Santorum on Obama Wanting Every American to Go to College: ‘What a Snob!’
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Rick Santorum on Saturday called President Barack Obama “a snob” for hoping every American will go to college.
“President Obama said he wants everybody in America to go to college. What a snob!” the GOP contender said during a campaign stop in Michigan.
As the crowd laughed and applauded, Santorum added: “There are good, decent men and women who go out and work hard every day and put their skills to the test that aren’t taught by some liberal college professor trying to indoctrinate them.”
During his State of the Union address last month, Obama called for higher education institutions to become more affordable or risk losing federal funding cuts, saying: “Higher education can’t be a luxury — it is an economic imperative that every family in America should be able to afford.” His 2013 budget request unveiled earlier this month includes an $8 million proposal to invest in community colleges to help train workers.
“Oh I understand why he wants you to go to college,” Santorum continued. “He wants to remake you in his image. I want to create jobs so people can remake their children into their image, not his.”
As Talking Points Memo pointed out, Santorum’s ill-fated 2006 Senate re-election campaign included a commitment to “ensuring the every Pennsylvanian has access to higher education.”
Watch Santorum’s remarks below, via TPM:
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Comments (450)
Steelhead
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:42pmSantorum has no chance against Obama.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:46pmBingo!
Report Post »stage9
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:51pmObamney and that liberatarian anarchist Paul have less of a chance.
Die on principles or live like a coward. I’ll choose a man with principles.
Report Post »Steelhead
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:54pmtifosa- R.S. is DOA
Report Post »trackmaster
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:55pmYou’re wrong!!
Report Post »Silversmith
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 3:12pmJust being a candidate OTHER than Bahama would put a carp in the running. Sticking with the resident is for those who are completely asleep — shhhhhhh…..
Silversmith
Report Post »Crazy Times
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 3:16pmand Reagan had no chance againt Carter….
SANTORUM 2012!
Report Post »Ray2447
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 3:33pm“President Obama said he wants everybody in America to go to college.”
And we know why Obama wants that. It’s NOT because Obama wants kids to get a useful education. It‘s so teacher’s union lackies can bully and brainwash America‘s youth into Obama’s vile, corrupt mindset, using their taxpayer funded podiums – as shown in Marxist Valley College at Youtube. http://www.youtube.com/user/ManAmongOaks#p/u/3/7iVmh0VCkL4
Report Post »thetreyman
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 4:09pm@Crazy Times
Ron Paul hated Reagan too. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 4:12pmSteel, funniest headline award: “Santorum Comes From Behind”
Report Post »Izzy2626
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 4:17pmI hate to say this but……does anyone stand a chance against the * Muslim in Chief? Who supplies the voting machines? The unions of course and dont think for one minute they wont pre-load those machines with thousands of dead voters in all the swing states.
You think the marxists are going to let thier power go? ………..WE are doomed
Report Post »EchoHawk
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 4:34pmIzzy2626, are you suggesting there was some manner of malfeasance in the 08 election? I hadn’t heard that particular conspiracy theory, do tell. I do however recall there being some dispute over the 2000 election and what party was responsible for that fiasco?
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 4:42pmSilversmith…I think you are correct…2010 was only the beginning…do you remember all those states turning red..its too bad that it took an obama to wake us up…but we are awake…I have noticed how many EMAILS and PHONE CALLS I am getting pertaining to everything from auto insurance to going to college from our GOVERNMENT…not thanks..I’ll give We The People the first crack at my business…I pray that whomever our nominee is..we get behind him 100% ..viva America!
Report Post »Steelhead
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 4:55pmtif- I think it’s from all that church touching stuff- lol
Report Post »william1
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 5:23pmGod knows I pray you are wrong. The America I grew up in cannot nor will it, I don’t believe, tolerate another four years of Obama. It is obvious to me, after 15 years as an educator in the public schools and two masters why Obama wants everyone to go to college. He wants everyone indoctrinated to the liberal, progressive agenda. Those who are blue collar are less likely to vote democrat because they haven’t been indoctrinated.
Report Post »Look4DBigPicture
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 5:25pmOops! I think you made a typo … Obama has no chance against Santorum. Obama‘s all about what the government is going to do for you because you can’t do it yourself … and Santorum is about empowering you to be someone much greater than you thought you could be.
Hmmmmm….let me think about this …. which is the more appealing message? ….Hmmmmm….I pick Santorum!!!!!!!!
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 5:41pmLook…no brainer!
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 6:06pmThe country does not want a theocracy. So please choose Rick. :^)
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 7:42pmNo kidding.
Have you been reading the Dutch press about him recently?
Santorum is living up to the vernacular version of his last name.
Report Post »matinva
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 7:44pmA failure to vote for any Republican candidate is a sure vote for another four years of this disaster, O’blahblah. I’m sorry, I can’t take another four years of this turd and his Socialist minions destroying our country.
