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I don't like early voting,,,

something couyld happen before election day that might influence my vote...


btw,,
we all pay too much for schools,,,


but good for you Robert,,,

Yeah, something could happen, but it would have to be so significant that I don't worry about it.

As to education: I don'think we pay enough for education. It should be among our nation's highest priorities. Sad that some kids don't already have enough books for each kid to have one for the year. Budgets for the arts have been slashed. Got no problem with athletes paying for their own uniforms, and extracurricular activities, but when teachers need kids to bring in markers for the white board or my kid gets a book that has fallen apart and is taped backed together or has ink underlining, that's not right. We have overcrowding at too several schools and classes are sometimes way to big.

Heard an interesting statistic last week: The U.S. spends more $$ on defense that the next 15 countries combined. If this is true, we should be able to contribute more money for our schools.

I'm going to have to early vote this coming Tuesday...........not real fond of it but I'll be out of town from then thru the election.I can assure you it would take a catastrophic flub to change my vote in the presidential election.................so I have little concern.


Ron

Sounds like the teachers' union should push for salary cuts so there is more money for school supplies. It is true however that education spending should be directly proportional to military spending and therefore there should be a special Federal tax implemented in Rfenst's county.

Florida doesn't have a lottery for education..?? Here in Oklahoma we have a lottery and 80%... err... 70%... uhh.. 35% goes toward education...

ya, the lottery pisses me off..... lots of broken promises since it started.... but hey, every other week we have 2 or 3 brand new scratchers we can play.. I know this cause I see tv commerciials every hour talking about them... the money was suppose to go toward educaion but it appears it's making a whole bunch of other people rich... as expected I suppose...

Really???? Let's see the dollar amount spent by US taxpayers on educating the hundreds of thousands of children of Illegal alliens......but nobody's talking about that one, as though it's OK

IF we were really serious...we'd solve the immigration issue.

1. End the "anchor baby" dilemma. We're the only nation that offers that. You're not a citizen from the US and have a kid here...congrats...now take you kid home. they're YOUR problem.

2. Instead of rounding up illegals like some "Planet of the Apes" movie...just shoot them. I'm not kidding. They would stop immediately if it started tomorrow. Other nations do it too.

3. Can't provide a valid drivers license, passport and birth certificate you don't get access to hospitals, jobs or education.

Feel free to add to this list but really if we're at the point where we're crying about not spending enough...we're spending waaaay too much and getting too little return for it. Teaching to a standardized test? That's insanity. The smart or gifted aren't rewarded. The stupid get a pass or get shoved on through. How many professional athletes cannot even READ? Please.

Well, I did vote for the 1% school tax in my county...

My daughter and son (to a lesser extent because he is younger) are already being recruited by colleges based on their FCAT scores. Daughter got another letter today from some college offering her free tuition if she maintains her grades. I think kids who do best on FCAT get mor eBright Futures scholarship money from the state. FCAT cuts both ways. If you don't pass math and reading at a certain grade, you get put into intensive classes to try to improve one's abilities. having said that, solely teaching for the test isn't great IMO. Kids hate the frigging FCAT!!!

I have no problem with a good teacher being paid well. how one should be evaluated is beyond me.

I will leave that to each community and state to decide. All i know about my children's' school teachers thus far is that bad teachers don't return after a couple years or so.

Voted to throw a bunch of judges out!

Good judges and justices are very hard to come by. Not only do they have to have several right qualities in balance, but also real experience. The learning curve is very steep. I will never support a judicial candidate, no matter who it is, who runs against a good sitting judge. Just brings on unpredictable "new blood" who have no experience, which is not a good thing. It is a difficult job and requires one to give up alot in return for their service.

Why are good judges/justices (throw in politicians while you're at it) "hard to come by"? We have an inexhaustible supply.
I've always been of the opinion that absolute power corrupts absolutely especially with time. IMHO trades such as bricklaying, sculpting, painting, even IT work improve with time and experience. Elected officials usually only get arrogant & more power hungry as time passes. It is human nature for these folks to become intoxicated with their ability to grant/seek favors and mark their place in history. Thus, we have to help them along to a law practice retirement & replace them periodically. Unfortunately, their voting constituents usually stand by their benefactors through good or bad like a good woman and vote them back in. Terms are needed, otherwise peoples' cynicism towards the broken system will be justified and self-fulfilling. Basta. Enough with the foolishness. Change these officials as you do shoes and underwear. Otherwise, they stink.



On an associated note, I've always contended that all what we really need to do is simplify our laws a la the Code of Hammurabi & hire minimum wage law clerks to interpret & apply.

they weren't talking about touching themselves....

Shiny! Embrace the future - vote for Rombie! 'Joss', by the way.

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I voted Perot on an absentee ballot (early) in '92. Shortly after I mailed my ballot, he started in with the public paranoia about the RNC conspiracy to get to him through his daughter's wedding (or some such silliness.) I thought for years that I'd have voted differently had I waited for election day. Now, I'm glad I helped push the 'legitimacy' of a third party to 19% - And, I am convinced he'd have been a better president than Clinton was and better than GHWB II would have been. Loved Stockdale on the debate stage.

Yes (what an embarrassment) & definitely YES (eccentricities and all). Unfortunately, the honorable yet befuddled Stockdale not so much...

I'm giving the Republicans one last chance. If Romney gets elected, which I doubt, and governs like an Obama, you can count me in your third party/spoiler hijinks from hereon out. I will have permanently lost interest in either major party.

Yes but you forget the Great Lawyer Shortage of 1963.

I'm NOT above it.

I'm FOR it.

Hmmmm, couldn't you have squeezed a little more derisive condescension in there? Yes, I think you COULD! I have faith in you.




Little warrants were abandoned on doorsteps & subpoenas were whipped out & mishandled.

It was an awful time.....people standing in lines for hours just to speak to a lawyer and get a cup of coffee. Some towns completely ran out of lawyers. People had no choice but to pack up and move out West. Rumor has it that in some of those old ghost towns on really quiet nights, you can still hear ghosts crying out...."I need a lawyer, quick!"

I hear that's always been your philosophy with the womens too... :)

.... the sad part is you can only give them a little vitamin t, eh? :)

all right. I admit. I'm Irish and the curse is true.