Brings up a question to me, should cell phones even be allowed in schools?

The high school my kids go to encourage it so that they have online access because there are no computers in those rooms.  They push technology at every opportunity, knowing they're going that direction in colleges and the workforce.

The down side is that the phones are not to be out except during certain times.  To me, that's talking out of both sides of your mouth, inviting trouble.  Because there are certain times the phones are not to be out, and invariably some kid is caught checking his texts at those times.   I've suggested that checking texts isn't a big deal as long as it's not obvious.  If it becomes a problem, at that point ask the particular student to put his phone away. 

I really think we need to get away from foreign energy.  I know it is a world market, and we buy the leaset expensive we can get, but strategically I think it makes more sense to maximize domestic production, and refining even if it cost us more.  We would temporarily have some price spikes, but in the longer term it would be better for us, especially that we have so much natural gas resources in addition to oil and coal.

So we use most of our oil, and then we're even more dependent on the middle east.  Nah, let's use their cheap oil first.