Tens of Thousands Will Salute The National Anthem, Nobody Will Take a Knee

 Less than an hour from now, 1400 hours local time, the Army-Navy football game will be starting.

Tens of thousands of folks in the stands (and not all of those are cadets or midshipmen, many civilians too) will render appropriate honors to the National Anthem.  I am willing to bet that you will not see one person take a knee.

Ironically, it is men and women like them and many millions of others who have gone before and who will go forward that preserve and protect the Constitution that allows those miscreants to disrespect our National Anthem.

Hmmm, maybe those miscreants should go to Moscow, Beijing, Havana or numerous other places and take a knee when their national anthems are played. 

Come to Shawnee City Hall, Monday Night 12/13/21

 Come to Shawnee's City Hall on Monday 12/13/21 to witness the swearing in of the 3 newly elected council members and the one re-elected member.

The new members are:

Ward 1 - Tony Gillette

Ward 3 - Angela Stiens

Ward 4- Jacklynn Walters

The re-elected member is Dr. Mike Kemmling in Ward 2.

The voters have spoken and we can look forward to some positive changes in our city.

City Hall is located at 11110 Johnson Drive (right off Nieman Rd).  The meeting starts at 6:00 PM and the swearing in is the first item.  Even if you can't stay for the entire meeting, come by to see this momentous event and to wish the new council members well as they go forward to do good things for Shawnee.  Bring your family, friends, and neighbors.  

Eighty Years Ago Today

As Built

December 7, 1941

Today

 

Bob Dole - RIP

 To this day, part of his body is on a hill in Italy, but his heart has always been in Kansas and our country.

May he  rest in peace.

In his memoir, titled "A Soldier's Story," Dole wrote that he and his fellow World War II veterans were not unique in their service to the nation.

"It's said often that my generation is the greatest generation," he wrote. "That's not a title we claimed for ourselves. Truth be told, we were ordinary Americans fated to confront extraordinary tests. Every generation of young men and women who dare to face the realities of war — fighting for freedom, defending our country, with a willingness to lay their lives on the line — is the greatest generation."

Do You Know What Your Children Are Being Taught?

 Do you really know if CRT (critical race theory) is being taught in local schools?  Do you know if the "1619 Project" is being taught?  Do you know if either philosophy is being taught under a different moniker?

Everyday it seems like more and more school districts across the country are being discovered to be teaching CRT.  Now it comes out that the Detroit School District has hopped on the CRT bandwagon and their superintendent supports it.

Again I might mention that Shawnee has been for many years insulated from what happens in other parts of the country, and even somewhat in the metro.  

Methinks that parents who might be concerned about what is actually being taught in our local schools start doing the research.  Dig down.  Get copies of the curriculum and lesson plans.  Check what teaching aids are being given to the educational staff.  See what conferences and lectures they are attending.  Look at the reading lists and see what textbooks are being used.  Research what your local board of education members say, do and vote on.  Same goes for your reps to the state board.

Be proactive.  Don't wait to be in a position to say "how did this happen here".  Research, dig down.  Dont't take possible empty words as truth.  Some districts in the country have claimed not to be teaching CRT and then when the parents have dug down they have found those statements to be total fabrications.