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Screams from the passengers as the plane that is the democratic party goes down in flames.......

I would submit that Defense and State are well run. It is the GOP political machine that has failed the president. I look forward to him taking more charge of his own legacy in the next few years and focusing on the domestic agenda he campaigned on in 2000 prior to the 9-11 tragedy changing the dynamic.

New energy sources have long been my top concern as an American. I think it's time we get something done about it.

"Screams from the passengers as the plane that is the democratic party goes down in flames......."

Or, to quote Dylan, "When you ain't got nothing, you ain't got nothing to lose....."

These folks have not yet figured out that the constant "BashBush" drum beat does not cover up for a complete lack of any constructive agenda on their part.

Bush, being the God he is to the "Good Old Boys"....well here is his No Child Left Behind as it applies to football:

1. All teams must make the state playoffs and all will win the championship. Any team not winning the championship will be on probation until becoming champion, and the coaches will be held accountable.

2. All kids will be expected to have the same football skills at the same time and in the same conditions. No exceptions will be made for interest in football, a desire to perform athletically, or genetic abilities or disabilities.

ALL KIDS WILL PLAY FOOTBALL AT A PROFICIENT LEVEL!

3. Talented players will be asked to work out on their own without instruction. This is because the coaches will be using all their instructional time with the athletes who aren't interested in football, have limited athletic ability, or whose parents don't like football.

4. Games will be played year round, but statistics will only be kept in the 4th, 8th, and 11th games.

5. This will create a New Age of sports where every school is expected to have the same level of talent and all teams will reach the same ninimal goals. If no child gets ahead, then no child will be left behind.

Oh, I forgot the most important part!!

Bush IS a failure at everything EXCEPT, pulling the wool over so many trusting people's eyes.

The Democrat party is dying. Howie Dean, DNC chairman blew $50 million of DNC money in 2005. What did he buy? Two of Bush's Supreme Court picks, no pullout in Iraq, Iraqi constitution passed, goverment voted in, Increased military recruitment rates, a bunch of failed smear campaigns, Cindy Sheehan as the poster child for liberalism, Hillary Clinton moving to the center to be more appealing to those right of center, etc., etc.

Hugh:

Here's what you guy's don't get:

Just because the Dem's are a bunch of loosers (and I'm not disagreeing with that opinion), does not make the Rep's a group of perfect decision makers.

There's enough poop to go around, but the Crony Cult Corps is immune to it all .. anyone that offers a non-totally loyal opinion is either reading from the Dem's play-book, a left-wing-nut, or simply unpatriotic.

... and that's the scary part - holier than thou.

Praise the Lord, at the will of Allah, and (sing along now) ... Glory be to the Father, and to his Son George W' the Holy Ghost.

JDR, I don't disagree with you. Illegal immigration is going to become my "one issue" voting requirement in the next election and if the repulicans won't put an end to it I won't be voting for them.

It's just after 8 years of Clinton I'm really enjoying watching the democrats get the stuffing knocked out of them on so many levels.

The other side's time will happen again, it always does and when that happends I'll be sure to wear a steel cup!

Reading Mr. Blakney's jumbled missive can only lead me to one conclusion. The lobotomy was successful. He must have used the same surgeon as Teddy Chappaquiddick, or Robert KKK Byrdbrain.

tonymo

My shrillometer is approaching the redline.

Fun to watch...

Tony Moe,
Blah, Blah, Blah....
Go vacation with DeLay, Abramoff, Libby, Steve Arnold, Calvin Hinshaw, and Robert Moores! Now that's a shallow gene pool.

Are any of you "Bush Lovers" going to respond to the NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND as it applies to football, in my earlier post?
Didn't think you would defend another worthless, bureaucratic mess ginned up by your diety.

Hey Deacon, are you referring to the No Child Left Behind Act that Teddy Kennedy authored?

Teddy may have authored (doubtful), it is the R controlled Congress that REFUSES to fund it!

Shalom

Hugh,
Is that how you rationalize "Bush's educational initiative"?? By saying Teddy Kennedy authored it! What a laugh!
Bush goes around for his first term touting HIS
"NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND" program and now the R's tell us that Teddy Kennedy authored it.
Whew! I guess it was Robert Byrd & Barack Obama who took all that Abramoff money too. Only James Frey or Orwell could make up stuff to rival Bush's educational centerpiece NOW being attributed to Teddy Kennedy. Hugh, if you are not on the payroll for some right wing group now, you certainly ought to be. That's opportunity you hear knocking at your door.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Child_Left_Behind

The act is the result of U.S. President George W. Bush's No Child Left Behind proposals Bush campaigned on during the 2000 presidential campaign. Several of the proposals were based on the reform strategies instituted by President Bush during his tenure as governor of Texas.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/reports/no-child-left-behind.html

Foreword by President George W. Bush

Bipartisan education reform will be the cornerstone of my Administration.

The quality of our public schools directly affects us all as parents, as students, and as citizens. Yet too many children in America are segregated by low expectations, illiteracy, and self-doubt. In a constantly changing world that is demanding increasingly complex skills from its workforce, children are literally being left behind.

