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• The ‘Obama Phone Lady’ Is Back With Another Interview That Could Be the Year’s Best

  January 15, 2013 at 7:49pm

  In reply to Michigander.

  @ARCHAICSEAL Yes in fact there IS a program to get an Obama gun. AG Holder is running it. The main requirement is that you need to be a member of a Mexican drug cartel.

• Why Is Hollywood Turning on the Teachers’ Unions?

  September 27, 2012 at 6:31pm

  In reply to King4wd.

  @LT_Scrounge I don’t think you read my post. This is about a select group of parents wanting to be big fish in a little pond. Its about getting extra grant money for construction of an already built school. In addition, it doesn’t matter how great a teacher is when parents tell children that education is for gringos or uncle toms those kids will not put any effort into learning. The vast majority of kids at this school are minorities and their parents don’t give a rat’s behind about education. That is the problem. Unfortunately for the kids, its politically incorrect to point this out, so the blame falls on the union and the school board. If Desert Trails were to go charter, as you suggest and support, the kids failing there now would get kicked out and bused to another public school where they would fail as well because their parents refuse to support their education. The problem is too many parents believe that school is for white kids and as a result the children of these people put no effort into school and drag everyone else down.

• Why Is Hollywood Turning on the Teachers’ Unions?

  September 27, 2012 at 5:16pm

  In reply to Bill Wallace.

  That’s odd, since the CTA (teachers’ union) at the school this film is supposedly based on (Desert Trails elementary) supports ASES- an after school tutoring/extra-curricular education program. ASES features homework time and assistance and classes in everything from algebra to zumba dance. My 11yr old son and 8yr old daughter attend Desert Trails and are in its ASES program.

• Why Is Hollywood Turning on the Teachers’ Unions?

  September 27, 2012 at 4:55pm

  In reply to LeadNotFollow.

  Yes! Tenure should be eliminated and teachers rated on the improvement of their students. Unions by and large have grown to top heavy and quota driven. However the film this article is about is missing the point in the Adelanto Desert Trails battle (its my kids’ school). But like TVTropes says “Inspired by actual events” really means “Has nothing to do with actual events”.

• Why Is Hollywood Turning on the Teachers’ Unions?

  September 27, 2012 at 4:45pm

  Thanks for seeking out those of us on the other side of the Desert Trails fight, Blaze. I’m a Desert Trails parent. I’m no fan of the CTA (California teachers’ union) but the Parent Union group (supported by Parent Revolution) is a power grab by a group of parents. Doreen Diaz (a parent mentioned in your article) presided over a PTA with thousands of dollars gone missing according to this year’s audit. Secondly, the Parent Union used 2 petitions to get the required percentage of signatures- but they were different. One was for school reforms (signed by most parents) the other to replace the school with a charter. A bait and switch tactic was used on those parents signing for reforms that didn’t want a charter.
  Secondly, the trigger law in CA allows the same start up grants offered to build a charter to organizations taking over existing schools. This allows the Parent Union to line more pockets- mostly their own.
  I’m in favor of charter schools, but as an alternative to regular schools, not as a replacement for them. Students who don’t want to learn and apathetic parents cause bad education. They get kicked out of charter schools. Turning Desert Trails into a charter won’t help struggling kids with apathetic or aloof parents one little bit.

• ‘We Are Hungry!’: Meet the Students (and Teachers!) Behind the Viral Video Mocking Michelle Obama’s New Lunch Mandates

  September 25, 2012 at 6:02pm

  In reply to rsletto.

  @ExRepublisheep- Have you not seen the plethora of news stories where kids who DID bring lunch to school had it confiscated so they would eat a “properly nutritious” lunch?
  here:
  http://www.abc2news.com/dpp/news/national/students-lunch-taken-away-for-not-being-nutritious-enough
  and here:
  http://now.msn.com/jenkins-clifton-jones-student-has-peanut-butter-and-jelly-sandwich-confiscated
  are two examples.

• ‘The Five’ Attacks TheBlaze Over Blind Sheikh Story: ‘This Report Is B.S.’

  September 20, 2012 at 11:56am

  In reply to HONEY BADGER.

  The New York Post has confirmed the Blind Sheikh story. Looks like the lefties jumped the gun again.

• Mystery: Declassified Document Shows the U.S. ‘Stockpiling’ a Secret Weapon in 1981, But What Is It?

  September 20, 2012 at 11:52am

  In reply to BloodSweatandTears.

  Better send Remo in to check it out.

• Third Employee Fired After Another Edited George Zimmerman 911 Tape Surfaces

  May 3, 2012 at 11:29am

  In reply to teebubba.

  @AVENGERK
  That’s why Obama is hiding the real birth certificate. Its not where he was born (Hawaii) its that the real certificate lists Obama’s race as white. The media can’t let that nasty cat out of the bag.

• Liberal or Conservative? Both Sides Trying to Claim ‘Hunger Games’ As Their Own — Why?

  March 20, 2012 at 11:44am

  In reply to RoyHowell.

  That movie was based on the Shirley Jackson short story written over 60 years ago (1948). As far as televised contests to the death is a future post-war/disaster America go. I think I saw that one when it was called the Running Man.