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16 years ago @ Big Hollywood - In Defense of Obama's ... · 1 reply · -2 points

Endless? You just show up out of the woodwork when someone like Mr. Winecoff writes an article. And if you don't like it, then tough s*#t.

Also, where does Mr. Winecoff promote homosexuality? Even if sexuality were a choice this story isn't a glowing endorsement of homosexuality at all, nor is it even an endorsement. This leads me to believe you didn't even read the article.

16 years ago @ Big Hollywood - Why Do Public Schools ... · 0 replies · +3 points

Test scores were never used as a rigid cutoff for admission to St. Augustine. There were students there with IQs in the 60s, as well as others with IQs more than twice that high. For individual students and for the school as a whole, the average IQ rose over the years-- being in the 80s and 90s in the 1950s and then reaching the national average of 100 in the 1960s. To put that in perspective, both blacks and whites in the South during this era tended to score below the national average on IQ and other standardized tests.
Most of these children did not come from middle-class families. Those who parents were in professional or white-collar occupations were less than one-tenth as numerous as those whose parents worked in "unskilled and semi-skilled" occupations.
What are the "secrets" of such successful schools?
The biggest secret is that there are no secrets, unless work is a secret. Work seems to be the only four-letter word that cannot be used in public today."

If you liked this, read Inside American Education and the rest of the article.

16 years ago @ Big Hollywood - Why Do Public Schools ... · 1 reply · +3 points

Part 1:
http://www.tsowell.com/speducat.html

"St. Augustine High School in New Orleans was a particularly striking example of achieving academic success while going against the grain of prevailing opinion in educational circles. It was established back in 1951, during the era of racial segregation in the South, as a school for black boys, presided over by an all-white staff from the Josephite order. None of these young priests had ever taken a course in a department or school of education. To the horror of some outside members of the order, the school used corporal punishment. There was no unifying educational theory. The school simply kept doing things that worked and discarded things that didn't.
The first black student from the South to win a National Merit Scholarship came from St. Augustine. So did the first Presidential Scholar of any race from the state of Louisiana. As of 1974, 20 percent of all Presidential Scholars in the history of the state had come from this school with about 600 black students.

16 years ago @ Big Hollywood - Michael Moore On 'Hann... · 0 replies · +1 points

I don't give a flying fuck if Moore said it or not, Mr. Blovating MediaMatters creep.

I actually never attributed the quote to Moore, and I did watch the interview you moron. I was making a comment on something that hippy-dippy libidiots like to make.

16 years ago @ Big Hollywood - Michael Moore On 'Hann... · 0 replies · +2 points

Oh, awesome, your name goes right to a Media Matters link.

Which means you have nothing of substance to say.

16 years ago @ Big Hollywood - Stand Up Notes From Fl... · 0 replies · +2 points

I remember reading about Jaenane and hearing about her conservative upbringing and how she became a liberal because someone made fun of her views freshman year of college.

I also see she's now trying to use the same tactic currently to convert people to liberalism....

16 years ago @ Big Hollywood - Michael Moore On 'Hann... · 11 replies · +2 points

I guess you don't comprehend simple economics.

Also, on what planet do you live where standards of living are completely out of the hands of the people themselves? Jobs don't just come out of thin air by pumping money into the public and/or private sectors.

For the love of God, here's some Thomas Sowell for you. You're very welcome.
http://www.creators.com/opinion/thomas-sowell/inc...

16 years ago @ Big Hollywood - Michael Moore On 'Hann... · 3 replies · +3 points

"Christians are in no position to judge the 9/11 terrorists."

Yes, I am. One of the key tenets of my faith is "Thou Shalt Not Kill", 9/11 terrorists killed 3,000 people. I'll be nice and call them scum of the Earth.

16 years ago @ Big Hollywood - Michael Moore On 'Hann... · 0 replies · +1 points

Gah, ditch the talking points Sean!

16 years ago @ Big Hollywood - Michael Moore On 'Hann... · 16 replies · +3 points

"do not blame the poor for wanting more than just living paycheck to paycheck."
I don't blame anyone for wanting to better their lives at all. But when they want to do it a my expense without my consent, that's where I call BS.

Also, "nice home" is really vague. What do you consider to be a nice home? Yes, most of the poor in the country live in inner-city projects, but at least they have a roof over their head.

Finally, simple economics: If you improve pay, less people have work available. There's a reason why companies have to profit and why minimum wage increases very slowly.

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