Posted by
M. Eugene Ward on Thursday, March 27, 2008 12:36:29 PM
Tabula rasa: (TAB-yuh-luh RAH-zuh, RAH-suh) Something new, fresh, unmarked, or uninfluenced. Latin for “blank slate.”
John Locke believed a child’s mind was tabula rasa.
Random Thoughts:
91% + 87% + 88% = FAILED
New math tests overwhelm large percentage of Clark County high school students
By LISA KIM BACH
REVIEW-JOURNAL, Mar. 27, 2008
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
Duh! In math there is no consensus building on whether or not an equation is true of false, which is why Clark County school children get confused when they see a math problem on a test that requires logic skills to solve. All their lives they been told it is President Bush’s fault the world is getting warmer because a consensus of scientist say it is so. They’ve been told they can’t think for themselves because a consensus of civic leaders and history teachers have told them America is an evil empire and responsible for all that is wrong with the world. Math requires critical thinking skills, not platitudes about good citizenship and the importance of volunteering to help (enable) the poor to stay poor, which is why Clark County school children are failing so miserably. It’s really not their fault. Most “social studies” teachers couldn’t pass the math test either because there is no debate about the answer, or blaming President Bush if their answer differs from the correct answer, unlike history where they just make stuff up as they go along.
Thomas Sowell: The Audacity of Rhetoric
“It is painful to watch defenders of Barack Obama tying themselves into knots trying to evade the obvious.”
“Since all things are the same, except for the differences, and different except for the similarities, it is always possible to make things look similar verbally, however different they are in the real world.”
Amen to that, Brother Sowell. Can I get a Hallelujah? If only the Republican Party had the foresight to put Dr. Condoleezza Rice and Dr. Thomas Sowell on the same ticket for President of the United States. By doing so, they’d win by a landslide, since both are far more intelligent, honest and sincerely progressive in their thinking than any of the leftward leaning loonies currently running for President, John McCain included.
Michelle Malkin: The Clintons' Truth Deficit Disorder
“Seeking to burnish her foreign policy leadership credentials, Sen. Clinton has repeatedly peddled a harrowing anecdote about dodging sniper fire during a trip to Tuzla, Bosnia.”
“Seinfeld's George Costanza famously quipped: "It's not a lie if you believe it." This is how a Clinton -- take your pick, Hillary, Bill or Chelsea -- makes it through the day. Better living through self-delusion.”
It’s only a lie if your name is Scooter Libby or Martha Stewart, in which case you don’t pass go or collect $200. Instead you go right to jail for perjury, otherwise known as having a faulty memory. All Republicans must realize that being Republican is a crime in the eyes of the Democrats and their willing accomplices in the justice system and mainstream media. So all Republicans should take a lesson from Hillary and recite this phrase when asked any question under oath: “I don’t recall!”
Perhaps the Clinton’s greatest legacy will be passing TDD (truth deficit disorder) on to an entire generation of school children. All children will have to say to their parents, teachers and juvenile court judges when they get caught being deceptive is, “I didn’t lie. I simply misspoke from lack of sleep.”
Ann Coulter: Hillary: Swiftboated!
“Hillary is being swiftboated due to her "misstatement" about coming under sniper fire in Bosnia.”
“In liberal-speak, only a Democrat can be swiftboated. Democrats are "swiftboated"; Republicans are "guilty." So as an honorary Republican, Hillary isn't being swiftboated; she's just lying.”
“I've always wondered how a Democrat would fare being treated like a Republican by the media. Now we know.”
Once again Republicans, repeat after me: “I Don’t Recall!” It’s just that simple. That’s the secret that has let Democrats get off the hook for crimes they’ve been committing for generations. We need to learn to play by the same rules.
When called before Congress, when called before a Grand Jury, or when questioned by anyone who has read you your rights, the correct answer to every question is, “I don’t recall.” If they don’t believe you, then claim you were sleep deprived during questioning as a means of torture.
After all, Democrats have now classified sleep depravation as a torture technique, so anything you say cannot be used against you because the information was extracted against your will and under duress.