i agree 100%. so let's talk about where that money goes and make it more effective. Republicans just want to defund, and let the poor be punished for the crime of being born poor. and then lecture us about meritocracy. pffffffft. if you don't start on the same footing, classism and nepotism dominate. to counteract that, you give more money to poor districts, to even things out. you don't just give up, out of hatred for the poor, and let the poor stay poor, unless you couldn't give a flying fuck about your fellow americans (all the while proclaiming false love for your country)
ah yes, let's all worship at the alter of the free market fairy. parents will pick the succeeding school, and abandon the failing one, and competition will take care of the rest. nevermind that 5,000 kids showing up at a school that seats 500 is not going to work, nor is the mother in the south bronx going to drive 40 miles to scarsdale every day and back. gee: why don't we take that 7,000 dollars and distribute it evenly to guarantee that all schools are on equal footing? is that socialism you say? so it's ok to punish kids who are born poor? and you still want to lecture me about meritocracy when you either dishonestly or ignorantly advocate for classism and nepotism?
you are correct that many democrats side with republicans on certain policy matters. but this doesn't excuse the side of the aisle with the religious devotion to protecting the rich and screwing the poor, all the while claiming to love america. are you going to say to me with a straight face that democrats want to defund healthcare and education and government in general with the same fervor as republicans? it is democrats who decry "evil socialism"?
i hate facebook, but i'll be the first to agree with you that facebook deserves praise and admiration for initiating this genius account policy. good job facebook
Apparently it is ok by you that rich towns have good schools and poor towns have bad ones. Do you believe in meritocracy? Do you believe in equality? It seems you believe in nepotism and classism.
If you don't fund public education, what do you think the kids will do?
I mean, they've committed the crime of being born poor.Obviously, only people who can afford private school should be able to educate their kids, right? This must be the meritocracy I keep hearing you talk about. You do understand a true meritocracy requires you to SPEND to make sure everyone starts out on equal footing right? Oh i"m sorry, nevermind, that's "socialism."
Oh I agree, there is a lot of waste in the system and teachers and administrators are paid too well with too many perks. But with that valid complaint, instead of trying to REFORM where public school funds go, you just want to defund it. Those evil poor people, trying to get educated. Tsk, tsk. Let us keep our focus on where our concerns should naturally be: keeping taxes low for the rich. Those poor rich, people trying to rob them of the money they made completely by themselves, without any input from the infrastructure their country made possible, right? (The country they SAY they love.)
Anyway: I'll tell you what those kids will do without good public education: they'll become criminals. You've taught them with your priorities that poor Americans should hurry up and die as far as you are concerned (healthcare anyone?). With that kind of leadership, the poor will hear you loud and clear and return the amount of respect you give them: it's not about helping each other as Americans, it's about "I got mine already, so fuck you." That's a perfect segue to a gun in your backside and a request for your wallet, no? You reap what you sow Republicans. The quality of your society is dictated by your policies and your attitudes towards your fellow American.
See, the funny thing about education costs, healthcare costs, is that if you don't pay these expenses, they don't just go away. They still COST you, but in terms of the quality of the society you live in instead. What, too "socialist" for you? Reality. Learn it.
Of course, Republicans are "tough on crime." So this principle will get what he wants in jest, in reality: more prisons, less schools. No costs there, right Republicans? It's what the poor deserve: prisons, not schools, right? Tells us all we need to know about your love for your country and your fellow citizens. Just stop believing anyone buys your lies anymore, you selfish shortsighted assholes.
did this fucking moron actually use the word persecute?
