POLITICAL THREAD

[Perrin75]

It is long over due to reimagine “public education.” Parents should get to choose where to send their kids and they should be able to direct tax money to the school of their choice. Many private schools have boards consisting of administrators, teachers, parents and alum. It’s a good model. A taxpayer who wants to send their child to a “private” school should be able to direct the “public fund” to that school.

As example, if the taxpayers are paying $10k per year to educate a child (it’s more, but this number works as an example), $8k should follow the kid to the school of the parents’ choosing and $2k should go to the “public” school where the child would have gone had the parents chosen “public” education. That way, the taxpayer created school gets money for a child who goes elsewhere and the parents get significant financial assistance for their choice as to the education of their child. [means test this if you don’t like paying for some rich kid’s education]

Public school advocates slam private education for political self-serving reasons, but in every metropolitan area, if private schools closed tomorrow, public education would collapse. There is no way the taxpayer schools could take on those kids whose parents are paying taxes AND tuition.

This is a pipe dream and will never happen. The logistics are impossible. And if tax dollars are somehow taken away from a school, because of Charters or some other inane reason all that will happen is that taxes will increase to address the shortfall. The costs to operate don't disappear because dollars are taken out.

The magic way that schools get fixed is that parents become active in supporting them and supporting their kids. And that doesn't mean just showing up in full diva mode when you think your little angel has been wronged in some way.

I have a daughter in Middle school. Her classes are basically Math, English, Science, Social Studies, Computers, PE and Art. My wife and I work with her every night on homework. We look at her schoolwork. We go to parent teacher conferences. We volunteer. This is a public school, and she is receiving a quality education. I talk to her about things like Race, Gender issues, etc and she has told me that outside of Social Studies, or an assignment in Art that might focus on something like Black History Month none of her teachers have ever brought these issues up. I keep hearing about schools that aren't teaching the "basics" and that are full-blown communist propaganda machines, but I have yet to actually see any evidence that they exist.

 

[Nightwish84]

Clearly, it's much easier to push all the blame onto one side of the room, then say something cool like "Own it."

 

[Creed Bratton]

This is a pipe dream and will never happen. The logistics are impossible. And if tax dollars are somehow taken away from a school, because of Charters or some other inane reason all that will happen is that taxes will increase to address the shortfall. The costs to operate don't disappear because dollars are taken out.

The magic way that schools get fixed is that parents become active in supporting them and supporting their kids. And that doesn't mean just showing up in full diva mode when you think your little angel has been wronged in some way.

I have a daughter in Middle school. Her classes are basically Math, English, Science, Social Studies, Computers, PE and Art. My wife and I work with her every night on homework. We look at her schoolwork. We go to parent teacher conferences. We volunteer. This is a public school, and she is receiving a quality education. I talk to her about things like Race, Gender issues, etc and she has told me that outside of Social Studies, or an assignment in Art that might focus on something like Black History Month none of her teachers have ever brought these issues up. I keep hearing about schools that aren't teaching the "basics" and that are full-blown communist propaganda machines, but I have yet to actually see any evidence that they exist.

My daughter teaches 1st grade in Memphis and one of her parents called the principal to complain on her saying that my daughter wasn't teaching her kid how to behave, manners, play with others etc. Ummm honey you're the mom that is your job not the teachers.

 

[Lost In FL]

LOL at the only possible reason conservatives thought BO sucked was because he was half black.

He was easily the worst, most ineffectual president the US has ever known SO FAR, BUT LGB IS ONLY ONE YEAR IN. That which he did affect, only served to undermine American hegemony and her values.

The world would be an entirely different place right now if it weren't for him and these fools.

Tried to help you out a little on this one!

 

[Lost In FL]

The government gets it wrong on masks again: The CDC recently published a graphic depicting the supposed efficacy of different types of masks against COVID. The graphic states, "People who reported always wearing a mask in indoor public settings were less likely to test positive for COVID-19 than people who didn't." However, there's a significant asterisk that's affixed to the claim, which the fine print states: "Not statistically significant." In other words, the claim highlighting the graphic is in fact meaningless, as there is no data supporting it. Significantly, the claim that a cloth mask lowers positive testing odds by 56% deserves far more than an asterisk. The statistically shoddy study itself concluded that wearing a cloth mask actually increased one's chance of a positive COVID test by 17%.
From Gallatin and Candler

 

[Lost In FL]

You literally listed Trayvon Martin, how was Obama's response to Trayvon Martin divisive? "You know, when Trayvon Martin was first shot I said that this could have been my son. Another way of saying that is Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago." It's a common sentiment expressed by politicians when a young person dies. They say it about military deaths all the time. If it had been a white kid gunned down and a white president saying that you wouldn't be calling it divisive. You need to figure out why.

