Is this the message Republicans were trying to send...

That's great... let's quote a terrorist and base our actions around his thoughts. The fact of the matter is that it is NOT the Democrats, NOT the Republicans, and NOT any governing body that is going to set our world straight, it is only Jesus. All the bickering, arguing and inflammatory language among us and the world is like spitting into a fan... all you get is spit on.

 

While I agree with you, it seems a little too late to claim it.

Where was all this type of talk of Jesus and the fact that BOTH parties are corrupt before the election?

I am not pointing at you, only replying since you made the statement, but I think it's funny that because the Repubicans lost, now everyone wants to say that both parties are corrupt and they voice their support for Jesus.

I suppose it's better to be late than never... The election is over... at least for two years. Wait and see what the word is when we're three months out from the next election. How many people on either side will honesty trust in the Lord to do his will, no matter who is in power?

Jamie

 

The absolute worst thing we can do is to call each other communists and fascists. That is the Rove way, and it led to the current moral cesspool in Washington.

Let's try to realize that the Republicans did not really want to lose the war; most of them honestly thought they were doing the right things. Likewise, the Democrats didn't want it to go this way, either. We're in a quagmire, with no sign of improvement. How we deal with that is a matter of opinion, but to suggest that the GOP intended it to turn out like this, or that the Democrats were pleased that we are losing, that's pure spiteful imagination.

We are Americans before we are democrats or republicans, or we should be, if we are to put the house in order.

Let's pray that Congress and President Bush remember that. Our country depends on them remembering it.

 

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Signing ceremony at Hamilton High School in Hamilton, Ohio.
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-110), commonly known as

NCLB, is a United States federal law that reauthorizes a number of federal programs that aim to improve the performance of U.S.'s primary and secondary schools by increasing the standards of accountability for states, school districts and schools, as well as providing parents more flexibility in choosing which schools their children will attend. Additionally, it promotes an increased focus on reading and re-authorizes the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA). NCLB is the latest federal legislation (another was Goals 2000) which enact the theories of standards-based education reform, formerly known as outcome-based education which is based on the belief that high expectations and setting of goals will result in success for all students.

The effectiveness and desirability of NCLB's measures continue to be a matter of vigorous controversy. On May 3, 2005, Utah governor Jon Huntsman signed a measure into state law that allows that state's districts to ignore provisions of the law that conflict with that state's programs, making it the first state to enact such a law. The Department of Education has threatened to withhold federal education funding as a result.

Background
This act is the latest of a number of federal laws implementing education reform. The previous best-known law, Goals 2000, was essentially federal codification of the principles of Outcomes-Based Education, and helped prompt many states to adopt standards based assessments such as WASL and CLAS, along with other controversial methods of teaching reading, mathematics, and science. Key to OBE was the concept taken from Total Quality Management of measuring quality and implementing processes which would result in continual improvement. One of the key architects of NCLB was Sandy Kress, who was also instrumental in the Texas version of OBE, the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills test.

The act was the result of bi-partisan cooperation between, among others, Senator Edward M. Kennedy's, and President George W. Bush's No Child Left Behind proposals [1]. Several of the proposals were based on the reform strategies instituted by President Bush during his tenure as governor of Texas. These proposals were linked to much-heralded improvements in test scores in Texas, but subsequent inquiry has revealed wide-spread test-rigging by educators and administrators [2]. For example, Houston failed to report more than half the children who should have been reported as drop-outs [3], and other schools repeatedly held back students so they would not be taking the statewide test upon which school assessments depend [4].


Bi-partisan cooperation with a lot of input from Bush.

 

The "No School Left Standing" law was not in accord with the reforms enacted while Bush was governor. In fact, they make many of the reforms in Texas illegal. Which led to the interesting question by a state Education commissioner: "Do you want us to obey the law you signed when you were governor, or the law you signed when you were president?"

The law sets a limit on how many learning-disabled children can exist in a school. If the school happens to have more than the feds think they should have, some of them have to be treated as though they had no disabilities, even if this is harmful to them and they cannot learn that way.

My particular school is a Pathfinder school which has a superb program for learning disabled students. As a result, we get more such students than most middle schools, and they are much more successful than they might otherwise be. The School Board has determined we will do the right thing for these children regardless of the consequences.

That is the right decision.

 

Its not thoughts Mr, Rhondes i have seen action coming from these people that made this threat, ok?
These people are sick of the US Army being in the middle east. So i believe we should be taken them very serouse by now, don't you? They have done showed us what they can do.
And tell me what has Mr Bush done so far, other then make them even more angry with us?
Also i believe the History has showed us it is the leader of the this county thats caused alot of problems, or do you watch tv & hear what they have been saying?

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Vera

 

Um... ok. And Josh is fine, really.

Who? I'm confused to whom you are referring. If by "these people" you mean al quaeda is tired of us being there, than I hope you're right. Astute observation.

And in my opinion, they haven't seen the half of what we can do. But my opinion is just my opinion. I'm all for getting tougher if it means getting our troops home sooner.

I'm really unsure what this means. Just a thought, read what you typed before you submit it, and make sure it says exactly what you wanted to say. I don't know what that says. I get confused by all the pronouns.

 

Jamie, While I may not have printed it here, I've been saying this all along. It seems too many people place the blame or praise of this great nation in the laps of the politicians instead of the feet of Jesus. It was just an observation and not an attack on anyone here at all. Thanks for your post.

 

The primary reason is that it really doesn't need to. The market makes it's own adjustments.

However...

I am sure the minimum wage will be increased a small amount. It's a safe political move and hardly affects anyone.

 

The market doesn't make its own adjustments when we have tens of thousands of illegal aliens pouring across our borders who are willing to work for next to nothing. Oh, but I forgot that Bush was going to put up a fence across the Mexican border. I'm sure that will take care of that problem.

 

I expect that President Bush will team up with the Democrats next year and pass an amnesty bill for illegal aliens.

It won't surprise me if President Bush finds it easier to get a lot of his agenda through the Congress with the Democrats running the place.

 

Thanks for the encouagement, but once the liberals get stem cell research and nanotechup and running, they'll find the secret of immortality and the cures for all illness. Then haaving and raising a kid won't even be considered sane behavior anymore, even as a hobby. God's turned his back on the planet and me and I don't know what to do about it either now.

 

Don't worry - none of that will happen in your lifetime. Immortality, as much as some would desire it, is unlikely to be achieved at all. More people will last longer in better shape. Children would still be desired even if it did - they are wanted beyond their connection to the future.