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May 09, 2014

And Now an Important Announcement From the Southern Poverty Law Center:
Opposition to Common Core Is Right-Wing Extremism and Racism Straight-Up
— Ace

Of course.

They don't actually say "racist," now that I read it more carefully.

It does, however, seem strongly implied.

To the propaganda machine on the right, the Common CoreÂ—an effort driven by the statesÂ—is actually Â“Obamacore,Â” a nefarious federal plot to wrest control of education from local school systems and parents. Instead of the Â“death panelsÂ” of Â“Obamacare,Â” the fear is now Â“government indoctrination camps.Â”
The disinformation campaign is being driven by the likes of Fox News, the John Birch Society, Tea Party factions, and the Christian Right. National think tanks and advocacy groups associated with the Koch brothers, whose father was a founding Birch member, have taken up the cause.
By raising the specter of Â“Obamacore,Â” activists on the radical right hope to gain leverage against their real targetÂ—public education itself.
You can read the whole report, if you like, though I can't imagine why. It does acknowledge that there are "legitimate debates" over Common Core, but mostly it tosses together libertarian bloggers, fundamentalist preachers, nutjobs, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Tea Party members, the Koch brothers (obligatory disclaimer: David Koch sits on the Board of the Reason Foundation), and anybody else SPLC doesn't like who criticizes Common Core. And, yes, the John Birch Society, probably because the people on the SPLC's mailing list know who that is and find the group scary. It jogs even their memories, though, just in case: "Chief among the Patriot groups is the John Birch Society (JBS)Â—the ultra-right organization that once called President Dwight D. Eisenhower a communist agent."

Racism

It's anything you want it to be.

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1 Just as crazy as the Koch Bros. causing global warming.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 09, 2014 10:18 AM (IXrOn)

2 Clearly Michele Malkin is a racist.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) [/b] [/i] [/s] at May 09, 2014 10:18 AM (HDwDg)

3 #1

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 09, 2014 10:18 AM (gOoFi)

4 Damn

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 09, 2014 10:18 AM (gOoFi)

5 Racism.

The Swiss army knife of excuses.

Posted by: EC at May 09, 2014 10:19 AM (GQ8sn)

"Racism It's anything you want it to be."

This is good.

Don't have any good arguments, just call them racists

Posted by: The Jackhole at May 09, 2014 10:20 AM (nTgAI)

7 I have never ever heard it called Obamacore. Common Core is still revisionist, leftist garbage though.

Posted by: Gaff at May 09, 2014 10:20 AM (uh3SH)

8 In Spanish SPLC means Communists fucktards flinging poo.

Posted by: eman at May 09, 2014 10:20 AM (EWsrI)

9 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at May 09, 2014 10:20 AM (PYAXX)

10 I had no opinion about Common Core until now.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 09, 2014 10:20 AM (8ZskC)

11 These fuckers sure are making it hard for me to get any real attention.

Posted by: Real Racism at May 09, 2014 10:20 AM (gOoFi)

12 Whose turn is it to summon the Horde?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 09, 2014 10:20 AM (knoK7)

13 I have never heard the term "Obamacore". It's kinda clever but it sounds like SPLC strawmanning to me. Also, it seems to me that SPLC is conceding that Obamacare is a horrible, unworkable mess. Which makes them racist.

Posted by: AmishDude at May 09, 2014 10:20 AM (T0NGe)

14 Racism, what can't it do? (Burn a Jew, yep) http://tinyurl.com/bo9cok6

Posted by: Rev Al at May 09, 2014 10:20 AM (0FSuD)

15 Really? The JBS? I know lefties are into recycling, but that's a bit much, even for them.

Posted by: pep at May 09, 2014 10:20 AM (oaRWU)

16 obligatory Louis C.K on David Letterman - May 2nd 2014 - Full Interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cSKnCBcEDo common core smack-down

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 09, 2014 10:20 AM (IXrOn)

17 Morris Dees, Rick Dees, I've got such a headache!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 09, 2014 10:21 AM (CMkNk)

18 the ultra-right organization that once called President Dwight D. Eisenhower a communist agent. Dude, that was like two years ago.

Posted by: HR #BringBackMyStapler at May 09, 2014 10:21 AM (/kI1Q)

19 12 Whose turn is it to summon the Horde? Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 09, 2014 02:20 PM (knoK7) They have been summoned. Let the party begin.

Posted by: Nip Sip at May 09, 2014 10:21 AM (0FSuD)

20 "ObamaCore" huh. Cute. By the way, has The government designated the SPLC a hate group yet?

Posted by: MTF at May 09, 2014 10:21 AM (F58x4)

21 By raising the specter of Â“Obamacore,Â” activists on the radical right hope to gain leverage against their real targetÂ—public education itself. Actually, if you're going to pick a target, public education is a pretty good one. Oooh. Did I say "target"?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 09, 2014 10:21 AM (8ZskC)

22 Gee the Southern Poverty Law Center isn't upset with what's been vexing everyone -- left and right -- about Common Core...the math. How shocking.

Posted by: AmishDude at May 09, 2014 10:21 AM (T0NGe)

23 They have been summoned. Let the party begin. Posted by: Nip Sip at May 09, 2014 02:21 PM

*breaks out the Val-U-Rite and Corgi Chow*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 09, 2014 10:22 AM (knoK7)

24 Wow. You think this is nuts? Wait until the election is one month away. Hoo boy.

Posted by: eman at May 09, 2014 10:22 AM (EWsrI)

25 >> an effort driven by the states That's a flat-out lie.

Posted by: Andy at May 09, 2014 10:22 AM (2OaXr)

KOCH BROS, Racist, homophobe, climate change, BOOSH, immigration reform, abortion, GLBT, Income eqaulity

the democratic platform

Posted by: The Jackhole at May 09, 2014 10:22 AM (nTgAI)

southern poverty law center

Just where does the poverty in their name come from? That lying crotch-weasel Dees lives in a mansion.

Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at May 09, 2014 10:22 AM (rXcBX)

28 Tort reform. Linzer or apple?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 09, 2014 10:22 AM (CMkNk)

29 It's racist to be against public education?

Posted by: Dr Spank at May 09, 2014 10:22 AM (P1WNR)

30 Racism. Is there nothing it can't do?

Posted by: Damiano at May 09, 2014 10:22 AM (j0wOO)

31 C.K. quote on CommieCore: Bill has 3 goldfish. He buys 2 more. How many dogs live in London?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 09, 2014 10:22 AM (IXrOn)

32 Southern Poverty Law Center: Lawyers Doing Well By Doing Good

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 09, 2014 10:22 AM (8ZskC)

33 The SPLC has hundreds of millions in assets with much of it in the Caymans. Sounds like WND/Info Wars crazy talk but I believe it is largely true. They have been the Left wing hate industry ISO providers for decades.

Posted by: Daybrother at May 09, 2014 10:22 AM (GXtrL)

34 >> I have never heard the term "Obamacore". It's kinda clever but it sounds like SPLC strawmanning to me. Same here

Posted by: Andy at May 09, 2014 10:22 AM (2OaXr)

35 This post is raaacist. Straight up.

Posted by: Lloyd Loar at May 09, 2014 10:23 AM (DLqj1)

36 The left's response to people who have been jerked around by Obamacare has been twofold:

-- Everything's working just fine now, and

-- If you dispute that, you must be a racist.

To judge by how dire the polls look for Democrats, this messaging has not been especially well received.

So if the left now want to double down and employ the identical response message when responding to concerns from parents about Common Core? All right, then.

Those of us on the right should remember not to interrupt our adversaries while they are making a mistake.

Posted by: torquewrench at May 09, 2014 10:23 AM (noWW6)

37 "It's racist to be against public education?" Yes, Hater.

Posted by: Local ISD at May 09, 2014 10:23 AM (gOoFi)

38 No one on the right has called it "obamacore". They're just putting words into our mouths.

Posted by: EC at May 09, 2014 10:23 AM (GQ8sn)

39 Heh... they used to call it the "Religious Right". Now they've gotten specific in case they offend other "religions".

Posted by: Mega at May 09, 2014 10:24 AM (hHFOx)

40 OMG! Rev. Al and I share the same MindThoughts! *shoots self*

Posted by: Damiano at May 09, 2014 10:24 AM (j0wOO)

41
Ha ha. The SPLC callling people racists is really rich. or reich as it were.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 09, 2014 10:24 AM (hJauc)

42 You think this is nuts? Wait until the election is one month away. Hoo boy. Posted by: eman at May 09, 2014 02:22 PM (EWsrI) Yeah, which stage of grief is Batshit Crazy?

Posted by: AmishDude at May 09, 2014 10:24 AM (T0NGe)

43 Your demand that we lower the lifeboats is racist, sir.

Posted by: Capt. Edward Smith at May 09, 2014 10:24 AM (8ZskC)

>>>Really? The JBS? I know lefties are into recycling, but that's a bit much, even for them.

Oh they're still around. Part of what drives the Wisconsin lefties to distraction, since they're in WI.

Posted by: Bigby's Inflamed Hands at May 09, 2014 10:24 AM (3ZtZW)

45 All those teachers I know who hate common core: racists.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) [/b] [/i] [/s] at May 09, 2014 10:24 AM (HDwDg)

46 Hey, I just remembered that John Edwards did a lot work with the SPLC. That little dick-weasel is hanging out around town, trying to pick up chicks from UNC.

Posted by: EC at May 09, 2014 10:25 AM (GQ8sn)

47 Commoners = Racists

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 09, 2014 10:25 AM (IXrOn)

48 I heard some idiot lawyer on Fox this morning arguing passionately for laws regulating social media sites. "It's the Wild West out there" said he, obviously uncomfortable that an aspect of American life has apparently been left unregulated. He wants laws!

Posted by: MTF at May 09, 2014 10:25 AM (F58x4)

49 Clearly we just need SLPC and NPR in charge of everything cause they unbiased and non-profit.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at May 09, 2014 10:25 AM (ZPrif)

50 No one on the right has called it "obamacore". They're just putting words into our mouths.

Posted by: EC at May 09, 2014 02:23 PM (GQ8sn)

Even Zombie John Gotti hasn't accused us h8ers of that.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 09, 2014 10:25 AM (G+GiZ)

51 It's racist to be against public education? Yeah. Ask a 10 year-old at an inner city shithole school how racist that is.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 09, 2014 10:26 AM (8ZskC)

52 The Tea Party wants to torture teachers. (I use the word torture and "hold accountable" interchangeably)

Posted by: jwest at May 09, 2014 10:26 AM (u2a4R)

53 Just where does the poverty in their name come from? That lying crotch-weasel Dees lives in a mansion. Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at May 09, 2014 02:22 PM (rXcBX) -------------- Oh, it has nothing to with Dees and his enlightened little band, you see. The "Poverty" in the name refers to the poor redneck trash upon whom the SPLC looks down, and upon whom they hatefully project their own hate.

Posted by: Stu-22 at May 09, 2014 10:26 AM (AiYlm)

54 With all this constant racist dog whistling going on, it's amazing that every dog on earth isn't deaf! Perhaps that's why every dog in my neighborhood seems to be going increasingly batshit crazy and barking nonstop around the clock.

Posted by: Damiano at May 09, 2014 10:26 AM (j0wOO)

55 Those of us on the right should remember not to interrupt our adversaries while they are making a mistake. I understand the wisdom of that statement. However, it seems like the GOP representatives are doing nothing but letting the Dems act first. Then they either respond tepidly, or get on board, or make no effort to respond. These are not the acts of a strong representative group. They are instead the acts of the sniveling coward hiding in the corner.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 09, 2014 10:27 AM (l5wxK)

56 GALLUP: OBAMA APPROVE JUMPS TO 47%... eh?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 09, 2014 10:27 AM (IXrOn)

57 Huh. And here I thought opposition to Common Core was anti-Papist. The more you know!

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at May 09, 2014 10:27 AM (mf5HN)

58 17 Morris Dees, Rick Dees, I've got such a headache! Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 09, 2014 02:21 PM (CMkNk) Hey! Don't forget me!