I went back to look at some old notes and forgot about fast & furious. Heard of that? IRS scandal. Solyndra. Here is a short list I had seen back then ... nearly all of Barry's appointees had scandal tied to them. Until this admin, they were by far the most corrupt admin America has ever seen.

By Neal Boortz
@ February 18, 2009 8:53 AM Permalink | Comments (52) | TrackBacks (0)

• The Dow at a 10-year low.
• A tax cheat running the IRS
• Another tax cheat as the Chief of Staff
• A trillion-dollar plus federal deficit
• Over one-half of voters relieved of any federal tax liability
• Government mandated limits on executive compensation
• Three failed attempts and still no Commerce Secretary
• Tom Daschle rides his free limo into the sunset - after paying taxes he evaded.
• The White House performance czar turns out to be a tax cheat also
• Lobbyists hired to work for the Obama Administration
• The census gets politicized
• Double government spending in one year
• The word "freedom" fades into obscurity
• Increasing home loan mortgage rates across the board
• Millions of Americans made dependent on government
• Moving unionization-by-intimidation forward
• Welfare checks become "tax cuts."
• Illegal aliens free to work on taxpayer-funded "stimulus" projects
• Welfare reform reversed, states ordered to increase welfare roles
• Move to silence critical talk radio shows
• Selling Senate seats
• Obama books in religious sections of book stores
• More government workers, not private sector jobs
• A government bureaucracy to intrude on doctor/patient relationships
• Stage set for medical services rationing
• Annual welfare checks for middle income families

Class dismissed

 

[BlueRunner11]

Same day. Becoming all too normal.

https://www.itemonline.com/news/tex...cle_0f682fac-8aa7-11ec-acd2-cb40a30c4071.html

https://wgntv.com/news/suburban-high-school-basketball-player-dies-after-collapsing-during-game/

 

[MudererofCrows]

I’m a parent and soon to be one again. This is the dumbest shit I can think of outside of Iowans wanting to put livestreams in classrooms.

The same parents who say “we know what’s best for our kids” are usually the same ones who expect schools to raise their children and have little involvement outside of being outraged when little Johnny gets cut from the basketball team or a teacher dare raises questions about his behavior in school.

Parents are biased when it comes to their kids and kids can be sneaky as shit. So putting parents in charge of the curriculum is an insanely dumb idea. I’m nowhere near qualified to decide what a kid should be learning in school and how they should be taught. That’s what educators are for. And good, involved parents will be active, communicative and work with those people to make sure their kids are thriving and learning. Not dictating shit.

 

[Lost In FL]

Given the definition:
Fascism - a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.

A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.

Oppressive, dictatorial control.

Please, someone, explain how this admin is NOT fascist?

 

[Phil_The_Music]

Sam would suck Michelle Obama’s D and not think twice.

In his defense, it appears he's not capable of even thinking once.

 

[screwduke1]

 

[SDC8888]

I went back to look at some old notes and forgot about fast & furious. Heard of that? IRS scandal. Solyndra. Here is a short list I had seen back then ... nearly all of Barry's appointees had scandal tied to them. Until this admin, they were by far the most corrupt admin America has ever seen.

By Neal Boortz
@ February 18, 2009 8:53 AM Permalink | Comments (52) | TrackBacks (0)

• The Dow at a 10-year low.
• A tax cheat running the IRS
• Another tax cheat as the Chief of Staff
• A trillion-dollar plus federal deficit
• Over one-half of voters relieved of any federal tax liability
• Government mandated limits on executive compensation
• Three failed attempts and still no Commerce Secretary
• Tom Daschle rides his free limo into the sunset - after paying taxes he evaded.
• The White House performance czar turns out to be a tax cheat also
• Lobbyists hired to work for the Obama Administration
• The census gets politicized
• Double government spending in one year
• The word "freedom" fades into obscurity
• Increasing home loan mortgage rates across the board
• Millions of Americans made dependent on government
• Moving unionization-by-intimidation forward
• Welfare checks become "tax cuts."
• Illegal aliens free to work on taxpayer-funded "stimulus" projects
• Welfare reform reversed, states ordered to increase welfare roles
• Move to silence critical talk radio shows
• Selling Senate seats
• Obama books in religious sections of book stores
• More government workers, not private sector jobs
• A government bureaucracy to intrude on doctor/patient relationships
• Stage set for medical services rationing
• Annual welfare checks for middle income families

