President Obama is scheduled to begin his speech on the economy at 1:45 pm ET; here’s live video of the event at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland.
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Only The Lurker Knows Thu, Jun 14, 2012 10:46:44am |
Anyone catch what they were chanting in the background?
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Kragar Thu, Jun 14, 2012 10:48:14am |
Arizona Republican Spokesman Calls Criticism From Women A ‘Bitch Session’
As first reported by Phoenix television station KTVK, what set spokesman Shane Wikfors off was a piece by longtime Arizona Republic columnist Laurie Roberts.
The column was based on an interview she did with local GOP donor Kathy Petsas, whose uncle used to be the director of the state party. It was titled “To dekook Arizona, start with the state Republican Party.”
In it, the two women lambasted the state GOP’s bent toward conspiracy theories and social ideologues rather than the calmer, pragmatic ways of the past. Petsas was quoted as saying the state party had been “hijacked” at the highest levels.
This did not sit well with Wikfors, who was hired as the chief spokesman for the party in August.
“Ms. Petsas ran off to Laurie Roberts and engaged her in a ‘bitch session,’” Wikfors wrote on his blog, Sonoran Alliance. “Frankly, I’m getting a little tired of people like Kathy Petsas and even some of the political consultants who don’t do a damn thing for their Republican Party.”
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jamesfirecat Thu, Jun 14, 2012 10:49:21am |
Are Romney horns expected or not expected to interrupt this one?
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Kragar Thu, Jun 14, 2012 10:55:07am |
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HappyWarrior Thu, Jun 14, 2012 10:57:14am |
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Charles Johnson Thu, Jun 14, 2012 10:58:53am |
Romney on Pearl Harbor vet: "His eyes locked on the pilot bringing armament, bringing bombardment..." Who the hell talks like this?— Charles Johnson (@Lizardoid) June 14, 2012
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Kragar Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:00:01am |
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lawhawk Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:01:58am |
re: #6 HappyWarrior
And Obama isn't opposed to Keystone - he was opposed to the routing that the company proposed initially, and the company has since rerouted away from the sensitive areas.
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:02:10am |
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HappyWarrior Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:02:23am |
re: #9 lawhawk
And Obama isn't opposed to Keystone - he was opposed to the routing that the company proposed initially, and the company has since rerouted away from the sensitive areas.
Yeah I know. I just laughed at Mitt's rhetoric here.
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Kragar Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:03:15am |
re: #10 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste
Or the Michael Bay virus got into the CPU.
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Targetpractice Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:04:58am |
re: #9 lawhawk
And Obama isn't opposed to Keystone - he was opposed to the routing that the company proposed initially, and the company has since rerouted away from the sensitive areas.
No it hasn't. It still goes through the aquifer, the only concession being a single 30 mile kink that keeps it from going over a section where the groundwater is abnormally close to the surface.
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blueraven Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:05:50am |
Mitt Romeys speech earlier
China, China, China, currency manipulator, I will impose tariffs blah, blah, blah...
That's his jobs plan.
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Kragar Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:06:01am |
re: #13 Targetpractice
No it hasn't. It still goes through the aquifer, the only concession being a single 30 mile kink that keeps it from going over a section where the groundwater is abnormally close to the surface.
I can see no negative repercussions from this course of action.
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Targetpractice Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:06:49am |
re: #14 blueraven
Mitt Romeys speech earlier
China, China, China, currency manipulator, I will impose tariffs blah, blah, blah...
That's his jobs plan.
A trade war. Good times.
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Lidane Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:07:18am |
re: #7 Charles Johnson
Romneybot clearly confused a Michael Bay script with real life.
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HappyWarrior Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:07:36am |
I think Huntsman actually did the best job of calling our Romney's China policy.
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Lidane Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:08:34am |
re: #18 HappyWarrior
I think Huntsman actually did the best job of calling out Romney's China policy.
That's because Huntsman actually knew what the hell is going on in China.
Romneybot is just spewing whatever talking points he's handed.
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:09:51am |
re: #16 Targetpractice
A trade war. Good times.
//
Romney is upping the ante. Elect him and he will try to destroy *two* national economies!
