Monday, October 18, 2010

Nashville teacher's fit ignites debate about classroom control

Nashville teacher's fit ignites debate about classroom control tennessean.com The Tennessean
"A McGavock High algebra teacher's wild-eyed blow-up at his unruly class, captured on a cell phone, drew thousands of YouTube views and prompted a Facebook page supporting him.

But while that meltdown was extreme, Metro Nashville educators say his laughing, talking, mocking class isn't unusual; even students who curse their teachers escape punishment."

Papering the Debt Over

Papering the Debt Over NetRight Daily
"If the Fed props up the national debt to the point of being the Treasury’s lender of first and last resort, confidence will shaken — that the U.S. can even honor its obligations.

Printing money to pay debts will be the “pretended payment” Adam Smith warned against in his final chapter of The Wealth of Nations."

The Closing of the Muslim Mind

The Closing of the Muslim Mind FrontPage Magazine
"My general thesis is that Islamism is a spiritual pathology based on a deformed theology that has produced a dysfunctional culture.

I know this is a mouthful, and I take some 200 pages to explain it.

In short, the source of the problem is a profound misconception as to who God is."

How new GOP Congress can repeal, replace Obamacare

Examiner Editorial: How new GOP Congress can repeal, replace Obamacare Washington Examiner
"Repealing and replacing Obamacare must be done carefully and without undue haste.

These recommendations are only the first steps, but they are the essential elements for all that follows."

This is how the GOPers can do it.

It's up to us to make sure they do do it!

Milton Friedman Takes Phil Donahue to School on Greed

Milton Friedman Takes Phil Donahue to School on Greed Liberty Pundits Blog

Mama Grizzlies!

Concerned Women for America
"I used to be a soccer mom. But something happened along the way while I was raising my kids and balancing the many demands facing women in America today.

I became Mama Grizzly."

Chevy Volt, Nissan Leaf, Electric Car Batteries

Chevy Volt, Nissan Leaf, Electric Car Batteries [Mackinac Center]
"'Today's Chevy Volt is well designed, but will cost about twice as much as a similar gas vehicle,' Wright said in what was the keynote speech to the gathering.

'Gas prices will have to soar above $10 per gallon to make such consumer EVs economical even at the lower battery costs.'"

Well, if $10/gal gasoline is what it takes to keep democrat unions and leftist greeniacs happy, what do you think democrat politicians will make happen if they can?

It's Logical to Be 'Islamophobic'

American Thinker: It's Logical to Be 'Islamophobic'
"From a utilitarian perspective, it's simple.

The average person faces greater danger from radicalized Muslims than from other dangers that we also fear, such as sharks or lightning."

A savage display of conservative intellectual firepower

NUGENT BOOK REVIEW: A savage display of conservative intellectual firepower - Washington Times
"While relaxing in my deer blind waiting to put an arrow through the pump station of an ultra-alert Texas whitetail deer, I read Mr. Savage's new book.
Instead of my predator eyes scanning the Texas brush for the slightest hint of movement, I found myself focused instead on Mr. Savage's dead-eye truth and common-sense words.
This may have been the very first time in my hunting life that my predator attention was focused completely on something other than grocery shopping for a whitetail deer."

Turning a Blind Eye to Terror

Turning a Blind Eye to Terror - HUMAN EVENTS
"federal agencies charged with protecting America’s citizens (Department of Homeland Security, FBI, Office of the Director of National Intelligence) only do “outreach” to organizations which are known members of the Muslim Brotherhood’s (MB) Islamic Movement in the United States, many of them Hamas—all of them hostile to America."

We are so "blessed" to have such "leaders" to "protect" us....

Obama Administration Uses Taxpayer Funding to Encourage ‘Sustainable Communities’

Obama Administration Uses Taxpayer Funding to Encourage ‘Sustainable Communities’ CNSnews.com
"The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development last week announced nearly $100 million in new grants 'to support more livable and sustainable communities across the country.'"

So much money, so little time....

VFW moves to dissolve PAC's board

VFW moves to dissolve PAC's board - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com
"The National Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Richard Eubank, has moved to amend his organization's bylaws to dissolve its PAC, which is run independently."