ThinkFast: March 10, 2009
ThinkFast: March 10, 2009
“I don’t want him to fail in his mission of restoring our economy,” says Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) in an interview with Politico. “These are terrible, perilous times, so I will seek ways to work with the president of the United States.”
Key Senate Democrats “are wavering in their support” of the Employee Free Choice Act which is expected to be introduced today. Six Democratic senators and one Republican who have voted to move forward with the legislation “now say they are opposed or not sure — an indication that Senate Democratic leaders are short of the 60 votes they need for approval.”
Democratic leaders in Congress are beginning to take a knife to President Obama’s “audacious budget,” with the “apparent first casualty” being the plan to limit tax deductions for the wealthiest 1.2 percent of taxpayers in order to pay for health care reform. The chairmen of the House and Senate tax-writing committees, Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) and Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), have objected to the proposal.
“Republican infighting escalated Monday” at the RNC, after chairman Michael Steele issued $1 million checks to the campaign committees — checks some tell The Hill were slashed from the $3 million promised by former chairman Mike Duncan. “That is a ‘lie,’ says the RNC — and so another round of recrimination begins.”
In a speech to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce today, President Obama will outline an education plan that would institute merit-based pay for teachers. Obama’s recommendation has previously upset the teachers’ unions. “The White House plan also includes new incentives for states to boost quality in their preschool programs, to raise standards for student achievement and to reduce the high school drop-out rate.”
In a new report sponsored by Sen. Robert Casey (D-PA), the National Center on Family Homelessness estimates that one in 50 children in America — about 1.5 million — are homeless each year. The study uses statistics from 2005-06; the numbers for 2008 are likely to be even worse.
In an interview with the Washington Times yesterday, Howard Dean said that Republicans would likely suffer in the 2010 election cycle if they attempted to block health care reform or demonize universal coverage as “socialized medicine.” “If they want to filibuster this to death, be my guest and let’s see how they do in 2010,” Dean said. Dean would not comment on what he would do if he was offered the role of Surgeon General by Obama.
Yesterday, Attorney General Eric Holder hosted the first Cabinet-level meeting of President Obama’s Guantanamo task force to discuss how to close the detention facility. The group, which included Hillary Clinton, Robert Gates, Leon Panetta and Robert Mueller, “discussed standards for reviewing detainee cases, which detainee decisions will get priority, and what has been done to date.”
In a 5-4 vote yesterday, the Supreme Court limited the scope of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The court’s conservative majority ruled that only election districts “in which minorities make up at least half of the voting-age population are entitled to the protections.” Justice David Souter, who wrote the principal dissent, concluded that the ruling may “force the states to perpetuate racially concentrated districts.”
The Obama administration has chosen Center for American Progress Senior Fellow Van Jones to be a special adviser for green jobs, enterprise, and innovation. Jones will reportedly “direct the administration’s efforts to create jobs and help the environment,” with a focus on “vulnerable communities.” He is the author of “The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems,” and has blogged over at The Wonk Room.
And finally: Former White House press secretary Dana Perino is back after a six-week vacation with her husband; two of those weeks she spent at an AIDS center in South Africa. “I feel good about the office I ran and I think over time history will be a better judge than people can be in contemporary times,” she told the Hill. Fresh from her trip, she gave her first post-administration paid speech yesterday, to the National Apartment Association. “It was fun to be behind a podium and not feeling like I was going to be beat up,” Perino said to Politico.
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I really wish I would have started a flip-flop counter on John McCain.
March 10th, 2009 at 9:06 amWho really rules this country, We, the People, or just 1.2% of We, the People?
March 10th, 2009 at 9:08 amThe dif between KO and Billo is KO tells the the truth, and when he is mistaken or misspeaks, he retracts. That is something Billo doesn’t do. Never. Ever.
March 10th, 2009 at 9:10 amFinally! Teachers will get to pick and choose which student’s will be in their class! What? They won’t? You mean their pay will be based on output, with no say over the quality, nor quantity, of the raw products they receive?
It’s a safe bet to say that a merit pay system for teachers will quickly become a rewards system for school administrators. He who controls the master schedule will control the teacher’s pocketbooks.
