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Rod Paige Stepping Down
12 nov 04
| Associated Press
Posted on 11/12/2004 1:12:03 PM PST by fidelio
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posted on
11/12/2004 1:12:03 PM PST
by
fidelio
To: fidelio
Sucks to have the Rod Paige thread sandwiched amidst all the "Scott Peterson GUILTY!" threads, eh?
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posted on
11/12/2004 1:16:22 PM PST
by
Rutles4Ever
("...upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.")
To: fidelio
That's too bad. Mr. Paige was a stand up guy and took a lot of heat. I wish him the best and thank him for his service to this country and to our children's educational futures.
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To: fidelio
End the Dept. of Education
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posted on
11/12/2004 1:17:57 PM PST
by
bmwcyle
(I wear sleepwear therefore I think (When they are off I am single minded))
To: LogicalMs
Yes, that was a great moment. Sad to see him step down, but those jobs are very draining.
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posted on
11/12/2004 1:18:15 PM PST
by
Feiny
(Scream if you love silence.)
To: fidelio
Yet Paige has had rocky moments, with none more glaring that when he called the National Education Association a "terrorist organization" in a private meeting with governors.
He apologized but maintained that the NEA, the nation's largest teachers union, uses "obstructionist scare tactics" in opposing the law. The union called for his resignation.
Paige is a breath of fresh air in Washington. I'm sorry to hear that he might be leaving.
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posted on
11/12/2004 1:19:25 PM PST
by
The Great Yazoo
(Why do penumbras not emanate from the Tenth Amendment as promiscuously as they do from the First?)
To: bmwcyle
Exactly, let him be the last.
Gingrich promised this a decade ago, lets get moving.
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posted on
11/12/2004 1:19:39 PM PST
by
RWR8189
(Its Morning in America Again!)
To: RWR8189
Now is the opportunity to get rid of the Dept. of Ed. and the Dept. of Commerce. Nobody knows what the Dept. of Commerce does anyway.
To: fidelio
Isn't there someone a bit more well known than Margaret Spellings for this position? How abour Ward Connerly?
To: fidelio
Can we get William H. Cosby, D.Ed. to replace him?
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posted on
11/12/2004 1:22:18 PM PST
by
dangus
To: fidelio
My prediction - Zell Miller.
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posted on
11/12/2004 1:22:29 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: Chicos_Bail_Bonds
Nice guy, but the truth is, the position should be eliminated since federal involvement in education is unconstitutional.
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posted on
11/12/2004 1:25:22 PM PST
by
Protagoras
(A new day has dawned, FR is now a forum for liberal views.)
To: PAR35
Well he definitely DID educate some folks at the RNC!
To: fidelio
Thanks, Dr. Paige, for serving with honor. We Houstonians are proud of our home-boy, Rod Paige!
To: dangus
[dangus]
> Can we get William H. Cosby, D.Ed. to replace him?
YES!!!
The Coz would be PERFECT!
Sorry... but wow, was that inspired! (He's my favorite comedian, and he's laid out more straight talk to the NAACP-types and the libs than most others.)
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posted on
11/12/2004 1:30:21 PM PST
by
paladinan
(Rule #1: There is a God. Rule #2: It isn't you.)
To: fidelio
Oh, I really liked him and will be sorry to see him go.
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posted on
11/12/2004 1:30:54 PM PST
by
Peach
(The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed)
To: fidelio
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posted on
11/12/2004 1:31:25 PM PST
by
ChadGore
(60,724,666 Bush fans can't be wrong.)
To: Bluegrass Conservative
He was a college prof in the closest thing he had to a real job. He spent most of his career on the public payroll.
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posted on
11/12/2004 1:34:25 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: MeekOneGOP
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posted on
11/12/2004 1:34:57 PM PST
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
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