CLAY POTS

CLAY POTS, a group on Flickr.

If you enjoy clay pots, browse this group. Thank you, Robert

Manhattan Beach

Manhattan Beach, a photo by Veger on Flickr.

GOING DOWNTON IN 1960 by R.L.Huffstutter

GOING DOWNTON IN 1960 by R.L.Huffstutter, a photo by roberthuffstutter on Flickr.

This is an impression of a city or town remembered from sometime in my life. As I look at my work, I believe it best illustrates the late 60s and early 70s. The clue that best dates this work is the vehicles, At that time, cars changed almost every year.

SOMEWHERE ALONG THE STRAND 1960S

SOMEWHERE ALONG THE STRAND 1960S, a photo by roberthuffstutter on Flickr.

South Bay, Los AngelesFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The South Bay and surrounding regions in Southern CaliforniaThe South Bay is a region of the southwest peninsula of Los Angeles County, California. The name stems from its geographic features stretching along the southern shores of Santa Monica Bay (covering the coastal regions on Los Angeles County south of LAX) which forms its western border.

The picture at right uses the broadest definition of the region, including all communities south of Interstate 105 and west of Long Beach (with the exception of Compton, which is generally considered South LA). The South Bay includes: the Beach Cities (Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach), the Palos Verdes Peninsula, neighborhoods of the City of Los Angeles (Harbor City, Harbor Gateway, San Pedro and Wilmington), El Segundo, inland cities of the South Bay (Hawthorne, Gardena, Carson, Inglewood, Lawndale, Torrance, and Lomita) and unincorporated areas of L.A. County. [1] The region is bordered on the north by the Westside, on the northeast by South Los Angeles, on the east by the Gateway Cities, and on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean.

The Harbor (I-110), San Diego (I-405), Gardena (SR 91), and Century (I-105) Freeways provide the region with its principal transportation links. The Los Angeles MTA's Blue Line (opened in 1990) is a light rail line running between Downtown Los Angeles and Downtown Long Beach. It is the first of the MTA's modern rail lines since the 1961 demise of the Pacific Electric Railway's Red Car system. The Green Line (opened in 1995, together with the Glenn Anderson Freeway) also serves the South Bay is a light rail line running between Redondo Beach and Norwalk in the median of the Century Freeway (Interstate 105), providing indirect access to Los Angeles International Airport via a shuttle bus. Several ports and harbors in the South Bay provide access to Santa Catalina Island, a popular resort. In addition, Los Angeles International Airport borders El Segundo to the north in the neighborhood of Westchester, Los Angeles.

Note that in San Diego, "South Bay" refers to the South Bay of the San Diego Area. This area includes cities such as Chula Vista and National City. In Northern California, "South Bay" refers to the South Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Contents [hide]
1 People
2 Major employers
2.1 Port of Los Angeles
2.2 Aerospace
2.3 Oil refining
2.4 Automotive
3 Education
4 Media
5 Music
6 Communities in the South Bay
7 See also
8 References
9 External links

[edit] PeopleThe South Bay is one of the most culturally, economically, and ethnically diverse areas in the United States, with a largely even distribution of the population across African, Asian/Pacific Islander, European, and Latino ancestry. However, the racial and economic makeup varies widely across the region. El Segundo, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach and Torrance have a mixture of middle-to-upper class residents, of which are mostly White American and Asian American. Manhattan Beach and the Palos Verdes Peninsula are two of the wealthiest communities in the United States, with some of the most expensive real estate in the United States.[2] The city of Carson has a sizable population of middle-class African Americans. Hawthorne and Gardena are diverse communities with pluralities of blacks and Latinos. Gardena is home to one of America's oldest Japanese communities. In addition, San Pedro has a large community of Italian and Croatian immigrants. And Wilmington has a large Mexican American community.[3][4]

[edit] Major employers[edit] Port of Los AngelesThe Port of Los Angeles, sprawling across the shorelines of San Pedro and Wilmington, is the busiest in the United States. When combined with the Port of Long Beach, it is the fifth-busiest in the world. Traditionally, most of the populations of Wilmington and San Pedro have worked for the port in some capacity. It is increasingly the primary driver of the Southern California economy: industrial growth in the Inland Empire is almost entirely attributable to increased port traffic since the 1980s. Unfortunately, the massive increase in cargo volume has created significant air pollution (especially of particulate matter resulting from the combustion of low-grade marine diesel fuel) in neighboring communities.

