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I'm not sure what to think of this. On it's face, it sounds like a great idea, and I wholeheartedly agree, we need to teach Civics in schools and teach kids about our Constitution, why America is a great country and how our government is supposed to work (Constitutional Republic).

But being that it's Richard Dreyfuss, I thought he was a typical Hollywood left leaning liberal. This is just strange, coming from him, unless he's woken up and changed his stance. Seems, many in Hollywood have, so who knows?

However, I do note that this Initiative has been around since at least 2010, and some of the things he's said since, still make it questionable how much HE has learned about the Constitution, or if he's twisting it, as liberals tend to do.

1 posted on 05/12/2014 10:08:07 AM PDT by Lucky9teen
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To: Lucky9teen

Last night on Huckabee he recited the preamble to the Constitution and said he’s been doing this to people asking them what in it do they disagree with. He said no one he has talked to disagrees with a single word.

He seems fairly passionate about this - said basically it’s one of mankind’s greatest documents ever.

I was surprised!


2 posted on 05/12/2014 10:11:48 AM PDT by Aria ( 2008 & 2012 weren't elections - they were coup d'etats.)
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To: Lucky9teen
Rush Revere is probably a lot more effective at this than Dr. Matt Hooper will ever be.
3 posted on 05/12/2014 10:13:02 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government." --Tacitus)
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To: Lucky9teen
Free public schools

No such thing.

The answer is get the feds OUT of education and put schools on a competitive basis in the free market economy. The best quality education for the best price will emerge and parents will decide with their feet and their money.

4 posted on 05/12/2014 10:15:02 AM PDT by PapaNew
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To: Lucky9teen

The only problem I have with it is the Democracy crap. Democracy is 3 foxes and a chicken deciding what’s for dinner. I prefer a constitutional republic, with emphasis on Constitutional!!!!


5 posted on 05/12/2014 10:19:50 AM PDT by Robert DeLong (u)
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To: Lucky9teen
Government schools have and will ultimately fail because true civics education will teach anti-big government principles if based on the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution because these are basically anti-big government and pro-LIMITED government documents. Government is never motivated to limit itself and therefore government schools will, as they have today, move away from anything that limits government power.

Eduction, like healthcare and almost everything else, must be put in the free market economy where competitive forces and supply and demand will bring out the best centers of education for the best price and NO money wasted on useless government coercion or middlemen.

6 posted on 05/12/2014 10:28:46 AM PDT by PapaNew
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