Ron Paul's Texas Straight Talk 5-27-2013 ~ 'Common Core' Nationalizes & Dumbs Down P.S. Curriculum

'Common Core' Nationalizes and Dumbs Down Public School Curriculum

In addition to shredding civil liberties, launching a utopian global war for democracy, and going on a spending spree that would make LBJ blush, the so-called "conservative" Bush administration dramatically increased federal control over education via the "No Child Left Behind" act. During my time in Congress I heard nothing but complaints about this law from teachers, administrators, and, most importantly, students and parents. Most of the complaints concerned No Child Left Behind's testing requirements, which encouraged educators to "teach to the test."

Sadly, but not surprisingly, instead of improving education by repealing No Child Left Behind's testing and other mandates, the Obama administration is increasing national control over schools via the "Common Core" initiative. Common Core is a new curriculum developed by a panel of so-called education experts. The administration is trying to turn Common Core into a national curriculum by offering states increased federal education funding if they impose Common Core's curriculum on their public schools. This is yet another example of the government using money stolen from the people to bribe states into obeying federal dictates.

Critics of Common Core say it "dumbs down" education by replacing traditional English literature with "informational texts". So students will read such inspiring materials as studies by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, the EPA's "Recommended Levels of Insulation," and "Invasive Plant Inventory" by California's Invasive Plant Council. It is doubtful that reading federal reports will teach students the habits of critical thinking and skepticism of government that the Founders considered essential to maintaining a free republic.

Like Obamacare, Common Core (now dubbed "ObamaCore" by some) has sparked a backlash in the states, leading some to propose legislation forbidding state participation in the scheme. I hope these efforts lead to states not just opting out of Common Core, but out of No Child Left Behind and all other federal education programs as well.

Parents can also effectively "opt out" of programs like Common Core by seeking alternatives to government education. It is no coincidence that, as federal control over education increases, the quality of public education has declined and more parents have chosen to homeschool.

To support these parents, I have established my own homeschool curriculum. Unlike Common Core, we do not dumb down any of our offerings. Instead, the goal is to provide students with a rigorous education in history, math, English, foreign languages, and other core subjects necessary to a well-rounded education. Unlike the top-down model of nationalized education, the homeschool curriculum is deigned to encourage maximum input from parents and students. While the curriculum will reflect my belief, and interest, in Austrian economics, libertarian political theory, and the history of the struggle against state power, the curriculum is being carefully designed to not show bias toward any one religion. I hope all parents of any faith—or no religious belief at all—will feel comfortable using the curriculum.

I believe it is important for those of us concerned with education and liberty to fight our battles locally. We must oppose further encroachment on the autonomy of local public schools and work to roll-back existing interference, while encouraging and supporting the growth of homeschooling and other alternative education movements. The key to restoring quality education is to replace the bureaucratic control of education with a free-market in education. Parents should have the freedom to select the type of education that best suits their child's unique needs.

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David Bowie's TV appearances: a history

In time for a new Bowie documentary, Five Years, here's a comprehensive look at his small screen performances, from an ice lolly ad to his Extras cameo

2007: U.S. SENATOR OBAMA CALLED ON ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALEZ TO STEP DOWN

In March 2007, then-U.S.Senator Barack Obama called on Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez to resign because Obama said Gonzalez acted as President Bush's attorney rather than the role of the people's attorney.

Uploaded on Mar 19, 2007 On Larry King Live, presidential candidate Barack Obama criticized Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, and called on him to resign. The Illinois Senator brought up a point that Gonzales was acting more like the President's attorney and not the people's attorney:

OBAMA: What you get a sense of is an Attorney General who saw himself as an abler of the Administration, as opposed to somebody that was actually trying to look out for the American people's interests. And for that reason, I think it's time for him to step down.

Religious freedom and the need to wake up

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Obama's Minions

Common Core Community Agitation and Rebel Against Parents for Primary Grades

OBAMA SUPPORTERS REACT TO MULTIPLE WHITE HOUSE SCANDALS

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The Battling Boys of Benghazi

London Women Defend England Against Islamist Butchers

Ingrid Loyau-Kennett

Mrs. Loyau-Kennett, 48, from Cornwall, was one of the first people on the scene after the two Islamic extremists butchered a soldier in Woolwich, south east London.

Loyau-Kennett was a passenger on a bus which was travelling past the scene, and jumped off to check the soldier’s pulse.

“Being a cub leader I have my first aid so when I saw this guy on the floor I thought it was an accident then I saw the guy was dead and I could not feel any pulse.

