Comments on: Somebody Is A Little Pissy Today http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/01/21/somebody-is-a-little-pissy-today/ Politics, Sports and Pop Culture Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:12:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Sollicitus Civis http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/01/21/somebody-is-a-little-pissy-today/#comment-7847 Sollicitus Civis Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:28:39 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/01/21/somebody-is-a-little-pissy-today/#comment-7847 Here is the real issue with education today that no one is willing to say. For nearly 100 years, the state had a duel educational system, one for African Americans and one for White students. The one for African American students was barely funded, and in actuality the one for White students was not that much better. The leaders of this state made sure that the all citizens- African American and White- were under-educated so that there would be cheap labor in the textile mills, the cotton fields, tobacco fields, etc. We are just reaping the rewards from those sage leaders of the past who wanted to maintain the status quo and secure their power in society. That is why 56% of students in this state live at or below the poverty level. It is frustrating to see SC near the bottom of every measure. You need to remember who is doing the measuring and what is their goal. Sadly, we can't just waive a magic wand and improve things over night. Change in this state moves at a snails pace. (There are still pockets in this state where the Civil War is still being fought and Jim Crow is alive and well.) Society itself has to change, and I don't hear any politician talking about that. Vouchers are not going to make parents value education any more than they do now. Vouchers are not going to make parents turn off the video games, the computers, the televisions, or whatever else there is out there distracting students from doing work for school. Vouchers are not going to make students take pride in the work that they do for school. Vouchers are not the panacea you all think they are. Any politician who would have the balls to say what I have just typed would certainly get my vote. Here is the real issue with education today that no one is willing to say. For nearly 100 years, the state had a duel educational system, one for African Americans and one for White students. The one for African American students was barely funded, and in actuality the one for White students was not that much better. The leaders of this state made sure that the all citizens- African American and White- were under-educated so that there would be cheap labor in the textile mills, the cotton fields, tobacco fields, etc. We are just reaping the rewards from those sage leaders of the past who wanted to maintain the status quo and secure their power in society. That is why 56% of students in this state live at or below the poverty level.

It is frustrating to see SC near the bottom of every measure. You need to remember who is doing the measuring and what is their goal.

Sadly, we can’t just waive a magic wand and improve things over night. Change in this state moves at a snails pace. (There are still pockets in this state where the Civil War is still being fought and Jim Crow is alive and well.) Society itself has to change, and I don’t hear any politician talking about that.

Vouchers are not going to make parents value education any more than they do now. Vouchers are not going to make parents turn off the video games, the computers, the televisions, or whatever else there is out there distracting students from doing work for school. Vouchers are not going to make students take pride in the work that they do for school. Vouchers are not the panacea you all think they are.

Any politician who would have the balls to say what I have just typed would certainly get my vote.

]]> By: Hmmm... http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/01/21/somebody-is-a-little-pissy-today/#comment-7796 Hmmm... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:28:18 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/01/21/somebody-is-a-little-pissy-today/#comment-7796 Scott, Hello? How about for starters the implication that people who oppose vouchers are pro-Communism? As for the Conservation Voters, the Trial Lawyers, etc., at least they are honest about who they are. As I said, I think its past time to give vouchers a try. But as long as groups like this choose to "elevate" the debate in this manner, I believe they only make the anti-voucher side dig in deeper, and keep those who might be on the fence from crossing over. Scott,

Hello? How about for starters the implication that people who oppose vouchers are pro-Communism? As for the Conservation Voters, the Trial Lawyers, etc., at least they are honest about who they are.

As I said, I think its past time to give vouchers a try. But as long as groups like this choose to “elevate” the debate in this manner, I believe they only make the anti-voucher side dig in deeper, and keep those who might be on the fence from crossing over.

]]> By: Archie http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/01/21/somebody-is-a-little-pissy-today/#comment-7790 Archie Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:42:38 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/01/21/somebody-is-a-little-pissy-today/#comment-7790 Give Me - Che was there, in spirit at least, but rest assured he was there. Give Me – Che was there, in spirit at least, but rest assured he was there.

]]> By: Believe It Not http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/01/21/somebody-is-a-little-pissy-today/#comment-7786 Believe It Not Tue, 22 Jan 2008 04:33:39 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/01/21/somebody-is-a-little-pissy-today/#comment-7786 "...who who..." Go back and fix your typo, sic(k) willie. You know SCRG is pushing a scam. Rex is Right. What SCRG has done is take out of state money from carpetbuggers, but they've refused to acknowledge where their money comes from. Vouchers are a scam! They pretend their money is from from SC. They lie. We all know all their money is from from carpetbuggers. “…who who…” Go back and fix your typo, sic(k) willie.

