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tchookem

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  1. Roger and Anne [Hutchinson] Roger and Anne got kicked out of Mass. Moved to Rhonde Island and said, "Kiss my... knee." It helped my 8th graders remember.
  2. I have yet to hear someone explain how vouchers help public education. The governor is the caretaker of public education. It's a temporary gig for a permanent position. Public education will continue regardless of the individual who occupies the office. The pendulum will swing, and eventuallyTexas will do right by public education. What I don't understand is why a governor wouldn't want to be THE public education governor. Oh yeah, because solving problems is hard, and Greg Abbott doesn't do hard (at least not since the tree fell on him).
  3. That's one of the main things that led to my political shift. Republicans want the title, or they want the credit, but they don't want to do the work. Implementing policy is difficult. I may not have liked Obamacare, but at least the Dems in his administration were willing and earnest about doing the work. With Republicans it's either a gift for an easy cash grab or a half-assed product based on ill-conceived policy and conspiracy theories.
  4. When you have 5 school districts that can't pay the bills... it means you got 5 poorly run districts. When 80%* of your school districts can't pay the bills... it means you got a poorly run state. *80% was the number of districts with significant budget short falls. It was shared at a staff meeting.
  5. Fuck this ditch pig. She has no place in education. Every word of that curriculum was available to the public before she thought about running for office. For me, it's not about a mistaken person learning her errors... it's about an incompetent person refusing to do the work to inform herself.
  6. Pay raises don't mean shit of it means you can't hire adequate staff. I'd gladly give up the extra $75/month their raise gave me in exchange for another staff member that would reduce my class sizes from low 30s to mid 20s. Or gave my school another ESL teacher that we desperately need. Or paid the $400+ I spent this year on online resources alone that my students use daily. But yeah, that Facebook post makes it all worth it. Eat shit Greg Abbott.
  7. ^^^ This is just weird. I mean it's not "proudly collecting Nazi shit" weird, but it's weird.
  8. It is odd watching a grown man (I assume Rex is a man) defending another grown man (who I assume he's never met) from negative comments on the internet.
  9. Buying influence is not the same thing as giving money.
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  11. Or any of those things mentioned? Platforms used to include a plan to deal with the problems, but that takes work and expertise. The only thing the modern GOP scoffs at more than work, is expertise.
  12. He loses the election in 2024. Years later he dies peacefully in his own bed, and your grandkids go Donald J. Trump Public Charter School?
  13. Well, it was an imaginary cow... with a Twitter account. ETA: Mac beat me to it.
  14. They don't hate him. He's "one of the good ones". He's the shield that makes their racist policy, not racist. It's just a shame the woke mob cancel culture refused to eat at his restaurant. See also: Owens, Candace.
  15. Every public stand they make should be followed with the question, "But how did you vote?". It's not like they aren't supporting every shit-heel policy that their scumbag colleagues support. They just want to go back to being shitty without all the attention the MAGA crowd draws.
  16. I am a bit surprised not to see John Carter's name. As much as he features Trump on his mailings, you'd think he'd be first to fall in line.
  17. We have a speaking engagement with like-minded people...
  18. Why don't we exile more people? Remove their citizenship status? Ban their SSN? Send like something that should happen to people convicted of "light" treason. Give them a time limit to exhaust all appeals/ leave the country, then tell them GTFO or choose from a list of countries well dump them off in. To be honest with you, that might be worse than prison for most of these people. I know I'd be up shits creek. I've often wondered why this wasn't done to Confederate leaders (I know, I know, white supremacy).
  19. They're making sure that the Tim Tebows of West Texas will still be able to be part of Friday Night Lights... AND their parents will get a voucher to help pay for their totally legit homeschooling curriculum.
  20. Home schooled kids can get a voucher and participate in the local ISD's extracurriculars.
  21. I think I hear everybody from almost every state say something to this effect.
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