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  • 1

    Is there ANY right wing crank issue that doesn't gain currency?

    Paul-no not th…
    September 4, 2009
    at 11:59 am
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  • 2

    "Because you see, the taxes can be such a penalty on people that there's no incentive for them to prosper and to earn more and so forth because they have to give so much to the government ..."
    - Ronald Reagan's address to school kids.
    .
    Now, that's some old school indoctrination right there.

    momentomaury
    September 4, 2009
    at 12:00 pm
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    • 2.1

      Sorry, do you have a link to that quote?

      stuartzechman
      September 4, 2009
      at 12:33 pm
    • 2.2

      SZ-
      http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1988/111488c.htm

      Paul-no not th…
      September 4, 2009
      at 12:48 pm
    • 2.3

      "Sorry, do you have a link to that quote?"
      .
      Here ya go: http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1988/111488c.htm

      momentomaury
      September 4, 2009
      at 12:50 pm
    • 2.4

      Beat me by two minutes Paul ;-)

      momentomaury
      September 4, 2009
      at 12:51 pm
  • 3

    This stuff is the craziest thing I've ever heard. I listened to the head of the FL GOP on Hardball yesterday having a meltdown because he's afraid Obama is going to indoctrinate his kids and because Obama is attempting to impose his vision on the country and it's... wait for it... IN HIS POLICIES.
    .
    Do these boobs not understand what elections are about?
    .
    and yes, there's nothing controversial about asking kids to study hard and get good grades.
    .
    And Paul. The answer is no.

    fourlegsgood
    September 4, 2009
    at 12:04 pm
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  • 4

    An' we don't want our media tellin' any o' these flamin' rotted barnacle-brained lunatics tha' they be exact' tha' - it'd be hurtin' their fragile self-esteem, it would...

    pirate wench (…
    September 4, 2009
    at 12:20 pm
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    • 4.1

      Ye Wench is on target again. The evil clowns of the right have learned that they can get free airtime and the standard-issue phony equivalency-style MSM coverage if they say things that are sufficiently insane and hateful. It's good for ratings!

      Bad for America? Who cares? I'm alright, Jack.

      FlownOver
      September 4, 2009
      at 4:53 pm
  • 5

    http://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/04/us/financing-for-a-bush-speech-is-attacked.html?scp=1&sq=alice%20deal%20and%20bush&st=cse

    Exiled_At_Home…
    September 4, 2009
    at 12:40 pm
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    • 5.1

      From the link: "The classroom was as well lighted as a television studio, and the cameras zoomed in on students and their teacher, Cynthia Mostoller, as Mr. Bush made a pitch for his education program."
      .
      Using an appearance at a school to film a promotional video for "No child left behind" is not quite the same as using the bully pulpit to encourage kids to study hard and get good grades.

      momentomaury
      September 4, 2009
      at 12:55 pm
    • 5.2

      "Using an appearance at a school to film a promotional video for "No child left behind" is not quite the same as using the bully pulpit to encourage kids to study hard and get good grades."
      .
      It is if you pretend you are above all party politics.

      Paul-no not th…
      September 4, 2009
      at 1:01 pm
  • 6

    Once again the best and brightest liberals seem to be suffering from short term memory loss>

    http://www.brokencountry.com/index.php/2009/09/04/flashback-to-1991-gephardt-called-bushs-speech-to-students-paid-political-advertising/

    Gephardt had a cow when Bush was going to do this. Now Republicans are nuts for doing the same.

    The only explanation is that there is not any behavior or actions by liberals that is extreme or nutty, because they view it as normal behavior for them

    Again, Stop lying to yourselves.

    freeinpa
    September 4, 2009
    at 12:49 pm
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    • 6.1

      The Democratic critics accused Bush of turning government money for education to his own political use, namely, an ongoing effort to inoculate himself against their charges of inattention to domestic issues.

      As the father of four children, I am absolutely appalled that taxpayer dollars are being used to spread President Obama's socialist ideology. The idea that school children across our nation will be forced to watch the President justify his plans for government-run health care, banks, and automobile companies, increasing taxes on those who create jobs, and racking up more debt than any other President, is not only infuriating, but goes against beliefs of the majority of Americans, while bypassing American parents through an invasive abuse of power.

