Fairweather

What was Obama's GPA?

Dumbest president in history? That'd probably be #9--or maybe #33. I'll let you look 'em up. In any event, GW somehow got through Yale and Harvard ok--with mediocre grades. Of course, we have no way of knowing Obama's academic or intellectual cred, since he's never allowed the release of his college transcripts--or produced a graduate thesis.

...and Here is the Snopes on GGK's Wisconsin nonsense. (Although I'm not under any illusions that he, or you, will actually interpret it in any way that affronts the constructed reality you live within.)

Well the initial impression just from knowing Carville pretty well is that this just doesn't sound like him. And the dead giveaway of the use of the word "Democrat", which in this case is improper, the correct being "Democratic". But this is a favorite method of Rush (Pigboy) Limbaugh and his ilk. To use the incorrect word because it ends in "rat". Strictly juvenile and low class. Trying to link this to any Dem also falls flat just from the false premise that Dems are less clueless than Repugs because any Dem knows that's just not true. So let's check Snopes shall we Dimweather? Just Google the title of this little funny, what do you know, the top hit. LINK. And, just as I thought, it's false. Carville never made this statement and there is no record of him having ever done so. So typical of the knuckle-draggers on the right, can't find any really bad facts to put out about Dems, so they just pull sh*t right out of their ass. And as the old saying goes. When the Repugs stop lying about the Dems then the Dems can stop telling the truth about the Repugs. So once again Dumbweather, you've taken a beat down, you must be getting used to it by now. Oh BTW please link to some facts showing a dumber Dem president than the bush boy, as evidenced by the funny I posted with the six idiotic Bushism quotes. And try to pick one that's not pulled out of some knuckle-draggers ass. It's going to be tough, good luck. I'll spell slowly for you, since you don't seem to have a grasp of irony: My Carville post was in response to your Barton post. Entiendes? In kind, here is the Snopes on the nonsense you posted. Enjoy your weekend. Beat down? Wow.

Hey, it worked for Walter White...

We can play this game all month. Here's a dumbass Democrat for ya: [video:youtube]cesSRfXqS1Q

Uhhhhhhhhhhh, no?

http://www.buzzfeed.com/karlazabludovsky/the-brain-drain-from-venezuela#.ys1DKxODYY

I was trying to. But oly and effaroo are too filled with hate. Isn't it ironic? Don't ya think?

Of course, you only point out irony sometimes. A little too ironic, yeh I really do think.

http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/ubb/newreply/Board/21/Number/1007354/what/showflat/fpart/1/q/1

How cliche. "Armed Democrats.com?" I thought you hated them too? In any event, I'm glad you're free to own guns.

And how's that going? In aggregate, I mean. As for your police, fire, IRS comp, well, gimme a break--and leave it to a lib to come up with a straw-man. Like all employees, they (and you) should be judged by a combination of results and the effort they put forth--as judged by their supervisor(s) and, in most cases, their peers.

This is the world the rest of us live in. Employment at will. Outside of age, race, gender, there are minimal protections against a-hole managers. And yes, they're out there. Still, why do teachers think they are somehow above being evaluated?

I'm on your side more than you realize. My point is that a teacher with her credentials and experience would fare far better with a salary dictated by supply and demand. Why does the teachers' union hate good, well-qualified teachers?

Teacher's should make as much or less than the average hourly salary of a heavy equipment operator. This will keep qualified candidates from joining the field of education and allow them the opportunity to become heavy equipment operators, or join professions that actually matter and improve society, like professional sports. Curious minds want to know, so I crunched these numbers for my spouse last year. I made very conservative assumptions - only putting her down for an average of 60 hrs a week (believe me it's likely more like 70), 3 weeks of break where she takes off one but merely puts in 35 hrs each of the other two (which is a low estimate), 6 weeks off in summer but works 30 hr/wk for 4 of those meeting with teachers, developing/refining lessons (doesn't get out of school after kids leave till last week in June has to be back at school officially week before kids arrive). And it comes out to a whopping $24.85/hr. As she said when she went from geology consulting to teaching - pay cut in half and hours doubled. But she loves it. Regarding a Masters - yes you get a pay bump - but I don't know if they differentiate between a degree that is your teaching field vs. the Masters in Education, which is a softball. Both of us being in the sciences we went through a rigorous MS program - entrance orals, field work, stats, thesis, defense - which took about 3 yrs - an average for sciences. When she went back for a teaching certificate it was a year long program but if she had stayed an additional 3 months (over the summer) she could have earned a Masters in Education! That's an interesting contrast. Jim, are you using x1.5 for plus forty/week, or plus 8/day? Either way,that's pretty easy take-home math--and it doesn't help your argument that teachers are underpaid. I like your points about the MEd softball, though. Spot on.

Yep, you got it. Union thug extortionists. Were you as outraged when the legislature threw out the will of the voters who passed I601 and I602? And how about those Tim Eyman initiatives? Selective outrage? If you are so unhappy teaching, why not quit? Seriously. Take your skills where you feel they will be respected and or adequately compensated.

No problem with private-sector unions. No use for public extortionists who use kids as human shields.

Conservative analysis, post-election: http://www.washingtonpolicy.org/blog/post/wea-union-sees-declining-influence-recent-election

It's more than a little ironic teachers choose now to agitate for particular legislation--in the new post-Democrat Olympia monopoly era. Gimme a break. As for your stated/desired version of "democracy" in the form of initiatives (mob rule) and state supreme court dictates (a directory), well, I hardly think your version of democracy passes any American history test on republican government. Yet another reason American libs can't be trusted with the torch. I honestly hope teachers do walk out en masse at some point in the future. I'll be even happier to see their union broken as a result of the public backlash that follows.

A clear voter mandate? Hardly. I1351 passed with 50.8% of the vote. Supporters (the teacher's union) spent $ 5million; opponents spent $ zero. What's more, this so-called mandate provided no funding. $ zero. Finally, the still-phantom House budget--with tax increases--does not fund I1351 either. We don't need tax increases just to give teachers a raise or to fund a utopian ballot initiative that Seattle voters passed without funding ala monorail. And McCleary will be paid for with the additional $3Bn in growth revenue. Geeeez, is it even possible for Democrats to budget our money? And where were all these Democrats, say, during the last 30 years when they had complete control of Olympia? Where was the teacher outrage? This is all just political. Shame on teachers for putting their ideology and greed ahead of kids. I've taken the rare step of writing my Republican State Senator and my one Republican Rep to remind them that they are expected to reject any proposed tax increases beyond the justified 11 cent gas tax they have already agreed to.

Reality can be a real bitch when you're a libtard.

Scott Walker for president!

DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND, IF YOU DON'T GIVE TEACHERS MORE MONEY YOUR KIDS ARE GOING TO END UP IN PRISON YES IT REALLY IS THIS SIMPLE.