Obama bows to the Burger King
Posted by DarthDilbert at 2/25/2010 04:40:00 PM
Photoshop The News
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Photoshop The News
Ohio government school calamity days being cut from five to three next year
Posted by DarthDilbert at 2/25/2010 04:40:00 PM
Ohio [government] schools hard hit by this year's snow storms still have five calamity days for canceling classes without having to make up the lost time. That changes next year.
Districts will have only three calamity days beginning in the 2010-2011 school year.
Educators, state officials and others say making up lost days can complicate school planning and even add costs, at times. But many support reducing calamity days in favor of providing as much class time as possible for students.
They say instructional time is necessary as schools in Ohio and around the country look to improve student achievement.
The cutback was a compromise after legislators decided against Gov. Ted Strickland's more extensive proposal to add 20 more school days over the next 10 years.
Several school districts in the Northern Miami Valley have already exceeded this year's calamity days due to heavy snow. Some are thinking about extending the school year to make them up.
Reason #
to homeschool.WHIO-TV
WHIO-AM/FM
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Registration opens March 1 for Spring Home School Day at the National Museum of the United States Air Force
Posted by DarthDilbert at 2/25/2010 04:39:00 PM
Home school children, ages 3-18, can participate in educational activities during Spring Home School Day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on April 12 at the National Museum of the United States Air Force.
Admission to the museum and most activities are free; however, advance registration is recommended. Registration opens at 9 a.m. on March 1, and forms and additional information are available at http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/education/homeschool/index.asp. Space is limited, and registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
Educational programming includes:
- Things That Fly: Ages 3-5; free
- The Chocolate Pilot: Ages 5-7; free
- Dreams of Flying: Ages 7-9; free
- Let's Go Fly a Kite!: Ages 9-12; $2.50 per student
- Space Pioneer: The Shuttle Legacy: Ages 10-14; free
- Model Rocket Building 101: Ages 10-14; $9 per student
- Where in the World Are You?: Ages 12-18; free
- Real Hereos!: Ages 12-18; free
Guided tours, scavenger hunts and aerospace demonstration stations programs are also available for the entire family. Those who are interested may come for a full day or just one activity. Visitors may also visit the Presidential Gallery or choose to watch an IMAX movie or ride the Morphis flight simulator at a discounted price.
If you wish to pack your lunch, a picnic area is available outside the museum. Food, snacks and drinks (including water) may not be brought into the building. A cafe is available on the second floor if you prefer to purchase your food here. Be advised that the outside picnic area is a considerable walking distance away from the activities. Be sure to adjust your timing accordingly.
For more information, contact the museum's Education Division at (937) 255-4666, (937) 255-4652 or (937) 255-4646.
The National Museum of the United States Air Force is located on Springfield Street, six miles northeast of downtown Dayton. It is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week (closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day). Admission and parking are free.
Reason #
to homeschool.National Museum of the United States Air Force
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Seth Morgan receives Family First PAC endorsement
Posted by DarthDilbert at 2/25/2010 04:38:00 PM
Press Release:
Huber Heights, Ohio - Auditor of State candidate Seth Morgan, CPA was endorsed by Family First PAC for Auditor of State.
"Family First is honored to endorse Representative Seth Morgan CPA for Auditor of State. Seth Morgan has a proven record on the issues of limited government, school choice, pro-life, the sanctity of marriage, and responsible spending and taxation," said Lori Viars, Executive Director of Family First.
"Seth has proven himself as a solid fiscal conservative and social conservative, as well as a man of integrity. With his credentials and experience as a CPA, Ohioans could not ask for a more qualified watchdog for our tax dollars," Viars said.
Family First is a conservative political action committee serving Ohio and Northern Kentucky. More info can be found at www.familyfirstpac.org.
Seth Morgan, CPA was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 2008 after serving seven years on the Huber Heights City Council. He is a Small Business Owner and Certified Public Accountant. For more information about Seth Morgan visit www.SethMorgan.org.
