tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post115818138857161735..comments2024-01-17T15:05:50.120-06:00Comments on AngryBlackBitch: Superstition ain't the way...Shark-Fuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03323962708956637012noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1158425960506882852006-09-16T11:59:00.000-05:002006-09-16T11:59:00.000-05:00I get the impression that civics hasn't been taugh...I get the impression that civics hasn't been taught in high schools, or junior high schools (start early before the students drop out - and maybe they will have adult aspirations) for a VERY LONG TIME. Why can't school boards get their shit together and mandate civics? (OK, we know why Our Dysfunctional Family, aka, STL City school board, can't get its act together...).<BR/><BR/>NancyPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1158250635625615712006-09-14T11:17:00.000-05:002006-09-14T11:17:00.000-05:00I had no idea civics was not still taught in high ...I had no idea civics was not still taught in high school as a required course, but then I graduated in 1963. We were required to take civics freshman year, I had an awful teacher and thought it was boring as hell. I couldn't vote until age 21, but always thought it my duty as a citizen. <BR/><BR/>For today's students, a required course senior year would prepare them to be voters at 18.<BR/><BR/>All this to do about praying, when they aren't really prepared to take their place in adult society.Betty B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18154285977407188708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1158249456160359572006-09-14T10:57:00.000-05:002006-09-14T10:57:00.000-05:00Here is a site that looks at Jim Talent's voting r...Here is a site that looks at Jim Talent's voting record in the Senate and House. As you can see, his record is 99% right down the line with the interest of business/corporate interests and screw the working class, poor and disabled.<BR/><BR/>http://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/Jim_Talent.htmBetty B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18154285977407188708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1158245228791009042006-09-14T09:47:00.000-05:002006-09-14T09:47:00.000-05:00It made me ponder political advertising like the r...<I>It made me ponder political advertising like the radio ad for Jim Talent that my ass keeps hearing. You know, the one with the overly grateful sister showering Talent with praise for his support of that Sickle Cell treatment center initiative?</I><BR/><BR/>In other words, "I'm more than willing to press the flesh with ill and/or dying people to appear sympathetic, but so help you if you actually try to <I>do</I> anything about the underlying causes of said illness, say through the use of stem cells. I'm Jim Talent. Vote for me!"Limecretehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929547148794929047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1158239240781963792006-09-14T08:07:00.000-05:002006-09-14T08:07:00.000-05:00I have nothing significatn to add except to say I ...I have nothing significatn to add except to say I want to start ABB PAC, dedicated to having a certain bitch travel the country and educate our high school kids BEFORE they start to vote on how to be informed, active and contributing voters in our society.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1158232980856411472006-09-14T06:23:00.000-05:002006-09-14T06:23:00.000-05:00And this is why I HATED that "Vote Or Die" shit wi...And this is why I HATED that "Vote Or Die" shit with Puffy. All this attention paid to getting people to vote without focusing on the education surrouding the issues they are voting for. If you exercise your right to vote without first following your OBLIGATION to be informed, then you are just part of the damn problem...The Angry Black Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02980357797293187496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1158198515760316022006-09-13T20:48:00.000-05:002006-09-13T20:48:00.000-05:00Well said, ABB. Indeed.Well said, ABB. Indeed.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010635183616220660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1158194679455974332006-09-13T19:44:00.000-05:002006-09-13T19:44:00.000-05:00Tucker Carlson on DWTS. :)http://www.youtube.com/w...Tucker Carlson on DWTS. :)<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDcdrCghOnoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1158193280193416952006-09-13T19:21:00.000-05:002006-09-13T19:21:00.000-05:00The operative term is "educated," which is often n...The operative term is "educated," which is often not included when encouraging/guilting people to/into voting.<BR/><BR/>When I first voted, I was willfully ignorant about politics. They say jurors vote based on which lawyer they prefer, and that's what I did with my first vote for president. One can make an informed choice to not vote, so even worse than someone who doesn't vote is an ignorant voter.~Macarena~https://www.blogger.com/profile/04293093033103987629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1158185575751577682006-09-13T17:12:00.000-05:002006-09-13T17:12:00.000-05:00I moved to a new area and called the State Electio...I moved to a new area and called the State Election Board to find out what district I was in, so I could find out about the candidates running in my new area and the lady answering the phone acted all put upon that I called. I can't imagine why someone in a position to help someone vote and be educated about their candidates would be such a bitch. By this, I mean a bitch in the bad way, which is completely different from ABB, who's a great bitch. :DEliza524https://www.blogger.com/profile/00382560979932860188noreply@blogger.com