March 07, 2014
— Ace Failure will be subsidized, and success will be ruthlessly stamped out.
Success Academy is run by Eva Moscowitz, someone hated by the teachers unions and the left. So of course she must be destroyed, and if there is some collateral damage in the form of children, so be it. Such things happen in war.
What a small and politically vicious man New York's new mayor is. Bill de Blasio doesn't like charter schools. They are too successful to be tolerated. Last week he announced he will drop the ax on three planned Success Academy schools. (You know Success Academy: It was chronicled in the film "Waiting for Superman." It's one of the charter schools the disadvantaged kids are desperate to get into.) Mr. de Blasio has also cut and redirected the entire allotment for charter facility funding from the city's capitol budget. An official associated with a small, independent charter school in the South Bronx told me the decision will siphon money from his school's operations. He summed up his feelings with two words: "It's dispiriting."Some 70,000 of the city's one million students, most black or Hispanic, attend charter schools, mostly in poorer neighborhoods. Charter schools are privately run but largely publicly financed. Their teachers are not unionized. Their students usually outscore their counterparts at conventional public schools on state tests. Success Academy does particularly well. Last year 82% of its students passed citywide math exams. Citywide the figure was 30%.
These are schools that work. They are something to be proud of and encourage.
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We close with a little red meat because there's something in this story—frightened children, cold political operators—that gets our blood up.
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In this move more than any so far, Mr. de Blasio shows signs he is what his critics warned he would be—a destructive force in the city of New York. When a man says he will raise taxes to achieve a program like pre-K education, and is quickly informed that that program can be achieved without raising taxes, and his answer is that he wants to raise taxes anyway, that man is an ideologue.
And ideologues will sacrifice anything to their ideology. Even children.
There's a lot more at the link.
Meanwhile, Governor Cuomo is holding a rally with.. Eva Moscowitz.
De BlasioÂ’s rally in support of a higher tax on wealthy New Yorkers was not specifically targeted at education, but across town, Andrew Cuomo joined Success Academy CEO Eva Moskowitz at a different rally promoting charter schools. Although de Blasio downplayed the significance of the charter rally, itÂ’s a big deal. Moskowitz is his chief opponent in the charter school co-location fight. Indeed, de Blasio specifically mentioned the need to reduce MoskowitzÂ’s influence as a reson for the policy shift, and Moskowitz has responded with plenty of harsh words of her own. By appearing at the rally, Cuomo effectively endorsed de BlasioÂ’s biggest rival. And heÂ’s not just a silent partner; he spoke forcefully about the need to protect charter schools. . . .
More at Mead, who calls NY state the chief battleground in the war on charter schools, where their fate will be determined in a struggle between the liberal coalition's moderate/liberal wings, and its leftist wing -- the tail that now actually wags the dog.
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Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 07, 2014 07:39 AM (0LHZx)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 07, 2014 07:41 AM (oMKp3)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 07, 2014 07:41 AM (HsTG8)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at March 07, 2014 07:42 AM (5M5r7)
Posted by: Mama AJ at March 07, 2014 07:42 AM (SUKHu)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 07, 2014 07:42 AM (HsTG8)
You knew this shit was coming when the "one percenters" streets got plowed last during the first snowstorm of his term.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 07, 2014 07:42 AM (nELVU)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 07, 2014 07:43 AM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 07, 2014 07:43 AM (SY2Kh)
This issue particularly infuriates me. My daughter teaches at a charter school in the south Bronx, in the poorest CD in the country. Her kids tell her school is the best part of their day. My daughter is phenomenal with children. She spent years looking for a teaching job, getting her Masters and keeping her accreditations up to date. And she may be out of a job because this commies scumsucker wants to play politics with the lives of the poorest children in the city? He should diaf.
Posted by: real joe at March 07, 2014 07:43 AM (NlGSM)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 07, 2014 07:43 AM (igDix)
As I prepared to write about how this happens every day in murder dens across the country under the flag of Planned Parenthood... Moo Moo shows up with, quote
"Fuck those 70K poor/minority kids. Their parents voted for this."
...the stuck pig squeals first.
What did the children do? You enjoy the children's sad fate, Moo Moo, because of the sins of their parents?
Yet you claim others are draconian religious fanatics?
Less than worthless. Only good for corruption and decay.
Posted by: Kinley Ardal at March 07, 2014 07:43 AM (9LuAk)
http://tinyurl.com/5mw3ur
And a copy of this statue at the entrance.
http://tinyurl.com/p7kfqbk
Posted by: Cold Rage at March 07, 2014 07:44 AM (w+Fue)
Posted by: Mooch at March 07, 2014 07:44 AM (611Rk)
Posted by: boniface ballers at March 07, 2014 07:45 AM (l3RZ9)
Posted by: Angel with a sword at March 07, 2014 07:45 AM (hpgw1)
Posted by: real joe at March 07, 2014 07:45 AM (NlGSM)
Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 07, 2014 07:45 AM (T2V/1)
That would be you, Moo Moo.
I'm right back where I always am, so torn between rage and pity, I don't even know if I should pray for you or just shake the dust off my boots and walk.
May the Lord have mercy on this nation of fools.
Posted by: Kinley Ardal at March 07, 2014 07:45 AM (9LuAk)
Good for Cuomo, of course I doubt he will have much real impact. There is a reason Bloomberg hasn't had aspirations to run for governor of New York. He didn't want to take a step down in power.
Posted by: buzzion at March 07, 2014 07:46 AM (LI48c)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 07, 2014 07:46 AM (0LHZx)
Posted by: nnptcgrad at March 07, 2014 07:46 AM (0tJ4+)
Yes, obviously. Any time a candidate wins it means that every single person voted for him. Those kids were asking for it. Your logic is unassailable.
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at March 07, 2014 07:46 AM (+lsX1)
With all the education money floating around, you would think there would be enough to fund these schools.