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Over 900 pink slips set for San Francisco government schools
Posted by DarthDilbert at 2/25/2010 04:38:00 PM
Reason #
to homeschool.nbcbayarea.com
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ABC News to cut 20% of its workforce
Posted by DarthDilbert at 2/25/2010 04:37:00 PM
FoxNews
Business Insider
LA Slimes
NY Slimes
Broadcasting & Cable
TV Newser
Sweetness & Light
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Sixty-two years ago today: NASCAR was born
Posted by DarthDilbert at 2/21/2010 04:31:00 PM
Six days after its first race was held, NASCAR was officially incorporated as the National Association for Stock Car Racing, with race promoter Bill France as president. From the beginning, stock car racing had a widespread appeal with its fan base. As the legend goes, the sport evolved from Southern liquor smugglers who souped up their pre-war Fords to outrun the police. NASCAR brought the sport organization and legitimacy. It was Bill France who realized that product identification would increase enthusiasm for the sport. He wanted the fans to see the cars they drove to the track win the races on the track. By 1949, all the postwar car models had been released, so NASCAR held a 150-mile race at the Charlotte Speedway to introduce its Grand National Division. The race was restricted to late-model strictly stock automobiles. NASCAR held nine Grand National events that year. By the end of the year, it was apparent that the strictly stock cars could not withstand the pounding of the Grand Nationals, so NASCAR drafted rules to govern the changes drivers could make to their cars. Modified stock car racing was born. Starting in 1953, the major auto makers invested heavily in stock car racing teams, believing that good results on the track would translate into better sales in the showroom. In 1957, rising production costs and tightened NASCAR rules forced the factories out of the sport. Today NASCAR racing is the fastest growing spectator sport in America.
History Channel
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Still looking for those black faces at PMSNBC
Posted by DarthDilbert at 2/19/2010 10:38:00 AM
Paging Mr. Maddow... Would Mr. Maddow please pick up the white courtesy phone?
Moonbattery
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Seth Morgan, CPA receives Greene County endorsement for Auditor of State
Posted by DarthDilbert at 2/19/2010 07:04:00 AMFrom a press release:
Huber Heights, Ohio - Auditor of State candidate Seth Morgan, CPA was endorsed by the Greene County Republican Party with 60 percent of the vote on Thursday, February 18.
"Seth Morgan continues to be recognized as the most qualified candidate of either party for Auditor of State," said Rob Scott, Friends of Seth Morgan Communications Director. "This endorsement further builds on the huge base of support Seth has gathered across Ohio."
Ohio Republican Chairman Kevin DeWine currently serves as a Greene County Central Committee member and resides in the county. Both Morgan and his primary opponent Delaware County Prosecutor Dave Yost were in attendance to ask for the county's endorsement for state auditor.
The Greene County endorsement is the second county endorsement Seth Morgan has received in more than a week.
Seth Morgan, CPA was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 2008 after serving seven years on the Huber Heights City Council. He is a Small Business Owner and Certified Public Accountant. For more information about Seth Morgan visit www.SethMorgan.org.
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Kettering voters to decide 6.9-mill operating levy for Kettering Government Schools in May
Posted by DarthDilbert at 2/17/2010 01:57:00 PM
Voters in Kettering City Schools district will be asked to approve a 6.9-mill operating levy May 4. The district’s board of education unanimously approved the ballot issue Tuesday, Feb. 16.
Members also voted to make James Schoenlein the district’s superintendent. Schoenlein, who has been with the district for 15 years, had been interim superintendent since August after Robert Mengerink resigned to take a job in Cleveland.
The owner of a house valued at $100,000 would pay $211.31 per year if the 5-year levy is approved, according to Sam Braun of the Montgomery County Auditor’s Office. It would generate $9.1 million annually for the district.
I was among a dozen other people who met with Dr. Schoenlein last Wednesday to listen to their argument for why we should vote for the levy. Steve Clark, Treasurer for Kettering Government Schools (KGS), began the presentation going over his background then showing an award that KGS received in 2007. He then went over the definition of a mill, assessed valuation. and House Bill 920 which he used to give an example of how the amount of tax is calculated. Next he discussed how the new state funding formula determines the number of teachers & other employees needed to operated at the minimum or adequate level, calculates the amount required to operate at the minimum or adequate level, and how the state and School District are responsible for their respective parts. In FY10, the amount of funding from the state of Ohio for each student was $1,658. We know that KGS spends on average $11,200 per student per year. By my math, this means that the citizens of Kettering are being taxed roughly $9,542 per student per year, and that will increase to $11,392 by 2014.