[edit] AerospaceThe South Bay is the traditional home of Southern California's aerospace industry. While considerably shrunken from its Cold War peak, it still represents a major economic force, employing thousands in high-skill, high-wage engineering positions and generating enormous amounts of tax revenue. Northrop Grumman has a major facility in El Segundo where the F/A-18 Hornet fuselage is manufactured, as well as the headquarters of the Space Technology division in Redondo Beach and a facility at the Hawthorne Municipal Airport. Alcoa Fastening Systems, a subsidiary of Alcoa Inc. which produces aerospace fasteners, has their corporate headquarters located in Torrance with manufacturing facilities in both Torrance and Carson. Boeing and Lockheed Martin also maintain extensive production facilities throughout the South Bay, and Raytheon's Space and Airborne Systems business unit is based in El Segundo. The Los Angeles Air Force Base, in Del Aire, is the locus of much of this aerospace research activity, as it is the primary development facility for military satellites and other space programs. DirecTV, a former subsidiary of Hughes Aircraft, is also headquartered in El Segundo for this reason.

[edit] Oil refining
View of the Palos Verdes Peninsula. Los Angeles in the distance.Petroleum refining is another important component of the South Bay's economy. Major South Bay refiners include BP (ARCO facility in Carson), Chevron (El Segundo), ConocoPhillips (Wilmington), ExxonMobil (Torrance), Tesoro (Wilmington), and Valero (Wilmington). These refiners supply the lion's share of petroleum products for Southern California, as well as for Nevada and Arizona. As the Los Angeles region's oil fields are mostly exhausted, most of the crude oil that feeds the refineries is brought in from terminals at the port.[citation needed]

Local politicians and activists have long denounced the refineries for the amount of air pollution they generate, but in recent years these protests have been muted as the Port of Los Angeles has become the region's dominant polluter.[citation needed] The controversial practice of residue flaring returned to the forefront during the September 12, 2005 Los Angeles Department of Water and Power outage; facing dangerous pressure buildups, refinery operators in Wilmington were forced to flare, resulting in dangerously bad air quality throughout the southeastern South Bay.[citation needed] The incident has renewed calls for restrictions on flaring in non-emergency situations.[citation needed]


[edit] AutomotiveJapanese automobile manufacturers Toyota and Honda maintain their North American headquarters in the South Bay, in the city of Torrance. (Nissan was also headquartered in the South Bay until late 2005. The company then relocated to Tennessee, citing the high cost of running a business in California.) While these locations are largely the legacy of the region's historical importance as a Japanese-American population center, it has proven fortuitous for two reasons: first, it enables closer oversight of vehicle import operations at the nearby ports; and second, it gives them proximity to the automobile customization culture that is prominent in nearby South Los Angeles.

[edit] EducationCalifornia State University, Dominguez Hills
El Camino College
Los Angeles Harbor College
Westwood College
[edit] MediaIn addition to the Los Angeles Times, the South Bay cities are served by their own daily paper, the Daily Breeze, the weekly The Beach Reporter, and a bi-monthly community paper Carson/South Bay Community News.

[edit] MusicThe South Bay has a rich history in music, and has produced a number of significant rock bands, like Hawthorne natives The Beach Boys in the early 1960s, and continuing particularly in punk music. Notable South Bay-based artists include:

Minutemen (San Pedro)
Black Flag (Hermosa Beach)
Redd Kross (Hawthorne)
Descendents (Manhattan Beach)
Pennywise (Hermosa Beach)
Circle Jerks (Hermosa Beach)
98 Mute (Hermosa Beach)
Kurupt (Hawthorne)
KeyKool (Torrance)
Black Flag guitarist Greg Ginn's SST record label, a seminal alternative rock label of the 1980s, maintained its headquarters in Lawndale.

[edit] Communities in the South Bayinland cities
Carson
Gardena
Hawthorne
Inglewood
Lawndale
Lomita
cities on Santa Monica Bay
Manhattan Beach
El Segundo
El Porto District of Manhattan Beach
Redondo Beach
Torrance
Hermosa Beach

VIEW THE LARGE IMAGE OF SOUTH BAY AREA

VIEW THE LARGE IMAGE OF SOUTH BAY AREA, a photo by roberthuffstutter on Flickr.

