Page 31 of 49 FirstFirst ... 2127282930313233343541 ... LastLast
Results 451 to 465 of 721

Thread: Florida book bans - the first step before burning

  1. #451 | Top
    Join Date
    Aug 2020
    Posts
    11,016
    Thanks
    826
    Thanked 3,884 Times in 3,024 Posts
    Groans
    96
    Groaned 105 Times in 98 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Perry Phimosis View Post
    Hmmm, comic books...who reads comic books? Oh, I know the answer: Men over the age of 20. Yeah, that's it.
    I wish I would have kept the 100's of comics I bought as a kid.
    What day is Michaelmas on?
    When is the Mass on Michael?
    AM I ,I AM's,AM I
    I AM,I AM's, AM I

  2. #452 | Top
    Join Date
    Jan 2020
    Posts
    28,486
    Thanks
    3,851
    Thanked 11,995 Times in 8,260 Posts
    Groans
    29
    Groaned 2,673 Times in 2,479 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by TOP View Post
    It's a shame that she couldn't find a way to be comfortable in the profession.
    Yes, the Holocaust really got in the way of many Jews being "comfortable" in their profession. I guess that was the whole point of it. One of their first steps was to send uneducated veterans in to replace the teachers.

    Quote Originally Posted by TOP View Post
    My dad taught for 42 years... in a time of many difficult challenges.
    LMAO!!! I am sure he thought it was a time of many difficult challenges.

    Quote Originally Posted by TOP View Post
    each individual is different but those with a passion find a way
    There is only so much any individual can take, which is what people like DeSantis count on.
    Daniel Patrick Moynihan said it best, "You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts."
    Paul Begala, "Politics is show business for ugly people."
    Stephen Colbert, "Reality has a well known liberal bias."

  3. The Following User Says Thank You to Walt For This Post:

    ThatOwlWoman (01-28-2023)

  4. #453 | Top
    Join Date
    Aug 2020
    Posts
    11,016
    Thanks
    826
    Thanked 3,884 Times in 3,024 Posts
    Groans
    96
    Groaned 105 Times in 98 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by TOP View Post
    No resignations or arrests yet...
    What the fuck are you talking about? It seems a teacher would have better writing skills
    What day is Michaelmas on?
    When is the Mass on Michael?
    AM I ,I AM's,AM I
    I AM,I AM's, AM I

  5. The Following User Says Thank You to Melchizedek = Michael For This Post:

    ThatOwlWoman (01-28-2023)

  6. #454 | Top
    Join Date
    Jan 2020
    Posts
    28,486
    Thanks
    3,851
    Thanked 11,995 Times in 8,260 Posts
    Groans
    29
    Groaned 2,673 Times in 2,479 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by TOP View Post
    No resignations or arrests yet...
    Florida does not get that big of a teachers shortage without thousands of resignations.

    From what I hear, it is unusually common for teachers in Florida to quit midyear. If you were really a teacher, you know how disruptive that is. Things are shockingly bad in Florida schools.
    Daniel Patrick Moynihan said it best, "You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts."
    Paul Begala, "Politics is show business for ugly people."
    Stephen Colbert, "Reality has a well known liberal bias."

  7. The Following User Says Thank You to Walt For This Post:

    ThatOwlWoman (01-28-2023)

  8. #455 | Top
    Join Date
    Oct 2017
    Location
    Ravenhenge in the Northwoods
    Posts
    88,265
    Thanks
    145,659
    Thanked 82,492 Times in 52,722 Posts
    Groans
    1
    Groaned 4,657 Times in 4,376 Posts
    Blog Entries
    1

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Nordberg View Post
    Were any of you ever damaged by a book? This is about nothing. Do people read a murder mystery and go kill people? If one of you read a book with gay characters, would you be looking for someone to blow? When kids encounter books above their levels , they call him "icky". Then go on with life. We have always had school libraries divided by age appropriate. I doubt it is necessary, but we do that.
    The library we went to as kids had "adult themed" books behind the librarians' desk. You had to request them, and if you were underage (I think 18 but it might have been 16) you had to have a note from a parent saying it was okay to check out that book. The books were not banned, nor did taxpayers scream that they were available and refuse to vote to fund the library like the fascists do now.

