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Watch Senator Ted Cruz at the Values Voters Summit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9O1_MetCU8
Notice the rudeness and intolerance of the Left and how well Senator Cruz deflates it! He will continue to be harassed by the Left since they have no ideas and therefore must act as children demanding what they want over all else! These people are governing our nation? It is the Chicago way! When will the American people get fed up with it and shut them down—politically speaking?
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From: http://townhall.com/columnists/larryelder/2013/10/17/where-do-public-school-teachers-send-own-kids-n1725607/page/full
“Where Do Public School Teachers Send Own Kids?
Larry Elder | Oct 17, 2013
Guy walks into a restaurant. Says to the waitress, ‘I’d like some scrambled eggs and some kind words.’ She brings the eggs. The guy smiles, ‘Now how about the kind words?’ Waitress whispers, ‘Don’t eat the eggs.’
This brings us to the fact that urban public school teachers are about two times more likely than non-teachers to send their own children to private schools (Just like many politicians including our present President! Of course, he went to a private school himself!—my addition). In other words, many public school teachers whisper to parents, ‘Don’t eat the eggs.’
About 11 percent of all parents—nationwide, rural and urban—send their children to private schools. The numbers are much higher in urban areas. One study found that in Philadelphia a staggering 44 percent of public school teachers send their own kids to private schools (Almost half of the teachers!—my addition). In Cincinnati and Chicago, 41 and 39 percent of public school teachers, respectively, pay for a private school education for their children. In Rochester, New York, it’s 38 percent. In Baltimore it’s 35 percent, San Francisco is 34 percent and New York-Northeastern New Jersey is 33 percent (Does that include Newark?—my addition). In Los Angeles nearly 25 percent of public school teachers send their kids to private school versus 16 percent of Angelenos who do so.
The study, conducted in 2004 by the Fordham Institute, said: ‘These findings ... are apt to be embarrassing for teacher unions, considering those organizations’ political animus toward assisting families to select among schools. But these results do not surprise most practicing teachers to whom we speak. ... The data have shown the same basic pattern since we first happened upon them two decades ago: Urban public school teachers are more apt to send their own children to private schools than is the general public. One might say this shows how conservative teachers are. They continue doing what they’ve always done. Or it might indicate that they have long been discerning connoisseurs of education. ...
‘The middle class will tolerate a lot—disorder, decay, and dismay, an unwholesome environment, petty crime, potholes, chicanery and rudeness. One thing, however, that middle class parents will not tolerate is bad schools for their children. To escape them, they will pay out-of-pocket or vote with their feet. That is what discerning teachers do.’
What about members of Congress? Where do they send their own children?
A 2007 Heritage Foundation study found that 37 percent of representatives and 45 percent of senators with school-age children sent their own kids to private school. Of the members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus with school-age children, 38 percent sent them to private school. Of the members of the Congressional Black Caucus with school-age children, 52 percent sent them to private school (OUCH!—my addition).
The ex-mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa, was asked why he did not have his own kids in public school despite his strong advocacy of public education. Villaraigosa, whose wife was a public school teacher, said, ‘I’m doing like every parent does. I’m going to put my kids in the best school I can. My kids were in a neighborhood public school until just this year. We’ve decided to put them in a Catholic school. We’ve done that because we want our kids to have the best education they can. If I can get that education in a public school, I’ll do it, but I won’t (SET ITAL)sacrifice(END ITAL) (emphasis added) my children any more than I could ask you to do the same (But you do! One major problem with public schools is too much government regulation which private schools do not have!—my addition).’
When he got elected president, Barack Obama and his wife made a big display of looking into D.C. public schools for his two daughters to attend. But the Obamas chose Sidwell Friends, the elite private school whose alums include Chelsea Clinton. Obama’s own mother sent the then-10-year-old to live with her parents—so he could attend Punahou Academy, the most exclusive prep school on the island (Barack Hussein Obama never lived the normal “Black” experience! Never! He was never “one of them” except for skin color! And who cares about skin color? It is the content of the person not the external appearance!—my addition). In fact, from Punahou to Occidental (a private college in Los Angeles) to Columbia (where he completed college) to Harvard Law, Obama is a product of private education (Who knew? Anyone who pays attention!—my addition).