It's not about the funding. It's about the lack of unionized teachers.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at March 07, 2014 07:47 AM (4df7R)
Is there a real distinction here as a matter of policy or is it just Cuomo hates the mayor and vice versa?
Posted by: joncelli at March 07, 2014 07:47 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 07, 2014 07:47 AM (0LHZx)
Posted by: real joe at March 07, 2014 11:45 AM (NlGSM)
It's like choosing turds from the punchbowl.
Posted by: Captain Hate at March 07, 2014 07:48 AM (NI2j4)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 07, 2014 07:48 AM (HsTG8)
Posted by: buzzion at March 07, 2014 07:48 AM (LI48c)
Posted by: Purgy McPurgistan at March 07, 2014 07:48 AM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 07, 2014 07:48 AM (0LHZx)
Posted by: jwest at March 07, 2014 07:48 AM (u2a4R)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 07, 2014 07:48 AM (J9ECY)
Posted by: Mama AJ at March 07, 2014 07:49 AM (SUKHu)
Posted by: NYC Voters at March 07, 2014 07:49 AM (igDix)
Posted by: joncelli at March 07, 2014 11:47 AM (RD7QR)
Cuomo sees that the charter school thing is REALLY POPULAR with his constituents. He's not stupid. He wants to run for President someday.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at March 07, 2014 07:49 AM (4df7R)
Does NYC have a recall option?
Posted by: grognard at March 07, 2014 07:49 AM (/29Nl)
Posted by: ejo at March 07, 2014 07:49 AM (GXvSO)
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Pretty sure he won with 73% of the vote. I agree. They get the government they deserve.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at March 07, 2014 07:50 AM (vgIRn)
I'm tired of this for the children bullshit. Their parents vote for cretins like de Blasio, I'm not going to have any sympathy when he fucks over their kids.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 07, 2014 11:46 AM (0LHZx)
Sympathy for the victim is not the same as sympathy for the perpetrator.
This is not a difficult concept, or should not be.
A people that cannot correctly identify and attack their opponents is a people not worth saving.
So on the hand, we have the godless Leftists, and on the other hand, we have men like you, so steeped in vengefulness and hate, you cheerfully embrace the destruction of kids who literally have no idea what the blue fuck their parents are doing to them.
Less than worthless. Utter reprobate. I'm not surprised though, if you have no problems spilling children's guts across a razor-sharp scalpel, why would you have any pity for them at any other point in lief?
Posted by: Kinley Ardal at March 07, 2014 07:50 AM (9LuAk)
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This is the OPPOSITE of a "for the children" scenario! Usually, worthless politicians hide behind children as they pass some hideous piece of legislation, and it's usually bullshit.
In this instance, actual innocent children are going to be hurt because of a worthless politicians political cravenness. Children who don't vote. Children who are helpless to stop him from hurting them.
Honestly, is there a more worthless commenter here than Moo Moo?
Posted by: Kensington (@NYKensington) at March 07, 2014 07:50 AM (/AHDz)
Posted by: Seems legit at March 07, 2014 07:50 AM (A98Xu)
Y'know, if some NYC billionaire really wanted to be mayor, no matter which party, fully funding a couple of these charters would be one hell of an introduction to public life.
DeStalino just threw the hanging curve to end all hanging curves.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 07, 2014 07:50 AM (TIIx5)
Posted by: WalrusRex at March 07, 2014 07:50 AM (XUKZU)
Posted by: shredded chi at March 07, 2014 07:50 AM (9dfN4)
I don't say "Fuck those 70K kids." The kids did nothing wrong except be born in a backwards blue-state hell hole.
I DO say, "Fuck any parents of those 70K kids who voted for this motherfucker," because they should have seen this coming. If they didn't it only means that they're willful idiots. God bless and save their children, because their parents are useless.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at March 07, 2014 07:51 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Fritz at March 07, 2014 07:51 AM (UzPAd)
Posted by: The Left at March 07, 2014 07:52 AM (igDix)
Posted by: PaleRider at March 07, 2014 07:52 AM (cQZV0)
More from Peggy, because it's delicious:
"There is a "strong private-sector element" in their funding, he {DeBlasio} said. The mayor agreed with host Ebro Darden that "a lot" of charter schools are funded by big business: "Oh yeah, a lot of them are funded by very wealthy Wall Street folks and others." When Mr. Darden and co-host Peter Rosenberg suggested that a "campaign" to portray the mayor as anti-charter-school was also funded by big business, Mr. de Blasio, as the New York Post noted, didn't disagree. "I think you're providing a keen political analysis there."
Clever people usually try to hide their animus. This one doesn't care if you know how he feels about that "element."
Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 07, 2014 07:52 AM (A0sHn)
I DO say, "Fuck any parents of those 70K kids who voted for this motherfucker," because they should have seen this coming. If they didn't it only means that they're willful idiots. God bless and save their children, because their parents are useless.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at March 07, 2014 11:51 AM (4df7R)
And that is how you do it, Moo Moo. Properly channeled anger.
It isn't difficult, except to those of a reprobate mind.
Posted by: Kinley Ardal at March 07, 2014 07:53 AM (9LuAk)
Posted by: Mama AJ at March 07, 2014 07:53 AM (SUKHu)
Posted by: DeBlasio at March 07, 2014 07:53 AM (Aif/5)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 07, 2014 07:53 AM (ZPrif)
Posted by: The Left at March 07, 2014 11:52 AM (igDix)
...yeah, that pretty much sums the Left up.
Posted by: Kinley Ardal at March 07, 2014 07:53 AM (9LuAk)
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One of the defining difference between liberals and conservatives is that conservatives believe everything will be OK if we allow people to accept the consequences of their actions while literals believe that everything will be OK if we shelter people from the consequences of their actions.
Posted by: WalrusRex at March 07, 2014 07:54 AM (XUKZU)
24% turnout. Most of the voters were probably those charter school parents because they are idiots. Their kids are getting it good now!! High five!
