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Old 02-25-2012, 05:34 AM
 
Location: St. Joseph Area
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Warren is described consistently in Republican press releases as "Harvard Professor Elizabeth Warren," and on second reference, "Professor Warren." Who would have thought being a law professor at one of the most prestigious and respected institutions of higher learning in the world would be a negative?

Elizabeth Warren Shows GOP's Clumsy, Anti-Education Populism - Susan Milligan (usnews.com)

Palin: "We need a commander in chief not a professor of law standing at the lectern" | Media Matters for America
I also recall Sean Hannity citing the fact that Barack and Michelle Obama--both from not so priviledged backgrounds--getting into Ivy League Schools as evidence that neither had accomplished anything in their lives. I don't know about you, but if my kid got into Harvard, Dartmouth or Yale, I'd be pretty damn proud of my kid. But then, I'm not a far right, fox news conservative either.
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Old 02-25-2012, 09:35 AM
 
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I also recall Sean Hannity citing the fact that Barack and Michelle Obama--both from not so priviledged backgrounds--getting into Ivy League Schools as evidence that neither had accomplished anything in their lives. I don't know about you, but if my kid got into Harvard, Dartmouth or Yale, I'd be pretty damn proud of my kid. But then, I'm not a far right, fox news conservative either.
Even if he was right, and getting into Harvard was not an accomplishment, how is that in anyway shape or form negative. Oh wait, here's how

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Old 02-25-2012, 09:37 AM
 
Location: Blankity-blank!
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What do you think?

If they are not demonizing teachers, schools, or college students, they are demonizing scientific theories

books, who needs em
Excellent. Whom done need dat book lernin' anyway? Educashun shore ain't gonna help score dose thouchdowns, shot 3 pointers, or git points witt jesus.
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Old 02-25-2012, 09:59 AM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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Excellent. Whom done need dat book lernin' anyway? Educashun shore ain't gonna help score dose thouchdowns, shot 3 pointers, or git points witt jesus.
Well the current state of education is nothing to crow about.

Government documents are printed to an 8th grade reading level.
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Old 02-25-2012, 10:00 AM
 
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What do you think?

If they are not demonizing teachers, schools, or college students, they are demonizing scientific theories

books, who needs em
And while Obama is trying to get the country back on it's feet from the previous 8 nightmare years, those idiots are debating birth control
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Old 02-25-2012, 10:03 AM
 
Location: Chicagoland
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Another example of right wing hatred for education.

Nowhere in the thread did I mention funding or dept of education. The thread was about hostility towards education, educators, and students.

Thanks for proving my point.
Where is the hatred? Stating the FACT the DC schools get funding on the level with the best private schools? That the DC school system is an utter FAILURE? So...truth=hatred to you. Got it.

That's not the reality of the situation, is it? I can't think of one candidate that wants kids to fail, but I can name a few that blame the current failed system, protected by dems/left so the unions can continue to destroy the system even more than they already have.

They are ALL against CHOICE, aren't they?

Giving parents/students the CHOICE to leave horrible, failed schools is "hatred" you say?

How about injecting some more TRUTH and linking to any of the candidates saying "no to education"?
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Old 02-25-2012, 10:05 AM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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And while Obama is trying to get the country back on it's feet from the previous 8 nightmare years, those idiots are debating birth control
Nobody was complaining for those years where housing prices were going up and flipping was the easy road to riches or soaring stock prices.

Late 2007 is when the bottom fell out. Not due to Bush as policies were put in place decades before him.

But your narrow partisan viewpoint won't acknowledge that, will it ?
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Old 02-25-2012, 10:53 AM
 
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Where is the hatred? Stating the FACT the DC schools get funding on the level with the best private schools? That the DC school system is an utter FAILURE? So...truth=hatred to you. Got it.

That's not the reality of the situation, is it? I can't think of one candidate that wants kids to fail, but I can name a few that blame the current failed system, protected by dems/left so the unions can continue to destroy the system even more than they already have.

They are ALL against CHOICE, aren't they?

Giving parents/students the CHOICE to leave horrible, failed schools is "hatred" you say?

How about injecting some more TRUTH and linking to any of the candidates saying "no to education"?
Continuing to state that the thread is about school funding when the OP has stated repeatedly that is is not is an attack on logic and open mindness, which I would say are linked to education.
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Old 02-25-2012, 04:52 PM
 
Location: Foot of the Rockies
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Well the current state of education is nothing to crow about.

Government documents are printed to an 8th grade reading level.
I've seen plenty of people here on CD, especially (but not exclusively) conservatives who would have a hard time with that.
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Old 02-25-2012, 05:11 PM
 
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I've seen plenty of people here on CD, especially (but not exclusively) conservatives who would have a hard time with that.
The comments on this thread are a perfect example.

Ex. "The thread is not about unions or the federal government or funding it's about disdain for knowledge and higher education"

response

"So you think it's ok what the Department of Education is doing?"
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