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Posts Tagged ‘McCain’
Monday Ketchup 080915 Redeux
Posted in Politics, tagged Biden, BRIC, Bush, Clinton, DOW, Economy, FTSE, I Own My Vote, just say no deal, Lehman, McCain, PUMA PAC, The Denver Group on September 15, 2008| Leave a Comment »
No Choice in No Child Left Behind
Posted in Children, Politics, tagged Charter School, Clinton, Education, I Own My Vote, just say no deal, Kennedy, McCain, No Child Left Behind, Obama, Proposition 13, PUMA PAC, The Denver Group on September 14, 2008| 2 Comments »
We trained hard–but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form into teams, we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing. And what a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency and demoralization.–Gaius Petronius Arbiter
The above quote pretty much sums up how I felt about implementation of the “No Child Left Behind” (NCLB) Act. If you haven’t read this article yet from a past teacher on the Confluence, be sure and do so:
No Child Left Undamaged
Posted on September 13, 2008 by garychapelhill
[I spent several years working as a high school teacher. I had always wanted to be a teacher and enjoyed it very much. I was going to make it my lifelong career. NCLB ended all that. After George W Bush was appointed president by the SCOTUS in 2001, he was under some pressure to extend an olive branch to the Democrats. Instead, with the help of Ted Kennedy, he offered them a Trojan horse called The No Child Left Behind Act:]
http://riverdaughter.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/no-child-left-undamaged/
Trojan horse is a perfect metaphor! (more…)
Hurricane Ike and Voter Registration
Posted in Politics, tagged I Own My Vote, IKE, just say no deal, McCain, Obama, PUMA PAC, Texas, The Denver Group, Voter Registration on September 13, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Texas Voter Registration Currently Ends Oct. 6th
When one of my daughters lived in Leander, Texas, for several years, she and her husband often had some trouble voting. Even though they registered and lived in the same place, they found that their names were not on the voter list. This happened several times. After the first experience, and the day of the second, she called the registrars office to confirm that they were indeed on the list. However, when they showed up to vote, they had to argue with the poll that they were still registered.
I add this small bit of family experience to the ether. I ask you to consider Lynnette Long’s growing compendium of election fraud in Texas, in line with the following: I just went on line to the Montgomery Co. website in Texas and it appears their server is down. This is probably due to the power outage. However, I think we must anticipate the possibility that the general election vote will be affected by Ike.
It appears that voter registration for the General Election currently ends in Texas on October 6th!! This will not be a lot of time to begin to recover from all the damage Ike is currently inflicting. Re-registering, or assuring you are still registered, may not be at the top of your priority list right now. However, I urge you as soon as you are able, to call your registrars office or go online and ascertain your status, and print a pdf copy if you need to. The State of Texas should make accommodation for this event.
Two Glorias
Posted in Politics, tagged Affirmative Action, Allred, Clinton, DNC, Feminsim, I Own My Vote, just say no deal, McCain, Misogyny, Obama, Palin, PUMA PAC, Steinem, The Denver Group on September 13, 2008| 1 Comment »
We PUMAs were all glad when Olberman and Matthews were demoted but what are we doing about this guy?
Mark Belling called Gloria Steinem a “grizzled old bag,” “old witch”
[Summary: Radio host Mark Belling called Gloria Steinem a “grizzled old bag,” “old witch,” and “embittered old has-been” and also stated that the “previous generation” of feminists “were so ugly you couldn’t stand to look at them.”]
Recent Events on the Money Trail
Posted in Politics, tagged Campaign Finance, Clinton, I Own My Vote, just say no deal, McCain, Obama, Palin, PUMA PAC, The Denver Group on September 11, 2008| 2 Comments »
You may remember that Barack Obama had opted out of the public finance system in July-August. Pundits speculated at the time he would need around 55 million a month to complete the race. Then he made some nicey nice about asking donors to 527’s to contribute to his campaign instead. Hah! Lately MoveOn has spent it’s time OPPOSING McCain, rather than supporting Obama. The SEIU just reported on Sept 10th, they spent around $255,000, in Missouri and Kansas canvassing for Obama. They reported another $365,000 canvassing in Iowa. (Local 199.) (more…)
RNC Convention Speeches
Posted in Politics, tagged Bush, Guiliani, I Own My Vote, just say no deal, Lieberman, McCain, Palin, PUMA PAC, RNC Convention, The Denver Group, Thompson on September 10, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Selected Speeches from the 2008 Convention
How did the Republicans do in their convention speeches? As you are probably aware, they were distinctly different and rousing in a whole other way. Be sure and contrast them with the DNC speeches HERE:
Recent Fireworks About Governor Palin
Posted in Politics, tagged Alaska, Biden, Clinton, Feminist, I Own My Vote, just say no deal, Long, Matthews, McCain, Obama, Olberman, Palin, PUMA PAC, The Denver Group on September 9, 2008| 2 Comments »
Settle onto that blanket for the evening’s display. Each one is a beauty! If you, like Michelle Cottle, thought feminists were silent on the subject of “Sarah Barracuda”, you just weren’t reading the right ones!