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Tumulus11 Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:09:53am |
. Pres. Obama: 'What's holding us back ...'
Woman in Audience: 'Republicans!'
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HappyWarrior Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:12:01am |
re: #19 Lidane
That's because Huntsman actually knew what the hell is going on in China.
Romneybot is just spewing whatever talking points he's handed.
YEs.
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HappyWarrior Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:13:26am |
re: #21 Tumulus11
. Pres. Obama: 'What's holding us back ...'
Woman in Audience: 'Republicans!'
He needs to go with a Do-Nothing Congress type campaign. Point out that Bohener, Cantor, and McConnell have shown nothing but obstruction in his plans. Point out that is obstructing economic recovery more than anything and the fact that the Republican house majority cares more about grandstanding on social issues than getting their job done.
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darthstar Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:15:36am |
Frickin' hybrid cars...
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HappyWarrior Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:17:48am |
re: #24 darthstar
Frickin' hybrid cars...
Hey man I think I saw you mention something last night about going to the Giants game. Did you end up seeing Cain's perfect game?
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Tumulus11 Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:19:56am |
. Pres. Obama: 'In this campaign, we have two very different visions to choose from ...'
Man in Audience: ' No, we don't.'
[Laughter, cheers.]
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Charles Johnson Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:20:25am |
Obama now laying out exactly what Romney's economic plan would mean to the country. Not a pretty picture.
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HappyWarrior Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:22:45am |
re: #27 Charles Johnson
Obama now laying out exactly what Romney's economic plan would mean to the country. Not a pretty picture.
All you got to do is look at his record. He portrays himself as a job creator and apt at handling the debt but the record disagrees. Mitt Romney is given way too much leeway by voters with the economy as far as I'm concerned.
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Interesting Times Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:25:34am |
The President contrasts two visions: facts and whatever Romney is using.— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) June 14, 2012
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Kragar Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:25:55am |
re: #28 HappyWarrior
All you got to do is look at his record. He portrays himself as a job creator and apt at handling the debt but the record disagrees. Mitt Romney is given way too much leeway by voters with the economy as far as I'm concerned.
Based on his track record, Romney would sell off 2/3 of the country to China and call the 1/3 left proof of his great business skills.
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HappyWarrior Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:27:27am |
re: #30 Kragar
Based on his track record, Romney would sell off 2/3 of the country to China and call the 1/3 left proof of his great business skills.
Or the economy recovers and he takes credit for policies his opponents supported ala GM.
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:28:11am |
re: #30 Kragar
Based on his track record, Romney would sell off 2/3 of the country to China and call the 1/3 left proof of his great business skills.
Well, selling off the East and West Coast states would be one way to get that "perpetual Republican majority" thing to work.
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Kragar Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:30:17am |
Apparently, Criticizing David Barton is now Proof that he Speaks the Truth
Green: We’re worried about cratering because someone might say, ‘that’s mean-spirited’!
French: Exactly, or, ‘you’re a bigot,’ and then all of a sudden you are immediately backpedalling. It shows the power that we have allowed peer and cultural regard to have over our lives and heart. One of the best things that any Christian can do is to begin to just break away from that, to become indifferent to that.
You guys, you and David, get such hate all the time from folks who are just appalled that you are bringing truth about America’s heritage into the public square, a truth they have been spending generations trying to squelch. I’m sure it hurts on some occasion when you see it but it’s also a sign that you guys are making incredible progress and incredible headway and you’ve gotten a message out that I can just tell in the Christian community in the past five to ten years, there’s a difference in knowledge about America because of the work that you guys have done.
Green: Hey man, if you’re not taking flak you’re not over the target right?
French: Exactly.
Green: It could be a good thing. I think you’re dead-on, if you are speaking truth, if you are doing something that’s going to make a difference, you’re going to take some criticism. We need to challenge this generation to actually be excited about the opportunity to stand for truth.
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Killgore Trout Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:30:36am |
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Gus Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:30:52am |
RED ALERT!
Pentagon plans first-ever gay pride event: tpm.ly/KESx0r— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) June 14, 2012
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Kragar Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:31:38am |
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HappyWarrior Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:32:08am |
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Gus Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:32:34am |
re: #36 Kragar
OH NOES!!!