March 10th, 2009 at 9:15 amI was delighted to see that Dana Perino spent a couple of weeks of her vacation at an AIDS center — changing beds, helping out, and talking to the patients there. This seems a great deal more constructive to me than lying for a living. I wonder how Dana compares the two?
March 10th, 2009 at 9:16 am“Republican infighting escalated Monday” at the RNC
Popcorn time again!
Good morning, campers.
March 10th, 2009 at 9:19 amIt is very Unpatriotic that every morning Morning Joe opens up with how Team Obama is so Confused and so muddled, when in fact he has been very clear about getting America back on track in the many avenues which have been neglected for all of these years. This assumption is false when in fact Team Obama has been clear that they are doing Stress Tests on the banks to figure out how to proceed. Why that cannot be allowed to take place by some in the media, well we know the answer to that, Politics. And, actually is Unpatriotic to the American people to continue to falsely accuse Team Obama for actions that are not real and to pretend things are so confused when they have never been so clear. Daily they come out with their plans for the American people, plans which have long been ignored. And, please media, stop saying Main Street is confused, we are not. They are instituting policies for us now. When GOP brings up the era of “easy money” is over, we could ask, easy money for whom and to whom? Not us, not Main Street…
As of yesterday, robocalls are going out to ask people to sign up to restructure thier mortgages (that is not confusion but action on behalf of the American people.) It is too bad that when Republicans had their chance they did nothing for the people but use the word No, No, No, so it is no wonder they think Team Obama are doing to many things at once, being the party of no action that they were.
Let this Team have their chance to bring in real change. The American people are not confused! Please stop being so falsely and deceptively unpatriotic, because we know as Rush stated so blatantly, they want Pres. Obama to fail, which means the American people also fail.
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With the economy in freefall, Americans have a chance to reshape society for a more equitable distribution of wealth….
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/opinion/10herbert.html?ref=opinion
March 10th, 2009 at 9:19 am“…the “apparent first casualty” being the plan to limit tax deductions for the wealthiest 1.2 percent of taxpayers in order to pay for health care reform.”
Sen. Max Baucus (D-MO) and Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) must have gotten calls from their wealthier, healthier constituents.
Here’s a little personal story demonstrating the need for the reform of for profit health care.
I had to have a complete physical for my job. I am an older worker, and the standards are set for arduous work, and a significantly younger worker, hence I need to count on accurate data.
To be brief, the clinic utilized poorly qualified (and therefore poorly paid) health care assistants, and Nurse Practitioners substituting (and performing evaluations they were sometimes unqualified to execute) in place of an MD.
March 10th, 2009 at 9:25 amTheir medical equipment was seriously outdated and poorly maintained, the clinic itself was untidy and in poor repair.
I documented a long list of procedural missteps and incompetent actions, and had to return twice to the clinic to have tests retaken.
Meanwhile, the owner of the clinic, the only MD in the place, is also the mayor of the town and owns the local Holiday Inn.
He runs around town in his expensive, politically correct Hybrid automobile, as his patient record folders form three 2 foot high stacks on the counter behind the reception desk.
Howard Dean said that Republicans would likely suffer in the 2010 election cycle if they attempted to block health care reform or demonize universal coverage as “socialized medicine.”
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This is obvious. However, I doubt it will stop them. The Republicans will do everything they can to pander to the dittoheads at the expense of wooing the moderates. They will continue to ignore what the people really want, and they will continue to bow down to Rush Limbaugh instead of stating that the media do not run their party. All while chanting that they “hope Obama fails”.
There will be great wailing and gnashing of teeth in 2010. But maybe it will take one more election loss before they get a clue.
March 10th, 2009 at 9:25 am“now say they are opposed or not sure — an indication that Senate Democratic leaders are short of the 60 votes they need for approval.”
Grrrrr. They DO NOT NEED 60 votes to pass this act. They need 60 votes to prevent a filibuster. GD it Reid, MAKE THEM FILIBUSTER.
March 10th, 2009 at 9:29 amKey Senate Democrats “are wavering in their support”
One thing you have to give the Republicans, they stay united, no matter how stupid they look….
March 10th, 2009 at 9:30 amthe “apparent first casualty” being the plan to limit tax deductions for the wealthiest 1.2 percent of taxpayers in order to pay for health care reform.
So the real colors come flying out now. Rep Rangel? Whoda thunk?
