For me Bush’s real value was that he decided that a proactive foreign policy would be better than the reactive foreign policy that brought us 9/11. He recognized that kicking butt was better than kissing ass.

They are NEVER going to ‘like’ us. If we ever win the WOT it is necessarily going to piss off most Muslims. In fact, if they ever do start liking us is when we need to be really worried. They want us under sharia, which is nothing less than an openly religious form of totalitarianism. When they are the most angry with us is when we are doing exactly what we should be doing.

This coming election is not the time to grudgingly give Republican candidates our vote; it is time to enthusiastically campaign for ALL Republican candidates or suffer the consequences that we are all witnessing now of the lackluster support by disappointed conservatives during the last election.

As for 2012, I believe Obama stands a good chance, better than even money at this point, of winning a second term. We must try with all our might to win majorities in BOTH Houses of Congress. I just heard Dick Morris, one of the shrewdest people in politics, say on The Factor that there is a real possibility of winning 11 seats in the Senate.

http://tinyurl.com/23ry9g8

With majorities in both Houses we may be able to stop the mischief Obama is cooking up for his second term.

Angle is the most media unsaavy candidate in the country right now …

True, Angle has committed a couple of verbal booboos which have been ballyhooed by the MSM but her first campaign ad is a winner. I wonder who created it.

http://tinyurl.com/2bajjvx

The House approved legislation containing emergency funds to help prevent teacher layoffs. Laid-off California educators joined teachers from several states to lobby their members of Congress. Their efforts, along with thousands of NEA member calls and emails, helped secure the vote. Now the fight moves to the Senate.

Apparently, they’re hoping we have forgotten about Proposition 98, a state Constitutional amendment, which mandates that at least 39% of the state budget be devoted to K-12 education. (Yes, you read that right — 39% – thanks, teachers’ unions!). That means the current budget provides $35.9 billion for K-12 education for the 2010-2011 fiscal year. Add in the $12.9 billion for higher education, and you get $48.8 billion spent on education in California just by the state (i.e., not including the Feds), out of a total budget of $122.6 billion.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, California is next to last in educational results. Clearly, we need to spend more on education, because $50 billion doesn’t go that far anymore. /liberals

Or, alternatively, cut the bejesus out of educational spending. We can only drop one place anyway, so we might as well save the money. /grownups

The man is standing in a hole, and he is threatening to use a shovel.

Go for it, sir. Show us how deeply you can dig. We’re all watching.

(Isaac Asimov had a wonderful exchange in his short story “Evidence”, from his “I, Robot” collection. In it, a politician finds out about his opponent’s likely plan of attack — and he astonishes people by saying he doesn’t intend to counter the charges. He says, “I mean, I’m going to let him go ahead, choose his rope, test its strength, cut it to the desired length, tie a noose, insert his head, and grin. I can do what little else is required.”)

Yes, we need to work VERY hard to get out the vote this year. But the Democrats continue to double down on the policies that have made them unpopular… and double down again. It’s amazing to watch, it truly is.

respectfully,
Daniel in Brookline

Well, it starts early when teachers ask their students what they “feel” about this or that thingy rather than what they “think” about it. Emotional response has replaced thinking in the schools and it starts in preschool.

As a father of two, I’ve certainly dealt with my fair share of the school system, from the principle on down to the teacher’s assistant.

In general, I have to say that at 7 years I can count on the fingers of one hand how many would fit into the category I would consider to be a problem who are unduly influencing young minds in a liberal manner.

This includes instilling a certain healthy skepticism in my son’s mind regarding the theory of AGW, and it also includes sending notes excusing both of my kids from class during Obonga’s national address to the schools during the last school year.

From my daughter’s teacher, I’ve found out I was by far not the only one having my kids not attend that sham of an event.

On the other hand, I’ve also dealt with my fair share of the overly educated – and most of their misconceptions about how life actually works (as opposed to how they think it should work) seems to have been rooted in their higher education years, which is why my focus was placed there.

But I’m perfectly willing to compromise.

Let’s attack BOTH ends of the education stream simultaneously!

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The leftist mindset – expert mindset really – is generated in the primary and secondary schools. The universities aren’t as important relatively speaking. By “expert mindset” I mean the idea that the experts rule – and we follow.

Democrats hate vouchers most and charters a little less. And its not really the teacher’s union either. Its the ideology. The idea of raising your own children is the ideology silver bullet against the leftist vampire. They know it too. The very first act of congress passed by Obama killed the DC voucher program for poor black kids. Its not an accident.

Barack Obama has decided that fiery self defense and withering mockery of Republicans are the best modes of attack as he tries to save Democrats from a drubbing in November’s mid-term elections.

Some time ago we speculated on how Buraq would respond to criticism, given his brittle personality and thin skin.

Now we know.