/
...
We're doomed! Next comes the pink uniforms and pink tanks and pink B-52s!!!!
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Gus Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:33:07am |
re: #37 HappyWarrior
Oh noes the military is being "faggotified."//
Recruiting tent at the next Folsom Street Fair!!
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Kragar Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:34:29am |
Daddy Issues Fischer has a sad.
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abolitionist Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:35:35am |
Concerning the value of education and how we do things,
Army Plan: Wirelessly Recharge Gadgets … From 50 Feet Away.
I hope knowlegable people weigh in about what a crappy idea this is, in so many ways.
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Kragar Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:35:38am |
re: #39 Gus
Recruiting tent at the next Folsom Street Fair!!
//
Refraining from making a Navy joke here.
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Charles Johnson Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:36:28am |
Obama: "In an age when we know good jobs depend on high skills, now's not the time to scale back on our commitment to education."— Charles Johnson (@Lizardoid) June 14, 2012
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Gus Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:37:04am |
re: #42 Kragar
Refraining from making a Navy joke here.
Where can you find pleasure, search the world for treasure,
learn science, technology?
Where can you begin to make your dreams all come true
on the land or on the sea?
Where can you learn to fly, play in sports or skindive,
study oceanography?
Sign up for the big band or sit in the grand stand
when your team and others meet.
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Kragar Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:37:24am |
re: #41 abolitionist
Concerning the value of education and how we do things,
Army Plan: Wirelessly Recharge Gadgets … From 50 Feet Away.I hope knowlegable people weigh in about what a crappy idea this is, in so many ways.
I remember having to explain to a group of officers why setting up a wireless lan for a secure network would be a bad idea.
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jamesfirecat Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:37:30am |
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Kragar Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:38:48am |
re: #44 Gus
Where can you find pleasure, search the world for treasure,
learn science, technology?
Where can you begin to make your dreams all come true
on the land or on the sea?
Where can you learn to fly, play in sports or skindive,
study oceanography?
Sign up for the big band or sit in the grand stand
when your team and others meet.
I was just going to go with a Seamen joke.
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Charles Johnson Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:42:08am |
Obama: "My plan would take half the money we're no longer spending on war and use it to do some nation-building here at home."— Charles Johnson (@Lizardoid) June 14, 2012
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Kragar Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:46:01am |
re: #48 Charles Johnson
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But surely our banks, oil companies and defense contractors need that money more than the nation as a whole?
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Sheila Broflovski Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:53:24am |
Are these people listening to the same speech that we are?
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abolitionist Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:55:25am |
re: #51 Learned Mother of Zion
Are these people listening to the same speech that we are?
Of course not. Our comment form is 4096 chars, not 4 words.
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dragonfire1981 Thu, Jun 14, 2012 11:59:45am |
re: #33 Kragar
Apparently, Criticizing David Barton is now Proof that he Speaks the Truth
It all ties back in to the Christian persecution complex. You see the Bible (in fact Jesus himself) specifically tells Christians to expect to be persecuted for their beliefs:
“If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you…. If they persecuted Me they will persecute you… for they do not know the One who sent Me.”
John 15:19-21
The problem is the meaning of "persecution" has become so distorted and misused. In the Biblical context, Persecution generally referred to something like "being imprisoned and brutally tortured unless you renounce your faith in Christ." That kind of thing still happens in certain countries around the globe.
Most of the stuff that mainstream American Christians cry "Persecution" about is pedantic at best.
I mean, look at Fisher's response to the recent article on him:
Fischer variably called the profile “shoddy,” “laughably bad,” “juvenile,” “poorly written,” “unprofessional,” “distorted, misleading, false, and deceptive,” “offensively bad,” and “an embarrassingly bad piece of journalism” that is “like something you would get in a middle school journalism class.” He said that Mayer “ought to be ashamed of herself” and is an “inexcusably bad journalist.”
It's the same thing. This will empower Bryan Fisher. He more than likely believes this "attack" on him is a form of "persecution" and that's a very GOOD thing.
I wonder if I should write a page on this stuff, I could go on a lot longer.
