instead, antisocial personality disorder is characterized by a lack of conscience.People with this disorder are prone to criminal behavior, believing that their victims are weak and deserving of being taken advantage of. They tend to lie and steal. Often, they are careless with money and take action without thinking about consequences. They are often agressive and are much more concerned with their own needs than the needs of others.

= FORDS

Histrionic Personality Disorder

People with histrionic personality disorder are constant attention seekers. They need to be the center of attention all the time, often interrupting others in order to dominate the conversation. They use grandiose language to discribe everyday events and seek constant praise. They may dress provacatively or exaggerate illnesses in order to gain attention. They also tend to exaggerate friendships and relationships, believing that everyone loves them.They are often manipulative.

= Ophelia Ford

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Narcissistic personality disorder is characterized by self-centeredness. Like histrionic disorder, people with this disorder seek attention and praise. They exaggerate their achievements, expecting others to recongize them as being superior. They tend to be choosy about picking friends, since they believe that not just anyone is worthy of being their friend. They tend to make good first impressions, yet have difficulty maintaining long-lasting relationships. They are generally uninterested in the feelings of others and may take advantage of them.

= Dr. Wilie Herenton and the Fords

Paranoid
Paranoid personality disorder is characterized by a distrust of others and a constant suspicion that people around you have sinister motives. People with this disorder tend to have excessive trust in their own knowledge and abilities and usually avoid close relationships with others. They search for hidden meanings in everything and read hostile intentions into the actions of others. They are quick to challenge the loyalties of friends and loved ones and often appear cold and distant to others. They usually shift blame to others and tend to carry long grudges.

= Dr Willie Herento and the Fords

They are a bunch of headcases.

    Royalty was like dandelions. No matter how many heads you chopped off, the roots were still there underground, waiting to spring up again.

     It seemed to be a chronic disease. It was as if even the most intelligent person had this little blank spot in their heads where someone had written: "Kings. What a good idea." Whoever had created humanity had left in a major design flaw. It was its tendency to bend at the knees. 
            -- Terry Pratchett, Feet of Clay

 I'm the principal.

I am in charge of your children during the day.

I let them run rampant and have sex in school.

I let them partake in lewd behavior at school sanctioned events.

 Although they would be kicked out of a nightclub for what I let them do at school, I let them do it anyway.

 This is how I make more freaks in the world.

 Isn't it important to have more freaks?

By blowing this golden opportunity to show them right behavior and by condoning this lewd behavior now, I will ruin your children's chances of acting responsibly in the future, thus, making more inmates. 

This will take your kids years to figure out and by the time your kids figure it out, it wil be too late and they will have a police record and not be able to get a good job.

 Too bad for you, your kids, and the future prospects of your family.

When you catch me, I'll say I'm sorry and still get away with it without getting fired by our immoral leadership.

 I don't have the sense to step down.

 Obviously I will blame it all on the parents.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?