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We now do a lot of teaching to the test. Making sure that kids can pass tests created by private companies to gauge achievement. It’s a huge racket. We spend billions on tests, test prep and the time wasted in our already short school year. The same people who make the tests, make the textbooks, [...]
Today, many of you who don’t play the lottery, may decide to plunk down a buck or two on the “MegaMillions” for a chance to win $540 million. In their “how to play” section, it doesn’t take that long to tell you what you have to do to win- “MegaMillions tickets cost $1.00 per play. [...]
A short excerpt written by me, September 11, 2011 What does Safety Mean? …To the people of South Park- it means going out on patrol to make sure their homes and garages don’t get busted into. via What does “safety” mean?. I was George Zimmerman. After repeated break-ins, I would don a bright green vest, [...]
There is a local election for Congress, where 9 citizens are challenging the incumbent. These 9 people have been attending events, speaking, campaigning for almost 2 months. We’ve not seen a TV camera yet. The incumbent, Mike Turner, pops into town to sign something, to announce something- he always gets a TV camera or a [...]
Sure, Ohio State makes a mint selling “officially sanctioned” merchandise. Terrelle Pryor jerseys made the school a lot of money before he tried to cash in on his fame and brought the machine down to its knees. Now, we’re going to try to solve our pre-K-12 funding problems by allowing schools to sell merchandise instead [...]
It’s been hanging over my desk since my mother cut it out of the New York Times on Nov. 9, 1994, and sent it to me. A full page ad, placed by the folks at Ketchum Advertising who’d had enough of the filth that was being run by politicians on TV and on radio. It [...]
Where did the money go? Enron, AIG, MCSi, IMF Global. All massive failures, where the shareholders, pensioners, and even government operations who hold investment portfolios with our tax dollars were left holding the bag. While a few may have gone to jail, the fact is that the people who were robbed, weren’t made whole. And [...]
Looking forward toward the next election- we have a decision to make. Either vote for the safe, same-old, candidates from the two parties who can’t seem to come to grips with the fact that they no longer seem to represent us. We are held hostage and forced to listed to their trash-talking, outrageously expensive “campaigns.” [...]
Today, the Dayton Daily News “investigative team” let you know the bad news: dropping property values means you will need to pay more taxes to support the schools and public services funded by property taxes. This is how the Republicans in Congress can claim “no new taxes” from them- they pass the pain to local [...]