Posted by: Phil Dees at May 09, 2014 10:27 AM (X6YhV)

59 GALLUP: OBAMA APPROVE JUMPS TO 47%...

eh?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 09, 2014 02:27 PM (IXrOn)

Sampling breakdown should explain that.

Posted by: EC at May 09, 2014 10:27 AM (GQ8sn)

60 Math is racist.

Posted by: Chaos the Other Dark Meat at May 09, 2014 10:27 AM (oDCMR)

61 Don't drag me into this.

Posted by: Pope Alexander VI at May 09, 2014 10:28 AM (8ZskC)

62 FCUK the SPLC. Straight. To. Hell.

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at May 09, 2014 10:28 AM (XvrTA)

63 "Hey! Don't forget me!" Or me.

Posted by: Dees Nuts at May 09, 2014 10:28 AM (gOoFi)

64 GALLUP: OBAMA APPROVE JUMPS TO 47%... Poor polling methods and/or outlier. If it lasts 3 days, call a doctor (of statistics).

Posted by: AmishDude at May 09, 2014 10:28 AM (T0NGe)

65 DeesÂ… 'n dozeÂ…

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 09, 2014 10:29 AM (CMkNk)

66 Grand Kleagle Louis C.K. whipped this lynch mob up into a frenzy!

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at May 09, 2014 10:29 AM (+lsX1)

67 You know, if private schools were doing this and showing success I could see why we would want to go whole hog and implement it nationally. What do you want to bet that private schools aren't doing this?

Posted by: Chaos the Other Dark Meat at May 09, 2014 10:29 AM (oDCMR)

68 " If it lasts 3 days, call a doctor (of statistics)." A math witch.....?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 09, 2014 10:29 AM (gOoFi)

>>>Perhaps that's why every dog in my neighborhood seems to be going increasingly batshit crazy and barking nonstop around the clock.

Nope they're just trying to tell you SMOD is on the way

and that your fly is open

and that you need to get a 44 mag pistol and hang out in lover's lanes, but thats only one of the dogs.

Posted by: Bigby's Inflamed Hands at May 09, 2014 10:29 AM (3ZtZW)

70 Unfortunately, SPLC seems to have an IN with DHS and many big-city PD's, as they're often called on to flesh out the enemy du jour. Many of the groups that DHS has listed as potential domestic terrorists were put there solely on SPLC's say-so.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 09, 2014 10:29 AM (agLwc)

71 Common Core IS Obamacare for Education... Its a one size fits all National Takeover of Education.... using the confluence of Corporate and Federal Power to force an agenda. This nationalized education because the books MUST use the Standards... and the standards are copyrighted.... And will of course... change... which means different books every couple of years...

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 09, 2014 10:30 AM (84gbM)

72 CHOO-CHOO!!!!!

Posted by: Joe Biden at May 09, 2014 10:30 AM (WGm5T)

73 Of course! They should change their name to Progressive Enemies List (PIL!) - are they even Southern or have anything to do with poverty at this point?

Posted by: Lizzy at May 09, 2014 10:30 AM (8zTpe)

74 What do you want to bet that private schools aren't doing this?

That's because they're accountable for results.

Posted by: EC at May 09, 2014 10:30 AM (GQ8sn)

75 >> an effort driven by the states That's a flat-out lie. Posted by: Andy at May 09, 2014 02:22 PM (2OaXr) Actually, cleverly, it's not. It *is* a gross misrepresentation- but the statement itself is not actually false. Common Core *is* a state-driven effort. The fact that it's a "state-driven effort" in response to requirements and pressure from the Federal Government doesn't make the statement "an effort driven by the states" a lie. No, that's fairly pedantic, but it needs to be said because if our response is "It's a lie!" they're going to be oh-so-reasonable when pointing out "Well I didn't say *why* it was an effort driven by the states..." that any further opposition will just sound more kooky. So call it out for what it is- State-driven in response to Federal requirements and political pressure.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at May 09, 2014 10:30 AM (PYAXX)

76 Joe drives 2.5 miles to work. If he stops for gas halfway to work, is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable?

Posted by: Citizen X at May 09, 2014 10:30 AM (7ObY1)

77 I so wish I never had to hear the following word/phrases bleated again: * racist (racism, racially motivated, etc.) * feminist * war on [anything] - drugs, poverty, cancer, etc. - we lost them all * empower * LGBT That's just a start. My list goes on for pages and pages.

Posted by: kathysaysso at May 09, 2014 10:30 AM (jPT60)

78 Poor polling methods and/or outlier. If it lasts 3 days, call a doctor (of statistics). Posted by: AmishDude at May 09, 2014 02:28 PM (T0NGe) What's the MOE on the usual Gallup poll anyway? I forget where he was but this could be within the MOE.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) [/b] [/i] [/s] at May 09, 2014 10:30 AM (HDwDg)

79 " CHOO-CHOO!!!!! Posted by: Joe Biden " Settle down, Joe.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 09, 2014 10:30 AM (gOoFi)

80 Is it racist of me to go back to mowing the back lawn? I didn't hire an underprivileged inner-city yoot or a "migrant worker" to do so...

Posted by: shredded chi at May 09, 2014 10:30 AM (uOtWx)

81 We're too crazy for Eric Holder's DOJ but not for CNN.

Posted by: SPLC at May 09, 2014 10:30 AM (Aif/5)

82 >>Common Core IS Obamacare for Education... BINGO!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 09, 2014 10:30 AM (8zTpe)

83 Dees are da conditions dat prevailÂ…

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 09, 2014 10:31 AM (CMkNk)

84 So I did a search on "Obamacore". Google didn't find anything at first and insisted that I meant "Obamacare". I then used quotes and I got some hits. So it has been used although it's not in wide currency by any means.

Posted by: AmishDude at May 09, 2014 10:31 AM (T0NGe)

85 KOOOOOOOOOOOOOCCCHHHHHHHH!

Posted by: DangerGirl at May 09, 2014 10:31 AM (1EJ2w)

86 Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at May 09, 2014 02:30 PM (PYAXX) If I'm that pedantic can I go back to NCLB and say BOOOOOSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) [/b] [/i] [/s] at May 09, 2014 10:31 AM (HDwDg)

87 I like this strange, new world where legitimate concerns about anything the left advocates for and wants is racism. Nobody is allowed to have any dissenting opinion on anything they think, do, say, or believe. No meeting of the minds. No serious discussions. No addressing anything. Just straight up charges of racism if you don't agree. D-I-V-O-R-C-E. It's the only way to be sure.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 09, 2014 10:32 AM (tsGZY)

88 >>I so wish I never had to hear the following word/phrases bleated again: * racist (racism, racially motivated, etc.) * feminist * war on [anything] - drugs, poverty, cancer, etc. - we lost them all * empower * LGBT - - - - Also: Social Justice and all other "justices" Sustainable/sustainability -shaming white privelege

Posted by: Lizzy at May 09, 2014 10:32 AM (8zTpe)

89 Kill! Kill! Kill!

Posted by: Floyd Corkins at May 09, 2014 10:32 AM (bnAKg)

90 Speaking of common core I am still shaking my head at that book the 9th graders were reading that talked about semen dripping out between the girl's legs. Now I will grant you 9th grade girls are probably reading stuff like that anyway, but I don't think it needs to be required reading for English given all the other great books out there. Of course on my son's suggested summer reading list for 7th grade is Gone with the Wind because they will be studying the civil war next year so what do I know.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at May 09, 2014 10:32 AM (+0txR)

91 88 Posted by: AmishDude at May 09, 2014 02:31 PM (T0NGe) Old and Busted = "Nuke the whales" The New Hotness = "Obama-koch"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 09, 2014 10:32 AM (CMkNk)

92 What's the MOE on the usual Gallup poll anyway? I think this is the 3-day rolling average, but just remember that even if polls are done perfectly, one out of every 20 is outside of the MOE.

Posted by: AmishDude at May 09, 2014 10:33 AM (T0NGe)

93 If I'm that pedantic can I go back to NCLB and say BOOOOOSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! Hate to tell you, but if you're going to complain about Common Core, that's a good place to start. The Federal Government has no place in "education standards."

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at May 09, 2014 10:33 AM (PYAXX)

94 "Kill! Kill! Kill! " Yes...?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 09, 2014 10:33 AM (gOoFi)

95 I was talking to a completely apolitical, non-lib and relatively out of touch with events friend (read: average person - except that he has a genius IQ) and he thinks Bambi is totally popular. So while we're obsessing over percentage points and decimal places, the LIV-machine is already making it seem like he's one of the most popular ever (like Top 5 popular).

And, not to get all soothie on you, but that will be the final story.

Posted by: Mega at May 09, 2014 10:33 AM (hHFOx)

96 94 Speaking of common core I am still shaking my head at that book the 9th graders were reading that talked about semen dripping out between the girl's legs. Now I will grant you 9th grade girls are probably reading stuff like that anyway, but I don't think it needs to be required reading for English given all the other great books out there. That girl who's father got arrested for complaining went back and gave the school board a good old fashioned what for. An 'ette in the making, she is.

Posted by: Citizen X at May 09, 2014 10:33 AM (7ObY1)

>>>I like this strange, new world where legitimate concerns about anything the left advocates for and wants is racism.

Its like what the Russians did, scorched earth.

Posted by: Bigby's Inflamed Hands at May 09, 2014 10:34 AM (3ZtZW)

98 94 Of course on my son's suggested summer reading list for 7th grade is Gone with the Wind because they will be studying the civil war next year so what do I know. Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at May 09, 2014 02:32 PM (+0txR) "I don't know nuthin' 'bout birthin' babies, Miss Scarlett!" (**Gosnell reference redacted**)

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 09, 2014 10:34 AM (CMkNk)

99 Brain Death Panels

Posted by: Mega at May 09, 2014 10:34 AM (hHFOx)

100 @79 Everyone knows a Tomato is a fruit and you can save 15% a GEICO, which stands for Government Employees Insurance Company. I am NOT making that up. Look it up.

Posted by: Nip Sip at May 09, 2014 10:34 AM (0FSuD)

101 So the White House is super pissed at North Korea for saying racist stuff about Obama. Kim Jong Fatty murders people daily, starves millions to death ... and Obama says nothing. A Nork newspapers says Obama is a monkey and the White House says, -- You've gone too far, mister!!! We were cool ignoring your mass murders -- but how dare you be a racist!!!

Posted by: Costanza Defense at May 09, 2014 10:34 AM (ZPrif)

102 the LIV-machine is already making it seem like he's one of the most popular ever (like Top 5 popular). It's always been an Emperor's New Clothes thing with him. Everybody thinks everybody else thinks he's popular.

Posted by: AmishDude at May 09, 2014 10:34 AM (T0NGe)

103 103 Brain Death Panels Posted by: Mega at May 09, 2014 02:34 PM (hHFOx) With realistic faux wood graining.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 09, 2014 10:35 AM (CMkNk)

104 The opposition to Common Core is also a sign of the rise of a New Confederacy and a Fourth Reich, I hear. The SPLC just hasn't released THOSE revelations yet...still running them through the layers of fact-checking, I suppose.

Posted by: Stu-22 at May 09, 2014 10:35 AM (AiYlm)

105 79 Joe drives 2.5 miles to work. If he stops for gas halfway to work, is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable? This is a trick question. We need to know if Joe is driving a pickup truck, if he's dragging anyone behind it and if he stopped to burn any churches along the way.

Posted by: jwest at May 09, 2014 10:35 AM (u2a4R)

106 For my next trick, I will become the head of the SPLC.

Posted by: Kathlene Sebeluois at May 09, 2014 10:35 AM (WGm5T)

107 This is a trick question.

We need to know if Joe is driving a pickup truck, if he's dragging anyone behind it and if he stopped to burn any churches along the way.