someone tell this gasbag all he does is inspire more people to join anonymous with that kind of rhetoric. anonymous is a reaction to a certain kind of arrogant abuse of power. this asshole is acting like the poster child of arrogant power, what motivates anonymous
fucking genius
this dude is going to get hacked, personally. he is MOTIVATING them
seriously, what a raging moron this guy is
ossified, sclerotic puffed up self-important poobah figureheads of power, and anonymous, they deserve each other
where they won't let you use your credit card account abroad unless you phone ahead and tell them you will abroad and its ok if they start getting charges from bangkok or antigua
maybe it's time for email providers to do the same: "no logging into my account from foreign ip blocks unless i tell you its ok"
and the default for this protection should be "on". your average user won't take the time to hunt for this menu item and enable it
i don't know what dailykos is. i don't care about falwell and gays. i stopped reading after your first paragraph
please go off in the corner and have the conversation with yourself you are so eager to have and stop reading your delusions into words i have written that have absolutely nothing to do with the rambling narrative you are obsessed about
there are long term and short term effects for everything. no one knows for certain. but those who boldly announce their certainty that is, or is not, a cause are morons. intelligent people know what the limits of our knowledge are. idiots proudly march into the gray area and announce their certainty about something being the cause or not being the cause. it could be global warming, it might not be. if you tell me it is global warming with certainty, you're an idiot. if you tell me it isn't global warming with certainty, you're an idiot
i'm simply asking some of the conservative idiots currently announcing their certainty on global warming not being the cause of violent tornadoes to revisit their ignorant certainty on the issue of global warming and violent weather
"I'm saying it has nothing to do with global warming"
then you are telling me you are god, because no one knows that. a genuinely intelligent person knows the limits of knowledge. a moron goes into the gray area and boldly and ignorantly announces his certainty
withering and dying is a relative term. for example, the cross-pollination that happened on eurasia left eurasians leaps and bounds ahead of the native american cultures in terms of technological advancement. sure, the people on easter island can live for centuries without contact and do just fine. it's a relative comparison. the point is, iran will not advance if it is artificially isolated
you do realize that there are more factors in play here. tornado fatalities went down due to better warning systems. now we have better warning systems, and fatalities start creeping up again
but you wish to read fatalities as a one issue story, rather than understand the number of factors in play, and i'm the one shoveling a load of ignorant bullshit?
we are to assume you are a private school graduate? which is a model you are promoting for what? education only for the rich and upper middle class? what kind of society is that? certainly not a society of equals. take your classism back to medieval times, asshole
we need to spend on public school for all, obviously. if the funding fails, then we find out why the money is being wasted
but only a, let's see, only a moron would conclude we should simply stop funding education
you're confusing short term and long term changes, and local effects and global effects. overall, global warming is real and speaks of a more violent atmosphere, all short term and local fluctuations aside. besides, i'm just asking people to wake up to the larger picture. sometimes it takes a small and short term jump that can be, but shouldn't be, dismissed as a short term or local trend, to open peoples minds to the larger truths out there
nobody deserves to die you fucking retard. if you think that's my message, you're only broadcasting your poor social skills and low iq. my message is "please wake up and see the light." not "haha, you died." jesus what a spatic asshole you are
china is an exception because they are delivering on impressive economic growth. anyone can deal with less liberties as long as they keep getting richer
but no economy keeps growing forever, and there are ominous signs of a real estate bubble in china right now that could pop at any time. when that happens, and the economy deflates and stagnates, chinese people won't be distracted any more, and their attention will turn to "hey, now that we are as rich as the west, why aren't we as free as the west?"
and they won't get a good answer from their control freak govt, because there is no good answer besides "reform or get the fuck out of the way"
the playbook is clear: as soon as the economy in china deflates or stagnates, the people will clamor more and more for reforms. that will eventually reach a deafening crescendo. yes, the control freak govt pulls out all the stops to manufacture distractions. but the distractions that will lose their power over time
kind of like republican policies in the usa that want less funding for education. more stupidity means more stupid politicians. win-win for social conservatism
keep people dumb and breeding like rabbits, and you will keep them divided and poor, and you will rule forever
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i agree 100%. so let's talk about where that money goes and make it more effective. Republicans just want to defund, and let the poor be punished for the crime of being born poor. and then lecture us about meritocracy. pffffffft. if you don't start on the same footing, classism and nepotism dominate. to counteract that, you give more money to poor districts, to even things out. you don't just give up, out of hatred for the poor, and let the poor stay poor, unless you couldn't give a flying fuck about your fellow americans (all the while proclaiming false love for your country)
ah yes, let's all worship at the alter of the free market fairy. parents will pick the succeeding school, and abandon the failing one, and competition will take care of the rest. nevermind that 5,000 kids showing up at a school that seats 500 is not going to work, nor is the mother in the south bronx going to drive 40 miles to scarsdale every day and back. gee: why don't we take that 7,000 dollars and distribute it evenly to guarantee that all schools are on equal footing? is that socialism you say? so it's ok to punish kids who are born poor? and you still want to lecture me about meritocracy when you either dishonestly or ignorantly advocate for classism and nepotism?
