I read through this and found this interesting. Should police be called for disciplinary issues at school?
This district is in downstate Illinois and it's a small district and often has far more arrests than they have students. I may also recognize that many of these students come from backgrounds that isn't exactly conducive to better behavior.
What makes sense to me is that a school should be equipped to handle behaviorial issues and not have to rely on police to intervew.
Illinois school district that called police on students “every other day” agrees to reform disciplinary practices https://t.co/qdAaZkBTng
[VIDEO] Our society is divided more than ever before - at least in my lifetime.
We're so divided during the pandemic it was a political position as far as whether or not one should be vaccinated. Democrats seemed to have supported this and generally Republicans didn't.
Abortion rights was divisive. Democrats seemed to generally support the "right" to an abortion while generally Republicans didn't.
Or radical gender ideology. The divide is stark on this one and especially when it comes to children. There is one side who believes that one could determine their gender - regardless of what they were actually born with. The other side just believes it's an inherent trait.
When you hear some podcasts or YouTubers they talk a lot about anything from a "Civil War" to a "national divorce". That's how divided we are some parts of America wants to live or govern one way, and other parts wants to live or govern another.
Mr. Beat in the video above explores how Americans have become so divided and how do we become less divided?
[VIDEO] Well the 2024 Democrat Nat'l Convention in Chicago is a wrap and Vice President Kamala Harris made her acceptance speech on Thursday night.
It wasn't a bad speech, there were two things I could hit her on which is the border especially. She was the border tsar and she was famously interviewed by NBC News anchor Lester Holt as far as whether or not she went to the border. When she's caught off guard or forced to answer a question she doesn't want to answer she's so awkward.
Either way it wasn't a bad speech. Having seen enough of this convention we see what the Democrats represents. There were some vignettes from those four nights which well it was just strange.
The themes are women's rights, love who you want to love, reproductive rights (and not so much abortion, they talked a lot about in-vitro fertilization), of course they hit on racial issues. Oprah Winfrey on the final night of the convention talked about integrating schools and mentioned one brave child - who passed away as a grandmother recently - who had to endure the possibility of a sniper.
I mean who'd have thought in order to integrate a public school in the south someone would be willing to shoot a child. It just shows how far we've come as a nation though we still have some work to do it seems.
Anyway, I'm a long way from prognosticating the 2024 Presidential Race. The Vice President isn't a great candidate and we could argue Democratic delegates...no Democratic voters didn't really get a chance to vote for her. Most of them voted for the incumbent President who dropped out of the race just last month.
And I look forward to whatever debates the Vice President will have with the 45th President. Certainly it would be great to see her running mate MN Gov. Tim Walz debate OH U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance debate each other as well.
[VIDEO] The Governor of Minnesota Tim Walz speech last night at the Democrat Nat'l Convention in Chicago. He accepts his party's nomination for Vice President and running mate to the presumptive Democrat nominee and sitting Vice President Kamala Harris.
Tonight Kamala Harris will accept the Democrat nomination for President of the United States.
Haven't really had the time to watch the DNC this week. Got a lot going on at home right now.
I did at least see Doug Emhoff, Michelle Obama and former Pres. Barack Obama speak last night. Will share at a later time.
I also understand that IL Gov. J.B. Pritzker spoke last night at the DNC will also share that.
On Monday Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson spoke to the DNC. And also so did outgoing President Joe Biden who dropped out of the 2024 race just last month.
Of course all of our local politicians - especially the high profile ones - will be speaking at a nat'l political convention. From Governor on down. However, expect me to share remarks by the Vice President's running mate MN Gov. Tim Walz and of course Vice Pres. Kamala Harris.
How these usually go Walz will likely speak tonight and then the Vice President will speak on Thursday night , the last evening of the convention.
Thankfully there weren't a lot of problems outside of the convention. I see police were shown in riot gear and of course arrests were made because well some people don't mind pushing the limits. People were expecting Chicago to be out of control and I'm not seeing that yet.
Then again admittedly I'm not following a lot of coverage on whatever protests are going on. Let's hope things don't go to out of control. However, I'm encouraged that Chicago Police will step in before things go too crazy.
[VIDEO] Damen/Lake opened last month as the newest station on the CTA Green Line. This station is very close to the United Center and among other options this will be where the delegates or anyone else going to the Democratic convention next week will be getting off the train.
And of course this is perfect for other events at the United Center which means Bulls/Black Hawks games in addition to any other events that will take place there when the NBA or NHL aren't in season.
[VIDEO] Mike Lowe from WGN goes over the history of Presidential conventions that were held in Chicago. Next week, Chicago hosts the Democratic Nat'l Convention the first one since 1996 when Democrats renominated Bill Clinton as he ran for a second term at President that year.
Abraham Lincoln was nominated in two conventions held in Chicago in 1864 & 1868. One convention was held at the Wigwam which once stood near Wacker & Lake Street in Chicago. As you see in the above video a marker commemorates the site. Besides we're living in the Land of Lincoln. 👍
The last Republican convention held in Chicago was 1960 when they nominated then Vice President Richard Nixon. He would go on to lose to the Democrats' choice then U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy. Illinois proved to be a pivotal state in Kennedy's election to the Presidency.
I do look forward to the day that an Elephant - the Republican's symbol - can one day march along Chicago's city streets. Though in 2024, the Republicans were very close as they were up north in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Allow me to share her tweet from about an hour ago. She chooses Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) as her running mate against former President Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH).
I am proud to announce that I've asked @Tim_Walz to be my running mate.
As a governor, a coach, a teacher, and a veteran, he's delivered for working families like his.
Allow me to share a livestream going on as I share this post from Mr. Beat who did the same thing when Trump announced Sen. Vance as his running mate last month. [VIDEO]
Gov. Walz is from a blue state and certainly might share some of the same ideals as Harris (that is if she has an real ideas or ideology or core values). More than likely she'll win Minnesota so I'm not sure what real benefit Walz pick would be.
In general people will still vote for who they want as President more so than who they want as Vice President. And just as we have to get to know Sen. Vance (whom Democrats have started calling "weird"), we'll have to get to know Gov. Walz.
I may point out that the unrest and anxiety of 2020 is in the rearview mirror I wonder if in any future Vice Presidential debates that questions might be asked about his response to the riots in Minneapolis in the wake of George Floyd's death while being arrested by police. We shall see...
