en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/775578 Comments by clayvessel2 http://biggovernment.com/lmeyers/2010/06/14/why-your-childs-teacher-stinks-and-what-you-can-do-about-it/#IDComment80143848 I really don't understand your comment to Red. Feeling her children are brilliant doesn't exclude her from thinking all children are special. I can't speak for her, but I certainly know all children are special. But there's a vast difference between "special" and "entitled." Every child needs attention and security and so much more. The parents are the best able to provide their needs, because they are best able to see their child as brilliant and special. Children need this. Parents, who are not messed up, do anything, including die, to give it. When you start putting children into this huge mass of humanity and making government responsible for forcing everyone to meet every child's needs, you get public school. You get WIC. These do not turn out the best results. I'm not saying, "Don't meet their needs," but when you raise a generation to feel entitled, you wind up with way too many people needing help to give it adequately or succesfully. Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:26:34 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/lmeyers/2010/06/14/why-your-childs-teacher-stinks-and-what-you-can-do-about-it/#IDComment80143848 http://biggovernment.com/lmeyers/2010/06/14/why-your-childs-teacher-stinks-and-what-you-can-do-about-it/#IDComment80142563 Red, Thanks for letting me know why I lost my one thumbs up, Red! I felt bad until I read that - lol! Children with parents like you, do great. There's such a distance between those such as yours and so much of the rest of our country's children. It's so sad. Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:13:15 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/lmeyers/2010/06/14/why-your-childs-teacher-stinks-and-what-you-can-do-about-it/#IDComment80142563 http://biggovernment.com/lmeyers/2010/06/14/why-your-childs-teacher-stinks-and-what-you-can-do-about-it/#IDComment80127298 I live in Tennessee where my daughter is a tremendous first grade teacher and a conservative (as am I). Conservatives tend to blame teachers because they're not "successful." Teachers like my daughter know that being "successful" is almost impossible today. Here’s why: 1) The dissolution of the American family. Very few children have intact families. Children have no secure base from which to begin learning. They are full of anxiety and live with neglect. 2) Those families that are intact usually have two working parents. IMO, most mothers have to work today, to pay the extravagant taxes so that single women who choose to, can stay home and be fed by the federal government. Again: anxiety and neglect. 3) The dissolution of Judeo/Christian morality. Sexual abuse is shockingly high. Parents are addicted to drugs, alcohol, sex, romance, etc., etc. 4) Big government - teachers have to spend hours every week creating paperwork to jump through hoops imposed by politicians who want to look like they're addressing the education problem. Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:50:14 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/lmeyers/2010/06/14/why-your-childs-teacher-stinks-and-what-you-can-do-about-it/#IDComment80127298 http://biggovernment.com/bdomenech/2010/06/07/obamacare-isnt-medicine-for-deficit/#IDComment79060396 Nancy Pelosi is filthy rich. Maybe we could take what she has and pay for part of the danged program. We could give her all the 200 gazillion jobs she promised as a receipt. Tue, 8 Jun 2010 04:41:38 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/bdomenech/2010/06/07/obamacare-isnt-medicine-for-deficit/#IDComment79060396 http://bigjournalism.com/kmartin/2010/04/17/for-tea-party-detractors-and-mainstream-media-thursday-was-an-epic-fail/#IDComment68641327 And God bless you! My daddy fought in Merrill's Murauders, and he was a Democrat until he saw the anti-American direction they were taking. Thank you for your service. Sun, 18 Apr 2010 03:21:00 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/kmartin/2010/04/17/for-tea-party-detractors-and-mainstream-media-thursday-was-an-epic-fail/#IDComment68641327 http://biggovernment.com/jhoft/2010/04/16/breaking-friend-says-gop-official-brutally-attacked-by-leftist-jindal-protesters/#IDComment68486706 Well, that's nice. Some thugs beat up a young woman and her boy friend, and you add slander to the mix. If you're playing around, it's detestable. If you have evidence, share it. If not, please get some humanity. Sat, 17 Apr 2010 06:28:45 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/jhoft/2010/04/16/breaking-friend-says-gop-official-brutally-attacked-by-leftist-jindal-protesters/#IDComment68486706 http://biggovernment.com/jhoft/2010/04/16/breaking-friend-says-gop-official-brutally-attacked-by-leftist-jindal-protesters/#IDComment68486235 Freddie didn't say, "The felony assault here is just as bad as the felony assault we did." He said, "Felony assault is wrong for either side." He's right. It's wrong for either side - no one should get by with felony assault - and they are the only ones doing it. Sat, 17 Apr 2010 06:23:12 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/jhoft/2010/04/16/breaking-friend-says-gop-official-brutally-attacked-by-leftist-jindal-protesters/#IDComment68486235 http://bigjournalism.com/bcorsair/2010/04/14/tv-guide-blames-fox-news-msnbc-for-starting-new-civil-war/#IDComment68478139 Are you part of the mainstream media, Jamal (you referred to it as "us.")