South Bay, Los AngelesFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search

The South Bay and surrounding regions in Southern CaliforniaThe South Bay is a region of the southwest peninsula of Los Angeles County, California. The name stems from its geographic features stretching along the southern shores of Santa Monica Bay (covering the coastal regions on Los Angeles County south of LAX) which forms its western border.

The picture at right uses the broadest definition of the region, including all communities south of Interstate 105 and west of Long Beach (with the exception of Compton, which is generally considered South LA). The South Bay includes: the Beach Cities (Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach), the Palos Verdes Peninsula, neighborhoods of the City of Los Angeles (Harbor City, Harbor Gateway, San Pedro and Wilmington), El Segundo, inland cities of the South Bay (Hawthorne, Gardena, Carson, Inglewood, Lawndale, Torrance, and Lomita) and unincorporated areas of L.A. County. [1] The region is bordered on the north by the Westside, on the northeast by South Los Angeles, on the east by the Gateway Cities, and on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean.

The Harbor (I-110), San Diego (I-405), Gardena (SR 91), and Century (I-105) Freeways provide the region with its principal transportation links. The Los Angeles MTA's Blue Line (opened in 1990) is a light rail line running between Downtown Los Angeles and Downtown Long Beach. It is the first of the MTA's modern rail lines since the 1961 demise of the Pacific Electric Railway's Red Car system. The Green Line (opened in 1995, together with the Glenn Anderson Freeway) also serves the South Bay is a light rail line running between Redondo Beach and Norwalk in the median of the Century Freeway (Interstate 105), providing indirect access to Los Angeles International Airport via a shuttle bus. Several ports and harbors in the South Bay provide access to Santa Catalina Island, a popular resort. In addition, Los Angeles International Airport borders El Segundo to the north in the neighborhood of Westchester, Los Angeles.

Note that in San Diego, "South Bay" refers to the South Bay of the San Diego Area. This area includes cities such as Chula Vista and National City. In Northern California, "South Bay" refers to the South Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Contents [hide]
1 People
2 Major employers
2.1 Port of Los Angeles
2.2 Aerospace
2.3 Oil refining
2.4 Automotive
3 Education
4 Media
5 Music
6 Communities in the South Bay
7 See also
8 References
9 External links

[edit] PeopleThe South Bay is one of the most culturally, economically, and ethnically diverse areas in the United States, with a largely even distribution of the population across African, Asian/Pacific Islander, European, and Latino ancestry. However, the racial and economic makeup varies widely across the region. El Segundo, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach and Torrance have a mixture of middle-to-upper class residents, of which are mostly White American and Asian American. Manhattan Beach and the Palos Verdes Peninsula are two of the wealthiest communities in the United States, with some of the most expensive real estate in the United States.[2] The city of Carson has a sizable population of middle-class African Americans. Hawthorne and Gardena are diverse communities with pluralities of blacks and Latinos. Gardena is home to one of America's oldest Japanese communities. In addition, San Pedro has a large community of Italian and Croatian immigrants. And Wilmington has a large Mexican American community.[3][4]

[edit] Major employers[edit] Port of Los AngelesThe Port of Los Angeles, sprawling across the shorelines of San Pedro and Wilmington, is the busiest in the United States. When combined with the Port of Long Beach, it is the fifth-busiest in the world. Traditionally, most of the populations of Wilmington and San Pedro have worked for the port in some capacity. It is increasingly the primary driver of the Southern California economy: industrial growth in the Inland Empire is almost entirely attributable to increased port traffic since the 1980s. Unfortunately, the massive increase in cargo volume has created significant air pollution (especially of particulate matter resulting from the combustion of low-grade marine diesel fuel) in neighboring communities.

