Heard an awful lot about Parental Rights here in Florida the last few years . Parental Control , Parental Choice …. but not so much about parental responsibility. A neighbor recently asked me If I thought she was too soft on her 19 yr. old son who’s never had a job, mowed a lawn or driven the car she bought him for his 18th birthday, instead indulging a marathon of video games and vacations . I think she might of been insulted when I said “Yes I Do” but then perhaps she shouldn’t have asked the question . We’ve recently fired a school teacher here in Florida because two parents couldn’t accept the parental responsibility over the fact their child can’t decide whether to be called an Artha or Martha in school and need to lay blame elsewhere costing an educator her job and us an asset to the community . And we could use all the help we can get from people with the skill of teaching people to read ….
Along those lines I’ll stand with any parent who feels that sexually explicit reading materials have no place in public schools because they don’t. But I’m thinking that the ban on those type of books has served as an excuse to change the words in history books and give false impressions in order to ban reading materials that are not of a sexual theme and that is another matter all together. Which brings me to what I want… forget parental choice, I want Grillers Choice … that’s right … grillers choice.
I’ve always loved my charcoal grill but the necessary change to a more heart healthy diet has forced the issue. The long low and slow rib’s and endless fatty pork and sausages day’s have waned and it has become too inconvenient and even costly to spark up the charcoal for the short time required to grill a fish fillet or a couple of skinless chicken thighs . We brought the new gas grill home last week and of course chose the free assembly model and immediately parked it next to the beloved charcoal burner and tried it out. I did have a question or two on it’s operation and so of course consulted the supplied owners manual. Twelve pages cover to cover of very explicit operating instructions with but only one single solitary word in the English language … Weber.
Where is my choice on what I get to read … or don’t ? … perhaps I shouldn’t ask the question …. perhaps we need better teaching of reading skills
