Must have been one from the protected class. Was he enrolled in ESL by chance? What’s the punishment if they break another kid’s neck? No free lunch for a week?

I considered myself lucky if I could just make it through the day without getting verbally or physicially assaulted at the government run youth propaganda camps.

When I was in 3rd grade my nose was so badly broken by an older “student” that to this day I still can’t breath out of it properly. I bled for hours.

A while back, my neighbor’s 2nd grade kid had his fingers broken by another “student.” The assaulter was suspended for 2 days and considered it a vacation.

So 40 years later nothing has changed. Why is this tolerated? Imagine what would happen if a business tolerated assaults on its customers, especially children. Yet that is normal at the gummit “schools.”

Government “education” is a disgrace and furthers child abuse yet the idiot Amerikan public continually demands more and more money for this corrupt and evil system instead of its abolition.

If one doesn’t regurgitate their lies and answer the right lie on their multiple guess tests – he will flunk and get set you back a grade or two. They would call him ‘intellectually challenged’ when, in fact, he was the smartest kid in the class! 😉

But it is very illustrative as this whole society is in the crapper.

Every institution in this country is corrupt.

It didn’t take long for me to form that conclusion either. It all started with the crappy public schools I had to attend as a child.

The hinges on the toilet seat broke. They are not permanently attached. They are easily removed and replaced with a phillips. I went to home depot to buy a set. They don’t carry them and told me to call the manufacturer. I did. The manufacturer told me that they don’t sell replacement hinges. I was fit to be tied. I asked “So you are telling me that I have to throw away a perfectly fine toilet seat because you refuse to sell me a set of hinges?” There was silence on the other end of the phone and then she said “Let me speak to my supervisor”. About 5 minutes later she came back on the line and told me that she would send me a new set of hinges for $5 but that I would have to fill out a form to indemnify and hold harmless the manufacturer if I hurt myself while replacing the hinges. I was dumbfounded. If I’m lying I’m flying, Bob. Our entire system has been hijacked. Top to bottom.

Even though I don’t drive it much I am glad I have it. You never know when you will need a truck to haul things. My mom died last summer and there were all kinds of things I needed to move. A few years ago a friend of mine got into a real jam and had to move some things on very short notice or lose them and I was able to help.

And actually the mileage isn’t too terribly bad. I can get 20 to 22 mpg on the highway.

You got a rebuilt engine in that puppy, Bob? That rather impressive. I love old trucks, btw. I saw an old Ford truck (probably a 1950’s type) drive down the street the other day and almost had an orgasm on the spot.

You are probably smart going to a reputable shop that charges a higher price ($65) for a smog check. I have an old beater too and usually take it to a test-only place that charges $40. Luckily it has always passed – but the carbon emissions were on the borderline the last time.

Since yours passed with flying colors they should not require you to test at a test-only shop. That’s wrong. You should have a choice. Test-only always charges more.

Reg fees should have come down when Arnold’s temp taxes expired. But I noticed the same thing. Mine either stayed the same or went up a bit. Unless you nail it down these gov asset thieves will steal you blind!

So another $65 and two hours of my time down the toilet. Thanks Colliefornia! Thanks Jerk Brown! Thaks DemoNcrats!

And my registration went up. But I guess I should not complain too much because I asked the mechanic how much it costs to register his 2009 F150 and he said $600 a year!

The Colliefornia gummit is nothing but a criminal organization!!!

Yep. They’ve created a brand new industry, Bob. An industry you can’t avoid if you have a car registered in your name. And no doubt the lobbyists for the auto repair industry is showering the pols with huge payoffs to make the pollution standards stricter and stricter making it damned near impossible to pass a smog test. If you flunk you are looking at a minimum bill of $300. Also, I read that the state has run out of money on the subsidy program for low-income folks who flunk the test. They used to make the low-income fella pay $100 bucks or so out of pocket and the state would pick up the rest of the bill up to and including ($500?) or so. Now the poor folks are crap out of luck. If they can’t find the money to get it repaired they have to junk it. Another example of the the poor people get screwed by the pols. The pols won’t lower the pension payments – but they will screw a poor person right into the ground. And these are LIBERAL pols who claim that they are for the little guy!!! HAH! 😀

Another tip: They sell a product you put into your tank at the auto parts stores that give a money-back guarantee your car will pass a smog test (as long as you follow the instructions). I can’t remember the name….but you can ask the guy at the counter. It’s not cheap – like $12-$15 or so but if you have a beater and are worried about flunking the test go check it out.