CNS News, again: Only 39 percent of the eighth graders in Wisconsin public schools are proficient or better in mathematics, according to the U.S. Department of Education, despite the fact that Wisconsin spends more per pupil in its public schools than any other state in the Midwest. In the National Assessment of Educational Progress tests administered by the U.S. Department of Education in 2009—the latest year available—only 31 percent of
February 22, 2011
“GOP can cut spending without closing government”
Do Mitch, Princess Lindsay, Johnny B, and Eric C know about this? […] [passing a budge or shutting down government] is not an “either/or” proposition, as congressional Republicans can show this week by taking two steps. First, House GOP leaders should introduce an alternative continuing resolution that ensures no slowdown in essential services, including the delivery of Social Security checks and Medicare payments for medical treatment, keeping the military at
February 22, 2011
EXODUS, 2
Indiana House Democrats flee the state. Because democracy is messy, and suddenly reminders that elections have consequences are out of style. Quick. Somebody call Lindsay Graham and see if he can’t work out a way to help these Democrats save face…
February 22, 2011
“Home Prices Slid in December in Most U.S. Cities, Index Shows”
Sure. But food, fuel, and clothings prices are on the rise! So, like, it evens out. Right? Recovery summer, the aftermath: Feel the burn!
February 22, 2011
Yes, but can the little dears carry placards with progressive messaging? Because that’s what really matters…
CNS News: The $10,791 that Wisconsin taxpayers spent per pupil in its public elementary and secondary schools in fiscal year 2008 was more than any other state in the Midwest –- yet, two-thirds of eighth graders showed at best only a “partial mastery of prerequisite knowledge and skills that are fundamental for proficient work” at that grade level. And? I blame Hitleresque Republican governors who use democracy to rob of
February 22, 2011
“Video: US-Israeli Arrow 2 Missile Defense Successful Intercept off California”
ZIONIST MISSILE INTERCEPTION = RACISM!
February 22, 2011
Tyranny of the Majority
To the left, a feature, not a bug. De Toqueville wept. (h/t Carin)
February 22, 2011
“House Republicans and Senate Democrats in talks to avoid government shutdown”
Never let popular conservative momentum get in the way of a good “compromise,” right GOP? Unbelievable: With funding for the federal government set to expire in less than two weeks, Senate Democrats and House Republicans are in discussions to avoid a government shutdown, a Senate Democratic leadership source told CNN. News of the negotiations comes a day after several Republican lawmakers indicated they might accept a short-term spending bill as
February 21, 2011
“Federal, state and local debt hits post-WWII levels”
Just a reminder. To those who aren’t busy marching for their rights to have the rest of us pay for [half] of their pensions,* and 88% of their premium health care plans, I mean. Those folks are too faking sickness so that they can avoid going to work to teach the children — which they’re doing for the children, naturally — to pay attention to such materialistic trivialities. They’re idealists.
February 21, 2011
Manufactured consent
Literally. We pretend we live in a free country. Increasingly, we don’t: the optics and propaganda, by way of a complicit media and a growing corporatism, is controlled by the left, with unelected bureaucracies writing policy, and politicized courts subverting the electoral will. It is not “fringe” to say that we need to take our country back. And you aren’t a hick for saying so. These are not Good Men.