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No. 3 Rambelles pound Zias twice

CMI staff The third-ranked Angelo State softball team more than lived up to its lofty spot in the NCAA Division II poll on Sunday. Sophomore Carly Peters homered in each game of the series and the Rambelles needed just 10 innings on Sunday to pound out 35 hits — 13 for extra bases — in […]

‘Assertive restraint’ needed to deal with Iran

The specter of a showdown with Iran over that country’s pursuit of nuclear weapons is a crisis of Iran’s own making. The nation has sought trouble, you might say, and at times is practically daring the world to do something about it. This country is too much like North Korea, and that is by no […]

Friday morning briefing: A house raising and our prehistoric history

Good morning and welcome to the Friday briefing. House help Construction skills are needed Saturday at the Habitat for Humanity work day. It’s 8 a.m. at 2100 W. Manana in Clovis. Volunteers need to help pour concrete, caulk and install floors. Lunch will be provided. Information: 359-1344. Step back in history You can learn about […]

Monday morning briefing: Help for fire victims and a slight chance of snow

Good morning and welcome to the Freedom New Mexico Monday briefing. Fire victims Donations are needed for 12 families left homeless by a recent fire at Clovis Apartments. Money is most needed and cash or checks can be mailed or dropped off at United Way of Eastern New Mexico, 1200 N. Thornton St., Suite G, […]

Thursday morning briefing: They want your blood and the grisly end of a tradition

Good morning and welcome to the Freedom New Mexico Thursday briefing. Blood needed Roll up your sleeve, there’s a blood drive from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. today in the Commons area at Clovis Community College, 417 Schepps Blvd. Information: 769-4154. Meetings watch The Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority meets at 10 a.m. today in the […]

Memorial statue commissioned from Fort Sumner sculptor

Courtesy photo Fort Sumner-based artist Mike Scovel has been commissioned to recreate a saluting boy he created for a veterans memorial in Temple, Texas, for a veterans plaza in Schertz, Texas. The original was created nine years ago with his grandson, Kolter West of Fort Sumner, serving as the model. By Kevin Wilson When Ruth […]

McGee: No shame in taking help

This is a message for the young man who came walking down the street the other day and offered to lend a hand as The Lady of the House and I were unloading a massive computer desk we bought at a yard sale. Hey amigo, thanks for offering a hand; it turns out we needed […]

Their view: No Child Left Behind Act waivers needed by states

Cynthia G. Brown, vice president for Education Policy at the Center for American Progress, offers her view regarding the president’s waivers announcement:

Their view: Bingaman says health reform much needed in state

U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman released this press release Tuesday on insurance reform law.

Hounds tie in home opener

CNJ staff The 24th-ranked Eastern New Mexico University Greyhounds needed sophomore midfielder Andy Wilkinson’s penalty kick with a little less more than three minutes left to earn a 1-1 tie Tuesday with Lubbock Christian at ENMU Soccer Field. The teams played two 10-minute overtimes. It was the home opener for the Hounds (2-0-1). Adam Goodnight […]

Businesses participating in school supplies drive

PNT staff A school supply drive will be held 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Aug. 8 to 12 at various Portales businesses, which currently include the Coffee Depot and will soon include Emmanuel Baptist Church and Victory Life Cafe. Families in need of school supplies can pick them up at the First Spanish Baptist […]

Clovis fireworks show funded

Freedom New Mexico The money needed for the annual Smoke on the Water Fireworks display was raised in full Friday. Clovis-Curry Chamber of Commerce Events Coordinator Lauren Tillman said Clovis Family Healthcare offered up the remaining $3,500 needed to reach the $25,000 goal on Friday. Tillman said 150 people, businesses and organizations donated to the […]

Thursday morning briefing: Mentors needed, loans and Sonny without Cher

Good morning and welcome to the Freedom New Mexico Thursday briefing. Mentors needed United Way of Eastern New Mexico is seeking 1,000 men and women in Curry and Roosevelt counties to be literacy volunteers in area schools. The volunteers will serve as mentors to help kids become better readers. Here’s a link with more info: […]

Their view: U.S. military force in Libya not needed

New Mexico Sen. Tom Udall says the U.S. is headed down a “slippery path” towards escalation of military force.

Parental guidance always needed

I’ve always believed, and still do, that it is the task of the grownup to monitor what children watch, or do not watch, and that censorship should play a minimal role. For example, a few years ago, when Jason inadvertantly tuned in to “South Park,” and wanted to watch the “cute little cartoon people,” I […]

Their view: Reforms needed to spur state’s economic growth

Vic Bruno is treasurer and a board member of New Mexico’s Rio Grande Foundation, which promotes limited government, economic freedom and individual responsibility. He says the foundation has several ideas on how to spur economic growth in New Mexico. There has been a lot of discussion in New Mexico of ways to jump-start our struggling […]

In search of ponies: Mother hen not needed

By Sharna Johnson: Freedom New Mexico For the record, I wasn’t serious when I said I was contemplating chicken ownership. Yet somehow, a couple months later, I am the proud owner of two hens. “Somehow” may not be the most appropriate word, because I know how it happened. They were in jeopardy of being homeless […]

Food at the speed of life: Taco soup works when in a pinch

When my Saturday went a little haywire, I needed quick food. Taco soup was my solution. I’ve modified a recipe from my aunt JoNell to suit my own tastes and schedule. You dump ingredients out of cans into the same pot, it tastes good and it’s low-fat. Taco soup • 2 medium cans diced tomatoes […]

My turn: Taco soup quick fix

When my Saturday went a little haywire, I needed quick food. Taco Soup was my solution. I’ve modified a recipe from my aunt JoNell to suit my own tastes and schedule. You dump ingredients out of cans into the same pot, it tastes good and it’s low-fat. Taco Soup 2 medium cans diced tomatoes with […]

Their view: Film industry needed for state’s growth

Film industry needed for state’s growth Responding to the governor’s state of the state address, Executive Director of the Motion Picture Association of New Mexico, Eric Witt, said: “We strongly disagree with Gov. Susana Martinez’ stance on the future of New Mexico’s film industry. The film industry is the state’s most successful growth sector and […]


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Tailgates at farmer’s disposal

Our regular goin’-to-the-pasture rig, a one-ton 4-wheel drive ‘97 GMC diesel with 256,439 miles, was in the shop. So we brought out the ol’ standby; a 1969 Ford F-250; 4-speed with split rims and a manual choke. It has a B&W turnover gooseneck ball made during the Civil War, I think. My son hooked up […]

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Sallie Howson

Kind Of Death - Poem by Sallie Howson

This is no
Sweet “carried off by angels”
At the age of 90
Kind of death.
“go gently into that goodnight”
at the age of 70
Kind of death.
This is
A fight to the bitter end,
Struggling for breathe
Kind of death.
Young wife screaming in the corridor,
Mother’s tears washing my face,
No damn joking,
Cancer choking
Unfair death at 30
Kind of death.

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  • Rookie - 34 Points Naseer Ahmed Nasir (3/21/2009 3:34:00 AM)

    A heart felt poem. ' Kind of Death ' a great tragedy of life. (Report) Reply

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  • Rookie Chukuemeka Akpe (12/4/2008 4:14:00 AM)

    Poignant. I could feel the emotions released into the writing of this poem.
    I witness a 'Kind of Death' of a 15yr old - it inspired my first poem, August 24. (Report) Reply

  • Rookie Kimberly Wells (11/14/2007 10:34:00 AM)

    I want you to know, your poem hit me hard. I lost mmy husband 5 months ago to cancer, lung cancer, at 35, you were so right. He struggeled for that last breath, and me in the corridor. It was like you were telling my story.... (Report) Reply

  • Rookie - 0 Points Poison 9901 (9/1/2007 10:41:00 AM)

    Very nice, This is the flip side of life and death. The bad side.
    Very powerful piece and full of emotions. No one likes to write
    about this side fight to survive. Thanks for shareing this piece
    'Keep on inking the Pages'
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Death Panels Just Won’t Die

Since this continues to be the number one searched post of Sparky’s Policy Pub, the timing seemed right for reposting (originally posted on 11/23/12).

I thought this would be a fitting topic for Black Friday. This post was inspired by a conversation I had yesterday with several of my Medicare-eligible family members who are adamant in their conviction that President Obama’s election victory meant the wonderful dinner we enjoyed would most likely be our last Thanksgiving together.  Of course I’m just using hyperbole, right?  Not as much as you might imagine.

Actually, it wasn’t much of a conversation at all.  As the lone Democrat among a group of 12 that feel I am just an unfortunately misguided soul being controlled by the Dark Side, I really do more listening.  And I watch, carefully – for any hidden cues they might send to one another signaling a political intervention that I am sure would include some form of immersion.  But I digress.

At issue here is these intelligent, caring and concerned retirees harbor a genuine fear and loathing of the Affordable Care Act – in ways that I frankly believe are just not supported by reality.  But why? The specific case in point is the promulgation of a piece being circulated around the Internet (enough said?) that apparently is encouraging seniors who may be contemplating knee replacement to have that surgery done soon because the procedure won’t be available in the near future due to rationing under Obamacare.

