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Commented on If we keep doing what we have been doing we will get what we have always gotten—a poor performing school systemAll I care about is if David Hudson is a conservative. How about the two Republicans running. Are they conservative? The two Democrat board members seem to be nice people, but how can anyone be a Democrat these days? Maybe we need an interview with candidates. That goes for county commission candidates too.
To be more clear on school grades. It depends on if you are grading on a curve or not. Clearly, the schools get a very generous curve when compared to students.
Commented: Thursday, September 12th, 2024 @ 11:29 am
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Disney screwed up Star Wars and Marvel. Why should ABC be any different? The guy that runs ABC is a personal friend of Harris. What happened is what I expected to happen. The Fourth Estate has reached a new low. I expect them to go lower still.
Commented: Thursday, September 12th, 2024 @ 11:17 am
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Somebody send the video over to those fake fact checkers over at ABC!
Commented: Wednesday, September 11th, 2024 @ 10:19 pm
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Dick and Liz flock to their true party. It's official. The Democrats are the Neo Con war party.
Commented: Wednesday, September 11th, 2024 @ 7:56 pm
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Commented on If we keep doing what we have been doing we will get what we have always gotten—a poor performing school systemThe public should be aware that some of the comments on this site are part of an ongoing personal intra party battle. Some of the information presented here needs to be taken in that context. For example:
1. School scores below 40 are counted as an F for schools and are typically counted as an F for students under 60. 2. I do not know if HR has ever been a Democrat, but he obviously has not been a Democrat more than any Republican on the ballot. In this election that would be Randy Walker. Including this election with the one upcoming in two years that would be Frankie Waters. 3. Concerning some of the statements regarding school board members taking orders form a PAC, that all seems to be delusional. I'm sure there is more, but I'm too lazy and uninterested to look for it. We have plenty of important legitimate issues in this upcoming election. The personal hatred just muddies the water for people trying to inform themselves and turns off many of us that are keeping up with issues. Even though I am very interested in my community, this is the single reason I want nothing to do with local parties.
Commented: Wednesday, September 11th, 2024 @ 9:50 am
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Anthony Harris needs to be on the Springfield City Commission. Bob Rue needs to be sent home.
Commented: Tuesday, September 10th, 2024 @ 11:54 pm
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Commented on Trump pledges executive order to prohibit any gov't employee colluding against free speechWhen anti-free speech fanatics stoop to calling George Orwell a loon maybe it is because the fanatics aspire to be Big Brother.
Commented: Tuesday, September 10th, 2024 @ 8:52 am
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Commented on Biden admits that "Inflation Reduction Act" was a total scam -was green new deal insteadJust for the record: The Sonoran Desert is the hottest desert in the United States and Mexico.
Commented: Sunday, September 8th, 2024 @ 9:23 am
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Commented on Biden admits that "Inflation Reduction Act" was a total scam -was green new deal insteadROTFLMAO We actually have people that are not aware of the Sonoran Desert! Poor education allows people to fall for anything and everything.
Commented: Saturday, September 7th, 2024 @ 9:48 pm
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RH is exactly right. The authoritarian progressives among us want to extinguish the due process rights of the citizenry. Their big knee jerk excuse for doing this is to keep us safe from the crazy shooters. Of course, this progressive tactic is completely illogical.
Progressives want to erode people's protected rights in order to better control people. Those dummy or misguided followers of progressives haven't figured out that the end of protected rights might end up affecting them too. They are so focused on cancelling the rights of others that they have not figured that out. This country does have a mental health problem. That problem does need to be addressed. This country has a serious border violation problem that is probably our biggest national security threat. We also have a very serious problem with governmental agencies that have run amuck with corruption and gone power mad. They are a threat to the American people. The assassinations and attempted assassinations over the last 65 years are another issue entirely in relation to the gun rights issue. We are well overdue for an honest, serious investigation and study of those assassination events.
Commented: Saturday, September 7th, 2024 @ 6:13 am
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Interesting that the far left pro Repub (RINO) troll brings up 'consenting' sex. I suppose calculating sex like 29 year old CommieLaLa Harris and 60 year old married Mayor Brown bartering the concubine relationship in exchange for a California political career is an example of consenting sex.