Class dismissed

I remember when I first heard of some of that, like fast&furious, the IRS scandal etc., I thought it was made up political gotcha!... that it couldn't possibly be true, that it must've been just a conservative conspiracy, sensationalist - they couldn't possibly be that dumb, corrupt and incompetent.

True story... as a Barry voter, I could only dodge that red pill for so long, what a complete POS and know we got the same worthless scum back in control, doing more damage

 

[bigblueinsanity]

Of course media matters was behind the Rogan onslaught. They're always behind any attack on non lib media personalities/content

 

[Dore95]

And, how many of your law school mates were philosophy and poli-sci majors? LOL.

Actually, plenty of people who go to law school major in political science, philosophy, and so forth. You may be unware, but at many colleges and universities (such as the better ones that consider themselves true liberal arts schools) you can't major in business, accounting, and so forth. Those are not liberal arts disciplines.

 

[LowCountryCat]

I remember when I first heard of some of that, like fast&furious, the IRS scandal etc., I thought it was made up political gotcha!... that it couldn't possibly be true, that it must've been just a conservative conspiracy, sensationalist - they couldn't possibly be that dumb, corrupt and incompetent.

True story... as a Barry voter, I could only dodge that red pill for so long, what a complete POS and know we got the same worthless scum back in control, doing more damage

The faces of evil.

 

[FirewithFire]

The answer is yes.

State investigating possible flaw in new Tennessee license plates

Are the new Tennessee license plates being sent to motorists across the state invisible to some license plate recognition cameras being used in some cities?

www.wate.com

 

[P19978]

I went back to look at some old notes and forgot about fast & furious. Heard of that? IRS scandal. Solyndra. Here is a short list I had seen back then ... nearly all of Barry's appointees had scandal tied to them. Until this admin, they were by far the most corrupt admin America has ever seen.

By Neal Boortz
@ February 18, 2009 8:53 AM Permalink | Comments (52) | TrackBacks (0)

• The Dow at a 10-year low.
• A tax cheat running the IRS
• Another tax cheat as the Chief of Staff
• A trillion-dollar plus federal deficit
• Over one-half of voters relieved of any federal tax liability
• Government mandated limits on executive compensation
• Three failed attempts and still no Commerce Secretary
• Tom Daschle rides his free limo into the sunset - after paying taxes he evaded.
• The White House performance czar turns out to be a tax cheat also
• Lobbyists hired to work for the Obama Administration
• The census gets politicized
• Double government spending in one year
• The word "freedom" fades into obscurity
• Increasing home loan mortgage rates across the board
• Millions of Americans made dependent on government
• Moving unionization-by-intimidation forward
• Welfare checks become "tax cuts."
• Illegal aliens free to work on taxpayer-funded "stimulus" projects
• Welfare reform reversed, states ordered to increase welfare roles
• Move to silence critical talk radio shows
• Selling Senate seats
• Obama books in religious sections of book stores
• More government workers, not private sector jobs
• A government bureaucracy to intrude on doctor/patient relationships
• Stage set for medical services rationing
• Annual welfare checks for middle income families

Class dismissed

This would be a good time to remind everyone that Barack Obama was, is, and will always be... a POS.

 

[Caveman Catfan]

This is a pipe dream and will never happen. The logistics are impossible. And if tax dollars are somehow taken away from a school, because of Charters or some other inane reason all that will happen is that taxes will increase to address the shortfall. The costs to operate don't disappear because dollars are taken out.

The magic way that schools get fixed is that parents become active in supporting them and supporting their kids. And that doesn't mean just showing up in full diva mode when you think your little angel has been wronged in some way.

I have a daughter in Middle school. Her classes are basically Math, English, Science, Social Studies, Computers, PE and Art. My wife and I work with her every night on homework. We look at her schoolwork. We go to parent teacher conferences. We volunteer. This is a public school, and she is receiving a quality education. I talk to her about things like Race, Gender issues, etc and she has told me that outside of Social Studies, or an assignment in Art that might focus on something like Black History Month none of her teachers have ever brought these issues up. I keep hearing about schools that aren't teaching the "basics" and that are full-blown communist propaganda machines, but I have yet to actually see any evidence that they exist.

