tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9169633.post111928437265859829..comments2009-04-28T01:05:51.861-07:00Comments on Where's Your Brain?: School VouchersJustaDoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10003082580136787667noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9169633.post-1119552133847374952005-06-23T11:42:00.000-07:002005-06-23T11:42:00.000-07:00OBVIOUSLY, Justadog hasn't spent very much time RE...OBVIOUSLY, Justadog hasn't spent very much time READING (or maybe his problem is comprehension) my blog. If he had, he would have read that I'm not a big fan of "tolerance". This provides, yet again, another example of how this blog's host writes things without anything to back up his assertions. I think the popular term for this is "Shooting from the hip".The Rambling Taoisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04730292897416827840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9169633.post-1119537534836929062005-06-23T07:38:00.000-07:002005-06-23T07:38:00.000-07:00Pundit, trey is just trying to get people to his m...Pundit, trey is just trying to get people to his miserable site - a site where most of his content it about bashing religions other than his own (Taoism), while at the same time trying to pitch to his readers how everyone should try to build bridges of tolerance.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure "a level playing field" helps those that are too lazy to help themselves.JustaDoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10003082580136787667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9169633.post-1119519255251359042005-06-23T02:34:00.000-07:002005-06-23T02:34:00.000-07:00Hey Pundit,Your comment on "level playing fields" ...Hey Pundit,<BR/>Your comment on "level playing fields" spurred my to write on that <A HREF="http://ramblingtaoist.blogspot.com/2005/06/level-playing-field.html" REL="nofollow">very topic</A> on my blog. You should check it out, though I'm certain you won't agree with my analysis at all!The Rambling Taoisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04730292897416827840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9169633.post-1119337716784357542005-06-21T00:08:00.000-07:002005-06-21T00:08:00.000-07:00the socialist do-gooders like to talk about "level...<I>the socialist do-gooders like to talk about "leveling the playing field" so that everybody is equal and has "equal opportunity." What they fail to point out is that when you "level" things you are knocking them down, destroying things, lowering the heights which can be attained.</I><BR/><BR/>Pundit,<BR/>Boy, I'd say you're a cynic. Why should a level playing field bring people down? Why The Rambling Taoisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04730292897416827840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9169633.post-1119337573391439402005-06-21T00:06:00.000-07:002005-06-21T00:06:00.000-07:00In your comments above you could choose to send yo...<I>In your comments above you could choose to send your child to a public school while your neighbor, at the same income level as yourself (for example), would be able to choose to send their child to a private school. It's about choice.</I><BR/><BR/>Get real! Most private schools are going to charge way more than your silly $2600 voucher. The nose-bleed schools are going to charge a heck of a The Rambling Taoisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04730292897416827840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9169633.post-1119300793438242472005-06-20T13:53:00.000-07:002005-06-20T13:53:00.000-07:00In the voucher system property taxes directed to e...In the voucher system property taxes directed to education would instead go to vouchers. With that in mind you would have the choice as a parent (if you had children).<BR/><BR/>In your comments above you could choose to send your child to a public school while your neighbor, at the same income level as yourself (for example), would be able to choose to send their child to a private school. It's JustaDoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10003082580136787667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9169633.post-1119299018806634932005-06-20T13:23:00.000-07:002005-06-20T13:23:00.000-07:00Pro-school choice advocates were fighting to pass ...<I>Pro-school choice advocates were fighting to pass a voucher initiative that would give every student in California $2,600 to use at the public or private school of his choice. No one on either side of the debate pretended that the public schools were doing a good job, or that the current system was a model for education. But the teachers' unions and the state education bureaucracy saw school The Rambling Taoisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04730292897416827840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9169633.post-1119298482128705342005-06-20T13:14:00.000-07:002005-06-20T13:14:00.000-07:00Just two of thousands of public offices at all lev...<I>Just two of thousands of public offices at all levels that superficially push for public schools while putting their children through the private ones. Ever wonder why?</I><BR/><BR/>Very simple answer -- They're hypocrites!!The Rambling Taoisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04730292897416827840noreply@blogger.com