Posted on 05/18/2014 8:44:02 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The official opening of the 9/11 museum brought President Obama to New York and sparked fresh reminders of the horror of that awful day. The president called the site “sacred” and gave a moving speech about the American spirit, saying, “Like the great wall and bedrock that embrace us today, nothing can ever break us.”
It is the right thing to say and the right place to say it. But is it true? Is the American spirit really unbreakable?
I have my doubts.
There are many examples that say our spirit is breaking if not already broken. One involves a Wall Street Journal report that, six years after the housing bubble popped and sank the economy, federal officials want to lower mortgage standards again so more people can buy houses that they can’t afford. Been there, done that would seem to be the logical response, but the idea is gaining momentum because so few people can legitimately qualify for credit that the only way to spur housing growth is to junk the standards.
The same thing is happening in schools. Americans overwhelmingly agree that our educational system, once the envy of the world, is now lagging.
The cry to challenge students spawned a movement to raise the bar through the Common Core curriculum, but it is now grinding to a halt in New York and other places. The problem: Too many students are failing the tougher tests, making teachers look bad, parents unhappy—and politicians nervous.
So the standards are being shuffled aside, and self-esteem is back as the new measure of success. More students can appear to be learning and, presumably, that will make the adults happy, at least temporarily.
Because this retreat from rigor in favor of cultural “social promotion” is playing out in a million different ways...
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
“It is that by its very nature it cannot offer an alternative to the direction in which we are moving.”
Nonsense unless you are referring to the republican establishment.
Conservative republicans hold to the path of freedom, no need for any alternative.
Revolt is coming.
You have to take it one step farther. Public education was designed to create compliant citizens who were fit to find their proper place in a rapidly industrializing society. Development and cultivation of the intellect had to take second place to technical competence and obedience to authority.
This sounds conspiratorial, I know, and flies in the face of the what we think we know of our own history. It did for me.
But, to at least consider the possibility that we went way off the rails, and more importantly when, why and how, I suggest listening to John Taylor Gatto
You've been to all of them? Gosh, that must have taken a while.
Poppy Cock. Big Bunch of B.S. May be true for a bunch of sissies in San Francisco or some other liberal bastion, but we bitter clingers are just as fiesty as ever.
You forgot LBJ and the great society.
QUOTE: “The problem: Too many students are failing the tougher tests, making teachers look bad, parents unhappy—and politicians nervous.”
=> They’re not tougher tests they’re stupid’er tests.
One of the primary things that's stifling the US is that we've lost free speech. When that's gone, a society loses its humor and its ability to cope with things.
The EEOC was created in accordance with the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
The 1964 Civil Rights Act was challenged and found constitutional under the commerce clause. Racial segregation affected interstate commerce.
In 1942, Scotus found congress could enact statutes to regulate anything that remotely affected interstate commerce.
In the 1930s, Scotus came to the conclusion that it would not fill the void of protecting state interests under the 10th Amendment. It was just tough that the states weren't around to protect their interests.
In 1913, the American people fell for progressive snake oil and ratified the 17th Amendment. It did away with the constitution's structural protection of freedom with an overnight consolidation of power in Washington, DC.
Article V.
Spirit broken my a$$. I haven’t even broke a swest fighting.. Only girly men, liberals (one and the same) call uncle. Obama has one objective and that is to break our spirit so he can rebuild America. Everything he has done can be undone with a phone and a pen.
62nd United States Congress
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/62nd_United_States_Congress
The Sixty-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1911 to March 4, 1913, during the third and fourth years of William H. Taft’s presidency.
Senate Majority: Republican
House Majority: Democratic
Constitutional amendments
May 13, 1912: 17th Amendment passed Congress and sent to the states for ratification. It would create a popularly elected U.S. Senate instead of the original process of appointment by state legislatures.
February 3, 1913: 16th Amendment was ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect income taxes.
The 16th passed and ratified under Taft. GOP gave us the Income Tax.
63rd United States Congress
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/63rd_United_States_Congress
It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1913 to March 4, 1915, during the first two years of Woodrow Wilson’s presidency.
Senate Majority: Democratic
House Majority: Democratic
Wilson had a Democrat majority in both House and Senate for the 63rd Congress.
Constitutional amendments:
April 8, 1913: 17th Amendment was ratified, creating a popularly elected U.S. Senate instead of the original process of appointment by state legislatures.
Democrats took away our Senate appointment.
For historical accuracy’s sake.
Dems controlled both houses of Congress up to the 66th US Congress, when both switched to Republican control - last two years of Wilson.
>>Spirit broken my a$$. I haven’t even broke a swest fighting..
That’s the point of the article. Typing on an internet forum that is friendly to your views is not exactly the same as being Patrick Henry or Sam Adams.
Of course, in this age of Twitter diplomacy, perhaps we could defeat Obama the Tyrant with a well-planned attack on three fronts: Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube! </sarc>
Well that's odd. My nephew gave the prayer at his high school graduation.
Yeah, and the “weak” part is exemplyfied by the simple fact that the Kenyan, for all his lying cheap krap, has not yet been tarred and feathered.
The 62nd Congress, with the GOP in Senate control passed the 17th. It was ratified later by the States.
bkmk
Rog
“Does this not describe the Republican party?”
Yes, it does, but it does not describe Reagan conservatism, or dsc conservatism, or FR conservatism.
“Are you perhaps conflating “conservative” with “constitutionalist”?”
A conservative is by definition also a constitutionalist.
Republicans can not be absolved of fault for our current situation, it wouldn’t and couldn’t exist without them.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.