So how does this square with Obama’s opposition to the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program that offered a voucher for the children of participating parents? It doesn’t.
Here’s what Obama's Office of Management and Budget said about the program: ‘Rigorous (Really? The Obama Administration lies! I doubt if they know what rigorous means! Is it like Senator Harry Reid calling Tea Party members anarchists?—my addition) evaluation over several years demonstrates that the D.C. program has not yielded improved student achievement by its scholarship recipients compared to other students in D.C.’
Tell that to the educator/consultant the Department of Education hired to evaluate the program. Testifying before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security, Patrick Wolf, a University of Arkansas education policy professor who spent more than 10 years evaluating school choice programs in D.C., Milwaukee, New York and Dayton, Ohio, said, ‘In my opinion, by ... boosting high school graduation rates and generating a wealth of evidence suggesting that students also benefited in reading achievement, the D.C. OSP has accomplished what few educational interventions can claim: It markedly improved important education outcomes for low-income inner-city students (Someone MUST be wrong! Who do you think it is?—my addition).’
President Barack Obama calls education ‘the civil rights issue of our time.’ Yet, his opposition to K-12 education vouchers guarantees that many of America’s kids will sit in back of the bus (Supported by the teacher unions!—my addition).’”
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We need to keep supporting and working for PRO-LIFE, PRO-TRADITIONAL FAMILY candidates and representatives at all levels of government.
Never give-up!
NEVER SURRENDER!
You will know them by their words and deeds!
Matthew 12: 35-37 (NIV)
“A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”
Matthew 11: 19b (NIV)
“But wisdom is proved right by her deeds.”
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This question was at the side of an article I posted on
http://christiangunslinger.blogspot.com.
“Debating Abortion: Should You Use Pro-Choice or Pro-Abortion?”
My answer: Neither! We should name it by what it is! PRO-MURDER!!!
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Dave Ramsey video on Obamacare:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsVqOe07cdY#t=40
Texas Congressman Ted Poe’s constituents response to Obamacare
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0ZJhqZNPbk
By their words and actions you will know them!
Galatians 6: 7-9 (NIV)
“Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”
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Texas Senator John Cornyn is already running ads for his reelection in 2014! We will not be fooled! John Cornyn voted for cloture to FUND Obamacare! John Cornyn owns Obamacare!
John Cornyn owns Obamacare! REMEMBER THE ALAMO!!!
John Cornyn owns Obamacare! REMEMBER THE ALAMO!!!
John Cornyn owns Obamacare! REMEMBER THE ALAMO!!!
REMEMBER THE ALAMO!!!
REMEMBER THE ALAMO!!!
REMEMBER THE ALAMO!!!
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1) Obamacare is immoral!
2) Obamacare is illegal!
3) Obamacare is unconstitutional!
4) the American people do NOT want Obamacare implemented!
5) If you vote for Obamacare funding, YOU OWN Obamacare!
6) Obamacare is a vote for, vote against issue in 2014!
7) He/she represents US not the Party and not the President!
Watch this video on Great Britain hospitals!
http://bcove.me/u1evg2wi
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Competition is good for the economy and competition is good for the Republican Party!!! Competition keeps Congressmen committed to we the people!!! Primary Republicans who do not support the Constitution as written.
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Video of Senator Harry Reid in 2006 on raising the debt ceiling to 9 trillion dollars!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELkbDdPeL7I
Now in 2013 they are increasing the debt to almost 18 trillion dollars! That is a doubling of the debt in 7 years!!! In 7 years! And now Harry Reid is claiming that it is essential that the debt limit be raised! What happened? The Democrats took control of Congress and the Presidency! And now all logic is just the reverse of what it was in 2006. They lied then or they are lying now!!!