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Sheila Broflovski Thu, Jun 14, 2012 12:03:01pm |
re: #54 dragonfire1981
The problem is the meaning of "persecution" has become so distorted and misused. In the Biblical context, Persecution generally referred to something like "being imprisoned and brutally tortured unless you renounce your faith in Christ." That kind of thing still happens in certain countries around the globe.
Now "persecution" has been redefined to mean "allowing women to make their own health-care decisions"
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AK-47% Thu, Jun 14, 2012 12:09:17pm |
re: #55 Learned Mother of Zion
Now "persecution" has been redefined to mean "allowing women to make their own health-care decisions"
"persecution" = "not being allowed to impose your religion on others"
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celticdragon Thu, Jun 14, 2012 12:10:20pm |
re: #41 abolitionist
Concerning the value of education and how we do things,
Army Plan: Wirelessly Recharge Gadgets … From 50 Feet Away.I hope knowlegable people weigh in about what a crappy idea this is, in so many ways.
How so? Battery life and weight are huge problems for the next generation wireless battlefield. Right now, soldiers can keep their gear powered for three days at the most, and after that, you are back to WW II technology levels in many respects. It is imperative to devise ways to keep wireless communications and other networking technologies at the squad and invidual soldier level powered for extended combat ops.
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makeitstop Thu, Jun 14, 2012 12:13:22pm |
Rmoney - what a dick.
GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney welcomed President Barack Obama to the Buckeye State on Saturday by parking his campaign bus outside of the site where Obama will hold his first campaign rally of the 2012 campaign.
Why, I'll wager the dear fellows in the Rmoney campaign got a jolly good laugh out of that! Oh, the jocularity!
What a dick.
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Targetpractice Thu, Jun 14, 2012 12:14:49pm |
I predict the Romney response to today's speech will amount to "Nuh-uh, you take that back!"
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sagehen Thu, Jun 14, 2012 12:17:09pm |
re: #35 Gus
RED ALERT!
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Will the parade feature special ops guys in BDU pants, no shirts, oiled up? Count me in.
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HappyWarrior Thu, Jun 14, 2012 12:17:47pm |
Obama talks policy. Romney blows a horn. Does Romney ever act remotely presidential?
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste Thu, Jun 14, 2012 12:18:47pm |
re: #61 HappyWarrior
Obama talks policy. Romney blows a horn. Does Romney ever act remotely presidential?
A Harpo Marx zombie for Romney's VP candidate?
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HappyWarrior Thu, Jun 14, 2012 12:20:44pm |
re: #62 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste
A Harpo Marx zombie for Romney's VP candidate?
He already has the Zombie vote lined up.
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Targetpractice Thu, Jun 14, 2012 12:22:32pm |
re: #63 HappyWarrior
He already has the Zombie vote lined up.
Come now, you know better. The living dead reliably vote for Democrats, it's been that way for decades!
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HappyWarrior Thu, Jun 14, 2012 12:23:53pm |
re: #64 Targetpractice
Come now, you know better. The living dead reliably vote for Democrats, it's been that way for decades!
///
They all voted for Sideshow Bob though at least in Springfield.
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Targetpractice Thu, Jun 14, 2012 12:26:37pm |
re: #65 HappyWarrior
They all voted for Sideshow Bob though at least in Springfield.
Truthfully, I think I'd take Sideshow Bob over Mitt Romney.
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HappyWarrior Thu, Jun 14, 2012 12:29:36pm |
re: #66 Targetpractice
Truthfully, I think I'd take Sideshow Bob over Mitt Romney.
True, I don't think Bob is a huge so con.
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Targetpractice Thu, Jun 14, 2012 12:32:57pm |
re: #67 HappyWarrior
True, I don't think Bob is a huge so con.
He's a Republican, so it's hard to tell.
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste Thu, Jun 14, 2012 12:34:33pm |
re: #68 Targetpractice
He's a Republican, so it's hard to tell.
And Mitt would make him get a haircut.
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makeitstop Thu, Jun 14, 2012 12:36:32pm |
re: #69 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste
And Mitt would make him get a haircut.
Hell, he'd do it himself, just like he's going to build Keystone.
He'd probably get Boehner and Cantor to hold Bob down.
