Showing posts with label education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label education. Show all posts
Thursday, September 24, 2009
You're Not Getting My Daughters, Obama!
Another reason my daughters won't be attending government run indoctrination programs - look at these public school children chanting an Obama rap. I wonder if this is how Hitler got started. Yes, I compared Obama to Hitler, so sue me.
Obama's Safe School Czar is a Druggie & Gay Agenda Pusher
Did you know we now have a "safe schools czar" who has advocated promoting homosexuality in schools? Officially his title will be Director of the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools. But wait!! In his 2007 autobiography he made four references to his own history of drug use!! Read this whole article about his sordid past and decide if you think he is the person for this position.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Stay Out of Our Schools Obama
Yet another reason my daughters won't be attending government-run indoctrination programs - I mean schools:
Obama is planning to brainwash oops I mean address all schoolchildren on September 8. Teachers' manuals have been distributed with materials to be used to discuss the brainwashing session with questions students are supposed to ask themselves like:
What do you think the President wants us to do?
Does the speech make you want to do anything?
Are we able to do what President Obama is asking of us?
Sounds like students are supposed to race out and organize their communities according to Obama's vision. Can you imagine the outrage if Bush pulled this stuff? Click here to read more about the brainwashing. The article points out that public schools have recently used children as lobbyists for censuses, illegal immigration, anti-war activism and gay marriage.
Obama is planning to brainwash oops I mean address all schoolchildren on September 8. Teachers' manuals have been distributed with materials to be used to discuss the brainwashing session with questions students are supposed to ask themselves like:
What do you think the President wants us to do?
Does the speech make you want to do anything?
Are we able to do what President Obama is asking of us?
Sounds like students are supposed to race out and organize their communities according to Obama's vision. Can you imagine the outrage if Bush pulled this stuff? Click here to read more about the brainwashing. The article points out that public schools have recently used children as lobbyists for censuses, illegal immigration, anti-war activism and gay marriage.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Update on Obama's Voucher Killer
An update on President Meanie's cancellation of the DC voucher system: click here to read what the Press Secretary said about Obama's daughters attending a private school while cancelling the voucher system for other D.C. minorities. Here's a little teaser:
QUESTION: Well, could you just restate the president's position?
GIBBS: Well, I think the president has concerns about -- concerns about taking large amounts of funding out of the system to -- to address this, that the president obviously believes -- and I think you'll hear him talk about and has talked about -- the need for reform in our educational system, but -- but has not agreed with the program in the past. I'll see if there's anything to update on that.
Wow, how illuminating!
QUESTION: Well, could you just restate the president's position?
GIBBS: Well, I think the president has concerns about -- concerns about taking large amounts of funding out of the system to -- to address this, that the president obviously believes -- and I think you'll hear him talk about and has talked about -- the need for reform in our educational system, but -- but has not agreed with the program in the past. I'll see if there's anything to update on that.
Wow, how illuminating!
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Some Follow-Ups
A couple of follow ups to some previous Obama-nations:
- Don't you just love it when a huge global warming protest gets cancelled by a massive snowstorm?
- Also, watch this video to Obama from kids who have benefitted from the D.C. voucher program. The video says that Obama hasn't taken a position on the issue, but I think by approving a bill that cuts funding for the program he has spoken loud and clear. You can also click here to read what the Washington Post, a left wing newspaper, thinks of the cancellation of the voucher program (hint: they are actually on our side). (P.S. Do you think the parents of all those kids, who undoubtedly voted for Obama, would admit to having voter's remorse?)
Now, the Obama-nation of the day:
If you can stomach visiting Barack's official campaign website and need a hearty laugh, click here. Then click on the heading reading "Shine the Light on Federal Contracts, Tax Breaks and Earmarks". Then think about Obama's $410 billion budget that contained between 7,000 and 9,000 earmarks. It's almost funny. Except he's less than two months into his term.
- Don't you just love it when a huge global warming protest gets cancelled by a massive snowstorm?
- Also, watch this video to Obama from kids who have benefitted from the D.C. voucher program. The video says that Obama hasn't taken a position on the issue, but I think by approving a bill that cuts funding for the program he has spoken loud and clear. You can also click here to read what the Washington Post, a left wing newspaper, thinks of the cancellation of the voucher program (hint: they are actually on our side). (P.S. Do you think the parents of all those kids, who undoubtedly voted for Obama, would admit to having voter's remorse?)
Now, the Obama-nation of the day:
If you can stomach visiting Barack's official campaign website and need a hearty laugh, click here. Then click on the heading reading "Shine the Light on Federal Contracts, Tax Breaks and Earmarks". Then think about Obama's $410 billion budget that contained between 7,000 and 9,000 earmarks. It's almost funny. Except he's less than two months into his term.
Monday, March 2, 2009
No School Choice for D.C. Minorities!
This stinks. It really stinks.
A $410 Billion omnibus spending bill is lurking out there. A second chance for Democrats to blow more of our money.
However, they will NOT blow money on school choice! In the bill, there is language designed to kill the Opportunity Scholarship Program. This program gives families in D.C. up to $7,500 a year to attend the schools of their choice. D.C. schools spend over $14,000 per year per pupil and are among the worst schools in the country (students score last in math and next to last in reading among all urban schools in the US). To qualify, a student's income must be at or below 185% of the poverty level. 99% of the students who participate in the program are minorities. Studies show that participants in the program do better than those not in the program. The program is so popular that there are 4 applicants for each voucher. Without the vouchers, 80% of those students will attend failing public schools. Click here to read more about the voucher program.