Oh my TROLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: EC at May 09, 2014 10:35 AM (GQ8sn)

108 Speaking of common core I am still shaking my head at that book the 9th graders were reading that talked about semen dripping out between the girl's legs. How do you propose we teach them about gravity?

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at May 09, 2014 10:36 AM (/076+)

109

>>>And, not to get all soothie on you, but that will be the final story.

Correct. Horrible but its the truth.

Posted by: Bigby's Inflamed Hands at May 09, 2014 10:36 AM (3ZtZW)

110 Is the JBS still a thing? I can't remember the last time I saw one of their publications.

Posted by: toby928© Pale Penis Person at May 09, 2014 10:36 AM (QupBk)

111 It isn't a state driven effort. That would imply that the state legislatures actively debated the merits of it and voted on it. In a lot of states it was rammed through by inaction vs. action thanks to some key state representatives working hard to keep it from ever coming up for debate.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at May 09, 2014 10:36 AM (+0txR)

112 Everyone knows a Tomato is a fruit and you can save 15% a GEICO, which stands for Government Employees Insurance Company. A government employee pays 300.00 a year for auto insurance. If his policy goes up by 15% due to an accident, how much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

Posted by: Citizen X at May 09, 2014 10:36 AM (7ObY1)

113 Does the John Birch Society even exist anymore? I mean, outside of the drug-atrophied brains of old libtards.

Posted by: Michael Sam at May 09, 2014 10:36 AM (dCzEf)

114 Would you like racism in a house? Would you like racism with a mouse? Would you like racism in a box? Would you like racism with a fox?

Posted by: Roy at May 09, 2014 10:37 AM (tiOTz)

115 We need to know if Joe is driving a pickup truck, if he's dragging anyone behind it and if he stopped to burn any churches along the way. Posted by: jwest at May 09, 2014 02:35 PM

That's a fargin' tick question!!!!

Posted by: Roman Moroni at May 09, 2014 10:37 AM (knoK7)

116 Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at May 09, 2014 02:33 PM (PYAXX) No I know. Bush didn't do conservatism any favors.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) [/b] [/i] [/s] at May 09, 2014 10:37 AM (HDwDg)

117 You're welcome.

Posted by: King Barky the Liar at May 09, 2014 10:37 AM (WGm5T)

118 I so wish I never had to hear the following word/phrases bleated again: * racist (racism, racially motivated, etc.) * feminist * war on [anything] - drugs, poverty, cancer, etc. - we lost them all * empower * LGBT That's just a start. My list goes on for pages and pages. Posted by: kathysaysso at May 09, 2014 02:30 PM (jPT60) I want a T-shirt with this please.

Posted by: Jen at May 09, 2014 10:37 AM (qcDPE)

119 Write out a "number sentence" which includes the percentage of Tea Party donors audited by the IRS. You feel me yet?

Posted by: Obamacore Administrator at May 09, 2014 10:38 AM (/FnUH)

120 Posted by: AmishDude at May 09, 2014 02:33 PM (T0NGe) Fucking stats. This is why I pay people to do my stats work.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) [/b] [/i] [/s] at May 09, 2014 10:38 AM (HDwDg)

121

>>>Is the JBS still a thing? I can't remember the last time I saw one of their publications.

Also missing in the haha thats funny business: Jack Chick

Posted by: Bigby's Inflamed Hands at May 09, 2014 10:38 AM (3ZtZW)

122 "However, it seems like the GOP representatives are doing nothing but letting the Dems act first. Then they either respond tepidly, or get on board, or make no effort to respond."

A lot of this has to do with the GOP being unable to cleanly disassociate itself from these policy disasters.

It was smart of the party to stay well clear of the Obamacare vote. But it proved impossible to wash away the lingering smell once Democrats pointed out the long history of prominent Republicans (Romney, Gingrich, et cetera) advocating Obamacare-style insurance mandates in the past. And in Romney's case, his having implemented just such a mandate.

Similarly, the GOP has a hard time critiquing the Common Core fiasco, because CC is essentially an outgrowth of earlier policies such as Bush's No Child Left Behind, which Republicans had strongly argued for.

The way to stop getting hoist on one's own petard is to stop fooling around with petards in the first place. Every time the Republican Party pushes for "well managed" Big Government solutions, be they Romneycare or NCLB, they're lining themselves up for eventual trouble down the road. Knock it off with that shit.

Posted by: torquewrench at May 09, 2014 10:38 AM (noWW6)

123 Here's the most insidious thing about Common Core: It makes all the testing and accountability measures from NCLB moot. Since the curriculum is different, you can no longer compare standardized test scores for a school over time (at least until common core has been implemented for a while, but then we'll probably move on to the next fad). Hence, any talk about shutting down/reforming failing schools or creating teacher accountability has just gone out the window and all that money we spent on NCLB has gone to waste.

Posted by: taylork at May 09, 2014 10:38 AM (9bPUR)

124 Lots of micro-aggression around here today. Must be Friday.

Posted by: Roy at May 09, 2014 10:39 AM (tiOTz)

125 Common core melted due to climate change.

Posted by: Roy at May 09, 2014 10:39 AM (tiOTz)

126 They should have worked the Aryan Nation and the KKK in there for good measure. Maybe even the Confederate States of America.

Posted by: DangerGirl at May 09, 2014 10:40 AM (ELs9k)

127 94 Speaking of common core I am still shaking my head at that book the 9th graders were reading that talked about semen dripping out between the girl's legs. Now I will grant you 9th grade girls are probably reading stuff like that anyway, but I don't think it needs to be required reading for English given all the other great books out there.
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Which is why you'll never convince me that this isn't all on purpose to keep the population dumbed down and voting Democrat. Thousands of works of literature written over several hundred years but shit like this is just what a 15 year old should be reading?

Huxley had Orwell beat by a country mile.

Posted by: B at May 09, 2014 10:40 AM (twiRb)

128 I am NOT making that up. Look it up.

Posted by: Nip Sip at May 09, 2014 02:34 PM (0FSuD)

You really are a racist, aren't you?

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 09, 2014 10:40 AM (BZAd3)

129 Thanks racist republicans. I'm crying into my cardigan now.

Posted by: Chris Hayes at May 09, 2014 10:41 AM (WGm5T)

130 If I had a hammer and I hammered it in the morning and in the evening and hammered it all day long. Would I be hammered?

Posted by: Nip Sip at May 09, 2014 10:41 AM (0FSuD)

131 The disinformation campaign is being driven by the likes of Fox News, the John Birch Society, Tea Party factions, and the Christian Right. National think tanks and advocacy groups associated with the Koch brothers, whose father was a founding Birch member, have taken up the cause. It sounded better in the original German.

Posted by: toby928© Pale Penis Person at May 09, 2014 10:42 AM (QupBk)

132 Is Dees still there? The execrable mouthpiece is that schmuck Mark Potok.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 09, 2014 10:42 AM (CMkNk)

133 I mean come on if you are going to put Gone with the Wind on that list, what about The North and the South? Because obviously the best way to learn about the civil war is by reading trashy fictional accounts of it.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at May 09, 2014 10:42 AM (+0txR)

134 This nationalized education because the books MUST use the Standards... and the standards are copyrighted.... And will of course... change... which means different books every couple of years... Posted by: Romeo13 at May 09, 2014 02:30 PM (84gbM) Methinks I smell a money angle to this thing. No doubt a crony makes the books and holds the copyrights.

Posted by: D-Lamp at May 09, 2014 10:42 AM (bb5+k)

135 Would I be hammered?

Posted by: Nip Sip at May 09, 2014 02:41 PM (0FSuD)

Possibly. But you would also be a racist.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 09, 2014 10:43 AM (BZAd3)

136 The blog Invisible Serf's Collar had a post on this yesterday. In it she pointed out that the SPLC has a curriculum it wants used in classrooms under the banner of the CC and those new open ended assessments that can look at values and attitudes and call a change "Achievement" or "Growth.". Also working with the NEA and the accreditors of teacher ed on Teaching Diverse Students. So it loves CC's ability to pull a bait and switch in the classroom.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 09, 2014 10:43 AM (G+GiZ)

137 How do you propose we teach them about gravity? Drop-kick you off a parking garage. NEXT!

Posted by: HR #BringBackMyStapler at May 09, 2014 10:43 AM (/kI1Q)

138 I'll make Common Core easy:

A. 1+1=POTATO
B. I CAN COUNT TO BLUE.
C. MY FAVORITE COLOR IS 7.
D. I CAN PUT A CONDOM ON A PICKLE.
E. WHITE PEOPLE ARE RACISTS.

Posted by: Jukin at May 09, 2014 10:43 AM (WGm5T)

139 Is the John Birch Society even still a thing? Seriously, I thought they drifted apart in the 80's...

Posted by: Fluffy, the talking Rhinosaurus at May 09, 2014 10:44 AM (h0ygp)

140 Racism It's anything you want it to be. I want racism to be a big, huge bowl of pistachio ice cream, topped with hot fudge, whipped cream and a cherry. Starting now. ... St-aa-a-a-arting now! .... Staaaaaaaaaaarrrrrting NOW!!! ... Aww, maaaaan.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 09, 2014 10:44 AM (0cMkb)

141
A general rule: if the leftists and statists are pushing something, its not a good thing.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 09, 2014 10:44 AM (hJauc)

142 Preezy's numbers are up due to his expert handling of the Donald Sterling affair.

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at May 09, 2014 10:44 AM (XvrTA)

143 The Southern Poverty scam has no credibility. Nobody quotes their bullshit because its like asking to be made an ass of in public. Maybe Pelosi, but she's an idiot.

Posted by: maddogg at May 09, 2014 10:44 AM (xWW96)

144 If I had a daughter, she'd look like one of those there kidnapped folks. What? No, THOSE aren't my daughters. You think I ever had sex with Michelle! Dude, I'm GAY!

Posted by: Barak Haram at May 09, 2014 10:45 AM (yhJhK)

145 "Freedom is knowing two plus two equals four." George Orwell Common Core is insisting the the answer is unimportant compared to the method. The US is a totalitarian state. It's getting worse.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at May 09, 2014 10:45 AM (sRsX7)

146 I'll say it again: The Left is trying to win voters on the left half of the IQ bell curve. All of their deranged rantings, accusations, and namecalling make perfect sense when seen from that viewpoint. They aren't trying to convince anyone by reasoned argument; they're just looking for emotional reactions from stupid people.

Posted by: rickl at May 09, 2014 10:45 AM (zoehZ)

147 Because obviously the best way to learn about the civil war is by reading trashy fictional accounts of it. Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at May 09, 2014 02:42 PM (+0txR) Mandingo!

Posted by: kathysaysso at May 09, 2014 10:45 AM (jPT60)

148 The Great White Shark is the most racist of all aquatic animals.

And don't get us started on the Zebra.

Posted by: THE SPLC at May 09, 2014 10:45 AM (P1WNR)

149 It sounded better in the original ~~German.~~ Austrian. Fixed.

Posted by: toby928© Pale Penis Person at May 09, 2014 10:45 AM (QupBk)

150 If you rub it the right way, you can turn a microaggression into a macroaggression.

Posted by: Jaws at May 09, 2014 10:46 AM (eKZp1)

151 Johnny could make with this? http://tinyurl.com/k9t9slx

Posted by: Nip Sip at May 09, 2014 10:46 AM (0FSuD)

152 If I had a hammer and I hammered it in the morning and in the evening and hammered it all day long. Would I be hammered? Posted by: Nip Sip at May 09, 2014 02:41 PM (0FSuD) If I were a carpenter, would you let me nail you?

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at May 09, 2014 10:46 AM (TIIx5)

153

>>Is the John Birch Society even still a thing? Seriously, I thought they drifted apart in the 80's...

Jeebus. You're sitting at a computer. Yes. They still have a center and everything. No they haven't been 'popular' since the 60-70s.

