Margery Eagan hears from the Elephant.

This weblog was created in response to problems that are being allowed to fester in the New Bedford School System.  But the problems that exist there and in the greater community of New Bedford are anything but unique.  Lots of communities have poor quality leadership in their mayor's office and school committees.  Lots of communities have some equivalent of Pia Durkin sending her flying green monkeys to terrify and abuse the Dorothy's and the Maura's struggling to manage classrooms full of students who are apathetic or violent.  And lots of communities have a dying media outlet like the Standard Times that exhibits the behavior of a drowning man, violently pulling anything and anyone nearby under water in an effort to stay afloat.  For some reason Bob Unger has chosen to drown school teachers.  Only he knows why but the image of a troglodyte gleefully torturing a puppy does come to mind.

New Bedford's problems mirror America's problems, and that's why some of my material appears to have no direct connection to New Bedford...

One of my readers left a comment in my "Campaign Slogans" post in defense of Jerry Remy, probably because he or she listens to his radio program and finds him to be likeable.  I've never heard Remy's show, never heard him interviewed, and never met him.  I might like him too if I met him.  Too bad his personal likeability is irrelevant.

This is Jerry and Phoebe Remy's 35 year old son, Jared Remy.

Jerry and Phoebe Remy, like the parents of convicted murderer George Huguely, used their wealth and influence to make sure their chronically violent, criminal son never feared significant punishment from law enforcement authorities and never felt any legal or moral obligation to place any priority on the lives and safety of others.  Jared was arrested 19 times and each time his parents actively and knowingly undermined an already barely effective justice system by bailing him out and providing an attorney to play the system.  Jared Remy is a large, physically powerful steroid user with a long history of violence.  Jerry and Phoebe Remy knew they were placing Jared's previous victims and the general public in danger by repeatedly securing his release from jail.  Apparently the safety of others doesn't concern them.  Jerry and Phoebe Remy may be nice people on a personal level, but their performance as parents was undeniably criminal and I consider them to be accessories to murder.

Your wondering about Boston Herald columnist Margery Eagan...

"April 26, 2014

Margery Eagan
The Boston Herald
70 Fargo St.
Boston, MA. 02210

Dear Ms. Eagan,

The subject matter of Jared Remy's recent literary masterpiece raises an important question about parenting.  Is there a job description for parents written into our nation's laws?  It's increasingly obvious that there should be one, but the subject matter of parental incompetence is something of a third rail for politicians.  They won't touch it until it becomes routine to read and hear of it in the media.  Submitted for your consideration is my opinion of what every parent's job description should be:

A parent's duty to every other citizen in our society is to transform an infant member of an aggressive predatory species into a civilized young adult, preferably by consistent role modeling.

As much as I enjoy horrifying our nation's more conservative elements, this letter really isn't about personal entertainment.  Criminally incompetent parents and the violent sociopaths they produce are a danger to us all and there comes a time when someone must be willing to acknowledge the elephant in the room.  It's time for the public and their elected representatives to become accustomed to routinely reading about this problem and hearing it discussed in the media.

Are you willing to get involved in solving this problem?"

I also courtesy copied the Boston Globe, Boston Public Radio, and both my state and federal representatives and senators.

In all honesty, I expect little to change but it was worth a try.