[edit] AerospaceThe South Bay is the traditional home of Southern California's aerospace industry. While considerably shrunken from its Cold War peak, it still represents a major economic force, employing thousands in high-skill, high-wage engineering positions and generating enormous amounts of tax revenue. Northrop Grumman has a major facility in El Segundo where the F/A-18 Hornet fuselage is manufactured, as well as the headquarters of the Space Technology division in Redondo Beach and a facility at the Hawthorne Municipal Airport. Alcoa Fastening Systems, a subsidiary of Alcoa Inc. which produces aerospace fasteners, has their corporate headquarters located in Torrance with manufacturing facilities in both Torrance and Carson. Boeing and Lockheed Martin also maintain extensive production facilities throughout the South Bay, and Raytheon's Space and Airborne Systems business unit is based in El Segundo. The Los Angeles Air Force Base, in Del Aire, is the locus of much of this aerospace research activity, as it is the primary development facility for military satellites and other space programs. DirecTV, a former subsidiary of Hughes Aircraft, is also headquartered in El Segundo for this reason.

[edit] Oil refining
View of the Palos Verdes Peninsula. Los Angeles in the distance.Petroleum refining is another important component of the South Bay's economy. Major South Bay refiners include BP (ARCO facility in Carson), Chevron (El Segundo), ConocoPhillips (Wilmington), ExxonMobil (Torrance), Tesoro (Wilmington), and Valero (Wilmington). These refiners supply the lion's share of petroleum products for Southern California, as well as for Nevada and Arizona. As the Los Angeles region's oil fields are mostly exhausted, most of the crude oil that feeds the refineries is brought in from terminals at the port.[citation needed]

Local politicians and activists have long denounced the refineries for the amount of air pollution they generate, but in recent years these protests have been muted as the Port of Los Angeles has become the region's dominant polluter.[citation needed] The controversial practice of residue flaring returned to the forefront during the September 12, 2005 Los Angeles Department of Water and Power outage; facing dangerous pressure buildups, refinery operators in Wilmington were forced to flare, resulting in dangerously bad air quality throughout the southeastern South Bay.[citation needed] The incident has renewed calls for restrictions on flaring in non-emergency situations.[citation needed]


[edit] AutomotiveJapanese automobile manufacturers Toyota and Honda maintain their North American headquarters in the South Bay, in the city of Torrance. (Nissan was also headquartered in the South Bay until late 2005. The company then relocated to Tennessee, citing the high cost of running a business in California.) While these locations are largely the legacy of the region's historical importance as a Japanese-American population center, it has proven fortuitous for two reasons: first, it enables closer oversight of vehicle import operations at the nearby ports; and second, it gives them proximity to the automobile customization culture that is prominent in nearby South Los Angeles.

[edit] EducationCalifornia State University, Dominguez Hills
El Camino College
Los Angeles Harbor College
Westwood College
[edit] MediaIn addition to the Los Angeles Times, the South Bay cities are served by their own daily paper, the Daily Breeze, the weekly The Beach Reporter, and a bi-monthly community paper Carson/South Bay Community News.

[edit] MusicThe South Bay has a rich history in music, and has produced a number of significant rock bands, like Hawthorne natives The Beach Boys in the early 1960s, and continuing particularly in punk music. Notable South Bay-based artists include:

Minutemen (San Pedro)
Black Flag (Hermosa Beach)
Redd Kross (Hawthorne)
Descendents (Manhattan Beach)
Pennywise (Hermosa Beach)
Circle Jerks (Hermosa Beach)
98 Mute (Hermosa Beach)
Kurupt (Hawthorne)
KeyKool (Torrance)
Black Flag guitarist Greg Ginn's SST record label, a seminal alternative rock label of the 1980s, maintained its headquarters in Lawndale.

[edit] Communities in the South Bayinland cities
Carson
Gardena
Hawthorne
Inglewood
Lawndale
Lomita
cities on Santa Monica Bay
Manhattan Beach
El Segundo
El Porto District of Manhattan Beach
Redondo Beach
Torrance
Hermosa Beach

CLOWN GETS A SHOWER--CIRCUS ANTICS 1948-RLH

CLOWN GETS A SHOWER--CIRCUS ANTICS 1948-RLH, a photo by roberthuffstutter on Flickr.

One of my first works of art, about 1948. It must have been good, Mom just took it down from the ice-box door....

the boys of Spring 1950: exploring Jesse James Cave by Missouri River

the boys of Spring 1950: exploring Jesse James Cave by Missouri River, a photo by roberthuffstutter on Flickr.

