CARPE DIEM: Waiting for "Superman" Released Yesterday
"What 'Waiting for Superman' drives home is to improve our education system requires improving our teachers.
Requires demanding our teachers get deep in the trenches, be allowed to be flexible and innovative, persist, and to be held accountable.
This the teacher unions and the Democratic Party will not accept, even for the sake of our children.'"
Saturday, September 25, 2010
True the Vote
True the Vote
"Vote fraud attacks the heart of our political system and threatens our rights as citizens.
When True the Vote began monitoring elections last fall in Houston, we were shocked at the fraud we discovered.
Precinct judges often failed to check voters IDs, and some even filled out ballots to “help” people vote.
These violations are just the tip of a very large and ugly iceberg.
If you are one of the millions of Americans outraged by corruption at the highest levels of our nation’s government, then you can help us stop fraud where it begins – at the polling place, in the precinct where you live, in the streets of your city.
If you care enough to help, contact us today to become part of our action plan.
A commitment of just a few hours is all it takes to help restore truth and integrity to our elections."
"Vote fraud attacks the heart of our political system and threatens our rights as citizens.
When True the Vote began monitoring elections last fall in Houston, we were shocked at the fraud we discovered.
Precinct judges often failed to check voters IDs, and some even filled out ballots to “help” people vote.
These violations are just the tip of a very large and ugly iceberg.
If you are one of the millions of Americans outraged by corruption at the highest levels of our nation’s government, then you can help us stop fraud where it begins – at the polling place, in the precinct where you live, in the streets of your city.
If you care enough to help, contact us today to become part of our action plan.
A commitment of just a few hours is all it takes to help restore truth and integrity to our elections."
Parents outraged at teachers unions after seeing documentary "Waiting for 'Superman' " - NYPOST.com
Parents outraged at teachers unions after seeing documentary "Waiting for 'Superman' "
"It's class warfare!
Fed-up parents and teachers who saw the explosive education documentary 'Waiting for 'Superman' ' yesterday were left either seething or in tears -- and calling for revolutionary change after the film's Big Apple debut.
'The passing along of children through the system is just disgusting,' said Barbara Levinson, 63, who was crying by the film's end. 'Every child should be treated as an individual.'
Viewers were also rocked by the work's portrayal of the teachers unions' protection of subpar educators.
'The laws as they stand can protect ineffective teachers who are bad -- I'm disappointed in what the union's become,' said Patricia Jordan, who won state teacher of the year in 1993.
'Effective and wonderful teachers are stifled by the ones who are problematic and hard to get rid of,' she fumed."
"It's class warfare!
Fed-up parents and teachers who saw the explosive education documentary 'Waiting for 'Superman' ' yesterday were left either seething or in tears -- and calling for revolutionary change after the film's Big Apple debut.
'The passing along of children through the system is just disgusting,' said Barbara Levinson, 63, who was crying by the film's end. 'Every child should be treated as an individual.'
Viewers were also rocked by the work's portrayal of the teachers unions' protection of subpar educators.
'The laws as they stand can protect ineffective teachers who are bad -- I'm disappointed in what the union's become,' said Patricia Jordan, who won state teacher of the year in 1993.
'Effective and wonderful teachers are stifled by the ones who are problematic and hard to get rid of,' she fumed."
Citizens' Group Helps Uncover Alleged Rampant Voter Fraud in Houston
FOXNews.com - Citizens' Group Helps Uncover Alleged Rampant Voter Fraud in Houston
"“What we saw shocked us,” she said.
“There was no one checking IDs, judges would vote for people that asked for help.
It was fraud, and we watched like deer in the headlights.”"
"“What we saw shocked us,” she said.
“There was no one checking IDs, judges would vote for people that asked for help.
It was fraud, and we watched like deer in the headlights.”"
Friday, September 24, 2010
Craig Robinson (basketball)
Craig Robinson (basketball) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"He is the older brother of First Lady Michelle Obama and the brother-in-law of U.S. President Barack Obama."
You check out his record....just like his bro-in-law.......sad
"He is the older brother of First Lady Michelle Obama and the brother-in-law of U.S. President Barack Obama."
You check out his record....just like his bro-in-law.......sad
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Mont. woman fends off bear attack with zucchini
Mont. woman fends off bear attack with zucchini - Yahoo! News
"FRENCHTOWN, Mont. – Police say a Montana woman fended off a bear attack with an unlikely weapon — a zucchini."