Now, someone with a working knowledge of healthcare would look at such a story and immediately question what on earth is that all about.  Are the surgeons going on strike? Have hospitals and outpatient surgery centers determined the procedure is too risky? Have the part replacement manufacturers run out of titanium? I wanted to find out for myself, so I went to Google and searched for the news items in question.

And this is what I learned: this is a poignant example on how easy it is to start with a factual piece of evidence-based journalism from a well respected source and pervert it into fodder for conspiracy theorists and those hell bent on advancing a political agenda at the expense of innocent seniors.  It also highlights the incredibly challenging task before us to educate the public on ACA implementation: the easy and the tough – and the realities that future demand on our healthcare system will bring about irrespective of public policy.

In the September 26, 2012 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association can be found the article, Increasing Use of Total Knee Replacement and Revision Surgery.  The article examines the increase in TKR surgeries (having grown from 93 thousand procedures in 1991 to 226 thousand procedures in 2010).  It discusses several of the key drivers of the increase: e.g., the aging population, knee stress caused by  a growing incidence of obesity, seniors’ desire to lead a more active lifestyle.  It also addresses the rate of hospital readmission after TKR, increase in infection cases for revision cases and shifts in post-discharge care settings.

What the AMJA article doesn’t talk about is care rationing or death panels.

From this journal article, however, the Breitbart News Network’s Dr. Susan Berry created (and I do mean, “created”) a September 29th, 2012 story (note – this was before the election) entitled, Study: Obamacare May Make Knee Replacements Less Available to Seniors.  In that article she referenced the JAMA study above and combined it with a quote from a Wall Street Journal article regarding the same research, entitled, Rise in Knee Replacements Boosts Federal Health Cost

In the WSJ article, Dr. Peter Cram, the lead JAMA article contributor and a health-policy researcher and internist at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, is quoted as saying, "Ultimately there’s going to be [only] some number of these we can afford," The article also attributes the observation to Dr. Cram that, “how to limit the procedure or who should get it will be a ‘really contentious debate,’ ."

Dr. Cram makes a very reasonable point that is certainly worthy of discussion and debate – and has been for a long time before the Affordable Care Act among those who understand demographics and the reality of limited resources.  He doesn’t even intimate, however, what might be the long-term result of that debate.  But from that quote, Dr. Berry made the incredulous leap that such an observation is supportive of the nefarious motivation behind the ACA’s Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) and the completely fabricated notion that the IPAB will be in charge of rationing care.

From Dr. Berry’s article:
Studies of this nature will likely be used to support the “necessity” of the ObamaCare Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), the group of unelected officials who will be responsible for handing down the “rules” to physicians about who gets the knee surgery and who does not. The IPAB will, indeed, be in charge of “rationing” knee replacement surgery and other treatments and procedures, as well.

Apparently Dr. Berry has not read the Affordable Care Act.  I did.  The IPAB was created by the ACA under Sections 3403 and 10320 and is to be comprised of 15 full-time members.  Of the 15, the President is required to solicit suggestions from Congress on 12.  All members have to be confirmed by the Senate and may not hold any other employment.  Each member will serve a term of six years, and only a minority of the 15 may be health care providers.

Beginning in 2015, if the projected rate of increase in Medicare spending (as determined by the Chief Actuary of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) is above specific targets, then at the beginning of the year the IPAB will make binding recommendations to Congress on how to reduce spending.  If Congress does not agree with those recommendations, it must pass alternative cuts – of the same size – by August of that year.  A supermajority of the Senate (at least two-thirds of those present) can also amend the IPAB recommendations.  If Congress does nothing (its stasis), then the Secretary of Health and Human Services will implement the IPAB’s recommended cuts.

The ACA statutorily prohibits rationing.  Here is directly from ACA, Sec. 3403:
The [IPAB proposal] shall not include any recommendation to ration health care, raise revenues or Medicare beneficiary premiums . . .increase Medicare beneficiary cost sharing . . . or otherwise restrict benefits or modify eligibility criteria.

Now, in the interest of fairness and equal coverage, there have been some good arguments advanced (not by Dr. Berry) that the IPAB’s functioning could lead to indirect rationing by restricting the amount of funding available to Medicare providers – and thus, access to the services and care they provide.  But in lieu of the dramatic increase in demand for those services due to demographics, is it really the IPAB that should be of primary concern?

The real story here is another example where medical technology has created demand for a procedure that wasn’t imaginable when Medicare was started back in 1965.  It’s a wonderfully successful procedure that has made a dramatic difference in the lives of many.  But it’s not free to provide.  And as we continue to run headlong toward the fiscal cliff, it is becoming increasingly obvious that we are not a nation of unlimited resources.  The IPAB was created out of an earnest attempt to recognize that reality and remove the responsibility of addressing it from elected officials.

When there is significantly greater demand than the supply can meet, there will be rationing – the only issue to debate is who does the rationing, and how.  But recognizing that someday not everyone may be able to have on-demand knee replacement surgery fully covered by Medicare is a far cry from all of the misguided rhetoric surrounding the IPAB and its fallacious association with death panels.

The ACA’s creation of the IPAB does not mandate rationing.  It mandates that we recognize in order to control the growth in Medicare expenditures we will be forced to address certain economic realities.  I believe that was the point Dr. Cram was making, which Dr. Berry took out of context to create a story that then got bastardized into another Internet myth.  Unfortunately,  those myths really scare good people that are trying to understand what is ahead of them – and how to be the best advocates for their own healthcare.  That a physician would play a role in undermining that effort just to score some points on a news site with a particular political bent I find very sad.

But what do you think?

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Thursday, June 16, 2011

Playing with New BM Plates

Today I have a post I forgot to publish last week! It's a mani refresh with one of my new BM plates. I wanted to add a little something to Color Club's Pucci-licious to freshen it up a bit, but not too much because I would be taking it off the next day.

I decided to add the chain link fence/fishnet pattern from BM 209 to random nails.

Above is my rarely shown right hand with pink and middle finger stamped. And below is my left hand with my pinky and index finger stamped. I used a Sally Hansen purple chrome.

I am really loving the new BM plates, the intricacy of the images and overall quality are really impressive. And that issue I had written about before (defective image in one of my plates) was resolved, no questions asked, they sent me a brand new plate right away! I hope they come out with another collection soon :)

  1. hi there! i came to your blog because you entered my giveaway! (dutifully checking entries, you know.)
    and when i noticed you are from canada i had to follow you, too :)

    i'm going to be in toronto in august. where should i go to find some good polish deals? haha!

  2. Sally Hansen Chromes WIN!
    Digging the purple grapey-licious manicure. I am also impressed with the new BM plates1 So much fun still to be had.

  3. rebecca - Thanks for following, I'm glad you like my blog :) Where in Toronto will you be? Email me and I will get back to you with some pleases to check out :)

    JQ - Thanks a lot! I agree so much more fun to be had ;)

Don't be shy, I love reading your comments and feedback :)


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NPR Goes All Alinsky On Tea Partiers

Ridicule of Americans who participated in Tea Party rallies is not just for MSNBC and CNN anymore. National Public Radio (NPR) has gone all Alinksy on Tea Partiers, and your tax dollars are helping to pick up the tab.

A prime example of radical socialist Saul Alinksy’s Rule #5 (Ridicule) is featured prominently on NPR’s website — in the form of a flash animation titled “Learn To Speak Tea Bag” — which ridicules tea partiers, pro-lifers, opponents of the Democrat Party’s health care reform, and more specifically, three Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives (John Boehner, Eric Cantor and Michele Bachmann).

NPR, more than any other network, best fits Rush Limbaugh’s description of “state-run” media. Although its supporters are quick to point out that only a small percentage of NPR’s funding comes from taxpayerss, that still amounts to millions of your tax dollars every year.

National Public Radio has long been a hotbed of liberal bias, but it has become more radically leftist in recent years. The implementation of Alinskyite tactics by NPR is just the latest controversy to boil around the controversial network. Just last month, NPR brass put pressure on its chief political correspondent, Mara Liasson, in an effort to discourage her from appearing so frequently on FOX News as a contributor. What is the pubic radio executives’ problem with Liasson’s participation on FNC’s “Special Report” and other programs? The people who run NPR are so far out there in left field that they perceive FOX to be too politically biased. Pot, meet kettle.

The Bottom Line: NPR is using taxpayer money to call those who have participated in Tea party events and their supporters idiots. With the liberal Democrats in Congress in charge of NPR’s purse strings, those who make NPR’s decisions have calculated that they can get away with it scot-free.

- JP

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May 1st, 2008
02:30 PM ET
3 years ago

Poll: Bush most unpopular in modern history

New poll numbers show bad news for president Bush.
New poll numbers show bad news for president Bush.

WASHINGTON (CNN) - A new poll suggests that George W. Bush is the most unpopular president in modern American history.

A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Thursday indicates that 71 percent of the American public disapprove of how Bush his handling his job as president.

