Posted on June 6 at 1:05 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I think where he's going is to a place where these things become meaningless over time, except as to how one can leverage "race" to his own advantage. In the final anaysis, we're all primates of African origin.

If Obama self-identifies as "black", it's probably because he figures he can get more of what he seeks that way.

My 10th great-grandfather was Sachem Uncas of the Pequots/Mohicans, but for some reason, the tribe won't cut me in on any of their casino profits.

Guess they don't have the same "one-drop" rule??

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Posted on April 19 at 7:44 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Re: the Saturday landscaping - Maybe you need to do some heavy yard work starting about 7 Am on "the Lord's Day"

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Posted on April 19 at 7:41 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I especially wish they'd follow Jesus's admonition to "pray in your closet". LOL!

On Christians and Jews

Posted on April 17 at 10:55 p.m. (Suggest removal)

BTW, absolutely no offense meant to those Christians who actually live by the teachings of Jesus.

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Posted on April 17 at 10:50 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Right on, Carl!

Believe what you want, just don't try to affect my life.

The Kool-Aid Christians just don't get it that this is not and never was a "Christian Nation".

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Posted on April 14 at 11:49 a.m. (Suggest removal)

And most importantly, no government or majority group, democratically created or not, should influence, support or restrict any individual's relationship or lack thereof with anything supernatural. That's more or less the First Amendment.

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Posted on April 13 at 11:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)

How about, for one reason, that Jews don't go around proclaiming this to be a "Jewish Nation"? For another, they don't keep trying to force the teaching of creationism (or ID, or whatever it's being called) in taxpayer funded science classes. And finally, 80% of the American population claims to be Christian, yet some claim they are being persecuted?

I'm sure you'll have something more eloquent and better fleshed out -- can't wait!

BTW, I'm not against religion, as long as it's believers don't try to affect my life, or the lives of others whose views differ. I simply don't believe in anything supernatural.

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Posted on April 2 at 10:54 a.m. (Suggest removal)

The point is, teachers should not be immune to job performance evaluations. It's hard to objectively evaluate any employee's performance, but that's one of the functions of management. Tenure with no accountability is not desirable, especially when the salaries are being paid by taxpayers.

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Posted on April 2 at 9:11 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I guess you mean "relative growth"?

Not referring to quantum mechanics or philosophical relativism, I assume.

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Posted on April 1 at 10:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I wonder what the situation looks like in private schools? Granted, the student quality may be better (or at least different) than that of the general public school student population, but there still must be teachers who consistently produce better (or worse) results than others. What standards do private schools use? Is there "tenure" in these places? Is this tenure/union thing a function of and result of government-run education?

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