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Clearing the Browser Tabs – Schools Down the Drain Friday Edition Posted: 10 Jun 2011 03:10 AM PDT I honestly don’t know how teachers in public schools who use their charges as political props aren’t run out of their towns on a rail. Read this article at Big Government and this lengthy report by Zombie at Pajamas Media, and tell me with a straight face that these teachers have their students’ best interests at heart. There is no reason a teacher should take any student out of school to go to a protest rally. Ever. If a teacher wants to teach civics, they can do so from within the classroom with materials approved by the parents of that district from a curriculum approved by parents from that district. Period. Every one of the “teacher” in those posts I linked should be fired tomorrow, and in a just world they would be. But this isn’t a just world and none of those so-called educators will face a minute of disciplinary action because they are protected by unions wealthy and influential enough to quite literally buy the decisions of any Democrat politician they like (and more than a few Republicans, for that matter). However, I’d love to see, a few weeks hence, a couple follow-up stories on how the parents of the children misused by their “teachers” raised such a ruckus that the local school officials had no other choice but to act. I’d love to read about “teachers” suspended or fired by the truckload, and replaced by educators who understand that their only duty is to deliver the best education they possibly can, no matter what. And now, links! If you were a bit worried about the economy, you can relax now. The President has appointed a White House Rural Council that’s going to fix everything. This AP headline tickled me today: “US judges seem receptive to health care challenge” (via memeorandum).Well that’s awfully nice, isn’t it, for judges to be receptive when someone brings a case before them. It’s almost as if the AP is surprised that judges might listen to the crazy idea that our government is not actually allowed to force us to buy something we don’t want to buy. Babalú: “Release me, or I will die”. Hunt, hunt hunt, he’s the Huntsman! “Into action” is his cry! From the forest to the city, he will run there in a jiffy, to sock some unnamed entity that appears evil but probably isn’t if you look at it from a certain centrist point of view in the eye! (via memeorandum) Why would Tea Party groups praise Barbara Boxer and Diane Feinstein? It has to do with space exploration and an earmark they killed. Good for them for doing the right thing (via Instapundit).

The Delivery Presents – Ronald Reagan, America, and the Path to Landslide Posted: 09 Jun 2011 11:07 AM PDT I rarely say that my shows are big and important, but Episode 97 just might qualify. If I could, I’d make sure every GOP candidate heard the first half of this week’s show. It struck me a couple weeks ago that our biggest problem as Americans right now doesn’t lie in the political policies from Washington, but in our own attitude toward America. We’ve lost our swagger and no amout of “green eyeshade” talk and policy white papers is going to help us find it again. We need inspiration. That’s what the whole first half of the show is about and the volume does go up a bit, so if a huge dose of passion and outright love for what America is and has been isn’t your cup of tea, skip ahead to the book talk in the second half. But then again, if that isn’t your cup of tea, I’m not quite sure how you can listen to The Delivery in the first place. I’m pretty much head over heels in love with my country and I don’t have much tolerance for those who like running her down. I don’t, however, have anything against anyone who wants to institute a three-book minimum on fantasy and sci-fi novel series. Robert Jordan somehow managed to set a standard that no world-spanning plot line can take less than eleventy-bazillion books spread out over a decade. That just has to stop (with a couple notable exceptions, about which you’ll hear in the second half). George R.R. Martin, I’m looking in your direction. The Delivery - Episode 97 This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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