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at March 07, 2014 07:54 AM (+lsX1)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 07, 2014 07:54 AM (oMKp3)
Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 07, 2014 11:52 AM (A0sHn)
I don't even know how to respond to the grating levels of stupid in that passage. I have legitimately lost IQ points just trying to think of a response dumbed down enough to be understood by the idiots who read this bullshit and take it as gospel, sacred and unassailable.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at March 07, 2014 07:55 AM (4df7R)
but I bet a big chunk of them don't want the poor kids having any possibility of competing with their special snowflakes by getting a real education.
Oh, bullshit. All of the private money supporting charter schools is from private equity guys who believe that the future of the business environment depends on having bright, productive young people.
Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 07, 2014 07:55 AM (A0sHn)
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But we'd really, REALLY prefer to kill them as babies. That's the best.
Posted by: The Left at March 07, 2014 07:55 AM (/AHDz)
I see that. You see that.
But I thought the same thing when Obama canceled the scholarships for DC kids.
*crickets*
Stoopid party.
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Boner John will probably give an interview saying we need to fix public schools, not provide alternatives to public schools.
Posted by: WalrusRex at March 07, 2014 07:55 AM (XUKZU)
Posted by: Jen at March 07, 2014 07:55 AM (3wFh7)
Posted by: Mooch at March 07, 2014 07:55 AM (611Rk)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 07, 2014 07:55 AM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: Darryl Issa at March 07, 2014 07:57 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 07, 2014 07:57 AM (J9ECY)
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at March 07, 2014 07:57 AM (hq5sb)
Posted by: Navycopjoe at March 07, 2014 07:58 AM (GWxXv)
Posted by: noone, really [/i] [/b] at March 07, 2014 07:58 AM (5ikDv)
Posted by: nnptcgrad at March 07, 2014 07:58 AM (0tJ4+)
"If we can't kill em as babies, we'll make sure they're stupid as adults."
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But we'd really, REALLY prefer to kill them as babies. That's the best.
Posted by: The Left at March 07, 2014 11:55 AM (/AHDz)
"Especially if their skin tone is darker than uncooked meringue. That'd be awesome."
- The Genocidal Left
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at March 07, 2014 07:58 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Raging Aneurysm Boy at March 07, 2014 07:59 AM (ZPrif)
Posted by: L, elle at March 07, 2014 07:59 AM (0xqKe)
I'd say signing a kid up for the charter school, and doing the extra work involved to keep up, means the parent actually gives a fuck about getting a good education for their kid.
Posted by: HR at March 07, 2014 07:59 AM (ZKzrr)
Whackily according to the WSJ article linked in the post it seems DeBlasio is upset they get private donations from big business.
To which I say...WTF?!
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at March 07, 2014 11:57 AM (hq5sb)
EXACTLY. See my comment @67.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at March 07, 2014 07:59 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Vic at March 07, 2014 11:45 AM (T2V/1)
You voted Lindsey Graham into office.
You deserve every screwing he gives.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 07, 2014 07:59 AM (QFxY5)
Posted by: Brother Cavil at March 07, 2014 08:00 AM (naUcP)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 07, 2014 08:00 AM (gOoFi)
What puzzelth moi is this:
Why do Liberals absolutely insist that good law abiding citizens divest themselves of weapons and render themselves utterly defenseless--while simultaneously not giving a raw rat's rump if gangbangers gun down a 3 year old child of "A Color Other Than White" in a drive by shoot em up?
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at March 07, 2014 08:00 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: nnptcgrad
Couldn't have happened to nicer bunch of 'folks'.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 07, 2014 08:00 AM (Y/M/K)
Posted by: The Left at March 07, 2014 11:55 AM (/AHDz)
Of course!
Just what I envisioned.
Posted by: Margaret Sanger at March 07, 2014 08:01 AM (QFxY5)
Posted by: Mrs. Deblasio at March 07, 2014 08:01 AM (WCnJW)
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at March 07, 2014 11:57 AM (hq5sb)
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Wait.Just.A.Goddammed.Minute.
Big business??? GIVING money to help children.???
I understood that Big Business only existed to maximize profits by exploiting people.
This is UNPOSSIBLE!!
Posted by: fixerupper at March 07, 2014 08:01 AM (nELVU)
I'm going with "no".
Posted by: Brother Cavil at March 07, 2014 12:00 PM (naUcP)
It's not the parents who are being screwed over. It's their kids. Feel bad for the kids.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at March 07, 2014 08:01 AM (4df7R)
24% of 73% of their parents may have voted for DeBlasio. You really have no idea.
Posted by: HR at March 07, 2014 08:01 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Navycopjoe at March 07, 2014 08:01 AM (GWxXv)
L, elle ?
Funny, a caller to local talk radio in 1996 pointed out what a crock "for the children" was....
Posted by: backhoe at March 07, 2014 08:01 AM (ULH4o)
Clarence Thomas was savaged about his stance on Affirmative Action. Seeming to burn the ladder that helped him.
Here is Mayor Willie Wilhelm destroying children's futures because, for being someone given every advantage in education, he has learned nothing it seems.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 07, 2014 08:02 AM (J9ECY)
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at March 07, 2014 08:02 AM (hq5sb)
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Posted by: Raging Aneurysm Boy at March 07, 2014 11:59 AM (ZPrif)
NO FUCKING WAY!!
Posted by: joncelli at March 07, 2014 08:03 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Mama AJ at March 07, 2014 08:03 AM (SUKHu)
Posted by: Brother Cavil at March 07, 2014 08:03 AM (naUcP)
Posted by: Teacher's Union at March 07, 2014 08:03 AM (6N4h/)
Posted by: Vic at March 07, 2014 11:45 AM (T2V/1)
You voted Lindsey Graham into office.
You deserve every screwing he gives.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 07, 2014 11:59 AM (QFxY5)
Unfortunately, thanks to the 17th Amendment, we all deserve the screwing we all get from Miss "Re-election" Lindsay!