Report Post »MS Patriot
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 8:25pmYou socialist libs still underestimate the Christian Right voting block. We aren‘t falling for the trap to get independent’ s to vote you need a moderate Republican. Every time we have a moderate Republican we lose because the Christian Right stay at home. They will not support a candidate that does not reflect their values and ethics.
Santorum can win the nomination and if he does he will beat Obama by 10% of the populist vote.
The Christian Right is not going to vote for Romney and his socialist agenda paired with Paul and his old school liberal views. They have been exposed for what they are, progressives that will only continue to further the socialist agenda in this country.
Enough already, we will stand up and vote to return our Republic.
Report Post »Izzy2626
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 6:57amEcho
So you didnt hear/read about the numerous *dead votes* in Philly? As for 2000…..that was cleared up, you libs just wont accept it. Hell, Ozone Al couldnt even carry his home state…..are you serious?
Report Post »MiCurmudgeon
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:38pmThis American just wants Oblamer to GO !!!!
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 7:05pmJust… Dumb Down the Eductation System… so No Child Is Left Behind!
Report Post »Robert999
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:36pmDon’t let your children attend college unless you are Certain it is a Good Christian university or they will be turned into Atheistic Communist Muslims. All public education in America Must be ended. All education should be through home-schooling or private (mainly religious) schools. End Public Schools in America. That should be in the GOP platform.
Report Post »Common.Cents
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:47pmhow can we be atheists and Muslims?
Report Post »Robert999
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 4:30pmYou tell me.
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 4:52pmit can if you’re an indoctrinated by fox genocidal war mongering the sky is falling because of a soros spoon fed gull.
Report Post »Goldline_scam
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 5:04pmYou know, the Nazis and Communists also criticized and isolated the intellectual class. And you SERIOULY believe the GOP should adopt the same policy??
And BTW, religious-based education is the norm in Muslim countries.
Conservatives are SO profoundly ignorant … and apparently they want everyone else to be, too.
Report Post »Cat
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 5:45pmHow it works:
Have to take the vehicles to a mechanic because I don’t know a thing about what’s under the hoods
See a doctor because he’s seen the inside of my body more then I have
A plumber installed a new shower valve in my shower, because I don’t know how or have the tools to do the job right
A lawyer knew more about how to handle a lawsuit then I did
An insurance agent knows more about my insurance needs then I do
A vacuum repairman had more knowledge of vacuum repair then I do
The list is too long
An auto mechanic called me because he didn’t know anything about building a house
A doctor called me because he didn’t know how to design a home for his family
A plumber called me because he didn’t know how to repair his garage
A lawyer called me because he had no clue how to expand his home
An insurance salesman called because he had no idea how to repair his condominium
A vacuum repairman called me because he didn’t know how to design, or build a home for his family
The list is too long
Half of the above do not have college degrees, including yours truly
Report Post »william1
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 5:50pmCollege is a waste of money if one goes into it to become an educator, social worker, etc. After almost 270 hrs., two masters, what a waste, unless I count the debt I now have. I got so sick of teaching that I left it to return to working in the oilfields of West Texas at almost 50 years of age. I hated every minute of teaching, especially the the last three years. I would never advise anyone to follow the path I chose, school teacher and coach. College is worth it if you get a degree that is valuable such as engineering, nursing, etc. Teaching is a very dishonorable profession. The kids are turds, the teachers/administrators are total sold out to the leftist cause, and the parents won’t take responsible for their children.
Report Post »ANTISOCIAL-IST
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 6:33pm@common: you can be an atheist and muslim at the same time by rejecting/not beliving in Yaweh, and believing in allah, the moon god, who doesn’t exist. a two-for.
Report Post »auntbea
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 6:53pm“Give me the children and I’ll change the society in ten years.” – Hitler
Report Post »YouAreMistakenSir
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 8:29pmAtheist and Muslim are mutually exclusive terms. Many people in both parties would be offended at being called the other. You clearly don’t understand the concept of Atheism or Religion. Might I suggest a visit to your local library or community college? The people there will probably be more than happy to help you understand your misunderstanding. Also that “ You tell me” argument makes you come off as aggressive and ignorant Robert999. Try a more reasoned approach, like explaining your position. If you want people to come around to your way of thinking then the debate tactics you learned in second grade must be left behind for more convincing techniques. Colleges also teach classes on that and I’m sure you would find it a valuable use of your time.
Report Post »MS Patriot
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 8:34pmThe God that Muslims worship is a fake God created by the Vatican to unite the Muslims to get the Jews and Christians out of Jerusalem for the Catholic Church. Muhammad was not divinely given his message by God, it was a hoax pulled off by the Catholic Church. If not for the greed of the Catholic Church during the early years of Christianity the Islam religion would never have been created.
