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if it has nothing to do with anything, why are republicans falling all over each other to distance theirselves from him?   personally, someone who claims to not "recognize the government's existence" should not be anyone's hero.  our government has plenty of problems, but we'll have a lot more if people just allowed to do what they want while ignoring the law.  and it's not like he's breaking a law that's just been put in place.  it's been decades. 

could someone please tell me how this list by the NRA proves anything?  I mean, does 77 saying it's factual, and the NRA saying it's factual actually make it so?  The NRA is a huge political machine.  You can trust them to give you "facts" about as much as you can trust Obama.  Speaking of, what would have happened on this website had someone posted a list of "facts" about the NRA according to Obama?   I'm not arguing the seriousness of the scandal itself, merely pointing out that the NRA could put anything it wanted on a list, say it's a fact, and there are people who will immediately take it at face value. 

not much, which makes the support he got from the GOP pretty ironic (at least until he started spewing nonsense about "Negroes" being happier when they were slaves).  I guess you could argue that he works to steal taxpayers and government money and resources, but the result is much the same.

by my judgement, that's still racist.  anyone with any common sense would agree.  i especially thought the use of the word "Negro" was a nice touch.

the cowboys don't need any more distractions.  i say we trade our 2nd round pick for a general manager.

It's always tough sorting through the needy and the lazy.  My line of work brings me in contact with both on a regular basis.  I see poor families who receive a little help and then  pull themselves up by their bootstraps, and i see poor families who choose to stay poor in order to continue getting benefits.  We need A system, but THIS system is broken.  The benefits received should not be so lucrative that staying on them seems to be a good career move when stacked up next to getting a minimum wage job.  Why go work full time flipping burgers when you can get several hundred dollars a month, free housing, food stamps, WIC, free healthcare, free healthcare for your kids, a free cellphone with a few hundred minutes, and many more "perks" without the inconvenience of working?  And the system actually rewards single mothers with more money for having extra kids, and punishes mothers by providing less money if the dad sticks around.

And you and NOTB rest easy knowing that I've never and will never discuss my world views in front of the kids!!!

But it sure would've been nice to have one, and I bet it would've helped. As for teaching middle school, the thing I would say is that there are a lot less supplies needed than in the younger grades. You guys have to worry about the standardized tests, and it's a lot of bookwork and worksheets. For younger grades, a lot more learning is done through play, art, centers, field trips, etc. which require infinitely greater amounts of supplies and funding. At the beginning of the year, we got a small box of supplies that temporarily addressed SOME of our needs. After that anything we needed we could put in a request for, that MIGHT be granted. And then after the freeze, it was up to the teacher to decide if they wanted to spend out of pocket or do without. If lessons are not as good because teachers can't afford the things they need to make them good, the students ARE suffering. When fieldtrips are cancelled because funding is frozen, students are suffering. So the teachers have been hurt, and the students have been hurt. And maybe it's because I am one, but to me, after the students, the teachers are the lifeblood of the school district.

Well, backpacks are important because they help kids make it back and forth to school without losing books and homework. Snacks fill bellies and help concentration. Sanitizer is important because it helps kill germs and keep the kids from getting sick and missing school. You're right that it's not a requirement for teachers to buy these things, but those things ARE important for kids to learn. Some of these are extras we choose to provide but lately many teachers are having to choose between purchasing necessities for the kids or doing without. Out of curiosity, what grade are you subbing for? And sorry if I came off as uppity, because while you riled me a bit, subbing can be as tough as full time teaching.

and he clearly got us mixed up, because there's no reason for him to think I'm a sub.

selfish reasons?  I'd say so!  between lost bonuses and insurance payments, i've taken about a $1500 a year paycut, and my wife (also a certified BISD teacher) has taken about a $2500 a year paycut.  and that's before "expenses", like the hand sanitizer i had to buy this weekend, and the t-shirts i bought last week, the snacks my wife takes to work for her students, and the laminator we got since ours at school were always broken and couldn't afford to be fixed, and the soap, and paper towels, and paper for the kids, and the backpacks we buy when the kids' families can't afford them, etc. etc. etc. etc.  So tell that BS to someone else (probably another sub who gets to come in and work the day like you do without the "take-home" responsibilities. 

you quoted the wrong person.  i'm certified to teach PK-4, and have a degree that would've allowed me to become certified through 8th out of college, but i did not want to teach middle school.