“And then when I went up there was this black guy with a revolver and a kitchen knife, he had what looked like butcher’s tools and he had a little axe, to cut the bones, and two large knives and he said 'move off the body’.

“So I thought 'OK, I don’t know what is going on here’ and he was covered with blood. I thought I had better start talking to him before he starts attacking somebody else. I thought these people usually have a message so I said 'what do you want?’

“I asked him if he did it and he said yes and I said why? And he said because he has killed Muslim people in Muslim countries, he said he was a British soldier and I said really and he said 'I killed him because he killed Muslims and I am fed up with people killing Muslims in Afghanistan they have nothing to do there.”

Allah Akbar

JESUS VS. MUHAMMAD

IRS probe in May 2012, six months before election, hidden from legislators, Shulman

IRS's own internal probe ended in May 2012, six months before election, but was hidden from legislators

Rep. Trey Gowdy Questions Fmr. IRS Commissioner Shulman

Shulman: 'I Can't Recite the Constitution, Sir'

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Much of the Fourth Estate shrugged when the Obama administration attacked Fox News, writes Kirsten Powers. But now it’s coming for them, too.

Fox All Stars Reaction to DOJ targeting FNC's James Rosen

Corbett orders delay in Common Core

Corbett orders delay in Common Core academic standards' implementation

Steve Hyams, Mott The Hoople, RIP

Steve Hyams, who worked briefly with Mott The Hoople as frontman/rhythm guitarist, has passed away.

Benghazi Coverup

Stevens’ mission in Benghazi was to buy back Stinger missiles from al-Qaeda groups issued to them by the State Department, not by the CIA. Such a mission would usually be a CIA effort, but the intelligence agency had opposed the idea because of the high risk involved in arming “insurgents” with powerful weapons that endanger civilian aircraft. Stevens had to clean up the nefarious enterprise when it became clear that the “insurgents” actually were al-Qaeda – indeed, the same group that killed Stevens.

The leaking of General David Petraeus’ affair with his biographer Paula Broadwell was timed to silence the former CIA chief on these matters.

General Carter Ham, AFRICOM Special Ops head, had “assets in place that could have come to the aid of the Benghazi consulate immediately (not in six hours).”

Ham was told by the White House not to send the aid to the trapped men, but Ham decided to disobey and did so anyway, whereupon the White House “called his deputy and had the deputy threaten to relieve Ham of his command.”

The White House motivation in all this is as yet unclear, but it is known that Ham retired quietly in April 2013 as head of AFRICOM.

Life imitating art, except that they are not conservatives.

Common Core Testimony

May 15th, the Senate Education Committee held an informational hearing. Representing opponents of Common Core were an outstanding trio of education intellectual heavyweights:

 Mr. Neil McCluskey, Associate Director
Center for Educational Freedom, Cato Institute
Ms. Joy Pullmann, Research Fellow, Education
The Heartland Institute
Ms. Cheryl E. Boise, Director
Commonwealth Education Organization

We are expecting a bill to halt or "pause" Common Core implementation in Pennsylvania in the PA House shortly. 

Dr. Sandra Stotsky, University of Arkansas

Common Core Townhall UNITEPA Emmett McGroarty Part I - Luksik is Part II

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Egyptian Children Playact The Return Of Saladin, Vow To Fight To The Death For The Liberation Of Jerusalem Following are excerpts from an Egyptian children’s play, "The Return of Saladin", which aired on Al-Hafez TV on May 1, 2013

#3837 - Egyptian Children Playact the Return of Saladin, Vow to Fight to the Death for the Liberation of Jerusalem Al-Hafez TV (Saudi Arabia/Egypt) - May 1, 2013 - 02:32

Quotes on God, Morality, and America

“We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” –October 11, 1798 – John Adams

“For my own part, I sincerely esteem it [the Constitution] a system which without the finger of God, never could have been suggested and agreed upon by such a diversity of interests.” [ Alexander Hamilton- 1787 after the Constitutional Convention]

“Of all the systems of morality, ancient or modern which have come under my observation, none appears to me so pure as that of Jesus.” – Thomas Jefferson

“We have staked the whole future of American civilization, not upon the power of government, far from it. We’ve staked the future of all our political institutions upon our capacity…to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God.” [1778 - James Madison]

“The Bible was America’s basic textbook in all fields.” – Noah Webster

Obama Missing in Action: Dan Pfeiffer: "Irrelevant Fact" Where Obama Was During Benghazi Attacks, IRS Scandal, `Law is Irrelevant'

Obama Aide: 'Irrelevant' Who Edited Benghazi Talking Points

"And the question isn't who edited what talking points. That is largely irrelevant."

