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SockPuppet

SockPuppet

I'm lost
July 2006

NOV 18, 2007 04:02 PM

aeriton said:
only thing the nut bag is right about is how corrupt and broken the education system is.
ohh and by the way statistically home school children tend to score higher on SAT's and at a college level.



Could you provide some source for that, please? Relatives of mine teach, and would be interested. Thanks.

Clidna

Clidna

Canada
January 2005

NOV 19, 2007 09:30 PM

aeriton said:
only thing the nut bag is right about is how corrupt and broken the education system is.
ohh and by the way statistically home school children tend to score higher on SAT's and at a college level.


I too would like to see stats on this. I tried searching myself, but I only found home-schooling support and promotion sites stating this as a fact (so it's a little biased), and none of them provided links to stats.

PantherNesmith

PantherNesmith

Gloucester, VA
June 2006

NOV 23, 2007 04:33 PM

Clidna said:

aeriton said:
only thing the nut bag is right about is how corrupt and broken the education system is.
ohh and by the way statistically home school children tend to score higher on SAT's and at a college level.


I too would like to see stats on this. I tried searching myself, but I only found home-schooling support and promotion sites stating this as a fact (so it's a little biased), and none of them provided links to stats.



Beside, isn't the main point of school, after teaching us to memorize bullshit, to make us able to socialize? I know some home schooled kids who were so incredibly naive about life (coming from a small strip of population far away from normal human life), that they were almost incapable of interacting with others.

Which is kind of how I always though Idaho was, anyway. *shrug*

Necia

Necia

San Francisco, CA
August 2005

NOV 23, 2007 08:43 PM

cmjfoxfyre said:

Chriztian said:
The Bible Belt is getting hitched up rather high, isn't it?
But wait, they said less taxes...Ron Paul 2008!!



Idaho is a Pod of Insanity all its Own, My friend. wink
I spent me early years there, and I still have cousins there and in Utah. The Spud state is a scary place.

It's Truly the Midwest--the last time I went back, I looked around, expecting Kevin Bacon to cruise by in his yellow bug. Seriously. It's like 1985 up there...all the Time.



IDAHO IS NOT IN THE MIDWEST.

You said you lived there! Do you know where Idaho is located on a map of the US?

. . . Christ. I need another beer. blackeyed




Here. This is the Midwest, folks, for the record. Please note the absence of Idaho.







Chainlink

Chainlink

Key West, FL
August 2005

NOV 23, 2007 09:00 PM

Necia said:

cmjfoxfyre said:

Chriztian said:
The Bible Belt is getting hitched up rather high, isn't it?
But wait, they said less taxes...Ron Paul 2008!!



Idaho is a Pod of Insanity all its Own, My friend. wink
I spent me early years there, and I still have cousins there and in Utah. The Spud state is a scary place.

It's Truly the Midwest--the last time I went back, I looked around, expecting Kevin Bacon to cruise by in his yellow bug. Seriously. It's like 1985 up there...all the Time.



IDAHO IS NOT IN THE MIDWEST.

You said you lived there! Do you know where Idaho is located on a map of the US?

. . . Christ. I need another beer. blackeyed




Here. This is the Midwest, folks, for the record. Please note the absence of Idaho.









Hot. love

Zarth

zarth

Seattle, WA
December 2004

NOV 23, 2007 09:34 PM

Necia said:

cmjfoxfyre said:

Chriztian said:
The Bible Belt is getting hitched up rather high, isn't it?
But wait, they said less taxes...Ron Paul 2008!!


Idaho is a Pod of Insanity all its Own, My friend. wink
I spent me early years there, and I still have cousins there and in Utah. The Spud state is a scary place.

It's Truly the Midwest--the last time I went back, I looked around, expecting Kevin Bacon to cruise by in his yellow bug. Seriously. It's like 1985 up there...all the Time.



IDAHO IS NOT IN THE MIDWEST.

