Comments on: Ebony & Ivory In Concert

By: Nope

Nope — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:26:42 +0000

Bono Beach, what I said had nothing to do with the merits of the plan, which will sink on its lack of merit without my help.

My point was that if Fits believes that Mack and Matthews are “bought-and-paid-for big government hacks with big dollar, taxpayer-funded conflicts of interest,” how would they be worse than Robert Ford, the bought-and-paid-for SCRG hack with big dollar, privately funded conflicts of interest?

By: Bono Beach

Bono Beach — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:44:08 +0000

So money from Howard Rich makes equity for low-income parents a bad thing?

Talk about a red herring!

By: Nope

Nope — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:40:10 +0000

“Since the article ran, Ford has been predictably attacked by status quo black lawmakers like Rep. David Mack and Sen. John Matthews – both of whom are nothing but bought-and-paid-for big government hacks with big dollar, taxpayer-funded conflicts of interest”

Say — did Ford get any money from Howard Rich? And if he did, does that make him more or less “bought-and-paid-for” than other black lawmakers?

By: baker

baker — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 01:55:14 +0000

I think Robert Ford seems like a pretty interesting guy. He was the one who wanted to fly the African unity flag or somesuch on the statehouse along WITH the rebel flag, right? I remember thinking that was a pretty neat proposal.

Anyway, since Sen. Ford is talking about the public schools failing poor blacks, how is he planning to ensure that this “opportunity” bill helps those kids? Can he guarantee that those students will get into the private school of their “choice”? Can he guarantee that they will even get any tuition money if their families are too poor to pay enough in income tax? Will the “scholarship-granting” groups be required to help the neediest first?

I mean, I don’t doubt that Sen. Ford’s heart is in the right place. But there sure do seem to be a lot of obvious practical challenges wrapped up in this plan.

Oh, and just one other thing. It’s funny to me how one side bashes the other for saying “it’s for the kids”…..don’t both sides in this debate claim to be working “for the kids”?

By: BIN News Editorial Staff

BIN News Editorial Staff — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 01:23:42 +0000

Education Opportunity Act.

Same scam. New name.

What ever happened to Putting Parents in Charge?

Sorry. It went down in flames along with all the other version of the voucher scam that Howie’s clowns keep cooking up.

sic(k) willie, tell Howie his voucher scam is really really dead in SC.

BIN News Editorial Staff

By: Christian

Christian — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:38:46 +0000

Ford’s done left the Plantation……the Democrats can’t have that.

By: Bono Beach

Bono Beach — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:13:37 +0000

Nice.
About time a stand is taken against the money pit of failure that is the public school system (note “system” does not not eqaul “classroom”).
Let me go ahead and predict that some self righteous “for-the-kids” technocrats are going to use my tax dollars to fight this one.
I bet a whole lot of pissing and moaning on their part will really help out the children. Maybe some name calling and finger pointing will help too.
We ought to just extend HOPE and LIFE scholarships all the way down to Elem schools.