http://lenniej.blogivists.com Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:11:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The video below is a message from an Iraqi Veteran, Joe Cook, to Barack Obama: http://lenniej.blogivists.com/2008/08/31/iraqi-vet-sends-personal-message-to-barack-obama/ In Illinois, the government continues to mandate more and more expenses on families. This time they are requiring eye exams before a student enters kindergarten. Illinois kindergartners already faced a lengthy to-do list before they could report to school: mandatory vaccinations, tuberculosis tests, physicals and dental exams. This year, they need ... http://lenniej.blogivists.com/2008/08/16/government-requires-eye-exams/ It is so interesting that so many teachers believe their union is there to protect them. Yet, the union forces them to make contributions in most states with the use of language called "fair share" in the contracts. These forced contributions are then used by the unions for political purposes ... http://lenniej.blogivists.com/2008/08/11/forced-political-contributions/ <a href="http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/search.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-07-07-0033.html" target="_blank">Beware Charismatic Men Who Preach 'Change'</a> was a very interesting Letter to the Editor in yesterdays <a href="Richmond'" DESIGNTIMESP=9229>http://www.inrich.com">Richmond Times Dispatch</a>. Excerpts below are below. After reading this, ask yourself, what kind of change do you really want? [Emphasis mine] <blockquote> When the <b>young leader spoke eloquently and passionately and ... http://lenniej.blogivists.com/2008/08/09/lte-beware-charismatic-men-who-preach-change/ So Hamas endorsed Barack Obama: He has ties to the PLO: And now we learn he is getting campaign contributions from terrorist hotbed. According to Federal Election Commission filings, Barack Obama has received illegal donations from Palestinians living in Gaza, a hotbed of Hamas terrorists. Obama received more than $24,000 in campaign contributions ... http://lenniej.blogivists.com/2008/08/07/obama-endorsed-by-hamas-and-receives-campaign-donations-form-terrorist-hotbed/ The LA Times has a story today about an amputee Marine returning to combat duty. Cpl. Garrett Jones is a real American Hero. Heros like Cpl. Jones are what makes this Country great and what keeps us all free. Just over a year ago, Cpl. Garrett Jones was one of thousands ... http://lenniej.blogivists.com/2008/08/06/a-real-american-hero-amputee-marine-returns-to-combat-duty/ Watch this video. Barack Obama basically says anyone who supports drilling instead of his efficiency suggestions is ignorant. (~1:40 in) Hat tip: Political Punch http://lenniej.blogivists.com/2008/08/06/obama-wonders-why-70-of-the-people-are-ignorant/ Does the Illinois Lottery pay for education? That is the question the Daily Herald answered a few days ago. [Emphasis Mine] First, an answer. Yes, millions of dollars from losing Illinois Lottery tickets go to fund public education. -------------------------- The lottery began in 1974, but the money wasn't specifically earmarked for education until ... http://lenniej.blogivists.com/2008/08/06/does-the-illinois-lottery-pay-for-education/ This report is from the Schott Foundation for Public Education and reported in EdWeek. [Emphasis mine] Since 2004, the foundation has tracked the school performance of African-American boys. This year’s report, released last month in Chicago at the annual UNITY convention of minority journalists, shows that 53 percent of black males ... http://lenniej.blogivists.com/2008/08/06/black-boys-still-lag-in-graduation-report-says/ Everyone wanting to follow the #dontgo movement, head over to dontgolist.com and signup for their email list. http://lenniej.blogivists.com/2008/08/06/dontgo-email-signup-now-at-dontgolistcom/