You said you lived there! Do you know where Idaho is located on a map of the US?

. . . Christ. I need another beer. blackeyed




Here. This is the Midwest, folks, for the record. Please note the absence of Idaho.


And four (not coincidentally, the four most heavily-populated) out of those fifteen states are solidly Blue, and not part of Jesusland, at all.

Ms_Magdalena

Ms_Magdalena

Minneapolis, MN
February 2007

NOV 23, 2007 11:31 PM

Zarth said:

SPOILERS! (Click to view)

Necia said:

cmjfoxfyre said:

Chriztian said:
The Bible Belt is getting hitched up rather high, isn't it?
But wait, they said less taxes...Ron Paul 2008!!


Idaho is a Pod of Insanity all its Own, My friend. wink
I spent me early years there, and I still have cousins there and in Utah. The Spud state is a scary place.

It's Truly the Midwest--the last time I went back, I looked around, expecting Kevin Bacon to cruise by in his yellow bug. Seriously. It's like 1985 up there...all the Time.



IDAHO IS NOT IN THE MIDWEST.

You said you lived there! Do you know where Idaho is located on a map of the US?

. . . Christ. I need another beer. blackeyed




Here. This is the Midwest, folks, for the record. Please note the absence of Idaho.


And four (not coincidentally, the four most heavily-populated) out of those fifteen states are solidly Blue, and not part of Jesusland, at all.



Oh fuck, sooooooooooooo true.

Thank god for Necia for pointing this out, and thank god for Zarth for being coastal yet logical at the same time.

malkav11

malkav11

Saint Paul, MN
July 2003

NOV 23, 2007 11:32 PM

Yep. I heart me my Midwest. Or at least the part my family and I respectively live in. Okay, so we elected a dumbshit Republican as our governor twice now, and that sucked. But we're goin' to elect Al Franken to the Senate, so there.

wereduck

wereduck

I'm lost
July 2007

NOV 24, 2007 06:35 AM

Necia said:

cmjfoxfyre said:

Chriztian said:
The Bible Belt is getting hitched up rather high, isn't it?
But wait, they said less taxes...Ron Paul 2008!!



Idaho is a Pod of Insanity all its Own, My friend. wink
I spent me early years there, and I still have cousins there and in Utah. The Spud state is a scary place.

It's Truly the Midwest--the last time I went back, I looked around, expecting Kevin Bacon to cruise by in his yellow bug. Seriously. It's like 1985 up there...all the Time.



IDAHO IS NOT IN THE MIDWEST.

You said you lived there! Do you know where Idaho is located on a map of the US?

. . . Christ. I need another beer. blackeyed




Here. This is the Midwest, folks, for the record. Please note the absence of Idaho.









-1/2 Diplomacy Points
+50000000000000000000000 Awesome Points

wereduck

wereduck

I'm lost
July 2007

NOV 24, 2007 06:48 AM



Then there is this email that Thayn allegedly sent out.



Hunger is not always a negative as the report indicates. Without hunger or the threat of hunger probably half of humanity would not get up in the morning and go to work. Hunger is one of the great motivators of humanity. It is one of the tools that I used as a parent to encourage my children to do their choirs [sic] as young children. When used properly, hunger can motivate people so they can experience the joy of work and accomplishment.





What makes you think he spelled "choirs" incorrectly? We are talking about a right-wing nut, after all.

"You heard me! No spaghetti for you until you hit that high note on the Song of Solomon!!"

Squire

Squire

I'm lost
November 2003

NOV 24, 2007 01:43 PM

Necia said:

cmjfoxfyre said:

Chriztian said:
The Bible Belt is getting hitched up rather high, isn't it?
But wait, they said less taxes...Ron Paul 2008!!



Idaho is a Pod of Insanity all its Own, My friend. wink
I spent me early years there, and I still have cousins there and in Utah. The Spud state is a scary place.