Unfortunately many men in the early Catholic Church were not very honest and greed ruled the era.
Ever notice the close relationship the Vatican and Muslims still share in the Middle East. Isn’t it odd the close proximity of their churches and Mosques?
Report Post »cmsgreek
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 2:55pmMs Patriot, what the actual hell are you talking about. That was probably the most defamatory and ignorant post I have ever read. FYI Catholics ARE Christians so that argument is 100% false and just wondering how many evangelical “Christians” actually live in Jerusalem?? The city has a huge Eastern Orthodox population but I‘m sure you don’t count us as “Christians” either; Muslims were not created by the Pope. That was the stupidest thing I have EVER read
Report Post »SnowKalBebes
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:35pmAnd Santorum wants to keep his uneducated followers angry and scared so that he can drum up more votes. There is nothing wrong with wanting an education for everybody in our country…
Report Post »Crazy Times
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 3:20pmyep, make everyone the same, that’s great…
Report Post »Get a life. Utopia ain’t comin no time soon.
Common.Cents
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 3:26pmhave you ever played the video game called “Bio-Shock”? I think it addresses this very well. No matter what, someone is always going to have to clean the toilet. Not everyone can have an education. Sorry, but they can’t.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 4:15pmIt’s certainly a threat to the uneducated.
Report Post »paleoman
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 4:28pmSome people are born stupid. They go to school till they drop out & still can not read or write but they can vote. Guess who they will vote for? Hope I didn’t misspell any words. Get some of that FREE 0bama money.
Report Post »Lamarr01
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 4:31pmNearly half of America’s adults are poor readers, or “functionally illiterate.” They can’t carry out simply tasks like balancing check books, reading drug labels, reading want ads or writing essays for a job. Many high school graduates can’t use a ruler, count change, follow a simple recipe or read a map.
Colleges and Universities would need to offer a “Participation Diploma” with a major in Remedial Education.
Report Post »Lamarr01
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 4:44pmAs you know, TIFOSA, the over-educated sometimes sit in their mother’s basement and “Blog for Obama” for free.
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 4:45pmHigher education should be free or lost costfor qualified citizens.startingout in debt as a result of getting a higer educatin is mean spirited and unenlightened.[we need more socialist policies-not less and in the 21stc americ will come on board enlightened socialist style european democracies-having said that it is true that not everyone needs to go to college.What is needed however is a guaranteed training program leading to a guaranteed jobfor everyone.it’s impossible to pursue happiness without one.that too will be a civil right in yrs. to come.
Report Post »Crazy Times
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 5:51pm@ tifosa -”It’s certainly a threat to the uneducated”
is that why you feel threatened?
Report Post »christos
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 6:52pm@SNOWKALBEBES—College is a personal choice,,,The Arrogance,,,the most creative people have never stepped a foot into the Dragons indoctrination PIT…watch the snow melt and get ready for the Drought,,,college can not fix the U.S. problems.
Report Post »nowhereman
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 8:38pmAmerica is getting is getting dumbed-down. Let the other country surpass us for the high tech jobs I guess. There are thousands of jobs right now that nobody can qualify for. A lot of “colleges” out there aren’t liberal. Everybody needs some kind of continuing education in this day in age. Nothing snobbish about being educated in your job.
Report Post »MS Patriot
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 8:40pmWe are uneducated, we understand the elitist in this world believe we aren’t worthy to own our own homes, raise our children and educate ourselves.
The elitist in this country want to make our decisions for us, because they think they know better how others should live their lives.
We have our God given right to live our lives as we choose to do and no man no matter his education level should have the power to take our right to live our lives as we choose.
This is all about freedom, freedom to choose how we want to live.
I will always choose freedom over tyranny. Look what has happened to our country the last 24 years with Yale and Harvard in the White House. 15 trillion in debt. These people can’t even balance a budget and they want to tell me what choices in my life I should take?
C’mon man! Wake up! Don’t fall for their propaganda, they just want to rule us, not provide for us.
Report Post »nowhereman
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 3:03pmUnless we are educated we will not be able to fulfill what is required of us as citizens.
Report Post »That to secure our unalienable rights.of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. —
Our Government was instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — If the “governed” is uneducated and ignorant, how do they wisely consent? When there is no legitimate consent, the powers the Government derives becomes their own. Absolute power corrupts…
Nick84
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:34pmhttp://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/rick-santorums-hypocrisy-on-higher-education/
Report Post »VanceUppercut
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:30pmThe evil Obama, wanting everybody to have a better opportunity landing a well-paying job. That proves he’s a socialist. Bwah, I’m a good Christian!
Report Post »Pontiac
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:50pm[wanting everybody to have a better opportunity landing a well-paying job]
Report Post »Better opportunity? If that isn’t subjective thought I must not know what is. Obama isn’t interested in lowering cost or raising educational standards. Obama is just kowtowing to the teachers unions. Government endorsed mediocrity isn’t going to create a “well-paying job” unless it’s a tax payer funded bureaucracy. And the only way that can be supported is by going further into debt & printing more currency backed by nothing.
