Posted in Shut the eff up, Why Timmy can't read on Jul 1st, 2008 No Comments »
Currently, there is a salary dispute between the United Teachers of Dade and the school board. Today, teachers were supposed to receive salary raises but the money hasn’t come from the State due to budget restrictions.
So, today union members protested and brought in the United Way to help send a message to school board members.
The [...]
Posted in Shut the eff up, This is bullshit! on Jun 17th, 2008 4 Comments »
From the Tenessesee Center for Policy and Research:
Energy Guzzled by Al Gore’s Home in Past Year Could Power 232 U.S. Homes for a Month
Gore’s personal electricity consumption up 10%, despite “energy-efficient” home renovations
NASHVILLE - In the year since Al Gore took steps to make his home more energy-efficient, the former Vice President’s home energy [...]
Posted in Shut the eff up, Why Timmy can't read on Jun 17th, 2008 1 Comment »
Last night on World News Tonight, Barack Obama essentially said that school choice is a bad thing.
What is school choice?
A parent’s right to choose the best school for their kids, whether it be public or private.
Simple enough.
So, what’s his hang up?
Read the transcript below:
TAPPER: You talked about the need to change the status quo in [...]
Posted in Shut the eff up, Why Timmy can't read on Jun 9th, 2008 5 Comments »
Recently, I was driving through a Chicago neighborhood and I found this: Stay on track…No school.
This is an example of why Chicago has a drop out problem.
What makes this worse is that parents are stuck with this type of shitty public school, Hay Elementary Community Academy.
Hay Elementary students’ can’t read or write [...]
Posted in Shut the eff up, This is bullshit! on May 8th, 2008 4 Comments »
You must watch this CNN video of cops beating three alleged shooters.
This is the story:
Philadelphia city officials said Wednesday the beatings of three suspects, captured on video by a television news crew, were ‘unacceptable,’ and added officers’ emotions are running high after the slaying of a sergeant last week. ‘We certainly are concerned about what [...]
Posted in Shut the eff up, Take it back on May 5th, 2008 3 Comments »
Earlier today, China pulled a billboard ad by Disney which stirred up the whole country.
You know, I am not going to lie but this ad is just plain goofy and wrong on so many levels.
Posted in Shut the eff up on May 2nd, 2008 2 Comments »
From the BBC:
A local council employee in Japan has been punished after it was discovered he had accessed porn websites at work more than 780,000 times in nine months…. His habit reached its peak last July when he surfed for porn more than 177,000 times during office hours. That works out at almost [...]
Posted in Shut the eff up, Why Timmy can't read on Apr 22nd, 2008 2 Comments »
Yesterday, non-instructional staff from Camden, NJ schools didn’t show up to work, leaving thousands of kids behind.
What is this nonsense? Is this a new tactic of the AFL-CIO, walkouts at the expense of children’s educational needs.
I tell ya, unions are evil.
The reason for the walkout:
The problem, which was not clear until the afternoon, appears to [...]
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