"No president has ever had a higher disapproval rating in any CNN or Gallup poll; in fact, this is the first time that any president's disapproval rating has cracked the 70 percent mark," said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.

"Bush's approval rating, which stands at 28 percent in our new poll, remains better than the all-time lows set by Harry Truman and Richard Nixon (22 percent and 24 percent, respectively) but even those two presidents never got a disapproval rating in the 70s," Holland added. "The previous all-time record in CNN or Gallup polling was set by Truman, 66 percent disapproval in January 1952."

CNN Senior Political Analyst Bill Schneider adds, "He is more unpopular than Richard Nixon was just before he resigned from the presidency in August 1974." President Nixon's disapproval rating in August 1974 stood at 67 percent.

The poll also indicates that support for the war in Iraq has never been lower. Thirty percent of those questioned favored the war while 68 percent opposed the conflict.

"Americans are growing more pessimistic about the war," Holland said. "In January, nearly half believed that things were going well for the U.S. in Iraq; now that figure has dropped to 39 percent."

The numbers on the Iraq war come on the five-year anniversary of President Bush's "mission accomplished" moment onboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, when Bush proclaimed that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended."

The record low support for the war in a CNN poll could be one reason behind the president's unpopularity, but it probably is not the only one.

"Support for the war, the assessment of the economy and approval of Mr. Bush are all about the same - bad," Schneider said.

The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll was conducted by telephone from Monday through Wednesday, with 1,008 adult Americans questioned. The poll's sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage points.

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  1. LA Ben

    This obviously comes as no surprise. The stolen election, the war on terror, our failed economy, our nation's tarnished image – the list goes on and on.

    It's time for a new chapter; a new day. Come November, American politics will never be the same. Under the steady hand of Barack Obama, our government will run as the constitution intended – by the people, for the people.

    May 1, 2008 01:21 pm at 1:21 pm |
  2. Tugman

    S Mick, I beleive most peopel think Bush is a buffon because he acts like one. He proves the media right every time he opens his mouth.

    May 1, 2008 01:21 pm at 1:21 pm |
  3. Peg Robson

    That bit of news certainly wasn't unexpected. This county is in horrible shape under his so-called leadership. But he is the one who wanted war, gas prices have gotten to the point that getting to work and to the grocery store is a struggle. He is so out of touch with the everyday people, and too busy with his own personal agenda. His term can't come to an end fast enough.

    May 1, 2008 01:21 pm at 1:21 pm |
  4. Erik S.

    You know, I really don't think he cares, being the president means doing a job, not trying to make everyone like you and you accomplish nothing. And in MODERN history, I highly doubt it, I mean, how long has freakin' CNN even been around? Nothing is going to hide the fact that even though Bush is unpopular the republicans still have a chance to take the house because the Democrats are incompetent.

    You guys keep on pushing for Hillary to win and see what you get. And If I am not mistaken, the democrat led congress is being polled as the worst of ALL TIME.

    May 1, 2008 01:21 pm at 1:21 pm |
  5. Brian Michaels

    Any chance ole 'Shrub will resign in the heat of his unpopularity, with Cheney in tow?

    May 1, 2008 01:21 pm at 1:21 pm |
  6. Wouk

    What a real head-scratcher this makes! If Bush and his policies are so disliked, how can the same American public give the support to Republican nominee-apparent, John McCain, that they have? McCain is Bush-lite and supports the policies of the Bush Administration-the war, the economic policies, approval of certain speciailized interrogations (read "torture"), etc., etc.

    May 1, 2008 01:22 pm at 1:22 pm |
  7. Griff

    May 1, 2008 01:22 pm at 1:22 pm |
  8. Dave in Houston

    That unpopularity is certainly warranted. G. W. Bush is by far the worst president in the history of the republic. There have been others who have been corrupt (Harding), incompetent and ineffective (Carter, H. W. Bush), but none have damaged this country, our international reputation, our economy, the workings of the government, and our Constitution than Dubya.

    I wonder how many future presidents it will take to get us back to the stature we had under Bill Clinton.

    May 1, 2008 01:22 pm at 1:22 pm |
  9. Woody

    This all a game of statistics. You can make statistics show anything you want. Well, at least 58% of the time you can.

    May 1, 2008 01:22 pm at 1:22 pm |
  10. Chris, Middletown, CT

    and yet....he wasn't well Clinton for perjury....(which – regardless of why he did it....he did....and perjury is a crime that you can be tossed in jail for.....good thing the party came to his defense....

    May 1, 2008 01:22 pm at 1:22 pm |
  11. Danielle

    The job was just over his head. He was lucky enough to have Karl Rove sell him to America and it worked. People were stupid enough to vote for this man against their economic interest, just because he seemed as if he could have a beer with them. Well, now this man can't have a beer anywhere except the confines of his ranch. Nobody wants to go anywhere near him.

    I voted for Gore and Kerry, at least we'd still have good standing in the world and at home.

    Bush is a nutcase and that was exemplified by his dancing on the steps of the White House while soldiers are dying in Iraq. Fifty soldiers died last month. What is Bush doing? Planning a wedding for his stupid daughter. The man's an idiot and I'm glad he history will get it right.

    May 1, 2008 01:22 pm at 1:22 pm |
  12. Dixon, Des Moines Iowa

    It will go to higher negative after we learn all the illegal and unethical things he has done. I am sure there is a lot to discover after he is out of office. Eight years of his presidecy while the republicans did zero oversite I am sure we will find more. It seems worse than Nixon/Agnew team.

    May 1, 2008 01:22 pm at 1:22 pm |
  13. Brian Michaels

    Thanks for the "unfiltered" moderation, CNN!

    May 1, 2008 01:22 pm at 1:22 pm |
  14. Max Power

    Heckuva job, Dubya!

    May 1, 2008 01:22 pm at 1:22 pm |
  15. Bud Curtis

    President Bush has done more to harm this country, particularly in the area of diminished liberty and freedom for every American, than anyone ever elected as President. But wait a minute, the Republicans in congress aided and abetted this man on every issue and at every turn. They supported him because he was the Republican candidate and ignored their responsibility to be elected representative of the people.

    In that respect, I almost wish that those who voted for Bush had to live with him as President for another four years. Then, it might be another 50 years before another Republican would be elected to that office.

    Bud Curtis
    Miami, OK

    May 1, 2008 01:22 pm at 1:22 pm |
  16. Divine inspired race

    Hillary=Bush=popularity rating=0

    May 1, 2008 01:22 pm at 1:22 pm |
  17. BenInOhio

    This should come as no surprise to anyone. And I'm quite sure before his term ends, his approval rating will dip even lower as his disapproval ratings climbs higher....and higher.

    May 1, 2008 01:22 pm at 1:22 pm |
  18. rwareham

    "Liars can figure and figures can lie." A quote from a former professor. Although Wright is a bit wacky, these are the type of things he is complaining about. We all hear Bush's approval numbers are low. Why are there no articles showing readers, that Congress' approval numbers are very much lower than President Bush's. Hense, back to the quote.

    May 1, 2008 01:22 pm at 1:22 pm |
  19. katy

    glad to see the rest of the country is paying attention instead of voting along Party lines

    May 1, 2008 01:23 pm at 1:23 pm |
  20. MrManhattan

    What I can't believe is that there's still 28% who approve!

    I guess there are at least three red states left: Denial, Intoxication, and Insanity.

    May 1, 2008 01:23 pm at 1:23 pm |
  21. Rob

    Watch Rush and the rest of the shock talk zombies twist this new poll to mean that Bush has excelled at something like no other president in history.

    May 1, 2008 01:23 pm at 1:23 pm |
  22. Only in America

    Slick Clinton made all his decisions based on polls so he could always be on the popular "side" of the public, hits on interns while president, has a sexual relationship with one in OUR Oval office, gets impeached for perjury and other crimes, does nothing to fight terrorism in 8 years in office which helped lead to what happened on 9/11, is a pathological liar proven many times over, and HE leaves office with high approval ratings. Now he makes tens of millions giving the same stupid speech over and over and over. Go figger.

    Bush has tried to prevent another 9/11 and, regardless of his poll numbers which he doesn't care about, is determined to keep our country safe while he is in charge. For good or bad regarding his policies, he is dogged in his efforts, and should be commended.

    Wow, a Bush supporter out here. Whowoudlthunkit? Okay, Libs and Duhmocrats, fire away with your "Bush lied, people died." BS.

    May 1, 2008 01:23 pm at 1:23 pm |
  23. Dale Wise

    Number of Delegates:
    Indiana: 72
    North Carolina 115

    Don't be fooled. North Carolina is the big prize, not Indiana. If Hillary can't 'close the deal' and win North Carolina, then this race is over – despite what the media and the Clinton campaign portray.

    May 1, 2008 01:23 pm at 1:23 pm |
  24. Steve, New York, New York

    Wow – any surprise? The Iraq war was the biggest screw-up. He and Cheney convinced illiterate simpletons that the war was a good idea – and that had racist overtones (well, some Arabs attacked us on 9/11, so we're going to attack some other Arabs that had nothing to do with it, but we have to get back at Arabs).

