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Sun Mar-14-10 01:43 PM
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| 44. Some will argue, it's still a nickel. |
| -Contempt for public school teachers is growing under this administration. |
madfloridian |
Mar-13-10 11:15 PM |
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The new meme is if you don't support Obama's education agenda you don't support kids |
proud2BlibKansan |
Mar-13-10 11:18 PM |
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I'm getting mine tomorrow after school! Can't wait! n/t |
Fire1 |
Mar-14-10 01:41 PM |
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LOL, indeed I saw a few people in DU parroting that line for the past couple of days |
liberation |
Mar-14-10 03:59 PM |
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So-called is right. |
Enthusiast |
Mar-14-10 05:43 PM |
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There are some people here who will support Obama no matter what he does. |
Catshrink |
Mar-13-10 11:27 PM |
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Amazing how easily right wing can demonize even teachers . . . |
defendandprotect |
Mar-14-10 12:15 PM |
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ironic, isn't it |
Mithreal |
Mar-14-10 01:27 PM |
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I think it is more frightening than anything else... |
liberation |
Mar-14-10 04:06 PM |
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Yes, Regan. |
emsimon33 |
Mar-14-10 06:55 PM |
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Teachers can take heart |
Enthusiast |
Mar-14-10 05:51 PM |
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Some of us scientists, were also teachers at some point... |
liberation |
Mar-14-10 06:03 PM |
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You are on the right track |
Enthusiast |
Mar-14-10 07:09 PM |
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I'm wondering if Senator Bayh was behind this during the Bush years? |
LiberalFighter |
Mar-13-10 11:28 PM |
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I have grown weary over 30 years of watching one group after another targeted and scapegoated to |
laughingliberal |
Mar-13-10 11:35 PM |
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Alan Grayson/Bernie Sanders in 2012 -- !!! |
defendandprotect |
Mar-14-10 12:16 PM |
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I'll vote for Grayson in a heartbeat. n/t |
Triana |
Mar-14-10 07:28 PM |
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New Dems are Old Republicans. |
Mithreal |
Mar-14-10 01:28 PM |
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Mithreal, I hate to disagree |
Enthusiast |
Mar-14-10 05:54 PM |
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+ 1000. This is what is actually going on. It's a union-busting privatization scheme. |
freddie mertz |
Mar-14-10 03:35 PM |
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President Ronald Reagan The Second |
MannyGoldstein |
Mar-13-10 11:38 PM |
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He picks only the best role models. |
Mithreal |
Mar-14-10 01:34 PM |
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I considered the same image. nt |
Enthusiast |
Mar-14-10 05:56 PM |
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Obama: How to Lose Friends & Alienate People |
heli |
Mar-13-10 11:50 PM |
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Gimme a break... |
damyank913 |
Mar-13-10 11:55 PM |
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I intend to keep pointing out the selling out of education. |
madfloridian |
Mar-14-10 12:12 AM |
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Mar-14-10 01:08 PM |
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I for one beg you... |
daleanime |
Mar-14-10 07:37 PM |
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Go through the past week's, or month's worth of postings concerning education. |
MadHound |
Mar-14-10 11:29 AM |
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This also continues the right wing attack on UNIONS for the benefit of corporations -- !!! |
defendandprotect |
Mar-14-10 12:02 PM |
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Disgusting is the word. |
Enthusiast |
Mar-14-10 05:58 PM |
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Welcome to DU. n/t |
YvonneCa |
Mar-14-10 12:29 PM |
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Read this one's profile, "Judgement is for god and small children" |
Mithreal |
Mar-14-10 01:37 PM |
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I did... |
YvonneCa |
Mar-14-10 02:27 PM |
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I definitely misread it at first |
Mithreal |
Mar-14-10 02:33 PM |
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Where you want, em, your kneecaps? |
Mithreal |
Mar-14-10 01:35 PM |
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Expand upon that thought... Please |
rpannier |
Mar-14-10 06:26 PM |
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The demagoguery is astounding. It reeks of the tea baggers. |
damyank913 |
Mar-14-10 06:45 PM |