    Michigan GOP official: Shut down ‘by force’ public library with LGBTQ books

    The train depot-themed library has received national attention since residents twice this year voted to defund their public library in a fight over graphic novels that some opponents liken to pornography or “grooming” children to be sexually assaulted.
    "Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals." -- Mark Twain

  9. #456 | Top
    Join Date
    Oct 2017
    Location
    Ravenhenge in the Northwoods
    Posts
    88,265
    Thanks
    145,659
    Thanked 82,492 Times in 52,722 Posts
    Groans
    1
    Groaned 4,657 Times in 4,376 Posts
    Blog Entries
    1

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by christiefan915 View Post
    Somehow Gym Jordan isn't being held to this standard.
    Funny how that works, isn't it?
    "Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals." -- Mark Twain

  10. The Following User Says Thank You to ThatOwlWoman For This Post:

    christiefan915 (01-28-2023)

  11. #457 | Top
    Join Date
    Jan 2020
    Posts
    28,486
    Thanks
    3,851
    Thanked 11,995 Times in 8,260 Posts
    Groans
    29
    Groaned 2,673 Times in 2,479 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Dutch Uncle View Post
    The "Republican Party" meaning the members of the Republican Party; the voters. Unlike the Democratic Party which picked their candidates for their voters.
    The leaders of the Democratic Party picked Clinton in 2008, but the voters decided they like Obama more. In 2000, Republicans changed the selection rules to cut McCain out of the contest.

    Both parties have a back and forth between the leadership, and the base. And then if either goes too far, they have pushback from the general election.
    Daniel Patrick Moynihan said it best, "You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts."
    Paul Begala, "Politics is show business for ugly people."
    Stephen Colbert, "Reality has a well known liberal bias."

  12. #458 | Top
    Join Date
    Oct 2017
    Posts
    56,483
    Thanks
    25,104
    Thanked 20,414 Times in 16,403 Posts
    Groans
    129
    Groaned 1,433 Times in 1,355 Posts
    Blog Entries
    7

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Walt View Post
    Florida does not get that big of a teachers shortage without thousands of resignations.

    From what I hear, it is unusually common for teachers in Florida to quit midyear. If you were really a teacher, you know how disruptive that is. Things are shockingly bad in Florida schools.
    Aren't we discussing the book evaluations arrests and running away?? If someone is quitting mid-year then they shouldn't have been there at the beginning of the year, so no real loss. And I am really a teacher... retired now... 30 years in the classroom.. I believe I mentioned that.... licensed and certified... specifically, Education of the Handicapped... Developmentally Disabled...K-12... I believe I've referred to that before as well...
    That they accuse you of what they are doing themselves, every...single...time

  13. #459 | Top
    Join Date
    Sep 2022
    Posts
    6,775
    Thanks
    200
    Thanked 1,352 Times in 1,057 Posts
    Groans
    2
    Groaned 116 Times in 108 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by I AM,I AM's,AM I View Post
    I wish I would have kept the 100's of comics I bought as a kid.
    I never got into comic books. Even as a kid. And I don't much care for graphic novels today. Which is ironic because I spent a few years as a graphic artist years ago and I still really love the graphic arts. But for some reason graphic novels just miss me completely. No interest in them.

  14. #460 | Top
    Join Date
    Mar 2020
    Location
    Texas
    Posts
    136,574
    Thanks
    46,725
    Thanked 68,572 Times in 51,893 Posts
    Groans
    2
    Groaned 2,506 Times in 2,463 Posts
    Blog Entries
    2

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Walt View Post
    The leaders of the Democratic Party picked Clinton in 2008, but the voters decided they like Obama more.

    In 2000, Republicans changed the selection rules to cut McCain out of the contest.

    Both parties have a back and forth between the leadership, and the base. And then if either goes too far, they have pushback from the general election.
    ...so Hillary bought the DNC. LOL

    I'm not sure about the 2000 election, but they must have changed afterward if that was true. I voted for McCain in the primaries, but Bush in the election.

    My understanding is that, after the Clintons left, the DNC made some changes but I'm not sure how much. I do know that when their best candidate for 2024 is a 82 year old man, that they must be desperate.
    God bless America and those who defend our Constitution.

    "Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"

  15. #461 | Top
    Join Date
    Aug 2020
    Posts
    11,016
    Thanks
    826
    Thanked 3,884 Times in 3,024 Posts
    Groans
    96
    Groaned 105 Times in 98 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Perry Phimosis View Post
    I never got into comic books. Even as a kid. And I don't much care for graphic novels today. Which is ironic because I spent a few years as a graphic artist years ago and I still really love the graphic arts. But for some reason graphic novels just miss me completely. No interest in them.
    Define graphic novels? I like classic novels,biographies and history!
    What day is Michaelmas on?
    When is the Mass on Michael?
    AM I ,I AM's,AM I
    I AM,I AM's, AM I

  16. #462 | Top
    Join Date
    Oct 2017
    Posts
    56,483
    Thanks
    25,104
    Thanked 20,414 Times in 16,403 Posts
    Groans
    129
    Groaned 1,433 Times in 1,355 Posts
    Blog Entries
    7

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Walt View Post
    Yes, the Holocaust really got in the way of many Jews being "comfortable" in their profession. I guess that was the whole point of it. One of their first steps was to send uneducated veterans in to replace the teachers.