    I blame, not Bush, but Cheney and the neo-cons for creating this disaster. Hey Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Feith, Perl – you "arrogant, hate-mongers" have been awfully quiet lately. What's wrong?

    May 1, 2008 01:23 pm at 1:23 pm |
  25. Ray from CA

    -rolls on floor- LMFAO!

    May 1, 2008 01:23 pm at 1:23 pm |
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September 14th, 2008
10:25 AM ET
7 years ago

Palin tweaks stump speech for different audiences

Palin recently returned to the campaign trail after a visit back to Alaska.
Palin recently returned to the campaign trail after a visit back to Alaska.

CARSON CITY, Nevada (CNN) - Sarah Palin's reputation for rarely deviating from a scripted stump speech as she travels from city to city is not entirely accurate.

She’s open to changing a few lines here and there - depending on the audience.

Consider her speech Saturday in Nevada, site of the proposed Yucca Mountain Repository, a controversial project that would store radioactive waste in Nevadans’ backyard. At nearly every campaign stop over the last two weeks, Palin has touted McCain’s plan to expand nuclear energy, including storage and reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel.

“In a McCain-Palin administration, we’re going to expand nuclear energy, expand our use of alternative fuels, and drill now to make this nation energy independent,” she said to cheers last week in Lee’s Summit, Missouri.

But in Carson City, where the Yucca issue hits closer to home, that remark about expanding nuclear energy disappeared.

Palin also gave a pair of modified stump speeches during her recent Welcome Home tour through Alaska that failed to mention the notorious Gravina Island Bridge, subject of her usual applause line on the campaign trail that “I told the Congress ‘thanks but no thanks’ for that Bridge to Nowhere."

The Alaska governor routinely cites her opposition to the bridge on the trail to reinforce her reformer reputation, but fact-check groups and the Obama campaign have noted out that Palin supported building the bridge before she came out against it.

Earlier: Palin stays firm on Bridge to Nowhere claim; Obama camp calls bridge claim a 'lie'

At rallies last week in Fairbanks and Anchorage, where Palin's original position in favor of the bridge is well-known, her “thanks but no thanks” was left behind in the Lower 48.

Filed under: Sarah Palin
soundoff (665 Responses)
  1. Gracias

    I FIND it very insulting that both McCain and Paliin would even suggest the American people are buying into this whole BS yet again.

    I mean we ALL know what "tweaking" means. It simply means "we're going to revamp the old LIES into NEW LIES" so that we can play the American voters as STUPID all over again!!

    I mean it's really astonishing that both John McCain and Sarah Palin seem to be hell bent on disgracing this country that we LOVE AND HONOR with these type of SLEAZY and CORRUPT gutter tactics.

    I mean WHERE are their solutions facing millions of families in this country/ WHAT happen to "Country First"?

    It appears that VOTERS are starting to see the TRUE COLORS of the McCain-Palin camp. The more they spew lies after lies and NO answers to healthcare, mortgage crisis, employment decline, GAS prices and on HOW to end the IRAQ WAR!!!

    ALL John McCain and Sarah Palin seem to talk about is SENDING US INTO ANOTHER WAR WITH EITHER PAKISTAN OR RUSSIA or BOTH!!! They SCARE the living B-Jesus out of me and my whole family. A bunch of Presidential terrorists, is what these two fools are!! They want to HOLD THE AMERICAN VOTERS HOSTAGE like a bunch of "cattle with NO brains" with their LIES AND SLEAZY DISTORTIONS!!

    If you Republicans are truly this STUPID in buying John and Sarah's BRIDGE TO NOWHERE, then may God have mercy on your soul, because in 4 years, you'll be sitting right here in this very same blog doing nothing but COMPLAINING and BLAMING everyone else but YOUR IGNORANT SELVES!!!

    September 14, 2008 11:41 am at 11:41 am |
  2. John Stevens

    What ! $68,000 as mayor of a town of less than 7000. What a job – here can I sign up ? Perhaps this fact should be in the public view !!!!

    September 14, 2008 11:41 am at 11:41 am |
  3. PB

    To Tim,
    How is she a role model and a uniter? Who has she united? The people in Wasilla? What has she done to prepare her for this position? Lies about her role as the objector for the "Bridge to Nowhere?" Trooper Gate?
    Hiring a lobbyist for $$$ for pet projects in Alaska. The torturing of animals in Alaska. Some role model!!! Going to 5 colleges to get a degree should wave a red flag. Hockey moms are not qualified for the highest office in the land. We would be the laughing stock in the world!!

    September 14, 2008 11:41 am at 11:41 am |
  4. Reese of NC

    Repeating her stump speech is not the problem. All of them do that. Repeating the lies is. STOP the LIES.
    Vote Obama/Biden!!!!!!

    September 14, 2008 11:41 am at 11:41 am |
  5. Susan from Scotts Valley, CA

    Amazing! She's hiding their plan from the people in Nevada to trick them to vote for her. And not saying something in Alaska because Alaskans KNOW it's not true. Got to give her credit. She's a gifted liar.

    Don't fall for it again, people. We can't afford four more years of this.

    September 14, 2008 11:42 am at 11:42 am |
  6. mary

    She was for the bridge until it was killed, at which point she no longer supported a dead project, but just kept the funding. She and McCain attack earmarks, but the earmarks she has requested as governor are "different" than those requested by other states. Every state thinks its earmarks are legitimate. Earmarks are a pittance of the federal budget. If this is the only way they will bring about "change" that is a real joke.

    She can't speak intelligently about any issues facing the country–McCain isn't much better. I fear that McCain-Palin will be even worse for the country than Bush-Cheney have been.

    September 14, 2008 11:42 am at 11:42 am |
  7. If you like McCain-Palin, you must love being lied to

    Time to rework those lies for a new crowd, ehh Sarah?

    September 14, 2008 11:42 am at 11:42 am |
  8. sue calgary

    And this is CHANGE?! No, I'll tell you what this is, it's DECEIT. Don't be fooled Americans, vote for change you can believe in!!!

    September 14, 2008 11:42 am at 11:42 am |
  9. We the people...

    Have we all gone mad? You cannot even compare the brilliance of Obama with her!!! Yes, there were other presidents who had limited experience like Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln... but the difference is that they along with Obama were brilliant leaders who represented all of the people! You could see that even with the prepping for her interview with Charles Gibson, she sounded like she was interviewing for a beauty contest. We complain and scream bloody murder about Bush's tactics, but then replace another set just like the one that is in now. McCain turned out to be an immoral, out of touch with people's problems, very old candidate who has no honor or shame in how he is running his campaign. If you cannot see that he is NOT talking about the issues but is smearing lies, then we are in serious trouble!

    September 14, 2008 11:42 am at 11:42 am |
  10. leigh

    How do you tweak lies?
    Thanks but no thanks- I'll stick with Obama Biden 08!

    September 14, 2008 11:42 am at 11:42 am |
  11. Sun-angel

    Thank you Lord, thank you she stop saying "thanks, but no thanks!" The world is sick and tired of heairng this lady saying the same lines OVER and OVER again.

    Start comparing this woman with the greatest women leaders in the world......she can not stand next to them. She's so childish, she's only glitter and glamour....thinks running for vice president is a beauty contest........What ever people say about her.....the sexist card is being use. While she YES, is entitled to mock everybody......Who does she tink she is. When she opens her mount you don't hear or notice no intellectually signs coming out her mounth, sorry!Screaming, yelling some rehearsal lines like she is competing in a beauty contest. No substance is comming out her mounth..... and just repeating what she is being told . You can hear it from her speeches because she keeps repeating them over and over again because she can't say anything else.

    Alaska people has no other option than support her because if they don't her sect will go after them and reprisal will be taken against them. And this same style McCain campaign want to enfource on the American people. Fear factor!!!

    Every time someone says something about her, the "Sexist, disrespectful, protect her reputation" card is being use. Hey , this is a political battlefield. If she can take it, send her back home with her 5 children. She wants to be tough? She wants to be use by McCain? Be real!!

    When she has to negotiate with Putin or Osama Binladen, when they kind start attacking her, are they going to use the sexist and pityful ads too? Be real people!

    Some applauded her because she said during her interview she didn't hestitate when Mccain had asked her to run with him as vice president. Well sorry....... such a big decision?! Every responsible person, manager, leader will or should analyse and think first about this before taking any step. Like that she is going to react when it come to foreign policy, don't hestitate, lets go to War??? Narrow minded!

    You can see that the American people starts to think clearly again. The polls are showing this. God! spare the world of the McCain/Palin ticket, it will be back again in the 19 centuries..WAR WAR WAR WAR, curfew, curfew. People dying every where and Mother like me putting their sons to die in War for McCain/ Palin sake!!

    Poor getting poorer
    Rich getting richer

    God, do not only spare the American nation but spare the whole world from this War mongers and crazy people! McCain & Palin

    September 14, 2008 11:43 am at 11:43 am |
  12. Tired of the half truths

    Each candidate should have to swear " I promise to tell the truth, THE WHOLE TRUTH" Are the American people really looking at both parties and seeing what is being said? I have heard news agencies say they use TRUTH.ORG to get the "real" answers. Also at what point did it become acceptable to use a "HALF TRUTH"? Sad.. It is just all so sad....

    September 14, 2008 11:43 am at 11:43 am |
  13. sandy

    The leaders of China,Russia,Venezuela etc must be sitting back and getting a real laugh at our campaign for selecting our President. With all the horrors, hunger,wars,job losses (I can go on and on) in this world, the McCain camp chooses to talk about "lipstick on a pig". I can also see them discussing how the women of this country will pick a leader simply because she is a woman. Well, not this woman. I have more brains than that and I should think all other women in this country would consider more than just her gender. I would love nothing more than to have a woman President or Vice President, but it has to be the right woman and she has to be selected for the right reasons. This is not the right woman and she was definately not selected to run with McCain for the right reasons. We no longer have the respect of other countries due to the Bush years, now we are the laughing stock of other countries as well. Where in the name of God have these politicians taken this country????

    September 14, 2008 11:44 am at 11:44 am |
  14. ncharge

    Believe me when I say, the republican party is not stupid and if they win Palin will not be able to make another speech and they will shut her down. She is just a poster child for them and she is enjoying the ride. What a disgrace to all the true intelligent woman who sit in position of status. How in the World was this chick voted into anything.

    September 14, 2008 11:44 am at 11:44 am |
  15. steve

    This woman scares me. But the people salivating over the opportunity to vote for an abrasive, argumentative, gun-toting, flip-flopping, lying through her teeth wacko scare me even more.

    September 14, 2008 11:44 am at 11:44 am |
  16. Ralph G

    Sarah Palin recites a speech very well. The American people need to know more about this politician. The time is now for due diligence.

    September 14, 2008 11:44 am at 11:44 am |
  17. Paula Lacey

    The economy is getting worse. Las Vegas is about to close down. God is sending hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, fires, train wrecks, earthquakes to punish the city of Sodom and Gomorah for the Republican lies that tore up the city of Iraq. Now, we are getting torn up. No Way, No How, No McCain.

    September 14, 2008 11:44 am at 11:44 am |
  18. Tim, Cincinnati, OH

    Modifying your speech for the audience is a standard practice on the campaign trail. What's your point? Why are you picking on Sarah?

    September 14, 2008 11:44 am at 11:44 am |
  19. MD

    Sarah Palin will do or say anything to get elected. Say, lies..Do, ditch family to campaign. I am a woman who is highly annoyed with the fact she so easily made the choice to run at this time in her life. Yes, women are fully capable of being VP. But, there is a time when the decisions we make to have a family should come first. Hillary didn't make the choice to run for high office when she had a young child by the way.

    Female voter

    September 14, 2008 11:44 am at 11:44 am |
  20. 23, Ca Dem

    She can tweak it all she wants, and put lipstick on it too, but the fact still remains she's a fraud and a liar I get the feeling she just can not stop lying.

    Obama/Biden 08

    September 14, 2008 11:45 am at 11:45 am |
  21. Cheney Paleny

    She does indeeed pander to the particular crowd. A McBush trait.
    This morning Newt Gingerich attacked the media saying that by questioning Palin religious background, the media were attacking Christians. Not true. I am a Christian from a Pentacostal Church. When A person may become the leader of the free world. And they come from a Church that Preaches that critics of Bush are going to Hell.
    Jews are the cause of Terrorism. The Iraq war is God's plan. And the world will soon be destroyed but God will spare Alaska as a Divine refuge for Real Christians. These are world views that the public has a right to know. And, did I hear Newt defending Obama when he was being castigated by the Republicans for having a controversial Pastor?
    Didn't think so. Hipocrites !

    September 14, 2008 11:45 am at 11:45 am |
  22. Vic

    This womain is a lying wacko. What does that say about John McCain?

    Registered republican voting for Obama/Biden 08

    September 14, 2008 11:45 am at 11:45 am |
  23. Montana is Obama Country

    She is a skilled politician...

    Sarah Palin is being worked as a puppet for the McPOW campaign..
    Next week she will be with John McLies BECAUSE.... she draws bigger crowds than the HEAD of the TICKET..

    The hype of Sarah is OVER... She is a joke to democratic women's issues concerns.... & Sarah PALIN LIES to the American people.....!!

    JOHN mcCAIN LIES...and runs a DISrespectful.....

    Do we want 4 more years of LIARS.....

    NO.... NO MORE LIEs......

    vote for change... Obama/Biden...2008, 2012..

    September 14, 2008 11:45 am at 11:45 am |
  24. David in Indian Wells

    I for one wish that Mr McBush would pull the Straight Talk Express bus out of mothballs and get it back on the road. This is getting ridiculous!!!

    September 14, 2008 11:45 am at 11:45 am |
  25. Tracey

    I agree with chanel. The View seems to be the only media outlet that was courageous enough to call them out on their lies. Maybe "The View" will give the other outlets a different and better "view" of reporting and helping Americans to disseminate the truth about this candidate. Like I said before, Obama was vetted strongly by the American people and the media. They know him as if they birthed him. Palin, on the other hand, is unknown by the American people. It is the media's job to inform the American citizens about who she really is. If they do not inform us, then how are we suppose to make an educated decision come Nov. 4. Cnn, don't be afraid to go after this woman! This is not about being a sexist, and don't allow this campaign to deflect you guys from wants important to American people. Now look at what's happening, lies and more lies are coming out about this campaign. Lies that she repeated out on the stump. Lies about her foreign travel and a host of other things. I guess now you guys realize that all that "glitter is not gold."

    September 14, 2008 11:46 am at 11:46 am |
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March 20th, 2009
12:02 PM ET
6 years ago

Americans OK losing some control of education for more money

 A new poll suggests Americans would take more federal money for education, even if it meant handing over control.
A new poll suggests Americans would take more federal money for education, even if it meant handing over control.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -  A new national poll indicates that most Americans would be willing to give up some control of their public schools to the federal government in return for more money from Washington for those schools.

Fifty-six percent of people questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Friday say they would like to see more federal money spent on the public schools in their communities, even if it meant increased influence by the federal government over the education policies those schools follow, with 43 percent opposed.

"There are big differences between Republicans and Democrats, but the most interesting gap is between mothers and fathers of children under 18," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "Seventy-two percent of mothers favor more government influence over local schools in exchange for more money. Only about half of all fathers feel the same way. People with no children under 18 are split on the concept, with 53 percent  favoring that idea and 46 percent opposing."

The poll also suggests that Americans don't favor longer school days, but they do think the school year should be longer. Fifty-seven percent support increasing the number of days that students spend in school each year, but 55 percent oppose increasing the number of hours that students spend in school each day.

The public is split on whether teachers should get more money if their students do better on tests, known as merit pay. Fifty percent like that idea and 48 percent dislike it.

"Mothers and fathers disagree on merit pay as well," Holland notes. "Most fathers of children under 18 think it is a good idea. Most mothers do not."

President Barack Obama’s vision for education reform include expanded merit pay for teachers, an idea long opposed by teachers unions.

The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll was conducted March 12-15, with 1,019 adult Americans questioned by telephone. The survey’s sampling error is plus or minus three percentage points.

Filed under: Education • Polls • Uncategorized
soundoff (24 Responses)
  1. Jon in CA

    Exactly why my kids go to a private Christian school!!

    You people who are willing to hand your children's education over to the same organization that handled Katrina??

    You get what you deserve.

    March 20, 2009 12:16 pm at 12:16 pm |
  2. Mobius

    Poll 1100 Americans and post those results as REPRESENTATIVE for over 300 million of us?

    Who's supposed to believe THAT new math?!?

    March 20, 2009 12:17 pm at 12:17 pm |
  3. Obama Victim

    do you really want the party in power setting the agenda in your local some point, the party you oppose will have the White you really want your kids indoctrinated with their philosophy...................never good to sell your soul

    March 20, 2009 12:22 pm at 12:22 pm |
  4. Voter

    Giving new meaning to the phrase, "greedy tots."

    March 20, 2009 12:23 pm at 12:23 pm |
  5. Some Guy

    Mobius, you are obviously ignorant of how an overall trend can be extrapolated from a random sample. It's called statistics and it works quite well in all sorts of applications.

    March 20, 2009 12:26 pm at 12:26 pm |
  6. Fair is Fair

    Not a good idea to have the government in charge of the cirriculum. Undoubtedly, the party in power will dictate their philosophy.

    Both sides should be presented. Challenge the student to make up his or her mind.

    March 20, 2009 12:28 pm at 12:28 pm |
  7. Ian

    Can anyone explain why it makes sense for us to pay for even more beaurocracy? Think about it. Each state pays the federal government, they pay their beaurocrats in the department of education, then the money gets handed off to each of the states beaurocrats, and then to each districts beaurocrats. Wouldn't it make more sense to just decrease our taxes. The money wouldn't need to leave the state and "trickle down".

    March 20, 2009 12:28 pm at 12:28 pm |
  8. turn TEXAS BLUE

    well for some of the people who impose!!! Some schools are not all fairy tale,( hand Lil jimmy his power ranger lunchbox and let him get on the bus to go 5ft. to school)
    they need funding for the building, school, teachers, teacher aid's, and much more. And the education system is like many americans right now.... they are willing to give one arm to have a job, or one leg to keep their home, or better yet a eye to put their kids through college. Think about it people and stop being so close minded!!!!

    March 20, 2009 12:31 pm at 12:31 pm |
  9. Mel

    Schools in other countries have the exact same problem as the United States schools. They are underfunded, undersupplied, have security problems, inattentive children, and lazy parents, yet they have a better education system than the United States. The problem is not money, the problem is the teachers who are too willing to make excuses for why they can't teach.

    When I was in school when I was a teenager and having trouble in mathematics, the teacher skipped lunch to tutor me. You don't see that anymore. But they're sure willing to point fingers on why they can't teach their students.

    I'd rather students go to public schools than to a private Christian school to be brainwashed, especially since Christian schools in this country seem to utterly refuse to teach proper science to its student.

    No student should ever graduate from high school thinking that science says we came from monkeys when it doesn't.

    I agree with incentive bonus' because maybe it will make the teachers do their jobs for a change.

    And I have no problem with government involvement with public schools because they are PUBLIC schools. If you don't want government involvement, put them in private schools. Public schools mean different standards and it means that they can't break the law by censorship or anything else.

    March 20, 2009 12:32 pm at 12:32 pm |
  10. George Carlins got to be laughing

    Teach the little morons and kick each teacher in the head.

    March 20, 2009 12:33 pm at 12:33 pm |
  11. Lauralie

    Fools! And what will you do when the "more money" is not spent on things your local school actually needs?
    This is why our kids are in private school. Tuition buys a certain amount of leverage you can't get in the public babysitting-factory schools

    March 20, 2009 12:36 pm at 12:36 pm |
  12. Lauralie

    Hey, how about you get a published list of how many legislators and corporate CEO's send their kids to public schools. I will bet it's a small list.

    March 20, 2009 12:39 pm at 12:39 pm |
  13. Patrick - Indianapolis

    I'm a product of the public school system and I also have to college degrees. School can give you as much as you choose to take from it. Or it might be that our genes are starting to spit out more stupid children. Perhaps parents need to do a better job of paying attention to their children. Also, maybe its not such a bad idea to let kids be kids and stop putting them on a pedestal. What do I know? I'm just a product of our public school system.

    March 20, 2009 12:42 pm at 12:42 pm |
  14. Jackie in Dallas

    And we aren't paying for more bureauracy left over from the Bush administration? What about Homeland Security? They do NOTHING that isn't already in the job descriptions of the FBI, CIA, military intel, and various other agencies.

    I think, basically, what I would like to see is what is meant by more federal influence on our schools. Does that mean that only government approved courses and books will be used? HECK, NO. Does is mean that evolution is taught as the scientific explanation of the diversity of nature? HECK, YES. Does it mean better emphasis on sciences and the arts? Again, YES. Does it mean teachers can stop having to use their personal income to buy critical school supplies because the teacher's union has said that kids that are disadvantaged will not use them correctly? Again, YES.

    Context, CNN. We need to see this in the context in which the poll was taken before we can make a good judgement.

    Oh, Jon in CA: just in case you haven't noticed, this ISN'T the same government that handled Katrina. Not even the same agency. FEMA, with President Bush's buddie Brown in charge, mangled the effort after Katrina, and Bush said, "good job, Brownie". Of course, since he was hanging out in Crawford while people drowned, suffered from thirst, hunger and emotional trama, that was pretty appropriate of him. I doubt, somehow, that FEMA would be put in charge of something to do with education.

    March 20, 2009 12:43 pm at 12:43 pm |
  15. RSR

    This 'Socializing' of our schools will open the door to this false teaching...'Islam is a loving, peaceful religion tolerant of all religions.'

    March 20, 2009 12:46 pm at 12:46 pm |
  16. Bob in Pa

    This njational poll was probably taken in all the troubled inner city school districts.

    March 20, 2009 12:46 pm at 12:46 pm |
  17. rodlang

    Washington, DC spends of $12,000.00 per year on each student, yet DC has maybe the lowest achieving students in the country. The problem isn't lack of money, its unstable family environments. Parents are the key to a good education, not the government.

    March 20, 2009 12:46 pm at 12:46 pm |
  18. jmcguire new haven conn 06511

    Bad joke Mr President, another GAFFE! My beautiful daughter was 15 months old when she received a vacine, resulting in her going into a convulsion, high fever and hospitalization. she has brain disfunction, needed special schooling, and twenty four hour a day, seven days a week care. She is now forty three years old, and I provide her with all of her personal daily needs. Mr President no more bad jokes it hurts.

    Jane B. McGuire

    March 20, 2009 12:53 pm at 12:53 pm |
  19. Luke

    I went to Catholic Grade School, Catholic High School, and a Catholic University. Guess what, my friends all went to public schools and they are making as much or even more than me. Then again, they lived in the suburbs and i lived in CHICAGO, you do not want to go to public school there. Only thing you will learn is how to sell weed and gang bang. My point is, Public School is not a bad thing it 100% depends on where you live and the quality of the actual school.

    March 20, 2009 12:54 pm at 12:54 pm |
  20. drh

    Well, I think the first post sums up the education problem in America. Patrick in Indianapolis is a product of the public school system and has "to" college degrees. I wonder if that is kind of like having "two" degrees. Either way, probably "too" many degrees for him.

    And I definitely agree with the post that the government shouldn't bee in charge of the "cirriculum," because there is no such thing. Even in this little box I am typing in, it is underlined red meaning it is misspelled!

    March 20, 2009 12:55 pm at 12:55 pm |
  21. Ken, Pisgah Forest NC

    We live in a different world compared to 50 years ago, yet we have the same education system. National boundaries are meaningless lines on maps today. We did a poor job of teaching our children back then that education is a competition and the best educated person wins. Now, instead of a local competition, it is worldwide. We need drastic change in the way we educate our children if we are to be the winners and attract jobs for them. That is the goal and if merit pay and federal control over education is the best way to get their, then so be it. Local control is out of date and too many school districts (not just kids) are left behind.

    March 20, 2009 12:56 pm at 12:56 pm |
  22. Ghost

    The fact that there our over 800 comments on these two related threads, yet only 11 on the education article means either one of two things:

    1) CNN keeps these up longer either because they like to keep nonsense going or these seem to be the most popular articles or

    2) People care more about this than education. Therefore highlighting the need for more education.

    March 20, 2009 12:56 pm at 12:56 pm |
  23. Ghost

    Sorry, I just copied that post from the ones I posted on the Special Olympics threads.

    But you get my drift. However, judging by some of these comments, we do need to put more money into the schools. What do youguys think will happen, either party will change the the curriculum to whatever they want?

    March 20, 2009 12:59 pm at 12:59 pm |
  24. A Nation Left Behind

    Yes! I think our school system should be national, and standards and funding need to be the same across the board. Can you imagine what our airways would be like if they were regulated locally by little pockets of aviation boards across the country. We would have a lot more air traffic accidents; flying would not at all be safe at all! On that note teachers should make just as much money as an air traffic controller and the requirements to teach should just as intense as they are for air traffic controllers.

    Yes! The school year should be longer, and the school curriculum should be fun and challenging. For once, I would like to see American kids to run circles around other countries in the areas of math and science.

    March 20, 2009 12:59 pm at 12:59 pm |


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Tweet of the Day: Pawlenty finally fires back
June 16th, 2011
03:43 PM ET
4 years ago

Tweet of the Day: Pawlenty finally fires back

@timpawlenty: On seizing debate opportunity re: healthcare: Me 0, Mitt 1. On doing healthcare reform the right way as governor: Me 1, Mitt 0

soundoff (30 Responses)
  1. Pravaa

    T-paw, its over. Just go home. Monday night was baaaaaaaad. No amount of tweeting can get you out of that hole you dug yourself on Monday. And you wrote a book called "Courage to stand"....Yeah right.... You whiffed and waffled on the abortion answer in Iowa. Called back with an answer the next day. And of course THE most stupid suggestion of all..if you can google a service, no need of govt. Sure can google for private security guards...why have a police force? And you are running for president? LOL.

    June 16, 2011 05:10 pm at 5:10 pm |
  2. AZ DEM

    Too little too late is right! You Tim Pawlenty have just showed how much of a coward you are...the man stood right next to you and you had your chance to make a point and you didnt now its done and Mitt left the debate unscathed.

    June 16, 2011 05:10 pm at 5:10 pm |
  3. Ryan

    Tim probably sat up all night after the debate coming up with this 'retort'.

    June 16, 2011 05:10 pm at 5:10 pm |
  4. Thank God I am a Democrat

    He was really better off not addressing this issue anymore and make up for it in the next debate. I suppose in the end it doesn't matter though as none of these slackers will win.

    June 16, 2011 05:14 pm at 5:14 pm |
  5. Indy

    I would bet a dollar that Timmy was peeing his pants when he was asked to confront a man named Mittens. This was not a missed opportunity but rather a wasted opportunity due to lack of spinage. Google your way out of debt TPaw.Your goose has been cooked and you will never get the nomination.

    June 16, 2011 05:18 pm at 5:18 pm |
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Speaking of wild game…

Eric Bechard of Thistle fame wrote me an annoyed letter earlier this week because I had failed to mention his new restaurant, “The Kingdom of Roosevelt“, which is slated to open the 2nd week of February. When I pointed out that he hadn’t included me in the press release mailing, he apologized, and asked that I mention it now, because it dovetails in with The Hunt video I posted about earlier today. So… in case you aren’t aware of his plans, here is the information:

Over the past 4 years, while living in the Willamette valley, I have had an incredible opportunity to work side by side with the farmers and ranchers that have made thistle what is has become. We are now dictated by 15 small family farms within 45 miles of the restaurant that supply us with 95% of our food product year round. We also have a hand in seed selection for the upcoming seasons and heritage breed development as well as start up animal husbandry programs.

The focus of the Portland restaurant will still be on Oregon agriculture but in a bit of a different lens: We have been developing some “wild game” programs (wood pigeon, American blue rabbit, fallow deer and canvasback duck) with the intention of opening this restaurant and it will reflect heavily on the cuisine. Along with wild greens, berries, nuts, seeds, mushrooms, whole grains and river and shellfish we will be featuring sour beers, hard ciders and funky white wine varietals. This restaurant, like thistle, will be doing whole animal butchery and smoking, pickling and curing of said animals. We will also have a small green house and will be working on the cultivation of some wild plants.

The menu will consist of 10-14 items, change daily and will feature a few large format meat cuts and many smaller dishes with the idea of sharing in mind.

Sample menu items:
Whole braised then grilled rabbit for two (carved table side)
Pickled elk tongue with its heart and marrow
Wood pigeon pie for two
Roasted and raw matsutake with emmer and smoked apples
Razor clams cooked in shell with spruce and rhubarb juice
Smoked pheasant soup with brassicas, chestnut dumplings and pickled chestnuts
Beetroot, yoghurt, dill, horseradish and oxalis
Nettle and wild garlic soup with duck egg and wood lettuce

Good luck, Eric!

Your thoughts are welcome

  1. Lindsey says

    Location of Roosevelt is off of SE 39th (Cesar Chavez Blvd.) near SE Lincoln or so — no other businesses there, awkward parking, no energy or vibe from anything else, no foot traffic — gonna be tough.

    • Johnny B says

      Game is any animal hunted for food or not normally domesticated. Just like all the Duck, Quail or Pheasant you buy at whole foods is technically categorized as “Wild Feathered Game!” Furthermore, legally you can’t serve true wild game in a restaurant in the U.S. All wild game has to be farm-raised. You can kill a deer and take it to a processing facility, then take it home and eat it, but you can NOT sell it to the general public.

  2. dan says

    I live in the neighborhood, and sincerely hope that this restaurant will not be another showcase for sulky, skinny-jeaned hipsters and slumming Pearl dwellers to see and be seen. That is, make it like (the dearly departed) Skin and Bones, not Woodsman Tavern or Ava Gene or Xico. How did my chill, relaxed neighborhood attract all these trend whore eateries?

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$680 million bond could fund new schools, technology and upgrades

by: TIMES PHOTO: JAIME VALDEZ - David Etchart, Beaverton School District's administrator for facilities development, answers questions about the 2014 Future Bond measure.When it comes to a $680 million bond measure to fund new schools, building renovations and new technology for the Beaverton School District, failure is not an option.

That’s was a key theme expressed during an open house presentation for district parents, employees and concerned citizens on Tuesday evening at Beaverton High School.

“We are counting on the bond to pass,” said Dick Steinbrugge, the district’s executive director for facilities. “We’re pretty optimistic about that. Our community has historically been supportive of bond measure issues.”

If it doesn’t, the emphasis would then be placed on crucial repairs and upgrades covered by the district’s general fund.

“Some of these are going to have to happen anyway,” he said. “We can’t let our roofs leak ... With a lot of hard work and support from the community, we think this bond measure will pass.”

The sparse, but engaged audience of about 35 parents, teachers, principals and school staff that turned out for the

second of two open house sessions on the bond measure,

expressed general support for the measure — which will appear on the May 2014 ballot — if mixed feelings on specific priorities.

The preliminary list of nearly 30 bond-funded projects includes a new high school in the proposed South Cooper Mountain development area, a new elementary school in the North Bethany area and rebuilding of Vose, William Walker and Hazeldale elementary schools as well as the Arts and Communication Magnet Academy. The bond committee plans to finalize the list at its meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 11, at 6 p.m. in the district’s Administration Center, 16550 S.W. Merlo Road.

“Nothing is absolutely on or off the table at this point," Steinbrugge said.

Retiring older bond measure debts frees up the approximately $680 million, which could be approved in one or possibly two bond cycles of around $340 million each, noted project administrator David Etchart. With an expected influx of 6,000 additional students in the district by 2025, he emphasized the need for a new high school to eliminate some of the 209 portable classrooms in the district.by: TIMES PHOTO: JAIME VALDEZ - Dena Gentry expresses her concerns to Dick Steinbrugge, an executive administrator with Beaverton School District, about the future plans to Springville K-8 School during a community open house at Beaverton High School.

“We need the high school (built) as quickly as possible,” he said.

The formal presentation was kept relatively short to allow attendees to peruse informational displays set up in the cafeteria and discuss issues with district officials one-on-one.

Megan Rutherford, a North Bethany resident with a second-grader at Springville Elementary School, said classroom size is a major concern.

“I want my school to not be so crowded,” she said. “I don’t want my kid in a class of 30 kids, and I don’t want to look forward to her being in a high school classroom with 45 kids.”

While wondering if greater foresight could’ve avoided today’s funding problems, she’s willing to support the bond measure if it addresses overcrowding and a new school in North Bethany.

“It kind of sounds like whoever makes the most noise is who they’re going to consider,” she said. “I hope more North Bethany residents speak up. Sometimes I feel like there’s few of us speaking up.”

Another Springville Elementary School mother, Jennifer Arend, made note of $250,000 the Washington County Board of Commissioners just approved to create a matching fund pool with the federal government through the county’s Gain Share program. The program waives property taxes to bring in new businesses.

“If (the district) is not going to work with the county (on funding), then what are we doing?” she asked. “It doesn’t make any sense.”

Connie Lightner, who has children at McKay Elementary School and the International School of Beaverton, questions bond spending proposals on items such as artificial turf on Aloha and Sunset high schools’ athletic fields to the tune of $1 million per field.

“Even with a 10-year guarantee, when you factor in that much for artificial turf, that’s a lot of money when you have kids in portables and not enough computers,” she said, noting she’s asked the district for a cost comparison between artificial and natural turf. “I’m not convinced that artificial turf is cost effective overall.”

District Superintendent Jeff Rose said he’s encouraged by what he’s heard from parents, faculty and staff that the bond measure would be both successful and effective. He also emphasized that even $680 million only goes so far in a rapidly growing district.

“We can do a tremendous amount over the whole district,” he said, “but we still can’t fund everything we need to do with our buildings. We’ll have to make decisions about certain things above the line, and some that will fall below.

“That will be the anxiety the community faces in the next few weeks.”by: TIMES PHOTO: JAIME VALDEZ - Molly Anderson, who is an ESL teacher at William Walker Elementary School, looks at plans for her neighborhood schoo,l which would be rebuilt in the 2014 Future Bond measure.

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Dinner, auction set for Lucas Memorial Fund

The Jeff Lucas Memorial dinner and auction will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, March 17, at Persimmon Country Club, 500 S.E. Butler Road, Gresham.

The event will feature a sit-down dinner, drinks, an auction and entertainment. Cost is $50 per person or $400 for a table of 10. Proceeds will go to the Jeff Lucas Memorial Fund, in honor of Corbett resident Jeff Lucas, a Navy Seal who died June 28, 2005, in a helicopter accident in Afghanistan.

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by: BILLY GATES/THE PIONEER - Madras forward Janae Adams grabs a rebound during the White Buffalos' 60-40 win against Molalla. MHS picking up wins they need to to stay in postseason conversation

The Madras High School girls basketball team notched a pair of wins last week to move into a second-place tie with Gladstone in the Tri-Valley Conference.

Friday night, the White Buffalos mowed through Molalla 60-40 in the Buffalo Dome behind a big night from sophomore guard Vanessa Esquivel. On Feb. 12, Madras blasted North Marion 60-38.

The wins gave the Buffs a 5-2 record in the TVC, tied for the second spot with Gladstone, and Madras has turned up the offense quite a bit over the past three games. The Buffs have averaged 62.5 points per game during the stretch, and even with the absence of Cirelle Frank on Friday due to the district swim meet, the Buffs’ offense wasn’t bothered. That was thanks to, in large part, by Esquivel’s 22-point performance.