Posted by: Bigby's Inflamed Hands at May 09, 2014 10:46 AM (3ZtZW)

154 Is this the SLPC who, in my opinion, is biased against whites and Christians? Oh, those people.

Posted by: prescient11 at May 09, 2014 10:46 AM (tVTLU)

155 SLPC still has a lot of influence. Sadly. They pretty much are the embodiment of -- Rich Liberal White People Who Care About Poor Black People More Than You.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at May 09, 2014 10:46 AM (ZPrif)

156 Is the John Birch Society even still a thing? Seriously, I thought they drifted apart in the 80's... Posted by: Fluffy, the talking Rhinosaurus at May 09, 2014 02:44 PM (h0ygp) I went to a local 9/12 - Tea Party-ish type group meeting a couple yrs ago and one of the speakers was from the John Birch Society.

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at May 09, 2014 10:47 AM (XvrTA)

157 154.....I laughed.

Posted by: Quint at May 09, 2014 10:47 AM (dCzEf)

158

>>>The US is a totalitarian state. It's getting worse.

Its getting *obvious*

Posted by: Bigby's Inflamed Hands at May 09, 2014 10:47 AM (3ZtZW)

159 Better Red than dead! Is that rayciss?

Posted by: The Southern Commie Law Center at May 09, 2014 10:48 AM (Dwehj)

160 The John Birch Society is out there still but their influence these days in measured in Nader units.

It's like yelling about the KKK. You could round up all the hardcore members today and feed them at a Shoney's.

Posted by: B at May 09, 2014 10:48 AM (twiRb)

161 SPLC is a shake down organization much like Jesse's old Rainbow coalition. Give us money or you are racist. Seriously, these guys are the slimiest of the slim. They also take huge amounts of Fed grant money to "help" poor peoples.

Posted by: Nip Sip at May 09, 2014 10:49 AM (0FSuD)

162 AKA MORRIS DEES NEEDS A NEW YACHT!

Posted by: --- at May 09, 2014 10:49 AM (MMC8r)

163 >>>I smell a money angle to this thing. >>> Ding! Ding! Ding! The old neighbor, now deceased, was the top school book salesman in the country. According to him they wrote school books for California curricula because that was the biggest market. Everybody else got the same books because they damned sure weren't going to publish costly "Mississippi" text books. Common Core is that writ large.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at May 09, 2014 10:49 AM (kVK9G)

164 Is the Zebra the Uncle Tom of the animal kingdom? Or the opposite?

Posted by: Costanza Defense at May 09, 2014 10:49 AM (ZPrif)

165

"By raising the specter of Â“Obamacore,Â” activists on the radical right hope to gain leverage against their real targetÂ—public education itself."

_______________________________________

Can someone walk me through this? Conservatives don't want people educated so they can't succeed at life and end up on the government dole?

Posted by: Countrysquire at May 09, 2014 10:50 AM (eEBON)

166 I'm sitting at a computer but I don't want to Google/Bing/Yahoo about the Birchers because I don't feel like being SWATted right now, thanks.

Posted by: Quint at May 09, 2014 10:50 AM (dCzEf)

167 "Shoney's" Oh, God no. Please don't bring them here.

Posted by: Shoney's at May 09, 2014 10:50 AM (gOoFi)

168 Hey cool!

There are Liberal Party of Canada ads showing up on the front page!

So I get to click these ads, listen to Justin Trudeau for 30 seconds, spam the Liberals with fake email addresses all while earning ace a little bit of income and costing the Liberals?!?!?

Sweet!!

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at May 09, 2014 10:50 AM (AC0lD)

169 It's like yelling about the KKK. You could round up all the hardcore members today and feed them at a Shoney's. -- Which is convenient since both of them work there.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at May 09, 2014 10:50 AM (ZPrif)

170 173 I'm sitting at a computer but I don't want to Google/Bing/Yahoo about the Birchers because I don't feel like being SWATted right now, thanks. You got lucky this time, but we're waaatching...

Posted by: The NSA at May 09, 2014 10:50 AM (7ObY1)

171 From now on, anything related to animal body excretions shall be know as racism.

Oh racism! I just stepped in a big pile of racism.

My girlfriend and I had a wonderful evening topped off by me covering her face with racism.

That should fix that word.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 09, 2014 10:51 AM (BZAd3)

172 Common Core was a good idea in concept. The overall goals have merit.

Where they went wrong is in allowing the actual curriculum, materials and teaching to be created by individuals in the profession. The same liberal horde that corrupts the education field today and fills kids head with trash.

Many teachers and administrators today inject their personal values, political correctness, moral beliefs and politics into their teaching. They are largely bereft of any real skills or measured fairness.

Honestly, what did they think was going to happen with that type of hands off implementation?

Posted by: Marcus T at May 09, 2014 10:51 AM (09lpZ)

173 I mean come on if you are going to put Gone with the Wind on that list, what about The North and the South? Because obviously the best way to learn about the civil war is by reading trashy fictional accounts of it. Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at May 09, 2014 02:42 PM Wonder what the Cliff notes will say about Scarlett shooting the Yankee soldier in the head, then robbing the body? And how redacted and removed will words be in Gone with the Wind, the Common Core edition? Darkies? gone. Negro, gone. 40 acres and a mule, gone. The slave population of the south will rise up and single handedly whip those rebels. The confederate flag-removed. No cotton balls. All of the slaves will speak perfect English. or Ebonics(cultural think you know) Abraham Lincoln will die, then Obama will become president and free all the slaves.

Posted by: Jen at May 09, 2014 10:51 AM (qcDPE)

174 The Oreo : WHAT? COME ON, REALLY?

Posted by: THE SPLC at May 09, 2014 10:51 AM (P1WNR)

175 If you're depressed about Common Core math now, just give it 20 years and then find out you have to take a plane trip somewhere.

Posted by: B at May 09, 2014 10:51 AM (twiRb)

176 A Nork newspapers says Obama is a monkey and the White House says, -- You've gone too far, mister!!! We were cool ignoring your mass murders -- but how dare you be a racist!!! Posted by: Costanza Defense at May 09, 2014 02:34 PM (ZPrif) On another website I posted a thread entitled "Uh oh. Now Putin's REALLY done it." regarding Putin Imposing Secret Sanctions on Pro-Gay Obama Campaign Donors. It is a measure of the idiocy and shallowness of our current occupant that he will likely respond to provocations against himself long before he responds to provocations against the nation.

Posted by: D-Lamp at May 09, 2014 10:51 AM (bb5+k)

177 Common Core is insisting the the answer is unimportant compared to the method. The US is a totalitarian state. It's getting worse. Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at May 09, 2014 02:45 PM (sRsX7) Yep. Use "proper" method and get wrong answer > receive Scooby Snack. Use "improper" method and get correct answer > punished. There's also a fair bit of "kill your parents" (metaphorically) in CCSS as well. Drive bigger wedge btw children & parents and teach that the collective (state) is the real family.

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at May 09, 2014 10:52 AM (XvrTA)

178 COMMON CORE WORD PROBLEM: Jimmy and Sally want to buy candy. Jimmy has three dimes and two nickles. Sally has a quarter and a dime. If Jimmy holds the door for a black woman, is that a microaggression or is he racist?

Posted by: DangerGirl at May 09, 2014 10:52 AM (GwLJQ)

179 Yes definitely a huge money angle not only with the textbooks but with the assessment tests as well. Previously states contracted with various test writing companies to develop their state assessment tests. Well, now the 44 common core states must use the same assessment tests (otherwise how can you compare apples to apples) so someone just made a bunch of money on that.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at May 09, 2014 10:52 AM (+0txR)

180

>>>I'm sitting at a computer but I don't want to Google/Bing/Yahoo about the Birchers because I don't feel like being SWATted right now, thanks.

They'll pencil you in for later. After the first round of mass arrests.

Posted by: Bigby's Inflamed Hands at May 09, 2014 10:52 AM (3ZtZW)

181 If the mayor of Toronto has 2.8 grams of crack, and his dealer takes .5 grams back because the mayor of Toronto was "a little short this week," do you know the way to San Jose? You must show your work.

Posted by: Citizen X at May 09, 2014 10:53 AM (7ObY1)

182 173 I'm sitting at a computer but I don't want to Google/Bing/Yahoo about the Birchers because I don't feel like being SWATted right now, thanks. You visited a right-wing blog. Lack of manpower is the only reason you aren't handcuffed with a zip-tie on your lawn right now.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at May 09, 2014 10:53 AM (sRsX7)

183 Kim Jong Fatty murders people daily, starves millions to death ... and Obama says nothing. Do you have any idea how hard it is to be the only fat person in your entire country? It's so frickin' embarrassing that I have to kill anybody who notices it.

Posted by: Kim Jong Un, Dictator for Life and National Tonsorial Paradigm at May 09, 2014 10:53 AM (8ZskC)

184 Joe drives 2.5 miles to work. If he stops for gas halfway to work, is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable?

Posted by: Citizen X at May 09, 2014 02:30 PM (7ObY1)

============

If an egg and a half costs a dollar and a half how long will it take for a monkey with a wooden leg to kick the seeds out of a dill pickle?

Posted by: Nighthawk at May 09, 2014 10:53 AM (OtQXp)

185 And, not to get all soothie on you, but that will be the final story. Posted by: Mega at May 09, 2014 02:33 PM (hHFOx) With nothing but Liberal Democrats speaking through the Media Megaphone, how would they get contrary information? Once again, the lynchpin of this nation's problems are the result of one party control of the communication/entertainment systems.

Posted by: D-Lamp at May 09, 2014 10:53 AM (bb5+k)

186 170 >>>I smell a money angle to this thing. >>>

Ding! Ding! Ding!
The old neighbor, now deceased, was the top school book salesman in the country. According to him they wrote school books for California curricula because that was the biggest market. Everybody else got the same books because they damned sure weren't going to publish costly "Mississippi" text books. Common Core is that writ large.
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No worries. The California market won't be a problem much longer.

Posted by: B at May 09, 2014 10:54 AM (twiRb)

187 Racism is excellent if you heat it up in the microwave and drizzle it over ice cream. But it has to be vanilla ice cream.

Posted by: Jaws at May 09, 2014 10:54 AM (eKZp1)

188 The old neighbor, now deceased, was the top school book salesman in the country. According to him they wrote school books for California curricula because that was the biggest market. Everybody else got the same books because they damned sure weren't going to publish costly "Mississippi" text books. Common Core is that writ large. ============ My idea: State hires professionals to write textbook. Book is freely distributed on CD & ebook to all schools in the state. Textbook publishing racket can suck it. It's not like a math textbook for K-12 ever needs updating.

Posted by: --- at May 09, 2014 10:54 AM (MMC8r)

189 "If an egg and a half costs a dollar and a half how long will it take for a monkey with a wooden leg to kick the seeds out of a dill pickle?" Eleven Doritos.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 09, 2014 10:55 AM (gOoFi)

190 I've dubbed it 'Rotten Core' or my new coinage Cobalt Core, as in the warhead in the doomsday bomb in 'Beneath the Planet of the Apes'

Posted by: Jeffrey Pelt at May 09, 2014 10:55 AM (Jsiw/)

191 "But it has to be vanilla ice cream." Sounds a little bit rayciss to me.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 09, 2014 10:55 AM (gOoFi)

192 The old neighbor, now deceased, was the top school book salesman in the country. According to him they wrote school books for California curricula because that was the biggest market. Everybody else got the same books because they damned sure weren't going to publish costly "Mississippi" text books.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

So everyone's text books are in Spanish now?

Posted by: Countrysquire at May 09, 2014 10:56 AM (eEBON)

193 Didn't the death of JBS President (and sitting Congressman) Larry McDonald on Korean Air 007 pretty much kill the organization? Fun fact: McDonald was a member of the Democrat party.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 09, 2014 10:56 AM (TIIx5)

194 Are they using Obamacore guidelines at well Fiends School?

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at May 09, 2014 10:56 AM (Fp7JI)

195 John Birch. ??? Dude, that's like 50 years ago.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at May 09, 2014 10:57 AM (5fbP5)

196 The only thing keeping me from opening a can of whoop ass about Gone with the Wind is that they aren't required to read it, it is just one of the choices on the list. And, they won't be discussing it in class (I am assuming unless the 7th grade LASS book has an excerpt from it). And, I am one of those weird people who likes Gone with the Wind. I read it myself in 7th grade. I just don't think it should be part of the curriculum.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at May 09, 2014 10:57 AM (+0txR)

197 Opposition to it is far-right extreme, superpatriotic, Murrican, TeaParty, and fascist, but not racist. Phew. Dodged that one

Posted by: boulder t' hobo at May 09, 2014 10:57 AM (9MuqI)

198 "Methinks I smell a money angle to this thing. No doubt a crony makes the books and holds the copyrights."

