January 31, 2007
Obama's Liberal "Facts"Obama is a partisan, there's no doubt about that. But, I still feel I have to address this stupid comment that apparently appears in his book.
“The arguments of liberals are more often grounded in reason and fact,” the Illinois Democrat wrote in “The Audacity of Hope,” a memoir published last year. “Much of what I absorbed from the sixties was filtered through my mother, who to the end of her life would proudly proclaim herself an unreconstructed liberal.”Now, how much more ridiculous can you get? Reason and facts have nothing to do with liberal arguments. Let's take a few examples.
Democrats support abortion, arguing that a fetus is a person, doesn't feel pain, etc. etc., yet they scowl at 4D ultrasounds that show just how human a fetus is, even try to prevent their use, and ignore scientific evidence that a fetus can feel pain.
Democrats support throwing more money at education, when an increase in education spending has never shown to improve the quality of education.
Democrats oppose tax cuts, despite their undeniable positive impacts on the economy.
Democrats support universal health care, which actually decreases the quality of health care significantly, and also is a major budget buster.
Democrats blindly insist that global warming is a fact, despite the fact that many scientists disagree on this, or suggest it is not caused by man.
You get the point? Obama is entitled to his own opinion, but he can't pretend that his opinions are based on facts.
Posted by Matt Margolis on January 31, 2007 04:44 PM
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Increased education spending is not linked with increased preformance? Excuse me, but that's horsesh*t.
Take a look in the suburbs. They spend exponentially more per student than cities because the land is worth so much more. Take a Philly example.
Philly is traditionally outspent per student by about $4000 from the rest of the state (or rather the top 25 state districts). To claim that this gap has NO effect on the effect of schooling is ignorant at best.
Philadelphia has had to keep it's target classroom size at a state high - 30 students per room. Without enough money, schools are unable to bring in high-quality teachers in large enough numbers to make a difference. They lag behind in instruction quality and in quality of in-class resources, simply because there isn't enough money to spend! With Philadelphia being outspent so heavily, each student losses (over thirteen years, K-12) $52,000.
How can that NOT make a difference? Go into a suburban school and then go into an urban school, and tell me with a straight face money doesn't matter. And I'm not talking about NCLB kind of spending. "Accountability" is great, but it is literally watching a fire burn and paying people to observe it, and make sure the fire doesn't spread. Not to mention how it screws up a school cirriculum. (And if you are true conservatives, you have to hate NCLB.)
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