Category Archives: Education

100 Top-Notch Sites for Military Servicemembers

Posted on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 by Doug Marquardt

For our men and women in the military, I’ve been sent a link to an impressive page of links to government and private sites that provide info and support for veterans and active duty military, including educational opportunities. The site … Continue reading →

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Seriously? They Didn’t See This Coming?

Posted on Thursday, April 4, 2013 by Cindy Rose

What do you get when you propose bills that divert public school dollars to private religious schools? In Tennessee you get a bunch of bumpkins scrambling to find a way to keep that money from going to Islamic schools. The … Continue reading →

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The GOP Road to 2016, One Fool at a Time: Scott Walker

Posted on Wednesday, April 3, 2013 by Cindy Rose

Wisconsin’s little twerp of a Governor is writing his memoir, which is leading many to believe he”l make a bid for the GOP nomination in 2016. Not for nothin’, but if I was a Republican I’d want a Presidential candidate … Continue reading →

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Yes Folks, They Really Think Like This

Posted on Tuesday, April 2, 2013 by Cindy Rose

My Guns Are My Business… Your Prescriptions, Gotta Register Those Tennessee, one of the southern bastions of right-wing idiocy, and currently under rule by a merry band of Teapublican lunatics, is as confused about the notion of personal freedom as … Continue reading →

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America’s Visual IQ

Posted on Tuesday, March 26, 2013 by Doug Marquardt

We know that technology helps students achieve their academic goals and helps teachers to be more efficient. Half of Americans say they get their news online. Yet, when asked to identify images representing current events, the results are mixed. View … Continue reading →

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Utah’s Epic Earth Day Fail

Posted on Thursday, March 21, 2013 by Cindy Rose

What do you get when your state officials declare there is no such thing as climate change? You get “celebrations” of earth day that require kids to pay homage to Big Oil. Think Progress reports on Utah’s “state-sponsored Earth Day … Continue reading →

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Mayor Bloomberg “Just Sustaining It” Until His Term Ends

Posted on Monday, March 11, 2013 by Cindy Rose

I’m tired of Michael Bloomberg, and luckily, his run as Mayor of New York City will be over at the end of this year. I didn’t always dislike him, he’s been an effective mayor in some respects; but he seems … Continue reading →

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Headlines from “The Party of Stupid”

Posted on Wednesday, March 6, 2013 by Cindy Rose

Dear Republicans, This is what your elected officials are spending their time on: Not Understanding the Constitution… Again Just a little over a week after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit shot down Florida’s mandatory welfare drug … Continue reading →

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Mr. Obama, Tear Down the Private Profit Prisons

Posted on Sunday, February 17, 2013 by Marc Belisle

“…men who so uneasily tolerate superiors patiently suffer a master, and show themselves proud and servile at the same time.” –Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America In 2007, a teenager in a depressed county of Northeastern Pennsylvania, recently bereft of … Continue reading →

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Gerrymandering, Jury-Rigging and Judicial Rewriting Are the Wave of the Future, Conservative Soldiers!

Posted on Sunday, January 27, 2013 by Marc Belisle

Greetings and salutations, fellow captains of industry and our Republican lapdogs!  I’m wiring you this electronic mail-o-gram from the deck of my mega-yacht Duchess’ Bounty.  What wizardry is this, you may ask, that such a feat is possible from the … Continue reading →

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