Schoenlein then read over a small report that expanded on what Clark had in that in his presentation it was from a marketing prospective than from a financial perspective. It began with the comment that "The Kettering City School District is a great place for children to go to school." This was repeated ad nauseum for nearly an hour. The fact that it is or is not a "great place for children to go to school" was never in question, the fact that they want to raise our taxes was and as easily dismissed as a trivial matter. The marketing presentation continued to boast and brag about their standardized test scores, graduation rates, where Fairmont graduates move on to, the Miami Valley Career Tech Center, and the Career Education Tech Center. At the CETC they offer classes in engineering, bio-tech, allied health, construction trades, digital design, information technology, automotive, and radio/TV. He then continued the presentation praising their Kettering Alternative Program, their "impressive facilities", "award-winning music and art programs", and how parents are offered the option of before-school and after-school child care.
His presentation then makes an amazing comment claiming that "The Kettering City School District has been Frugal with Taxpayer Money". They state how they have cut $7.6 Million as well as lower utility costs, eliminated through attrition and retirement (note they didn't fire anyone) 57 positions, administrators accepted a pay freeze, and teachers received the lowest pay raise in twenty years. After this, they write that "Only budget items that are deemed absolutely necessary have been added." They continue by noting that employees have been added "for the influx of immigrants who cannot read or write English". When asked later about this Schoenlein explained that due to this "influx of [124] immigrants" they have to support thirty-seven different languages. When asked how many were illegal they didn't answer the question. The presentation went on to describe the student population, and teacher quality making the argument that in order for a teacher to be "high-performing" we need to pass this levy. He then referenced the poll that they paid $19K to support their levy, and concluded with the statement that Kettering voters want quality schools; which again, was never in question.
He then opened it up to questions from those of us attending the meeting. I had made a number of notes the first of which was about the Career Education Tech Center and if there were any additional fees or costs passed on to the students who elected to take these courses as opposed to a class in German. He explained that the only costs for students at the CETC were for the automotive classes to provide for their tools. None of the other classes had any such requirement. The next item I brought to his attention was the before-school and after-school child care. Both of them stated that this program was "self-funded", leaving it at that, not elaborating any further.
Schoenlein stated several times as well that if the levy fails on 4 May 2010, they will go back to the voters again in November 2010, and continue to present it to the public until it passes. At one point he responded to a question about how they received around $150K for a program to have PCs in classrooms which allowed students to teach themselves. He said that this was not only stimulus money from the federal government which didn't include any additional costs to the district, but that it was "free money". When he made this comment it was like pouring gasoline on a smoldering fire. We attempted to explain ad nauseum that it wasn't "free money" in that it was money confiscated from taxpayers by the federal government. One person commented that this exemplified the problem with government as a whole in their failure to be fiscally responsible. At this point Schoenlein looked as if someone had slapped him down to the ground. His response, that he then repeated several times was remarkable in its arrogance: "On what grounds do I have to slash the budget?!?"
Keep that in mind when they ask you for more of your hard earned money at the polls on 4 May 2010.
Dayton Daily
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Bob Beckel gives Sean Hannity the finger
Posted by DarthDilbert at 2/16/2010 04:41:00 PM
Now we know what Bob Beckel likes to engage in when he isn't paying for a prostitute. Stay classy Bob.
HotAir
breitbart.tv
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Send a Leadership Lemon to the Ohio Republican Party
Posted by DarthDilbert at 2/16/2010 04:40:00 PMFrom my friend King:
Patriots,
It's time to put the "squeeze" on the Lemon-like Leaders of the Ohio Republican Party!
In the spirit of Paul Revere, join us in delivering the message that we our tired of their lemon-like leadership by sending a personalized "Leadership Lemon" to Ohio Republican Party Chairman Kevin DeWine and the sour leaders currently on the ORP State Central Committee.
The Definition of a LemonIn American English the word lemon was first recorded in 1909 in the slang sense of "worthless thing." Over time, 'lemon' came to refer to anything that was defective or broken or which breaks constantly.
On a date and time to be announced, your personalized LEADERSHIP LEMON, along with those sent by thousands of other concerned Americans, will be hand delivered by Tea Party Patriots faithful in Ohio to the ORP Headquarters.
When Tea Parties and 9.12 group led truckloads of LEADERSHIP LEMON's arrive at the offices of these self-serving , LEMON- like party leaders... things are sure to get a little sticky for the sour bunch on the State Central Committee too!
Cleveland Tea Party Patriots
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Thousands of Muzzies protest a Norwegian newspaper for posting Mohammad pig cartoon
Posted by DarthDilbert at 2/16/2010 04:34:00 PM
When I see the cartoon, I don't see the need to protest. I do however find the need to make a great BLT or perhaps a ham sandwich. Allah fubar.
Gateway Pundit
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Seth Morgan, CPA endorsed overwhelmingly by Brown County GOP for State Auditor
Posted by DarthDilbert at 2/12/2010 10:20:00 PMFrom an email:
Huber Heights, Ohio - State Auditor candidate Seth Morgan, CPA was endorsed by the Brown County Republican Party with 75 percent of the vote on Thursday, Feb. 11.
"Republican leaders in Brown County selected Seth Morgan overwhelmingly," said Rob Scott, Friends of Seth Morgan Communications Director. "This is just another example of leaders across our state publicly recognizing that Seth Morgan is the most qualified candidate of either party for Auditor of State."
Both Morgan and Delaware County Prosecutor Dave Yost were in attendance to ask for the county's endorsement for state auditor. Yost received 13 percent of the vote.
"This endorsement further solidifies the base of support Seth is gathering across the state. Not only is he being supported by the leaders of conservative organizations statewide as well as the Tea Party movement, the Republican 'establishment' is joining these groups and proclaiming Seth as their candidate for Auditor no matter what the Party 'elite' want the rank and file to believe", said Emery Phipps, Friends of Seth Morgan Political Director.
The Brown County Republican Party waived party rules in order to endorse Seth Morgan for Auditor of State.
Seth Morgan, CPA was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 2008 after serving seven years on the Huber Heights City Council. He is a Small Business Owner and Certified Public Accountant. For more information about Seth Morgan visit SethMorgan.org.
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Homosexual porn found on city-owned computer of Carlisle's democRAT mayor
Posted by DarthDilbert at 2/12/2010 10:20:00 PM
Adult [homosexual] pornography was found on two computers controlled by Carlisle Mayor Tim Humphries, according to a city report released Wednesday, Feb. 10.
However, the pornography and an alleged “road rage” incident in December, do not rise to the level of removing him from office, according to [democRAT] law director David Chicarelli.
In his report, Chicarelli said material found on Humphries’ city-owned computer as well as on his personal computer contains more than 200 images that "clearly reflect young males engaged in sexual activity."
Dayton Daily democRAT
WHIO/AM-FM
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North Carolina agency seeks removal of pre-1877 US History from high schools
Posted by DarthDilbert at 2/12/2010 08:23:00 AM
SHELBY, N.C. -- Almost in view of Kings Mountain is Shelby High School in Cleveland County.
But if a proposal by the state Department of Public Instruction is adopted, the importance of the Revolutionary War battle fought there would no longer be taught at Shelby High or any other high school in North Carolina.
The department is proposing that no history prior to 1877 be taught in high schools. Instead, history classes in elementary and middle schools would cover that period.
The proposal would mean that high school level history classes would no longer cover much of the Civil War, the pilgrims, or even the Declaration of Independence. Some of that would, however, be included in some civics classes.
Reason #
to homeschool.Riehl World View
WCNC-TV
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CNN commentator wants Obama to go "gangsta"
Posted by DarthDilbert at 2/12/2010 08:22:00 AM
I thought he already did.
The Cable Game
In The Crosshairs
CNN
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Dayton government school indoctrinator arrested on fraudulent prescription drug charge
Posted by DarthDilbert at 2/04/2010 06:02:00 PM
A Dayton Public School teacher has been charged with two felony counts of deception to obtain a dangerous drug after Kettering police said he tried to get a fraudulent prescription filled, according to officer Michael Burke.
Kettering police arrested Jesse Weaver Jr., 41, of Trotwood, on Tuesday, Feb. 2, after receiving a call from Kettering Memorial Hospital security about the fraudulent prescriptions, Burke said. Weaver was apparently trying to get the prescriptions filled at the hospital.
Weaver, who is a physical education teacher at Fairview Elementary in Dayton, is in the Montgomery County Jail on a $25,000 bond.
"Through the course of the investigation it was learned that the prescriptions forms were illegally obtained, forged and presented," Burke said via a press release issued Thursday.
Police found Weaver was in possession of 400 pills including Oxycontin, Percocet and Xanax, Burke said.