Neil Bush is in the educational materials business and is up to his eyeteeth in this Common Core stuff.

Posted by: torquewrench at May 09, 2014 10:58 AM (noWW6)

199

So if we use ObamaCore exclusively now will anybody searching the term out as a consequence of the SPLC article wind up here as first hit on Google?

Because fuck, that'd be awesome.

Posted by: Bigby's Inflamed Hands at May 09, 2014 10:58 AM (3ZtZW)

200 114 Is the JBS still a thing? I can't remember the last time I saw one of their publications. Posted by: toby928Â© Pale Penis Person at May 09, 2014 02:36 PM (QupBk) I've seen them. I think one of their publications is something called "The New American", or some such. It appears to me that they try to keep the JBS on the downlow. I think they are trying to rehabilitate the brand.

Posted by: D-Lamp at May 09, 2014 10:58 AM (bb5+k)

201 And so it begins.

Posted by: that guy that always thinks it's beginning at May 09, 2014 10:58 AM (QupBk)

202 As I was walking down the street one day, a pretty lady looked at me and said her diamond watch had stopped cold dead. Describe within 15 seconds what time it is. Show all notes, diagrams, figures, cave drawings, poems, etchings, scrawlings and tattoos.

Posted by: Citizen X at May 09, 2014 10:59 AM (7ObY1)

203 "If an egg and a half costs a dollar and a half how long will it take for a monkey with a wooden leg to kick the seeds out of a dill pickle?"

Eleven Doritos.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 09, 2014 02:55 PM (gOoFi)

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Close- you get half credit.

The actual answer is: "Is that a regular dill pickle or a Kosher dill pickle?"

Posted by: Nighthawk at May 09, 2014 10:59 AM (OtQXp)

204 3 What has any of this math stuff got to do with the Kanye-Kardashian wedding?

Posted by: LIV at May 09, 2014 02:54 PM (OWjjx)

Racism?

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 09, 2014 10:59 AM (BZAd3)

205 If you have 1 bucket with 2 gallons and 1 bucket with 4 gallons, how many buckets you got?

Posted by: Hadoop at May 09, 2014 11:00 AM (Ph479)

206 By raising the specter of Â“Obamacore,Â” activists on the radical right hope to gain leverage against their real targetÂ—public education itself. Wrong, assholes. Our target is FEDERAL government control of public education. Give it back to the States where it belongs.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at May 09, 2014 11:00 AM (5fbP5)

207 I have been lectured endlessly by John Gotti when posting links to stuff that is critical of Common Core. He swearsies that it is not controlled by the feds but by the States. I recently posted a news article from Fox where a school system in one State had been punished by the feds for dropping out of common cored.

So yeah, not controlled by the States alright.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at May 09, 2014 11:00 AM (T2V/1)

208 ParanoidGirlinSeattle - Do they have the option of reading Michael Shaara's The Killer Angels

Posted by: Lizzy at May 09, 2014 11:01 AM (8zTpe)

209 And, I am one of those weird people who likes Gone with the Wind. I read it myself in 7th grade. I just don't think it should be part of the curriculum. Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at May 09, 2014 02:57 PM (+0txR) So do I. Anytime it is on TCM, I indulge myself for four hours and watch it. In case I forget parts of it. I still get panged when the horse dies pulling the carriage. Amputations are an appetite killer too.

Posted by: Jen at May 09, 2014 11:01 AM (qcDPE)

210 The way to stop getting hoist on one's own petard is to stop fooling around with petards in the first place. Every time the Republican Party pushes for "well managed" Big Government solutions, be they Romneycare or NCLB, they're lining themselves up for eventual trouble down the road. Knock it off with that shit. Posted by: torquewrench at May 09, 2014 02:38 PM (noWW6) Wishful thinking. The notion that Government has a role to play in these areas is considered "Centrist". Once you've ceded the principle of government involvement, it only becomes a question of degree.

Posted by: D-Lamp at May 09, 2014 11:02 AM (bb5+k)

211 Sunday is Mother's Day, and as we all know, nothing says I love you to your mother like racism.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 09, 2014 11:02 AM (BZAd3)

212 They also love to do shit like have exercises where they'll say 'Some people oppose Obama's Policies because of the color of his skin' or 'The Holocaust was a hoax to make money and gain power'. Then they'll say "it's just an exercise in arguing a point of view or recognizing propaganda" or some other bullshit excuse. It's funny because I've been searching for an example of an exercise that says people disagree with Clarence Thomas because he's black or it's perfectly normal to question man-made climate change, that are really just grammar & punctuation exercises. Talk about microaggression.

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at May 09, 2014 11:03 AM (XvrTA)

213 Yes I too have been a victim of John Gotti's "that is not common core, you don't understand it is really wonderful" lectures. I shall look forward to next year when his school district has it fully implemented and I can say "welcome to the party, pal."

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at May 09, 2014 11:03 AM (+0txR)

214 By raising the specter of Ã¯Â¿Â½Obamacore,Ã¯Â¿Â½ activists on the radical right hope to gain leverage against their real targetÃ¯Â¿Â½public education itself.

I see Fox news is lumped in with the John Birch society now. As for attacking public education I have never advocated that. I advocated totally eliminating ALL of it and kill public funding of the colleges as well.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at May 09, 2014 11:03 AM (T2V/1)

215 The Common Core textbooks make me think of software requirements & deliverables. Each section ties back to a specific standards, just the way a software design, etc will tie back to a specific section in a requirements document. On the one hand, very systematic. On the other hand, kind of sick to be looking at children as products.

Posted by: votermom at May 09, 2014 11:04 AM (GSIDW)

216 @211 Wrong! Kosher dill pickles are obviously a product of an illegal apartheid zionist regime and have no place in a proper leftist indoctrination program.

Posted by: Jaws at May 09, 2014 11:04 AM (eKZp1)

217 It's not like a math textbook for K-12 ever needs updating. Seriously! I had a friend in college who was a Physics major. His textbooks were out of this world expensive! I remember one was about the size of a children's book. Maybe 6" x 4" x 1/4" (paper only, not including the cover). It cost him $220.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 09, 2014 11:04 AM (l5wxK)

218 Lizzy, yes they do. Should my son read that one?

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at May 09, 2014 11:05 AM (+0txR)

219 >>The Common Core textbooks make me think of software requirements & deliverables. And their requirements are crap, so the code will be/is bad too.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 09, 2014 11:05 AM (8zTpe)

220 "Close- you get half credit. The actual answer is: "Is that a regular dill pickle or a Kosher dill pickle?" Damn.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 09, 2014 11:05 AM (gOoFi)

221 So if we use ObamaCore exclusively now will anybody searching the term out as a consequence of the SPLC article wind up here as first hit on Google? Because fuck, that'd be awesome. Posted by: Bigby's Inflamed Hands at May 09, 2014 02:58 PM (3ZtZW) Yeah, just like the LA Times gets credit for the editorial describing Obama as "the magic negro" and not the racist Rush Limbaugh(who merely read the editorial on air, then created a parody making fun of it). Virtually no one on the left points out that the term "magic negro" was coined by an LA Times author, not Rush. That would not serve their cause.

Posted by: Jen at May 09, 2014 11:06 AM (qcDPE)

222 differential equations through interpretive dance! It's more better!!!

Posted by: Hadoop at May 09, 2014 11:06 AM (Ph479)

223 208 114 Is the JBS still a thing? I can't remember the last time I saw one of their publications. Posted by: toby928Â© Pale Penis Person at May 09, 2014 02:36 PM (QupBk) If not for leftist pearl clutchers, I probably would not even know who they were. From roughly 1980 onward, that's the only mention I had ever heard. Leftists. Before 1980, I couldn't have cared less.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at May 09, 2014 11:06 AM (5fbP5)

224 173 I'm sitting at a computer but I don't want to Google/Bing/Yahoo about the Birchers because I don't feel like being SWATted right now, thanks. Posted by: Quint at May 09, 2014 02:50 PM (dCzEf) Just do another search about "Gay Pron" and you'll get a pass.

Posted by: D-Lamp at May 09, 2014 11:07 AM (bb5+k)

225 Obamacore, lol. So obvious, and yet I'd never even considered it until reading this piece. Thanks, SPLC!

Posted by: mugiwara at May 09, 2014 11:07 AM (W7ffl)

226 I wonder what the wacky group of liberal terrorists down at the SPLC thinks of the Common Core assignment that caused 8th graders to question the holocaust.

Posted by: LASue at May 09, 2014 11:07 AM (pWeX5)

227 "Just do another search about "Gay Pron" and you'll get a pass." Do you need any links?

Posted by: Presnit Barky at May 09, 2014 11:08 AM (gOoFi)

228 Credit where credit is due: Richard Brookhiser coined numinous negro in 2001.

Posted by: toby928© at May 09, 2014 11:08 AM (QupBk)

229 We used to play a game with words when I was a kid. Say the word "pencil" about 20 times in a row, until it starts to sound really weird and lose all meaning.

Posted by: wth at May 09, 2014 11:09 AM (wAQA5)

230 >>Lizzy, yes they do. Should my son read that one? I really enjoyed it - it's fiction, but describes the battle at Gettsburg in great detail and the key players (some of whom had served together and who were good friends before the war).

Posted by: Lizzy at May 09, 2014 11:09 AM (8zTpe)

231 And their requirements are crap, so the code will be/is bad too. -- Indubitably. If they had to borrow from software development, because obviously the art of pedagogy is so new (SARCASM), why did they borrow from the big bang development model? They could at least have used some kind of iterative, rapid development model.

Posted by: votermom at May 09, 2014 11:09 AM (GSIDW)

232 kill FEDERAL ~~public~~ funding of the colleges as well. Posted by: Vic at May 09, 2014 03:03 PM (T2V/1) My very first executive order.

Posted by: King 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun the First at May 09, 2014 11:09 AM (5fbP5)

233 I can't believe the SPLC brought up the John Birch Society. Is there still a John Birch Society? I thought they more or less dissipated into smoke after Bill Buckley called them out for their increasingly antisemitic and fringe-conspiracy leanings.

Posted by: troyriser at May 09, 2014 11:09 AM (O66NZ)

234 So remember when the guy used the SPLC's list of "hate groups" to attempt a mass murder that involved shoving "hate chicken" into his victim's mouths? I know we aren't supposed to remember such things.

Posted by: Lauren at May 09, 2014 11:10 AM (ejehg)

235 Racism, it's whats for dinner.

Posted by: Chris Matthews at May 09, 2014 11:10 AM (wAQA5)

236 The nice thing about having a high minimum wage is that even though kids get out of school knowing next to nothing, they'll still be able to make a decent living...

or so the leftist reasoning goes.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 09, 2014 11:11 AM (BZAd3)

237 I suggest that we all just starting calling everybody a racist

.... because ... Once everybody is a racist, nobody will be a racist

Posted by: Yosemite Sam at May 09, 2014 11:11 AM (e8kgV)

238 "Is there still a John Birch Society?" "Originally based in Belmont, Massachusetts, it is now headquartered in Grand Chute, Wisconsin,[12] with local chapters in all 50 states. The organization owns American Opinion Publishing, which publishes the journal The New American.[13]"

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 09, 2014 11:11 AM (gOoFi)

239 My idea: State hires professionals to write textbook. Book is freely distributed on CD & ebook to all schools in the state. Textbook publishing racket can suck it. It's not like a math textbook for K-12 ever needs updating. Posted by: --- at May 09, 2014 02:54 PM (MMC8r) Same with lectures. I'm looking forward to virtual teachers so we can do some serious excising of the State ran education monolith.