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Targetpractice Thu, Jun 14, 2012 12:39:50pm |
OT:
How the hell am I only hearing about this now?
Louisiana's bold bid to privatize schools
(Reuters) - Louisiana is embarking on the nation's boldest experiment in privatizing public education, with the state preparing to shift tens of millions in tax dollars out of the public schools to pay private industry, businesses owners and church pastors to educate children.
Starting this fall, thousands of poor and middle-class kids will get vouchers covering the full cost of tuition at more than 120 private schools across Louisiana, including small, Bible-based church schools.
The following year, students of any income will be eligible for mini-vouchers that they can use to pay a range of private-sector vendors for classes and apprenticeships not offered in traditional public schools. The money can go to industry trade groups, businesses, online schools and tutors, among others.
Every time a student receives a voucher of either type, his local public school will lose a chunk of state funding.
"We are changing the way we deliver education," said Governor Bobby Jindal, a Republican who muscled the plan through the legislature this spring over fierce objections from Democrats and teachers unions. "We are letting parents decide what's best for their children, not government."
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HappyWarrior Thu, Jun 14, 2012 12:44:32pm |
re: #71 Targetpractice
OT:
How the hell am I only hearing about this now?
I read about one of these private schools that Jindal is talking about. Apparently they spend a ton on their baseball team and they lack a library. Scary stuff really. Jindal really is awful.
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abolitionist Thu, Jun 14, 2012 12:47:55pm |
re: #57 celticdragon
How so? Battery life and weight is a huge problem for the next generation wireless battlefield. Right now, soldiers can keep their gear powered for three days at the most, and after that, you are back to WW II technology levels in many respects. It is imperative to devise ways to keep wireless communications and other networking technologies at the squad and invidual soldier level powered for extended combat ops.
Sure, portable power is a problem. My issues are with the proposed solutions, and the apparent ignorance of both physics and math that some of them illustrate. For example, (from my link):
The greater the distance you want to send power, the bigger the coils have to be. But if the coils are too big, then they’re not practical enough for a soldier to carry around. The solution, said Schatz, are resonate “repeaters” that allow energy to “hop” from repeater to repeater.
“We’ve demonstrated room-scale energy transfer, hopping over a series of repeaters that are in turn, that are not wired together,” Schatz says. “The energy is able to hop to one to the next to the next and end up getting to the end source quite an efficient way.”
A series of repeaters? Must consider how many, and each one how efficient? Imagine ten, at 10% efficiency per repeater. (And I think that's optimistic.) Can you do the math? And how much wire would that imply, altogether, along a path from A to B, compared to a simple extension cord from A to B?
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste Thu, Jun 14, 2012 12:48:56pm |
re: #71 Targetpractice
Unfortunately it's going to be one of those things where it will be a decade or more before the true effect of gutting their public education system in favor of a privatized system shows appreciably.
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darthstar Thu, Jun 14, 2012 12:51:20pm |
Did Romney really have his bus drive around the President's speech honking? I swear, if I knew Romney's bus was going to be in my area when the president was in town speaking, I'd rent a car and take out the full insurance coverage then downshift in front of him.
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Charles Johnson Thu, Jun 14, 2012 12:53:04pm |
re: #71 Targetpractice
OT:
How the hell am I only hearing about this now?
I think we've had two or three Pages on this story. "Bible-based math textbooks."
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Kragar Thu, Jun 14, 2012 12:53:34pm |
re: #75 darthstar
Did Romney really have his bus drive around the President's speech honking? I swear, if I knew Romney's bus was going to be in my area when the president was in town speaking, I'd rent a car and take out the full insurance coverage then downshift in front of him.
Yup.
Romney Campaign Bus Circling, Honking At Obama Supporters
Romney’s campaign bus — adorned with the words “Conservative. Businessman. Leader” today repeatedly honked at and took several laps around a group of Obama supporters before a campaign speech to be given by President Obama in Cleveland today, according to a tweet by CBS White House correspondent Mark Knoller.
Romney even moved his speech up to precede Obama’s speech. Obama is set to address the event at 1:45 p.m. ET, while Romney moved his planned 1:50 p.m. speech up to 1:30 p.m., getting a head start on the president.
