Be careful what you wish for because oil prices fall and Russia losing trillions so do we.

As oil prices fall, and  keep on falling, Russia is losing trillions, but America and our allies shouldn't be throwing a party.  This is because  as oil prices fall, so will oil drilling in America, thus costing Americans involved in the oil drilling business their jobs.

The "drill baby drill" mentality of those on the right will only make oil prices drop even more, which is good for the consumer, but not good for anyone who works in the oil drilling sector

yeah obama sucks.

He brings gas prices down. Lowers unemployment. Gets us out of iraq, lowers the national debt. Obama's done an outstanding job, but he has one problem that some white people can't get over. He's black. When bush was president we had unemployment at 10% (and that doesn't include those who dropped out of the workforce. Oil was at $150 under Bush and the national was growing.

Which one is it CNBC, is cheap oil good for the economy or bad for the economy?

 I'm not understanding this. Oil is falling and CNBC says that's a bad sign for stocks? These are the same "experts" who said high oil prices could kill the market rally? Maybe they just don't know what they're talking about. Falling oil prices are great for stocks and the consumer who will have more money to spend. And when oil goes to $45, where it should be, that will be great. I'm supposed to feel bad that oil stocks which were in the stratosphere when oil was $150 a barrel under Bush Jr, are now taking it on the chin? Well boo, hoo, hoo, oil majors republicans like to keep oil over $80. Now's our time. When oil is at $45 or less its a good deal.

Why we selected a charter school for our son

When my wife and I were considering Kindergarten for our son, we researched the schools in our neighborhood using insideschools.org and opinions of those who we know who had their kids in public school.  We didn't have upwards of $40,000 to send our kid (now kids) to  private schools. What we found was that NYC schools are probably the most segregated schools in the nation.   We found schools on the upper east side to have huge white populations and much higher ratings then schools on the upper west side north of 89th Street. This is mainly because schools below 89th Street on the west side and on the upper east side get more funds have less students than schools north of 89th Street on the west side. My wife and I had a choice, to send our son and probably our daughter after that to a school that has less then a B- rating or send them to a charter school.  This may shock you but we selected a Charter School called Harlem Hebrew Language Charter School, which ironically has the most diverse student body of  any school in New York.


My my son started at Harlem Hebrew Language Charter School, I was a bit hesitant.  I didn't know how a child who hadn't really had a full day Pre K, we weren't able to get him into a public Pre K and didn't have the money to send him to a private school would function in a school that starts at 8am and runs to 3:30.  Our son was enrolled at Gymboree on west 73rd Street which had a three day a week school skills class that ran on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays from 9:30-12:30, follow that we had him in sports classes and the library for reading.  On Tuesday and Thursdays we had him in gymnastics, swimming and then the library.  We found Gymboree to be convenient, effective and even cheaper than some of these places in the area that just had hour long classes.

However we have noticed our son is flourishing.  He has made many friends with different  ethnic backgrounds and they all leave class singing hebrew songs.  He refers to the school as "my Harlem Hebrew." The parents are extremely involved.  On Tuesday my wife and I went to a giving tuesday at the Hebrew Harlem and it was great.  My wife even signed me up to be chaperone their trip to the New York Botanical Garden for their Holiday Train Show.  They have two other field trips in the next few weeks.

I think the Mayor either needs to fix public schools by de-segregating them and busing students at school that are lower preforming and over crowded to other schools that are less crowded and have higher ratings.  That will make the lower preforming over crowded school less crowded and thus high preforming and it will make the better preforming less much more diverse in student body.

I believe that Charter Schools have been giving students who were zoned for poorly preforming schools an option to attend a very good school and get a quality education.  Charter Schools will also reduce the  student body at lower preforming schools, which would make them better.

Yay, I'm going with my son's class to the New York Botanical Garden for their Holiday Train Show

As a stay- at- home dad and a member of the NYC Dads Group, nycdadsgroup.com, I was able to meet up with other dads once a week to go to the Central Park Zoo, The Museum of Natural History, parks and other NY attractions with my son.  One of those such trips that I wasn't able to make was the New York Botanical Garden for their Holiday Train Show.

This year my son started Kindergarten Harlem Hebrew Language Charter School and low-and-behold his first field trip was to the New York Botanical Garden for their Holiday Train Show.

Being that Hebrew Harlem  is a charter school and doesn't charge tuition, my wife and I thought it we on #Giving Tuesday should give back on #Giving Tuesday so we attended the school's Giving Tuesday  event and made a donation.  Not only that  we volunteered to accompany his school on the trip to New York Botanical Garden for their Holiday Train Show.  I think I'm looking forward to going to the New York Botanical Garden for their Holiday Train Show more than my son is.  Why don't we all get involved in our children's lives by helping lend a hand on class trips?

How to beat Putin and Russia

In Greek mythology, Achilles was the Greek hero of the Trojan War and the greatest warrior of Homer's Iliad.

Achilles’ greatest accomplishment happened during the Trojan War which was the slaying of the Trojan hero Hector outside the gates of Troy. Achilles was killed near the end of the Trojan War by Paris, who with an arrow in the heel, hence the name achilles heel became a way to describe someone's weakness.

Like Achilles, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, the Russia leader, has a weakness or an achilles heel which is low oil prices. If we can persuade OPEC and Canada to not lower, but increase oil output or keep oil production in check that would punish the Russia leader and force him to comply with the interest of America and our allies.  Having Russia out of the oil production business for a while would certainly punish Russia and strengthen Canada, OPEC and America