It doesnt have to be this way.

Bipartisan solutions are within our reach. If our country fails in its responsibility to educate every child, were likely to fail in many other areas. But if we succeed in educating our youth, many other successes will follow throughout our country and in the lives of our citizens.

This blueprint represents part of my agenda for education reform. Though it does not encompass every aspect of the education reforms I plan to propose, this blueprint will serve as a framework from which we can all work together Democrat, Republican, and Independent to strengthen our elementary and secondary schools. Taken together, these reforms express my deep belief in our public schools and their mission to build the mind and character of every child, from every background, in every part of America. And I am very open to working with Members of Congress who have additional ideas to meet our shared goals.

I look forward to working with Congress to ensure that no child is left behind.

Kennedy was a major player in the bipartisan team that wrote the controversial No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, which according to both Kennedy and President Bush, was a compromise. He then worked to get it passed in a Republican-controlled Congress, despite the opposition of members from both parties.

From Wikapedia.

"Are any of you Bush lovers going to respond the NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND as it applies to football"?

The needle just broke on my shrillometer... gee thanks,world traveler.

Neo,
Glad to know that even YOU can't defend your "lord and savior's" education initiative!

The headline for this LTE is right smack dab on the money!

Let's see, Teddy "I'LL TAKE MAY CAR FOR A SWIM" Kenndy wrote the education bill for Bush, then turned around and condemned it. The teachers union hates it, that means I like it. Test scores have risen, lower grades are improving. Yeah, I can see were that would make me mad.

Bush didn't fund the bill. Guess what, congress is the only one who can fund it. I remember the dems fussing about it, but I never seen one of them try to get a bill pass to fund it. That right, its the thought that counts, not the deed.

The dems have been in the back pocket of the tearchers union for years. The only thing they have looked after is the tearchers union, not the kids. When the dems controlled the congress in the past, education was not high on their list to change, and it didn't. They just like to keep saying they were going to improve it.

World traveler, I'll tell you what I think of 'no child left behind' and I don't give a rat's ass who authored or funded it. My opinion of the 'no child left behind' program is about on the same level as the public education system in general. Right down there with the whale dung.

Public schools are the playground for the liberals to indoctrinate the young in their ways. Little more. Kids graduating from high school that cannot read or tell you who wrote the bill of rights. But you can be sure they know what 'global warming' is or how much more energy the US uses as compared to the rest of the world. etc,etc...

Left up to me I would tell all politicans-dems and republicans- where to put their "education inatitives"... right up there where the sun never shines.

Mr. Deacon and Mr. Rockefeller you can't honestly believe there are those who view the president as part of the Holy trinity.?.
I've seen no one proclaim that and if someone has written so, please direct me to it.
I too do not agree with some things president Bush does but I think he is doing what he feels best serves our country. History will judge his actions, whether appropriate or not.
You both seem intelligent and have as much right to opinion as any other. History may judge my endorsment of our president to be wrong.
You must, being thinking men, agree that the democratic party of Jefferson and Jackson has been replaced by what we have today. Unrecognizable, except for a very few that truly represent it's values.
Mr. Bush was the best choice for the job. IMO. We should move away from the Iowa caucus and have more selections. There should be more candidate reform on monies raised for elections and un-biased reporting with in-depth biographies of candidates. The rich should not be given more chance of election because of larger bankrolls!
Imagine also, hearings given to candidates akin to those of Judicial confirmation hearings.. Wouldn't you like to question our elected officials like they question appointees??
Forgive the wanderings, I just condensed everything together.

So Neocon, I take it that you are NOT a defender of your lord and savior's NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT. Let me clean myself up after that bolt from the blue! You do not support what Bush calls, "The centerpiece of my educational agenda.."?? Wow. Even though your cure is to throw baby and bathwater out the window, I am just sticken prostrate over the revelation that you do not, as is always the case, support your President on this. Could it be that this is the bureacracy you speak of when villifying members of the Democratic Party? Could it be that the man you worship is really not a conservative at all? Hmmmm. This is interesting.

Veracitylimits,
You are very astute. But I must say there are a great many people who have elevated our current President to a level of worship, heretofore unknown. His attitudes and responses toward the less fortunate (Katrina) are obvious, but yet, he is considered a "moral" man by the powerful religious faction of the GOP. There are those who confuse patriotism with supporting illegal wiretaps. There are those who believe so strongly in supporting the President, that they ignore the constitution and what it stands for. To them, the trinity is Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld.
You can access this site on a daily basis and see folks defending the indefensible by bringing up Kennedy at Chappaquiddick, or any other polarizing figure they can think of to divide rather than seek dialogue. I am amazed at the blind following that Bush inspires, because for the life of me, he is the most uninspiring fellow I have ever seen in that office. I saw the best bumper sticker to sum up this angle, "Would someone please give Bush a Blowjob so we can impeach him".

