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To: sandintoes who wrote (45935)	9/15/2010 9:14:07 PM
From: Peter Dierks	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

Unfortunately even after we have a Republican Congress in 2011 we will have to tolerate another two years of The Jerk on Pennsylvania Avenue.

To: sandintoes who wrote (45935)	9/28/2010 11:11:24 AM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

Obama's Education Vision Deserves an F Nick Gillespie September 27, 2010 NBC is doing a big education spectacle all this week in NYC outside of Rockefeller Center. President Barack Obama appeared on The Today Show and here's an account: Barack Obama says money alone can't solve the problems in America's schools. Obama says money must be combined with reforms that put the best teachers in classrooms and remove some of the bureaucracy that stands in the way of students' ability to succeed. Obama says his administration's Race to the Top initiative has been one of the "most powerful tools for reform" in many years. Through the program, states compete for $4 billion in funding by highlighting their plans for reform. Obama spoke Monday during an interview with NBC's "Today" show. This is weak, really weak. For starters, more money is plainly not the issue. Since 1961-62, expenditures per student have ... Message 26852666