Standing up for educational choice
Parents are rallying for educational choice right now in Washington, D.C.
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The Obamas were too busy playing Games to attend.
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How can the government indoctrinate the children on the glories of socialism and the great step forward under our Dear Leader Obama if their parents are given the choice to send them to non-union run schools?
zero is better suited and not addressing important matters. as he spends most days sitting on his thumb rotating. the national embarrassment is in copenhagen, how anyone can be so blinded and not see what a pathetic disgrace the zero scam is, is truly amazing. the court jester is neither president nor cinc.
Obama: “You chose poorly.”
Duh One DOES support educational choice! Parents can send their children to a government-run school where they are taught to sing his praises, or Duh One will come and take your children and HE will send them to a government-run school where they are taught to sing his praises.
It is interesting that the libtards are all about “choice” when it comes to murdering defenseless, unborn, children. But if you want choice in which school to send those children lucky enough to escape abortion, fuhgeddaboutit!
Too busy playing games?
I suppose the Obamas are required to attend every rally and march that takes place in Wash, DC.
Yep, take the Obamas to task, but being snarky diminishes the message and questions the messenger’s motives.
The policy to end vouchers in DC is less than intelligent. It is a good idea that works and should be continued.
Aren’t these the same kids he threw under his bus a while ago? Has he ever pulled anyone out from under his bus??
From the DBCAEO web site:
What does the race of the children have to do with this?
Don’t be fooled. Clearly these are photos of lunatic fringe, right wing racists disguised as minorities. Because absolutely all people of color love Dear Leader and his policies. Just another propaganda stunt by the VRWC.
No, but Obama should at the very least, be aware they are taking place. I mean…over a million people march on DC on Sept. 12th and he doesn’t even mention it? He pretends not to know things he doesn’t want to talk about. This is not a president for all the people, but only his elite cronies. That’s it. And you know it.
I think it’s a revolving door. As a typical brain dead socialist, he will use anyone and anything to further his ascention to Marxist nirvana.
If you are Obama or any other libtard, it has everything to do with it.
That’s the point! It’s a great idea. The reason it was killed is so others won’t be able to point to its success. The libtards don’t want any type of successful voucher system. If one does appear, the Ministry of Propaganda (ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC, NYT, etc.) is told to pooh-pooh it as “limited success that won’t translate to any other school district.”
It’s safer for the socialists to just cut off funding than to have to answer a bunch of silly questions about the success of voucher systems world-wide.
This is just proof that parents, liberal or conservative, democrat or republican, really just want what is best and what works for their children’s education.
Unfortunately, the socialists in government just want what is Marxist. The children are unimportant.
A liberal mantra:
Choice for me but not for thee.
How many Hollywood elites and Obama Chicago cronies send their 13 year old daughters to public school?
How many Hollywood elites and Obama Chicago cronies support “Cap & Tax”, yet fly their private jets all over the world (probably getting tax write offs in the process)?
How many Hollywood elites and Obama Chicago cronies are unemployed?
We are living in a Twilight Zone episode called “Obamaland”. But remember, Obamanites, all Twilight Zone episodes have a bizzare ending.
King Leonidas: Immortals…we’ll put their name to the test.
Good points, all. I would add, how many Hollywood elites and Obama cronies are opposed to gun ownership but own guns and hired guns themselves.
I would also add how many Hollywood elites and liberals would be first in line to castrate anyone who raped their 13-yr-old daughter, no trial needed?
Never let an opportunity go to waste; Conservatives should support this with every fibre of their being. This is something that conservatives, independents and liberals can agree on. It breaks the hold of the teachers unions on education (ends indoctrination) and it improves the educational product coming out our public school system. True competition ALWAYS leads to improvement and efficiency. The potential to move this forward is better than ever BECAUSE Obama is the president. It would be very difficult to spin this one. Do not let this opportunity go to waste!