Pfeiffer on IRS Scandal: 'Law Is Irrelevant'

"Look, I can't speak to the law here," he said. "The law is irrelevant. The activity was outrageous and inexcusable."

Facebook Censors Critic of Obama

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Representative Mike Kelly

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Rep. Schock: Why did IRS ask for the content of an organizations prayers?

A Literary Map of Manhattan

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#3818 - Former Jordanian PM Abdelraouf Al-Rawabdeh Explains Arab Politicians' Doubletalk regarding the U.S. Al-Jazeera TV (Qatar) - April 1, 2013 - 02:11

Abdelraouf Al-Rawabdeh: "The preacher speaking from the pulpit, the philosopher, the politician, the university professor, the school teacher – they are all attuned to the conscience of the nation. Listen carefully to what I am saying. They are attuned to the conscience of the nation, and they are true to what they believe in, but they are not responsible for its implementation.

"A preacher steps up to the pulpit and declares: 'We must confront America, the spearhead of heresy.' Fine. What does he want us to do about it? He doesn’t say? Along comes the politician, whose job it is to understand the local, regional, and international balance of power, and he talks only about what he can accomplish.

"Once, when I was running for office, someone tried to give me a hard time. He approached me and asked: 'What do you think about America?' I asked him: 'Are you asking me as a politician or as a candidate' He said he was asking me as a candidate, so I said: 'America is an enemy state, which provides weapons to Israel, kills our Palestinian people, controls our Arab countries, expropriates our oil, and destroys our economy.' So he was pleased, but then he said: 'And as a politician?' I said: 'America is our friend. It stands by us and provides us with aid.'

"He said: 'Don’t you see that as a moral contradiction?' 'No,' I said. 'I say that America is an enemy in order to appease you, and I say it is a friend in order to get you food. You tell me which you prefer.'" […]

Benghazi Emails Directly Contradict White House Claims

The evidence directly contradict claims by White House press secretary Jay Carney and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that the revisions of those talking points were driven by the intelligence community and show heavy input from top Obama administration officials, particularly those at the State Department.

The initial CIA changes softened the critical language about the participants in the Benghazi assault – from “Islamic extremists with ties to al Qaeda” to “Islamic extremists.” But CIA officials also added bullet points about the possible participation of Ansar al Sharia, an al Qaeda-linked jihadist group, and previous warnings about the deteriorating security situation in Benghazi. Those additions came out after the talking points were sent to “the interagency,” where the CIA’s final draft was further stripped down to little more than boilerplate. The half dozen references to terrorists – both in Benghazi and more generally – all but disappeared. Gone were references to al Qaeda, Ansar al Sharia, jihadists, Islamic extremists, etc. The only remaining mention was a note that “extremists” had participated in the attack.

As striking as what appears in the email traffic is what does not. There is no mention of the YouTube video that would become a central part of the administration’s explanation of the attacks to the American people until a brief mention in the subject line of emails coming out of an important meeting where further revisions were made.

White House officials lied about the contents. It’s also difficult to reconcile with claims made by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during testimony she gave January 23 on Capitol Hill.

“It was an intelligence product,” she said, adding later that the “intelligence community was the principal decider about what went into talking points.” 

And what about the administration’s claims that State and White House officials weren’t involved with substantive edits? In one email, Jake Sullivan, deputy chief of staff to Hillary Clinton, reports to State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland that he’s spoken with Obama’s top spokesman at the National Security Council, Tommy Vietor. “I spoke with Tommy. We’ll work through this in the morning and get comments back.”

In a separate email, he writes: “Talked to Tommy. We can make edits.”

BENGHAZI EMAILS: No mention of video

Among the major takeaways from the White House’s doc dump is the fact that CIA Deputy Director Michael Morrell is apparently responsible for editing the administration’s talking points (i.e. changed attack to “violent demonstration”).

White House Benghazi Emails

ISLAMISTS CAUGHT TRESPASSING AFTER MIDNIGHT AT BOSTON'S QUABBIN RESERVOIR, ONE OF COUNTRY'S LARGEST PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES

The seven individuals currently live in Amherst, Cambridge, Sunderland, Northampton and New York City. Police have not released their names because a court date has not been set.

The Quabbin, in Belchertown, is one of the country’s largest man-made public water supplies. Boston’s drinking water comes from the Quabbin and the Wachusett Reservoirs.

