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sonnylax
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 Posted: 10/17/04 - 19:19 Post subject:
| Gogirlgo wrote: | Iraq, and the getting the hell out thereof
America's image internationally
corporate welfare ties with healthcare for #3 |
You are actually basing your vote on America's international image (over our national security)?
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MechEngDropout
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Posted: 10/17/04 - 19:32 Post subject:
| sonnylax wrote: |
You are actually basing your vote on America's international image (over our national security)? |
I'd say international image and national security are pretty intertwined. Yes, both will not always mirror each other, but it's hard to argue that one is more important than the other. A poor international image can be put you in jeopardy of having more conflict against you.
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Sahara
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Posted: 10/17/04 - 21:57 Post subject:
1. whom they would select for the Supreme Court (esp. related to Roe v. Wade leanings)
2. healthcare
3. foreign policy and not just related to the war... show me that you're not only aware but interested in other parts of the world and how the States will interact with those parts (nuclear states, war-torn and AIDS/HIV ravaged sub-Saharan Africa, for example)
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Wicked Flea
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Posted: 10/18/04 - 07:55 Post subject:
Economy
Environment
Women's Right to Reproductive Freedom (Right to Choose)
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elkid
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Posted: 10/18/04 - 09:48 Post subject:
| BridgetAnne wrote: | | *Education-full funding of no child left behind |
Are you kidding? NCLB is killing education. It's one of the worst pieces of legislation ever written.
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Posted: 10/18/04 - 10:04 Post subject:
| elkid wrote: |
Are you kidding? NCLB is killing education. It's one of the worst pieces of legislation ever written. |
agreed, and i'm very disappointed that Kerry supported it...
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Cappy
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Posted: 10/18/04 - 10:14 Post subject:
| elkid wrote: |
Are you kidding? NCLB is killing education. It's one of the worst pieces of legislation ever written. |
What's the cliff notes version of NCLB?
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Posted: 10/18/04 - 10:23 Post subject:
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What's the cliff notes version of NCLB? |
Cliff notes of NCLB sounds great there is annual testing in reading, math and science. Each school has to made consistent progress over the next 9 years so that 100% of the student are proficient in the tested areas. If they dont meet their goals they become a School In Need of Assistance and can eventually be taken over or shut down. There are also teacher qualifications that need to be met.
The problems come in the details and the lack of any additional funding to implement the mandates.
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elkid
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Posted: 10/18/04 - 11:49 Post subject:
Forgotten key component of the NCLB Cliff Notes - it promotes teaching to the test, NEVER a good idea. Teachers spend 25-33% of the school year making sure the students know the stuff for the test, sacrificing valuable curriculum in the process. It also doesn't into account regionalization, and assumes that children in every county regardless of state are being taught the same things (which we know isn't true).
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phillycat
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Posted: 10/18/04 - 12:02 Post subject:
1. Healthcare
2. Environment
3. Roe v. Wade
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Posted: 10/18/04 - 12:21 Post subject:
| Cappy wrote: |
What's the cliff notes version of NCLB? |
Unionbusting.
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Posted: 10/18/04 - 12:28 Post subject:
| Gogirlgo wrote: |
Unionbusting. |
and that's a bad thing. 
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Posted: 10/18/04 - 13:14 Post subject:
1. Healthcare
2. Economy
3. Iraq
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sonnylax
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Posted: 10/18/04 - 14:12 Post subject:
| Gogirlgo wrote: |
Unionbusting. |
Probably some truth to that as the NEA is the most powerful union in the country fighting change to the status quo.
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