THE BOYS OF SPRING 1950 Exploring Jesse James Cave by Missouri River

Left to right: Tom L., Terry M., Robert Huffstutter, Chester E and Chester's little brother, Marvin, Tim Duggins and his little brother Davey Duggins. Shot by a supervising adult, a young lady who was a Sunday School teacher who took us boys on many outings. This was taken at the entrance of the famed and legendary Jesse James Cave, high on the bluffs overlooking the Missouri River near Sugar Creek, Missouri, near the old Standard Oil Refinery.

SANTA MONICA, 28 March 1964

SANTA MONICA, 28 March 1964, a photo by Lance & Cromwell on Flickr.

ANOTHER LANCE NIX PHOTOGRAPH taken in 1964, "Down by Muscle Beach." A photo project for state college photo journalism class back in 1964. This is one of 24 photos in the set.
_________________________________
SANTA MONICA, 28 March 1964 by Lance & Cromwell

LIVING ALONG THE STRAND, SOUTH BAY, 1960

LIVING ALONG THE STRAND, SOUTH BAY, 1960, a photo by roberthuffstutter on Flickr.

LIVING ALONG THE STRAND,... by roberthuffstutter

You will notice the relaxed attitudes of this group of young people. This was the typical street corner crowd in most of any of the southern California towns along the beaches in the 1960s.
Those who were not here were either in Vietnam or still back on the farm, plowing, planting and making food for America to eat. Others you do not see here were working the mines of West Virginia, working their asses off to keep the lights on here in the USA. Some of those absent were hanging out in law schools, figuring out how to implement new ideas when their turn at bat came up.

But sooner or later, most everyone spent their share of time on the street corners here, until they got tired of the day after day routine of nothingness. Sooner or later, each would find a destiny, a path to follow. Those who remained became more tan and sun-baked; some became real estate moguls while others finally married the one they had been shacked up with for the past two years and began having children.

If you are in your late 30s to your early 50s, you could be an off-spring of this 60s generation. We are all Americans with diverse backgrounds, but we shared one thing in common for many years--freedom.

WHERE SUMMER NEVER ENDED, SOUTH BAY STRAND

WHERE SUMMER NEVER ENDED, SOUTH BAY STRAND, a photo by roberthuffstutter on Flickr.

WHERE SUMMER NEVER ENDED,... by roberthuffstutter

The small beach towns along the Strand in what is known as "South Bay" have many special memories for generations of surfers and fun and sun seekers. Many of the youth of the 50s through the 80s still reside in their beachfront homes. As one hometown resident stated, "there was no reason to search for new horizons."

Throughout the past six decades, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Redendo Beach, and the adjacent towns and villages have attracted thousands of new residents and the homes have changed from beach bungalows and clapboard apartments to luxury homes and condos. Nevertheless, a number of the older residences still remain, sometimes beachfront and some still hidden in one of the numerous alley-style streets that are so unique, so retro and vintagel. "It's the greatest place in the world," stated a long-time resident named ________. "I wouldn't want to live anywhere else."

GAS PRICES

GAS PRICES, a photo by roberthuffstutter on Flickr.

WHY HAVE GAS PRICES INCREASED FROM $1.80 to almost $4.00 since OBAMA became PRESIDENT?

General Eisenhower in a Jeep 4x4

General Eisenhower in a Jeep 4x4, a photo by lee.ekstrom on Flickr.

Rabida before and after surgery in our center in niamey

Rabida before and after surgery in our center in niamey, a photo by Cleft-Kinder-Hilfe Schweiz on Flickr.

May you be blessed with more funds to continue your positive work. You will have changed this little one's life.
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Rabida before and after... by Cleft-Kinder-Hilfe Schweiz

Peer Review

Peer Review, a photo by CTR UT Austin on Flickr.

A SONG OF THE OPEN ROAD

When I look at this photograph, I am reminded of the many, many miles I have driven through the United States, especially the Midwest.

This is the beauty one sees for miles and miles, great, vast expanses of green pastures and meadowlands, rural homes and a few signs.

Man, this is America.

(I believe this photo was shot in Texas). It is a simple photograph and it might not touch everyone the way it has touched me, but I really love this photo and "love" is a word I rarely ever use in my Flickr descriptions.

Robert L. Huffstutter

Up, Up and Away...T W A

Up, Up and Away...T W A, a photo by n303wr on Flickr.

What a great photo. All who have flown on these beautiful Lockheed Constellations will most likely have great memories. They flew at an altitude that permitted passengers to marvel at the landscapes below. This photograph by Jim Phillips, a Flickr friend, is a classic reminder of a more relaxed and easy-going America.