Steelhead
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 3:15pmv- Christians think they are so superior. lol
Report Post »Crazy Times
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 3:26pmi’ll give you an example of giving people a better opportunity…
… let people decide if they want to go to college or not.
Q: Do you want to go to college?
A: Yes. I have an opportunity to go into the career field I want.
Q: Do you want to go to college?
A: No. My parents own this company and taught me everything about it, and I will be running it ten years, there is no reason for me to go.
Q: Do you want to go to college?
A: No, i want to be a rock star.
… No socialism there! So this is the best choice: Give the choice to people and stop telling them what is better for them.
Report Post »snooop1e
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 3:36pmThis is where Liberals fall short on common sense. Think about this, there are only so many white collar jobs out there, once all of the white collar jobs requiring a degree are filled what is going to happen to all of the folks with college degrees who can’t find work? They are going to do whatever they can to make a living which means maual labor – blue collar jobs. I have a news flash for Liberals, this life will never be utopia, it’s not meant to be, no matter what you do there will ALWAYS be a lower class, there will always be rich and poor, that’s just a fact of life. Liberals are in a constant state of denial and delusion. Yes we can, hope and change blah blah blah. The only thing we can change is our hearts, we can turn to God and say yes YOU can and no WE can’t. God Bless….
Report Post »Crazy Times
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 3:41pmWell said Snoop… two thumbs up.
Report Post »skimmer57
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 5:05pmVance—I agree. That is one the most evil things in the world! How dare he say education is good.
Report Post »christos
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 7:10pm@STEELHEAD—Christians think they are so superior lol…Your right they are it is a Promise from +JESUS+GOD+ that we are the Heirs to the Kingdom of +JESUS+GOD+ of course we are superior,,,DUH
Report Post »Pontiac
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 8:49pm@Steelhead
Report Post »@christos
You’re both touched in the head.
christos
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 9:37pm@PONTIAC—Thank You that’s what happens when you read the “King James Bible” and accept +JESUS+ as your savior touched by the hand of +JESUS+GOD+ is Amazing,,,try a BUICK there more reliable than PONTIACS…TA
Report Post »christos
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 9:41pm@PONTIAC—Also my comment you replied to is Scriptural—the only way to +GOD+ is through +JESUS+ anyone who believes in +JESUS+ is an Heir to the Kingdom of +GOD+ ,,,among other thing maybe your enzyme level is low try some Dragon Herbs…TA
Report Post »Pontiac
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 10:30pm[Thank You that’s what happens when you read the “King James Bible” ]
So you admit to being mentally deficient?
That was easy enough…
Also, the horrid grammar and punctuations, not helping your arguments one bit.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 11:46pmsnoopie, you do realize that Obama didn’t say that everybody has to go to college, right?
Report Post »DeOppressoLiber
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:29pmThe Soviets targeted academia to gain control a long time ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQQfrWr3SEA
Report Post »UBETHECHANGE
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:32pmI think your preaching to the choir, but thank you!
Report Post »girlnurse
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:29pmObummer wants everyone to go to college to be dumbed down, brainwashed, and to get HUGE student loans that (after Obamacare kicks in) they will owe Billions to the government and be indebted to daddy big gov.
Report Post »Having EVERYONE go to college really cheapens a college degree and IF we don’t dumb it down the people who are there are actually there to learn instead of just wasting their government dollars and having NOTHING at the end! Does anyone have experience on the college book scam? Because of government intervention school books get changed almost every semester and they charge outrageous prices for these books! $25-$500 dollars for ONE book! Besides in an Obama adminstration even if you have a college degree you can’t get a job!!!! Government intervention on ANYTHING ruins it! Grrrrr don’t get me started!
Ron Paul 2012!
justangry
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:35pmYou go, girl!
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:50pmPresident Obama wants everyone to have access to attending college. Swallow whole.
Report Post »Nick84
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:55pmCommitment to Higher Education
“In addition to Rick’s support of ensuring that primary and secondary schools in Pennsylvania are equipped for success, he is equally committed to ensuring the every Pennsylvanian has access to higher education. Rick Santorum has supported legislative solutions that provide loans, grants, and tax incentives to make higher education more accessible and affordable.”
http://web.archive.org/web/20061005003608/http:/www.ricksantorum.com/Issues/Read.aspx?ID=4
Report Post »snooop1e
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 3:49pmJust about everyone in America attends public school right now and how’s that working out for us? The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development places the United States 18th among 36 Nations. In South Korea 93 percent of high school students graduate on time compared with 75% in America. All of your tax dollars going to teach your kids about the evils of the free market, man caused global warming, gay penguins, alternative sex, peaceful Islam and radical Christianity.