DD
I was wandering when you would bring up the "I" word. Your side has been fessering about that every since Clinton was, for lying under oath. No for a BJ. I know thats what you want it to be. Your side is obsess with doing it to Bush for pay back. Then what, Go after President Dick, and have him impeached, then President Dennis. How much pay back will your side need to get it out of you system.

How much do you want to put this country through while we are at war to satisfy you spoiled brat behaver. Just wandering. No one has proved that the president done anything illegal yet. Hell why wait till the facts are in, your side has never let that stop you before.

And I can understand why you don't want us bringing up those on your side who have broke the law. There's so many. But you would just make excuses for so why bother.

veracitylimits:

As DoubleD said – we’re using the Holy Trinity only as a metaphor - many people take the current leadership as without the ability to make an error – and there are durn few that can actually make that claim. You personally may not – but listen to Rush (the world’s best example), read the postings in this blog, and – hell it’s everywhere.

In his heart, Bush probably does think he is doing what he feels best serves our country – but he has been isolated and surrounded by a closed group with a clear NeoCON agenda. There is a long-term written and well-documented trail to confirm this. If one does not agree with their narrow view, they are out-a-here – witness Colin Powell and about 500 others, again well documented. There is also a well-documented trail of folks that do agree with their narrow view, and they get promoted. Many are very competent, Alito being one, some are nincompoops – Bernard Kerrik and Michael Brown come to mind.

This has evolved into a for-us-or-against-us ruling on all things, including their claim for the exclusive right of judgement on who offers patriotism, what is Legal, what is good for you, etc. The turnover of control to this group of self-proclaimed isolated know-it-alls is simply mind numbing, especially since many claim to be “conservatives (or at least non-liberals). They argue “Liberals what Government to solve all the problems – then they turn over all the issues to this Government. Simply mind numbing

Bobby Blogger retorted above “How much do you want to put this country through while we are at war …” is a great example, because it implies we all agreed to occupy Iraq – which is not true, and while that may not matter, these is that long-term written and well-documented trail of the Neocon’s looking for a reason to take out Saddam, with 9-11 offering excellent cover and a truly inept Congress deferring to the highly organized Neocons, who have been working on establishing a beach-hold in Iraq got over 10 years (back to at least the first Gulf War).

Let me repeat: This is all well documented - I’m not making any of this up.

BOTH the Democratic Party of Jefferson (liberal to a fault) and the Federalist Party of Hamilton (closer the ideals of the current Republican Party) have been replaced by what we have today. What we have today is a SINGLE PARTY SYSTEM that fights constantly amongst itself but fights together and hardest when any third alternative gains momentum. You state Mr. Bush was the best choice for the job. Of the two presented that may be true, but the current system is focused on monies and power and only two choices. I think you agree.

I disagree with DoubleD that the response to Katrina showed “bad attitudes” toward the less fortunate. IMhO it was – and remains – just a matter of incompetence at all levels of “government”. While the scale of that particular event is probably beyond any rational level of competence, the unquestioned support for the portions that were clearly inept should shake some arrogance – this interview with nincompoop Cherkoff takes the cake, but still we get unquestioned worship >

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4828771

"defender of your lord and savior"?

A little deep there,World traveler,even for you.

"You do not support what Bush calls the centerpiece of my educational agenda"?

Well,you finally get it!! I don't support ANY politican to educate the public at large. The public education system has become a bureacracy where placing the education of kids has become secondary. And yes, it is time to throw the baby out with the stinking bathwater.

Your portrayal of those with whom you dissagree as 'Bush worshipers' is shallow at best and downright....well, I won't even go there. It's friday and I'm in a good mood. Got $500 riding on the Steelers. Go Steelers.

Education is the State's responsiblity.

Education is the PARENTS responsibility.

Providing the Tool is the government's responsibility - responsive and responsible to the local community, which pays for this service and sets guidelines. This is no different than the Police or Fire Departments.

While basic reading, writing, and arithmetic shoult top everyone's list, part of the government's responsibility is assure the schools hone for the local needs, for example the curriculum in a area primarily focused on farming would contrast somewhat with an area primarily focused on manufacturing.

In our "smaller" and more global world, the local board needs to think beyond its local boarders.

There may also be a place for private education, but it should be recognized as - by definition - classist if not elitist.

"Education is the PARENTS responsibility".

World traveler, where did you put those cleaning supplies???

"There may also be a place for private education, but it should be recognized as-by defination-classist if not elitist."

I knew this honeymoon wouldn't last. Private education should be viewed as the norm,not as elitist and the government run schools should be recognized for what they are: a miserable failure and a black hole for the taxpayers' $$.

"Private education should be viewed as the norm,not as elitist and the government run schools should be recognized for what they are: a miserable failure and a black hole for the taxpayers' $$."

What's the solution? I will agree with you in that the education system is bogged down with bureaucracy and whatnot- I'm a former teacher and am friends with high school teachers who "love to teach, but hate being a teacher" due to the BS that they endure.

So what do you do?

"So what do you do"???

http://www.issues2000.org/Celeb/Libertarian_Party_Education.htm