Posted by: D-Lamp at May 09, 2014 11:11 AM (bb5+k)

240 Chris Matthews ... you common dog racist

Posted by: Yosemite Sam at May 09, 2014 11:11 AM (e8kgV)

241

As I was walking down the street one day, a pretty lady looked at me and said her diamond watch had stopped cold dead.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Does anybody really know what time it is? Care? Does anybody really care?

Posted by: Countrysquire at May 09, 2014 11:12 AM (eEBON)

242 Lizzy, I will see if he wants to read it then. He refused to think about the summer reading requirement because shut up mom it isn't even the end of this school year yet.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at May 09, 2014 11:12 AM (+0txR)

243 Virtually no one on the left points out that the term "magic negro" was coined by an LA Times author, not Rush. That term was coined by Spike Lee as an epithet against black characters in movies whose only motivation was to help (in sometimes magical ways) the white main character. And you're right, whenever the anti-Rush bots bring that one up they don't seem to know he was quoting the LATimes.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 09, 2014 11:12 AM (l5wxK)

244 Speaking of what kids are a'learnin' in school these days... A few days ago a dad was arrested at a school board meeting for going over his allotted 2 minutes to complain about his 9th grade daughter being forced to read a book that included a sex scene so graphic that it included "sticky semen" coming out of the teenage girl onto the floor. Our betters claim that the book is a Very Important Work.

Posted by: Lauren at May 09, 2014 11:12 AM (ejehg)

245 230 differential equations through interpretive dance! It's more better!!! Posted by: Hadoop at May 09, 2014 03:06 PM (Ph479) *wipes beer off monitor* Thanks.....

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at May 09, 2014 11:12 AM (5fbP5)

246 Neil Bush is in the educational materials business and is up to his eyeteeth in this Common Core stuff. Posted by: torquewrench at May 09, 2014 02:58 PM (noWW6) And of course this explains why "Jeb" is supporting it. Lot of shit goes on for the wrong reasons, don't it?

Posted by: D-Lamp at May 09, 2014 11:13 AM (bb5+k)

247 "Is there still a John Birch Society?"

U.S. congressman Lawrence McDonald from Georgia, who at the time was also the second president of the conservative John Birch Society, was on Flight KAL 007

Posted by: Emmett Fitz-Hume at May 09, 2014 11:13 AM (e8kgV)

248 Gone With The Wind is one of those books where the movie is a lot better than the book. I downloaded the book when Amazon had it on sale for $1.99. Margret Michell had diarrhea of the pen. About half of it needs to be edited out.

I got bored with it about 1/4 of the way through it and stored it away in my bored folder. I sure as Hell would not recommended it for summer reading for a 7th grade boy.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at May 09, 2014 11:13 AM (T2V/1)

249 Dems always accuse the right of committing crimes against "the most vulnerable" in our society, meaning among others, children.

The education system in this country is the biggest and cruelest crime being committed on children because they don't have the capacity to know that the education they are getting is substandard and that it will probably compromise their futures.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 09, 2014 11:14 AM (BZAd3)

250 We used to play a game with words when I was a kid. Say the word "pencil" about 20 times in a row, until it starts to sound really weird and lose all meaning. There's a scientific reason for that. Something to do with the synapses for the cognition of "pencil" using up all there transmitter fairy dust.

Posted by: eleven at May 09, 2014 11:14 AM (GXZgZ)

251 With realistic faux wood graining. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 09, 2014 02:35 PM (CMkNk) Hey!!! We liked it.

Posted by: The 70's at May 09, 2014 11:14 AM (5fbP5)

252
The John Birch Society still exists? Who knew!

Posted by: Brown Line at May 09, 2014 11:14 AM (VrNoa)

253 their not there

Posted by: eleven at May 09, 2014 11:14 AM (GXZgZ)

254 Matt Bevin gave a speech to some Birchers. That was around the time we stopped hearing about Matt Bevin.

Posted by: Shoot Me at May 09, 2014 11:15 AM (EQcfE)

255 Ok don't mock the differential equations through dance thing. Last year in the "gifted kids" program at the elementary school they made math quilt squares to celebrate feminine concepts in math. The mom who told me about it couldn't actually describe the quilt squares, she was rather at a loss for words.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at May 09, 2014 11:15 AM (+0txR)

256 ParanoidGirlinSeattle - The 1993 movie "Gettysburg" is based on The Killer Angels, so you could always rent that movie to get him interested....

Posted by: Lizzy at May 09, 2014 11:15 AM (8zTpe)

257 SPLC firing up their followers to shoot up more places. Remember to stop at Chick-Fil-A before you set off on your rampage.

Posted by: Burt Toste at May 09, 2014 11:15 AM (xzZPy)

258 It was rather startling to find out on November 5, 2008 that I had suddenly become a racist.

Posted by: wth at May 09, 2014 11:15 AM (wAQA5)

259 "Originally based in Belmont, Massachusetts, it is now headquartered in Grand Chute, Wisconsin,[12] with local chapters in all 50 states. Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 09, 2014 03:11 PM (gOoFi) Huh. No clue.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at May 09, 2014 11:16 AM (5fbP5)

260 It's not like a math textbook for K-12 ever needs updating. Posted by: --- at May 09, 2014 02:54 PM (MMC8r) Ummm... have you seen my economic policies? That old math needs serious updating to match our new reality.

Posted by: Barack Obama at May 09, 2014 11:16 AM (j0wOO)

261 Time out!

Posted by: Andy Reid at May 09, 2014 11:16 AM (4GKfl)

262 Speaking of racism. Check out this story. Fine abortion Dr! http://tinyurl.com/k86pmuj

Posted by: Nip Sip at May 09, 2014 11:17 AM (0FSuD)

263 179 Common Core was a good idea in concept. The overall goals have merit. Where they went wrong is in allowing the actual curriculum, materials and teaching to be created by individuals in the profession. The same liberal horde that corrupts the education field today and fills kids head with trash. Many teachers and administrators today inject their personal values, political correctness, moral beliefs and politics into their teaching. They are largely bereft of any real skills or measured fairness. Honestly, what did they think was going to happen with that type of hands off implementation? Posted by: Marcus T at May 09, 2014 02:51 PM (09lpZ) No. Where they went wrong is: Two words. First word starts with a Federal....

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at May 09, 2014 11:18 AM (5fbP5)

264 SPLC and ADL are racist hate groups owned and operated by the Feds.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2014 11:18 AM (LJ7Ze)

265 Speaking of the 7th grade and the JBS, when I was in the 7th grade (long time ago) we were all gathered into the auditorium to watch a film the JBS brought in to show us about the evils of communism (that was their original mission BTW) and the war in Algeria.

The film moved from one scene to the next of slaughtered people, some naked due to bomb blasts. Nothing like showing a bunch of 7th grade kids naked bodies of blown up men and women. The girls were running out after the first few minutes screaming.

after about 10 min of that the principle came in and turned the projector off and told them to leave.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at May 09, 2014 11:18 AM (T2V/1)

266 I too have never it called "Obamacore." I dont believe any of the dastardly "ultra"-right wing groups have been found complicit in fomenting actual violence in the past few years as SPLC has.

Posted by: Tantrumblogo at May 09, 2014 11:18 AM (k/Mc/)

267 I remember when people used to mock Birchers for seeing Communists under every bed. Fun times, fun times.

Posted by: rickl at May 09, 2014 11:18 AM (zoehZ)

268 As someone who has been named in a bullshit lawsuit brought by these sleazy cocksuckers, let me take a backseat to no one in my wish for Morris Dees to be indicted and every employee at the SPLC be reduced to handing out flyers by the freeway.

Posted by: UGAdawg at May 09, 2014 11:19 AM (e/9tl)

269 The SPLC's main goal now is to increase their donor base so that Morris Dees can expand his opulent lifestyle . Therefore more and more people are targeted as haters and the fear tactics used are increased. They might have had some value decades ago-not anymore and even leftists have a problem with them. They rank very very low as a charity to give money to because it doesn't help poverty although it keeps Dees out of it quite well. Dees has offshore accounts-something leftists usually scram about: http://tinyurl.com/ycj5nxb

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2014 11:19 AM (XyM/Y)

270 Just for kicks I checked at the JBS website about a local chapter. Put in my zip and the "local" coordinator popped up. I am in Texas. He is in Wyoming.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 09, 2014 11:19 AM (gOoFi)

271 One of my best friend's father belonged to JBS. We went to a JBS meeting for a high school project. They were not anti-Semitic as someone above wrote. They showed us a film about a concentration camp in Latvia, and praised Dwight Eisenhower for insisting they film them. This was in 1976.

Posted by: Hadoop at May 09, 2014 11:19 AM (Ph479)

272
That flying saucer film in the sidebar I am pretty sure is fake is, nevertheless, awesome.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 09, 2014 11:20 AM (hJauc)

273 The U.N. paper states that these fantastic and potentially catastrophic events, in which a woman unleashes an endless torrent of tears over her deceased husband or the sting of unrequited love, may raise global sea levels by as much as 30 centimeters by the year 2050, which according to projections could lead to widespread coastal erosion and leave many of the worldÂ’s largest citiesÂ—including New York, Mumbai, and JakartaÂ—at least partially underwater.

Posted by: Austin Millbarge at May 09, 2014 11:20 AM (e8kgV)

274 Racism It's anything you want it to be. --- Pretty much. Various articles are calling the Golden State Warriors' firing of coach Mark Jackson "racist", or saying it should at least be discussed in the prism of race. They don't want to address that this is a guy who cheated on his wife with a stripper, gave her a bunch of hush money, got the FBI involved when the money got to be too much, and has been acting erratically all year, with one coach leaving for a head coach position elsewhere after a falling out with him, another coach fired due to taping conversations in suspicion that he was being frozen out of decisions (he was), a third being fired by Jackson only to end up demoted to the D-League instead, and Jackson getting paranoid over players and management speaking with each other. It appears that the guy totally fucking flipped out and yet people are bringing race into the discussion solely because he's black. Nothing to do with all the shit that would have gotten him fired if he were any other race.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at May 09, 2014 11:21 AM (zVFRW)

275 275 I remember when people used to mock Birchers for seeing Communists under every bed.

Fun times, fun times.

Posted by: rickl at May 09, 2014 03:18 PM (zoehZ)

Instead of looking under beds they should have been looking in Congress.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at May 09, 2014 11:21 AM (T2V/1)

276 I can't imagine a more immoral or dishonorable act that could be committed than actively working to keep one's own brethren in a state of perpetual poverty as so many blacks in politics and positions of leadership in their community do.

Of course it happens in the "white" community as well (as if that is even definable), but it just seems more evil and corrupt and cynical in the black community.

But saying that is obviously racist so I condemn myself.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 09, 2014 11:21 AM (BZAd3)

277 Common Core seemed like a good idea, until we let the liberals tell us what it meant.

Posted by: The Hoser at May 09, 2014 11:21 AM (u6gWL)

278 >>It's not like a math textbook for K-12 ever needs updating. Oh, but the possibilities: Old method: 2+2=4 New Math Story: Rachel lives in a mansion and has an apple tree. She has two apples but makes gardener Jose, who is being paid less than a living wage by Rachel's father, pick two more apples. How many apples does greedy Rachel have now?

Posted by: Lizzy at May 09, 2014 11:21 AM (8zTpe)

279 ....and Grand Chute? Suburb of Appleton. Madison WI is about 2 hours away. I always wonder if the highway is littered with corses or what.

Posted by: Bigby's Inflamed Hands at May 09, 2014 11:21 AM (3ZtZW)

280 >>>Last year in the "gifted kids" program at the elementary school they made math quilt squares to celebrate feminine concepts in math. ... Feminine concepts in math? *beats head into wall* *breathes* Expressed through quilting? *beats head into wall again* *breathes* Feminine math concepts. Is that like, "No really babe, it's 8 inches! You don't need a ruler."? I am surprised that the feminists didn't have rage strokes about the quilting part.