WHEN SANTA FE WAS THE WAY TO GO WEST

WHEN SANTA FE WAS THE WAY TO GO WEST, a photo by roberthuffstutter on Flickr.

To GRAHAM LEES, TRAM PAINTER

Thank you for including several of my works in your Gallery,URBANSCAPES.
_____________________________________________ ________________________

Reviewing your gallery, I have concentrated on your descriptive text and feel elevated by your words. Your style makes me think you could have been a reviewer of note in the world of art.

You are, I suspect, one who has been torn between painting images and describing images through our most aqdept English language. Through concentrating on both, your inspiration has energized your creative soul. My praise to you for your place in my mind as both a writer and an artist

NORTH KOREA THREATENS USA

NORTH KOREA THREATENS USA, a photo by roberthuffstutter on Flickr.

General MacArthur wanted to neutralize the evil that lurked north of the 38th parallel. Unfortunately, President Truman called the 5-Star General home and relieved him of duty. Look at the difference between COMMUNISM and DEMOCRACY today--look at South Korea and look at North Korea. This is a lesson in freedom and democracy I hope is taught in our schools today. RLH

Imagine what would have happened in Korea if the United States had not stopped the spread of Communism. It should be apparent to all rational and intelligent people of all political persuasions and nationalities what Korea would be today if the United States had not entered the combat and stopped the crimes from spreading south of the 38th parallel. It should be evident what Korea would be today if the United States had left the future of Korea to fate. Take a look at North Korea and the evidence is clearly visible of what happens when selfish, power-hungry men and their compatriots want to rule with an iron hand of socialism. RLH

HISTORY OF KOREA WIKIPEDIA: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War





Pacific Kilroy (6 hours ago)


Good point! I tried teaching the difference when I was in public education. I hope I succeeded with some; unfortunately, most are too stupid to find their butt with both hands, and their parents back them up. I also contrasted East and West Germany, Western and Eastern Europe, and Taiwan and China.

Do you want to know something scary/funny but true?

Most kids these days hear about our two political parties, Republican and Democrat, and they are so poorly informed that all they can do is associate the name "Democrat" with democracy. They have been taught that democracy is good and is our form of political system. They then want to support the Democrat party because they truly believe Democrats support democracy. The obvious (to them) reverse is true that Republicans, being against Democrats, must not support democracy which means they are the bad guys. I kid you not - as a public educator in social studies for 20 years!!
THEY CANNOT THINK FOR THEMSELVES, and many of their teachers are just as ignorant. I was always amazed, as a teacher, at how stupid some of my colleagues were!

I used to spend a LOT of time trying to de-program their minds and trying to teach them that FIRST: We are not a democracy but a Republic and that a TRUE democracy can hardly exist. I then make them learn about the Delian League of ancient Greece to see how democracy breaks down into chaos and socialism / Oligarchy. SECOND: The names of the political parties are just names and do not necessarily reflect the political opinions or views that some people might attribute to them.
I then introduced them to Aristotle's political cycle that was augmented (perfected) by Polybius and had them see how the only truly stable government that supported liberty was a conglomeration of forms (checks and balances) that was seen in the Roman Republic and which was reborn in our own Constitution. With a group of halfway bright 14-year-olds, I can have them comprehending this and being truly enthusiastic about our Constitution and personal liberties.

But alas - I am but one teacher who was driven out because he expected too much of his students and refused to compromise when Johnny wouldn't even TRY to read. I was tired of dumbing down our system so that the apathetic idiots could get an A and the smart kids could get perfect scores while asleep. High scores mean that the principals and superintendents get pay bonuses, so which side do you think THEY support?! IT'S ALL ABOUT THE NUMBERS AND THE MONEY! My expression was that "They are pulling an Enron." ...falsifying what was really happening in order to get more people to invest in what is NOT really working. The administrators are the corporate executives who walk away rich - the kids and society are the investors who lose everything.