Move On’s (And Others) Rumor Mongering – Updated
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on September 9, 2008 at 7:50 AM
[A few days ago, I printed an email that Move On sent out with a number of “dangerous” positions that Gov. Palin allegedly holds or actions in which she engaged. A number of them were flat out wrong. It is exactly this kind of “Swiftboating” we all decried when it happened to Kerry. (more…)
Monday Ketchup 080908
Posted in Politics, tagged Clinton, Democrats, Gallup, Gwatney, I Own My Vote, Iowa, just say no deal, McCain, Missouri, Obama, Palin, PUMA PAC, The Denver Group on September 9, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Stuff of Genius
Well gee, Michelle is lost and confused about what happened to feminists. That’s what happens when you start with a faulty premise, like assuming there was a choice after 2004, and start blaming the victim. Hey, at least she knows our name, and she’s discombobulated enough she forgot to ignore us:
THE NEW REPUBLIC
Shattered
By Michelle Cottle
Post Date Wednesday, September 24, 2008 | Issue Date Wednesday, September 24, 2008
[Can someone please tell me what the hell happened? This presidential election was supposed to be a high-water mark for feminism. Hillary Clinton entered the primaries as the first female front-runner in our nation’s history. Better still, she wasn’t running as a Woman Candidate. ….]
http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=c1fd53cd-51a8-4078-9269-674b24fdabea
Of course, THIS kind of information below is the real source of Michelle’s concern:
Affirmative Action Versus Feminism
Posted in Politics, tagged Affirmative Action, Clinton, Democrat, Feminism, I Own My Vote, Jackson, just say no deal, McCain, Obama, Palin, PUMA PAC, The Denver Group on September 9, 2008| 1 Comment »
Why is “Affirmative Action” one of the touchstones of this election? This counter discriminatory tool is but one of many federal programs enacted in the middle of the last century. Wikipedia offers the following definition of the program:
[The term affirmative action describes policies aimed at a historically socio-politically non-dominant group (typically, minority men or women of all racial groups) intended to promote its access to education or employment. Motivation for affirmative action is a desire to redress effects of actual or perceived, past or current discrimination that is regarded as unfair. [Who?] It also serves to encourage public institutions such as universities, hospitals and police forces to be more representative of the population].
Perhaps it seems out of date to talk about affirmative action. Further, to discuss affirmative active in the context of it’s gender benefit to Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, ageism benefit to John McCain, or it’s race benefit to Barack Obama seems at odds with what we know of their upbringing. (more…)
Post Convention Lassitude
Posted in Politics, tagged Affirmative Action, Clinton, Equal Oppportunity, I Own My Vote, just say no deal, McCain, Obama, Palin, PUMA PAC, Steinhem, The Denver Group on September 7, 2008| Leave a Comment »
The Equal Opportunity Equation
It’s been hot for days. Sans the air conditioner in 102 degrees weather, the idea of typing lyricism into a sticky keyboard, while worrying about whether my dripping sweat is going to short it out, has provided an easy prohibition to the effort. Really though, the last two weeks have been too overwhelming. The effort to record and distill the events has been too hard a task. Finally, Gloria Steinhem helped with her recent article.
Clearly some voted for Barack Obama simply because he was biracial. The pull to do so is understandable. No matter what, his accomplishment is now a signpost of the future. So in that sense, something has already been accomplished. The final test will be, if he is elected, whether we have moved past the other affirmative action hurdle; an unfair requirement for a higher standard of competency. Let us remind ourselves that a true test of equal rights is that, after we are hired, we have an equal opportunity to have a different viewpoint, and an equal right to fail with equal consequences, in our efforts. We don’t like to think this way in relation to a Presidential pick, but there it is. (more…)
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- Primavera Nueva Inc. Issues Voluntary Recall of Select 4-Count Tamales Because of Possible Health Risk- Revised to Include Roasted Pumpkin & White Cheddar, a Seasonal Item
- Gold Star Distribution Inc., Issues Recall of Certain FDA-Regulated Products in Three States Including Drugs, Devices, Cosmetics, Human Foods, and Pet Foods
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