While Biggie the cat continues to hang out in the closet here in San Francisco, the peppers and lemons in our backyard, planted by my upstairs neighbors, continue to ripen. Somehow it is late August, which none of us around here could know, because a thick fog has engulfed us for days, blanketing us in whiteness and cool air.
It's like it is always sort of night, not day. No heat and no blue sky, except at rare periods late in the afternoon, even here in the Mission.
Today was notable as the first day of school, so my senior and my junior went off to their respective high schools. Tonight, they both sound a bit down. Budget cuts and other bureaucratic adjustments have weakened their schools in recent years.
The result is schedule inflexibility.
Neither boy seems to be able to get the classes and teachers he prefers. Both are stuck with imperfect results.
I worry their academic results may suffer in the process.
This is what our society is doing to kids. Thanks to the recession, which is historically indicated, poor governance, which is inexcusable, and Republicans, who relentlessly support cutting taxes rather than seeing what is actually happening in our cities, our kids are being put at grave risk.
The public education they all deserve and are mandated to receive is being cheapened.
As a member of society, all you can do is cast your vote, express your opinion, and try to influence others.
When I listen to the likes of the privileged rich, such as Romney, I am sickened by their rhetoric. Even me, a person who favors small government, small business, and freedom from unnecessary regulations, can smell a fake in this very, very rich man.
It astounds me that those on the right who celebrate such a candidate can do so, but then again, hypocrisy has never known a political leaning, only the utter lack of any personal integrity whatsoever.
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