Result: We have a majority - albeit small - that continue to vote for Obama and his Democrat friends who would erode our freedoms to become like North Korea. Students who were never taught that voting "Democrat" does not mean voting for democracy and their parents, who also know no better, who would sacrifice freedom for the false sense of security that the government will help them or do something for them.
Some, like our president, know exactly what they are doing to this country, but I am convinced that the vast majority, upon whose shoulders he rose to power, are simply too ignorant to understand that they are daily losing their freedoms and doing so at their own bequest.





roberthuffstutter (5 hours ago)




You are an excellent writer.One of the best works I have read explaining why the Democrats have taken the lead politically. Your words perfectly describe how the educators have robbed our youth of the truth.

Perhaps it is by a lack of qualified teachers, but I believe much of this anti-Republican mindset is designed by teachers who have an organized agenda promoting Socialism.

There was a time when the majority of the educators were either part of the "greatest generation" or their immediate offspring. Today, few teachers remember the hardships of WWII or the joys of growing up in the 50s and 60s, eras of very little government interference or impromteau rules and regulations.





Pacific Kilroy (2 hours ago | reply | delete)


Thanks for the accolades. From my own perspective, you are right. There are many teachers out there who are not qualified. But you are also right in your assumption that there is a general trend among educators who seem to promote Socialism. I will not venture to guess why that is the case at this time other than to speculate on a decay of values and education in the home and the lack of a life lesson or trial by fire.

My reason for that statement is this: I am a son of a WWII veteran and a Great Depression child. My parents constantly talked to me and taught me about our own, American, culture and filled me with the pride of being an American. We were poor. I remember being laughed at because I wore homemade shirts to school. I remember being a little excited when we actually had meat with dinner. When I went to college, I had professors that tried to fill me with their hateful attitudes that derided and ridiculed all that is good about America. Because of the foundation my parents had given me, I was able to hear the professors and approach their philosophies with an open mind, therefore, admitting that not everything about this country is perfect and pure. However, I was also well trained enough and knowledgeable enough and had enough common sense to see a bigger picture than the one they were forcing upon the class. I was able to listen respectfully, respond in a way that did not displease the instructor, yet maintain my own beliefs.
Too many young people these days have no beliefs at all. They are not properly parented, in part, because both parents are trying to earn enough money to buy all that happiness that they have been lied to about by the "undercurrent" of our society. So they are complete voids and tend to believe whatever relatively intelligent sounding individual happens to get to them first.

Many teachers in public and private settings are essentially intellectual snobs who have never really DONE anything. Their minds are full of theorems and formulas, but they have no real social experiences with which to "fill in" the blanks. Our teachers of the past were, as you say, part of the Greatest Generation who had real struggles to conquer and whose perseverance caused them to grow in WISDOM as well as knowledge.

Today, we have developed into an instant gratification society where everyone wants to have everything...without a struggle.

The other problem (that really gets my blood boiling) is that we, as a society, no longer value social studies. From the time I was in THIRD GRADE, I can remember people talking about how far behind American kids were compared to other industrialized countries. The reaction: every few years there is a huge push among educators to promote math and science. I have no problem with that, since I have ACTUALLY SEEN students get out a calculator to subtract 2 from 2 (not a joke!). But what I DO have a problem with is the fact that we constantly sacrifice knowledge in social studies for our efforts to improve our industrialized society. In my state, social studies is usually taught by a coach who cares more about his off-season weight lifting program than what his students are or are not learning. But that is sufficient because state standards are so low that kids who can barely write their names SOMEHOW manage to pass a standardized test. The result is that these kids go on to college - where they decide to be coaches but realize they also have to teach something...so they pick the subject they remember as being the easiest - social studies - and become a coach and teacher who perpetuates the problem. Without a firm foundation and knowledge of who we are as a people, how can we possibly develop into an even better society?
Kids these days don't know about the Bataan Death March, for example. I once conducted my own survey of sorts and found that less than 10% of my high school's students ever heard of it, and most associated it with Hitler and the Nazis. I once picked up a history book and turned to the unit on World War II. It had the entire Pacific Theater of the war condensed to one page, BUT it had an entire CHAPTER on Jesse Owens at the Berlin Olympics...as part of World War II!!!

It is frustrating to see that we have already slipped so far that people are ignorant enough of their own culture and freedoms to literally cheer as those liberties are vanquished.





roberthuffstutter (a moment ago)




Your last sentence says it ALL--in my opinion.

"It is frustrating to see that we have already slipped so far that people are ignorant enough of their own culture and freedoms to literally cheer as those liberties are vanquished."

