Juan Williams recent letter published in the Wall Street Journal makes a point. Referring to the protests in Ferguson, Mo. “They should hold protests against the forces feeding the racial fear of young black men among white people, black people and everyone else— the drug dealers, the gang bangers, the corrupt unions defending bad schools, and the musicians and actors who glorify criminal behavior among black men.”

Exactly, bad behavior almost always be gets a bad reaction. Another words if you act civili you are treated in a civil manner with the same respect you project. Dr. King knew this. We wonder how many of those protesting graduated high school; statistics tell us less than 50%. Cost of educating one individual approaches at the low end $140,000 and up to $240,000 at the high end. This does not account for stay-backs which add incrementally to the cost.  We have two solution for this:

1. if minority neighborhoods believe that they have the worst teachers, give those community leaders the power to higher the teachers of their choice. If then the results are no different they can’t blame anyone else for failing schools.

2. the voucher is the best and most prudent way to move forward. For every child entering school a voucher system would be set up. The parents would receive one voucher per year for 12 years in total (6 elementary – 2 middle – 4 high school). They can use the voucher to go to a school of their choice; charter, parochial, public. But they only get 12 vouchers; so when a child does not get promoted to the next grade, the parent is responsible for the costs the following year for the repeated grade.  Then we might see some taking responsibility for their children and themselves.

Another point worth mentioning, as we see the riots engulf the business district, the smash and grab anything you can, this brings us to weigh in. The state should cut off any support to those arrested, rent, food stamps, housing and healthcare; the bet here would be that the violent protests would end very quickly.

You don’t hear the Washington D.C. Green crowd shouting at the top of their lungs this summer; why would they? Temperatures in the Nations Capitol are trending down making this summer the coldest since 2004; so far there have been only 16 days above 90 degrees. This is welcome relief to those seeking shelter from the heat of politics including the alarmists who see a catastrophe behind every carbon atom.

In fact the electric utility industry has warned of weak earnings, weather cooperation is to blame. We are at a loss for words of why the Global Warmer/Change crowd has not chimed in. Is it because their paradigm has evaporated in the heat of the moment as the prediction of a steamy summer failed to heed the message ?  On the other hand less utility usage mean less pollutants; a win win situation. The consumer saves a bundle on the electric bill, a breath of fresh air awaits his or her’s every breath.

We have heard this before, but it is worth repeating; Why not become a weather forecaster, right or wrong you get paid either way. And when it comes time to predict those world changing events their predictions fall short of accuracy big time. In most cases their algorithms turn out to be nothing but hot air, a 50-50 proposition at best.