March 10th, 2009 at 9:31 amIn a speech to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce today, President Obama will outline an education plan that would institute merit-based pay for teachers.
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Tread carefully, Mr. President. Every time we see any kind of “merit-based” plan, the “merit” appears to hinge on how students do on standardized tests. When a teacher’s pay depends exclusively on these results, that teacher will pour all of his/her energy into turning classes into test prep sessions. Schoolwork becomes far more focused on memorize-and-regurgitate learning, and far less focused on teaching children how to think.
All too often, we wind up with good test scores and poor education.
March 10th, 2009 at 9:32 amDemocratic leaders in Congress are beginning to take a knife to President Obama’s “audacious budget,” with the “apparent first casualty” being the plan to limit tax deductions for the wealthiest 1.2 percent of taxpayers in order to pay for health care reform. The chairmen of the House and Senate tax-writing committees, Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) and Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), have objected to the proposal.
Why we really must stop electing rich people to represent us – they DON’T.
March 10th, 2009 at 9:36 amTheir worst criticism of MSNBC? That they “allow defamation of conservatives with whom they have a beef.
Gee, like O’Lieley doesn’t defame liberals on a daily basis. Boy talk about the pot calling the kettle black. Besides, all MSNBC does is call them on their BS. They don’t make up lies about conservatives.
March 10th, 2009 at 9:36 am“That is a ‘lie,’ says the RNC —
You’re the GOP , remember ?
It’s all you do ……………
March 10th, 2009 at 9:40 amMust be nice to be semi-retired… have all that free time on yer hands…
March 10th, 2009 at 9:40 amIn a speech to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce today, President Obama will outline an education plan that would institute merit-based pay for teachers. Obama’s recommendation has previously upset the teachers’ unions.
If he thinks there’s a teacher sortage now – start doing this. You cannot hold a teacher accountable for the type of students he or she gets. Sometimes, no matter what you do, there are those that simply refuse to get on board. That’s their choice, and teachers should NOT be judged for it. There are no super-teachers who reach every student every time.
I oppose merit pay for educators. You can give bonuses if you want, to those who meet some tough standard, but don’t tie tehir living to something they do not control alone…
March 10th, 2009 at 9:41 amIn a 5-4 vote yesterday, the Supreme Court limited the scope of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The court’s conservative majority ruled that only election districts “in which minorities make up at least half of the voting-age population are entitled to the protections.”
Since when does majority rule come into play when civil rights are in need of protection ?
This ranks up there with the 2000 presidential election decision debacle ………….
March 10th, 2009 at 9:43 amBriseadh na Faire Says:
In a speech to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce today,
It’s a safe bet to say that a merit pay system for teachers will quickly become a rewards system for school administrators. He who controls the master schedule will control the teacher’s pocketbooks.
It will continue (if not escalate) the trend that NCLB caused, and that is for teachers to give grades that are not earned (and I do not blame teachers for this — and in many places it is encouraged by administrations and boards). Public schools now spend weeks to months preparing students to take the tests used to judge their performance, instead of doing classwork and learning, the students are learning how to take the tests so that schools will get or keep their funding.
This is moronic.
Your job depends on factors beyond your control (the innate intelligence of each student, their willingness to learn, the support or lack thereof found from the other adults in the student’s life, the home environment that may or may not be beneficial to learning, the support of parents and guardians by ensuring good study habits are followed, that the students are taught to respect their teachers, that homework is done, the health of the environment so that the student is not frequently ill, etc.).
Your “performance review” is strongly tied to attendance of students, their overall grades, and their grades on some special tests. You cannot affect attendance in any way (someone think that a teacher can affect attendance? — bring on your argument, and you WILL lose), BUT you are the only one in charge of the overall grades. So what if you pass a child that can’t read? It becomes the next teacher’s problem, and your job is saved this time around. And that government test — well, you have to put off any other coursework (like reading, math, you know — silly classes) so the student’s can be prepared for this test (which, in many schools, IS NOT LINKED TO THE STUDENT’S GRADE — which makes the students really not care about that test — would YOU?). And the vast majority of teachers are very unhappy with this situation — they entered teaching because that is what they wanted to do, but are hindered by these testing and grading requirements.