Posted by: Hrothgar at March 07, 2014 08:03 AM (o3MSL)
Posted by: Beagle at March 07, 2014 08:03 AM (sOtz/)
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at March 07, 2014 08:04 AM (hq5sb)
Yeah....it's a bit ignorant to wallow in the misery of NYC, when through no fault of their own, millions of people will be affected.
Banks that are hurt by DeBlasio will lay off tellers in Topeka.
People who live outside of NYC but work in the city will be hurt by his policies.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 07, 2014 08:04 AM (QFxY5)
Posted by: Insomniac at March 07, 2014 08:04 AM (HINxj)
My first thought was "Maybe the Gates Foundation will come to save the day." But then it always hits me. These parents pay taxes, indirectly if they are renters. They are entitled to decent schools for their kids.
The solution is clear. Recall DeBlasio.
ASAP
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 07, 2014 08:05 AM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at March 07, 2014 08:05 AM (IlZPo)
You deserve every screwing he gives.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 07, 2014 11:59 AM (QFxY5)
No "I" didn't vote him into office. I have voted against him every time. SC voted him into office. And they probably will vote him out this time.
Did you personally vote for DeCommio?
Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 07, 2014 08:05 AM (T2V/1)
Posted by: Brother Cavil at March 07, 2014 08:05 AM (naUcP)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at March 07, 2014 08:05 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 07, 2014 08:05 AM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 07, 2014 08:06 AM (oMKp3)
Posted by: Otto Tyme at March 07, 2014 08:06 AM (Kz9dH)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at March 07, 2014 08:06 AM (16RoH)
Hello, McFly, anybody home?
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at March 07, 2014 08:06 AM (+lsX1)
Posted by: HR at March 07, 2014 11:59 AM (ZKzrr)
An excellent point, I concur wholeheartedly. o.0
Posted by: Kinley Ardal at March 07, 2014 08:06 AM (9LuAk)
Posted by: Eric Holder at March 07, 2014 08:06 AM (Aif/5)
Posted by: il padrino at March 07, 2014 08:07 AM (yG+vv)
Posted by: Navycopjoe at March 07, 2014 08:07 AM (GWxXv)
He is also a petty, small tyrant. Look at what he has done on the SAFE Act- declaring it an emergency and then passing it withe the NY Legislature in the middle of the night.
They are both autocrats that want to be king. There only disagreement is how to grab the throne,
Posted by: Marcus T. Tired of the Mendacious Tripe at March 07, 2014 08:07 AM (GGCsk)
If one school is failing, then all schools must fail equally .
Posted by: Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité at March 07, 2014 08:07 AM (VVftc)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at March 07, 2014 08:07 AM (16RoH)
Posted by: L, elle at March 07, 2014 08:07 AM (0xqKe)
Posted by: Brother Cavil at March 07, 2014 08:07 AM (naUcP)
CA Obamacare list of doctors and hospitals will be offline for months.
http://tinyurl.com/n49vp4s
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 07, 2014 08:08 AM (Y/M/K)
Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 07, 2014 08:08 AM (T2V/1)
Posted by: Vic at March 07, 2014 12:05 PM (T2V/1)
Not everyone in NYC voted for him, and not everyone affected by his stupidity voted for him.
It's one thing to criticize and mock his supporters, but when you lump NYC into that bunch it's just silly.
I am getting fucked by him. My friends are getting fucked by him. My family is getting fucked by him. Lots of hard working New Yorkers and people around the country are getting fucked by him.
Does that make you happy?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 07, 2014 08:09 AM (QFxY5)
"Obama says Putin is on the wrong side of history.... This must mean that seeking national power, territory, dominion — the driving impulse of nations since Thucydides — is obsolete. As if a calendar change caused a revolution in human nature...."
Yeah, that's right. It's all about butt fucking now.
Posted by: WalrusRex at March 07, 2014 08:09 AM (XUKZU)
Posted by: Beagle at March 07, 2014 08:09 AM (sOtz/)
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 07, 2014 08:09 AM (BAS5M)
Posted by: Lincolntf at March 07, 2014 08:09 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: votermom at March 07, 2014 08:10 AM (GSIDW)
CA Obamacare list of doctors and hospitals will be offline for months.
http://tinyurl.com/n49vp4s
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 07, 2014 12:08 PM (Y/M/K)
Wait. Go back to the auto-copulation thing.
Posted by: Typical Moron at March 07, 2014 08:10 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Slapnutz at March 07, 2014 08:11 AM (3U1pE)
Hey J.J. Sefton, NDH, GGE, and others in cars and movies...
I sense a reboot of Mark Hamill's Corvette Summer with this auto story.
http://tinyurl.com/llp8gzf
Perhaps call it Viper Spring??
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 07, 2014 08:11 AM (J9ECY)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 07, 2014 08:11 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Caliban at March 07, 2014 08:11 AM (DrC22)
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Right, but...there's a reason for that. The reason is that the vast majority of New Yorkers are liberal Democrats.
I lived in Brooklyn for almost ten years. Everyone was a freaking liberal Democrat. Period.
The fact of the matter is that even though most of them couldn't be bothered to vote, they still supported De Blasio. And they do deserve to live with the consequences of that.
But, still, those poor kids don't deserve to be shafted like they're being shafted.
Posted by: Kensington (@NYKensington) at March 07, 2014 08:11 AM (/AHDz)
"Obama says Putin is on the wrong side of history.... This must mean
that seeking national power, territory, dominion — the driving impulse
of nations since Thucydides — is obsolete. As if a calendar change
caused a revolution in human nature...."
Yeah, that's right. It's all about butt fucking now.
Posted by: WalrusRex at March 07, 2014 12:09 PM (XUKZU)
From our intelligence, Obama knows a great deal about the butt-fucking.
Posted by: Vladimir "Bowling Balls" Putin at March 07, 2014 08:11 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 07, 2014 08:12 AM (aq/zi)
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I heard on the radio that SAT is dumbing down its tests in two ways. First, essay questions are optional. Second, vocabulary is being simplified.
