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Posted: **Sun May 27, 2012 2:03 pm**

I would suggest another logic problem: wage stagnation may not be the only factor. I would suggest that lawsuits and inability to get rid of/discipline problem children would also have an effect on the teacher applicant pool.

And let's not even get started on why being a male teacher is asking for life-destroying trouble.

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Posted: **Sun May 27, 2012 9:17 pm**

So... what do you do with discipline problem children?

Posted: **Mon May 28, 2012 12:26 am**

TheCatt wrote:So... what do you do with discipline problem children?

Do not allow them to keep the kids who want to be there from getting an education.

Posted: **Mon May 28, 2012 9:08 am**

Schools should have an open door policy. As in if a kid doesn't want to be there they are welcome to leave at any time. They shouldn't have to be run like prisons.

Does that put bad kids on the streets doing bad things? Sure, but that shouldn't be the school's problem to deal with. Does that mean that parents might have to raise their kids better so that they actually want to be at school - or at the very least are afraid to leave? Yes, yes it does. That's the whole point.

Posted: **Tue May 29, 2012 4:32 pm**

Department of Justice to brief hundreds of black pastors on how to campaign for Obama without getting in trouble with the IRS.

http://weaselzippers.us/2012....r-obama

Posted: **Tue May 29, 2012 5:34 pm**

Did you watch the MSNBC clip? The Congressional Black Caucus is doing this to "combat the rise in voter ID laws." WTF?

Posted: **Tue May 29, 2012 5:52 pm**

Because it's a "Jim Crow poll tax". I guess since you have to pay for your state-issued ID?

Posted: **Tue May 29, 2012 5:58 pm**

TPRJones wrote:Because it's a "Jim Crow poll tax". I guess since you have to pay for your state-issued ID?

Last i heard the basic state IDs were free.

Posted: **Tue May 29, 2012 7:17 pm**

Then it must be because you have to pay for gas or bus fare to go get those IDs.

Posted: **Fri Jun 01, 2012 9:01 am**

Have you signed up for the "Do Not Kill" list, yet?

http://www.loweringthebar.net/2012....st.html

Posted: **Fri Jun 01, 2012 8:08 pm**

I cannot criticize him for having a kill list.

Economy's tanking... waiting for conspiracy theorists on companies not hiring cuz they want the economy to look worse and Obama to lose election.

Posted: **Fri Jun 01, 2012 8:10 pm**

It isn't a conspiracy theory when it is true. All intelligent people know that republicans run big business, and they will do anything to make the black man lose.

Posted: **Mon Jun 04, 2012 2:05 pm**

MSN giving free promotion for Barrack fund raiser.

It seems to me that this might be breaking all sorts of election laws. Not just the ad or the coverage of it, but also the televised event itself. Doesn't MTV have to give Romney equal time? Doesn't MSN.com now have to promote a Romney fund raiser?

And seriously?

"OK, the guy who ended the war in Iraq; the guy who says you should be able to marry anyone you want; and the guy who created 4 million new jobs. That guy -- President Obama -- and Michelle are coming to my house for dinner on June 14. And I want you to be there, too,"

Let me fix that for you Jessica:

"OK, the guy who claims to have ended the war in Iraq even though the actual war part ended during Bush's tenure, and the violence afterwards has been nothing but terrorists and extremists. You know, the terrorists and extremists who are still causing problems there, but we're leaving anyway. Why? Political capital and because the Iraqis asked us to leave now, which is when Bush said we would. Oh, and ignore what's going on in Afghanistan. And for that matter, ignore that Guantanamo Bay is still open...; the guy who was forced into saying you should be able to marry anyone you want, even though he doesn't really believe it; and the guy who created 4 million temporary and/or government jobs which actually don't equal good things in the long run. Oh, and you probably shouldn't pay attention to the unemployment rate that's climbing. That guy -- President Obama -- and Michelle are coming to my house for dinner on June 14. And I want you to be there, too,"

Posted: **Tue Jun 05, 2012 6:01 am**

[url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... Axelrod-ha
d-to-be-separated.html]If this is true, it's likely the first time it's ever happened:[/url]

You never know who is going to be president four years from now," Mr Obama is said to have told aides during a discussion about whether he should be able to detain terror suspects indefinitely. "I have to think about how Mitt Romney would use that power."

If only EVERYBODY thought like that.

Posted: **Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:07 am**

California regrets bullet train.

Really? They regret a $70 billion dollar project connecting only two of their cities and saving them only 4 1/2 hours of drive time? Maybe it's because IF it ever gets done, it won't be for another 20+ years?

I put this in the Obama thread because he wants to build one spanning the entire country...

Posted: **Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:36 am**

You never know who is going to be president four years from now," Mr Obama is said to have told aides during a discussion about whether he should be able to detain terror suspects indefinitely. "I have to think about how Mitt Romney would use that power."

Fucking hell, that one statement alone makes him the smartest President we've had in nearly 200 years.

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Posted: **Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:22 pm**

He has no problem with the precedent of a Kill List, but worries about the "Lock Them Up Forever" list?

I didn't read the article.

Posted: **Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:47 pm**

GORDON wrote:He has no problem with the precedent of a Kill List, but worries about the "Lock Them Up Forever" list?

Well, like I said, "IF" it's true. Clearly his actions are speaking louder than his words.

Posted: **Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:25 pm**

Really? They regret a $70 billion dollar project connecting only two of their cities and saving them only 4 1/2 hours of drive time? Maybe it's because IF it ever gets done, it won't be for another 20+ years?

I put this in the Obama thread because he wants to build one spanning the entire country

Because I talked to people. Vegas people want it, Los Angles people want it. Disney wants the train to start there. Where other places in LA are a much better strarting place. Money talks. But because 1 person can't have it fuck you all.

Posted: **Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:29 pm**

I can think of a lot better uses for SEVENTY BILLION FUCKING DOLLARS than a train for a bunch of fuckers on the west coast, where a small portion of the country will get to use it.

I hate it for that reason alone.

But, California is a blue state.

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