posted May 14, 2010 09:39 AM         

No one who reads the NY Times, Washington Post, LA Times, NewsWeek or other leftist bloviators would ever know that from what they read there.

Neither would they even suspect America is a Center/Right nation by listening to babbling, bloviating weak kneed so called "moderate" republicans...small cap...who pander to the press for a favorable published image.

However, there are some new players on the Republican field who are not afraid of delivering the undiluted Conservative message to America and who don't back up an inch when confronted by the political activists and propaganda arm of the demoscat party...the leftist press.

It's a new experience for members of the leftist press when they get called out, either by name or by the organ of disinformation they represent...their MSM name.

Sarah Palin took the press on...all of them...when she said..."I am not going to Washington to seek the good opinion of the press".

There are other Republicans, like Eric Cantor, Michele Bachmann, Paul Ryan and others who deliver the Conservative values undiluted and without apology to the MSM which just hates it when anyone pushes back against their bloviation.

Now, there's a Conservative Republican Governor of New Jersey who is reining in out of control spending, taking on the teachers unions and setting the state government on a course of financial responsibility.

Of course, the MSM despise the ground Chris Christie walks on. But, Christie is in good company.

May 14, 2010
Governor Christie schools a reporter
Greg Halvorson

Do you want to see what a leader looks like ? How a pol with no tolerance for fools asserts pragmatism? Chris Christie, New Jersey's governor, is a leader whose political outlook is the Left's worst nightmare. The following clip begins with Christie responding to a reporter, who asks, "Governor, do you think this sort of confrontational tone you're taking can increase your odds of getting this through the legislature?"

Christie responds by saying, "You know, Tom (the reporter), you must be the thinnest-skinned guy in America. Because if you think that's a confrontational tone, then you should really see me when I'm **pi$$ed** .... I love it when people say they don't want to have argument. That's what we were sent here for. They (the unions) believe in certain things. They believe in bigger government, higher taxes and more spending. I believe in less government, lower taxes and in empowering local officials who are elected by their citizens to be able to fix their problems."

It gets better. Christie's approach to fiscal honesty is the antidote for malaise. Pandering, lying and dissimulating are out. Finally, in Jersey, leadership is in.

posted May 14, 2010 10:26 AM         

Let's compare Christie to the leftist morons in the state legislature of California who have brought the state to the very edge of bankruptcy by...catering to and caving in to teachers unions in salaries, health insurance and pension funding as well as other public employee unions.

posted May 14, 2010 11:36 AM         

yeahh..right

That's why 52 percent voted for Barack Obama. He's a liberal , but he is presiding as a moderate.

I just think too many conservatives in our country don't have consideration for people that don't share their values and belief systems. That's always been a problem. This definitely has been to the expense of homosexuals who don't have any rights to marry the person that they love except in a few states. Homosexual marriage is legalized in predominantly Roman Catholic Spain. What's wrong with that picture.

It's no different from the miscegenation laws that were struck down in 1967. It was ideological beliefs that were behind that stuff just like it's behind the homosexual marriage bans.

I don't care about the test scores.

The whole damned education system needs to be overhauled. Have multisensory teaching methods be in the schools. Lets get rid of the auditory sequential teaching method system that is in schools.

Train teachers to adapt to the learning styles of their students. There has been too much of students having to adapt to the teacher's teaching style. If they have trouble adapting, then the students are viewed as having something wrong with them. It could be the fault of the education system.

Real learning goes beyond learning to have high scores on tests.

Developmental Neurodiversity Association is going to push for education reform.
It's strongly needed.

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Raymond

Supporting the Neurodiversity Movement

posted May 14, 2010 01:50 PM         

Of course, rather than having an emotional meltdown, you could have checked it out for yourself.

No one said anything about "reducing" teacher pay, or firing all the teachers or any of the blather spread about by teacher's unions...in California and elsewhere.

However, teacher pay, teacher pensions and teacher healh insurance needs to remain static for some years while state's ability to pay for them catch up.

Best practice for Californians would be to fire their demoscats in the state legislature and Senate...who caved in to teacher and employee unions granting them overly fat benefits for which the state could not pay.

posted May 14, 2010 03:39 PM         

So, from where did you pull your statistics about CA schools.

As for Governor Christie, he's doing the job taxpayers of New Jersey elected him to do...get control over state spending.

I just heard he also is pushing for a 2% cap on property tax raises.

