Arkansas Rejects Ban on Sex Between Teachers and Students

Neither government nor the majority have ever been nor will they ever have the final decision of what is right. 

Throughout most of the 19th century, the minimum age of consent for sexual intercourse in many of the states was 10 years old. In Delaware it was seven; as late as 1930 twelve states allowed boys as young as 14 and girls as young as 12 to marry with parental consent. 

So, go ahead and decide what you prefer but never consider that your preference is "right." 

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"Find a priest who understands English and doesn't look like Rasputin."

---Aristotle Onassis

Hate Crimes

Why does it make us want to increase the punishment if the killer hates the victim? If the killer liked the victim do we really want to punish the killer less? Why does it make us feel better if the killer apologizes for killing the victim? We are a weird people.   

Thanks, John Jenkins
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Gatlinburg, TN

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"Find a priest who understands English and doesn't look like Rasputin."

---Aristotle Onassis

Protecting the Saints

Knowing the Saints or at least an unknown number of Saints were attempting to injure their opponents can you imagine how the rest of the NFL will treat them on the field next year? Imagine, every play every opposing player trying to permanently injure the Saints players. No bounty no fine no suspension just getting even. Should be great for ratings.

Thanks, John Jenkins
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Gatlinburg, TN

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"Find a priest who understands English and doesn't look like Rasputin."

---Aristotle Onassis

Colt's Move On

The NFL is all about making money and secondly winning. Win enough games to keep the fans buying tickets, buying memorabilia, buying products endorsed by NFL players.  The ultimate win is the Super Bowl. Peyton Manning played for 14 years, helped the Colts win a lot of games but the Colts appeared two Super Bowls and won one of them. Hardly impressive when you look at a few other quarterbacks. Manning appears to be nice guy; he takes his job very seriously; does all the things NFL quarterbacks are supposed to do and then some but have you wondered why the Colts had no number two quarterback ready to step in if Manning got hurt? Do you suppose Manning had contractual control over all players brought into the Colts' organization and used that power to ensure he had no competition as quarterback? He is cares not about the team.

 

The Colts' owner bet Manning would not play another full season at an acceptable level and Manning was betting he would. Manning could have postponed the $28 million bonus until after next season, after he had proved the Colts wrong. But he did not. Could his reason have been Andrew Luck was coming in to be behind him and eventually in front of him?

 

Manning tells the Colts' fans he loves them but apparently he does not like where they live, Indianapolis, enough to live there. The University of Tennessee never beat Florida with Manning at quarterback and had to wait until Manning was gone and his backup stepped in to win the National Championship. Make no mistake Manning is probably a nice guy and says the right things so people like him but he is all about Peyton Manning. If he really loved the Colts' fans he would have stayed with the Colts, ensured there was someone to step in and do the job when he could not.     

 

Now he will go to another team and hope they have an offensive line to protect him; hope they have the runners to give him time to do his thing; hope they have receivers to catch the balls he throws; and hope the fans take to him now that he has shown the world who is most important to him. After all if he makes a mistake Sundays will be very long days and he just might spend some time going to and staying in hospitals.

 

The Sports Analysts talk about how tough various quarterbacks are and how they take hits and keep going. Manning dives for the ground; Manning is not tough. No one talks about that. A new era is beginning in Indianapolis and I wish them luck.

Peyton Manning

Peyton Manning does not know life without football. But in this case it is all about the money. The Colts are betting Manning will not play up to an acceptable level. Manning is betting he will. He could have changed the contract to something like if he played a full schedule next year he would get the $28 million. But he did not. He wanted the money and the Colts did not take the bet.  He will now go to a team without an offensive line to protect him, without runners to take the pressure off the passer and without the receivers to catch the ball. He will be beat up and possibly seriously injured. He should follow Jim Brown and go out in style. Instead he will follow Brett Favre and be pitied. He is no longer the prize he once was. He will be remembered as that old quarterback who could not quit.

Thanks, John Jenkins
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Gatlinburg, TN

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"...for many in today's society,  success now has more to do with public image and the appearance of success than it does with the quality of our work and our character." 

Richard E. Simmons III

Russ Limbaugh and Other Talk Show Idiots

What are considered conservative and liberal, right and left radio talk shows are breeding grounds for hatemongers.  The more hatred they spew the higher the ratings and the more money they put in to the bank. The "hosts" are famous for their hatred. They are not "for" anything, they are only "against."  But the public listens and we deserve what we tolerate. For me I do not listen to any of them. If you didn't report their rantings I would be oblivious of them.

Thanks, John Jenkins
865-803-8179  cell
Gatlinburg, TN

Email: jrjenki@gmail.com
Blogs: http://littlepigeon.blogspot.com/ 
          http://alumcave.blogspot.com/

 

"...for many in today's society,  success now has more to do with public image and the appearance of success than it does with the quality of our work and our character." 

Richard E. Simmons III

Foreclosure Settlement Puts Americans Saving for Retirement at Risk

Sometimes we lose sight of the original objective. Step back for a second and consider:

 

In a free market, why is the government involved in guaranteeing home loans? Organizations such as governments who have no income other than what someone gives them begin to think the money is their money instead of it being the government's money. As a taxpayer I want government out of the home loan business. I want the government out of the business of providing tax deductions associated with home loans or the interest paid on them. Government has better things to do than be the insurer of anything.  Where in the Constitution is the government assigned the authority? Get government out of the home loan business.