I guess I like Brooks better since he has responded to the recent dogma as
I think is appropriate. At any rate, I agree with most of this, not all,
but I specifically believe if we are going to retain the supposed
accountability in No Child Left Behind, it would be wise first to address
and include the responsibility of the parents, which is totally absent in
the program. I have read it in it's entirety and there is no mention, not
one, of the people most responsible for a student's attitude toward and
success in the educational process. That pandering, to the parental voting
block, needs to be corrected.
Tom
Kategorie: News from Texas
Tom from Texas: „Fundamentalist thinking ?“
„Makes you proud to be a Texan doesn’t it?“
Happy today in Texas
weiter mit Tom:
„Up this AM listening to the pundits. I know the problems are huge. The
financial problem is just starting for the US… Maybe Europe too. All of
this war is „off the books.“ While sitting on the finance committee of the
Denton County Transit Authority I have seen what this spending has done
to… Texas’s ability to build roads for example. Texas sent over 880
million dollars of highway building funds back to Washington in 2007 alone,
to fund Iraq and Bush’s tax cuts. That’s just Texas and just the
transportation funds bucket of money. Just think of all the other buckets of
money, education, health, etc. Multiply that by 50 states. It is mind
boggling. Well, each journey begins with one step. Yesterday, hopefully we
took that first step.
Quote anything I say that you think worthy, my friend.
Happy today in Texas.“
News from Texas
Mein alter Freund Tom aus Texas schrieb am Morgen der Wahl:
Yes today is the day. Polls here say Obama is ahead in the states the Dems usually win and even in some of the usual Republican States. Not Texas of course, but one could hope. All my
local Republican friends have always said a large turn out or increase in voters is usually a No vote. In this case I think it would be No to more of the same old crap. Of course it could be no to a black man, but most of those are older voters and they always vote in good numbers and the
increases are too great for that to be the case in my political opinion.
Am Abend dann:
10:00 PM – They announced that things have changed. Dogma has had it’s day.
Great news and now I can go to bed, for I have work to do tomorrow…no matter who is President. Thank, God, that Americans have moved from the darkness into the light. This is a great blow to extremism. Osama ain’t going to be happy about Obama.
Before I go to sleep: A Texan friend commenting – No wonder it is going to be a long cold winter for conservative Republicans.
Mein lieber Freund Tom aus Texas hat geschrieben. Ich kopiere seinen Kommentar einfach mal in diesen Artikel:
This would be a lot easier if I could speak or write in the German language. Ah, well, Americans are and isolated lot and we suffer for it. I have begun to speak my political mind in all areas of my public involvement, from friends and neighbors to associates in the public service area of the transit authority board I serve on. I have received several comments from my elected officials and transit board members about my comments. Since I live in one of the most conservative Republican areas of the country, I receive mostly comment from those who disagree with me about the policies. The following is my latest letter to the editor of the local newpaper:
I was raised by fiscally conservative, Goldwater Republicans. I have worked to promote the reasonable Republican ideals of smaller government and a responsible population. I am not a person who believes in ideology over facts. I am performance based and data driven. The Republican Party of my youth has disappeared and is now made up of ideologues that refuse to recognize anything other than their dogma. The combination of the neo and social conservatives has put to ruin the Republican Party. The likes of Tom Delay and Dick Cheney and their decisions to pursue an extreme agenda are the reason for the fall of a reasonable conservatism. After seeing Palin’s performance I would say that the most diplomatic thing I can say is it was…embarrassing. I imagine that McCain’s two heroes, TR and Goldwater are rolling over in their graves. I don’t believe her choice reflects well on McCain’s decision-making or temperament. I don’t believe anyone who would vote to put her one step from the Presidency with a 72-year-old malignant melanoma patient as President has the nation’s best interest at heart. I believe that quite the contrary such a position indicates they have confused dogma with patriotism. I am insulted and tired of being told that I am not patriotic because I don’t hew to current Republican or anyone else’s ideology. All Republicans appear to have left is fear and name-calling. No wonder it is going to be a long cold winter for conservative Republicans.
Willkommen Texas
I am very happy to announce that my old friend Tom from Texas hast registered. I am sure, that Tom will have a lot to say about his country. We are looking forward to exciting news, comments and observations from and about Texas and the US.
Ich bin sehr erfreut, dass sich mein alter Freund Tom aus Texas auf unserer Website registriert hat. Ich bin sicher, dass er uns spannende Nachrichten, Kommentare und Beobachtungen aus seinem Land bloggen wird, sobald er die technischen Hürden dieser Website gemeistert hat. Tom wird selbstverständlich in der „lingua franca“ unserer Zeit, nämlich Englisch, schreiben.
