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Sun Sep-06-09 01:04 PM
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"Settle for Kentucky GED" : hilarious LTTE |
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Settle for Kentucky GED
Why would any right thinking Kentuckian want President Obama to talk to their kids about the importance of education? President Obama earned a B.A. from Columbia University. He graduated summa cum laude from Harvard Law School where he was president of the Harvard Law Review . Not bad, but it falls short of a Kentucky GED.
www.courier-journal.com/article/20090904/OPINION02/909040342/1016/OPINION/Readers++views+on+President+Obama+s+school+speech
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Sun Sep-06-09 01:12 PM
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1. I'd guess they would reject a talk on tooth decay also. |
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Sun Sep-06-09 03:49 PM
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7. Especially if it conflicted with military recruiters..... |
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Sun Sep-06-09 01:19 PM
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2. Couple other good ones there also: |
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Where’s common sense?
I don't want my child to hear President Obama talk to them at school on Sept. 8. He will just indoctrinate them in to being, what? Harvard graduates? President of the United States? Oh, no, we don't want that. Come on, folks, let’s use some sense.
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How dare you, Mr. President? What gives you the right to encourage our schoolchildren to do their very best in school? Don't you know that intelligence is bad for the economy? The entire talk radio industry could fail if people start thinking for themselves. Thank heaven we have people like Principal Les McIntosh to squash civic involvement. He sounds like a "priddy intellajunt edjucashioner" to me. (name removed)
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Sun Sep-06-09 02:41 PM
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3. i loved this response - |
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"Mr. Barber, if you think the duly elected president talking to school children about the value of education qualifies as political indoctrination, your kids probably aren't sharp enough to get the message anyway."
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Sun Sep-06-09 02:43 PM
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4. Everybody has to aspire to something. |
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A Kentucky GED is just the ticket for some, it seems.
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Sun Sep-06-09 06:56 PM
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11. problem is, on the back of every KY GED is a |
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road map of Indiana... ;-)
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Sun Sep-06-09 02:56 PM
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5. Yeah, Be Afraid Be Very |
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Afraid.:scared: of an Address on Education from the educated President, Barack Obama.
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Sun Sep-06-09 03:00 PM
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...that getting a voter's registration card was the same as a driver's license. Just a short written test...maybe twenty questions and you have to get fifteen right. That alone would change life in the U.S. as we know it. Come to think of it...a little spelling test with easy words would change the landscape of our government.
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Sun Sep-06-09 04:39 PM
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8. You only need one question... |
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How do you spell "moron?"
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Sun Sep-06-09 04:57 PM
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Voting tests were made illegal when they were used to keep un- and under-educated African Americans from the voting polls--not because they couldn't think through the issues clearly, but based on not having good reading comprehension. Poor reading skills are still the norm for many urban and rural school districts. I can understand wanting a thinking populace to vote, but sadly, reading skills and comprehension don't always go hand-in-hand, and re-instituting voting tests will not eliminate those who vote least responsibly, but possibly would deter people otherwise sympathetic to our cause. I hate to say it, but thinking like that really underscores your username's privileged bias.
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Sun Sep-06-09 04:48 PM
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9. 5:1 in favor of Obama speaking to school children. |
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Right on, thinking Kentuckians!!
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Sun Sep-06-09 08:14 PM
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12. Why do you think they call it "flyover country" |
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I mean really, who cares what they think in backward places like that? They always vote repuke in presidential elections but, even if they voted inteligently, they still wouldn't have enough electoral college votes to make any difference.
All of those little-vote stupid states (KY, TN, MO, etc.) should just be ignored.
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Sun Sep-06-09 08:55 PM
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13. Thanks for reminding me that Republicans aren't the only assholes. nt |
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Sun Sep-06-09 09:08 PM
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14. That's a very broad brush you are using. |
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