Is that a zucchini in your pocket or are you a bear......
"FRENCHTOWN, Mont. – Police say a Montana woman fended off a bear attack with an unlikely weapon — a zucchini."
Is that a zucchini in your pocket or are you a bear......
CARPE DIEM: If You Tax Something, You Get Less of It....
CARPE DIEM: If You Tax Something, You Get Less of It....
"MP: This is Econ 101.
Couldn't they have predicted this would happen? See previous, related CD post here."
"MP: This is Econ 101.
Couldn't they have predicted this would happen? See previous, related CD post here."
VC scoops the security pros — by two months!
The Volokh Conspiracy » VC scoops the security pros — by two months!
"For those worried about a future cyber attack that takes control of critical computerized infrastructure – in a nuclear power plant, for instance – Stuxnet is a big, loud warning shot across the bow, especially for the utility industry and government overseers of the US power grid.
Of course, VC readers heard that warning shot two months early.
And the target of DEADF007?
Uninformed speculation claims that it’s Iran’s Bushehr nuclear facility — and that the facility is already toast.
If so, we’re likely to find out pretty soon."
"For those worried about a future cyber attack that takes control of critical computerized infrastructure – in a nuclear power plant, for instance – Stuxnet is a big, loud warning shot across the bow, especially for the utility industry and government overseers of the US power grid.
Of course, VC readers heard that warning shot two months early.
And the target of DEADF007?
Uninformed speculation claims that it’s Iran’s Bushehr nuclear facility — and that the facility is already toast.
If so, we’re likely to find out pretty soon."
Does anyone know what the US owes?
Does anyone know what the US owes? - NYPOST.com
"How bad is the nation's debt problem?
While the official number -- $13.4 trillion, according to the Congressional Budget Office -- is frightening enough, some analysts say the actual figure is much, much higher.
Like a shopaholic who hides their credit card bills, the government pretends certain obligations and expenditures don't exist.
Uncle Sam really owes closer to $60 trillion, or more, and the country is close to bankrupcy."
"How bad is the nation's debt problem?
While the official number -- $13.4 trillion, according to the Congressional Budget Office -- is frightening enough, some analysts say the actual figure is much, much higher.
Like a shopaholic who hides their credit card bills, the government pretends certain obligations and expenditures don't exist.
Uncle Sam really owes closer to $60 trillion, or more, and the country is close to bankrupcy."
Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Doughnuts
Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Doughnuts - TIME NewsFeed
"It's National Doughnut Day"
"It's National Doughnut Day"
Kelly McGillis, Melanie Leis
"Kelly McGillis, the actress, and Melanie Leis, a sales executive, were joined in a civil union on Wednesday morning in Collingswood, N.J. Judge Robert T. Zane III, the municipal presiding judge for Camden County, N.J., officiated at the Collingswood Municipal Court."
.....She and Ms. McGillis, whose two previous marriages ended in divorce, met in 2000, when Ms. Leis was a bartender at a restaurant in Key West, Fla., that Ms. McGillis owned with her second husband, Fred Tillman, with whom she has two daughters, Kelsey Lauren, 20, and Sonora Ashley, 17.
Yikes!
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Walter Breuning, world's oldest man, nears 114
Walter Breuning, world's oldest man, nears 114 greatfallstribune.com Great Falls Tribune
"Five-year certificates of deposit were being offered at a special rate,"
"Five-year certificates of deposit were being offered at a special rate,"
Hotel ousts couple after accusing them of writing negative TripAdvisor review
Hotel ousts couple after accusing them of writing negative TripAdvisor review - USATODAY.com
"A British couple says they were kicked out of their hotel after the hotel manager accused them of writing a negative review on TripAdvisor and called the police."
"A British couple says they were kicked out of their hotel after the hotel manager accused them of writing a negative review on TripAdvisor and called the police."
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Jackson: I did nothing wrong
Jackson: I did nothing wrong :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
"U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) said Tuesday he is “deeply sorry” for having “disappointed some supporters” regarding his relationship with a female “social acquaintance.”"
"U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) said Tuesday he is “deeply sorry” for having “disappointed some supporters” regarding his relationship with a female “social acquaintance.”"
Tensions In The Democratic Party
National Review: Tensions In The Democratic Party : NPR
"In each there was a split between the public-employee unions that do so much to finance Democratic campaigns and the gentry liberals who provide Democratic votes in places like Manhattan, the Montgomery County suburbs of Maryland, and northwest Washington, D.C. And in each case, the public-employee unions won."