And this is going on in NJ today:
http://www.citizensforassembly.com/pledge/
Part of the pledge is to support school choice.
How do you know what Pres Obama is aware of, or isn’t aware of?
OK, I say it another way changing a few words.
I suppose the Obamas are required to
attendbe aware and mention every rally and march that takes place in Wash, DC.How would you know when Pres Obama is pretending to know something and when he does not want to talk about it?
Which, of course means, he knows about it. Why does he need to comment on everything?
His not commenting on what are your expectations is no justification nor is it a reasonable arguement to say he is not the President for all the people.
As I write this, there is breaking news, a single engine plane that was flying (it crashed) over Muncie, IN. I suspect there are people there that expect, have expectations that, the President would make a comment about the incident. Would you suggest Obama is not the President of all the people in Indiana because he has said nothing of this incident?
Yep, take the President, or any politician, to task over actual policies.
But, taking him, or anyone, to task, over what you expect and your expectations, because of what he doesn’t attend, mention, or is aware of, lacks systematic cogent linear logic.
The President did not mention, attend, or is aware of bow season. He must not like hunters and therefore isn’t the President of all the people. Silly ODSness.
Lastly, you do not know what I know, or do not know. And, I do not know what you know, or do not know.
Should you want to know facts, you ask questions and don’t assign motives and meanings to other people, otherwise it is speculation and guessing. Which says more about you than it does about me.
Well big surprise, what with all the indoctrination videos we’ve been seeing lately!
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
Not only should it be continued, but it should be implemented all over the country, with the next step being movement towards privatization.
Governments shouldn’t be involved in education, and where state constitutions allow it, there should be amendments passed.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
When BHO and the other 2 faced elites sent their kids to public schools then they can pull the plug on school choice. If they truly cared about education the public schools wouldn’t have the lousy, over priced text books and we’d be able to fire all the dim-witted teachers that the union protects. Ever notice how difficult it is to fire any government employees? How much better the system would be if teachers weren’t protected from losing their jobs. The rest of us don’t have that kind of job security. Those paid with tax payer funds should have the same rights as the rest of us and the same risks.
I never said that, but thanks for the lecture, zyzz. I only mentioned the ONE HUGE rally in DC in recent history…the one on 9/12. So nice of you to call my attention to my many flaws. I guess that stating an opinion on here is now subject to ridicule and derision. However, your arguments are rather childish and silly. As you probably can figure out by now…I loathe and despise the liberal radicals in this country and what they are doing to destroy it. So my criticism is based on facts. Fact…Obama is trying to socialize this incredible, capitalist country and trash its Constitution. Fact…Obama DOES pretend to not know things when we know darn well he does know…Rev. Wright’s sermons comes to mind. Also pretending to not know that ACORN is HUGELY funded by the taxpayers. Fact…Any president who knows about a march on DC consisting of over ONE MILLION people, should darn well comment on it. Good grief! And by the way, as you said,
I guess we should just keep it that way. You can be a real twit sometimes. Sigh.
Thanks for the heads-up, NJR!
New Jerseyans are starting to get it, though the Republicans definitely picked the wrong candidate. I’m doing my research on Chris Christie still, and I’m not really feeling any enthusiasm.
I may have to write in Steve Lonegan, which is what I had planned to do anyway.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
I listened to Chris Christie last night on Hannity. I liked what I heard.
Indeed, why did the organizers bring race into this issue? Do they perceive some political goal is served? Do they feel the necessity of remarking on their race because the President himself, who is black, permitted the termination of the highly successful DC program? Do they wish to make certain that people understand that they are black parents opposed to Obama and the Democrats’ craven pandering to the NEA, doing incalculable damage to their childrens’ education in the process?
I too long for a post-racial America, but anyone who expected that the election of Barack Obama was going to herald the new age was either ignorant or foolish. On the other hand, these folks are organizing politically to fight for their children’s educational opportunities, and I am unwilling to criticize the DC parents (doubtless overwhelmingly black proportionally) who for the name they have chosen without at least hearing from them why they thought it was important.
