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Common Core Standards have absolutely nothing to do with any of the topics you quoted from Ms. Zeanah. You just used a discussion on educational standards to rage against a President you don't like. I really don't think that intelligent, thinking people will allow extremists such as yourself to take anything much less our country.

March 20, 2013 3:56 pm on ANDREA NEAL: Concerns mounting over Common Core standards
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Your premise is based on false assumptions. First, charter schools are no better than public so a "quality" alternative doesn't exist. Second, parental involvement with children in necessary regardless of whether your child attends public, private, or charter schools.

March 14, 2013 11:24 am on Pierce Middle School student expelled for bringing gun to school
J Bird's point is that new so-called conservatives and Tea Party members are extreme. Case in point, how would you characterize a President that established OSHA, passed the Equal Rights Amendment, enhanced welfare assistance for families, and ended formal racial segregation? By today's standards, that President would be called a flaming liberal by Tea Partiers. That President was President Nixon.

March 09, 2013 12:11 am on Lincoln Day dinner joins Republicans
Burgermeister, you neglected to mention that the pathways would be much better if Obama weren't the president.

March 07, 2013 1:09 pm on MITCH BARLOGA: Valparaiso has worked hard on its pathways
This was a discussion about ag industry subsidies. tiretrax and H. Burger always go way out of their way to make it a discussion about President Obama. These subsidies have been around a long time, and that's the point. We can no longer afford them. And Congress appropriates money not the president. I suggest tiredtrax and Burgermeister get their own web sites and they can bash away at Obama for his remainder in office and stop annoying people who would like to discuss something else. Thank you.

March 07, 2013 1:06 pm on U.S. Ag secretary says sequester will bite deep
Most comments here seem to assume that eliminating welfare for the ag industry is a bad thing and it's all the President's fault. The government guarantees prices for the products they produce, pays to export their products, pays for a portion of their insurance, and pays them so they don't squander precious farm land. Are you kidding me? And then, the appropriately named Mr. Stoner has the audacity to say most people have an over-inflated view of government. Since farms, even family farms, are corporations, they should be allowed to compete in a free market on their own. Cut the apron strings on these welfare/entitlement programs.

March 07, 2013 8:12 am on U.S. Ag secretary says sequester will bite deep
This is an incredibly stupid decision. Can we please remember this the next time we vote?

March 02, 2013 10:30 am on Republican leaders pessimistic on Medicaid expansion
You sound like you have nothing to add. Please go back to Kentucky or Tennessee or wherever your grand pappy came from.

March 02, 2013 10:29 am on Republican leaders pessimistic on Medicaid expansion
Wow, with all this important legislation, I'm glad they were able to find time to give the Indianapolis Motor Speedway millions of dollars each year. Charbonneau and Soliday were obviously too busy to solve the Cline Avenue debacle.

February 26, 2013 1:41 pm on NWI lawmakers win approval for several legislative proposals
This is misleading and inaccurate. Social security is not a safety net. It is a program in which I invested and yes, I want my money back with interest. Safety nets, or emergency assistance programs, account for about 12% of the budget not one-third. I'll bet you weren't counting on people knowing the difference. And since you want to steal the money I invested in Social Security, will you then also reduce the pensions of retired legislators, Presidents, federal judges and other retired federal employees? Somehow, I don't think you will.

February 25, 2013 7:24 am on GUEST COMMENTARY: A crisis of the president’s own choosing