Report Post »Git-R-Done
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 5:22pmTifosa – What you mean by access is that the “evil” rich should have to pay for everybody else to go to college.
Report Post »GK4
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 5:58pmSo college is a brainwashing, horrible experience–and the danger of Obama‘s plan is that it’ll be devalued!!
Reminds me of the Woody Allen joke: Two women at a restaurant. First woman, “the food here is terrible.” Second woman, “I know. And the portions are lousy too!”
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 12:18amGK4, I have a son in college and he fills me in regarding what many of the professors and instructors are doing to more or less indoctrinate. Fortunately he working on a degree in electrical engineering and the majority of his classes are technical. Required periphery classes are lacking substance in his assessment. He takes a garbage in, garbage out attitude to pass these classes.
Report Post »teawithsugar
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:27pmThanks to open admission policies, our university has had to increase the number of developmental classes every semester. Many of these students are simply poorly prepared and can catch up and go on to standard college classes; these students can succeed if they apply themselves. Others may succeed in the job market, for they have a strong work ethic and don’t really need an academic background, but many do NOT belong in college; they have no drive, no internal push to better themselves or to learn. They are simply taking up space in the dorms because the government promised them full tuition and room & board–and we pay for it. Saying that they belong in the job market is a lie; many of these losers will never even look for a job, much less find one and earn a paycheck. These losers think they DESERVE a FREE education, no, a free degree. They don’t want to learn. I had one “student” who took his financial aid which was intended for his books and blew it on partying–never did buy his books.
Report Post »Not everyone belongs in college.
pandora
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:26pmWho says he quit?
Report Post »UBETHECHANGE
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:23pmOf course the communists want all kids to go to college, so they can teach them how to be good little useful idiots for their One World Government. I say we abolish the DOE!
Report Post »justangry
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:31pmYou think only the democratic elites wants a one world government?
Report Post »UBETHECHANGE
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:36pm@JUSTANGRY No. The progressives on both sides do. John McCain, Lindsay Graham, Boehner, etc Anybody who calls for “democracy” is a traitor. “Democracy leads to socialism” ~Karl Marx Our foreign policy needs a overhaul. I believe in peace through strength. I stand with Israel and the jewish people. Sorry Paulbot, Israel is where we part ways I know.
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:36pmRick Santorum went to college. Heck, he went to three of them, because he wanted to make something more of himself than he could with just a high school education. President Obama is naïve enough to think that he’s no better than you or your children. Rick Santorum is arrogant enough to think that he is better than you. How does that make Obama the one who‘s a snob and Santorum the one who isn’t?
Report Post »justangry
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 3:28pm@UBETHECHANGE, I encourage you to go stand with Israel. They’ve made immigration really simple. Christians need not apply though. You could renounce you savior and go. Take all your buddies with you. Leave the meek here to inherit the earth after you all kill one another playing apocalypse. Personally, I‘d rather see a little more negotiating so we don’t have to see the ugliness on the six o’clock news. It brings back too many nightmares.
Report Post »UBETHECHANGE
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 7:22pm@JUSTANGRY Pretel how we are going to “negotiate” with nazi muslim animals?
Report Post »justangry
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 5:51amThe same way you deal with any other ignorant/bigoted racist religous zealot (such as yourself). Step one… you recognize they’re PEOPLE. Come on, man, we TRY. We’re not even doing that. As RP pointed out, we’re abandoning the “just war theory” of Christianity. Think about it. Everything you know about the situation in Iran comes from the U.N. then gets filtered through our corporatist media who is owned by globalist CFR members. You express concern about a “one world government” but you’re sucking up their propaganda, while dismissing the veterans (who care about our sovereignty) that are telling you we’re on the wrong course. We can’t let our emotions get the best of us. It‘s not like I’m not constantly struggling to overcome my prejudices towards muslims like everyone else here. We’re bombarded by stories, pictures and video of every crazy-ass thing they do, but we’re being baited. So we ask to negotiate. If they refuse we leave them alone. If we leave them alone the Suni’s and Shiites will fight each other rather than unite against us. Problem with that approach is it could disrupt OIL supply and we still have a terrorist threat. Of course two of RP’s failed bills, that you haters like to bring up, were to basically “drill baby drill” and stop handing out student visas to students from jihadist countries. His foreign policy of putting our troops on the mexian border would stem the threat of the most likely method of attack.
Report Post »academica2020
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 3:57pm@JUSTANGRY
Report Post »You call me on the comment I made to the other poster than you sling insults like they’re frisbees?
Do unto others DUDE!