    LMAO!!! I am sure he thought it was a time of many difficult challenges.



    There is only so much any individual can take, which is what people like DeSantis count on.
    You really don't understand education... at all...what did you "teach" in college? For how long?
    That they accuse you of what they are doing themselves, every...single...time

  17. #463 | Top
    Join Date
    Jan 2020
    Posts
    28,486
    Thanks
    3,851
    Thanked 11,995 Times in 8,260 Posts
    Groans
    29
    Groaned 2,673 Times in 2,479 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by TOP View Post
    Mrs Obama's plan, however, was not succesful.
    It was extremely successful. It was the first national move towards healthier school meals. Current school meals are far from perfect, but you are no longer seeing ketchup being the only vegetable available. She deserves a huge amount of credit for improving things, not just in a few schools, but in almost all schools.

    Not as big of a deal as school breakfasts. Just giving poor kids a breakfast, any breakfast is a huge deal.

    Quote Originally Posted by TOP View Post
    I always had food in my classroom...and it did make a big difference.
    The school meal program costs the federal government $30 billion, but only because it is so efficiently run. To make a big difference compared to that, you would need to be spending billions. Were you spending billions?
    Daniel Patrick Moynihan said it best, "You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts."
    Paul Begala, "Politics is show business for ugly people."
    Stephen Colbert, "Reality has a well known liberal bias."

  18. #464 | Top
    Join Date
    Aug 2020
    Posts
    11,016
    Thanks
    826
    Thanked 3,884 Times in 3,024 Posts
    Groans
    96
    Groaned 105 Times in 98 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by TOP View Post
    You really don't understand education... at all...what did you "teach" in college? For how long?
    Could you stick your nose any higher in the air!
    What day is Michaelmas on?
    When is the Mass on Michael?
    AM I ,I AM's,AM I
    I AM,I AM's, AM I

  19. #465 | Top
    Join Date
    Jan 2020
    Posts
    28,486
    Thanks
    3,851
    Thanked 11,995 Times in 8,260 Posts
    Groans
    29
    Groaned 2,673 Times in 2,479 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by ThatOwlWoman View Post
    Toxic is a racist and absolutely loathed Mrs. Obama, as she loathes all accomplished, educated, successful black women. Envy, no doubt.

    Mr. Owl believes that school lunches should be free and considered just part of the cost of education. I agree.
    That sounds like a good idea. We give free lunches to poor students, but they must apply, which can be complex. But even the current system, free lunches for some, and much reduced price lunches for the rest, is very good.

    They came up with it during WWI. Many of the draftees during WWI were in such poor health because of a childhood not eating right. The first idea was to just feed boys the good food, but then someone pointed out the girls would be the mothers of the soldiers in the generation after them.

    In a way, the school lunch program was a defense spending program.
    Daniel Patrick Moynihan said it best, "You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts."
    Paul Begala, "Politics is show business for ugly people."
    Stephen Colbert, "Reality has a well known liberal bias."

  20. The Following User Says Thank You to Walt For This Post:

    ThatOwlWoman (01-28-2023)

Similar Threads

  1. Book Burning Safety Tip Chart
    By Guno צְבִי in forum Off Topic Forum
    Replies: 8
    Last Post: 10-06-2021, 05:32 PM
  2. More Democrat book burning. L.A. Times bans the word "looting" because RACISM
    By Text Drivers are Killers in forum Current Events Forum
    Replies: 34
    Last Post: 07-22-2020, 07:35 PM
  3. Right Wing Nazi Book Burning has Begun
    By katzgar in forum Current Events Forum
    Replies: 103
    Last Post: 07-23-2019, 11:33 AM
  4. Book Burning and the Left
    By tsuke in forum Current Events Forum
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 08-24-2017, 06:52 AM
  5. The same as book burning
    By BentBow in forum Current Events Forum
    Replies: 46
    Last Post: 08-18-2017, 01:43 PM

Bookmarks

Posting Rules

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •