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John Conyers Being the Poster Boy for Illiteracy
Third Digit Publishing ^ | 09/05/09 | Brian James

Posted on 08/05/2009 2:02:50 PM PDT by The_Tick_01

Conyers missed an opportunity in this situation to both set an example and engage in little community outreach. With reading this particular bill becoming such a big issue, he could have joined with a literacy advocacy group such as RIF (Reading Is Fundamental), and gotten individuals or corporate entities to sponsor his reading of the Health Care bill. He could have even read selections from the bill on his wife’s local television show. All the money that could have been raised from this stunt could have gone to non-profits that help get kids excited about reading. He didn’t do this. Instead, he stubbornly insisted he doesn’t need to be educated about topics that he has a hand in imposing on the nation

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TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: bill; healthcare; johnconyers; obama

1 posted on 08/05/2009 2:02:50 PM PDT by The_Tick_01
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To: The_Tick_01

Now the lib haters begin their campaign to try and discredit Cornyn.... GIVE IT YOUR BEST DIRTY SHOT!!!

Sound familiar???

One of Hitler’s characteristics was:
“people will believe a big lie sooner than a little one; and if you repeat it frequently enough people will sooner or later believe it”


2 posted on 08/05/2009 2:04:51 PM PDT by bareford101 (Give me liberty, or give me death!)
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