Teachers are not doing the job because they hate teaching: they chose the profession, and are not the antagonists against the students. Merit based pay for teachers is completely @ssinine, and based on entirely false assumptions – ENTIRELY FALSE ASSUMPTIONS. Pay teachers fairly, and give them the room to actually teach, and they will do so, and the students will learn.
NCLB was designed to destroy public schools.
March 10th, 2009 at 9:43 amBilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
Grrrrr. They DO NOT NEED 60 votes to pass this act. They need 60 votes to prevent a filibuster. GD it Reid, MAKE THEM FILIBUSTER.
Lawrence O’Donnell recently was interviewed by Keith Olberman and explained that the process is different in the Senate and in the House. In the Senate, debate must continue if an amendment to a bill is offered unless there is a cloture vote which stops further amendments and, therefore, debate. And the cloture vote requires 60 votes. So, a filibuster is not needed, just a proposed amendment to keep the bill from being voted on. Like you, Bilbo, I used to be frustrated that Reid didn’t just make them filibuster. Now, I understand it’s not that simple.
March 10th, 2009 at 9:45 ammisshusseinmolly Says:
All too often, we wind up with good test scores and poor education.
This is already happening with “all children left behind”, we certainly don’t need to add teacher pay to the mix.
But I have to say that I am on the fence on this one. I had a California Teaching credential and many of the teachers I worked with simply phoned it in. They were the older teachers who had long since lost their love of teaching. They can’t be fired because of union rules, so schools are stuck with them. What I think would work would be a hybrid. A “cost of living” raise for everyone and an extra merit based raise for teachers who excel.
March 10th, 2009 at 9:46 amBriseadh na Faire Says: It’s a safe bet to say that a merit pay system for teachers will quickly become a rewards system for school administrators. He who controls the master schedule will control the teacher’s pocketbooks.
Interesting how teachers have the same reaction to this… Obama should talk with his sister, and Joe Biden’s wife. He’s wrong on this one.
Notice how 99% of Administrators were terrible teachers. The good teachers almost never leave the classroom…
March 10th, 2009 at 9:47 amPatrioticLiberalChristian Says:
So, a filibuster is not needed, just a proposed amendment to keep the bill from being voted on. Like you, Bilbo, I used to be frustrated that Reid didn’t just make them filibuster. Now, I understand it’s not that simple.
That’s easy to get around. Just don’t allow any Republican’t amendments to get out of committee. That’s how the Republicant’s controlled the Democrats for 6 years.
March 10th, 2009 at 9:47 amShorter Thinkfast:
McCain thinks hope should be backed
Spineless dems wavering on E.F.C. Act,
Dem Quacks and budget surgery,
Republican immaturity,
Obama education merit pay,
More & more children with no place to stay,
2010 Repubs sink chances, says Dean,
Obama reviews detainee-rights scene,
SCOTUS limits minority vote rights,
Obama names progressive for environment fights,
Former bush mouthpiece cum AIDS dilettante
Can’t whine soon enough, fresh from her jaunt.
(Howzat?)
March 10th, 2009 at 9:48 amx2. We’re too ‘polite’ to people that do not extend the same courtesy. If the minority party intends to fillibuster, schedule that vote for a Friday.
If something is important enough to fillibuster, it’s important enough to ruin a few of your weekends.
March 10th, 2009 at 9:49 ammisshusseinmolly Says: But maybe it will take one more election loss before they get a clue.
I don’t think they are capable of getting it, frankly… I believe we may be seeing the beginning of the end of the Republican Party. They refuse to evolve, therefore, they will go extinct.
March 10th, 2009 at 9:50 amMax Baucus and Charlie Rangel don’t want the rich to pay more as a health care reform downpayment?
Yet, Max will consider taxing employer paid health benefits. If the individual keeps the decution, then employers will dump the cost into employees’ laps.
Reform or deform? Pay attention, folks.
March 10th, 2009 at 9:50 amhanshiro, thanks for the Readers Digest poetry version!
March 10th, 2009 at 9:51 amSenate Democratic leaders are short of the 60 votes they need for approval.
Fcuk that. If the pugs want to obstruct, MAKE THEM DO IT.
Let them screw themselves, stop worrying about what will happen to the country if the GOPpers screw themselves. That’s a really messed up way of thinking about leadership.