It's Truly the Midwest--the last time I went back, I looked around, expecting Kevin Bacon to cruise by in his yellow bug. Seriously. It's like 1985 up there...all the Time.



IDAHO IS NOT IN THE MIDWEST.

You said you lived there! Do you know where Idaho is located on a map of the US?

. . . Christ. I need another beer. blackeyed




Here. This is the Midwest, folks, for the record. Please note the absence of Idaho.









Thank you!


Squire

Squire

I'm lost
November 2003

NOV 24, 2007 01:46 PM

Idaho? Nuh uh Mr. Thayn . . .


Necia

Necia

San Francisco, CA
August 2005

NOV 25, 2007 02:42 PM

we3_pirate said:
-1/2 Diplomacy Points
+50000000000000000000000 Awesome Points



Hehehe. I used up all my diplomacy powers the last time I had to point this out to someone on SG who was using Idaho to slam the Midwest.

I would say, "Gee, I guess they don't teach national geography to kids in school these days," but I'm pretty sure I'm younger than (or if nothing else, definitely not notably older than) a few of these people, and I know I had to learn in grade school where the states are on a map, so . . .

anderspisscorner

anderspisscorner

Boise, ID
December 2007

JAN 11, 2009 12:13 PM

Oh, how I love to see Idaho in the news. For the record, I just got divorced in Idaho and it was a pretty simple process. To my knowledge my ex wife has not received any death threats and our kid has not been relocated to "Family Values Camp" just yet. But yes, the Legislature does have some real gems. Fortunately (or unfortunately depending on how you look at it), the general population doesn't pay them too much mind.

malkav11

malkav11

Saint Paul, MN
July 2003

JAN 11, 2009 12:56 PM

malkav11 said:
Yep. I heart me my Midwest. Or at least the part my family and I respectively live in. Okay, so we elected a dumbshit Republican as our governor twice now, and that sucked. But we're goin' to elect Al Franken to the Senate, so there.



I love being right.

Homme

Homme

Los Angeles, CA
January 2009

JAN 11, 2009 01:14 PM

malkav11 said:

malkav11 said:
Yep. I heart me my Midwest. Or at least the part my family and I respectively live in. Okay, so we elected a dumbshit Republican as our governor twice now, and that sucked. But we're goin' to elect Al Franken to the Senate, so there.



I love being right.



Any other predictions, future man?

Starla

Starla

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

JAN 11, 2009 01:51 PM

I hate school too

rfantana

rfantana

Southern Pines, NC
August 2008

JAN 11, 2009 02:41 PM

smithers_jones said:

FearTheReaper said:

Then there is this email that Thayn allegedly sent out.


Hunger is not always a negative as the report indicates. Without hunger or the threat of hunger probably half of humanity would not get up in the morning




I don't know about you, but generally the only reason I get up in the morning is because I have to take a leak. Once I'm up, I figure I may as well head in to work and drink free coffee.



hahahaha! right on!

ASSH0LE

ASSH0LE

Las Vegas, NV
June 2003

JAN 11, 2009 10:19 PM

anderspisscorner said:
Oh, how I love to see Idaho in the news.



And I love seeing Idaho in news from a year and three months ago!
whatever

AydanStorm

AydanStorm

HOPEFUL

Camp Lejeune, NC

JAN 13, 2009 10:40 AM

I sort of agree with the hunger thing, as well. Not to starve people of course but like a PP said it would help ALOT if people knew they couldn't just fall back on government funded programs. I'm not saying we should take the away because sometimes shit happens and you need help but people who just sit around and don't work...ugh
oh and all that ragging on women. That's bullshit. I think if a woman wants to work then she should be able to...and that men who stay at home with the kids shouldn't be looked down upon or made to feel inferior. I'm a stay at home mom so I actually know how hard taking care of everything home related is! Anyway...I've gone off on a rant here. This is all ludicrous in the highest degree coming from government officials!!

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