tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post6150382022154429686..comments2023-09-28T08:13:11.489-07:00Comments on Only In It For The Gold: H E B Chairmain Asks Gov Perry to Reconsider on EducationMichael Tobishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-14188055420243829132011-06-15T05:02:25.325-07:002011-06-15T05:02:25.325-07:00Oh, I'd never say Texas is insignificant, MT. ...Oh, I'd never say Texas is insignificant, MT. In<i>sane</i>, yes; insignificant, no.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13955691670049830140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-58810154398480935112011-06-14T20:25:16.904-07:002011-06-14T20:25:16.904-07:00Smile when you talk like that, buddy.
Texas may b...Smile when you talk like that, buddy.<br /><br />Texas may be mad, but it ain't no kinda dwarf.<br /><br />Texas matters. Always has. Always will.Michael Tobishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-28202816263442987722011-06-14T19:02:37.067-07:002011-06-14T19:02:37.067-07:00Texas is the brown dwarf of American sanity. A fe...Texas is the brown dwarf of American sanity. A few lost corporate souls whose morality rises barely above the smooth, collapsed surface are of little note. <br /><br />In the crushing right wing gravity of Texas, pleading with Rick Perry for rational policy is akin to proposing a merry-go-round on <i>Tau Geminorum.</i>Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13955691670049830140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-41075955063631015882011-06-14T18:11:44.426-07:002011-06-14T18:11:44.426-07:00Nuts, you are defining deviancy down. Oh yes, for...Nuts, you are defining deviancy down. Oh yes, for an absolute rock bottom bastard, that one is a nice guy.<br /><br />Eli is sick of people from Texas dumping on the rest of us and then crying for help. You made it you take care of it. Wonderful example this afternoon, John Kyl from AZ begging for more money to help with forest fire prevention. Let his get out front for a tax increase first.EliRabetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-61825667790676140762011-06-13T18:46:08.112-07:002011-06-13T18:46:08.112-07:00Eli, the Texas-baiting on this blog really ought t...Eli, the Texas-baiting on this blog really ought to be left to the experts, that is, those of us who have put in some time down here. Painting the Texas business community with too broad a brush doesn't seem helpful from where I sit.Michael Tobishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-24588300246541979982011-06-13T18:32:38.545-07:002011-06-13T18:32:38.545-07:00Given the behavior of the Texas business community...Given the behavior of the Texas business community Eli is not sorry that they are getting what they asked forEliRabetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-86916080199891957822011-06-13T13:28:38.610-07:002011-06-13T13:28:38.610-07:00Reading this article from The Atlantic does not gi...Reading <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/06/the-failure-of-american-schools/8497/" rel="nofollow">this article from The Atlantic</a> does not give me confidence that lack of money is the only problem or that sufficient money wil solve the problems of primary education. This should not be interpreted to be sympathetic to the idea of education funding that's analogous to the medieval medical practice of bleeding. But before condemning it I'd certainly need to know a lot more.<br /><br /><a href="http://blog.bestandworststates.com/2009/01/29/state-rankings-on-education-spending.aspx" rel="nofollow">This article</a> further reduces my confidence in the concept of more money equalling better results. I do note that your state and my state are adjacent at the bottom of the list.King of the Roadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06841601144107400103noreply@blogger.com