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Hey, his Secretary of Education is doing just that. |
Catshrink |
Mar-14-10 06:48 PM |
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I thought liberals were the whipping boys of this administration |
tavalon |
Mar-14-10 12:14 AM |
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Amazing. Thank you, Madfloridian, for shining light on this outrage. nt |
inna |
Mar-14-10 12:21 AM |
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I send your education updates to everyone |
bonnieS |
Mar-14-10 11:22 AM |
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"...instead there will be plenty of cannon fodder ..." |
CrispyQ |
Mar-14-10 01:07 PM |
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Thank you so much for your service |
undergroundnomore |
Mar-14-10 06:46 PM |
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Ignore the teacher haters here MF |
Starry Messenger |
Mar-14-10 11:40 AM |
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+1 |
Mithreal |
Mar-14-10 01:40 PM |
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It takes a Democrat to pass Republican policies. |
alarimer |
Mar-14-10 11:53 AM |
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... and that's what we seem to have put in the White House . . . GOP policies!!! |
defendandprotect |
Mar-14-10 11:59 AM |
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+1 sad but true |
democracy1st |
Mar-14-10 12:59 PM |
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That's what right wing government tends to do . . . hate the teacher, love the corporation--!!! |
defendandprotect |
Mar-14-10 11:58 AM |
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Have you seen any evidence that they are listening to the concerns of classroom teachers? |
Catshrink |
Mar-14-10 12:02 PM |
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I've made my objections clear to the administration. |
immoderate |
Mar-14-10 12:17 PM |
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Me too. |
Catshrink |
Mar-14-10 12:32 PM |
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Keep your head down. It's gonna get bumpier. |
Mithreal |
Mar-14-10 01:42 PM |
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Sadly, it's working because Obama won the TRUST of the nation . . .!!! |
defendandprotect |
Mar-14-10 12:05 PM |
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We trusted Obama and he has betrayed not only teachers and their families, |
Riley18 |
Mar-14-10 12:56 PM |
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Teachers are the strawmen. The real problem is poverty and the problems attendant. |
RainDog |
Mar-14-10 01:02 PM |
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+1 You said it. 30+ years of conservative economic policies. |
Mithreal |
Mar-14-10 01:43 PM |
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Well, I feel for the teachers...so many good teachers out there. However ro |
krabigirl |
Mar-14-10 01:02 PM |
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this is a problem in American schools |
RainDog |
Mar-14-10 01:12 PM |
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I agree completely that it is insane to cut academics but leave the sports budget intact. |
CrispyQ |
Mar-14-10 01:20 PM |
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Reagan had "welfare queen's" and PATCO.. Obama has "low performing teachers" and the NEA and AFT. |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
Mar-14-10 01:16 PM |
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Some will argue, it's still a nickel. |
Mithreal |
Mar-14-10 01:43 PM |
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Sadly the Teacher Union heads |
maryf |
Mar-14-10 02:55 PM |
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Your claims are unsupported by any evidence. |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
Mar-14-10 01:27 PM |
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Typical |
Mithreal |
Mar-14-10 01:45 PM |
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So? Nothing? |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
Mar-14-10 01:58 PM |
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For you? You want me to jump through your hoops? |
Mithreal |
Mar-14-10 02:03 PM |
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"MadFloridian has been making her cases both substantively and daily." |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
Mar-14-10 02:05 PM |
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Typical. |
Mithreal |
Mar-14-10 02:07 PM |
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The only case I'm making... |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
Mar-14-10 02:10 PM |
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At least you are consistent. |
Mithreal |
Mar-14-10 02:14 PM |
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Why would he start now? |
Jakes Progress |
Mar-14-10 03:19 PM |
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All one has to do is read the news |
tonysam |
Mar-14-10 03:33 PM |
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Start here |
Catshrink |