You could predict this so easily! Anyone who actually checked into some of Obama’s past associates would have known that he is a radical black supremicist who wants reparations for his people. How could we NOT be racially divided like never before? The election of this particular black man is what is causing the problem. He believes that the black people should now have the power and the hell with whitey. Does anyone doubt that any more?
What you did say, because I quoted you, because I rarely do not not quote someone, is, “. . . over a million people march on DC on Sept. 12th and he doesn’t even mention it?” My first statement was a question, and I quoute myself, “How do you know what Pres Obama is aware of, or isn’t aware of?”
Yes, you only mentioned the one huge rally, though MM’s post is about a school rally. Therefore, it is not a leap to address rallies in general.
BTW, you still have not answered the question.
We all have flaws, though taking someone to task for not doing something, speaking to facts not in evidence, and assigning motives to them is especially egregious.
I provided an example sighting bow hunting. This is personal to me because I am a bow hunter. I would not take anyone to task for being silent on bow hunting. I have no expectation that it has to be commented on by any single individual. I would engage them if they actively demonstrated an incorrect knowledge of the sport.
OH? How so? Be an adult and deconstruct my arguements. As I am deconstructing yours.
Yep, that is certainly an opinion.
Fair enough, then you would support the removal of all vestiges of socialism that pre-date Pres Obama? Farm subsidies, scientific research grants, public schools and Universities, Contractors, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, not to mention a entire host of alphabet soup agenciencies (SEC, FAA, PGC, FDA, EPA, NEA), etc.
This is an opinion that you asserting as fact. Same questions from earlier. How do you know what someone knows, and does not know? How do you know when someone is pretending, or is not pretending?
[Some snark just for fun. Are you a mind reader? Tarot card reader? Tea leave reader?]
Like ir or not, Pres Obama parsed the questions put to him about the published videos of Rev Wright. He said he was unfamiliar with those specific statements made in those videos.
Not defending Pres Obama, but am merely stating facts.
Did he really say that? Maybe a link to a quote, him actually saying this, would be helpful. Though I have read that he worked for them, so it is diffucult to accept that he does not know where their funding comes from. Huge, medium, or small parts of ACORN funding.
Again, I ask why? Why does any President have to comment on any march or rally of any size? Were there one million people at the rally MM mentions in this post? Is it OK for Pres Obama not to mention it?
Actually, Pres Obama did mention and acknowledge the concerns of protests, in general, though not specifically the 9/12 rally, on the Letterman Show.
Quoting me, that a good thing.
Though your conclusion is dissappointing and only proves that you will continue to speculate, assign motive, guess, have unmet expectations, assert facts not in evidence, . . . which is so sad, when you could simply ask questions, and then know.
Using the perjorative ‘twit’, is that childish, or an adult way to conduct a conversation? Who is childish again?
The problem with that is simply that Christie is just another corrupt Republican. Don’t just listen to what he says, look at what he has done and what his conservative critics say about him.
Of course you’re going to like what he says. Isn’t that largely what got Clinton and Obama elected? People liking what they said?
Anyone who hasn’t slept through year 2009 should know better than that.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
Here’s the link you asked for…
http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2009/09/obama-on-acorn-not-something-ive-followed-closely.html
STEPHANOPOULOS: How about the funding for ACORN?
OBAMA: You know, if — frankly, it’s not really something I’ve followed closely. I didn’t even know that ACORN was getting a whole lot of federal money.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Both the Senate and the House have voted to cut it off.
OBAMA: You know, what I know is, is that what I saw on that video was certainly inappropriate and deserves to be investigated.
STEPHANOPOULOS: So you’re not committing to — to cut off the federal funding?
