Posts by SDW2001

Quote: Originally Posted by BR  I don't deny there's pork.  I wish there weren't.  However, the future disaster mitigation activities and studies does not belong on such a list.  Remove that and the...

Quote: Originally Posted by muppetry    One potential problem with this line of reasoning is that, for obvious reasons, you are focussing on schools. Unfortunately, the same risk is posed to many other...

Quote: Originally Posted by tonton  Spare us the semantics. What has been disproven is the theory that putting more financial resources into the hands of the wealthy benefits the non-wealthy more than putting the same...

Quote: Originally Posted by Bergermeister      And we certainly don't need a Rambo-wanna-be who lacks the proper training turning a parents' day into a nightmare.   Yes, what a...

Two questions, jimmac:     1)  What is trickle down economics (in your opinion)?     2)  What policies did the Bush administration enact that led to the 2008 economic downturn?  

Quote: Originally Posted by nht    My dad was a professor that taught education.  My ex was a teacher in one of the worst elementary schools in her county and interned at an inner city school.  I...

In all your frothing at the mouth, have you bothered to notice the proposed bill is a pile of pork-laden shit?         Quote: •$2 million to repair damage to the roofs of museums in...

Quote: Originally Posted by jimmac  You seem to support the idea of trickle down economics by saying this   Your interpretation and inferences are not my problem....

Quote: Originally Posted by nht      Not appreciably.  They started shooting at 11:19.  The school police officer shot at them at 11:24 but the massacre in the Library happened between...

So, the House has passed "the" bill.   While I'm happy that I personally won't have to pay thousands more in taxes, I also don't know that I could have supported this bill if I had a vote.  It does nothing to contain...