March 10th, 2009 at 9:52 amThere’s only one way to properly do merit pay for teachers – a statistical regression analysis. But you must have 2 years’ prior data, so k-3 wouldn’t be eligible. Neither would any teacher not teaching a subject which is not on the State Mandated Tests: Arts, Drama, Vocational Ed., P.E., etc.
Anything short of a regression analysis to show whether each child performed as well, better, or worse than predicted to a .95 degree of certainty means that “merit pay” is really “brown-nosing” pay.
Now, who wants to hire the army of statisticians necessary to run that kind of sophisticated test analysis?
March 10th, 2009 at 9:55 amhttp://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/09/03/09/Green-Jobs-Watch-the-Panels/
Green Jobs: What are They & How Can They Help the Middle Class
Fred Krupp, President of the Environmental Defense Fund; John Podesta, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Center for American Progress; Van Jones, President and founder of Green for All
John Podesta called for leveraging private investment.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/09/02/27/Liveblog-The-Task-Forces-first-meeting/
Will that include Bill Clinton’s or Al Gore’s over $1 billion green investment funds? How about Carlyle’s Riverstone Holdings, run by Lord John Browne of BP explosion fame?
March 10th, 2009 at 9:58 amIs this for real?
March 10th, 2009 at 10:03 amSean Hannity, at the Moonlight Bunny Ranch was PHOTOGRAPHED cavorting with a bunch of MBR ladies as well as their pimp Dennis Hoff.
http://blog.windycitywatch.com/2009/03/sean-hannity-photographed-cavorting.html#
Marie, perhaps Sean was just practicing for his next career as Man Ho!
March 10th, 2009 at 10:06 am“I don’t want him to fail in his mission of restoring our economy,” says Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) in an interview with Politico.
Gee whiz, thanks John. It’s nice to hear that one Republican doesn’t want us to be ruined. BTW, be careful. You are getting very close to owing an apology to Rush Limbaugh.
March 10th, 2009 at 10:10 amPay for performance imploded Wall Street. CEO’s widely cheated on executive stock option compensation over a decade. Options were touted as the most pure form of incentive pay.
Bad managers impose merit pay with forced distributions. Substitute leadership. It’s unclear from the White House Press announcement if President Obama’s merit pay includes forced distributions:
The President will teacher quality by dramatically expanding successful performance pay models and rewards for effective teachers, scaling up federal support for such programs in up to an additional 150 school districts nationwide.
I don’t know if the missing words above came from the Press Secretary of the Chicago-Sun Times:
http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2009/03/obama_to_push_for_merit_pay_fo.html
March 10th, 2009 at 10:10 amAmerica’s schools must be incubators of innovation and success.
So having teachers compete with one another for merit pay enhances innovation and success? Doubtful, it’s structural competition between teachers under the same merit pay curve.
President Obama will encourage the growth of successful, high-quality charter schools, and challenge states to reform their charter rules and lift limits that stifle growth and success among excellent schools.
Anything in italics came from the White House press release.
http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2009/03/obama_to_push_for_merit_pay_fo.html
March 10th, 2009 at 10:14 amThe following came from the White House Press Secretary:
The President will teacher quality by dramatically expanding successful performance pay models and rewards for effective teachers.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Fact-Sheet-Expanding-the-Promise-of-Education-in-America/
It doesn’t say he’ll improve teacher quality. That works on more than the English level.
March 10th, 2009 at 10:38 amHow about we test the teachers, not the students, to determine their qualifications?
March 10th, 2009 at 10:41 am“Maher, the host of HBO’s “Real Time,” aimed at the other side — such as congressional Republican indignation about debt.
“Who put two wars on a credit card?” Maher asked. “There is this debt because George Bush spent money like a pimp with a week to live.”
hilarious..
March 10th, 2009 at 10:42 amhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090310/pl_politico/19830
> Black dog bias?
> Shelter officials have dubbed
> it black dog syndrome
wow…you have alot of free time on your hands, don’t you?..
http://www.match.com ..theres someone special out there for you..i promise..
March 10th, 2009 at 11:16 amMerit pay for teachers is, in theory, a fine idea.
March 10th, 2009 at 11:33 amThe question-=-the huge question is who defines the merit. Outside bureaucrats? Administrators? Parents? Kids themselves? Fellow teachers?
