As of 11pm, the Chron’s Election Coverage is noticeably devoid of the Republican Presidential primary results.
Earlier, none-of-the-above (i.e. “Not Bush”) was getting 8%. This is of Republicans who vote in primaries.
Where ever did the results go?
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Are you registered (in Texas)?
Are you voting today? (Or have you already voted?)
If your answers are YES and NO respectively, then I implore you to be a good citizen and sign the ballot access petition of any one of the “third parties” that don’t have corporate fundraising machines, or automatic ballot access. Help provide more choice for your fellow citizens.
The Green Party of Texas and the Libertarian Party of Texas are both having petition drives to get their candidates on the ballot in the fall. Please, go out of your way to sign one of them!
If it was so easy to get access to the coming televised debates, then the election might be more interesting.
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adios, Tres Generaciones
hola, chicas locas,
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Happy Birthday, Hostess of the Carousel of the Damned!
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ended the evening playing a little scrable at the Big Top,
i lost horribly, but i played a word that
of course, they trusted me
so, for their, and everyone else’s, edification,
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my yard is certainly full of them,
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Go, Jeffrey, go.
March 4, 2004, 9:46PM
Teacher of year upset by Paige’s comment
Says he skipped awards in protest
Associated Press
BOSTON — The Massachusetts teacher of the year refused to attend an event in Washington honoring the nation’s top educators because U.S. Education Secretary Rod Paige called the nation’s largest teachers union a “terrorist organization.”Jeffrey R. Ryan, a history teacher at Reading Memorial High School who lost a friend in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, said he could not accept Paige’s apology for his Feb. 23 comments about the 2.7-million-member National Education Association.
Paige, former superintendent of the Houston Independent School District, said the remark was a “bad joke.” But Ryan said: “Nazi death camps aren’t funny. Lynching people isn’t funny. Famine isn’t funny, and terrorism isn’t funny. I just couldn’t show up and shake that man’s hand after he made those remarks.” [emphasis mine -b]
Forty-four teachers of the year attended Monday’s conference.
The secretary made the comment in a private meeting with governors. He later apologized for his choice of words but maintained that the union uses “obstructionist scare tactics.” He apologized again Monday to the teachers of the year.
“I can assure you, I have nothing but the highest esteem for teachers and the teaching profession,” he said.
The NEA called on President Bush to fire Paige. The White House said Paige’s job is safe.
Ryan, 49, said his refusal to attend the conference was also a protest of the 2-year-old No Child Left Behind Act, which he called a “stealth tactic by the Bush administration to undermine public schools.”
The law calls for expanded standardized testing, qualified teachers in all core classes, school choice and other reforms.
Education Department spokeswoman Susan Aspey said the administration has pumped billions more into public education. Had he attended the conference, Ryan could have expressed his opinion directly to Paige, she said.
NEA spokeswoman Melinda Anderson called Ryan’s comments “very eloquent.”
The No Child Left Behind act of 2001 is 670 pages long.