listening to a podcast from The Federalist Society re: School Choice, Religious Freedom and the Constitution.  The speaker said:

Public Education is the goal or objective.  Public Schools are merely the delivery mechanism. 

Policy makers tend to confuse the two.

Debating using this in class

Chris Matthews Tuesday once again showed that his tenuous grasp of reality is getting dangerously weak.

During the final segment of "Hardball," the host unequivocally blamed the 2007 financial crisis and resulting recession on George W. Bush just moments before he said, "Okay, Obama hasn't been able to get us out of it yet, but...there’s no sense blaming one Party or the other"

but of course, THIS time he deserves it:

Glenn Beck, Family Attacked By Hateful Lefty Mob.

economic growth over 2000 years weighted by population. This shows nothing about cause and effect (you need theory for that) but it does indicate that something important happened to make this possible. Two words: industrial revolution.

and we don't mean in a GOOD way

The chart below, produced by the Joint Economic Committee, tells the story.

 

Much has been made (and much of it rightly so) of Michelle Bachmann's gaffes on the campaign trail.

In yesterdays big speech, President Obama made reference to his daughter Malia, who he claimed was 13.  

She's not.

She's 12.

currently being used by an insurance company: "Somebody's watching me"?

Well, NOBODY is.  NO page views for 5 days.

It really IS just mental masterbation

President Obama says he doesn’t like bullies. The White House has even launched a website to help kids and parents recognize the signs of bullying and advise them on how to get help.

Maybe the White House should take its own advice, as the individual mandate portion of Obamacare is nothing short of bullying American citizens into purchasing something they may or may not want or need.

Take a look at this short video from Momthink.org.

and read more at The Individual Mandate Bullies Americans

another oddity stumbled upon.

This guy played in 60 parts (TV and movies) from 1922 at the age of 8 through 1986, six years before his death.  MOST of them were as "uncredited."  Parts were getting harder to come by late in his career and provided an odd juxtaposition.

In 1967 he played an uncredited character named Manson in the Disney classic  The Gnome-Mobile.  No work for four years.  Then he plays Dr. Philips in  The Big Doll House,  the first big entry in the women in cages genre and Pam Grier's first named role.

From Walter Brennan and mouse ears to sexploition in one easy step.