Mar-14-10 02:10 PM |
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Direct link please. |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
Mar-14-10 02:12 PM |
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You don't want a direct link. It would not matter at all. |
madfloridian |
Mar-14-10 03:39 PM |
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It wouldn't matter in the slightest. n/t |
donco6 |
Mar-14-10 06:33 PM |
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I'd just like a poll to support the claim is all. |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
Mar-14-10 06:52 PM |
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Mar-14-10 01:51 PM |
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Open your fricking eyes...... |
yourout |
Mar-14-10 05:10 PM |
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"conspiracy theory nonsense" |
Enthusiast |
Mar-14-10 06:06 PM |
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I'm a retired teacher. |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
Mar-14-10 06:52 PM |
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+1000 And I was a teacher.... |
msanthrope |
Mar-14-10 06:52 PM |
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Actually, |
undergroundnomore |
Mar-14-10 07:07 PM |
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What worries me if they keep putting charter schools in where public schools were |
southernyankeebelle |
Mar-14-10 01:46 PM |
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Indeed. What will happen to the special ed kids? |
Catshrink |
Mar-14-10 02:11 PM |
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They can beg for vouchers and go to "Storefront Jesus" schools in strip malls |
SoCalDem |
Mar-14-10 02:14 PM |
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Not to put too fine a point on it but, what the hell do you think the plan is? |
Greyhound |
Mar-14-10 04:04 PM |
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I find it hard to believe this |
AngryAmish |
Mar-14-10 01:47 PM |
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"I have held teachers in contempt for a long time" Wow! |
madfloridian |
Mar-14-10 01:52 PM |
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Wow is right |
undergroundnomore |
Mar-14-10 07:12 PM |
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Mar-14-10 01:59 PM |
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I guess you were home schooled. |
pecwae |
Mar-14-10 02:01 PM |
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Obviously. |
Jakes Progress |
Mar-14-10 03:21 PM |
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Why, did they give you bad grades? |
freddie mertz |
Mar-14-10 03:39 PM |
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What other professions |
Enthusiast |
Mar-14-10 06:14 PM |
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Somehow, because they are union probably, teachers are reviled |
SoCalDem |
Mar-14-10 02:11 PM |
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Excellent post. |
madfloridian |
Mar-14-10 02:16 PM |
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I respectfully disagree |
thefaithful |
Mar-14-10 02:35 PM |
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I agree.. |
Fruittree |
Mar-14-10 02:58 PM |
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Obviously you aren't paying attention. |
Catshrink |
Mar-14-10 03:21 PM |
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speaking of motives... what would yours be? |
fascisthunter |
Mar-14-10 04:51 PM |
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Obama's statement about the RI school firings was based on bad information. |
EFerrari |
Mar-14-10 03:00 PM |
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You are very generous... |
Catshrink |
Mar-14-10 03:07 PM |
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I must also disagree? |
sulphurdunn |
Mar-14-10 06:09 PM |
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Interesting |
rpannier |
Mar-14-10 06:28 PM |
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Well, of course they can |
skepticscott |
Mar-14-10 06:45 PM |
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was that pizza for one or two? |
madrchsod |
Mar-14-10 02:42 PM |
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Thanks!! |
maryf |
Mar-14-10 02:58 PM |
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Obama a corporate puppet - privatizing education is a way to expand private industry profit |
jonathon |
Mar-14-10 03:15 PM |
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K&R |
avaistheone1 |
Mar-14-10 03:30 PM |
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K & R. Thanks for keeping this issue front and center. |
freddie mertz |
Mar-14-10 03:41 PM |
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Anyone who shapes such policies affecting public schools ought to put their kids in public schools |
ProgressIn2008 |
Mar-14-10 03:43 PM |
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Sad that we were punked by Obama |
FunMe |
Mar-14-10 04:19 PM |
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Its sad that I am starting to "hope" he is a one termer. |
