Political Rant Thread

[Ranger]

I am glad I started this thread, I don't know if anyone has noticed, but the number of political threads on the site has died down considerably in lieu of ranting here. Whoever is right or wrong, delusional or not, debate is good and I'm glad we have a place for it where anyone who is not interested can simply skip the thread rather than have to be pulled into the mud on every thread they read.

[Ranger]

Since this is a rant thread, THIS is how stupid and delusional liberals are:

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/...nt/?test=faces

[tmleadr03]

Since this is a rant thread, THIS is how stupid and delusional liberals are:

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/...nt/?test=faces

Matt Damon, Damoooooooooon.

[nynco]

That Matt Damon piece was horrible. It was nothing more than a hack piece aimed against teachers. Seriously, why does the right wing hate teachers so much?

[Ranger]

That Matt Damon piece was horrible. It was nothing more than a hack piece aimed against teachers. Seriously, why does the right wing hate teachers so much?

Seriously, that's what you got out of that? Seriously? Why do we hate PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS? Because they are a spoiled union that has turned our kids in to roving morons (didn't Matt Damon say he attended public school - and look at how HE turned out). I know some excellent public school teachers, my wifes mom was one, but that doesn't change the fact that they have no accountability for doing a good job. It's our KIDS we're talking about.

I was yanked from public schools because of how bad they sucked, put into a private school, moved and had to go to public school again for one semester and they wanted to skip me 3 grades because that is the level I was at compared to other kids, my mother wouldn't let them because it would have been too socially awkward to have me that much younger than my classmates. Public schools are shafting kids - sure plenty come out excellent, but those are kids who went beyond what the school did and not the school pushing them to their potential.

[nynco]

Seriously, that's what you got out of that? Seriously? Why do we hate PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS? Because they are a spoiled union that has turned our kids in to roving morons (didn't Matt Damon say he attended public school - and look at how HE turned out). I know some excellent public school teachers, my wifes mom was one, but that doesn't change the fact that they have no accountability for doing a good job. It's our KIDS we're talking about.

I was yanked from public schools because of how bad they sucked, put into a private school, moved and had to go to public school again for one semester and they wanted to skip me 3 grades because that is the level I was at compared to other kids, my mother wouldn't let them because it would have been too socially awkward to have me that much younger than my classmates. Public schools are shafting kids - sure plenty come out excellent, but those are kids who went beyond what the school did and not the school pushing them to their potential.

How Damon turned out? He's fucking rich and doing just fine. The truth of the matter is public schools suck because they have to teach all students. Including the tards who will never learn. That wastes a lot of time and energy that could be better put on students who are good. The right wing likes to only look at the kids who do bad and blame that on the unions. Truth is the tards just don't get it, you can blame genetics for that. Blaming teachers is just pure BS.

[hollohas]

Teachers have ZERO accountability. No incentive to do a good job. There are good teachers and there are good students. There are bad students who will never learn but there are also bad teachers who will never teach...we need to get rid of the bad teachers. But they are protected...

I went to public school and learned pretty much nothing. I had to figure out how to be a good student when I went to college. And thank God I went to engineering school and not liberal arts. You can't argue math but everything in Liberal arts school is up for debate.

[tmleadr03]

How Damon turned out? He's fucking rich and doing just fine. The truth of the matter is public schools suck because they have to teach all students. Including the tards who will never learn. That wastes a lot of time and energy that could be better put on students who are good. The right wing likes to only look at the kids who do bad and blame that on the unions. Truth is the tards just don't get it, you can blame genetics for that. Blaming teachers is just pure BS.

Why, why did I click on show post.

The truth of the matter is that when you reward mediocrity you get more of the same. When everyone is treated the same why should you excel. Teachers have no reward system for anything but keeping their head down and passing students. Then getting tenure and fuck it I cant be fired. But I want a pay raise. If teachers were rewarded for their students performance then we would not be paying so much for idiots.

You are someone who I believe was a victim of the public school system.

[Ranger]

Why, why did I click on show post.

I keep asking myself the same question...

Teachers have no reward system for anything but keeping their head down and passing students.

Precisely.

You are someone who I believe was a victim of the public school system.

Now that's funny right there!

This is what you are paying for with public education.
http://www.bizzyblog.com/WhyWeBanned...s_Wtr2006.html

That was a very interesting article, thanks for sharing that!

[Ranger]

How Damon turned out? He's fucking rich and doing just fine.

And there it is, finally, we understand. So you are implying that the level of a mans success and intelligence is based upon his social and economic status. He's rich, so we should all consider him a success huh? He's a good looking guy who has acting talent, THAT made him a success - not the public school system.

By this measure of a mans success, I'm then quite the enigma. I drive a $100K Mercedes, so I MUST be smart and successful. My two graduate degrees didn't make me successful or intelligent, my car does. The fact that I know the difference between when to use "there" and "their" is the result of a private education, not public. However, I am not in the public eye nor do I make a million dollars a day, so I am not AS successful as Matt Dufus. I would argue that I'm far more successful and that the bank account or public stage does not make the man.

So forget about the two incidents this week where Matt Damon showed that he is dumb as a box of rocks and has absolutely no clue about any issues outside of his little followers circle - he's Ok because he's rich and famous. The public school system didn't fail him so much that he hasn't a clue, it taught him how to act on screen. Got it. When quizzed about why teachers should not be held to account the same as any other job got he same reaction out of Matt Damon as we see in so many uneducated liberals, and that is to blindly attack the person asking the question rather than have to be challenged to support your position logically, intelligently and in an informed way. THAT is always how the uneducated will react to being put into a position to defend their indefensible position.