OBAMA: George, this is not the biggest issue facing the country. It’s not something I’m paying a lot of attention to.
zzy…I don’t comment on these blogs to have every little thing I say picked apart by an anal retentive troll like yourself. You have your views and I have mine. You don’t respect anything I say and disect it like you are a lawyer and I am on trial. I resent that, and I refuse to engage you in this nitpicking. I will say what I please and ignore your sarcasm and lack of respect for my opinions. Because OPINIONS is what we are expressing here. Some of it is conjecture, some is fact, some is BS. But I will not engage anyone who trashes my comments the way you do. I have more important things to do than to try and justify my comments to the likes of you.
This is proof of just how out of touch Obama is.
Government corruption and the onslaught of socialism is by far the biggest and most pressing issue this country faces today, especially since those same corrupt socialists are now pandering to our enemies.
Obama pretends not to know a lot. I remember Bill Clinton doing the same thing. Not so much Bush, though he was as corrupt as any of them.
It’s a matter of great pride that Americans are now getting their heads out of the sand and working against this great evil we face today!
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
He does, doesn’t he? That was one of the points I tried to make earlier until it was picked apart by the troll trial lawyer, zzy. Obama has played dumb so many times, I am starting to wonder if he really does live in a bubble, shielded away from the reality of what is happening in this country. I can see no other explanation for his incredible lack of clarity. Either that, or he is evil. Either explanation works for me.
I can emphatically tell you it’s the latter.
Never forget the words of Thomas Paine:
Anyone who seeks to increase the size and scope of government outside the limits placed upon it by the Constitution can only be called EVIL.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
WOW! You answered one of several questions I posed. One, that is exceptional and terrific. I applaud you for answering one question. Though you still have to work on the name calling, because that is definitely childish.
You see, I wasn’t aware, so I asked a question.
You originaly said that Pres Obama “. . . pretending to not know that ACORN is HUGELY funded by the taxpayers.” In the quote you provided and highlighted Pres Obama says, “I didn’t even know that ACORN was getting a whole lot of federal money.”
Where is the pretending? He says he did not know, but you have not established that he does know, or did know that ACORN was hugely funded. I doubt any one person knows the funding levels of every entity that recieves federal funds.
Listen, you initially responded to what I wrote. I responded to you. If you did not initiate contact with me, I would have no reason to address you. I welcome the notion that you will not address me. Avoid commenting on what I have to say, and I will not respond. Should you elect to comment on my comment, I will certainly respond.
In a nutshell, you will not have to justify your “opinions, conjecture and BS” to me, if you don’t comment on what I write.
Stay out of the kitchen if you can’t handle the heat.
RWR…I know that the lable “evil” is tossed around a lot these days. But I truly think Obama is evil. I look at him and get a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. He is trying in so many ways to destroy our beautiful country. He does not honor our founding documents. He is a black supremicist. He hates America because of what we did to the blacks, yet all his programs are geared to keeping them “on the plantation”. He lies practically every time he opens his mouth. I have zero trust in him or in Congress. For the first time in my life, I fear for the future of the United States and our Constitution. Pray it’s not too late. I am going to bed now, say some prayers, and hope I can sleep. It won’t be easy.
He is pretending not to know how much ACORN has been getting.
He says he did not know, but if you can’t see the lie in that, you are blind.
Maybe they don’t know how much funding every program gets, but before you even look at Obama’s close personal ties with ACORN (which do run very deep, easily destroying any assertion that he didn’t know their funding level – he certainly used his influence to get it as high as is was), maybe some consideration should be given to the simple fact that there is far too much government money floating around there in the first place. There is no provision in the Constitution for organizations like ACORN to be getting a single red cent from the federal government at all. There need not be so much money out there that people in Washington can’t keep track of it all.
Is any of this starting to make sense to you?
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
Toss it around all you want. Where true, it will stick, and Paine’s position is absolutely spot-on and accurate, both in his time and our own.
“These are the times that try men’s souls …”
Indeed they are.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com