The Ol' Fat Guy Blathers On

I Call It Discipline!     We've all seen the video of Toya Graham "thumpin'" her young son after catching him on TV, throwing bricks during the Baltimore riots. Here's Rush Limbaugh 's take on the subject: http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2015/04/30/as_predicted_left_attacks_toya_graham Now, here's my take on the subject, with a bit of background: I've been married several times~ with the exception of the first ~into 'ready-made' families.  Anyone who's done it knows there's a pretty steep learning curve with the involved kids. One of the families involved three kids: boy-16, boy-12, girl-9.  The 12 year-old was just one'a those kids that's constantly testing authority, either by nature or by choice.... Dunno which!! [Just to preserve anonymity, I'll call him "Gary" after his birth-father.] Example #1:   Summertime; Saturday; late morning, early-mid afternoon.  "Gary" had come into the kitche...

The "Detroit-ing" of America     Believe it or not, there is a basis for using the terms " Detroit -ing" and " Detroit -ization."  You only need to look at the City of Detroit of years ago and compare it to the same city of recent times.  Not only the City of Detroit , but several cities across the country have had " Baltimore -esque," highly destructive riots. Here are some of the country's worst riots: Watts Riots, Los Angeles, August 11-15, 1965: Tensions between the police and the citizenry. The Newark (N.J.) Riots, July 12-17, 1967: Tensions between, and brutality of the black population by police officers. The King Assassination Riots, April, 1968: The Dr King assassination was the final straw in the nationwide civil rights movement.  Riots incurred in such cities as Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Baltimore.  The Chicago Riots, Democratic National Convention, August 28, 1968: General political unrest/disappointments.  Dissat...