But using Bill Clinton as an example of consenting sex turned my giggle box over hehehehe. I suppose that's one sex category for Billy Goat Bill: Such as consenting regular adultery sex with G. Flowers or consenting exploitive sex like 22 year old student M. Lewinsky interning at the White House. But with Billy the Goat there is a whole other category of bloody lip violent sex with a string of victims such as: J. Broaddrick, L. Millwee, P. Jones, K. Willey, C. Zercher, E. Wellstone, S. James, K. Hinton, and numerous University of Arkansas students. Yeah buddy. Great example.
Commented: Wednesday, September 4th, 2024 @ 9:25 am
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Washingtonian - Oh, you mean the Willie Brown plan!
Commented: Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024 @ 1:30 pm
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Commented on Heartburn at the Beaufort County School BoardStan - Your firm's situation is just one more example of the warped politics in this county that ultimately works against the public interest. One would hope that public officials would place the public as a higher priority. That's not the case in Beaufort County. The priority here is petty personal grievances and petty public weaponization by public officials and bureaucrats. It's worse than childish. Unfortunately, we've got all that before we even get to the outright unpunished fraud.
Commented: Sunday, September 1st, 2024 @ 4:26 am
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Commented on Heartburn at the Beaufort County School BoardThat's right. Ron did teach at Snowden. I think it was his first job in education.
Commented: Friday, August 30th, 2024 @ 9:22 pm
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Commented on Heartburn at the Beaufort County School BoardYour assessment seems to be what's going on. I'm wondering about the rest, too. The immediate threat seems to be against Snowden School.
Commented: Thursday, August 29th, 2024 @ 8:45 pm
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Commented on Heartburn at the Beaufort County School BoardHere's the good news: The 8.20.24 school board meeting is finally up. Here's the bad news: There is no sound for the first 25 minutes of the meeting.
I am aware that members of the Aurora and surrounding communities were going to that meeting, so I called a school board member to verify. Sure enough, the sound was cut for all the speakers from the public which included a number of speakers from Aurora. Also found that board member Hickman made a statement that was not heard on the tape either. Hum. Coincidence? I've been hearing some rumblings from that part of the county. I think I'm putting my money on those folks having a legitimate gripe. 
Commented: Thursday, August 29th, 2024 @ 7:08 pm
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Commented on Locally elected officials; How important are they?How important are locally elected officials? Crucially important. The ones closest to the people affect us the most. Hope people are doing their homework. Some folks fall for anything.
Commented: Thursday, August 29th, 2024 @ 6:23 pm
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Commented on Heartburn at the Beaufort County School BoardMr. Rader - I too have seen a fair number of board situations, and I've not seen anything like this. My take on it is this is what you get when a very weak board hires an authoritarian superintendent. I think it is interesting that the three newest members are being treated this way as their welcome to the board. I know a little about some of the members and not so much about some of the others. I do know enough about the three newest members to know they are all over-qualified for this position, so they have got to know how weird this is.
Commented: Wednesday, August 28th, 2024 @ 7:59 pm
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Commented on Heartburn at the Beaufort County School BoardThe 8.20.24 meeting has yet to be posted at this time. I have not heard any first-hand account of the meeting that sounded at all like the Bp account. I do agree with W.S. about board members being active in the process. How about board members being ex officio members of such committees? They surely should not be shut out the way they are now. Also, am I understanding that this board has no standing committees?
On a related matter, has anyone noticed the way the school board is being filmed? Board member Shreve has to lean way forward to be on camera. Board member Hickman is hidden behind a column and board member Carlton is partially hidden behind the column; both are crammed in beside the school staff with the staff placed more prominently. Somebody put a lot of thought into all of this. Wow.
Commented: Wednesday, August 28th, 2024 @ 7:03 am
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Commented on Lessons from an assassin’s bulletNone of the many questions concerning this assassination attempt been answered. That is very troubling.
Commented: Tuesday, August 27th, 2024 @ 7:17 am
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Commented on Is this what it looks like?I don't know a lot about the big consolidated Washington elementary school, but I am hearing about the superintendent pulling the rug out from under the community school in Aurora. That's all that community needs. Backstabbed one more time.
