Jay,
I think it's great that so many Americans want to volunteer for good causes, and I have no problem that many want to work with faith-based groups. Americans can volunteer for and/or donate to the charity of their choice; the government, however, cannot.
The First Amendment makes it clear that public funds should never go toward religious activities. Yet, certain people want to keep pushing programs that will do just that. One of those programs is happening right here in our backyard, and I would like to know how anyone can even justify it.
The program I'm talking about is the "D.C. Opportunity
Scholarship Program," which thanks to a few select senators, may be reauthorized,
despite the fact that it is unconstitutional and completely unsuccessful.
Today, the Washington Post ran an editorial called "Children First," one of possibly a dozen op-eds the newspaper has written in support of D.C. school vouchers. The Post said, "The program has more applicants than slots; rigorous study has shown significant improvements in student reading, and parents are happy that their children are in schools that are safer and of better quality."
So Jay, don't you agree it's time for people to face the facts of this failure, put this whole voucher
business to rest and finally grant quality public education to every child?
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Taylor Anne was what I was going to name my daughter, she would have been beautiful. Too bad they erased her.
Taylor Anne
Beating people down is based in fear.
Cara Floyd
Your Name
August 9, 2009 11:27 PM
Taylor Anne was what I was going to name my daughter, she would have been beautiful. Too bad they erased her.
Taylor Anne
Boris says: Who erased Taylor Anne exactly and why? What are you talking about? Who is Pippy? You remind me of Tony Perkins talking to his dead mother in "Psycho."
Well I suppose if you don't like to face the fact that there are so many problems in the world and people are always trying to hurt others in some way or fashion, you might want an escape either through a book, a movie, a fictional character, or some other form of escape instead of a bottle of boose or some other form of unhealthy behavior. Sometimes it is good to just vent some of your ideals and frustations, instead of taking it out in unhealthy ways, using a character to possibly put forth some of your ideas or views or maybe bring up subject matter for whatever reason that is. Like I wrote before, I am entertaining myself, possibly bringing parts of my personality or things I enjoyed in life as a kid , basically sharing parts of me. Not that everybody has to read or react to any of these blogs.
I always liked Pippy growing up as a kid. A very bright girl with a witty personality. Her striped socks and her red hair. It seemed that she entertained herseld because there weren't people around to love her. I found her humerous and unique. (basically funny)
Taylor Anne was a name I picked out for my daughter that I never had. As far as she being erased, well she is back now. They do erase children you know, Boris. One at a time with an abortion. Yes they are boys and girls. I had a boy instead named Nicholas. I had recently watched the O.J. Simpson trial and I saw myself in Nicole. Something about her, the way she looked, the abuse she receive the ferror in her voice. So Nicholas was pretty close to the name of Nicole. So I chose Nicholas.
Cara
Okay I get it. You're nuts. I thought so. Everybody does.
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