you are correct that many democrats side with republicans on certain policy matters. but this doesn't excuse the side of the aisle with the religious devotion to protecting the rich and screwing the poor, all the while claiming to love america. are you going to say to me with a straight face that democrats want to defund healthcare and education and government in general with the same fervor as republicans? it is democrats who decry "evil socialism"?
i hate facebook, but i'll be the first to agree with you that facebook deserves praise and admiration for initiating this genius account policy. good job facebook
Apparently it is ok by you that rich towns have good schools and poor towns have bad ones. Do you believe in meritocracy? Do you believe in equality? It seems you believe in nepotism and classism.
If you don't fund public education, what do you think the kids will do?
I mean, they've committed the crime of being born poor.Obviously, only people who can afford private school should be able to educate their kids, right? This must be the meritocracy I keep hearing you talk about. You do understand a true meritocracy requires you to SPEND to make sure everyone starts out on equal footing right? Oh i"m sorry, nevermind, that's "socialism."
Oh I agree, there is a lot of waste in the system and teachers and administrators are paid too well with too many perks. But with that valid complaint, instead of trying to REFORM where public school funds go, you just want to defund it. Those evil poor people, trying to get educated. Tsk, tsk. Let us keep our focus on where our concerns should naturally be: keeping taxes low for the rich. Those poor rich, people trying to rob them of the money they made completely by themselves, without any input from the infrastructure their country made possible, right? (The country they SAY they love.)
Anyway: I'll tell you what those kids will do without good public education: they'll become criminals. You've taught them with your priorities that poor Americans should hurry up and die as far as you are concerned (healthcare anyone?). With that kind of leadership, the poor will hear you loud and clear and return the amount of respect you give them: it's not about helping each other as Americans, it's about "I got mine already, so fuck you." That's a perfect segue to a gun in your backside and a request for your wallet, no? You reap what you sow Republicans. The quality of your society is dictated by your policies and your attitudes towards your fellow American.
See, the funny thing about education costs, healthcare costs, is that if you don't pay these expenses, they don't just go away. They still COST you, but in terms of the quality of the society you live in instead. What, too "socialist" for you? Reality. Learn it.
Of course, Republicans are "tough on crime." So this principle will get what he wants in jest, in reality: more prisons, less schools. No costs there, right Republicans? It's what the poor deserve: prisons, not schools, right? Tells us all we need to know about your love for your country and your fellow citizens. Just stop believing anyone buys your lies anymore, you selfish shortsighted assholes.
did this fucking moron actually use the word persecute?