If it’s a top-down system, or determined by an outside bureaucracy, it’ll be a disaster.
Frankly, I think everybody should have some say in the matter–I’d actually throw in former students as well–but the only way I think it’d work is if the teachers themselves gave the deciding vote as to teacher excellence. They’re the only real experts in the field–and thry’re there on the scene. Ultimately, they’re the best judges of excellence.
Even that’s not perfect by a long shot. And it also flies in the face of a whole power structure, so it probably won’t happen. But it’s the right way.
Sounds like the SPCA came up with that one actually.
March 10th, 2009 at 11:44 amI would urge anyone who has any hope for the future of the middle class to go to Whitehouse.gov and post a message to President Obama, urging him to bring pressure on those so-called Democrats who are wavering in their support for EFCA. I doubt that it would do any good to contact the Senators directly, since, apparently, they have gotten their marching orders from the lobbiests. “I am being lobbied,heavily-very heavily.”
March 10th, 2009 at 11:51 amYou bring the whole topic here and then blame OUR party. Funny you should be concerned with the plight of black dogs when you belong to the party that demonizes black people. That’s typical of you people.
March 10th, 2009 at 11:52 amAs the parent of a child who is among those most likely to be left behind, I have mixed emotions about the merit pay for teachers. I think pbq got the measurement difficulties about right. On the other hand, how can we insure that teachers are qualified and that those who need to go can be made to go? The biggest predictor of my child’s success in a given year is the effort of the teachers. I’ve had excellent ones, as well as one who “just wanted to try teaching special ed” and one who told me “there is no point trying to teach this material to that kind of child”. I’m no shrinking violet, I complain and get what I want for my child, but the teacher can keep right on doing wrong by the children with less involved parents. Is getting rid of tenure the answer?
March 10th, 2009 at 12:04 pmAbout black dogs:
I had a black poodle-spaniel mix, all jet black. He was the most gentle and affectionate dog I ever had. It broke my heart when I had to put him down due to an incurable illness.
March 10th, 2009 at 12:10 pmThe article was about dogs. Not Al ‘No One, Not Even The Left Listens to Me’ Sharpton, not affirmative action.
Dogs.
March 10th, 2009 at 12:25 pm>This is the kind of stuff
> your party comes up with.
What party would that be? And what organization “came up with this”…
March 10th, 2009 at 12:33 pmPoor quality Chinese melamine, purposefully substituted to maximize profits by Chinese subcontractors, needlessly killed many American pets, cats and dogs.
The same substitution in infant milk formula killed and sickened Chinese children.
A similar gross lapse in product quality for Heparine, a blood thinning drug, impacted hundreds of American hospital patients.
It’s literally a dice roll when you take a medication with Chinese supplied chemicals. That’s much of our medicine supply today.
Poor quality is rampant. Management hasn’t a clue. One has only to open their eyes to find poor quality in financial products, food and medicines, and Washington, D.C.
Our hallowed halls of government and corporate board rooms operate on bad theory. Expect more poor quality goods and products. Buyer beware is back.
March 10th, 2009 at 1:18 pmWhat are teachers supposed do with students like Mr. Dogwash here – who clearly refuse to learn? I don’t want to see good teachers left behind because some people teach their kids that knowledge is “stupid”.
March 10th, 2009 at 1:25 pmThe AP article is titled “Obama takes on unions, backs merit pay.”
It should state, “Obama takes on bad management theory, implements teacher competition pay scheme.”
March 10th, 2009 at 2:33 pmI don’t think I understand the steeley damn story.
Are these the facts:
1. duncan left behind the checks because he didn’t want it to appear he was buying rnc votes?
2. duncan states the checks were three checks, $3 million each totally $9 million dollars?
3. steeley damn used the checks to appease other heads of the repug club. he did this to quill the talk surrounding his missteps and limpydic’s tantrum?
4. steeley damn gave out $1 million dollar checks — three check $1 milllion each to three repugs heads?
5. duncan says that steeley damn shorted the repug club’s checks?
6. steeley damn said he didn’t short the three checks?
March 10th, 2009 at 2:46 pmwatchdog Says:
The Neo-Marxists Party!
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Still light years ahead of the EternallySTUPID or Neo-MORON party
March 10th, 2009 at 2:58 pm