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Why would a country undermine phonics? One of the most startling queries I ever received came from a teacher in Israel. Here is the entire communication: I watched some of your youtube videos with thirst and feel the frustration that I feel when I tutor private elementary students, who come without any clue as to how to read English, as if for 5-6 years all they had done was filling workbooks and learning word lists. Older students keep telling me their teachers insist on guessing from texts and looking for clues when words are unknown, and they fear to use...

Fox News reporting that Sen McConnel announced hr does NOThave the votes to block witnesses

Someone might want to look into whether an impostor took President Obama's place during his trip to Russia In a release touting an agreement between Obama and President Dmitry Medvedev over how to craft a follow-up to the START arms reduction treaty, the White House claimed the document had been signed by one "Barak Obama." Whoops:

The simple fact is, like Spock who was part human, the Bomba is part white, and as such has none of the deepness or morals and grit that Martin Luther King did..... Indeed, the democrats would never have elected MLK because he would have thrown them out.....he would never have stood for the broken promises and the corruption that the dems embrace.... Acorn would have offended him, Barny and the boys would have been seen for what they were: crooked politicians milking the country for their own benefit.... The Civil righters would have lost face because MLK would have turned...

hi, a frined told me aboutthis sight. he sad i woud like this sight becuz of cat photos. i like cats alot. there r not 2 manny goud sights wim cat photos i can find. well, wear our the cat photos? ive ben here all morning louking 4 cat photos. decided 2 sine up 2 see if my luck wouud change. will my luck chnage? neway i just c lots of talk abot busch. i am big ted kennedy fan. maybe i wont fit in, excpet 4 liking cats? can some1 link 2 some photos are or post some cat...

<p>WE had peace and prosperity with the last legitimately elected President. Now with the selected one, we have war, recession, high gas prices, and hurricanes. Your hero worship of Chimpy McJimBeam is beyond moronic.</p> <p>Bye Bye. Consider yourself banned.</p>

For what it is worth fellow FReepers, I have never seen voter turn out to be so large in Franklin County, NC. Showed up at the polls at 6:20 am just like in 2000. This morning, the line waiting to vote was at 200+ deep in the small town I live just outside of the city limits ( 3 mi.). In 2000, the line was only 50-60 people deep. We have had some growth in the area, but nothing to reflect the percentage in the turn out this morning to vote since moving to the area in 1991. After leaving...

I think that only one thing will stop that eval CrapBC. A boycot of there sponsers. I am gonna boycot Wallmart. I don't care if my home decorating suffers, they deserve it if they are gonna support a Kerry loving journalist. I am gonna call my Wallmart's manager tommarow and tell him that noone in my family will shop there anymore. I'll take my money to people who support the GOP cause. Who else should I ad to my boycot list?

Help us and join the crowd to force the big oil companies to lower the gas prices!!

Why was she bragging about her affair with kobe? This is a clear sign she is lying. Let me say this since there are only 13 people in egale 2 has go to go to the jury and the whites don"t want that if that happens he will win rest assureed. And they are not bothered