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Scott1205 Wrote: Jun 21, 2012 2:18 PM
Yep, and our kids are being indoctrinated to Socialism in the schools. My wife recently decided to return to school and get her degree in educatuion, they require her to volunteer for community service in many of her classes including mathmatics courses. I ask WTH does community service have to do with learning algebra? Its difficult for her since she has conservative views and constantly has to keep silent so that she doesn't get on the bad side of her professors.

Random thoughts on the passing scene:

Many people may have voted for Barack Obama in 2008 because of his charisma. But anyone familiar with the disastrous track record of charismatic political leaders around the world in the 20th century should have run for the hills when they encountered a politician with charisma.

What is scarier than any particular political policy or issue is the widespread tendency to treat political issues as personal contests in talking points -- competitive skill in fencing with words -- rather than as serious attempts to find out what the facts are and what the options are.

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