? You said Fox wouldn't know news if it fell in their laps - were you thinking of a specific story that was ignored by Fox? This is actually one of the things that has shocked me about the networks - their blatant attempt to ignore major news. They gave a lot of attention to the story of a megalomaniac pres. whose people broke into the DNC to find out what their campaign plans were, considered it really big stuff. But they ignored this story: a national organization receiving tax-payer money that had "gotten out the vote" to elect the sitting president, was involved in voter fraud and, amazingly, in offering to help a man to set up a brothel for 14-year-old girls kidnapped from a foreign country for the purpose of making them sex slaves. Of course, I know, whether you are in the msm or not, you're not in here for a serious conversation. Your post is banter, not substance. However, I will answer your question: I am not afraid of the msm. I'm disgusted with the unprofessional job they do. I stopped watching them years ago, because I can tell a PR piece from a news story. Sat, 17 Apr 2010 05:08:16 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/bcorsair/2010/04/14/tv-guide-blames-fox-news-msnbc-for-starting-new-civil-war/#IDComment68478139 http://biggovernment.com/jhoft/2010/04/16/racist-leftist-infiltrators-driven-from-tea-party-rallies/#IDComment68398176 I went to the link, DTOM, but I didn't find the article? Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:07:12 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/jhoft/2010/04/16/racist-leftist-infiltrators-driven-from-tea-party-rallies/#IDComment68398176 http://biggovernment.com/jhoft/2010/04/16/racist-leftist-infiltrators-driven-from-tea-party-rallies/#IDComment68397130 What you wrote makes no sense, grandma. 2,000 tea partiers + 1 KKK guy All tea partiers around KKK guy make sure everyone knows they not only don't agree with KKK guy but they refuse to even allow his presence at a Tea Party event. And you get from this that Tea Partiers are KKK racists? It doesn't take a mathematical genius to realize this doesn't compute. Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:58:13 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/jhoft/2010/04/16/racist-leftist-infiltrators-driven-from-tea-party-rallies/#IDComment68397130 http://biggovernment.com/jhoft/2010/04/16/racist-leftist-infiltrators-driven-from-tea-party-rallies/#IDComment68396086 Amen, John! Either way, if the msm show his pic as an example of the Tea Party, they're going to have to do a lot of editing to remove all the, "He's not one of us" type signs. Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:49:55 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/jhoft/2010/04/16/racist-leftist-infiltrators-driven-from-tea-party-rallies/#IDComment68396086 http://biggovernment.com/jhoft/2010/04/16/racist-leftist-infiltrators-driven-from-tea-party-rallies/#IDComment68395231 I appreciate so much posts that talk about the historical facts concerning Nazis. Being lazy, I always just took the mainstream liberal interpretation for granted: that conservatism taken to extremist measures = Nazis. Leftist politics taken to extremist meansres = communism. Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:42:59 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/jhoft/2010/04/16/racist-leftist-infiltrators-driven-from-tea-party-rallies/#IDComment68395231 http://biggovernment.com/jhoft/2010/04/16/racist-leftist-infiltrators-driven-from-tea-party-rallies/#IDComment68393673 LostinOregon: "the Stupids are here"? With an arrow pointed at himself? Good God, is that the best they can do?____ Well, he DID say he was stupid. Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:30:17 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/jhoft/2010/04/16/racist-leftist-infiltrators-driven-from-tea-party-rallies/#IDComment68393673 http://bigjournalism.com/sright/2010/04/15/so-rep-shuler-did-not-hear-the-phantom-n-word-after-all/#IDComment68259440 Why in the world would anyone take someone's word about something when the many videos shot at the scene prove it isn't true? It makes me very sad that John Lewis must have made this up. But you have to understand taking someone's word that a group of passionate, patriotic demonstrators are stupid racists, against all evidence, is just as wrong as it would be dismissing Mr. Lewis' statement simply because he's black. You think we're disparaging Mr. Lewis. I'm not. But you're disparaging a group of people who are most probably hard-working, conscientious, faithful patriots who are demonstrating against something that was shoved down our throats with ethics thrown to the wind. Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:11:10 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/sright/2010/04/15/so-rep-shuler-did-not-hear-the-phantom-n-word-after-all/#IDComment68259440 http://bigjournalism.com/sright/2010/04/15/so-rep-shuler-did-not-hear-the-phantom-n-word-after-all/#IDComment68257808 You certainly don't know me (well, duh!) if you think I "would so happily agree to anybody in this world controlling your speech." The antics of Mr. Obama with the FCC, the obvious MSM bias and the attempts of both of them to dismiss Fox News, et al as biased, frustrate and anger me, and I argue the point any time it's presented. I just think not acknowledging the fact that there's a reason why African Americans would be defensive about the n-word and dismissing it like it has no weight is counterproductive - and it gives radicals a footing to make accusations of racism. I know we're fighting a war, and I think we need to fight it intelligently. My experience about "this drivel" is that it doesn't cause the opponent to win, as you say, but causes quite the opposite. I've found when I speak "this drivel" to angry or prejudiced radicals, it has the exact opposite effect. Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:58:05 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/sright/2010/04/15/so-rep-shuler-did-not-hear-the-phantom-n-word-after-all/#IDComment68257808 http://bigjournalism.com/sright/2010/04/15/so-rep-shuler-did-not-hear-the-phantom-n-word-after-all/#IDComment68256192 That's an interesting story and something I've seen the press do also. It's frustrating when they're supposed to be reporting the news, and they go for a sensational story, or go for confirming their beliefs. As I said above, however, racism was horrible at that time in the south. I'm glad it was dealt a near-fatal blow. Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:45:41 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/sright/2010/04/15/so-rep-shuler-did-not-hear-the-phantom-n-word-after-all/#IDComment68256192 http://bigjournalism.com/sright/2010/04/15/so-rep-shuler-did-not-hear-the-phantom-n-word-after-all/#IDComment68254069 Hey, Indiana Red, do you post under the name "haufenmist" also? Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:41:35 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/sright/2010/04/15/so-rep-shuler-did-not-hear-the-phantom-n-word-after-all/#IDComment68254069 http://bigjournalism.com/bcorsair/2010/04/14/tv-guide-blames-fox-news-msnbc-for-starting-new-civil-war/#IDComment68235910 I saw that article, 1776Federalist. Scary stuff: Tea Partiers are OLD! Half of Tea Partiers are REPUBLICAN! Tea Partiers GET THEIR NEWS WATCHING FOX NEWS! I'm surprised more people haven't been killed with those kinds of radical extremists running around, being old and all. *pictures woman in '50s horror movie, hands on cheeks, screaming in terror* Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:22:55 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/bcorsair/2010/04/14/tv-guide-blames-fox-news-msnbc-for-starting-new-civil-war/#IDComment68235910 http://bigjournalism.com/bcorsair/2010/04/14/tv-guide-blames-fox-news-msnbc-for-starting-new-civil-war/#IDComment68235343 BTW, Texas Stomp, how do you get away with posting a long post? It always makes me break mine up. Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:18:05 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/bcorsair/2010/04/14/tv-guide-blames-fox-news-msnbc-for-starting-new-civil-war/#IDComment68235343 http://bigjournalism.com/bcorsair/2010/04/14/tv-guide-blames-fox-news-msnbc-for-starting-new-civil-war/#IDComment68235278 I also wanted to say: As for the reply by Texas Stomp (great name, btw), I think "Why" can be part of a true article, if it's done right. One good way is to quote both sides as to why they do it, or experts as to why they do it. IMO, that can work, if the reporter is conscientious and has the time to do it. The problem, of course, is we all have prejudices (i.e. the WaPo man who admitted they were wrong about the n-word but then went on to "prove" the Tea Partiers are racist any way). When I majored in journalism for a while in college (I realized soon I didn't have enough aggression to do a good job as a reporter), they taught us to be objective. A friend who went through journalism decades later told me that they were taught a good reporter helps the reader come to the correct conclusion - that readers are usually too dumb or too ill-informed to come to the wise/correct conclusion on their own. Kind of makes me mad that they taught that in journalism school, but that's what the '60s revolution was all about, right? Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:17:25 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/bcorsair/2010/04/14/tv-guide-blames-fox-news-msnbc-for-starting-new-civil-war/#IDComment68235278