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President Decider Donating Member (646 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 10:50 PM
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McCain: "And I will put bad teachers out on the streets" ...
LMAO .... the old man has lost it!
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 10:51 PM
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1. That line was awful.
How about we invest more money into programs that will make teachers better.
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Heather MC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 11:05 PM
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31. What about the bad Policies the breed bad teachers
Why not change that?????
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NRaleighLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 10:51 PM
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2. But will he take away the desks? Whoops.. that was Fred's story!
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Connie_Corleone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 10:51 PM
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3. He wants to pimp out teachers??
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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 10:51 PM
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4. ....'to devour the homeless!!'
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cynatnite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 10:52 PM
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5. That was my 'WTF' moment n/t
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1corona4u Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 10:52 PM
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6. "Bottled hot water for babies"...
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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 10:52 PM
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7. DEHYDRATED babies, my friend.
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vixengrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 10:56 PM
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15. I have always wondered--does that reconstitute them?
Just add hot water and "waaaaah!"
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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 10:57 PM
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20. Yes, you know, Carnation Brand Instant Babies?
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1corona4u Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 10:56 PM
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19. LOL...whatever...he's bat-shit crazy either way.
:-)
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Erin Elizabeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 10:56 PM
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16. What? Did he say that?
What kind of fuckery was that speech? I need to see or read it or something.
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1corona4u Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 10:58 PM
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21. LOL, see for yourself..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DqR7zis99I
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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 10:58 PM
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22. During the infamous 'green background speech' he said
'Deliver bottled hot water to dehydrated babies'
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Kutjara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 10:52 PM
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8. And how would he define "bad teachers?"
Ones that teach evolution, perhaps?
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YvonneCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 10:54 PM
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12. Or, test scores. n/t
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Lorien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 10:58 PM
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23. Or that the earth is round. n/t
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Posteritatis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-08 02:09 AM
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45. He's conservative. He'd define them as good teachers. (nt)
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DesertRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 10:52 PM
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9. I'm a teacher
Am I "bad" because I have an Obama bumper sticker on my car?
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YvonneCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 10:55 PM
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14. Probably...
...so. I have one, too...and I'm also a teacher. ;)
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YvonneCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 10:53 PM
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10. Four more years of Bush, whose Ed. Sec. called teachers...
...unions terrorist organizations.(Rod Paige)
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Generic Brad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 10:54 PM
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11. And he'll also take away their unemployment insurance
That will learn them. :sarcasm:
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Erin Elizabeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 10:55 PM
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13. What the HELL?
Did he actually say that? I'm serious, I want a transcript. Where's the transcript? I'm sending that to EVERY teacher I know (I know a LOT). HA!!!!
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YvonneCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 10:56 PM
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17. Be sure to also remind them...
...of Rod Paige. Four more years of Bush.
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Erin Elizabeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 10:59 PM
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27. Oh yeah. I know a lot of teachers who are on the fence
and this will get them RIGHT off that fence and on the Obama side, for sure.

I mean I don't like bad teachers myself. But "I'm going to put them out on the streets????" WTF? So they aren't worthy of even holding down a job? We can't help them be better teachers? (That's what I do, by the way.)
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YvonneCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 11:18 PM
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34. None of us supports the idea of bad teachers...
...but it is more than that. It is a very anti-teacher, anti-public school, anti-union position and policy that they promote. Anti-everything about education I stand for. :) We've already had eight years of that...we don't need four more. IMHO.

And congrats for what you do. I used to work with new teachers a lot...retired now.:patriot:
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Erin Elizabeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 11:22 PM
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37. I love working with new teachers.
It's so completely rewarding when you can watch them really come into their own and bloom into confident, awesome teachers. A big salute to you too. And about being retired: BRAGGER! LOL.
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YvonneCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 11:27 PM
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40. Yes, it is...
...very rewarding. :) Thank you for the kind words.
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Earth Bound Misfit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 11:27 PM
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39. Link to text of speech
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7599422.stm

"We need to shake up failed school bureaucracies with competition, empower parents with choice, remove barriers to qualified instructors, attract and reward good teachers, and help bad teachers find another line of work."

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Erin Elizabeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 11:30 PM
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41. What are these barriers to qualified instructors?
It's like he's talking in code. I'm not aware of any barriers for qualified instructors. Does he mean hiring barriers? I don't know of any.

We already attract good teachers, it's retainment that's iffy, Mr. McDouche. And retainment has historically been hard in this profession, but it's even worse nowdays for a lot of reasons that don't fit into a short laundry list.

"Help" bad teachers find another line of work? What does that mean, we put their resumes out on monster.com?

He's so weird.
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Earth Bound Misfit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-08 02:06 AM
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44. See "aint_no_life_nowhere's" post #18
"When a public school fails to meet its obligations to students, parents deserve a choice in the education of their children. And I intend to give it to them."

REALLY? YOU & WHAT CONGRESS?
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aint_no_life_nowhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 10:56 PM
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18. Didn't he say that in the context of his support for private school vouchers?
It sounded like an attack on public school teachers and teacher's unions as a whole, to me.
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gauguin57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 10:59 PM
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24. " ... I'll put them out on the streets of St. Paul; there aren't enuf hookers tonite for this crowd"
It's a hot time in the saintly city tonight.
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Awsi Dooger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 10:59 PM
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25. And that line got some of the biggest applause of the night
They showed a fat lady jump off her chair and cheer.
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PA Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 10:59 PM
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26. I say let's put political whores out on the streets
and John McCain is leading the pack.
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Chloroplast Donating Member (723 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 10:59 PM
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28. Are we going to put lousy students and their even more lackluster parents on the street?
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Erin Elizabeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 11:01 PM
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29. Put 'em all out onto the streets!
Empty the schools! :crazy:
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Sunnyshine Donating Member (698 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 11:01 PM
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30. What about bad Football players?
Good grief- he looks disconnected and emotionless. He speaks as if he is without clear understanding of the most critical policies. Cereally, I think he fell out of his chair aboard the Shit Talk Express or something. He's gonna crack at any moment. :yoiks:
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 11:05 PM
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32. ......where they can live in cardboard boxes.....
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ladywnch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 11:10 PM
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33. and what, pray tell, constitutes a "bad teacher"? someone who won't ban/burn books
someone who believes and teaches real science, someone who won't teach the bible as an 'absolute' irrefutable truth?.....are these all 'bad teachers'?

:scared: :nuke:
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YvonneCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 11:19 PM
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35. Depends...
...on who the 'decider' is. :7
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Davis_X_Machina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 11:44 PM
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43. Someone who flunks football players. n/t
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AZBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 11:20 PM
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36. Opening soon: Bad Teacher Brothel!!
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Erin Elizabeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 11:23 PM
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38. ROWR!
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jberryhill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 11:43 PM
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42. I saw that movie - The chick in scene 4 looked like Sarah Palin /nt
Edited on Thu Sep-04-08 11:43 PM by jberryhill
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oasis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-08 02:54 AM
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46. McCain's a corporate lapdog and hates unions. He'll push school vouchers.(eom)
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Earth Bound Misfit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-08 03:54 PM
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47. Kick n/t
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DaveofCali Donating Member (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-08 06:45 PM
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48. "and help bad teachers find another line of work."
That was the exact quote, and I have no problem with that since I was a victim of bad teachers when I was young.
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