tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post2300840504885947828..comments2023-10-30T09:23:42.803-05:00Comments on Some Assembly Required: SAR #16075Charles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-457089037512537172016-03-16T08:09:54.618-05:002016-03-16T08:09:54.618-05:00Re 85% of parents will get an F. Actually, they w...Re 85% of parents will get an F. Actually, they will be grading on a curve, and it's, well, Mississippi.<br /><br />The state hopes that teachers will start "teaching to the test", and giving parents overt basic instruction on how to pass the parent test. Not a bad idea actually. And of course teachers have extra time and energy.<br /><br />The big scandal will come when parents start getting participation trophies just for showing up.McMikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-45138219307223550142016-03-15T23:05:07.735-05:002016-03-15T23:05:07.735-05:00Re "Uncommon Corps": Either I've bee...Re "Uncommon Corps": Either I've been misjudging the Mississippi state government or they really are clueless. I'm guessing that there's a good chance that those legislators will be reconsidering the wisdom of their actions when it's revealed that 85% of report cards contain an F in that category. I can hear the angry recriminations now - "Obama made us do it".kwarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-34153191010816265592016-03-15T09:38:19.879-05:002016-03-15T09:38:19.879-05:00Re: Rights and Wrongs: Bet they'd back off qui...Re: Rights and Wrongs: Bet they'd back off quick if they bumped it down a notch and included masterbation, which is, after all, the same thing only sooner, right?<br /><br />Re: The Illustrator: while not common in the US, 'democracy', as practiced in other nations, voting is a full contact sport [casting a serious pall on the alleged 'rule of law' democracy is supposed to be the epitome of.]<br /><br />I concur with your assessment that Mr. Dumpf's followers will probably get carried away and make America so great that some poor fellow will win a trip to the local cemetary...probably for standing in the wrong place at the wrong time.<br /><br />Finally Re: Secret Handshake: Methinks apologizing now is very much 'too little-too late'. the Global economy is a smoking slag heap and the political clock (at least in this country) has been turned back to the days of the Robber Barons, before Roosevelt [Teddy] busted the trusts! <br /><br />I reiterate my original challenge: If economics is really an 'art' then why can't one of them work out a fix for the crippled economy?<br /><br />The sad truth is they can't because all money is funny!Gegnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01918737715343158105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-82724042864482988372016-03-15T08:57:58.751-05:002016-03-15T08:57:58.751-05:00Nothing was done. Nothing will be. Not quite, Oba...Nothing was done. Nothing will be. <i>Not quite, Obama had to field a number of phone calls from his paymasters, and give out the marching orders. There's rumor the effort may have stirred his apatite, and he had an extra mid-morning snack.</i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com