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Post by Bill4KU on Sept 3, 2004 13:24:16 GMT -5
This is a man whose state was number 48 in the country in education....NUMBER 48!!!! That was above Mississippi and either Georgia or Alabama...
Deecee, where did you get this. Aren't you meaning Arkansas, which was the home of Clinton. As someone who lived real close to Texas for 12 years, I think their academic standing is pretty good.
Roy. I know people make fun of Pres. Bush for his improper grammer at times, but did you see the late night switch to Kerry and he was trying to explain something and mid-sentence he seemed to lose his train of thought and there was total silence and then he went to his old line, "As a young man I defended this country and you can rest assured that as President I will too."
Also, while speaking about speaking. The night the Democrate spoke they went to the floor for a word from Juan Williams. He referred to the speach as a brime and firestorm speech. Now why didn't anyone make fun of that?
As far as paying for the programs that are being proposed, how soon we forget that when you reduce taxes more money comes into the coffers because people have more money to spend which produces more tax income. Oh well. Just vote how you feel, but vote.
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Post by felton2unc on Sept 3, 2004 14:09:03 GMT -5
i actually work in a sector of the no child left behind policy, the HOSTS program (helping others strive to succeed) i volunteer time in inner city schools(this past year kenneth clement elementary school) to help reading and writing and trying to get kids on track, these programs are working, the kids are responding and the teachers love our assistance
texas is one of the top schools for education along with new york so that comment was completely factless and baseless
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Post by Poleon on Sept 3, 2004 14:20:08 GMT -5
You mean it wasn't the Republican Party that was responsible for the sun rising everyday for the last four years? -Damn, Whoodathunkit! LMAO -Poleon
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Post by DeeCee on Sept 3, 2004 14:20:43 GMT -5
i actually work in a sector of the no child left behind policy, the HOSTS program (helping others strive to succeed) i volunteer time in inner city schools(this past year kenneth clement elementary school) to help reading and writing and trying to get kids on track, these programs are working, the kids are responding and the teachers love our assistance texas is one of the top schools for education along with new york so that comment was completely factless and baseless I know someone who taught in Texas...many schools in her district were without books and/or supplies... You need to stop reading that crazy poll of yours for your statistics... What the Phuck does that mean? 'The kids are responding.' Responding to what? How are they respoinding? Whatever you say Felton...if you and your friends want to take credit for the increase in minority test scores, go right ahead... There are more people who volunteer to help kids with their homework and to help tutor and to help adults learn to read who have absolutely nothing to do with the 'No Child Left Behind' program and they've been doing it for years...go ahead and give yourself a pat on the back if youo need to...it sounds like a whole bunch of bullshit if you ask me...
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Post by felton2unc on Sept 3, 2004 14:32:17 GMT -5
dc again you are getting angry
i am merely pointing out that the program actually does exist and is operational
and by responding i mean, reading at a higher level(learning more words, pronouncing them better, better spelling, better sentence structure and an actual enjoyment in school) which of course is the whole purpose of the program
but go ahead and hastily discredit the work of thousands of volunteers across the nation
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Post by DeeCee on Sept 3, 2004 14:37:19 GMT -5
dc again you are getting angry i am merely pointing out that the program actually does exist and is operational and by responding i mean, reading at a higher level(learning more words, pronouncing them better, better spelling, better sentence structure and an actual enjoyment in school) which of course is the whole purpose of the program but go ahead and hastily discredit the work of thousands of volunteers across the nation and you hastily take credit for the hundreds of thousands that have no affiliation with the program...
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Post by felton2unc on Sept 3, 2004 14:39:44 GMT -5
what have i taken credit for?
im pointing out that the program exists and is functioning, nothing more
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Post by DeeCee on Sept 3, 2004 14:46:12 GMT -5
what have i taken credit for? im pointing out that the program exists and is functioning, nothing more Is "No Child Left Behind" directly responsible for the increase of minority test scores like the President and other Republicans insist?
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Post by txheel98 on Sept 3, 2004 14:53:53 GMT -5
I do think Bush spoke rather eloquently. I think you were missing the point on SS comment. I was being facetious! As a matter of fact at 28, I am resigned to the fact that I will never ever see a dime of my SS. I am saving so I won't need it. But I think one thing needs to be made clear. It is not sound long term economic policy to be running the deficits we have in the past 2 years especially. I am not sold on supply side economics. The whole of economic theory is based on one thing EQUILIBRIUM!!!! We had been running a near ten year boom and some corrections needed to be made for the overall health of the economy!!! There are excesses that still exist because government fiscal policy intervened when montery policy could have done the job alone. It pisses me off when Bush or any politician for that matter tries to claim that they created growth. You know what creates long term stable growth. Low long term interest rates! Eventually all this borrowing has to be paid back to bond and t-bill holders and as a result interests rates will have to climb progressively. Then we will all have to pay for it no matter what our socieconomic background!! You can't float debt forever!
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Post by roy_who on Sept 3, 2004 15:28:42 GMT -5
Bills...Supply Side economics, huh? Haven't you heard that Laffer admitted he was holding the napkin upside down? Actually I am trying to figure out which Prez candidate will do the least to the economy.
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Post by felton2unc on Sept 3, 2004 15:33:12 GMT -5
dc everything that goes right you say that it has nothing to do with who is in office right now, and everything that goes wrong you blame on him
not really balanced there
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Post by DeeCee on Sept 3, 2004 15:44:47 GMT -5
dc everything that goes right you say that it has nothing to do with who is in office right now, and everything that goes wrong you blame on him not really balanced there That's a muthaphuckin lie!!! We're talking about No Child Left Behind!!! What other topic were we talking about? I talked about how shitty the Republican party has been to Black people, but that's nothing new. The question is, "Is the Republican party directly responsible for the increase in minority test scores?" That's a simple question...Michael Steele and the President claim that they are...is that the truth?
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Post by BrewCityBuck on Sept 3, 2004 17:31:30 GMT -5
You can flood as much money you want into black area's and you won't notice a thing. 70% of Black children are born without a father....Disturbing.
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Post by DeeCee on Sept 5, 2004 8:59:54 GMT -5
You can flood as much money you want into black area's and you won't notice a thing. 70% of Black children are born without a father....Disturbing. If that were the case, Jesse, 70% of all births in the Black community would be miracles. Despite what you may have heard, Black women can not conceive children without the help of a male. I think the stat you're talking about is either Black kids being born to single parents or not having fathers in the home. I can't remember which one that "70%" applies to...and yes, that stat is very disturbing.
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Post by BrewCityBuck on Sept 5, 2004 9:09:44 GMT -5
Their born into a home without a father.
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