(this was originally thought of as a speech for the Highland Lakes Toastmasters Club on March 2, 2010 — more on that below)
It’s the day after election day for the party primaries in Texas and hopefully everyone got out to vote for the candidate of their choice. With early voting available it has become even [...]
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This is big. The history of America (as opposed to simply “American history”) is a fabulous story in spite of the many bumps encountered along the way. It is a history of which to be proud to have inherited, to be a part of preserving, and to be a part of creating for future generations. [...]
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There’s a really smart guy talking on the radio … and it’s not me. No, really. It’s Bill Bennett, and those who know me very well at all know that I think he really is … a really smart guy. And he talks on the radio on the Bill Bennett’s Morning in America radio show. [...]
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An interesting piece from Liberty Counsel. (Note 1) I saw a portion of the Mike Huckabee show last night and a LC spokesman was talking about this problem. Pay attention: The SBOE — which approves standard curriculum textbooks — is in the process of making changes that you should know about. America has a rich [...]
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This is too true. If you were born in this time frame, or know anyone who was, you need to read this. It’s virile in the emails and already on a lot of blogs but I just HAD to preserve it. There’s a quote at the end which I’ve not vetted, but what is said [...]
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Let me get this straight. Obama’s health care plan will be written by a committee whose head says he doesn’t understand it, passed by a Congress that hasn’t read it, signed by a president who [...]
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Oh my gosh. I’m watching the PBS.org National Memorial Day Concert (fantastic show, as always) and right there is Tom Cruise standing next to — would you believe — Gen. Colin Powell. The anthem is being sung and as the camera pans across Cruise, you can clearly, plainly, undeniably, see that he can’t even mouth [...]
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But in our high schools, the National Assessment of Educational Progress data tell a troubling story, especially in light of our need to compete in a global knowledge economy.
via Margaret Spellings – Rising Scores Show Why We Can’t Retreat From ‘No Child Left Behind’ – washingtonpost.com.
There is a lot to debate about ‘No Child Left [...]
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From HP’s Social Computing Lab comes news of Friendlee, an entirely new kind of social network that focuses on the intimate connections between close friends, family, and colleagues. The application, designed to operate on your mobile phone, tracks your call and messaging history to provide an ambient awareness of who your “real” friends are and [...]
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Interesting piece on Friendfeed. I’ve never looked at it, but will based on this article. Connectivity is increasing, or is it? Are we truly connected via social networks? Friendfeed appears to be a combination of Facebook, Twitter and instant messaging. If you need a label, it’s a social networking aggregator.
So, here’s a summary. The [...]
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