My son uses the term dude all of the time, so I think I know your age range.
justangry
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 4:41pmUm, what would you call someone who said a billion frick’n people where “nazi muslim animals”? You were being condescending to insult someone’s inteligence because they disagreed with you. I see a difference, but perhaps you’re right. Dude
Report Post »b.mclane
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:21pmAll Saint Santorum , ALL THE TIME. BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE BECK FOR SANTORUM PAC
Report Post »justangry
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:34pmYou can even donate to his “He doesn’t just talk a good conservative game” campaign with a single click from any story on the Blaze.
Report Post »Crazy Times
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 3:33pmYep, and you are two of Beck’s biggest supporters, being that you are on this website.
go back to Media Matters you fools….
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 12:21amB.MCLANE, None of these clowns are perfect, or even near perfect. In my humble opinion, just better than what we have now. My attitude is Anybody But 0bama! He has displayed his true color.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 6:45amYou’re right none of them are perfect. One, however, is honest, cares about liberty and the Constitution. Heck, I’m sold on honest when it comes to a politician.
Report Post »BODYBAG
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:20pmAs most insightful, knowledgeable people already know, the upside-down current
state of things started long ago. Ive heard it described as the frog in a boiling pot
of water scenario.
Once upon a time, the craftsman/maker/producer of a product was looked up to,
rightly so, as the highly skilled professional who hand-made boots, musical instruments,
furniture, wrought iron works, etc. These highly skilled talented people didnt necessarily
need college degrees. They learned and honed their craft over years time and became experts.
While their college educated counterparts were the unskilled.
Now it has been reversed, where the skilled tradesman/craftsman is looked down on in
favor of the college educated “intellectual” with an MBA or JD.
With a top-tier University charging upwards of $60K PER YEAR to fill a student’s
head with liberal garbage I no longer think the value is there to support the extremely
exorbitant price tag. Another example of government intrusion gone amuck.
Get the Gov out of the education business, out of interference with free markets, and
Report Post »out of the business of subsidizing education and watch the tuition rates drop like a stone.
The only reason schools can get these tuition rates is because government funds the
“loans” at these exorbitant rates….and leaves the students with crushing debts for
nearly a lifetime.
JohnTwoFeathers
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:32pmExcelent comment Bodybag.
Report Post »2theADDLED
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 3:30pmYou learn in College what you should have learned in grade school.
Report Post »You can be book smart but success does not depend on book smarts if you don’t know how to apply it.
Crazy Times
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 4:11pmtwo thumbs up!
Report Post »MS Patriot
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 8:52pmhow’s this for higher education. The last 24 years the person in the White House has either come from Harvard or Yale. After 24 years of elitist thinking in the White House we are 15 trillion in debt.
I think that says enough about the elitist being able to run this country.
Let’s not forget all of those college educated Senators either, they are responsible for this mess we are in also.
So, to those who think that“We the People” can not govern ourselves we will provide our balanced check books as proof to our ability to manage our own money. It has become obvious you pencil heads lack the ability of good ol’ common sense that it takes to do the obvious things.
You all are too busy attempting to play God’s on earth and make every thing more fair. Get out of the way and the American people will do what is fair you bunch of egotistical phonies.
Report Post »mikenleeds
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:19pmAMEN BROTHER . you are spot on , he wants to force all to attend public and public colleges so they will be brain washed into little godless socialists , just like him
Report Post »JustPeachy
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:10pmSantorum’s remark may have brought a laugh, but it isn’t about being a “snob” (at least not this time) with Obama. It’s about manipulation and control. More people into this “system” the more that can be indoctrinated and put into debt–the easier it will be for the government to take their next socialistic steps. . .
Report Post »lanurse1
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:42pmFirst he WANTS everyone to go to college…next he will DEMAND the 53% PAY for everyone to go to college~~
Report Post »Truth1776
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:07pmWe need to redefine the term ‘higher education’. To me, higher education simply means having access to any education beyond high school be vocational, technical or university. Having access to ‘higher education’ does not necessarily mean everyone goes to a university.
Very few if any high schools provide the higher education or skills needed for carpenters, plumbers, electricians, auto mechanics or even quality yard work. All of these need more than a high school education but do not require a college/university indoctrination or degree.
Personally, I wish someone had kept me from going to collge but rather encouraged me to attend the local vocation/technical school – I would probably be employed and maybe even self-employed rather than having to rely on the generosity and kindness of family and friends while I search for employment.
Report Post »ChadFelixG
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:03pmI wish Liberals could listen and repeat everything he said until they understood the words.
If everybody goes to college and everybody gets a college degree then having a college degree won’t be very effective in the job market now will it?
College is supposed to be expensive because its supposed to pay highly qualified and specialized professors to teach specific and valuable knowledge.
If college costs less then they will pay professors less and the quality of professors will decline at the same time more and more people go to college.
So not only will the degree itseld be useless, the education will be even more useless.
He wants to turn College in to High School.
Higher education IS a luxury. Its MORE education. You have to excell in school and then earn a scholarship or pay for this specialized education. That is the whole point.
