Comments on: FITSNews Exclusive – Rex “Testing Reform” Bill Is Dead

By: PACT Debate Misses the Mark on Money, Standards « The Voice for School Choice

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:16:04 +0000

[...] also re-tool and weaken state accountability laws. While the current bill is less damaging than the initial proposal, the transition alone will cost taxpayers more than $24 million over the next three [...]

By: I evolved; people suffered

I evolved; people suffered — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:40:08 +0000

Note to Greg Foster: when you’re explaining, you’re losing. Some more advice (courtesy of Mark Twain): Never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel. Will owns your boy on this one.

By: SC Investigator

SC Investigator — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:18:32 +0000

good to know state employees like the speaker’s speaker are busy playing on the net all day instead of doing their jobs…and did you order that land’s end turtle neck in navy blue or forest green?

By: Believe It Not (a.k.a. Sic Willie's Stalker)

Believe It Not (a.k.a. Sic Willie's Stalker) — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 03:57:31 +0000

PACT needs to go away. Just like sic(k) willie. They both have a lot in common. Both are bloated buffoons who waste our time and money without giving value. Like vouchers, they’re nothing but a scam.

But, there’s some good news. Both will, in due time, sooner than later, go away. Attacking Rex is just political. What a scam. What a pervert.

By: Saving Myself

Saving Myself — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:26:31 +0000

Why don’t all of you guys take a chill pill and realize that the real buffoon is Dr. Tryannasaurus Rex? He did a press release on Tuesday touting the “broad bi-partisan support” for “taking an axe to the PACT” without actually speaking with House members and leadership. He tried to force members of the General Assembly to swallow his whole package to gut education accountability in order to get testing reform and he got called on it.

What Mr. Foster doesn’t say (because he is too much of a gentleman), but I am surprised Sic Willie hasn’t said yet, is that this was a total cluster of wishful thinking by the nanny state Super of Ed.

Thank goodness that our House members “just said no.”

By: Me

Me — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:09:22 +0000

Great Job WIll!!!!!!!!!!

By: Greg Foster

Greg Foster — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:49:03 +0000

Well thank you, ColumbiaIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse. Your breakdown of my email will be quite helpful to our office in the future.

The email was sent to FITSNews to note the timeline of when the Speaker read the bill. A previous post on this website:

â€œRex and his Republican allies, including Speaker Bobby Harrell, are hinging this bureacracy-expanding, dumbing-down of our kids on one thing – the widespread contempt parents and teachers have for the stateâ€™s current measurement of academic progress, the Palmetto Achievement Challenge Test (PACT).â€

The post made it appear that FITSNews was suggesting that the Speaker and Rex were working together on this bill. We heard rumor of this post yesterday evening, before the Speaker even had a chance to read the bill. In response, I sent an email to FITSNews explaining what really happened and they were nice enough include that fact in this post.

But once again, thank you for your close attention to detail. Next time I tap out a quick email on my phone and hit send, I will think about where the email may appear and the critics that may breakdown my work.

And for a final timeâ€¦I just canâ€™t express my appreciation of the time you took out of your busy day to comment about my email.

Your Most Humble Servant,

By: Columbia IsTheCenterOfThe Universe

Columbia IsTheCenterOfThe Universe — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:26:11 +0000

I’m glad that Harrell’s office thinks the bill is crap, but you’d think his spokesman, his communicator – if you will – would be able to articulate himself a little better than that.

â€œWhen we were able to go over it â€¦â€ That sounds like the script from the show â€œFamily Tiesâ€ when the uglier younger sister decided to be a valley girl. They got over it? Does that mean they were very upset, but eventually they â€œgot over itâ€ and the Speaker still did not agree?

â€œWell, they went much further than that â€¦â€ Wellll, Peter, thatâ€™s not the plan we taaaalked about. Welllll, weâ€™re going to have to get over this.

â€œFrom what we researched and saw in the plan, it looks like an attempt to dismantle many parts of the EAA â€¦â€ researched â€¦ saw â€¦ lookS?

I know this is probably overly critical, but if youâ€™re going to respond on behalf of the Speaker, it should be somewhat intelligible.

By: Puhlasky

Puhlasky — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:20:53 +0000

Well done young Foster. The force is stong with you.