I hear this argument all the time.  I guess if I'd grown up during the time of the hippies, where half the country was high and the other half was busy discriminating against African Americans I could look back to when our country had a straighter moral compass.  Or maybe a couple of decades later when gang violence ruled every major city.  or maybe a half century before that when the mob did.  Or back at the turn of the century when murders almost as common as the whorehouses.  So when were things so great again?  Every generation and time has it's various struggles and improvements.  I think it's a good thing that our biggest problem of this generation (according to so many loving Christians) is homosexuals getting a little equal treatment and personal rights. 

What doesn't make sense to me is that on multiple occasions you've used the argument that "God wouldn't do that" as a justification for your beliefs.  But i mean, i guess maybe you have some sort of direct connection that i don't know about that lets you in on these things. 

but you asked MY opinion.  also, i think the majority of people would find the hate group tats MUCH more offensive, although there are some in SETX who would probably not. 

i'm a teacher in BISD.  but don't worry, i'm on break for another 6 minutes... it's not felt as hard in the older grades, where it's all bookwork and lectures, but for younger grades where you need art supplies and laminating film and construction paper and all those sorts of things, you notice when all of a sudden most if not all of that expense is coming from your own pocket... especially when you've lost your bonuses and are all of a sudden paying for insurance that has been free for 10 years. that's when the kids suffer.

except for the whole spending freeze, and the fact that schools are getting ZERO money for supplies and classroom necessities.  i mean, it's not like kids need supplies to learn, right!

number 3: who cares if it's the private citizen's fault?  if he's a republican, blame the democratic government!!!

why would the guy bother properly managing this land when it's not his property?  and this is the most ridiculous thing seeing all the conservatives and all of the conservative propaganda machines making this guy out to be anything less than a nutter.  by reading the headlines, conservatives get exactly what they want... another "example" of the government abusing the private citizen.  the truth, of course, is that he has let his cattle run free for decades on government land, where they have adversely affected the entire habitat, not just tortoises. 

It would seem to me that Ms. Klug knows exactly what she is, or she would not have taken such drastic steps, and endured such ridicule and hate to become it.

  I find it ironic that you use a guy with tattoos on his body indicating that he hates and is for the suppression of a certain group of people as an example of why Lumberton should be able to suppress a certain group of people. As to your question about the tattoos, I personally would not have a problem with them if he was no longer associated with the group and did not carry those beliefs anymore, but there's a difference between ostracizing someone in a hate group and becoming a community hate group to ostracize someone just because they're different.   People keep bringing up dresscodes, but that's not the issue here.  The issue is whether or not one accepts her as a woman.  If not, that's your belief, but dress codes have nothing to do with it.  She lives her life as a woman, does everything as a woman,has or is in the process of becoming a woman (i'm not completely familiar with where she is in that process) and based on her outfits i've seen in the media, attends school as the most conservatively dressed woman on campus. 

there were what, 5 or 6 parents in all of lumberton that cared enough to step up and speak against her?  it's not like you have hundreds of people lining up.  and my suspicions were greatly validated when about 90% who answered me on facebook supported her, with about 90% of those who answered being from this area.

The same LISD parents who had a problem with it are the ones who took it to the media, thus making it an issue for others outside the district. And lets say less than a majority of LISD parents want Klug gone (the more I talk to people inside and outside the district the more I suspect this is the case)... Should the minority be able to decide that?

on an interesting note, i did an impromptu poll on facebook this weekend just to see how "radical" my views are... when asked if they would have a problem if their child was in Ms. Klug's class, the results were as follows:   Based on people who commented, messaged me, or liked an affirmative or negative post by someone else, the results came out 32 in favor of her teaching, 5 against.    i know you guys think that i've just got a bunch of ultra-liberal friends, but i'm from SETX, went to ETBU, and my friends span the total political gamut.    some interesting notes:  Out of the 5 dissents, one was from a liberal friend of mine from Chicago.   9 teachers answered, and 8 were in favor of letting her teach.   Out of the 6 people that answered that i KNOW to be extremely conservative, 3 were in favor and 3 against.  (I've also talked to other conservatives i know from the area in person, and again it's been pretty split). I had 3 homosexuals answer, so you can discount their results if you want. One of the dissents has very strong opinions about sexual sin, except for when it comes to her 4 year sexual relationship with her boyfriend that they're exposing their teenaged kids to. All but four who responded were from SETX, and of those that weren't, one was from Alabama and one was from Louisiana. (since the "normal" people from SETX was an issue earlier in this thread)

it's an assumption that her being transgender somehow means she can't do a good job, or will poison the kids' minds, etc. etc. etc.