Everybody can’t be a doctor, everybody can’t be a rock star, eveybody can‘t be 7’0 basketball player. College isn’t for everybody and it has nothing to do with fairness.
Report Post »Dave.the.Blaze
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 1:55pmI agree that college isn’t ultimately for everyone, but I still think it should be encouraged regardless if someone ends up going into a trade. At the current state of education, 12 years isn’t enough. We have a whole lot of undereducated people in America, and it’s bringing us down.
Report Post »ShyLow
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:02pm12 years is more than enough…if you cut out all the nonsense…everyone should leave high-school with a business and contracters licence in the trade of their choice…colleges are nothing but commie indocturnation centers
Report Post »CatB
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:03pmMore PROGRESSIVE education won’t help that .. that is what is DUMBING down America!
I would much rather have someone get a trade, do an internship etc .. learn about the REAL world.
OMG 2012!
Report Post »JustPeachy
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:07pmTwelve years should be more than enough, but unfortunately much of that time is wasted on political agendas (indoctrination) and dumbing down the populace so they might be more easily controlled. Many emerging from our “public educational system” are in no way READY for life, let alone college!
Obama and his ilke just want to indoctrinate young workers further in the “higher education institutions.” It‘s one reason he’s also trying to be able to mandate what faiths offer, teach–and don’t. . because for now they are private and do not indoctrinate their students with the liberal propaganda.
The big PUSH into “higher education” will:
1. Likely put even more people into debt.
2. Open more up to wanting “free higher education” which will then indenture them to the government for at least 15 years, following their “education.”
3. Give more opportunity for the government to indoctrinate people into their ways of thinking.
It all works together. Debt – then need – then a way out (work off the debt by working for the government – government then controls the work one does) and continues the indoctrination of the people.
Report Post »ChadFelixG
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:09pmthe entire purpose of education was to provide people specific skills so they could function in various workplaces.
You learned how to read, write and think critically and you learned about math.
Everything else was extra. If you could do those things you could start a business, work your way up in a company and manage money while communicating effectively.
Now education is merely government mandated child support. A place where kids must go 5 days a week. A high school diploma is issued out to those who worked the hardest and to those who didn’t work at all.
It has no value.
What we NEED is the freedom to build our lives. All the education in the world won’t teach you how to create a successful life.
Our successful grandparents learned the basics, reading writing and math, and they did amazing.
We have 13 years of the “best education” and half of us can’t manage to complete a sentence correctly by the time we leave.
common sense and pride in achievement is what we need.
Report Post »MDDAWG
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:11pm@DAVE
Completely agree. As one who has gone to college and training (total 14 years after high school), I have a bias towards education. However, education can be obtained in more ways than through many of our dysfunctional professors in our colleges and our universities. Trade schools are extremely important and may be more important in the future than most of our college degrees. Educating oneself through direct source reading is a lost art in many of our youth.
In the end, we should encourage education for all. However, it‘s the parent’s responsibility, and occasionally the local community can help.
Report Post »texasnellie
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:11pmCollege won’t make you smarter….look at the OWS complaints…I have two degrees and can‘t find a job and I can’t pay my student loans. Get govt out of our schools. We need people to be plumbers, brick layers etc. Another person with a liberal arts degree in music won’t be much help.
Report Post »texasnellie
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:17pmShylow,
Report Post »I have two sons, one with a Doctor of Science in Physical therapy and the other with a PhD in
Industrial Engineering. Neither one of them went to a commie university. They are both conservatives and Christians and I am proud to say they will play a big part in saving this country.
Dave.the.Blaze
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 3:12pmLet’s face it — America is slipping in relation to the rest of the industrialized world in the areas of science, engineering, and math. In order to make up ground in those areas, we absolutely need to get more kids into universities and in those disciplines. If we don’t, we’ll be eclipsed sooner than later by China, India, and Brazil. It’s happening right now.
Report Post »Crazy Times
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 4:18pmif we stop promoting universities as the place for partying, drinking and sex… maybe a higher education would be useful.
you only get put what you put in to something as the saying goes… the less people put in, the less they get out… same with education at all levels. parents dont worry about what their kids learn and do in K-12, again, you only get what you put into something….
Report Post »neverending
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 1:55pmOur education system is so broken our kids can’t excel at elementary and high school so why even worry about higher education – pretty useless at this point.
Report Post »CNK
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:03pmI agree 100%
Report Post »Dave.the.Blaze
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 3:16pmYou’ve completely given up on making America a better country and society? Unbelievable! We’ve all had a hand in making these problems, and we can work to reverse this course.
Report Post »neverending
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 4:30pm@dave.the.blaze – No I haven’t given up – what I am saying is the public school system is so broke and it needs to start there – get the government OUT of our school systems. End No Child Left Behind that barry boy is now turning into Race to the Top which is ten times worse. I have no objections to higher education but pretty bad when so many of these kids can’t even graduate from high school.