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Targetpractice Thu, Jun 14, 2012 12:55:26pm |
re: #76 Charles Johnson
I think we've had two or three Pages on this story. "Bible-based math textbooks."
Gah, shows how out of the loop I am on those "laboratories of democracy."
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Thu, Jun 14, 2012 12:55:27pm |
re: #77 Kragar
Yup.
Driving a bus around in circles and honking the horn is aptly symbolic of the Republican party.
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dragonfire1981 Thu, Jun 14, 2012 12:56:56pm |
re: #79 Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaire
Driving a bus around in circles and honking the horn is aptly symbolic of the Republican party.
I think it would be hilarious if Obama's people showed up at Romney's next event with a freakin' Convoy.
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GunstarGreen Thu, Jun 14, 2012 12:57:42pm |
re: #74 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste
I don't understand vouchers, honestly. People want to take their kids out of those horrible, terrible secular demon-schools, I get that. But if they want to do that, they can do it on their own dime.
I certainly hope their argument isn't "well I pay taxes to support schools so I should get the voucher to spend it on a different school", because if that's the case then the government owes a whole lot of childless people checks, because they pay the same damn taxes (more, actually, go go gadget child credits) and don't have kids to get the benefit.
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Kragar Thu, Jun 14, 2012 12:58:10pm |
re: #79 Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaire
Driving a bus around in circles and honking the horn is aptly symbolic of the Republican party.
Obstruction and making an ass of yourself is what being a Republican is all about.
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dragonfire1981 Thu, Jun 14, 2012 12:58:38pm |
Heh, here's a response to the "bus incident" from the Obama Campaign:
“Campaigns are a reflection of their candidates, and let’s remember that Mitt Romney himself encouraged his campaign to engage in heckling just a few weeks ago,” said Danny Kanner, an Obama campaign spokesman in an emailed statement, adding that “the American people deserve better than antics that are more at home in a second grade classroom than in a presidential campaign.”
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Thu, Jun 14, 2012 12:59:30pm |
re: #80 dragonfire1981
I think it would be hilarious if Obama's people showed up at Romney's next event with a freakin' Convoy.
I'd settle for a 1970s VW Beetle with a train horn installed.
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HappyWarrior Thu, Jun 14, 2012 12:59:33pm |
re: #83 dragonfire1981
Heh, here's a response to the "bus incident" from the Obama Campaign:
I disagree- A second grade classroom is more mature.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Thu, Jun 14, 2012 1:00:14pm |
re: #76 Charles Johnson
I think we've had two or three Pages on this story. "Bible-based math textbooks."
I have explained to fellow Homeschoolers why I won't touch any science text book that is faith-based. They don't get it.
I'm going abandon that line of thought and going to start going with "Look, there's no pictures.* Pictures are very, very helpful. Observation is a major part of science, and it's easier to understand what a Portuguese Man'o'war is if you see a picture rather than a description.
*There weren't in the textbook that I saw. I don't know if all of them are this way.
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darthstar Thu, Jun 14, 2012 1:01:07pm |
#ReasonsToVoteForMittRomney ...sorry...I got nothin'.— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) June 14, 2012
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dragonfire1981 Thu, Jun 14, 2012 1:01:51pm |
re: #86 Mostly sane, most of the time.
I have explained to fellow Homeschoolers why I won't touch any science text book that is faith-based. They don't get it.
I'm going abandon that line of thought and going to start going with "Look, there's no pictures.* Pictures are very, very helpful. Observation is a major part of science, and it's easier to understand what a Portuguese Man'o'war is if you see a picture rather than a description.
*There weren't in the textbook that I saw. I don't know if all of them are this way.
Is that one of them there foreign terrorist types?
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darthstar Thu, Jun 14, 2012 1:01:52pm |
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Thu, Jun 14, 2012 1:03:15pm |
re: #88 dragonfire1981
You'll think so if one of them gets you...