A SHORT STORY: "LET'S GO TO CHINATOWN FOR A FEW DRINKS"

A SHORT STORY: "LET'S GO TO CHINATOWN FOR A FEW DRINKS", a photo by roberthuffstutter on Flickr.

MANHATTAN BEACH PIER 1959

MANHATTAN BEACH PIER 1959, a photo by roberthuffstutter on Flickr.

MANHATTAN BEACH PIER 1959


I SHOT THIS PHOTO THE FIRST DAY I SAW THE PACIFIC OCEAN, IN JULY OF 1959. MANHATTAN BEACH, CALIFORNIA. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY. CHECK OUT MY ONLINE JOURNAL WHEN YOU HAVE TIME, BEACHFRONT PAINTINGShttp://beachfrontpaintings.blogspot.com/

Butterfly

Butterfly, a photo by Ankur Paliwal | f o t o g r a f i a on Flickr.

PHOTOGRAPH BY ANKUR PALIWAL

You have captured one of the favorite butterflies whose flights fascinate our minds and imagination. Here, a magnificent Monarch pollinates while energizing its delicate organs and readys for a flight to adventure. RLH
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Butterfly by Ankur Paliwal | f o t o g r a f i a

266 Club Street, Singapore

266 Club Street, Singapore, a photo by tilen-artplanet 2 on Flickr.

To be able to travel the world slowly and paint street scenes that describes the heart of such cities as Singapore would be a dream come true. Planning, however, rather than dreaming, makes reality a truth. My congratulations to the artist. TILEN-ARTPLANET 2 is an artist whose work in watercolors is admired by thousands of people worldwide.The artist's work is available to the public. Visit the photostream for more detailed information.

Fantasy Mountains

Fantasy Mountains, a photo by missduffy59 on Flickr.

If I could still climb mountains high,
these are peaks I would seek
to ascend, not knowing
they were dreams
about ice-cream
and sherberts.

Watercolor poetry by RLH
Dedicated to Miss Duffy, a Flickr Friend and Artist
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Fantasy Mountains by missduffy59

'Smoking room, SS Skerryvore' (1902)

'Smoking room, SS Skerryvore' (1902), a photo by University of Glasgow Library on Flickr.

Ernest Arthur Binstead was a keen amateur artist who produced beautiful pencil drawings and watercolour sketches of the activities that went on around him during the first years of the twentieth century. During 2008, his niece, Miss Lee, donated two of his sketchbooks to Glasgow University Archive Services for permanent preservation. This set contains digitised images of each of the sketches in the first sketchbooks.

The first sketchbook includes sketches made between 1898 and 1908. The majority of the sketches, however, were made during Mr Binstead’s journey on the SS Garmoyle from Glasgow to the Isle of Dogs during April 1901. These sketches highlight both life on the ship and the sights viewed during the journey.

The second sketchbook features scenes around Dover and Folkestone in the summer of 1908. There are a variety of sketches, mostly watercolours, vessels at anchor in and around the harbours, and of locales around the cliffs.

Mr Binstead was born in 1863, the second son of Charles Henry Binstead and Elizabeth Bailey. Having spent his childhood in Grasmere in the Lake District where his father worked as a land and mineral surveyor, he trained as a solicitor. In 1915, Arthur married Mary Openshaw, the novelist, in Hastings and went on to spend the majority of his adult life in London.

For more information about this sketchbook please contact the Duty Archivist at Glasgow University Archive Services:

www.gla.ac.uk/services/archives/contactu s/

'Smoking room, SS Skerryvore'... by University of Glasgow Library

GEDC0973

GEDC0973, a photo by mr_nihei on Flickr.

Birds of this feather I have not seen for more than 50 years if these birds are seen only in Japan.

They look unique and fit into the scene and scheme of the city quite well.

This is a photo I like quite well, the red train speeding to or from the city's center, the river, the nine birds of a feather enjoying their small space beside the Tama River.

It took a photographer of note to notice such a scene that would pass most people by with never so much as a glance.

In this image is preserved a moment in time faraway from where I am, but a place where I have been, a joy to remember. It is a scene I want to see again someday soon. RLH

Hotel California

Hotel California, a photo by ipleasing photography on Flickr.

THIS IS A CLASSIC SHOT of an old hotel in San Diego. Photo by TROY LADMIRAULT.