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Barack-A-Sorros Wrote: Aug 16, 2010 3:41 AM
We do know the U.S. used to have the finest education system on the planet. That was before Liberals decided education needed reform. Now the U.S. is ranked number 17 in science, mathmatics, and geography. But our kids know how to recycle. Many inner city Liberal schools have drop out rates over 50% Liberals, the gift that keeps on hurting people.
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Bob A. Wrote: Aug 16, 2010 5:21 PM
The U.S NEVER had the finest!
Red States have the highest illiteracy rates,high school girls pregnancy rates,and divorce rates!
Yea! After the Repugnantcans saw to the outsourcing of all the corporate jobs in the inner city and the parents couldn't find work their kids had to drop out and work to help out!
Nick Stuart Wrote: Aug 16, 2010 8:38 AM
In addition to recycling, and how capitalism is destroying the planet, and we're all gonna die from global warming. Don't forget today's students also know how to roll a condom on a banana, and many interesting and intriguing uses for Saran Wrap.

One of the few bright spots in the Obama Administration has been its efforts regarding public education, an arena in which the federal government has become far too invasive. Obama and his Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, have taken on ever so slightly some of the education bureaucracy – a startling development, considering that the education unions threw $50 million or more at Obama’s campaign and those of other Democrats. Obama had made some statements about challenging the educational establishment in The Audacity of Hope, but somehow it seemed like empty campaign rhetoric. So amidst this glint of optimism, it was...

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