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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: SIer formerly known as Joe B. who wrote (18982)	5/16/2000 3:48:00 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

census.gov I don't know where those stats came from, but according to the Census Bureau, Texas isn't so bad.......

To: SIer formerly known as Joe B. who wrote (18982)	5/16/2000 4:22:00 PM
From: Zoltan!	Respond to of 769667

Clinton-AlGore Junior: 1st in lying and corruption, last in ethics.

To: SIer formerly known as Joe B. who wrote (18982)	5/16/2000 5:31:00 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Here is some interesting material on education from the Bush site: EDUCATION Restored local control of schools, raised standards, and signed legislation ending automatic social promotion of students in Texas schools. Made education the number one priority starting with setting the bold goal of teaching every child to read at grade level by the third grade. To achieve this goal, Governor Bush won funding for reading academies and emphasized early intervention programs to detect and correct reading problems as early as possible. Rewrote the state?s curriculum to insist on academic basics, including phonics, and strengthened the state?s accountability system to measure student performance so parents and taxpayers know whether their local schools are getting the job done. Increased the minimum salary for teachers by an average $8,232 per year and expanded after school programs for middle school children in high-risk areas. Reading performance in Texas has improved: 88 percent of the third grade students passed the reading portion of the state assessment test in 1999 ? up from 76 percent in 1994. Minority students have made strong gains: African-American students in both the eighth and fourth grade increased their passing rate on the reading exam by 23 points between 1994 and 1999. Hispanic eighth grade students posted a 40-point gain on the math exam during the same time period.

To: SIer formerly known as Joe B. who wrote (18982)	5/16/2000 10:26:00 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Joe B, Do you plan on telling us all where you got those statistics? Michael

To: SIer formerly known as Joe B. who wrote (18982)	5/16/2000 11:01:00 PM
From: haqihana	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Sler, Your talking about the Texas when Bush took over. You can blame Ann Richards, liberal democrat, for that. These supposed stats fail to point out that, under Bush, the test scores of students in Texas are rated about second in the nation. Since a lot of the environment remains in original condition, fewer dollars are needed. A have seen no one lacking in social services except some illegal aliens, and those attempting to defraud the system. Many of the fraud loopholes have been closed under Bush. Something the clinton/rodham/gore bunch could learn from. The air and water pollution is centered around only one city, Houston, not the whole state, and that city has been given a, no nonsense, deadline to clean up their mess. The only reason most of those living in poverty are poor is because they are too lazy to get out and take a job. Businesses of all kinds are begging for employees. The poor in Texas do not need health insurance because we have county run "gold card" systems that provides for their medical needs, with no insurance company skimming off of the premiums. If more states would execute those that commit capital crime, it would be better for the whole country. I happen to be very happy that he is pro-life. When he becomes President, he will do many things for the good of the country but, he will not just throw money around like the liberals do to curry favor with anyone. You can skew the stats all you want, but in the end, that egg will be all over your face. ~H~