yourout |
Mar-14-10 04:53 PM |
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Dupe |
liberation |
Mar-14-10 06:09 PM |
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Unfortunately, an one term Obama is most likely due to a GOP winning in 2012 |
liberation |
Mar-14-10 06:16 PM |
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18 unrecs....not a popular topic. |
madfloridian |
Mar-14-10 05:37 PM |
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"Reagan's 80's propaganda worked." |
Enthusiast |
Mar-14-10 06:40 PM |
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Signing on (which I do seldom) to kick and thank you so much for your work. |
tbyg52 |
Mar-14-10 05:53 PM |
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And my contempt for this administration is growing. I'm tired of the teacher bashing. |
Orlandodem |
Mar-14-10 05:54 PM |
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Excellent As Usual madfloridian. Enough Is Enough |
Dinger |
Mar-14-10 06:00 PM |
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Outrageous...they're locking private for-profits into healthcare and working |
ibegurpard |
Mar-14-10 06:15 PM |
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I Used To Despise Nader, But It Looks Like He Was Right (nt) |
Dinger |
Mar-14-10 06:30 PM |
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I Have This Theory That I've Pretty Much Kept To Myself. I Think I'll Say It Here, At Last |
Dinger |
Mar-14-10 06:18 PM |
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next time, keep it to yourself |
ecstatic |
Mar-14-10 06:30 PM |
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There's bullshit here alright |
Catshrink |
Mar-14-10 06:32 PM |
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Maybe if we get Palin in 2012, we can get back to how it used to be |
ecstatic |
Mar-14-10 06:40 PM |
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Mar-14-10 06:47 PM |
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I Don't Have to. First Amendment You Know (nt) |
Dinger |
Mar-14-10 06:32 PM |
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An opinion is an opinion and his is worth as much as yours. |
saracat |
Mar-14-10 06:42 PM |
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Fine. It's all a conspiracy. Republicans "allowed" Obama to win |
ecstatic |
Mar-14-10 06:48 PM |
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failing to prosecute war crimes |
Catshrink |
Mar-14-10 06:30 PM |
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Shhh. You're getting FAR too close. n/t |
donco6 |
Mar-14-10 06:34 PM |
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O.K. (nt) |
Dinger |
Mar-14-10 06:36 PM |
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No kidding. |
Catshrink |
Mar-14-10 06:37 PM |
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Keep the tinfoil shiny side out....n/t |
msanthrope |
Mar-14-10 06:56 PM |
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+1 |
LWolf |
Mar-14-10 07:36 PM |
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Mar-14-10 06:31 PM |
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Obama seems determined to ax murder every one of the groups |
emsimon33 |
Mar-14-10 06:54 PM |
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See Post # 107 (nt) |
Dinger |
Mar-14-10 07:15 PM |
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I spent this weekend working with educators from all around my region. |
LWolf |
Mar-14-10 06:54 PM |
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Did the conversation ever drift over to improving poor performance? |
msanthrope |
Mar-14-10 07:03 PM |
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You obviously have no idea of the complexity of the issues in education. |
Catshrink |
Mar-14-10 07:08 PM |
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I was a teacher. So I'm quite well aware of the sense of entitlement |
msanthrope |
Mar-14-10 07:13 PM |
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Mar-14-10 07:16 PM |
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My co-workers who could not match my performance ratings |
msanthrope |
Mar-14-10 07:28 PM |
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The conversation was all about the sources of poor performance. |
LWolf |
Mar-14-10 07:33 PM |
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There's More Of That In Wisconsin |
Dinger |
Mar-14-10 07:16 PM |
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Mar-14-10 07:02 PM |
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Good Post MF! Ignore the ones who are to blind to see. |
Little Star |
Mar-14-10 07:09 PM |
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Obama =- Reagan 2.0 |
Odin2005 |
Mar-14-10 07:18 PM |
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The best education goes to the highest bidder |
Wednesdays |
Mar-14-10 07:31 PM |
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I honestly don't understand why Obama is going in this direction, was |
Jefferson23 |
Mar-14-10 08:13 PM |
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Locking |
cbayer |
Mar-14-10 08:14 PM |
#155 |