"In each there was a split between the public-employee unions that do so much to finance Democratic campaigns and the gentry liberals who provide Democratic votes in places like Manhattan, the Montgomery County suburbs of Maryland, and northwest Washington, D.C. And in each case, the public-employee unions won."
Monday, September 20, 2010
Digging For Oil On The Gulf Islands National Seashore
WEAR ABC 3 :: Top Stories - Digging For Oil On The Gulf Islands National Seashore
"The fed says B-P workers can't dig more than 6 inches in the sand to look for oil.... and as Channel 3's Dan Thomas found out... You can't dig at all."
"The fed says B-P workers can't dig more than 6 inches in the sand to look for oil.... and as Channel 3's Dan Thomas found out... You can't dig at all."
Mona Shores meeting could talk Ponzi
Mona Shores meeting could talk Ponzi WOOD TV8
"24 Hour News 8 will be at the Mona Shores meeting beginning at 7 p.m."
"24 Hour News 8 will be at the Mona Shores meeting beginning at 7 p.m."
Forced Government Recycling is Garbage; It Wastes Scare, Valuable Resources and Lowers Out Wealth
CARPE DIEM: Forced Government Recycling is Garbage; It Wastes Scare, Valuable Resources and Lowers Out Wealth
“There is not a community curbside recycling program in the United States that covers its cost,’’ says Jay Lehr, science director at the Heartland Institute and author of a handbook on environmental science.
They exist primarily to make people “feel warm and fuzzy about what they are doing for the environment.’’"
“There is not a community curbside recycling program in the United States that covers its cost,’’ says Jay Lehr, science director at the Heartland Institute and author of a handbook on environmental science.
They exist primarily to make people “feel warm and fuzzy about what they are doing for the environment.’’"
Does President Obama Think Our Rights Come from Our Creator?
Does President Obama Think Our Rights Come from Our Creator? The Weekly Standard
The most famous words in the Declaration of Independence — and almost surely the most famous words ever written by an American — read, “We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.”
On Friday evening, when President Obama addressed the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, he quoted that passage as follows (on the clip at 22:30): “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal [pause], endowed with certain unalienable rights: life and liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
In Obama’s version, there is no “Creator.”
Only two plausible explanations spring to mind.
One is that President Obama isn’t very familiar with the most famous passage in the document that founded this nation; that even when plainly reading from a teleprompter, he wasn’t able to quote it correctly.
The other is that President Obama doesn’t subscribe to the Declaration’s rather central claim that our rights come from our “Creator” (also referred to in the Declaration as “Nature’s God” and “the Supreme Judge of the World”).
Only the president likely knows for certain which of these two explanations is true, or whether perhaps there is another.
His nearly 4-second pause before he omits reference to our Creator, however, is peculiar.
He stares at the teleprompter, purses his lips, blinks several times — as if confused, disturbed, and/or in the process of making a decision — and then proceeds to use his alternate wording.
The most famous words in the Declaration of Independence — and almost surely the most famous words ever written by an American — read, “We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.”
On Friday evening, when President Obama addressed the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, he quoted that passage as follows (on the clip at 22:30): “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal [pause], endowed with certain unalienable rights: life and liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
In Obama’s version, there is no “Creator.”
Only two plausible explanations spring to mind.
One is that President Obama isn’t very familiar with the most famous passage in the document that founded this nation; that even when plainly reading from a teleprompter, he wasn’t able to quote it correctly.
The other is that President Obama doesn’t subscribe to the Declaration’s rather central claim that our rights come from our “Creator” (also referred to in the Declaration as “Nature’s God” and “the Supreme Judge of the World”).
Only the president likely knows for certain which of these two explanations is true, or whether perhaps there is another.
His nearly 4-second pause before he omits reference to our Creator, however, is peculiar.
He stares at the teleprompter, purses his lips, blinks several times — as if confused, disturbed, and/or in the process of making a decision — and then proceeds to use his alternate wording.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Graph of the Day for September 14, 2010
"The current six rate brackets of 10%, 15%, 25%, 28%, 33% and 35% will be replaced by five new brackets with the higher rates of 15%, 28%, 31%, 36% and 39.6%.'"
