If you want to give you child a good start in life, get him/her out of the public school system and into a good private school. It'll cost you, but your child, in the long run, will greatly benefit.
#48 | POSTED BY MSGT
Absolutely. Many private schools are better than Public Schools. Not all, but many.
The average private high school costs are $13,000 to $25,000 per year. The lower end is for religious schools that also get income from their church units. So they tend to get closer to $20,000 per student when that's added in.
The average public high school gets $12,000 per student nationwide.
Private Schools also don't have as many special needs kids who use up far more resources than the average $12,000 per year. So they can spend their resources on the mainstream kids.
So really, we are looking at closer to $9,000 per student in public high schools versus $15,000 to $20,000 in private high schools.
So we need to spend far more than Republicans want to on public schools if we want them to be as good as the private schools.
So thank you for admitting Republicans are incompetent yet again. I appreciate it.
On the House side:
keep the hyperbole to a minimum.
Take the time to get a court order to subpeona witnesses and documents that they are now claiming are necessary.
Allow the minority to call witnesses.
Don't coach witnesses on what to say in the middle of testimony.
Don't do poll-testing to figure out which terms to use to describe high crimes and misdemeanors.
Don't have closed door testimony and then selectively leak the testimony for partisan effect.
Allow the Executive to present a defense to the House.
Don't bitch about Senate protocols that were voted 100-0 for Clinton's impeachment.
Don't grossly distort the call transcript and when called out for it shrug it off as a parody.
Don't pass out impeachment pens and cheer when articles are brought.
Don't coach members of your caucus to act solemn - the fact that it had to be said is a clear indication that this is anything but a solemn act for House Democrats.
When presenting to the Senate don't repeat yourselves over and over again.
When presenting to the Senate don't insult the very people who you are trying to persuade.
Don't bring an article of impeachment for obstruction of congress when there has ALWAYS been tension between the 2 branches of government over claims of Executive privilege.
Don't lie about not knowing the identity of the whistleblower.
This applies to Senators on both sides - don't proclaim your mind is already made up prior to the commencement of these hearings.
#53 | POSTED BY JEFFJ
I want to point something out. You keep posting this kind of thing. But you are confusing the role of the House and Senate.
The House is only supposed to conduct an investigation, identify evidence, and find sufficient grounds to send the Articles to the Senate. They aren't holding a trial. They aren't there to give the President due process. That's also why they don't convict or vote on punishments. The House isn't there to turn over every stone.
You keep making a big deal of witnesses. But the Republicans didn't have anyone to call besides legal experts and the Bidens.
You keep telling the Dems to go to Court to enforce subpoenas. That would take years. More importantly, its not the House's job to get all the evidence. They had MORE than enough to charge Trump with the two Articles.
The Senate is the one who is supposed to conduct the trial. They are supposed to call witnesses and take evidence from both sides to determine guilt.
The House did its job. The Senate is refusing.