Common hatred is a much more effective motivator than common goals. Sad, but true.

Acknowledging G W being demonstrably better than Trump is in no way an endorsement of him any more than acknowledging golden showers are cleaner than full blown fecalfilia is endorsing watersports....it's recognition that bad comes in gradations, not just pass/fail.

I'm still waiting for the watersports version of "Singing In The Rain".

my favorite watersport.

^JesusFreak

Reagan made drastic budget cuts to education. I'd call that austerity. Do you have some specific bit of policy you believe to be the culprit instead?

Sounds like your teacher friend is confusing his role as a teacher with his role as an employee. If he feels he is being mistreated by his district, he is allowed to stand up for himself. If teachers allow themselves to be bullied into pay cuts or poor working conditions, the profession becomes less competitive and thus less effective. This might explain why Texas is dead last in high school graduates? His students are less likely to graduate, but at least they don't have to worry about him going on strike. Well done! To hell with union states and all their uppity diploma earners!

Further reading:
http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/public-education/why-does-texas-rank-last-in-high-school-diplomas/

The problem with education is funding. More funding = better education. Period. The government has been plenty 'creative' by allowing private charter schools into the educational system. In a study done at Stanford, they found that 37% of charter schools underperformed their public counterparts, 46% were comparable and 17% were better. Among the charter schools that did outperform public schools were schools like the Harlem Children's Zone, which get much higher funding. The take away here is that you get what you pay for. If we want better schools, we need to fund them.

Further reading on this topic:
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/nov/11/myth-charter-schools/?pagination=false

As far as I know, RP doesn't have any kind of realistic jobs plan, other than to further deregulate big business, cut their taxes and then pray for some hot trickle down watersports action. And, as you say, I guess he also has no problem with vast economic disparity. These two points are a great illustration of how out of touch he is with the world around him. He seems like a nice guy, and I like his liberal views on foreign policy, but if he is going to willingly kowtow to wall street, then he is the wrong guy for the job.

watersports is an expression *sexuality

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>> ^Crake:
two-man kayak, actually
/watersports-nazi

Thanks!

two-man kayak, actually

/watersports-nazi

Congrats! I must have missed the post.. I don't read the Sifttalk as often as I should =(

Hubby was mentioning that we need a 'Crime' channel after I posted an arsonist video.

I have though of 'Oceans' or something water related.. 'Watersports' sounds too kinky though (geez, the Internet took my innocense.. the things I have seen, not willingly, lol =) )

I wish we could have an 'idiots' channels, but I think that's the 'wtf' and 'eia' combined. Medical, as mentioned, would be needed, also the 'green' channel..

I'd love to have a 'baking' channel, but I don't think you'd want to create it =) 'Coffee', or 'Drink' would be good, suggested to me.. I think I am going to create 'Europe (or European)' or '90's' channel.. or not, I really have hard time deciding.

I would also LOVE to have a 'hunks' channel but I don't think it is going to happen. 'Celebrities' or 'Gossip' is also out there =)

How about a 'Fire' channel, seeing so many flammable things.. =)

Again, congrats, and I hope lots of good channel ideas pop up!

I think orangutan watersport p0rn would make a better title.

Hey, don't be to hasty to judge the orang to harshly. I've seen people doing similar things in vids.
Just some "watersports" fun.

-- lostonearth1

I surprised no one has commented on the watersports thing...Is it the work of vandals or what?

I was reading the Wiki on Hitler and I found something very very funny-

"...He had a fiancée, Mimi Reiter in the 1920s, and later had a mistress, Eva Braun. He had a close bond with his half-niece Geli Raubal...[92] All three women attempted suicide during their relationship with him, a fact which has led to speculation that Hitler may have had unusual sexual fetishes, such as urolagnia, as was claimed by Otto Strasser..."

(He was into watersports...who knew?)

I find it embarrassing that this guy was a Presidential Candidate, but that is neither here nor there...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urolagnia