I honestly don't know when teacher's pensions are vested katatonic but I would be against congressional members getting retirement benefits from only one term in office.

posted May 14, 2010 04:25 PM         

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So, from where did you pull your statistics about CA schools.

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Did you see my link to the NJ school test results?

Wow, must be Friday generosity or something. Here you go: http://nces.ed.gov/programs/stateprofiles/

posted May 14, 2010 06:19 PM         

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I've recently heard the complaint that the whole system now is geared towards getting students to perform on these tests.

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I see it here in Queensland with the NAPLAN test. So much time goes into training students to pass this test. There is HUGE pressure from above to get these kids to do well. Principal's jobs are at risk if grades are poor.

There is so much emphasis placed on one moment in time with a certain question that a child must answer with expert precision.

posted May 15, 2010 09:38 AM         

I see you've since posted the link to all public schools. You're right, CA public schools are a scandal and waste of taxpayer funds.

I've heard the baloney about testing to grade levels before. Teachers and teacher's unions were against it...because it brings their incompetence into focus for parents and other taxpayers to see.

Think hard now. What is the purpose of a test...as it applies to the acquisition of knowledge?

posted May 16, 2010 12:45 AM         

Now, the govt says "Test your students . The test is in 3 weeks time"

You have 36 hours to teach, let's say....

1. Strange Allergies
2. Antivirus software.
3. Architectural movements.
4. Asthma solutions.
5. Classic Cars.

6. Barbecue tips.
7. Bed and Breakfast.
8. Charity methods.
9. Chess strategy and tactics.
10. Mountain climbing.

11. Dental care.
12. Exotic pets.
13. Famous illusionists.
14. Feng Shui.
15. Formula 1 racing.

16. Game boys.
17. Guitar manufacturing.
18. Hinduism, world's third largest religion.
19. Horse breeds.
20. Indian Food.

21. Italian cuisine.
22. Kayaking.
23. Kosher Food.
24. Landscaping.
25. Fundamentals of logistics.

26. Multiple Sclerosis.
27. Parenting.
28. Snowboarding.
29. Stress management.
30. Historical Dodge trucks.

31. Voice Over IP.
32. Wakeboarding.
33. Wildlife.
34. Wine making.
35. Yoga.

Test Day....

Question 1: Why is kangaroo meat better than cows meat for the economy?

Question 2: A charity gets $24,567.80 in funds. Is taxed 12% and pays 7% commission to 5 workers who worked 10 days for 8 hours per day. How much profit did the charity make?

See? It's all a big surprise!!

posted May 16, 2010 06:09 PM         

Also, there's 1 administrator per 3 teachers (average), and that soaks up a lot of the money right there (they get paid more for screwing it up, and then demanding more money for having screwed it up in the first place).

Btw, back in my teens I was part of a group of homeschoolers and unschoolers in California. Quite a few had been taken out of public school and put in our group and the ONLY tax dollars we benefited from was the use of the public library. Yet in every case I knew of, both academic and social achievement soared, and in addition, we got better jobs. For example, while kids in school got crap jobs at McD's, we'd become independent contractors or start our own businesses. Finally, those who pursued higher education were about the only ones in our area not to need "bonehead courses" (ie, remedial math, composition, etc, that most high school graduates needed in order to get into college).

In contrast, one public school said they needed more money to fix themselves and got it, but got worse. So they got MORE money and got even worse.

The lesson? Not all problems can be solved by throwing money at them (especially when failure is rewarded with more money and success punished with no new money and even having their program cut as is frequently the case in government work). In the case of public schools, just throwing them out with the bathwater does seem to be the best way to go.

posted May 18, 2010 03:04 AM         

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A Different Mind Is Not A Deficient Mind.

posted May 19, 2010 10:25 AM         

Now, if you would like to change "educated" to "indoctrinated" and "propagandized"...then, I would agree with you.

Education is a conservative priority. That's the reason conservatives keep pushing for a school voucher system where inner city minority students can get out of the failed inner city schools and get a private education...just like the children of congressional members, Algore, Kommander Korruption and O'Bomber The Great. But...

posted May 19, 2010 11:47 AM         

i have seen this play out with my own child who was a "star" in grade school, then went through a period of resisting learning ANYTHING in two different school systems - i could have left her in the system she was rebelling against but i chose to put her with a teacher who had some reinforcement skills and the result was magic.