Archive for September 6th, 2009

Brandywine School District Will Show The President’s Speech

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Breaking now on the intertubes, Brandywine School District says it will show the president’s speech. Interim Superintendent Dr. Dane Brandenberger said there was a mixed message sent about Brandywine not airing the speech that was incorrect. Last week, parents said they’d heard that the speech would not be shown in the Brandywine School District. “Somehow […]

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Original Lesson Plan

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Can any of the haters out there post a link to the original lesson plan for K-6 which y’all are upset about. I don’t want a quote extracted, I would like to see the whole lesson plan. Thanks, nemski

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Read All About It in the Sunday Papers-Labor Day Weekend Edition

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LEAD STORY-The (UK) Observer: Former Brazilian PM Urges End to ‘Disaster’,  AKA “The War On Drugs” Seriously, does ANYone ANYwhere on the political spectrum agree that this unmitigated disaster makes sense? The human toll in many of the countries in Latin America and South America has been incalculable: “After decades of overflights, interdictions, spraying and raids […]

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Origins Of The Latest Rightwing Freakout

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I find the crazification of the Republican Party both depressing and sad. The latest rightwing freakout about President Obama speaking to schools started with Jim Greer, the chair of the Florida Republican Party: Apparently in the midst of some kind of breakdown, Florida’s Jim Greer is throwing a tantrum over this. The chairman of the […]

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Words Fail

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Words Fail

At first I thought this was a joke, but it seems not. Book Description from Amazon: It happens to all of us: You’re minding your own business, when some idiot informs you that guns are evil, the Prius will save the planet, or the rich have to finally start paying their fair share of taxes. […]

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