How many words does a person need to know anyway? There's beer, TV, SNAP cards, and about 50,000 words for boobs.
Posted by: WalrusRex at March 07, 2014 08:12 AM (XUKZU)
Posted by: Beagle at March 07, 2014 08:13 AM (sOtz/)
Posted by: The NEA at March 07, 2014 08:13 AM (Dwehj)
Since there aren't any local politicians (other than a pandering governor, who is apparently not completely brain dead) to talk up this issue, I would think this is tailor made for national pols who want to give the Republican brand some good press.
Defend poor kids' right to a better education.
Any takers?
Posted by: BurtTC at March 07, 2014 08:13 AM (TOk1P)
Cuomo is an opportunistic scrotum. He would throw his own mother under the bus for a vote.
Updated preferred styling from the previous thread:
"Cuomo is an opportunistic scrotum. He'd crawl over twenty good-looking whores to fuck his dying mother."
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 07, 2014 08:13 AM (BAS5M)
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at March 07, 2014 08:13 AM (hq5sb)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 07, 2014 12:12 PM (aq/zi)
Valerie Jarrett is real president. Why bother to put up facade?
Posted by: Vladimir at March 07, 2014 08:13 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 07, 2014 08:13 AM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at March 07, 2014 12:06 PM (+lsX1)
Ok, I LOLed at this.
Posted by: Captain Hate at March 07, 2014 08:14 AM (NI2j4)
If you think the ny schools are bad, you should see hawaiistan's<<
Hawaii actually has a higher high school graduation rate than NY (comprehensively).
But the reason NY as a state is dragged down is due to the ridiculously low number in NYC. Ranked alone, NYC is one of the worst in the nation.
There are other districts in the suburbs that are mostly in the high 90%'s. That is the only reason NY isn't at the bottom.
Posted by: Marcus T. Tired of the Mendacious Tripe at March 07, 2014 08:14 AM (GGCsk)
Posted by: Otto Tyme at March 07, 2014 08:14 AM (Kz9dH)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 07, 2014 08:15 AM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at March 07, 2014 08:15 AM (hq5sb)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 07, 2014 12:13 PM (ZPrif)
It IS over as far as their boyfriend is concerned so they have their marching orders. (And now off to lunch.)
Posted by: joncelli at March 07, 2014 08:15 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Judge Pug at March 07, 2014 08:15 AM (hJnUx)
Posted by: Republic of Texas 2: Electric Boogaloo at March 07, 2014 08:16 AM (Gk2GE)
True, but they've also elected republican mayors for the last 20 years. Republicans and RINOs anyway. DeBlasio isn't the prototypical NYC mayor.
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at March 07, 2014 08:16 AM (+lsX1)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 07, 2014 08:17 AM (J9ECY)
Of course we have.
They're the ones that Reagan illegally funneled money to, using the proceeds from weapon sales to Iraq.
The Sandinistas in turn used the money to overthrow the government of Panama, installing Ferdinand Marcos as President.
/public school graduate
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And they called it Watergate because Panama is known for its watergates.
Posted by: WalrusRex at March 07, 2014 08:17 AM (XUKZU)
That's what scares me.
Seems Obama is sending a message to Putin and others with his cancelled Daily Security Briefings earlier in the week, and now vacations.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 07, 2014 08:17 AM (aq/zi)
We're planning a NY/NJ Moron Meet-up if you are interested.
E-mail nynjmeet at optimum dot net for details.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 07, 2014 08:18 AM (QFxY5)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 07, 2014 12:12 PM (aq/zi)
WTF? How is it okay for the #1 and #2 alleged "leaders" in the country to be on vacay at the same time?
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at March 07, 2014 08:19 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Navycopjoe at March 07, 2014 08:19 AM (hKIk9)
Uhh, uhh, let me be clear: Reggie can't wait.
Posted by: Barack Obama at March 07, 2014 08:19 AM (B/VB5)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 07, 2014 08:20 AM (J9ECY)
That provision is still stuck in committee. Both Democrats and Republicans don't want to see that passed. They all suck. Especially that piece of shit Republican Dean Skelos who is largely responsible for helping Cuomo with the SAFE Act. He knows the first recall petition will be for him. So Skelos is sitting on the legislation.
Posted by: Marcus T. Tired of the Mendacious Tripe at March 07, 2014 08:20 AM (GGCsk)
Posted by: Ryan Frank at March 07, 2014 08:20 AM (tXPWk)
Posted by: Navycopjoe at March 07, 2014 12:19 PM (hKIk9)
Well for starters, the many Morons who live around here.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 07, 2014 08:20 AM (QFxY5)
Posted by: Oschisms at March 07, 2014 08:20 AM (y9dfJ)
Posted by: thunderb at March 07, 2014 08:21 AM (Jn4We)
Posted by: votermom at March 07, 2014 08:21 AM (GSIDW)
Posted by: The NEA at March 07, 2014 08:21 AM (Dwehj)
Putin is steadily beefing up and reinforcing troops in Crimea. Media seems to be pretending this is over.
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 07, 2014 12:13 PM (ZPrif)
Didn't you hear the news? Obammy made Putin blink, so the game's over. Now everything's okay again.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at March 07, 2014 08:21 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: il padrino at March 07, 2014 08:21 AM (yG+vv)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 07, 2014 08:22 AM (J9ECY)
160 -
So what you are saying is it's still being treated as a local issue.
Rubio somehow managed to make amnesty a national issue, even though he was essentially pandering to his local voters. Jan Brewer made "protecting gays from discrimination" a national issue.
It gets done. Even by Republicans who are NOT swinging left.
Frankly, I don't see why someone like Palin, or heck, even Romney doesn't make this their number one issue, and beat it like the proverbial red-headed stepmule.
