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“[State controlled] education is a weapon, whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.” – Joseph Stalin

"[I]f you serve a child a rotten hamburger in America, federal, state, and local agencies will investigate you, summon you, close you down, whatever.  But if you provide a child with a rotten education, nothing happens, except that you're liable to be given more money to do it with."

--Ronald Reagan

“Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.” - Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924)

 

"All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree."

-- James Madison

John Stossel on Stupid Schools, and Playing Politics With Coal Miners’ Lives         By Theresa Fritz Camoriano

1.       Stossel – On May 25, John Stossel gave a speech in Lexington, KY sponsored by the Bluegrass Institute on the topic of “Stupid Schools – How The Government Monopoly Is Harming Our Children”.  Stossel did an excellent job of explaining how the government monopoly in education prevents the kind of market competition that would bring our children a better quality and greater variety of educational opportunities, just as it brings us better quality and variety of groceries and cars.  There were quite a few members in the audience who were hostile to Stossel’s message.  One woman I talked with before Stossel spoke said she had seen his television special on education and it made her very angry.  As a teacher, she thought Stossel should put the blame for a poor education outcome on parents rather than on teachers.  Of course, it is only because she has the luxury of a monopoly position that she would even consider blaming the customer for a poor outcome.         (click to read more)

Unions fight to protect the nightmare         By Mr. John Stossel

“The teachers united will never be defeated!” chanted thousands of public-school teachers at a union rally. They may be right – unfortunately.

Teachers unions in this country are very influential because they can assemble a crowd. Randi Weingarten, head of New York’s teachers union, put out the word, and thousands of teachers filled Madison Square Garden to demand a new contract and more money. That clout brings timid politicians into line.         (click to read more)

Memorial Day 2006 – to honor those who have served our nation!           By Jeff “Mario” Smith

I am humbled that a hero of mine, 173^rd Airborne Vietnam Veteran Rod Sheets asked me to talk today to yet more of my heroes and those who honor them. “Go Herd!” I am dedicating this speech to our family friend, PFC Stephen E. Burton, whom we lost in Vietnam on September 24, 1966 serving with the 101^st Airborne.

This year marks the 160^th anniversary of the observance of Memorial Day in the United States. The first Memorial Day was observed in 1866 to honor those who served and died in the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln, on March 4, 1865 during his 2^nd inaugural address, speaking to a nation that just endured five years of horrible war on its own soil, said:         (click to read more)

Let’s Treat Taxes Like Immigration.          By Justin Darr

Remember back to what the immigration issue was about when it began to concern Conservatives.  It had nothing to do with racism, guest worker programs, fences along the border, or questions of amnesty.  It was about the United States government refusing to enforce the law.         (click to read more)

REPUBLICANS AT THE CROSSROADS (Need to overcome three major fallacies)           By Rod D. Martin, May 25, 2006

"When you come to a fork in the road, take it."   -Yogi Berra

With all due respect to Yogi, the question is which fork to take.         (click to read more)

Tracking Frankfort’s legislative ‘grind’           By Caleb O. Brown

When Kentuckians go to the polls, they use voting records to gauge the value of their representatives to the community and commonwealth. 

As more information is made available, it sometimes becomes apparent to a voting constituent that a change is needed. This often means a challenger gets the nod while an incumbent’s political career comes to an end.         (click to read more)

Terry’s Tidbits May 29, 2006           By Terry Gray

"Except for lawful police and military purposes, the possession of weapons by individuals is not constitutionally protected." ~ACLU policy statement #47, 1986

“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”  The Constitution of the United States of America         (click to read more)

"The burning issue in Washington today is high gas prices, and it won't go away anytime soon.  Americans are not happy about paying $3 per gallon at the pump, and they want something done about it. But price controls won't work, and allegations of price gouging and 'windfall profits' amount to nothing more than congressional grandstanding.

"No government official or politician is fit to define a 'fair' price for gas or a 'fair' profit for oil companies.  This is not the Soviet Union.  The last thing we need is centralized government planning when it comes to our precious energy supplies. . If we want to do something about gas prices...let's eliminate federal gas taxes at the pump. That alone would save Americans 18.4 cents per gallon.  By contrast, oil companies only make about 10 cents per gallon.  So maybe it's government that's being greedy."

- Rep. Ron Paul, Texas Republican

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