ISU comes up short in more ways than one

By: Diane Benjamin The Illinois State University football team came from behind to force overtime last night for the FCS championship. The team ended up losing by 1 point. They deserve to be proud of what they accomplished. Meanwhile, an ISU professor was one of the organizers of the protest Sunday: https://www.25newsnow.com/2026/01/05/activists-protesting-us-military-force-venezuela-gather-busy-bloomington-shopping-center/#aj0ltkn477e8vlubp6audiolk8wpxhqt Excerpts: Activist group Bloomington […]

Schools aren’t parents

By: Diane Benjamin We know the District 87 teacher’s union told teachers they aren’t allowed to discuss gender identity with parents unless the child gives written approval. I bet other public schools are the same. Schools: Kids do not belong to you. You aren’t the village raising them. You aren’t allowed to parent kids. Your […]

UPDATE: Have a 1st Grader at Unit 5?

If you know a student in Kat Mudd’s 1st grade class at Pepper Ridge, I need to talk to a parent! By: Diane Benjamin A tip I received claimed a 1st Grade Teacher in Unit 5 is telling her class they aren’t boys or girls. The “wokeness” goes farther so if this is true it […]

Koos: Mr. Nord you are out of order

By: Diane Benjamin One more story from last Monday’s Normal Town Council meeting: If you missed the video of Chemberly Cummings’ stating Chris Koos can’t be questioned over appointments, watch it now: https://blnnews.com/2021/10/19/quick-hits-from-normal-last-night/ Cummings claims to have 8 Unit 5 students signed up for her “local government” class. The taxpayers of Normal are funding her […]

ISU needs to watch this father:

By: Diane Benjamin I guarantee you will be cheering too (unless you are woke). The School Board voted to ban CRT after he spoke. Wednesday night the ISU Academic Senate will likely pass by a LARGE majority a graduation requirement to create “woke” students. They call it IDEAS – Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access in […]

Illinois wants to make indoctrinating students the law

Note to parents: You too can have brain dead indoctrinated “I hate America kids”. Read the first comment. By: Diane Benjamin We do know a socialist, Patrick Lawler, is teaching at Normal Community. Since his campaign videos show students supporting his candidacy for the Bloomington City Council, think he isn’t giving them his views of […]

Update: Parents: Your forum

I’m going to add emailed comments at the bottom instead of posting them as a comment. By: Diane Benjamin Kids are suffering from closed schools. Parents are suffering and watching their kids fall behind. Meanwhile, Tri-Valley is holding in-person classes while Unit 5 and District 87 are closed. The Unit 5 school board had the […]

ISU: Teaching Tribalism

By:  Diane Benjamin Why is it impossible to talk to each other these days?  Many times it’s because people retreat to their corner and refuse to listen to any points of view that conflict with what they were taught or what they think they believe.  Common sense and rational thoughts must be attacked if doesn’t […]

BHS get National Publicity!

By: Diane Benjamin BHS is now nationally famous for firing a conservative teacher AND handing out gun propaganda to students!  It was by accident I found  the document, what else is going on we don’t know about?  Anybody think indoctrination was a one time event?  Have the students ever heard the story behind the 2nd […]

Got kids in public school?

I friend sent this link to me. I’ve watched the movie. The public school system does not want you to see this movie. You probably have a long weekend, so take the time to watch. Very powerful film that you can watch for free until the end of the year! Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! […]

Low information voters right here in Bloomington!

by:  Diane Benjamin Sometimes I read Letters to the Editor which don’t come close to resembling reality.  Polite political discourse can’t occur when facts are immaterial to the conversation.  There is one of these in today’s Pantagraph.  The writer probably doesn’t read this site, so if you know Linda Doenitz, give her a heads up. […]

Democrats TELL the uniformed what to think

Check out the site.  The DNC has pre-made answers and supporting links.  The Democrats evidently believe citizens have no ability to think for themselves, understand economics, or do their own research.  I personally don’t like Rush Limbaugh, but Rush definitely bothers them.  They must think all conservatives live and die by what Rush says. If […]

It’s a lot easier to pull the plug on Granny if . . .

h/t Illinois Review http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2013/10/ilinois-high-schoolers-.html#tpe-action-posted-6a00d834515c5469e2019affebbc60970d Death panels do exist in ObamaCare.  If Granny is old, she can be denied cancer treatment because ObamaCare is all about spending money only on those contributing to society, just because the family thinks she contributes, government can decide otherwise.  Why do you think the ObamaCare law cut Medicare? http://blog.heritage.org/2012/08/01/obamacare-robs-medicare-of-716-billion-to-fund-itself/ At St Joseph […]

Is this a Preschool or a Prison? We Can’t Really Tell the Difference

To allow a child of school age to spend 15.5 mille seconds in one of these god-awful places is irresponsible. — jtl, 419 Wasn’t America supposed to be the land of the free? By Melissa Melton of Truthstream Media.com via LewRockwell.com The public primary school for pre-kindergarteners featured in the video below gave me chills. The brightly colored buildings belied […]

Common Core: A Scheme to Rewrite Education

by  Alex Newman http://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/education/item/16192-common-core-a-scheme-to-rewrite-education?goback=%2Egde_4400754_member_265301701 Excepts from the story: If something is not done soon, the vast majority of American K-12 school children will be taught using dubious, federally backed national education “standards” that have come under fire from across the political spectrum. America’s kids, as well as their parents, will also be monitored and tracked in […]

Still have your kids in public school?

Are you at least demanding to see what they are learning? DAD FURIOUS AFTER FINDING THIS CRAYON-WRITTEN PAPER IN FLORIDA 4TH-GRADER’S BACKPACK: ‘I AM WILLING TO GIVE UP SOME OF MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS…TO BE SAFER’ The words are written in crayon, in the haphazard bumpiness of a child’s scrawl. “I am willing to give up […]