[RetiredArmy]

HOPE!!! HOPE!!!! CHANGE!!!! CHANGE!!!! MORE HOPE!!! MORE CHANGE!!! Definition: more taxes, more government control of our lives, liberalism, socialism (which is really just a milder buzz word for COMMUNISM.)

[Oldpuppymax]

“...the Great Society is upon us again...” Who said there was no reason for Christmas cheer this year, huh?

[latina4dubya]

we adopted our first son through the county CFS... he was almost five when we met him... he could not talk well at all, he could not name more than two colors, he could not count to three... knew maybe two shapes... he was in a Head Start program... he was about ready to go into Kindergarten... when i mentioned to his teachers that i was surprised at how little prepared he was for school (after all, i was used to nieces and nephews who could read before they started school) they said, we do not focus so much on teaching them that here... this program is mainly focused on "nutrition." WWWWWHHHAAATTT? i thought Head Start was all about getting these underprivileged kids ready to compete on a level playing field with their privileged classmates... the bar just keeps being lowered...

within five months of living with us, our son was reading...