More reasons to homeschool your children

Round 1:

Round 2:

How about zero-tolerance for stupid administrators?


UPDATE 100205 21:15:  ...and you won’t be whined at for wearing pajamas, either.

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Nellie is missing Norma...

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Here comes the snow...

Predicted: A 70% chance of getting 4 inches or more here, and a 10% chance of 8 inches or more.  And there’s even more fun for points east!

Shovels ready?

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An “inadvertent” truth?

The Hill quotes the President, speaking to Senate Democrats:

“We’ve got to make sure that our party understands that, like it or not, we have to have a financial system that is healthy and functioning...”

Via Glenn Reynolds, who wonders, “Who wouldn’t like a ‘healthy and functioning’ financial system?”

TelePrompter must have been off.

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In which Roberta X demonstrates that she remains a nicer person than I

(And yeah, what is it about no-money Februaries?)

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Armey gets it

Dick Armey’s advice to House Republicans, quoted by The Hill:

In 1994 all we had to say to America was “trust us, we aren’t them, and nobody ever remembered being disappointed in us in the majority.”  Now we have to say, “trust us, we’re not them and we’re not the guys that broke your hearts a few years ago.”
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This is not an easy sell job.  When we did the Contract, we had a marvelous phrase: “If we don’t do this, throw us out.”  The fact is, they did that...

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Governments’ priority: “Stimulating” more government

USA Today:

Despite warnings about steep budget cuts, state and local governments maintained level spending in 2009 as federal stimulus money came to the rescue...
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...Overall state and local spending inched up 0.1% to $2.2 trillion in 2009, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reports.  [States’] Revenue [(Includes federal stimulus funds.)] increased 0.9% for the year.

The federal stimulus package made the difference, pumping enough money into states, cities and school districts to offset a sharp drop in tax revenue.  The fourth quarter was the best of the year as revenue climbed 2.6% because of a rush of stimulus money and a slowdown in tax declines.

One “economic sector” that’s “turned around”...

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The President meets the Republicans

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