OpinionFebruary 28, 2010
Speak Out 2/28/10
DO you really blame Republicans for bad-mouthing stimulus money and then going to ribbon-cutting ceremonies and implicitly taking credit for the receipt of said funds? I don't. Hypocrisy works because it mirrors the "have your cake and eat it too" mindset of the American people...
Taking credit
DO you really blame Republicans for bad-mouthing stimulus money and then going to ribbon-cutting ceremonies and implicitly taking credit for the receipt of said funds? I don't. Hypocrisy works because it mirrors the "have your cake and eat it too" mindset of the American people.
Competing clubs
IT burns me that a school would support sports attending state competitions but not clubs. If students compete and move on to state competition, a school should help the students with the cost. Maybe a school should not have clubs if there is going to be no support beyond the local level.
Strong third party
REGARDING the seesaw battle between the GOP and Democrats: A viable third party would bring pressure on both parties to govern. Such a party does, indeed, already exist. It is viable, active and growing rapidly. It is dedicated to adhering to the principles of our Founding Fathers. It is the third-largest political party in our nation. It is called the Constitution Party. Look it up.
Political salvation
COLUMNIST Michael Jensen -- a man who, I believe, should have already won several Pulitzer Prizes -- recently wrote that he had no confidence in either major political party to lead us out of the wilderness. I share Jensen's concern but believe that there is a possible salvation of our nation with the emergence and successful election of many members to Congress as well as the presidency of a third political party.
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Charter schools
SADLY, Missouri appears to be taking the Race to the Top opportunity to establish first-rate public charter schools with millions of federal dollars and chucking it down the drain.
Speeding complaints
HOW many more people can complain about the speeding on Mount Auburn Road? That it is all I read about in Speak Out these days. If all you're going to do is complain about the speeding, you will spend the rest of your life doing so. Move somewhere else if you hate the speeding so much.
Dropped ball
THANK you, Earl Simms, for pointing out that Missouri's teacher organizations (MSTA, MNEA) have so far dropped the ball on the millions of dollars of money for the establishment of public charter schools. The reason is that tenure would have to go, teachers would be held accountable for test scores and merit pay would be instituted. These are all solid ideas that Republicans around the state have advocated for years, but they have apparently grown silent once they have seen the way the political wind is blowing. Shame on them. Once again, the students will be the sacrificed on the altar of political expediency.
Ignoring the ads
I wonder why conservatives, who are so watchful of our youth being infected by sexual depravity, have no problem with all the sex-pill commercials that air on TV? You'd think they would be standing up to fight this based on their morals. There's got to be a good reason why they have ignored this.
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