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| Houston ISD supe Abe Saavedra at the podium celebrating what the Mexican American School Boards Association called their "Triple Crown": Abe in Houston, Rubén Olivárez in San Antonio, and Mike Hinojosa in Dallas. (Photo taken by Peyton Wolcott at TASB/TASA convention - Dallas, October 2005) |
| MORE GOOD QUESTIONS: When will AASA, TASA & the other 49 state administrator associations start promoting pre-embezzlement internal trainings to school superintendents? When will our school superintendents and school board members start paying closer attention to their fiduciary duty-of-care responsibilities? They must -- and now -- if our great public schools are to remain strong and locally governed. |
| Connie Calloway (Collage by Peyton Wolcott) INSET: Former Katy ISD (TX) supe Leonard Merrell was my first historical collage, here as King George III. Thanks to readers for their suggestions; who knows who'll be next? |
| "The CEO's of the United States are the Louis XIV's of the 21st century." --Gerald Celente |
| "I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs." --Thomas Jefferson |
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GOOD QUESTION
Do you know why it's important that
schoolchildren are taught that the United
States is a republic and not a
democracy?
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Do you know why it's important that
schoolchildren are taught that the United
States is a republic and not a
democracy?
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| Should the York, Pennsylvania school board have treated them- selves to a $20,000 trip to a Nation- al School Boards Ass'n convention in San Diego, California ? |
| Has Anthony Amato finally found the right spot? |
| What could NY's PS 41 principal Elliott Koreman (2nd from left) have done to protect Lisa (far left) from her adoptive parents Hedda Nussbaum and Joel Steinberg? |
06.06.09 FOLLOW UP: No
response yet from Elliott Koreman at
his new day job gig teaching
teachers at Yeshiva University.
response yet from Elliott Koreman at
his new day job gig teaching
teachers at Yeshiva University.
DDay: June 6-7, 2009: Many
thanks to the brave men who
fought back Hitler starting with
D-Day 65 years ago this weekend;
watch Mrs. Miniver to get a feel for
the everyday courage of that time.
thanks to the brave men who
fought back Hitler starting with
D-Day 65 years ago this weekend;
watch Mrs. Miniver to get a feel for
the everyday courage of that time.
| GOOD QUESTION: Ever have one of those frustrating $134B Japanese- businessmen-with-fake-Mafia -money-at-the-Swiss-border fuzzy math TurboTim kinda days? (06.19.09) |
GOOD QUESTION: Mrs. Obama,
could you please 'splain to us again
why DC public schools aren't good
enough for your kids but they are
good enough for poor kids? Are
your kids better than other kids? Is
this democratic of you? Is it fair or
nice?
could you please 'splain to us again
why DC public schools aren't good
enough for your kids but they are
good enough for poor kids? Are
your kids better than other kids? Is
this democratic of you? Is it fair or
nice?
| GOOD QUESTION: It's all smiles at the Dictators Club -- but is this a club Americans want their president to be a member of? Watch Frank Luntz video. Also: Dictators have a way of toppling once the populace gets a taste of freedom by seeing what's happening in their neighborhood--like Iraq. |
GOOD QUESTION: Will the U.S.
Senate call Jeff Deskovic and
firefighter Frank Ricci -- both
wronged by Sonia Sotomayor --
as witnesses?
Senate call Jeff Deskovic and
firefighter Frank Ricci -- both
wronged by Sonia Sotomayor --
as witnesses?
GOOD QUESTION: President Putin?
57 states? Betraying national security
secrets? Can we now put to rest
questions about Mrs. Palin? She's run a
state, an achievement neither Messrs.
Obama nor Biden can lay claim to. Plus
the media's left their kids alone.
57 states? Betraying national security
secrets? Can we now put to rest
questions about Mrs. Palin? She's run a
state, an achievement neither Messrs.
Obama nor Biden can lay claim to. Plus
the media's left their kids alone.
ANOTHER GOOD QUESTION: Did Mr.
Obama really say, "Let them eat kalua pig
& $100 steaks" at his White House luau
for 2,000?
Obama really say, "Let them eat kalua pig
& $100 steaks" at his White House luau
for 2,000?
| GOOD QUESTION: Doin' America proud at G8? Germany, Italy and Ireland noticed Mr. Obama ogling a 16-year old Brazilian girl. . . With rising unemployment and her husband's stimulus plan failing, Mrs. Obama chooses a $6,000 purse for a walk in the woods. . . Yes, the first couple has made quite the impression. Will a new baby in the White House restore Mr. Obama's luster? |
| GOOD QUESTION: Other than being racist, is Sonia Sotomayor even wise? |
| GOOD QUESTION: Looks like a bow to me. What do you think? |
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| July 19, 2009 GOOD QUESTION: Is Mr. Obama's charm really wilting -- and so soon? James Carville notes the ides of July plus four: Mark the 19th, he says. |
GOOD QUESTIONS: Seen the
new Associated Press
presidential fact check? And
where's Mr. Obama's birth
certificate? Is he a natural
citizen of the U.S.--or of Kenya?
new Associated Press
presidential fact check? And
where's Mr. Obama's birth
certificate? Is he a natural
citizen of the U.S.--or of Kenya?
| GOOD QUESTIONS: Is this what Mr. Obama's about, the fall of capitalism & the rise of his Muslim faith? Is America the jihadists' Waterloo?? |
| GOOD QUESTION: Move along, folks. No racist bias or repara- tions talk here, just your ordinary media millionaires & billionaires, plus that guy who locks himself out of his house. See? |
| Special thanks to Rush Limbaugh & Thomas Lifson |
| Compare and contrast: |
| Shades of Richard Nixon. Good for John Cornyn for bringing this up. |
More here about Mrs. Pelosi and
illegals -- from a Democratic blog.
illegals -- from a Democratic blog.
| In case you missed it, watch David's interview on Sean Hannity here. |