Energy Department Says It Has ‘Mandate’ to Force ‘Market Transformation’ for Household Appliances
Energy Department Says It Has ‘Mandate’ to Force ‘Market Transformation’ for Household Appliances CNSnews.com
"Zoi pointed to four tactics the Obama administration intended use to advance the “deployment of clean energy.”
The first three were government subsidies for private-sector green energy projects, special tax incentives for green energy projects and low-interest government-backed loans for green energy projects.
“The fourth one, which the secretary and I love,” said Zoi, “is where we have a mandate.
Where we can actually just issue regulations and do market transformation.”"
"Zoi pointed to four tactics the Obama administration intended use to advance the “deployment of clean energy.”
The first three were government subsidies for private-sector green energy projects, special tax incentives for green energy projects and low-interest government-backed loans for green energy projects.
“The fourth one, which the secretary and I love,” said Zoi, “is where we have a mandate.
Where we can actually just issue regulations and do market transformation.”"
Friday, September 17, 2010
St. Maarten holds historic election as Dutch territory prepares to become country
FOXNews.com - St. Maarten holds historic election as Dutch territory prepares to become country
"PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten – PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten (AP) —
St. Maarten's two major parties expected to dominate the election Friday of 15 parliamentary representatives who will lead the Dutch territory when it becomes an autonomous country next month.
The race was expected to be close between the Democratic Party and the ruling National Alliance Party.
Some voters, however, favored one of two new parties: United People and Concordia People's Alliance.
St. Maarten and Curacao will become countries within the Dutch kingdom when the Netherlands Antilles are dissolved Oct. 10.
The islands of Saba, St. Eustatius and Bonaire will become special Dutch municipalities and respond directly to the Dutch government.
Details of the new governments for St. Maarten and Curacao have not been decided, however, even as the deadline approaches.
It is unclear what kind of tax system will be adopted or which currency will replace the Netherlands Antillean guilder.
So far, government officials have confirmed that St. Maarten and Curacao will have a common Court of Appeal and a shared central bank.
St. Maarten, which has nearly 20,000 registered voters, shares an island with the French territory of St. Martin."
"PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten – PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten (AP) —
St. Maarten's two major parties expected to dominate the election Friday of 15 parliamentary representatives who will lead the Dutch territory when it becomes an autonomous country next month.
The race was expected to be close between the Democratic Party and the ruling National Alliance Party.
Some voters, however, favored one of two new parties: United People and Concordia People's Alliance.
St. Maarten and Curacao will become countries within the Dutch kingdom when the Netherlands Antilles are dissolved Oct. 10.
The islands of Saba, St. Eustatius and Bonaire will become special Dutch municipalities and respond directly to the Dutch government.
Details of the new governments for St. Maarten and Curacao have not been decided, however, even as the deadline approaches.
It is unclear what kind of tax system will be adopted or which currency will replace the Netherlands Antillean guilder.
So far, government officials have confirmed that St. Maarten and Curacao will have a common Court of Appeal and a shared central bank.
St. Maarten, which has nearly 20,000 registered voters, shares an island with the French territory of St. Martin."
Michigan Supreme Court Justice Robert Young to be Tea Party guest speaker
Michigan Supreme Court Justice Robert Young to be Tea Party guest speaker MLive.com
Michigan Supreme Court Justice Robert Young will be the guest speaker at the monthly meeting of the Muskegon Tea Party 6:30-8 p.m. Sept. 28 at Whitlow's Forerunner Restaurant, 6410 Airline in Fruitport Township."
Michigan Supreme Court Justice Robert Young will be the guest speaker at the monthly meeting of the Muskegon Tea Party 6:30-8 p.m. Sept. 28 at Whitlow's Forerunner Restaurant, 6410 Airline in Fruitport Township."
I'm Now Insanely Pumped For This Game: SpartanRocky's Michigan State vs. Notre Dame Preview!
I'm Now Insanely Pumped For This Game: SpartanRocky's Michigan State vs. Notre Dame Preview!
"After two games it’s very hard to get a read on either Notre Dame or Michigan State."
Good stats and analysis.
"After two games it’s very hard to get a read on either Notre Dame or Michigan State."
Good stats and analysis.
My New Spartan Media Room!
My New Spartan Media Room!
"My New Spartan Media Room!
I just finished the logo murals on the walls of our media room!"
Wow!
This is pretty cool!
(except the dog ought to be green)
"My New Spartan Media Room!
I just finished the logo murals on the walls of our media room!"
Wow!
This is pretty cool!
(except the dog ought to be green)
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