Not a pipe dream. It’s time. Let parents choose. It would be awesome if all of the private school kids dumped into public schools. Public schools would collapse. People sending their kids to private schools keep public schools afloat. But, the pro public school advocates force poor kids into bad schools, because their parents don’t have choices.

 

[FirewithFire]

So, this woman now beleives that the shots caused her to faint on stage. If you haven't seen the video it looks kind of fake, but she suffered a serious skull fracture. Anecdotally, Bob Sagat was said to have fell and fractured his skull which caused a brain bleed. Hmmmm.

 

[FirewithFire]

Yep, there is absolutely no collusion in the tech industry at all. None.

 

[MudererofCrows]

Not a pipe dream. It’s time. Let parents choose. It would be awesome if all of the private school kids dumped into public schools. Public schools would collapse. People sending their kids to private schools keep public schools afloat. But, the pro public school advocates force poor kids into bad schools, because their parents don’t have choices.

You act as if all public schools are funded fairly and equitably. They are not. I assure you.

Solve that issue before whining about anything else.

People like you want public schools to fail. I have my reasons why I believe that to be but I’m going to keep them to myself.

 

[Caveman Catfan]

Actually, plenty of people who go to law school major in political science, philosophy, and so forth. You may be unware, but at many colleges and universities (such as the better ones that consider themselves true liberal arts schools) you can't major in business, accounting, and so forth. Those are not liberal arts disciplines.

What is your point? My joke was that MOST law students take political science and philosophy.

I am the one saying that there is no pre-law degree. Law school was easy. My undergrad was in health and education.

 

[ukalum1988]

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This has been going on in England for quite some time under guise of controlling "hate speech". Basically just another step closer to controlling your thinking....

 

[Caveman Catfan]

You act as if all public schools are funded fairly and equitably. They are not. I assure you.

Solve that issue before whining about anything else.

People like you want public schools to fail. I have my reasons why I believe that to be but I’m going to keep them to myself.

This is the closed minded approach that keeps kids in bad schools. My children went to public schools. Fine ones. But, if they were forced into some of the crappy schools in my city, they would have been in private schools. No doubt.

 

[P19978]

So, this woman now beleives that the shots caused her to faint on stage. If you haven't seen the video it looks kind of fake, but she suffered a serious skull fracture. Anecdotally, Bob Sagat was said to have fell and fractured his skull which caused a brain bleed. Hmmmm.

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Hope she's ok... but bragging about the vaxx... and then dropping/fainting 10 seconds later from it is the very definition of irony.

 

[BigBlueDave]

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They are based in Boston.

 

[augustaky1]

So, this woman now beleives that the shots caused her to faint on stage. If you haven't seen the video it looks kind of fake, but she suffered a serious skull fracture. Anecdotally, Bob Sagat was said to have fell and fractured his skull which caused a brain bleed. Hmmmm.

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Looks to me like she planned the “fall” but cracked her skull.

😖

I hate it for her either way.

 

[AustinTXCat]

Looks like Bidens MAGA policies are popular.

Biden hits 59 percent approval rating in Pew poll

A majority of Americans — 59 percent — approve of President Biden’s handling of his job as he approaches 100 days in office, according to a Pew Research Center poll released Friday.…

thehill.com

* KA - BOOM *

MSN

 

[FirewithFire]

Autopsy Confirms College Student Died from Mandatory Jab

24-year-old New York college student George Watts Jr. died a few months ago due to jab-related myocarditis from Covid shots he was forced to get just one month before his death.

newspunch.com

 

[Nbacats]

Another thing - teachers have outsourced most of the teaching to parents anyway, since apparently they are the only profession that’s at risk for catching the covids. Might as well let the people that are actually doing the work have a say in what’s being taught, it is their children you know.

Considering how poorly these students have been doing since "teachers have outsourced most of the teaching to parents" not so fast.

 

[Nbacats]

"We're teaching math"
Okay looks fine, says every parent

"We're teaching 1619 project"
Every historian and scholar has panned this a pseudo history, notices everyone

Doesn't seem that hard.

I mean in college isnt the syllabus posted online and you can drop the course?

