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• Should teachers be paid more if their students perform better?

  Thu Apr 8, 2010
  • Joe, you don't really know much about this, do you? Seems everyone knows everything about teaching just because they happened to go to school at one time. I go to the dentist regularly, but admit I know nothing about their job.

• Should teachers be paid more if their students perform better?

  Thu Apr 8, 2010
  • So now teachers are dishonest?

• Should teachers be paid more if their students perform better?

  Thu Apr 8, 2010
  • Exactly how would you measure this is a mystery. Public schools take every child no matter what their background.

• What do you think of President Barack Obama's plan to increase offshore oil drilling?

  Wed Mar 31, 2010
  • I hope he has some plan to make this result in some sort of carbon tax on big corporations - otherwise, this is a backward movement.

• When vets make mistakes, pets pay the price

  Wed Feb 10, 2010
  • Don't people just put their pets down anymore? People spend thousands of dollars getting hip sugery for a 14 year old dog - come on, doesn't anyone have common sense? Be thankful for the good years, put the old boy down and get a new puppy.

• Are school cell phone bans a good idea?

  Tue Feb 2, 2010
  • How do you bring Obama into this? Oh, yeah, by the way it is Bush's fault that we are in 2 wars - not Obama's. Bush also ran up quite a deficit of his own over the last 8 years and did ruin our relationships with much of the world because of his cowboy attitude. Get a clue.

• Are school cell phone bans a good idea?

  Tue Feb 2, 2010
  • Let me guess - you are constantly on your cell phone, aren't you? Great way to teach your child the importance of rules and education. What did we all do before cell phones were invented?

• Was it appropriate for President Obama to publicly scold the Supreme Court for its recent decision on campaign finance reform?

  Thu Jan 28, 2010
  • Irma - the executive branch appoints the supreme court members,I would hardly call that autonomous.

• Was it appropriate for President Obama to publicly scold the Supreme Court for its recent decision on campaign finance reform?

  Thu Jan 28, 2010
  • After only one year you are predicting one term? You might recall that BushII got absolutely nothing done in his first year (he took many, many vacations) and then started a war with a country that didn't attack us - he ended up serving two terms.

• Should Sen. Harry Reid step down as majority leader after the disclosure of his comments about then Sen. Barack Obama's good prospects as a presidential candidate because he was 'light skinned' with 'no Negro dialect'?

  Mon Jan 11, 2010
  • If every politician stepped down after saying something stupid, there wouldn't be any left. (or after having an affair!)