someone tell this gasbag all he does is inspire more people to join anonymous with that kind of rhetoric. anonymous is a reaction to a certain kind of arrogant abuse of power. this asshole is acting like the poster child of arrogant power, what motivates anonymous
fucking genius
this dude is going to get hacked, personally. he is MOTIVATING them
seriously, what a raging moron this guy is
ossified, sclerotic puffed up self-important poobah figureheads of power, and anonymous, they deserve each other
i see better behavior in kindergarten classrooms
pathetic
where they won't let you use your credit card account abroad unless you phone ahead and tell them you will abroad and its ok if they start getting charges from bangkok or antigua
maybe it's time for email providers to do the same: "no logging into my account from foreign ip blocks unless i tell you its ok"
and the default for this protection should be "on". your average user won't take the time to hunt for this menu item and enable it
no there is a steady uptick in fatalities and violence
i don't know what dailykos is. i don't care about falwell and gays. i stopped reading after your first paragraph
please go off in the corner and have the conversation with yourself you are so eager to have and stop reading your delusions into words i have written that have absolutely nothing to do with the rambling narrative you are obsessed about
there are long term and short term effects for everything. no one knows for certain. but those who boldly announce their certainty that is, or is not, a cause are morons. intelligent people know what the limits of our knowledge are. idiots proudly march into the gray area and announce their certainty about something being the cause or not being the cause. it could be global warming, it might not be. if you tell me it is global warming with certainty, you're an idiot. if you tell me it isn't global warming with certainty, you're an idiot
i'm simply asking some of the conservative idiots currently announcing their certainty on global warming not being the cause of violent tornadoes to revisit their ignorant certainty on the issue of global warming and violent weather
i'm sorry for asking you to think
"I'm saying it has nothing to do with global warming"
then you are telling me you are god, because no one knows that. a genuinely intelligent person knows the limits of knowledge. a moron goes into the gray area and boldly and ignorantly announces his certainty
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/science/31tornado.html
continuing to tell me that the factors are simple only tells me your mind is simple
withering and dying is a relative term. for example, the cross-pollination that happened on eurasia left eurasians leaps and bounds ahead of the native american cultures in terms of technological advancement. sure, the people on easter island can live for centuries without contact and do just fine. it's a relative comparison. the point is, iran will not advance if it is artificially isolated
agreed. then the issue is to look into how the money is spent, and make that more efficient
but republicans instead say we should just fund education less, without looking at the allocation
that's the problem i'm alluding to
you do realize that there are more factors in play here. tornado fatalities went down due to better warning systems. now we have better warning systems, and fatalities start creeping up again
but you wish to read fatalities as a one issue story, rather than understand the number of factors in play, and i'm the one shoveling a load of ignorant bullshit?
are you trying to say the increase in twisters is a short term thing that should be discarded from the mind as random noise?
random assholes on the internet criticizing unqualified success always make me laugh
i look forward to hearing why james cameron, in movies, or democracy, in politics, are terrible failures
pfffffffffft
there is no morality or culture in capitalism friend. profit is the one thing and the every thing
you can talk about morality and culture if you like, but then you are talking about odd malformed things that will never drive any business's thinking
welcome to capitalism. if you are concerned about morality and culture, stick to commenting on government policy
we are to assume you are a private school graduate? which is a model you are promoting for what? education only for the rich and upper middle class? what kind of society is that? certainly not a society of equals. take your classism back to medieval times, asshole
we need to spend on public school for all, obviously. if the funding fails, then we find out why the money is being wasted
but only a, let's see, only a moron would conclude we should simply stop funding education
you're confusing short term and long term changes, and local effects and global effects. overall, global warming is real and speaks of a more violent atmosphere, all short term and local fluctuations aside. besides, i'm just asking people to wake up to the larger picture. sometimes it takes a small and short term jump that can be, but shouldn't be, dismissed as a short term or local trend, to open peoples minds to the larger truths out there
nobody deserves to die you fucking retard. if you think that's my message, you're only broadcasting your poor social skills and low iq. my message is "please wake up and see the light." not "haha, you died." jesus what a spatic asshole you are
china is an exception because they are delivering on impressive economic growth. anyone can deal with less liberties as long as they keep getting richer
but no economy keeps growing forever, and there are ominous signs of a real estate bubble in china right now that could pop at any time. when that happens, and the economy deflates and stagnates, chinese people won't be distracted any more, and their attention will turn to "hey, now that we are as rich as the west, why aren't we as free as the west?"
and they won't get a good answer from their control freak govt, because there is no good answer besides "reform or get the fuck out of the way"
the playbook is clear: as soon as the economy in china deflates or stagnates, the people will clamor more and more for reforms. that will eventually reach a deafening crescendo. yes, the control freak govt pulls out all the stops to manufacture distractions. but the distractions that will lose their power over time
what? and teach gays that they should practice safer sex?
i see how that sounds. you want us to wrap our pricks. good message
yes, there is a scary logic to that
kind of like republican policies in the usa that want less funding for education. more stupidity means more stupid politicians. win-win for social conservatism
keep people dumb and breeding like rabbits, and you will keep them divided and poor, and you will rule forever