Remember schools are government entities, meaning they are funded by parents and citizens. The government answers to voters, aka citizens and parents.

You can always drop a course in college but as long as it's a requirement you still have to take it if you want to graduate.

 

[MudererofCrows]

This is the closed minded approach that keeps kids in bad schools.

My first born went to three different elementary schools. The schools improved with the improvement of my socio-economic status. Class sizes got smaller, good teachers were retained more, supplies and facilities were better. And every step of the way I was an active, involved parent.

It’s a funding issue and always has been. Public Schools have a commitment to educate everyone. Regardless of socio economic status, special needs, etc. That’s how a healthy society functions. But not all schools are funded equally or treated the same. Some schools like that have saints for educators because they do more with less than anyone. They deal with issues of poverty, abuse, neglect that go well beyond education.

 

[Caveman Catfan]

My first born went to three different elementary schools. The schools improved with the improvement of my socio-economic status. Class sizes got smaller, good teachers were retained more, supplies and facilities were better. And every step of the way I was an active, involved parent.

It’s a funding issue and always has been. Public Schools have a commitment to educate everyone. Regardless of socio economic status, special needs, etc. That’s how a healthy society functions. But not all schools are funded equally or treated the same. Some schools like that have saints for educators because they do more with less than anyone. They deal with issues of poverty, abuse, neglect that go well beyond education.

It’s awesome that your kids are getting a good education.

But, are you saying schools in poor Louisville (example city) neighborhoods get less government funding than schools in richer Louisville neighborhoods and the solution is just giving more money to the poor neighborhood schools?

 

[FirewithFire]

Edward Dowd is a former Blackrock hedge fund manager. He opened short positions on Pfizer and Moderna stock. He started accusing them of fraud and the Moderna CEO, Stéphane Bancel, deleted his Twitter account.





This same CEO just dumped 400m of stock. Stephan Bancel's previous job was CEO of bioMérieux. bioMérieux's founder helped set up the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

Noubar Afeyan is another Moderna cofounder who has dumped shares for $1.5B.

 

[Caveman Catfan]

Considering how poorly these students have been doing since "teachers have outsourced most of the teaching to parents" not so fast.

Actually, home-schooled kids do very well academically. That said, I have a good friend who teaches 2nd grade in a public school. She said that her kids are way behind because of pandemic decisions by the School Board and she completely understands why parents moved kids to private schools.

 

[BigBlueDave]

So update. Mom was doing better for a couple of days, but just got a call from my sister. Had to call EMS. Moms heart was racing. She was having an irregular heartbeat. Could possibly have a pulmonary embolism too. She just got to the hospital. My sister is with her. But because of Covid BS, they only allow one visitor at a time. Thanks to everyone who offered up prayers.
Phuch Covid
Phuch the vaccine
Phuch Fauci

I went through this, hospital visitations, last month with my mother.

Talk to her doctor. Talk to her nurses. They all acknowledge the scam. If she is in rough shape, they'll bend. It's not absolute.

They kept a log at the main entrance of where you were going. After we had made arrangements, I was only stopped once and that was resolved by contacting the nurse's station.

 

[FirewithFire]

Looks to me like she planned the “fall” but cracked her skull.

😖

I hate it for her either way.

I don't.

Either way she got what she deserved. Making fun of people and then staging a fall for laughs, or the irony of making fun of people and then fainting.

Which ever way it went, she is now making money off of it by doing interviews and getting her name out there.

 

[Nbacats]

What the hell are you talking about. The Department of Education is run by the Secretary of Education. Those other public systems are also tied to Secretaries for their specific departments. Are you trying to tell me that there have been no Republican administrations since Roosevelt? Betsy Devoss was some kind of Democrat plant? If you are not happy with the way things are, it is a both party issue. And neither side is going to magically fix it once they can finally get in control. They have both been in control and they have both broke it.

And success rate, as measured by HS graduation rates, vary greatly regardless of rather a state is typically Blue or Red. For example, California and Texas are the two worst states for HS grad rates at 84.03% and 84.65%, respectively. Though the bottom 10 of the list is filled up with red states outside of California.

 

[screwduke1]

 

[LowCountryCat]

I don't.

Either way she got what she deserved. Making fun of people and then staging a fall for laughs, or the irony of making fun of people and then fainting.

Which ever way it went, she is now making money off of it by doing interviews and getting her name out there.

She made fun of Jesus. I'm sure he wasn't pleased.