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Musings, rants, rambling, general nonsense

Away From The Herd

Some of my favorite stories involve an individual who had long regarded themselves a person of the Left, who, when actually challenged (and willing) to think about their positions, realizes they are not – and perhaps never should have been. Such is the case with David Mamet, and the essays in his new book The […]

Git ‘r Done

The Democrat legislators fled Wisconsin in a bid to stop a long overdue vote on curbing the financial stranglehold the teachers union has on the state. As such, the GOP legislators are left without a quorum (they have 19 members, 1 shy of the requisite 20) and unable to vote on any fiscal bill that […]

High Standards?

From a local campaign: High Standards Senator Huppenthal will end social promotion by using phonics to teach students to reading [sic] by the end of third grade. Huppenthal is running for Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction. I’m not sure where he went to elementary school, but it was clearly sub-standard if students were not able […]

Teachers Take Kids on a Protest Trip to Arizona

Good to know that the L.A. schools are focused on education – too bad what they are teaching is so very wrong. Sadly, even a teacher who agrees that Los Angeles should mind their own business, demonstrates the sorry state of public education: “Clean your house up so you don’t live in glass house that […]

Why You Should Vote NO on Prop 100

Another analogy: If you hire someone to paint your house and notice as he’s working that it really looks like crap, do you think, “Gosh, if I just give him more money I bet he’ll be better at his job?” Throwing more of your good money after the bad already being wasted in this state, […]

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