      The main reason we know it is you who is nuts is because you can't tell who is nuts.

      shepherdwong
      September 4, 2009
      at 1:11 pm
    • 6.2

      Sheppie:

      Oh I can And its you and your cohorts who continue to express outrage now over behavior you viewed as normal when done by a liberal.

      Liberals always have trouble telling right from wrong, it is compounded when they continue to lie to themselves and can't tell the difference. Sad & pathetic.

      freeinpa
      September 4, 2009
      at 1:22 pm
    • 6.3

      "...its you and your cohorts who continue to express outrage now over behavior you viewed as normal when done by a liberal."
      .
      And you're also seriously deluded and delusional. Get professional help before you lose whatever tenuous grasp on reality you still possess.

      shepherdwong
      September 4, 2009
      at 1:58 pm
    • 6.4

      free - Leaving aside the subject of liberal hypocrisy for a moment, do you have any problem with a president - be it Reagan or GHWB or Obama - addressing school kids and reminding them to, say, work hard or stay off drugs or be responsible?

      ogliberal
      September 4, 2009
      at 2:53 pm
  • 7

    Below is what I posted in Joe's comments abo e:

    What's happening in our country proves both that Democrats have far fewer looneys than the Republicans and that the MSM is biased against Dems (or feel pushed to show that they are not liberal by giving Republicans more favorable coverage overall).

    Let's compare 2001 with 2009. We had a president who did not win the majority vote and who was put into office sooner than might (or might not) have happened if the recount vote had not been suspended in Florida.

    Sure there were some on the left and Dems in general who were hopping mad. And I'm not saying there were not conspiracy theories (or basically just accusations that the SCotUS decision was based on politics) abounding in Dem circles.

    But did we see town halls populated by Dem congress members exhorting citizens to not recognise Bush as president? Did we have months and months of angry protest meetings where Dems called Bush a commie and a Nazi?

    No. The fact that Bush was accepted so quickly is very much due to Dems putting their country ahead of party politics. If we had not been willing to let the matter drop, I think the country would have been deeply divided by the time that 9/11 occurred.

    Of course that is presuming that MSM would actually have covered any Dem unrest and protest meetings.

    southernbell49
    September 4, 2009
    at 1:26 pm
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  • 8

    http://ipsofacto.kenhirshonline.com/2009/09/04/calling-them-out-on-racism/

    Ken Hirsh
    September 4, 2009
    at 2:13 pm
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    • 8.1

      We don't take kindly to blogwhoring around these parts mister. Ya got somethin' to say, say it here.

      FlownOver
      September 4, 2009
      at 4:58 pm
  • 9

    Haha that is hilarious. “Studying without the ipod in ears”. Good luck with that. I have tried that approach with little success. I am always told it helps focus and concentration especially with Math.

    LM

    http://theblindspotsofgod.wordpress.com/

    lawyermommy
    September 4, 2009
    at 2:18 pm
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  • 10

    Ms. Tumulty:

    Will your child follow the Department of so-called "Education" "suggestion" to "write letters to [himself] on how [he] can help the president"?

    If so, please post his letters detailing how he (and his parents?) hope to "help" Obama. Thank you.

    textee
    September 4, 2009
    at 2:21 pm
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    • 10.1

      "Help Obama" do what?
      I believe the President is asking for information regarding (among other related issues) probably how he can help with improving the school system.

      People are making that simple request seem ominous. How silly.

      http://theblindspotsofgod.wordpress.com/

      lawyermommy
      September 4, 2009
      at 2:27 pm
    • 10.2

      You are terrified that you will have to take your meds under Obamacare.

      trifecta55
      September 4, 2009
      at 2:30 pm
  • 11

    I hope he includes a message for high school kids to "turn off Facebook."

    I would wager that it's the #1 or #2 teenage time-waster in America.

    palininatowel
    September 4, 2009
    at 3:08 pm
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  • 12

    [...] back-to-school remarks didn't include any references to iPod use, so you'll have to continue waging that battle on your own with the Swampkids. He did, however, address the issue of Facebook this morning at a visit to Wakefield High School in [...]

    Comedian-in-Ch…
    September 8, 2009
    at 1:17 pm
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