Found it (Taken with Instagram at UWS )

Taken with Instagram at 100th & Broadway

For only working nine or 10 months out of the year, teachers’ hefty salaries are really driving up taxes. It’s time we put things in perspective and pay them for what they do - babysit. We can get that for less than minimum wage. That’s right. Let’s give them $3.00 an hour and only the hours they worked; not any of that silly planning time, or any time they spend before or after school. That would be $19.50 a day (7:45 to 3:00 PM with 45 minutes off for lunch. That equals 6 1/2 hours).

Each parent should pay $19.50 a day for these teachers to babysit their children. Now how many students do they teach in a day? Maybe 30? So $19.50 x 30 = $585.00 a day. However, they only work 180 days a year; we’re not going to pay them for any vacations.

That’s $585 X 180 = $105,300 per year.

What about those special education teachers and the ones with Master’s degrees? Well, we could pay them minimum wage ($7.75) - and just to be fair, round it off to $8.00 an hour. That would be $8.00 x 6 1/2 hours x 30 children x 180 days = $280,800 per year.

The national average salary for teachers is $50,000 per year. $50,000/180 days = $277.77/per day/30 students = $9.25/6.5 hours = $1.42 per hour per student. That’s a very inexpensive babysitter (and they even educate your kids!) What a deal.

Thank a teacher today.

2nd grade. I was Justin Bieber before Justin Bieber. (Taken with instagram)

Mini Soho (Taken with Instagram at Hot Studio)

Continuing today’s meat theme, here is President Nixon holding a ham. Politics and meat. Yum. (Taken with Instagram at New York City)

Leo (Taken with Instagram at Hot Studio)

Central Park (Taken with instagram)

Snowy Soho

Ending domestic partner benefits, opposing stem cell research, limiting reproductive rights and legalizing concealed weapons. That’s the plan for the new GOP majority in my home state of Wisconsin.

Hi, I’m a Tea-Partier

In her radio show, Dr Laura Schlesinger said that, as an observant Orthodox Jew, homosexuality is an abomination according to Leviticus 18:22, and cannot be condoned under any circumstance.

The following response is an open letter to Dr. Laura, written by a University of Virginia professor.

Dear Dr. Laura:

Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God’s Law. I have learned a great deal from your show, and try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind them that Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination … End of debate. 

I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some other elements of God’s Laws and how to follow them.

1. Leviticus 25:44 states that I may possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are from neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you clarify? Why can’t I own Canadians?

2. I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her?

3. I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her period of Menstrual uncleanliness - Lev.15: 19-24. The problem is how do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offense.

4. When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a pleasing odor for the Lord - Lev.1:9. The problem is my neighbors. They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them?

5. I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself, or should I ask the police to do it?

6. A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an abomination, Lev. 11:10, it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I don’t agree. Can you settle this? Are there ‘degrees’ of abomination?

7. Lev. 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle-room here?

8. Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev. 19:27. How should they die?

9. I know from Lev. 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves?

10. My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev.19:19 by planting two different crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go to all the trouble of getting the whole town together to stone them? Lev.24:10-16. Couldn’t we just burn them to death at a private family affair, like we do with people who sleep with their in-laws? (Lev. 20:14) I know you have studied these things extensively and thus enjoy considerable expertise in such matters, so I’m confident you can help. Thank you again for reminding us that God’s word is eternal and unchanging.

Your adoring fan.

James M. Kauffman, Ed.D. Professor Emeritus,
Dept. Of Curriculum, Instruction, and Special Education
University of Virginia

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