Well, the word from the AP today is that Obama is going to sign this spending bill. Click here. The story actually said Obama would hold his nose and sign it, despite it containing more than 8,700 earmarks.
So let me get this straight. Obama's daughters go to a school that's about $30,000 a year. But he wants to cut out a program that allows other very poor, minority students in the same area to attend private schools for half the cost of a failing public school.
YOU ARE OBAM-INABLE!!
A $410 Billion omnibus spending bill is lurking out there. A second chance for Democrats to blow more of our money.
However, they will NOT blow money on school choice! In the bill, there is language designed to kill the Opportunity Scholarship Program. This program gives families in D.C. up to $7,500 a year to attend the schools of their choice. D.C. schools spend over $14,000 per year per pupil and are among the worst schools in the country (students score last in math and next to last in reading among all urban schools in the US). To qualify, a student's income must be at or below 185% of the poverty level. 99% of the students who participate in the program are minorities. Studies show that participants in the program do better than those not in the program. The program is so popular that there are 4 applicants for each voucher. Without the vouchers, 80% of those students will attend failing public schools. Click here to read more about the voucher program.
Well, the word from the AP today is that Obama is going to sign this spending bill. Click here. The story actually said Obama would hold his nose and sign it, despite it containing more than 8,700 earmarks.
So let me get this straight. Obama's daughters go to a school that's about $30,000 a year. But he wants to cut out a program that allows other very poor, minority students in the same area to attend private schools for half the cost of a failing public school.
YOU ARE OBAM-INABLE!!
Monday, November 24, 2008
No School Choice for You!
Challenge: Make a list of the things the government does well. Probably a short list, right?
But by and large we let the government educate our children. And not only that, we let the government tell us which school will educate our children for us.
Imagine that scenario in any other area of our lives: the government telling me "Sarah, you live in Sector 4. You can only shop at grocery store number 17. You can only go to hospital number 5". There's no way anyone would stand for that, right? But we allow the government to tell us exactly what school our children would go to, with very few acceptable alternatives in place.
Did you know the city of Atlanta spends $11,000 to educate each child in its school system? Take a wild guess at the quality of their schools: crappy. Did you know that for $14,000 per year, a child can attend the most expensive private school in my area? There are many, many great private schools for much less than that.
Hey, here's a wild idea, how about if we give each parent a voucher worth what the government spends on your child and the parent picks the school the child attends? Do you think if there was competition for those dollars, almost instantly the public schools would transform themselves so they could compete with the private schools? Hmmm. If they didn't, they would find new areas of work. If you can't succeed, you should figure out a new plan. Unless you're a bank, an automaker, or can't pay your mortgage.
Now, to my Obama-nation of the day: Obama hates the voucher system. A great article here.
His solution: pouring more money into the failing school system. Sending his daughters to very expensive private schools in Chicago and D.C. (one year at the DC elementary school costs more than my entire law school education). He attacked John McCain's plan to increase the voucher system in the D.C. schools, among the worst of the worst. D.C. schools spend almost $16,000 per pupil and only 12% of 8th graders are proficient in reading. Obama promised to spend $18 billion in federal tax dollars on education.
Great plan Obama. Spend more money. Why would he be opposed to vouchers? Is it because liberals just love big government, and vouchers would remove an important part of the government from the lives of millions of Americans? Is it because if America had a well-educated electorate, he wouldn't have stood a snowball's chance in hell of being allowed to take a tour of the White House, much less gotten himself elected? Is it because if Americans had a clue, they would realize conservatism is the way to go? Hmmm.
But by and large we let the government educate our children. And not only that, we let the government tell us which school will educate our children for us.
Imagine that scenario in any other area of our lives: the government telling me "Sarah, you live in Sector 4. You can only shop at grocery store number 17. You can only go to hospital number 5". There's no way anyone would stand for that, right? But we allow the government to tell us exactly what school our children would go to, with very few acceptable alternatives in place.
Did you know the city of Atlanta spends $11,000 to educate each child in its school system? Take a wild guess at the quality of their schools: crappy. Did you know that for $14,000 per year, a child can attend the most expensive private school in my area? There are many, many great private schools for much less than that.
Hey, here's a wild idea, how about if we give each parent a voucher worth what the government spends on your child and the parent picks the school the child attends? Do you think if there was competition for those dollars, almost instantly the public schools would transform themselves so they could compete with the private schools? Hmmm. If they didn't, they would find new areas of work. If you can't succeed, you should figure out a new plan. Unless you're a bank, an automaker, or can't pay your mortgage.
Now, to my Obama-nation of the day: Obama hates the voucher system. A great article here.
His solution: pouring more money into the failing school system. Sending his daughters to very expensive private schools in Chicago and D.C. (one year at the DC elementary school costs more than my entire law school education). He attacked John McCain's plan to increase the voucher system in the D.C. schools, among the worst of the worst. D.C. schools spend almost $16,000 per pupil and only 12% of 8th graders are proficient in reading. Obama promised to spend $18 billion in federal tax dollars on education.
Great plan Obama. Spend more money. Why would he be opposed to vouchers? Is it because liberals just love big government, and vouchers would remove an important part of the government from the lives of millions of Americans? Is it because if America had a well-educated electorate, he wouldn't have stood a snowball's chance in hell of being allowed to take a tour of the White House, much less gotten himself elected? Is it because if Americans had a clue, they would realize conservatism is the way to go? Hmmm.
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