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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message ... On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:07:15 -0800 (PST), Chuck Gould wrote: On Feb 10, 9:15?am, "Eisboch" wrote: wrote in message ... On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:06:06 -0800, Chuck Gould wrote: Compare the average level of educational achievement on, say, the left coast with the average education in customarily red states like Mississippi, Alabama, Missouri. Then reevaluate. Thanks. It's worse than that: http://www.thebluestate.com/2005/10/...06_smarte.html Note, the 21 states that spend the least on education, are all red. I always get a kick out of the rationalization that education (or money spent on it) ?automatically implies"smartness" in people. There's a lot of stupid people with years of advanced degrees, just as there are many "smart" people with limited education. Eisboch I agree with you entirely. The basis for even considering education in the discussion was a claim that D's oppose "No Child Left Behind", and thaty they do so because if the amount of education were increased across the country the number of people supporting the D's would decrease. Talk to middle and high school teachers about NCLB and see what they say about the system. It's a total disaster. And in states that require mainstreaming of those children who are developmentally, physically, mentally or emotionally "challenged", it's almost impossible to achieve the standards required by NCLB. So what's the solution? In MA and CT, it's teach the mastery test. Simple as that. There is a huge hole in this article as well. Look at the states that spend the least (in order): Utah, Arizona, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Tennessee, Idaho, North Carolina, Alabama -- and I still have not reached a blue state yet. I'll keep going: North Dakota, Florida, Nevada, Texas, New Mexico, Missouri, Iowa, Louisiana, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Kentucky, and then finally California. The 21 states that spend the least amount on education dollars per student are all red. Let's take this state-by-state - these "red" states using state legislatures as our guide. Utah -Gov/R - Senate/R - House/R - red Arizona - Gov/D - Senate/R - House/R - red Arkansas - Gov/D - Senate/D - House/D - blue Oklahoma - Gov/D - Senate/D - House/R - blue Mississippi - Gov/R - Senate/D - House/D - blue Tennessee - Gov/D - Senate/R - House/D - blue Idaho - Gov/R - Senate/R - House/R - red North Carolina - Gov/D - Senate/D - House/D - blue Alabama - Gov/R - Senate/D - House/D - blue North Dakota - Gov/R - Senate/R - House/R - red Florida - Gov/R - Senate/R - House/R - red Nevada - Gov/R - Senate/R - House/D - red Texas - Gov/R - Senate/R - House/R - red New Mexico - Gov/D - Senate/D - House/D - blue Missouri - Gov/R - Senate/R - House/R - red Iowa - Gov/D - Senate/D - House/D - blue Louisiana - Gov/R - Senate/D - House/D - blue Kansas - Gov/D - Senate/R - House/R - red Nebraska - Gov/R - Unicameral Legislature/R - red South Dakota - Gov/R - Senate/R - House/R - red Kentucky - Gov/D - Senate/R - House/D - blue California - Gov/R - Senate/D - House/D - blue 11 state governments are predominately Republican, 10 are predominately Democratic. Move on to Federal level. Utah -Senate/R - House/R - red Arizona - Senate/R - House/split - red Arkansas - Senate/D - House/D - blue Oklahoma - Senate/R - House/R - red Mississippi - Senate/R - House/split - red Tennessee - Senate/R - House/D - push Idaho - Senate/R - House/R - red North Carolina - Senate/R - House/D - push Alabama - Senate/R - House/R - red North Dakota - Senate/D - House/D - blue Florida - Senate/Split - House/R - red Nevada - Senate/Split - House/R - red Texas - Senate/R - House/R - red New Mexico - Senate/Split - House/R - red Missouri - Senate/Split - House/R - red Iowa - Senate/Split - House/D - blue Louisiana - Senate/Split - House/R - red Kansas - Senate/R - House/Split - red Nebraska - Senate/Split - House/R - red South Dakota - Senate/Split - House/D - blue Kentucky - Senate/R - House/Split - red California - Senate/D - House/D - blue 15 states with predominately Republican Senate/House combinations, 4 states with predominately Democratic combinations and two push. So, any way you want to look at it, all of these states can't be called "red" in any sense of the word. It's a very distorted view presented for a particular purpose. And how he could possibly call California "red" is completely beyond me. Easy. Communist. |
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