Weaver has been with the district since 1991, according to Melissa Fowler, a spokeswoman for Dayton Public Schools. He has been placed on unpaid leave pending a district hearing.
Reason #
to homeschool.Dayton Daily
WHIO-TV
WDTN-TV
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Obama's feet on the Resolute desk
Posted by DarthDilbert at 2/04/2010 06:02:00 PM
I'm sure by now many of you have seen the image above. It is disgusting. It is repulsive. It shows the overwhelming lack of respect and class that the current occupant of the Oval Office repeatedly displays. The problem is that this isn't the first time he has been photographed doing this.
He did the same thing on 8 June 2009 during a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Flickr
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No surprise that John F'ing Kerry supports terrorists
Posted by DarthDilbert at 2/04/2010 05:56:00 PM
Big Government
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Ohio Republican Party uses auditor's office as bargaining chip
Posted by DarthDilbert at 2/02/2010 07:55:00 AM
Huber Heights, Ohio - The Ohio Republican Party elite showed today how backroom deals do not serve Ohio citizens. After political pressure, Delaware County Prosecutor Dave Yost caved to the party select by bowing out of the Ohio Attorney General race that he had campaigned for more than a year against Mike DeWine in the Republican primary election and was dealt an endorsement by the party for Ohio auditor.
"Dave Yost would have been a great attorney general," said Rob Scott, Communications Director of Friends of Seth Morgan. "The Ohio auditor's office is not a bargaining chip to be played for nor is it an office for someone who concedes to political pressure."
"Seth Morgan is unbending towards the political establishment and special interests. As a certified public accountant, a small business owner, and employer, he understands the importance of objectivity and independence for the taxpayers of Ohio," Scott said.
Seth Morgan was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 2008 after serving seven years on the Huber Heights City Council. He is a Small Business Owner and Certified Public Accountant. For more information about Seth Morgan visit www.SethMorgan.org.
SethMorgan.org
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Must see video supporting Seth Morgan for Ohio State Auditor
Posted by DarthDilbert at 2/01/2010 07:49:00 AM
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Exclusive from Atlas Shrugs: Obama Organizing in government high school
Posted by DarthDilbert at 2/01/2010 07:48:00 AM
An Atlas reader, Chuck, has a student in the eleventh grade in an Ohio High School. Her government class passed out this propaganda recruiting paper so students could sign up as interns for Obama's Organizing for America (OFA is the former mybarackobama.com site.)
Obama is using our public school system to recruit for his Alinsky-inspired private army. Organizing for America is (and I quote) recruiting in our high schools to "build on the movement that elected President Obama by empowering students across the country to help us bring about our agenda" ............of national socialism.
The Ohio High School is Perry Local in Massillon, Ohio.
This is incredible. And evil. Suffer the little children -- enlisted like SS youth. This is no accident. Obama is poisoning our public school system. He acts as if it's his own private breeding farm. Once again academic learning and achievement is hopelessly abandoned, and supplanted by radical leftist activism from the leftwing Alinsky indoctrinators in the perverse public school system.
Children must be advised to expose this ugly propaganda. Children must tell their parents how they are being used and manipulated. Parents, warn your kids. Better yet, home school.
Reason #
to homeschool.Atlas Shrugs
Big Government
Gateway Pundit
Jawa Report
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Martin Alexander Nichols, Enon government school custodian, jailed for sex crimes
Posted by DarthDilbert at 2/01/2010 07:47:00 AM
Police have arrested the head custodian at a Clark County elementary school for sex crimes against students.
Martin Alexander Nichols, 40, a janitor at Enon Elementary is charged with three counts of gross sexual imposition, according to Enon's Chief of Police.
According to court records, Nichols admitted to police that inappropriately touched the young girls during school hours.
Investigators said there are at least three victims at this time, two third graders and one first grader, and that he touched the victims four to five separate times.
Police said the encounters happened over ten months in the elementary school cafeteria after lunch.
They said Nichols told them he would pick up paper off the floor and then commit the crimes.
Nichols said the touching was an "accident."
Nichols is currently being held in the Clark County jail.
An "accident"?!? We should send animals like this to the electric chair and zap it for each time they commit these "accidents". Do not pass go, do not collect $200, proceed directly to death row.
Dayton Daily
WDTN-TV
WHIO-TV
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