Posted by: Damiano at May 09, 2014 11:21 AM (j0wOO)

281

I'm guessing there are more card-carrying members of the American Communist Party than there are of the John Birch Society. It's the fringiest of the fringe and I doubt anyone in it is under 70 years old. So of course an organization of very old white supremacists is all up in the business of what's happening in public schools.

/smh

Posted by: rockmom at May 09, 2014 11:21 AM (aBlZ1)

282 Ummm... have you seen my economic policies? That old math needs serious updating to match our new reality.

Posted by: Barack Obama at May 09, 2014 03:16 PM (j0wOO)

...

Because now everything is in trillions rounded to the nearest 100 billion.

Posted by: wth at May 09, 2014 11:21 AM (wAQA5)

283 Hmmmm. Plots chaos.

If I just argue that Common Core is really nothing more than a repackaged version No Child Left Behind (since it's federally-pushed educational standards) can I make lefty heads explode?

Posted by: Country Singer at May 09, 2014 11:22 AM (L8r/r)

284 Instead of looking under beds they should have been looking in Congress. Posted by: Vic at May 09, 2014 03:21 PM (T2V/1) Or under the beds of congress.

Posted by: D-Lamp at May 09, 2014 11:22 AM (bb5+k)

285 Jawa has a video of a police shooting that happened in Texas, family alleged the cops murdered the guy, but to quote Jawa, I don't know why the family thought it was a good idea to release the video. This is not the one where the cop was alleged to have said "We don't have time for this". Iirc that guy was actually indicted for manslaughter.

Posted by: Adam at May 09, 2014 11:22 AM (Aif/5)

286 278 Just for kicks I checked at the JBS website about a local chapter. Put in my zip and the "local" coordinator popped up.

I am in Texas. He is in Wyoming.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 09, 2014 03:19 PM (gOoFi)

You can expect your IRS audit any day now.

Posted by: rockmom at May 09, 2014 11:23 AM (aBlZ1)

287 I remember when people used to mock Birchers for seeing Communists under every bed.

Fun times, fun times.

Posted by: rickl at May 09, 2014 03:18 PM (zoehZ)

Instead of looking under beds they should have been looking in Congress.

Posted by: Vic at May 09, 2014 03:21 PM (T2V/1)

Now, they'd be considered clairvoyant.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 09, 2014 11:23 AM (BZAd3)

288 272 SPLC and ADL are racist hate groups owned and operated by the ~~Feds~~ Koch Brothers. Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2014 03:18 PM (LJ7Ze) FIFY

Posted by: Nip Sip at May 09, 2014 11:24 AM (0FSuD)

289 237 We used to play a game with words when I was a kid. Say the word "pencil" about 20 times in a row, until it starts to sound really weird and lose all meaning. Obama Obama Obama Obama Obama Obamao Obamao Obamao Kim Jung Un Hey, it works.

Posted by: Citizen X at May 09, 2014 11:24 AM (7ObY1)

290 "Or under the beds of congress.
Posted by: D-Lamp at May 09, 2014 03:22 PM"

Or in them.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 09, 2014 11:24 AM (knoK7)

291 "You can expect your IRS audit any day now. " Work computer.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 09, 2014 11:24 AM (gOoFi)

292

286

None, after Rachel has to give two to the feds and the rest to the village.

Posted by: wth at May 09, 2014 11:24 AM (wAQA5)

293 Ok don't mock the differential equations through dance thing. Last year in the "gifted kids" program at the elementary school they made math quilt squares to celebrate feminine concepts in math. The mom who told me about it couldn't actually describe the quilt squares, she was rather at a loss for words. Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at May 09, 2014 03:15 PM (+0txR) Feminine concepts in math. By making quilt squares. Because that's not sexist at all.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at May 09, 2014 11:24 AM (mf5HN)

294 "Or in them." Dead girl. Live transvestite.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 09, 2014 11:25 AM (gOoFi)

295 to quote Jawa, I don't know why the family thought it was a good idea to release the video. --- Not familiar with the situation, but my guess is that the family is under the assumption that any video released will be in their favor, even if it is their "baby boy" flipping out and waving a gun around

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at May 09, 2014 11:25 AM (zVFRW)

296

>>>You can expect your IRS audit any day now.

Honestly I think if someone were an actual JBS member its like going so far Right you wind up on the Left again, so he's probly safe.

Posted by: Bigby's Inflamed Hands at May 09, 2014 11:26 AM (3ZtZW)

297 ...they made math quilt squares to celebrate feminine concepts in math.

I... I... I...

Wow. Is this like that "feminist biology"?

Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2014 11:26 AM (B/VB5)

298 298 "Or under the beds of congress. Posted by: D-Lamp at May 09, 2014 03:22 PM" Or in them. --- How far over 57 card-carrying Communists do you think we could dig up between the House and Senate?

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at May 09, 2014 11:26 AM (zVFRW)

299 New Math Story: Rachel lives in a mansion and has an apple tree. She has two apples but makes gardener Jose, who is being paid less than a living wage by Rachel's father, pick two more apples. How many apples does greedy Rachel have now? But more importantly, will this Rachel blow me?

Posted by: Citizen X at May 09, 2014 11:27 AM (7ObY1)

300 New Math Story: Rachel lives in a mansion and has an apple tree. She has two apples but makes gardener Jose, who is being paid less than a living wage by Rachel's father, pick two more apples. How many apples does greedy Rachel have now? Posted by: Lizzy at May 09, 2014 03:21 PM (8zTpe) You joke, but that is EXACTLY the shit that Nazis used to put in German grade school textbooks. I keep saying that the closest analog to these people are the Nazis, and it's very nearly beyond parody.

Posted by: D-Lamp at May 09, 2014 11:28 AM (bb5+k)

301 61 GALLUP: OBAMA APPROVE JUMPS TO 47%... eh? Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 09, 2014 02:27 PM (IXrOn) Sampling breakdown should explain that. Posted by: EC at May 09, 2014 02:27 PM (GQ8sn) ____________ Rasmussen is at 48% But yes, let's talk about skewed polls.....

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 09, 2014 11:28 AM (0LHZx)

302 "...advocacy groups associated with the Koch brothers,.. " ------------------------ Oh. Well, that does it. Settled science.

Posted by: Kostard at May 09, 2014 11:29 AM (aDwsi)

303 .....Because now everything is in trillions rounded to the nearest 100 billion. Posted by: wth at May 09, 2014 03:21 PM (wAQA5) We were going to increase spending by $1 trillion dollars. Instead, we increased it by only $990 billion! Rounding down to the nearest trillion means that we cut spending by $1 trillion dollars! With savings that unprecedented, you wouldn't object to us investing in these programs here and sharing our love through Amnesty, amiright? /New Math, brought to you by the Republican Party and the Letters STFU

Posted by: Damiano at May 09, 2014 11:29 AM (j0wOO)

304 Last year in the "gifted kids" program at the elementary school they made math quilt squares to celebrate feminine concepts in math. As a former gifted kid with a math minor and 83 cubic yards of quilting materials in my house, I think I have the absolute moral authority to day BURN IT ALL DOWN.

Posted by: HR #BringBackMyStapler at May 09, 2014 11:29 AM (/kI1Q)

305 "But more importantly, will this Rachel blow me?" Maybe no but this Rachel will.

Posted by: Rachel Maddow at May 09, 2014 11:29 AM (gOoFi)

306 >>How far over 57 card-carrying Communists do you think we could dig up between the House and Senate? There are 80 in Congress - they have their own organization: Congressional Progressive Caucus http://www.wnd.com/2012/04/houses-80-communists-in-caucus-founded-by-socialist-group/

Posted by: Lizzy at May 09, 2014 11:29 AM (8zTpe)

307 How far over 57 card-carrying Communists do you think we could dig up between the House and Senate?

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at May 09, 2014 03:26 PM (zVFRW)

There was a time in which I would have said they keep their membership cards at home in the sock drawer with their kiddie pr*n, but ever since the Mao Christmas tree ornaments in the WH, I'm inclined to think they actually do carry them around.

Posted by: Country Singer at May 09, 2014 11:29 AM (L8r/r)

308 Feminine concepts in math? If the baby daddy has two girl friends and one is fat, how often will the skinny one get laid? Will the amount of the fat ones EBT card be more than the skinny ones? By how much? I needs to know.

Posted by: Rachel Jeantel at May 09, 2014 11:30 AM (0FSuD)

309 baby boy" flipping out and waving a gun around ------- Locked himself in the bathroom with a knife, they tased him, he went down in the bath tub, one cop goes in multiple times to try to get him to put the knife down, he gets back up and rushes the cop. I'm pretty suspicious of cops by default but I don't see the problem here, other than what I've seen other people post here before, if you have a mentally ill relative you probably want to exhaust all other options before involving the cops.

Posted by: Adam at May 09, 2014 11:31 AM (Aif/5)

310 I keep saying that the closest analog to these people are the Nazis, and it's very nearly beyond parody. Posted by: D-Lamp ----------------- I will say it..., it is beyond parody.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 09, 2014 11:31 AM (aDwsi)

311 for entertainment, look into JBS theories on the death of James Forrestal. Assassination by commies on American soil!!!1!

Posted by: Bigby's Inflamed Hands at May 09, 2014 11:31 AM (3ZtZW)

312 Ok don't mock the differential equations through dance thing. Last year in the "gifted kids" program at the elementary school they made math quilt squares to celebrate feminine concepts in math. The mom who told me about it couldn't actually describe the quilt squares, she was rather at a loss for words. *thud*

Posted by: Mary Cartwright at May 09, 2014 11:31 AM (ILBCY)

313 Posted by: Lizzy at May 09, 2014 03:29 PM

Beat me to it.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 09, 2014 11:31 AM (knoK7)

314

I'm so happy I raised a girl who can think for herself. Example: She totally adores her AP English teacher. Only recently did she tell me that this teacher is the advisor for the school's "feminists club." I asked her what she thought about that and she said, "all that feminism stuff is a joke. It's mostly angry girls who can't get dates and lesbians. Girls can do anything they want now, I don't even understand what use there is for feminism."

We had a rollicking discussion about Common Core the other night. Luckily she hasn't been subjected to much of it because they are starting in the earlier grades, though the testing has begun and is much harder than the old state tests. I showed her some of the Common Core math stuff that got Louis C.K. so angry, and let her read Diane Ravitch's blog about it, and she was outraged. She has had great math teachers and loves math. I am so glad she came up before they ruined math education.

Anyone who has young children now or plans to soon should RUN AWAY from any school that is using Common Core. It's a pure and simple disaster that is already failing. But some liberal states are going to cling to it as long as possible.

Posted by: rockmom at May 09, 2014 11:31 AM (aBlZ1)

315

"The disinformation campaign is being driven by the likes of Fox News, the John Birch Society, Tea Party factions, and the Christian Right."

****

Also, liberal comediens who talk about their kids homework on twitter. Damn right wing conspiracy!

Posted by: Lea at May 09, 2014 11:32 AM (lIU4e)

316 301 Ok don't mock the differential equations through dance thing. Last year in the "gifted kids" program at the elementary school they made math quilt squares to celebrate feminine concepts in math. The mom who told me about it couldn't actually describe the quilt squares, she was rather at a loss for words.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at May 09, 2014 03:15 PM (+0txR)
***

I'm still trying to picture a typical teenage girl sewing.

Posted by: B at May 09, 2014 11:32 AM (twiRb)

317 Does the John Birch Society even exist anymore?

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at May 09, 2014 11:32 AM (ZkzmI)

318 230 PhD Dissertations interpreted through dance:

http://tinyurl.com/lpyensk

Posted by: notropis at May 09, 2014 11:32 AM (bvlUm)

319 Rachel, at some point you have had enough apples.

Posted by: wth at May 09, 2014 11:33 AM (wAQA5)

320 I'm inclined to think they actually do carry them around. Posted by: Country Singer ---------------- You *did* see the posters in the Carney's place, didn't you?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 09, 2014 11:33 AM (aDwsi)

321 Racism - It's anything you want it to be.

I no rite?