Commented: Monday, August 26th, 2024 @ 8:01 pm
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Proverbs 26:11.
I'm hearing plenty from my sources in the UK. None of that makes me smile.
Commented: Monday, August 26th, 2024 @ 10:32 am
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Proverbs 26:3.
The attack on free speech is a major topic all over the free world, yet in America progressives claim to be oblivious to it. Maybe it is just that they are OK violating the free speech of others.
Commented: Monday, August 26th, 2024 @ 6:18 am
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Commented on RFK, Jr's speech joining Trump campaignProverbs 26:4.
Commented: Monday, August 26th, 2024 @ 6:06 am
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Commented on RFK, Jr's speech joining Trump campaignThis does seem to be the preferred mode of operation in dealing with threats to the regime.
Commented: Sunday, August 25th, 2024 @ 8:27 am
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Commented on RFK, Jr's speech joining Trump campaignIf RFK, Jr. doesn't shut up someone may shoot him too.
Commented: Sunday, August 25th, 2024 @ 6:35 am
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Am I to understand that the argument against a board member on a curriculum committee would be that it might be intimidating to teachers on the committee? That's pretty bogus when you consider that other staff members that may be on the committee have much more to do with hiring and firing of teachers than a school board member. School board members only have the ability to hire and fire a superintendent and that is only if they have a board majority.
Some of these arguments presented by the entrenched board members and the superintendent seem ridiculous. Do they really believe it makes sense to the public? 
Commented: Wednesday, August 21st, 2024 @ 10:48 am
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Commented on Heartburn at the Beaufort County School BoardWhat have I gotten from this interesting discussion?
1) We need to change the power balance on the BC Commission. 2) We need to change the power balance on the BC School Board. 3) Be Be the resident troll is suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder, TDS, HDS, and racism. 4) Alcoholism???? 5) Just what is a looser?
Commented: Wednesday, August 21st, 2024 @ 6:14 am
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Commented on Heartburn at the Beaufort County School BoardHas anyone noticed how long some of those incumbent school board members have been on the board? 40 years! 30 some years! We've got 8 D level schools with grades in the 40s and low 50s. Vote some new members? What have we got to lose?
I just opened my property tax bill this week. Put another conservative on the county commission? Again, what have we got to lose? Right now, I'm losing money, and it hurts.
Commented: Sunday, August 18th, 2024 @ 8:27 am
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Granted the corporate mainstream media is mostly a propaganda organization, but even so 71 to 86% of Biden voters must be some of the most ignorant people on planet earth.
Commented: Saturday, August 17th, 2024 @ 8:03 am
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Commented on The Gang of Five circles the wagonsI'm voting for everybody I can on the CONSERVATIVE ticket. There are no guarantees with Repubs. We know what Dems are these days.
Commented: Friday, August 16th, 2024 @ 2:53 pm
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Commented on Trump Indicted For Inciting Assassination AttemptThat damned Trump forcing people to be assassins. That damned Trump forcing crooked district attorneys to prosecute him on false charges. That damned Trump making FBI agents present false dossiers to judges. That damned Trump making Democrats (and establishment RINOs) impeach him twice for nothing. That damned Trump forcing mainstream corporate media ridicule him 24/7. That damned Trump causing earthquakes and storms. That damned Trump causing pestilence and disease. That damned Trump! Damn Trump for everything!!
Commented: Wednesday, August 14th, 2024 @ 6:47 pm
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Commented on The Gang of Five circles the wagonsJS - You're right. To Bob everything is framed in race. It is ironic because Bob and I should be allies on this community issue where people are not being held accountable. Because he refuses to see this as much bigger than race, we stay divided. Divide and conquer has been effective strategy for thousands of years - no end in sight.
Commented: Wednesday, August 14th, 2024 @ 9:25 am
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Commented on Heartburn at the Beaufort County School BoardGod bless Apostle Alton R. Williams. He is fighting for the soul of America.
Commented: Wednesday, August 14th, 2024 @ 5:15 am
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