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darthstar Thu, Jun 14, 2012 1:03:18pm |
#ReasonsToVoteForMittRomney - because anyone childish enough to drive their bus in circles honking during a POTUS speech has to be mature.— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) June 14, 2012
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Charles Johnson Thu, Jun 14, 2012 1:03:22pm |
#ReasonsToVoteForMittRomney Because he'll hold down those gay foreign countries and cut their hair off.— Charles Johnson (@Lizardoid) June 14, 2012
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Kragar Thu, Jun 14, 2012 1:03:25pm |
re: #89 darthstar
What the fuck? Is this a middle-school election?
If it was, Mitt would gather up Boehner and the rest of the House GOP, tackle Obama and give him a haircut.
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Kragar Thu, Jun 14, 2012 1:05:46pm |
A male Republican House leader in Michigan silenced two female Democratic state legislators on Thursday after the pair tried to advance a measure that would have reduced access to vasectomies.
While discussing a bill that would erode the availability of abortion, Reps. Barb Byrum and Lisa Brown introduced an amendment to apply the same regulations to vasectomies that GOP lawmakers wanted to add to abortion services. The debate grew heated, as Republicans sought to gravel down the women. Byrum was not permitted to speak in favor of the measure and Brown was repeatedly interrupted. “I’m flattered that you want to get in my vagina, but no means no,” she said. The next day both were silenced.
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HappyWarrior Thu, Jun 14, 2012 1:07:06pm |
re: #94 Kragar
Remind me why any woman would want anything to do with this sausagefest of douchebags that is the Republican Party?
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Targetpractice Thu, Jun 14, 2012 1:08:20pm |
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Charles Johnson Thu, Jun 14, 2012 1:09:41pm |
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Kragar Thu, Jun 14, 2012 1:12:13pm |
re: #97 Charles Johnson
We Will Not Mock This Pamela Geller Post Until a Doctor Assures Us She Did Not Have a Stroke
Can I opt for assuming drunk and fucking stupid?
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makeitstop Thu, Jun 14, 2012 1:14:04pm |
re: #97 Charles Johnson
We Will Not Mock This Pamela Geller Post Until a Doctor Assures Us She Did Not Have a Stroke
It's not just free speech, it's free range speech!
A day later, I'm still laughing.
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Targetpractice Thu, Jun 14, 2012 1:14:07pm |
re: #98 Kragar
Can I opt for assuming drunk and fucking stupid?
Didn't see the list at the bottom?
So what’s our verdict, Wonkers?
* Having a stroke
* Having a seizure
* Drunker than Ginny Thomas calling up Anita Hill for a heart-to-heart
* Just that fucking stupid
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Kragar Thu, Jun 14, 2012 1:15:00pm |
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Targetpractice Thu, Jun 14, 2012 1:17:18pm |
re: #99 makeitstop
It's not just free speech, it's free range speech!
A day later, I'm still laughing.
Or, to quote a famous movie, "authentic frontier gibberish."
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Kragar Thu, Jun 14, 2012 1:21:34pm |
re: #102 Targetpractice
Or, to quote a famous movie, "authentic frontier gibberish."
What movie is that?
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Targetpractice Thu, Jun 14, 2012 1:22:50pm |
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Kragar Thu, Jun 14, 2012 1:27:26pm |
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Targetpractice Thu, Jun 14, 2012 1:29:20pm |
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wrenchwench Thu, Jun 14, 2012 1:33:09pm |
re: #97 Charles Johnson
We Will Not Mock This Pamela Geller Post Until a Doctor Assures Us She Did Not Have a Stroke
But she spelled it 'Gellar'. Can I call that site "Wankette"?
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Romantic Heretic Thu, Jun 14, 2012 1:34:52pm |
re: #17 Lidane
Romneybot clearly confused a Michael Bay script with real life.
Wars are good for business, don't ya know? /
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leftynyc Thu, Jun 14, 2012 1:35:07pm |
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Targetpractice Thu, Jun 14, 2012 1:39:16pm |
re: #108 Romantic Heretic
Wars are good for business, don't ya know? /
It's the 34th Rule of Acquisition.
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Romantic Heretic Thu, Jun 14, 2012 1:44:14pm |
re: #96 Targetpractice
Once again, we see Republicans supporting and celebrating free speech.
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I've experienced their strong commitment to free speech personally.
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