Report Post »Dave.the.Blaze
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 4:59pmNeverending, I have experience with both Catholic (elementary) and public (high) school systems and got good educations from them both. One key element I believe is a problem in America is that parents are not involved in their kids’ education. They don’t monitor what texts they use, attend school board meetings, or push their kids in their studies. I know some do but I‘ll wager most don’t. I really don’t believe we can blame “government” for the state of education. We are the government that we allow to exist.
Report Post »JustMeHere_01
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 3:02am@Dave.the.Blaze
I agree that parents need to be more involved but for you to say that the government is not responsilbe is asinine. The Department of Education is pushing a leftist agenda in all of our schools and he NEA and SEIU are just as involved in the destruction of our educational system as anyone.
How can you say with a straight face that the curren and past administrations are not responsible for the decline of our educatiional system is beyond me.
Report Post »dmforman
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 1:52pmI only pay for college degrees that will get you a job. Too many college degrees are pure BS, just more time for socialists to indoctrinate our children.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:03pmExacly!
Report Post »pandora
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:27pmDitto!
Report Post »Stiggs
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 1:51pmMight I point out perhaps the reason Obama wants everyone to go to college is because of the potential revenues in the future from all the student loans that will weigh heavily on an entire generation IN ADDITION to their ‘fair’ share of the national debt.
It is NOT about what Obama wants for Americans.
It’s ALL ABOUT THE MONEY.
But that’s just my opinion.
Report Post »dmforman
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 1:54pmIt’s about indoctrinating our children and getting them for just a few more years to believe the socialist thinking process. Nothing more or less. Our colleges are no longer places where critical thinking and questioning occur, but are rather the breading grounds for future socialists and people wanting the government to take care of them mentality.
Report Post »Churchill
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 1:49pmI really don’t like Santorum, but he’s right on this. College isn’t for everyone.
Report Post »rationallyurs
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:12pmamen
Report Post »YouAreMistakenSir
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 6:23pmOf course not. It would be insane to think everyone should go to college. Now if the question is should everyone be ABLE to attend college then I think yes. A college degree is a noble pursuit, as is attending a vocational school, or learning some kind of trade.Granted I don’t believe college is the fascist socialist hole of debauchery everyone thinks it is but seeing as I attend one right now my view should be taken with a grain of salt. The one political class I’ve taken had a teacher who very much avoided letting us know his own opinion. Colleges certainly are liberal places but with such large cross sections of peoples and cultures and all of them young, it seems unlikely anything else could exist as a stable system there. Private universities that are decidedly more mono-cultural probably will tend to more conservative ideologies and that’s fine although that type of institution is becoming more rare I think.
Just some food for thought. Some people here seem to be suffering from malnutrition.
Report Post »tak123123
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 1:41pmsome are not meant for college
Report Post »ShyLow
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:04pmsome are not ment for political office
Report Post »paleoman
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 5:08pmYou mean 0bama.
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on February 27, 2012 at 8:11pmThe President never said he wanted everyone to go to college. He said at least one year of college or professional training in vocational school .
Report Post »MCLOVINIT
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 1:40pmPolitical Prayer:
Report Post »“It is January 20th, 2013.
Rick Santorum is being sworn in as the new President of the United States.
I give thanks to you Almighty God, for your blessings! Thank you, Lord.”
I see it. I feel it. I believe it. It is so.
YouAreMistakenSir
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 6:05pmAh I see you are familiar with “The Secret”. That’s how I got my Lamborghini.
Report Post »Razorhunters
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 1:40pmFox Edits Anti-war Veteran’s Confrontation with Neocon John Bolton
Report Post »http://www.infowars.com/fox-edits-anti-war-veterans-confrontation-with-neocon-john-bolton/
Homeschoolmama
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 1:49pmIf the content of the question and the answer are intact, why do we care about the rest of the editing?
I saw this questioner on Stossel and I question whether he really was a soldier. He seemed pretty young to have done 4 years and then had time to grow his hair that long. No soldier I know talks or behaves like that. I was a military wife for 10 years so I met a few soldiers.
Report Post »Razorhunters
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:24pmyou are kidding , right ?
modifying the truth…?
i know of many service members who look younger than this man.
btw, it is a felony to impersonate military.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 4:14pmHomeschoolmomma, Look again. You can tell by how emotional he was, that he wasn’t an imposter.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 4:34pmI. AM. STUNNED! Foxlies? noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ;^)
Report Post »justangry
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 5:23pm@Tifosa, I know, right? Don’t you love the way they talk down on the “main stream media”, when they’re ranked highest in cable news? They ARE the main stream media. lol
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 11:51pmshhhhhhhhh, they haven’t told the fox-watchers yet. Ailes will milk them as long as he can :)
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