You know SCRG is pushing a scam. Rex is Right. What SCRG has done is take out of state money from carpetbuggers, but they’ve refused to acknowledge where their money comes from. Vouchers are a scam!

They pretend their money is from from SC. They lie.

We all know all their money is from from carpetbuggers.

]]> By: Scott http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/01/21/somebody-is-a-little-pissy-today/#comment-7783 Scott Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:48:34 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/01/21/somebody-is-a-little-pissy-today/#comment-7783 Is there anything that Page said that wasn't true? Rex's "school choice" bill gives no choice....heck, even The State newspaper recognized that. Anything that Rex is "proposing" could already be done....he doesn't need legislation. And while we're at it....what has SCRG done that other groups haven't done....whether we're talking about the Conservation Voters, the Trial Lawyers, etc. Is there anything that Page said that wasn’t true? Rex’s “school choice” bill gives no choice….heck, even The State newspaper recognized that. Anything that Rex is “proposing” could already be done….he doesn’t need legislation.

And while we’re at it….what has SCRG done that other groups haven’t done….whether we’re talking about the Conservation Voters, the Trial Lawyers, etc.

]]> By: Give Me FITS http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/01/21/somebody-is-a-little-pissy-today/#comment-7782 Give Me FITS Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:15:56 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/01/21/somebody-is-a-little-pissy-today/#comment-7782 Hey, isn't that Che Guevara in the backgound? No? Never mind. Wrong post. Hey, isn’t that Che Guevara in the backgound?

No?

Never mind. Wrong post.

]]> By: Hmmm... http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/01/21/somebody-is-a-little-pissy-today/#comment-7779 Hmmm... Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:09:38 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/01/21/somebody-is-a-little-pissy-today/#comment-7779 After reading Page's op-ed, I gotta go with Rex on this one. Did Rex lie? Did he say one thing that wasn't true about SCRG and its tactics? Are you saying he shouldn't respond to the boatload of crap that Page wrote? And the thing is, I believe it's time to give vouchers a try. You'd think someone within the voucher movement would pull these SCRG morons aside and let them know that they do more to set back the cause than Rex ever could. After reading Page’s op-ed, I gotta go with Rex on this one. Did Rex lie? Did he say one thing that wasn’t true about SCRG and its tactics? Are you saying he shouldn’t respond to the boatload of crap that Page wrote? And the thing is, I believe it’s time to give vouchers a try. You’d think someone within the voucher movement would pull these SCRG morons aside and let them know that they do more to set back the cause than Rex ever could.

]]> By: Harden Gervais http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/01/21/somebody-is-a-little-pissy-today/#comment-7777 Harden Gervais Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:36:46 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/01/21/somebody-is-a-little-pissy-today/#comment-7777 So, Howard Rich and his cronies <i>aren't</i> funneling money into South Carolina? So, Howard Rich and his cronies aren’t funneling money into South Carolina?

]]> By: Pete http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/01/21/somebody-is-a-little-pissy-today/#comment-7769 Pete Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:38:21 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/01/21/somebody-is-a-little-pissy-today/#comment-7769 If Rex would look at Richland School District 1's school board, he would see what the problem really is with making real progress in the poorly performing schools. Poor Inez tried her very, very very best to work with the self centered, self serving boards in so many low performing districts. She just wanted these districts to allow those who can help to help. Somebody has got to stand up and say it doesn't matter whether it's choice or no choice or whatever - the obstinate, backwards personalities are still the huge elephants sitting in the board rooms and nobody can say that for fear of being politically incorrect. This goes both ways with the races, by the way. Folks, let's get the school boards to set their own personal agendas aside and let Rex and the state department to help when help is needed. If Rex would look at Richland School District 1′s school board, he would see what the problem really is with making real progress in the poorly performing schools. Poor Inez tried her very, very very best to work with the self centered, self serving boards in so many low performing districts. She just wanted these districts to allow those who can help to help. Somebody has got to stand up and say it doesn’t matter whether it’s choice or no choice or whatever – the obstinate, backwards personalities are still the huge elephants sitting in the board rooms and nobody can say that for fear of being politically incorrect. This goes both ways with the races, by the way. Folks, let’s get the school boards to set their own personal agendas aside and let Rex and the state department to help when help is needed.

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