He (and his school) are into robotics. is team (the school has 3) won the FL state championships which gave them a bid to the world championships - which they also won! I would say he made the right choice. IB is good for those who believe in cookie cutter 'little John Kerrys').

This is a subject VERY dear to me. Both my sons were accepted into the IB program here. Neither went. They both decided to go to a magnet school (also public) instead. The IB program was most assuredly 'one size fits all'. My youngest is a math wiz. He was ready to take precalc as a freshman in hs. The IB school said he couldn't do that - precalc was a 3d year course, so he would either have to take dipsh*t math as a time killer or no math for 2 years. Neither was acceptable. We put him in a STEM magnet program (Middleton, in Tampa). He is now going into his 3d year. As he got a 5 on the calc BC AP test, he will be taking calc 3 and 4 (vector calc and diff eq), and physics at a local community college.

Watch what you do? Don't be bad? The strip clubs on Dale Mabry are gearing up for a HUGE week!

i was attending IIT, (an engineering school about 3 miles north of U of C) when Friedman was in Chicago. I will never forget a discussion with some Northwestern students on economics. After exposing them to Friedman's views, one quipped, "What is he, a god or something". A friend of mine came back with a great line. 'I don't exactly worship the man. I am, however, very fond of the ground upon which he walks." We definitely miss you, Dr. Friedman !!!!!

I'm certainly not the only one saying this... Does ANYONE know a person who voted for McCain who will now vote for osama obama? How many people do you know who voted for osama who will NOT vote for him this time? Will the young and blacks turn out as they did in '08? I think that pretty much indicates what the results will be.

As I recall Charles Whitman (Texas Tower shooter a long time ago) was pinned down by passers-by who were carrying. So, the shooting did NOT take place in a gun free zone, but those civilians with guns greatly minimized the casualties by keeping him pinned. It still supports your argument, but get the facts right :)

the democraps took over congress in jan of 2007. keep that in mind.

There is some truth to that... however, the 'vote fever' is MUCH less now than in 2008. It doesn't matter who they like if they don't go out and actually vote.

it's no t the number of states - it's the number of electoral votes. Some states count more than others. Popular vote does not always track with electoral vote.

I don't trust the polls. I just use a little common sense. Does ANYONE know someone who voted for McCain who will no vote for osama obama? How many people do you know who voted for osama who will now either not vote or vote for Romney? I predict another carter - Reagan result.

I look at all the polls and wonder.... Has anyone considered this: Do you know (or have heard about) ANYONE who voted for McCain who will now vote for obama? (I don't) Do you know (or have heard about) ANYONE who voted for obama who will now vote for Romney? (I know lots of them). Is the 'obama voting fervor' anywhere as strong in this election as it was in 2008? (I don't think so) Summary and conclusion: obama won by 6 or 7 percent as I recall. That lead will evaporate and Romney will win. It will be another Carter-Reagan type result. Given that... do NOT assume it will be easy. Work for victory!