same old, same old.....I've lived through seven decades. Every one of them has seen a "new and better" education plan. Not only are curriculae scrambled, but children learn less and communities have to pay more for the new "stuff." Common Core's demands for classroom computers, tablets for students to take home to do homework, etc. will bankrupt communities and result in ever-higher taxes. The reason the computer manufacturers are enthusiasts about Common Core should be obvious.

Today's immigrants are of a much lower intelligence quotient and far less education. Their only contribution is putting more demands on our welfare system and law enforcement officers. Read this thesis: http://www.scribd.com/doc/140239668/IQ-and-Immigration-Policy-Jason-Richwine

Comments are not backed up with examples. There are no suggestions on what to do to "get people on your side." Republicans cannot stand for anything by standing for everything...that's what the dems do, and then they don't deliver, but it's too late by then. I believe it is all about smaller, more efficient, less expensive government, and unless the Republicans begin to more strongly insist on that, they are going to lost me, a 60-yrs. long Republican to the libertarians. Republicans have terrible spokespersons. They need to educate some strong, personable, charismatic spokespeople. I know the media dictate who will be permitted on air. They want weak Republicans. The R's need to stand up to this...prepare all potential speakers!

The feds do it all the time. Take off your blinders. The purpose of Common Core is to indoctrinate our children so they are full supporters of Agenda 21. The UN will then become the world's governing body. This has been subtly in effect for decades. Now the New World Order proponents are on a roll.

That they are "overpaid" does NOT apply across the board to all, however. Federal employees who retired 20 years ago, for example, did NOT earn as much as public sector employees with the same jobs, and those employees are today's retirees. To lump them in with the current employees/future retirees is misleading and unfair. George Bush gave very generous pay raises to federal workers. Those raises continue to raise their salaries to the point of excess where they are today. Please be fair to those who worked entire careers for less than public sector workers, and are now retired on not-so-generous pensions.

When Obama opens his mouth, he is lying.

Obama is out of control and he doesn't know how to respond to that because he's always believed he is in control.

Californians are the softest heads!! They keep electing the idiots who pass all these laws that create more problems, and don't deal with the real problems. I have no sympathy for any of them. They are nuts!

The assertion that Americans don't want to hear about this story is refuted by the fact that it is being FINALLY reported because of the demands by those interested. Many do not care about the fate of those in inner cities. Many do, however, as witnessed by the large numbers of volunteers and charities that try to help people in those areas. Without reporting of these gruesome stories, nothing will ever change for the better.

The reason we "must" remove religion from schools and the public square is its distraction from dependence on the state instead of God for our well-being. Christians will, according to the Progressive plan modeled after Marx, be aged out of influence, while the Progressives will control the thoughts and attitudes of the children. The new generation will easily fall into the Socialist line. Christians are a threat because they are independent thinkers thus posing a threat to the Statists.