Posts by groverat

Quote: I understand your interpretation, however based on the actual text of the law, it seems to be open to further interpretation. Perhaps they should clarify the position. Anything is "open to interpretation". That is...

Quote: They might be now. There were some questionable parts before. As for the speech, I don't see any problem with it. There were no questionable parts then. It was entirely clear what "help the president" meant. It was...

It will be hard for Obama to present a clear path because Obama doesn't have a clear path in mind. He is a middling placation-master. He is not an idealogue, which is what makes all the cries of "socialist!" so perplexing in...

The law prohibits the Department of Education from dictating curriculum, not from offering lesson plans. Jesus, the conspiracy nuttery has been cranked up to 11. Quote: They cannot even give direction, they have to stay completely...

Quote: Argue where it has results, not with someone here that that has a coat hanger sticking out of his window because he's going galt. "I am not going to respond to this!" is a response. If you're going to respond you...

When someone proposes a tyrannical policy of the government taking away the children of the poor because the poor aren't good enough to have children, what is the point of ignoring it? What is accomplished? It has already been...

There is nothing creepy about the lesson plans. They were simple, clear, and run-of-the-mill as far as lesson plans go.

Please respond to it. There's no reason to ignore it. As Thomas Jefferson said, "Ridicule is he only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. Ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them."

When you back down you take on the appearance of guilt even if you aren't guilty. Republicans know this, Democrats don't. He shouldn't have resigned. The grassroots progressives would have fought for him, as they were doing and...

Quote: The article is a critique about lack of government resources available for the growing homeless. My point is that it is clear plenty of help is coming through government channels but that cannot fix trainwreck parents. The...