On May 6, 2009, concerned parents, students, and others gathered in Washington, D.C.’s Freedom Plaza. They came to voice support for the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, a school-voucher program authorized by Congress in 2004 (as the seat of the federal government, the District is overseen by Congress). The program gives 1,700 students up to $7,500 to attend whatever school their parents choose.
The program is wildly popular with parents and children—there are four applicants for every available slot—and a recent Department of Education study found that participants do significantly better than their public school peers.
Yet working with congressional Democrats and despite President Barack Obama’s pledge to put politics and ideology aside in education, the Obama administration effectively killed the program through a backdoor legislative move. “[Education] Secretary [Arne] Duncan will use only one test in what ideas to support with your precious tax dollars,” says the president. “It’s not whether it’s liberal or conservative, but whether it works.”
Shortly after last week’s rally, President Obama said that he would allow students currently enrolled in the program to finish up through high school, but that no new students would be allowed to enter the program. Thus, a president who exercises school choice himself, has consigned thousands of low-income students to attend massively underperforming D.C. public schools.
For more on the voucher program, watch “President Barack Obama & the DC School Voucher Program” by going here: http://reason.tv/video/show/782.html
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Congressman Mark Schauer offers a floor speech honoring First Lt. Joel Gentz of Grass Lake, who was killed while completing a helicopter rescue mission in southern Afghanistan.
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“The spin stops here ’cause we’re lookin’ out for you.” So says Bill O’Reilly every time he closes his show. But WHO is he saying it to? Ordinary and upright Americans? No.
It seems O’Reilly is lookin’ out for the seamier and slimier elements of society. This time, it’s communist & thieving Democrats and liar & illegal-alien Barack Obama (AKA Barry Obama, AKA Barry Soetoro). Fortunately, guest Ann Coulter takes him to task with facts, truth, and common sense. O’Reilly can only posture and pout.
Bravo, Ann! YOU’RE the one who’s lookin’ out for us!
Fox News is “fair & accurate” and reports what the rest of the (Liberal propaganda) media MOCKS or CENSORS:
ANN: “I think the important issue to keep in mind is, has the government ever run anything better than the private sector has in the free market, and the answer is no, and Liberals keep avoiding having that argument by throwing out this word salad of ‘the public option’ and ‘triggers’ and ‘the health exchange’. The reason you have trouble with your health insurers right now is because it’s a partial monopoly created by the government. I mean, it was quite audacious of President Obama to complain last night about some states having only three health insurers. Well, why is that? Oh, that’s right, because of government intervention …”
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BILL: “You told our guys that you liked that South Carolina ‘pin-head’, that Congressman Wilson is his name?”
ANN: “Yeah!”
BILL: “Yelling out at President Obama. Now, what if a Liberal Democrat had yelled out at President Bush at one of his speeches? You wouldn’t like that?”
ANN: “Well they DO, they DO all that time, and the difference is they just ‘boo’ generally. Last night, we had Obama telling lie after lie, and by the way you began your ‘Talking Points’ by saying you just want to be able to speak for the fair minded people, well here how about making this for ‘fair minded’. Just take two examples of what Obama said last night, including the one that the greatest living Statesman, Representative Joe Wilson, ”
BILL: [laughs out loud]
ANN: ” responded to, and that is this bill will NOT cover abortion, it will NOT cover illegal aliens.”
BILL: “That’s what he said.”
ANN: “There are allot of arguments I could make on that but I’m only going to give the fair minded viewers their one argument. Republicans introduced amendments that would NOT allow coverage under the ‘Health Care Bill’ for illegal aliens. Democrats – voted – that – amendment – down. Republicans introduced amendments that would say the ‘Health Care Bill’ won’t cover abortions. The – Democrats – voted – that – amendment – down.”
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BILL: “Woah, woah, woah, wait, wait, though. Right, that’s true what you say, but now Obama’s on the record, in front of the country, as saying ‘no illegal alien coverage’, ‘no money for abortion’. So, he’s locked down.”
ANN: “He can say he’s a Martian.”
BILL: “He’s locked down.”
ANN: “Yeah, but the Democrats voted against it.”
BILL: “He can say whatever he wants, but if he lies he loses. If he lies he loses.”
ANN: “Okay, well, that was a lie, and that was what Representative Joe Wilson was saying.”
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Who is this Barack Hussein Obama, A.K.A. Barry Obama, A.K.A. Barry Soetoro (illegal alien)?
http://www.obamacrimes.info/
ObamaCrimes “was created after research indicated that Barack Obama is not a ‘natural born’ citizen or a Citizen of the United States as required by the United States Constitution to be eligible for the Office of President.” -attorney Philip J. Berg (a registered Democrat)
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A year and a half after George W. Bush left office, here is video of Democrat Barney Frank actually claiming that the low approval rating for his Democrat-led Congress is the fault of George W. Bush and the media. NO Congress has ever had better media coverage, and to blame Bush is preposterous. We’ll see if voters blame Bush this November.
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Originally posted and then taken down….apparently its back, but its too good to let it disappear. So here it is, originally posted by Buckrush. A message to the Democrats in power. You are on notice. We are coming for your jobs now. Start packin, you’re fired.
2-9-2010 —A tad bit more information… Buckrush was the poster who originally posted this. It was taken down after a few hours. I contacted him and he sent me a new link to the video, which I then immediately downloaded and re-posted in order to help keep it up on the web.
Anyone who has been paying any sort of attention at all knows that a large number of things have been removed and “scrubbed ” from the internet. So if you can. when you find something good like this video Buckrush posted, download it and save it.
This congress is covering up a huge issue, there is a reason they are acting with no regard to the constitution. It’s because they are no longer bound by it. Start asking why the founders would want to make certain, that no one who had held a citizenship other than 100% American from birth, could be POTUS. To know as well as they could the loyalty of the person who would lead the Armies of the Nation. Only a person who had singularly and solely held citizenship of the United States….
Congress and the White House are ignoring the constitution, because they aren’t bound by it. The “president” was born British and American, and from the instant of his birth could never have been a Natural Born Citizen.
Don’t wonder for an instant why they are doing this to us… Nothing is stopping them, because they got away with breaking the constitution… Forget the birth certificate, its irrelevant. It just keeps people distracted from THIS issue, and gives liberals the ability to mock “birthers” I am no birther, I am a constitutionalist, and the founders wanted to prevent any sort of dual citizen from running this Nation.
That is the issue. Wonder why congress is doing all this…? why they can…? This is your answer.
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Once again the Dems pander to their liberal constituencies.
You are pathetic
Video Production © 2010 Audrey Welborn, videographer and www.schillingshow.com, producer
The Jefferson Area Tea Party met with Democrat Congressman Tom Perriello (Virginia CD-05) on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 in Washington, D.C. The topic was Health Care reform and Tom’s position on the pending bill.
In this video, Congressman Perriello admits that Congress will “steal” unless you “tie our hands.”
Video footage courtesy of Audrey Welborn: www.welbornfreedomwatch.com
More information on Congressman Tom Perriello on: www.schillingshow.com
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What state are you from?
Flower – I do have a health care plan, I work for a living. Wait until your taxes go up when the Bush tax cuts expire and you will want them out too. You need to educate yourself.
I sure am. Every one else is too unless you are an ignorant, gullible, clueless incapable of learning Left Wing Wacko and don’t care about saving the USA..
I’m from Illinois, the state of corruption and B. Hussein Obama/Barry Soetoro