If they R party could or would do that, they might actually win a national election off this one issue alone.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 07, 2014 08:22 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at March 07, 2014 08:22 AM (qFpRI)
Posted by: 10 Days Ago at March 07, 2014 08:22 AM (Aif/5)
Posted by: Public School Victim at March 07, 2014 08:22 AM (sOtz/)
Posted by: Navycopjoe at March 07, 2014 12:22 PM (hKIk9)
Oops.
I am a bit thin skinned this morning.
Sorry.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 07, 2014 08:23 AM (QFxY5)
Wait, are you saying us old people are dumb because our SATs had no essays?
Posted by: HR at March 07, 2014 08:23 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 07, 2014 08:24 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 07, 2014 08:24 AM (J9ECY)
Posted by: Navycopjoe at March 07, 2014 08:24 AM (hKIk9)
Funny that. A reform brought to most of the country by the Populists and Progressives doesn't exist in NY.
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 07, 2014 08:24 AM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Navycopjoe
Oh, you're supposed to tell him to lighten up. That'll calm things down. New Yorkers have great senses of humor.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 07, 2014 08:24 AM (Y/M/K)
I see New York City ... and a shit I simply do not give. Kids destined to grow up overwhelmingly Progressive get screwed by the current crop of Progressives.
I just do not give a damn.
Posted by: ScoggDog at March 07, 2014 08:25 AM (PBbOM)
Can't have that.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at March 07, 2014 12:07 PM (16RoH)
NO MOAR INEKWALITY!
Posted by: Hrothgar at March 07, 2014 08:25 AM (o3MSL)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 07, 2014 08:25 AM (oMKp3)
I live in SI as well. DeBlasio never visited during his campaign.
Not really mentioned is that DeBlasio hates Moscowitz (and I believe the feeling is mutual), they were, iirc, both city council members at the same time.
Posted by: Penfold at March 07, 2014 08:25 AM (Fbt5B)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 07, 2014 12:24 PM (Y/M/K)
Was I talking to you?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 07, 2014 08:25 AM (QFxY5)
Make the D party OWN Bill Deblasio.
The same way they make the R's own Akin and O'Donnell and any number of other "outliers." Make Joe Manchin answer questions about where he stands on this. Make Pryor have to comment on it. Every last one of them could be forced to explain how or why their mayor, the guy who is running the largest city in America, can justify hating kids.
It could be done. It just would take some will on the part of the national Republican party.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 07, 2014 08:25 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 07, 2014 08:25 AM (ndIek)
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I hear what you're saying, but you're overselling it. The ONLY Republican they voted for was Rudy Giuliani, and they only re-elected him because things were going so well when he was up for re-election.
Bloomberg was not really a Republican, and everybody knew it. He had been a Democrat for 40 years and only ran as a Republican so that he wouldn't have to compete with the other Democrats. And, Hell, he couldn't even maintain the pretense for his full term before declaring himself an Independent.
NYC would have voted for him if he ran as a Democrat. Because, on the whole, DEMOCRATS!!!
Posted by: Kensington (@NYKensington) at March 07, 2014 08:25 AM (/AHDz)
WTF? How is it okay for the #1 and #2 alleged "leaders" in the country to be on vacay at the same time?
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It's OK. Boner John is rested, orange, and ready.
Posted by: WalrusRex at March 07, 2014 08:25 AM (XUKZU)
Posted by: NEA at March 07, 2014 08:26 AM (GSIDW)
Posted by: ExSnipe at March 07, 2014 08:26 AM (LKJt3)
Whoa, back it down a notch. Maybe sit out a play or two.
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at March 07, 2014 08:26 AM (+lsX1)
Imagine something like a $5k tax credit for private school tuition, and allow other people to give "scholarships" that can also get a tax credit.
AZ has a similar system, I give money to friends/family members schools that have their child attend and I get a dollar for dollar tax credit towards my state income taxes and that money goes to their tuition. The teachers union hates it, but it's become incredibly popular.
This would take control away from the DeBlasio's of the world, and who knows, maybe the GOP could make real gains in minority communities.
Posted by: McAdams at March 07, 2014 08:26 AM (/MENw)
If every school in NYC was a charter school under the city's total control:
Principal Humungus: Smegma crazies to the left! The gate! Gayboy berserkers, to the gate!
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 07, 2014 08:26 AM (BAS5M)
Posted by: MTF at March 07, 2014 08:26 AM (F58x4)
Posted by: Brother Cavil at March 07, 2014 08:26 AM (naUcP)
Posted by: Seems legit at March 07, 2014 08:26 AM (A98Xu)
Meet-up in late April.
E-mail nynjmeet at optimum dot net for info.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 07, 2014 08:26 AM (QFxY5)
First, essay questions are optional. Second, vocabulary is being
simplified.
Wait, are you saying us old people are dumb because our SATs had no essays?
Posted by: HR at March 07, 2014 12:23 PM (ZKzrr)
You have to wonder when "See Spot run. Run Spot, run!" is one of the tougher reading comprehension sections of teh SAT
Posted by: Hrothgar at March 07, 2014 08:26 AM (o3MSL)
Posted by: nnptcgrad at March 07, 2014 08:26 AM (oCDtw)
*FACEPALM*
So, remember the stupid chick who wrote that poem about Flashbang Tsarnaev? Ana Marie Cox? She's back with more stupid tweets.
Ana Marie Cox ✔ @anamariecox
Huckabee’s image of Obama as a snake charmer—now “the snakes are running all over the world”—is racially…provocative. #CPAC14
10:28 AM - 7 Mar 2014
But, get this, there's a difference between "racially provocative" and "racist."
Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox
Guys, there’s a reason I said “racially provocative” and not racist! It’s not racist, it’s just a meaningful choice, conscious or not.
11:01 AM - 7 Mar 2014
She totes wasn't saying it was racist, you guys! She was just saying it was racially provocative! He's just SUBCONSCIOUSLY expressing his racisty views. Got it?
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at March 07, 2014 08:27 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: votermom at March 07, 2014 08:28 AM (GSIDW)
Neil, I hope she is good in bed because she is a definite headcase.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 07, 2014 08:28 AM (J9ECY)
And the value of those goodies continues to drop...in 2008 Obama was going to save the world, cut your taxes, give you a ton of free stuff, and make you a certified non-racist. By 2012 only the last was in the offering for the LIVs, and yet it was enough...
Posted by: 18-1 at March 07, 2014 08:29 AM (P3U0f)
Posted by: BurtTC at March 07, 2014 12:25 PM (TOk1P)
It is to laugh!
Posted by: Hrothgar at March 07, 2014 08:29 AM (o3MSL)
Posted by: Navycopjoe at March 07, 2014 08:29 AM (hKIk9)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 07, 2014 08:30 AM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Navycopjoe at March 07, 2014 12:29 PM (hKIk9)
This from a spam eater...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 07, 2014 08:30 AM (QFxY5)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 07, 2014 08:30 AM (J9ECY)
I'm only up to 43,378.<<<
This week I've been focused on using "yabbos" at least once a day.
Yabbos. Kinda rolls off of the tongue.
Posted by: Fritz at March 07, 2014 08:30 AM (UzPAd)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 07, 2014 08:30 AM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 07, 2014 08:31 AM (SY2Kh)
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I can see two connotation here - snakes are symbols for Satan and snake charming is associated with South Asians...is she trying to say that Huckabee is calling Obama an Indian? If so has anyone told Biden - I'm sure he'd have some comments about that...
Posted by: 18-1 at March 07, 2014 08:31 AM (P3U0f)
Posted by: McAdams at March 07, 2014 12:26 PM (/MENw)
There are dozens of simple, yet fundamental, legislative solutions for many of our ills, but nearly all of them relinquish the DC-centric stranglehold on the serfs, so they will never go anywhere.
Posted by: Hrothgar at March 07, 2014 08:32 AM (o3MSL)
Posted by: BurtTC at March 07, 2014 08:32 AM (TOk1P)
A rant on the Boob Apron, aka 'titkerchief' from FB
http://tinyurl.com/myma8fe
Caution: Language Warning is needed.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 07, 2014 08:32 AM (J9ECY)
It claimed she was non-partisan because she took aim at both Democrats and Republicans.
I hate her, and the journalists who write lies like that, equally.
Posted by: Kensington (@NYKensington) at March 07, 2014 08:33 AM (/AHDz)
Posted by: Beagle at March 07, 2014 08:33 AM (sOtz/)
Posted by: votermom at March 07, 2014 08:33 AM (GSIDW)
***
Both he and Nikki Haley have been attacked for their race and yet neither has, or has been able to, pull the race card.
As an aside, I would love to see the Republicans cut an ad with Haley's Democrat foe in SC telling her to "go home"...it might be effective against the "anti-immigration" calumnies the Left throws around all the time.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 07, 2014 08:33 AM (P3U0f)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 07, 2014 12:30 PM (DmNpO)
I don't think I have ever seen a more depressing film than "Waiting for Superman". Good people, willing to work hard for a shot at success being actively screwed over by a corrupt system.
But, in some ways this, is the story of Obama.
Posted by: Hrothgar at March 07, 2014 08:34 AM (o3MSL)
If you think the ny schools are bad, you should see hawaiistan's
Posted by: Navycopjoe at March 07, 2014 12:07 PM (GWxXv)"
From talking to people who grew up in Hawaii, I get the impression that everyone who does not hate their children in Hawaii sends them to private schools. What day is "Beat Up a Haole Day" this year?
Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at March 07, 2014 08:34 AM (PD6iL)
***
IIRC, her ticket to fame was being friends with the woman that wrote about her affairs with a Congressman...Washningtoneinne or something like that?
Posted by: 18-1 at March 07, 2014 08:34 AM (P3U0f)
Posted by: Anime artists at March 07, 2014 08:35 AM (BAS5M)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 07, 2014 08:35 AM (J9ECY)
===============
It's true about the pizza. It's the same wherever you go -- bland, and the occasional attempt to do a sausage pizza are embarrassing.
But Seinfeld was awesome, so screw you!
Posted by: Kensington (@NYKensington) at March 07, 2014 08:35 AM (/AHDz)
Posted by: righter at March 07, 2014 08:35 AM (JBYUX)
Posted by: NEA at March 07, 2014 08:36 AM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 07, 2014 08:36 AM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: Navycopjoe at March 07, 2014 08:36 AM (hKIk9)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 07, 2014 08:37 AM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Vizzy at March 07, 2014 08:37 AM (H0lcY)
Posted by: HR at March 07, 2014 08:37 AM (ZKzrr)
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As a society we have decided that cartels fixing prices is bad...unless those cartels are called unions...which is interesting when you put it that way isn't it...?
Posted by: 18-1 at March 07, 2014 08:37 AM (P3U0f)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 07, 2014 08:37 AM (J9ECY)
And I guarantee all of these same people will pull the lever again for him against whatever "evil, racist" Republican that runs against him.
I certainly don't think we should aid in the shafting, but it makes it go down a little easier.
Posted by: McAdams at March 07, 2014 08:37 AM (/MENw)
Posted by: ExSnipe at March 07, 2014 08:38 AM (LKJt3)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 07, 2014 08:38 AM (aDwsi)
Posted by: righter at March 07, 2014 12:35 PM (JBYUX)
Those that can, do.
Those that can't do, teach.
Those that can't teach, run the NEA.
Posted by: Hrothgar at March 07, 2014 08:38 AM (o3MSL)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 07, 2014 08:38 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Slapweasel at March 07, 2014 08:39 AM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: jwest at March 07, 2014 08:39 AM (u2a4R)
Posted by: Adam at March 07, 2014 08:39 AM (Aif/5)
Annnddddd now I have that image of the killer robot Santa from [i[Futurama[/i].
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 07, 2014 08:39 AM (J9ECY)
Posted by: Brother Cavil at March 07, 2014 08:39 AM (naUcP)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 07, 2014 08:40 AM (aDwsi)
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Because if you fight the school system they will make your kids pay for it.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 07, 2014 08:40 AM (P3U0f)
Posted by: Slapweasel at March 07, 2014 08:40 AM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 07, 2014 08:40 AM (FqZ/E)
Posted by: Biff Boffo at March 07, 2014 08:40 AM (YmPwQ)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at March 07, 2014 08:41 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at March 07, 2014 08:41 AM (qFpRI)
***
Perhaps a better way to put it is that the educational establishment has designed a system where competence is of marginal importance.
Whether you are a good or bad teacher in a public school won't have a lot of impact on your life (compared to say a good or bad software engineer). So there are good public school teachers, but the bad ones that should be forced out aren't and the average ones have little reason to try harder outside of a personal moral vision...
Posted by: 18-1 at March 07, 2014 08:42 AM (P3U0f)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 07, 2014 08:42 AM (FqZ/E)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 07, 2014 08:43 AM (da5Wo)
That's nice.
Is he going to do anything substantial? He is the Governor. There is probably state property in New York City that he could make available to the Charter schools. He could probably get legislation to redirect state funds that would otherwise go to fund DiBlasio's pet projects or favorite cronies and use that to support the charter schools.
Cuomo could create something like TAMS at Potsdam, Plattsburgh or Oswego to offer a way out for some kids.
https://tams.unt.edu/
I personally expect Cuomo to do nothing except talk.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at March 07, 2014 08:43 AM (PD6iL)
Sorry, Moo!
Posted by: Kensington (@NYKensington) at March 07, 2014 08:44 AM (/AHDz)
Just answer the question.
How many are hot?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 07, 2014 08:44 AM (QFxY5)
Anybody remember the DC voucher program ? Obama started moving to kill that his first year in office.
And the result ? Overwhelming minority support for Obama in 2012.
I'll show an interest in helping poor minorities when poor minorities show an interest in helping themselves. The ballot box would be a fine place to start. Until then, a shit I do not give.
Posted by: ScoggDog at March 07, 2014 08:45 AM (PBbOM)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 07, 2014 08:46 AM (J9ECY)
I looked into it a couple of times during periods of funemployment, and the states I've lived in won't let me so much as substitute a math class unless I first spend five figures getting a piece of paper that says I've undergone sufficient Marxist indoctrination at an accredited university.
My grandmother taught hundreds of kids--black and white--to read despite not having a B.A. (But she didn't have to teach Gaia worship or sexual practices.)
Posted by: HR at March 07, 2014 08:46 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Iblis at March 07, 2014 08:47 AM (U0ndG)
Posted by: Titanium at March 07, 2014 08:48 AM (oDFTq)
Posted by: a polling firm, available for hire at March 07, 2014 08:52 AM (FqZ/E)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 07, 2014 08:57 AM (J9ECY)
Posted by: zombie at March 07, 2014 08:58 AM (mizYg)
Posted by: gekkobear at March 07, 2014 09:05 AM (2zHxV)
Posted by: ejo at March 07, 2014 09:08 AM (GXvSO)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 07, 2014 09:15 AM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Jen at March 07, 2014 09:17 AM (3wFh7)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 07, 2014 09:19 AM (0LHZx)
"BUT you can get equality another way. Shut down all the good schools, and everyone gets the same useless crappy education. EQUALITY!"
Always excepting the hyper-expensive private schools to which DeBlasio's rich liberal supporters send their kids.
Posted by: Brown Line at March 07, 2014 09:21 AM (VrNoa)
Posted by: NYC Parent at March 07, 2014 09:26 AM (HEo6y)
Posted by: NYC Parent at March 07, 2014 09:32 AM (HEo6y)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 07, 2014 12:43 PM (da5Wo)"
A few years ago Bill Gates sponsored a survey of the American education system. They concluded that the quality of the average teacher in the US is pretty good. They also concluded that having an exceptionally good or an exceptionally bad teacher can make a big difference in outcome.
Their recommendation was that the worst 15% of teachers should be fired and replaced with average teachers. Given the number of unemployed people with teaching certificates, that really shouldn't be all that hard to do. Oh, yeah. Unions.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at March 07, 2014 09:34 AM (PD6iL)
Posted by: NYC Parent at March 07, 2014 01:32 PM (HEo6y)"
Do you really think that Cuomo will actually give anything but lip service to those kids? I mean, this is not something important like rushing a bill through the legislature to make all the State Police pistols illegal and then arbitrarily and illegally declaring that the law will not be enforced as written.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at March 07, 2014 09:38 AM (PD6iL)
Posted by: Titanium at March 07, 2014 09:44 AM (oDFTq)
Posted by: NYC Parent at March 07, 2014 09:45 AM (HEo6y)
Posted by: ChicagoRefugee at March 07, 2014 09:45 AM (C15wm)
Posted by: ChicagoRefugee at March 07, 2014 09:54 AM (C15wm)
F them and may they all rot.
Let.
It.
Burn.
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 07, 2014 09:58 AM (q+fqH)
You know what comes after a full flowering? The whole plant rots and dies. So be it for the Left.
Posted by: pj at March 07, 2014 10:05 AM (ZWaLo)
Posted by: Iblis at March 07, 2014 10:44 AM (U0ndG)
However, it would seem to me that a way to fund these charter schools privately and show their success to the world would have a leveraging effect. The schools would help to raise up those children to be come educated and just may make some positive changes, breaking the cycle of stupidy, and making independent thinkers.
And in other way, people can stick it to this narcissistic and corrupt leader who likes to destroy rather than build.
Posted by: Alaska Paul at March 07, 2014 05:59 PM (Hc+rA)
Quite likely it is,too.
Posted by: mojo at March 07, 2014 08:41 PM (AIC5Z)
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