Esquivel started out a little slow, scoring seven of her points in the first half, but she came alive in the second half to pour in 15.

“Vanessa has been working hard in practice at being aggressive, and she’s real strong for how young she is,” Madras co-coach Rory Oster said. “We want her to attack the basket, and shoot at least six free throws a game. We are a much better team with her attacking the basket.”

Esquivel shot 10 of Madras’ 19 foul shots against the Indians, on her way to her third 20-point game in TVC play.

Both teams had issues shooting the ball in the first half, and Madras took a 25-19 lead into halftime. There was a stretch of about four minutes in the first quarter in which the teams ran up and down the floor like it was an indoor track meet, but no one could put the ball in the bucket. Madras led 11-10 at the end of the opening period.

by: BILLY GATES/THE PIONEER - Madras guard Leah Suppah drives to the bucket during the White Buffalos' 60-40 win against Molalla.Oster’s favorite offensive set against Molalla, which will more than likely be the bulk of their halfcourt offense against La Salle Prep and Gladstone this week, was the dribble-drive weave set. Three guards at the top run a weave pattern until a space for penetration is created, and then the guards slash to the hoop to either score themselves, or make a dump pass to a wide open post player.

The offensive scheme will serve Madras well against La Salle Prep, as proven by the first half of the first time the Buffs played them, because it usually turns into a good shot, defensive foul or an extended possession to take time off the clock.

“That’s something we’re going to run a lot of this week,” Oster said. “We need to get good shots and keep their possessions limited. If our shots aren’t there, we’ll pull it back out and make the defense work.”

The set worked very well against Molalla, but of course Molalla is not nearly the team La Salle or Gladstone is, so the Buffs will have to be playing their best to knock off either team.

Point guard Mariah Stacona pitched in 17 points for the Buffs, and Janae Adams scored 11 against Molalla.

Against North Marion, Stacona was on fire in the first quarter with four 3-pointers and 14 points. She finished the game with 23 points, and outscored North Marion by herself until late in the third period. Stacona scored 14 of Madras’ 20 points in the first frame.

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John L. Cook is Tigards next mayor

Son of former mayor rises to city's top job in general election

by: JAIME VALDEZ - Newly elected Tigard mayor John Cook greets supporters at an election night party Tuesday night. Cook, the son of former Tigard mayor John Cook Sr., who served in the 1980s.At a campaign party with supporters, John L. Cook fought back tears as he thanked his family, volunteers and everyone who donated money to his campaign.

“Whether you gave $20 or $2,000, every little bit of it helped,” he said.

Cook, a lifelong Tigard resident, defeated longtime City Councilor Nick Wilson Tuesday night to become Tigard’s next mayor.

Cook claimed about 1,000 more votes than Wilson, securing 53 percent of the vote over Wilson’s 46 percent based on early returns Wednesday morning.

The two candidates were running to fill the remaining two years of Tigard Mayor Craig Dirksen’s term after Dirksen steps down in January to take on his new role on the Metro Council.

The two candidates waged a strikingly similar campaign, agreeing with each other on nearly every major issue, including the city’s plans to build a new water system with Lake Oswego by 2016, redevelopment in the Tigard Triangle and downtown and plans to develop the River Terrace area — an undeveloped part of the city west of Bull Mountain along Southwest Roy Rogers Road.

Cook said, in the end, it was his involvement with the community that gave him the edge in this election.

“I think that (the voters) like my commitment to the community and being born and raised here,” Cook said. “I still have a lot of roots here, and people can associate with Cook Park, my dad’s 25 years of service and my own involvement.”

Cook is the son of former mayor John E. Cook for whom Cook Park is named. Cook said his parents’ commitment to the community is what drove him to become active, serving on committees across the county, as well as being heavily involved in the Tigard Area Chamber of Commerce, coaching local sports teams and leading local Boy Scout troops.

Cook wasn’t sure what to expect going into Tuesday night’s general election, but knew many Tigard residents were pulling for him.

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“People knocking on doors for me would come back and say, ‘John, these people already know you. They know you because you were their Boy Scout leader, their Little League coach and everything else along the way.’”

Cook, a certified public accountant in Tigard, called himself the underdog in the race, having never served on the Tigard City Council or the city’s Planning Commission like his opponent, Wilson.

“I saw it as a toss-up between me and Nick,” Cook said. “Until the votes came in, I really had no idea which way it was going to go.”

Wilson, who has served in various roles for the city for 19 years, said Wednesday that he wished Cook the best as he takes the helm of the city.

“Of all the people in Tigard, John is the only one who could have done what he did,” Wilson said. “He is so well known, and he put himself out there. He had been able to really make an impact on people, and that shows.”

Cook called himself a “consensus builder” and said he wants to make city government more accessible for residents by starting monthly community get-togethers to discuss issues informally with residents.

Plans for River Terrace and the Tigard-Lake Oswego Water Partnership will take up much of the discussion over the remainder of Dirksen’s term, as will plans for eventually bringing high-capacity transit to Tigard and beyond to Sherwood.

Wilson and Cook both supported a referendum before voters that asked whether voters should, or shouldn’t, have a say in plans for light rail.

That measure was easily approved by voters Tuesday. The measure would require the city to take a public vote before it raised taxes to build a light-rail line through town.

For Cook, the win is a long time coming. Cook said he knew growing up he would someday run for mayor. After Dirksen announced his run for Metro Council, Cook stepped up to the plate.

“For me, it was all about timing — it had to be the right timing,” he said. “If there was an incumbent running, I probably wouldn’t have run.”

Cook plans to run for his first full-term in 2014, when the remainder of Dirksen’s term ends.

As for Wilson, he said running for either City Council or the mayor’s seat in 2014 seemed “unlikely” the day after the election.

“But I have a history of going at things for awhile and then taking breaks,” Wilson said. “Would I run in two years? It seems sort of unlikely right now, but I have a lot of signs leftover, and I’m going to be keeping them. Let’s put it that way.”

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Lady Gaga shared the colorful (and topless) cover of ‘ARTPOP’ today (Oct. 7) and now, there is speculation that the second single from the album will be ‘Gypsy,’ thanks to the observations of an eagle-eyed little monster.

A fan noted that Gaga (or someone on her digital team) had swapped out her Facebook cover photo, with text next to the cover image highlighting ‘Applause’ (the first single) and ‘Gypsy.’ Well, it would stand to reason and be logical to assume that the new single was being called out there, since we’ve only been blessed with one ‘ARTPOP’ official single so far.

‘Gypsy’ was co-written by frequent Gaga collaborator RedOne.

A quick scan of Gaga’s Facebook shows that the text has been removed and it’s just the ‘ARTPOP’ cover and a mention of ‘Applause’ and the Nov. 11 release date. Hmmm.

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Arthur in Medieval Welsh Literature

O. J. Padel

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128 pages | 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 | © 2013
Paper $25.00 ISBN: 9780708326251 Published August 2013 For sale in North and South America, Australia, and New Zealand only
Although the legends of Arthur have been popular throughout Europe from the Middle Ages on, the earliest references to Arthur are actually found in Welsh literature, beginning with the Welsh-Latin Historia Brittonum, which dates from the ninth century. In Arthur in Medieval Welsh Literature, O. J. Padel provides a survey of medieval Welsh literary references to Arthur and emphasizes their importance to Arthurian studies as a whole. Padel considers texts from different genres alongside one another, from the folk legends associated with magic and animals to those portraying Arthur as literary hero, soldier, and defender of country and faith. Other figures associated with Arthur, such as Cai, Bedwyr, and Gwenhwyfar, are also discussed.
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“This thought-provoking study of Arthurian literature will ensure that we return to read the Welsh poems and stories with a more open mind than familiarity with them might sometimes tempt us to do.”

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“ Learned and entertaining. . . . Any scholar not already familiar with the Welsh material will find it an admirable introduction; it is to be hoped that the edition is large enough to make it as widely accessible as it deserves.”

“Although the title indicates that this is a book on Arthurian literature, any book on Arthur will have something to interest folklorists. This one, unlike so much which is published on this famous hero, is an excellent survey-cum-study, written with authority and assurance.”

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“Few scholars could have undertaken the present work with more success. The volume has the distinction of imposing order on enormously diverse texts, genres, and periods and is additionally controlled by Padel’s judgement and fluid prose. It is never an entirely easy task for an expert in any field to change tone and level in order to write a book for non-experts. Padel has done so admirably in a work that is assured, accurate and eminently readable”

“Fills a major gap by providing a concise and easily digested introduction to Arthur as he appears in medieval Welsh literature . . . . If this elegantly written and intelligent guide may be primarily intended for tyros, the freshness and perceptiveness with which the author approaches his subject is also sure to please the old salts.”

Preface to the new edition

The Earliest Texts

Arthur’s World: Culhwch and ‘Pa ŵr yw’r porthor?’

Other Texts of the Central Middle Ages

Three Dialogue Poems

The Matter of Britain

The Continuing Tradition

Some Arthurian Characters

Was There an Arthur of the Welsh?

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