Posted by: Michael Sam - call me? at May 09, 2014 11:33 AM (5ikDv)

322 >>You joke, but that is EXACTLY the shit that Nazis used to put in German grade school textbooks. 2 years ago my son brought home his weekly reading assignment (it's a I-pager with a story or maybe some science info that they have to read aloud each night). It was a story about Maria, who while shopping with her nanna overheard two women discussing grapes. Specifically, how they were boycotting grapes because of Cesar Chavez's movement. Why does any 3rd grader need to learn about the 70's grape boycott?????

Posted by: Lizzy at May 09, 2014 11:33 AM (8zTpe)

323 How far over 57 card-carrying Communists do you think we could dig up between the House and Senate? Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at May 09, 2014 03:26 PM (zVFRW) Let's see... House: 435 voting members + 6 non voting members Senate: 100 Total: 541- 57= 484 Yup, 484 communists, though some are more communist than others.

Posted by: Damiano at May 09, 2014 11:34 AM (j0wOO)

324 Would be hard to text and sew at the same time. And also be getting of my lawn.

Posted by: eleven at May 09, 2014 11:34 AM (GXZgZ)

325 Will you be my Ni*gar for life? How many day are dat? Explain.

Posted by: Rachel Jeantel at May 09, 2014 11:34 AM (0FSuD)

326 they made math quilt squares to celebrate feminine concepts in math The FUCK? I am so glad I'm not in school anymore.

Posted by: Citizen X at May 09, 2014 11:35 AM (7ObY1)

327 317 baby boy" flipping out and waving a gun around ------- Locked himself in the bathroom with a knife, they tased him, he went down in the bath tub, one cop goes in multiple times to try to get him to put the knife down, he gets back up and rushes the cop. I'm pretty suspicious of cops by default but I don't see the problem here, other than what I've seen other people post here before, if you have a mentally ill relative you probably want to exhaust all other options before involving the cops. --- Sounds like a clean kill to me if he kept rushing the cops and grabbing the knife.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at May 09, 2014 11:36 AM (zVFRW)

328 "How many day are dat? Explain" Three boxes of Ding-Dongs is how many days that is.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 09, 2014 11:36 AM (gOoFi)

329 Does the John Birch Society even exist anymore? Posted by: Vashta ---------------- It doesn't matter..., it's like shouting "McCarthyite!", or "Racist!", or "Tea Party!". The Pavlovian response by the MSM-inculcated Left is automatic.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 09, 2014 11:36 AM (aDwsi)

330 @335 What are you all talking about?

Posted by: Nip Sip at May 09, 2014 11:36 AM (0FSuD)

331 333 -- lol.

Posted by: eleven at May 09, 2014 11:36 AM (GXZgZ)

332 "... somebody said to me yesterday, either people have gotten tired of Benghazi, who ever he is, or they never knew about it in the first place because it had to be pass before we could find out about it .. or something." -- Nancy Pelosi

Posted by: Austin Millbarge at May 09, 2014 11:37 AM (e8kgV)

333 "And Now an Important Announcement From the Southern Poverty Law Center: Opposition to Common Core Is Right-Wing Extremism and Racism Straight-Up" (shocked face)

Posted by: tangonine at May 09, 2014 11:37 AM (x3YFz)

334 "How many day are dat? Explain" You just got a "D" in Ebonics. You almost conjugated correctly. It be: "How many day BE dat? Essplain."

Posted by: Guy Who Doesn't Give a Shit at May 09, 2014 11:38 AM (7ObY1)

335 mmmmmm......Ding Dongs. no homo.

Posted by: eleven at May 09, 2014 11:38 AM (GXZgZ)

336 "If an egg and a half costs a dollar and a half how long will it take for a monkey with a wooden leg to kick the seeds out of a dill pickle?" This is why I cancelled our cable and hang out here instead.

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at May 09, 2014 11:38 AM (Fp7JI)

337 Racism against white people is ok because white people suck and they're all pale and pink and icky.

Posted by: Progtard 2000 at May 09, 2014 11:38 AM (ZPrif)

338
I've decided that everything in the universe will be racist for fifteen minutes.

Posted by: YIKES! at May 09, 2014 11:38 AM (mETGQ)

339 they made math quilt squares to celebrate feminine concepts in math The FUCK? I am so glad I'm not in school anymore. Posted by: Citizen X at May 09, 2014 03:35 PM (7ObY1) i blasphemed out loud when I read that.

Posted by: tangonine at May 09, 2014 11:39 AM (x3YFz)

340 In ven questioning this, Ace, the HQ will now be designated as a "hate group" if it hasn't already been. Some of Stacy McCain's writing on the SPLC: http://theothermccain.com/2010/03/02/how-splc-hypes-the-hate/

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2014 11:39 AM (XyM/Y)

341 325 Does the John Birch Society even exist anymore? --- I think someone implied they went full-on Larouche after Buckley got them excommunicated from the Right.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at May 09, 2014 11:39 AM (zVFRW)

342 Pat is an endomorphic Caucasian transgender pagan. Chris is an ectomorphic African-American cisgender lesbian muslim. If Pat and Chris have a disagreement, which one is correct and which one needs to check xis privilege?

Posted by: Common Core Math Question at May 09, 2014 11:39 AM (2jQGY)

343 342 "How many day are dat? Explain" You just got a "D" in Ebonics. You almost conjugated correctly. It be: "How many day BE dat? Essplain." You be forgetens I be an honor student. I speak Hokey toos.

Posted by: Rachel Jeantel at May 09, 2014 11:40 AM (0FSuD)

344 "It be: "How many day BE dat? Essplain." Where I learned me Ebonics that would be: How many day dat be. S'plain.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 09, 2014 11:40 AM (gOoFi)

345 mmmmmm......Ding Dongs. ---- Ding Dong, man, Ding Dong!

Posted by: Gang member from Weird Al's "Fat" video at May 09, 2014 11:40 AM (zVFRW)

346 We have nothing to fear with Barack Obama in the White House

Posted by: John McCain at May 09, 2014 11:40 AM (kFxpe)

347 Does anybody else around here speak Jive?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 09, 2014 11:41 AM (gOoFi)

348 Common Core is founded in "principles" created by overeducated liberals who've never had a job. Hilarity ensues.

Posted by: tangonine at May 09, 2014 11:42 AM (x3YFz)

349 Does the John Birch Society even exist anymore? As much as the Confederacy and the plantations of Virginia.

Posted by: t-bird at May 09, 2014 11:43 AM (FcR7P)

350 You *did* see the posters in the Carney's place, didn't you?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 09, 2014 03:33 PM (aDwsi)

Yeah, the ornament was the canary dying. The Carnie's posters was the miners dying.

Posted by: Country Singer at May 09, 2014 11:43 AM (L8r/r)

351

feminine concepts in math:

The answer that makes you feel the best about your vagina.

How many condoms will I average per month this year?

Zero equals the number of sandwiches I intend to make.

Posted by: Smegma Fluke at May 09, 2014 11:43 AM (wAQA5)

352 That's retarded, SIR!

Posted by: Eloquent Trayvon Martin friend at May 09, 2014 11:45 AM (Ph479)

353 I would propose that Barry Soetoro has set the black man back a hundred years at this point.

"A whining crying race may be pitied but seldom respected"

Posted by: Booker T. Washington at May 09, 2014 11:48 AM (kFxpe)

354 @355 Does anybody else around here speak Jive? I do. http://tinyurl.com/6uqqgpt

Posted by: Mrs Cleaver at May 09, 2014 11:48 AM (0FSuD)

355 361 I would propose that Barry Soetoro has set the black man back a hundred years at this point.

***

Arsenio Hall had a joke years ago when he started in stand-up where he said every time Leon Spinks opened his mouth, it set black people back a hundred years.

Posted by: B at May 09, 2014 11:51 AM (twiRb)

356 Teacher : "We teach Critical Thinking." Me: "I see..., and what is it that they are thinking critically about?" Teacher: "Oh..., math." Me: "Well, if you are teaching Critical Thinking, who is teaching them math?" Teacher: "I am." Me: "But when I asked what you were teaching, you said 'Critical Thinking', not 'math". Teacher: "See? You're exhibiting micro-agressive behavior. We learn about that in Critical Thinking." Me: "How am I being aggressive?" Teacher "You're being critical."

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 09, 2014 11:54 AM (aDwsi)

357 Yeah, the ornament was the canary dying. The Carnie's posters was the miners dying. Posted by: Country --------------------------- * sobbing softly * It..., it was the CO2, wasn't it?

Posted by: Mother Jones reader at May 09, 2014 11:57 AM (aDwsi)

358 I just came on here to scream and yell and rent my garment about Gallup saying Obama had moved up to 47% and opposition to him moved down to 48%. I see you are already discussing it. WTF? How can this be? What has he done to move up anyone's poll (wait--there's a visual) :-)

Posted by: AnnaS at May 09, 2014 12:42 PM (rSIYI)

359 And Trotskyites, rightists and wreckers!

Posted by: NYC Parent at May 09, 2014 01:00 PM (HEo6y)

360

Strange mathemtics that even the teachers don't understand. I can multiply 82 times 88 in my head and get the answer 7216, but that is not the kind of thing you teach in fourth grade.

Posted by: burt at May 09, 2014 01:00 PM (yp2Xd)

361 ...advocacy groups associated with the Koch brothers, whose father was a founding Birch member... Mmmm... I love the smell of guilt-by-association in the morning. It smells like ... McCarthyism!

Posted by: Socratease at May 09, 2014 01:08 PM (82qVG)

362 Yeah, fuck William F. Buckley. I used to laugh at the Birchers too, because that Yalie "face of the conservative movement" snob said to.

Given events of US governmental policy and the entire pop culture media-entertainment industry becoming a wholly owned societal control machine for one party that maintains the ability to buy votes and perpetual power, I dare anyone to step up and tell me that in broad concept the Birchers were wrong. The Left has completed the "long march through the institutions" that they said they would. Cloward, Piven, and Alinsky announced it, Buckley ignored it.

Buckley killed the messenger, that's for damn sure. But that's OK, the establishment conservatives still sniff the GOP jock and get invited to the right sorts of parties. Never mind the culture war is over and we lost. Never mind the fact that we're ten years at best from shooting at each other in this country, the economy is doomed, and a significant portion of the other side wants every damned one of us dead or in camps.

How is that different from what the Birchers said the end state would be?

Posted by: SGT Dan's Cat at May 09, 2014 01:16 PM (jUeGo)

363 370

And here is where the "Every thing is to be blamed on the Establishment" leads you. See, the Birchers were "victims" of the Establishment.

Clearly there are those on on the Right who want to have victim and oppressor classes.

Posted by: Shoot Me at May 09, 2014 06:00 PM (EQcfE)

364 I remember when Ann Coulter was writing books about how McCarthy was a victim AND a hero. That was back when the Right was in charge and feeling good about itself. And now that the Right is out of power and feeling miserable about itself, (plus some of her fans have turned against her do to her Christie support) she's writing books about how the GOP's leadership sucks. WHAT A COINKYDINK!

By the way, the Left is using McCarthyist tactics by calling everyone racist & sexist & whatever, but that's *different* somehow! Let's waste our time rehabilitating a group of losers that the Right didn't miss anyway.

Posted by: Shoot Me at May 09, 2014 06:15 PM (EQcfE)

365 Interestingly enough, a number of my so-called progressive friends here in San Francisco are vehemently opposed to Common Core. One woman is an education activist and thinks Common Core is one of the worst ideas to hit education ever. So I don't know if this idea that it's a right-wing issue will take hold.

Posted by: debiesam at May 10, 2014 05:54 AM (fLkXA)

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