12:30 in the morning seven people were caught trespassing in a restricted area, Quabbin Reservoir is water supply for 40 percent of Massachusetts Five men, two women from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Singapore said they were CHEMICAL ENGINEER students. No doubt they are Muslim students.

BELCHERTOWN, Mass (WHDH) -- State police have questioned seven people they say were trespassing at the Quabbin Reservoir near Belchertown early Tuesday morning.

State police said a trooper saw two vehicles parked on the grass at the reservoir's entrance. The trooper saw seven people walking from the Quabbin Reservoir toward the vehicles.

The male individuals claimed to be chemical engineers. The individuals further claimed that they were recent college graduates, according to state police.

Officers on scene checked the vehicles, persons, and the park area and did not find anything suspicious. There was no evidence that the seven were committing any crime beyond the trespassing, according to police.

The seven people will be summonsed to Eastern Hampshire District Court for the offense of trespassing.

The Commonwealth Fusion Center was notified of the incident and provided with the identification of the seven individuals. Preliminary investigation suggests the individuals are from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Singapore, according to state police.

State police notified the FBI's Springfield Office, which sent agents to the Belchertown Barracks to assist in the follow up investigation.

State police said it's increasing the number of routine checks our patrols make at water supply facilities around the state.

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‘VERY FRIGHTENING’: PROMINENT CATHOLIC PROF. CLAIMS IRS AUDITED HER AFTER SPEAKING OUT AGAINST OBAMA AND DEMANDED TO KNOW WHO WAS PAYING HER

• Roman Catholic, noted professor and sociologist Dr. Anne Hendershott claims IRS may have targeted her with a 2010 audit
• IRS demanded to know which groups paid her and “what their politics were”
• Hendershott believes her articles critical of President Barack Obama’s policies and George Soros’ funding of liberal Catholic groups may have spawned the IRS audit
• Audit was emotionally and financially expensive and scared the professor into silence

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White House email contradicts Benghazi leaks

The significance of the email seems to be that whomever leaked the inaccurate information earlier this month did so in a way that made it appear that the White House - specifically deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes - was more interested in the State Department's desire to remove mentions to specific terrorist groups and warnings about these groups so as to not bring criticism to the Department than Rhodes' email actually stated.

In the email sent on Friday, September 14, 2012, at 9:34 p.m., obtained by CNN from a U.S. government source, Rhodes wrote:

“All –

“Sorry to be late to this discussion. We need to resolve this in a way that respects all of the relevant equities, particularly the investigation.

“There is a ton of wrong information getting out into the public domain from Congress and people who are not particularly informed. Insofar as we have firmed up assessments that don’t compromise intel or the investigation, we need to have the capability to correct the record, as there are significant policy and messaging ramifications that would flow from a hardened mis-impression.

“We can take this up tomorrow morning at deputies.”

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2013/05/politics/white-house-benghazi-email/index.html

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The International Energy Agency (IEA) cites the "growing insecurity in North and Sub-Saharan Africa" in the wake of the Arab Spring uprisings as a key reason for the slowdown.

"Separation of Church and State": Prager University

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Redacted FOIA

http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security-technology-and-liberty/fbi-documents-suggest-feds-read-emails-without-warrant

Justice Department Spying on Press

GOVT TAPS PRESS PHONE RECORDS FOR MONTHS

Benghazi Spin

It’s revealing to view the twelve different iterations that the talking points went through before they were released to Congress and to United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice, who used them in Sunday show appearances that became a central focus of the Administration’s cover up. Over the course of about twenty-four hours, the remarks evolved from something specific and fairly detailed into a bland, vague mush.

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters that “The White House and the State Department have made clear that the single adjustment that was made to those talking points by either of those two institutions were changing the word ‘consulate’ to ‘diplomatic facility’ because ‘consulate’ was inaccurate.”

Behind Common Core: Forcing Marxism/Nazism on America’s Children

Behind Common Core

Pope Francis canonizes hundreds of martyrs beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam

Francis gives church hundreds of new saints

The previous Pope, Benedict, had approved the move, but Francis solidified it.

The "Martyrs of Otranto" were 813 Italians who were slain in the southern Italian city in 1480 for defying demands by Turkish invaders who overran the citadel to renounce Christianity.

Pennsylvanians Against Common Core

State Hearings: Pay-offs, Politics and Propaganda HOUSE HEARING ANNOUNCED On Tuesday, May 14, the PA House Education Committee will hold a hearing on their Big Government “solution” to educational standards known as Common Core.  Unfortunately, the hearing will lack fairness and balance with Education Secretary Tomalis, an advocate of the one-size-fits-all Common Core, being the only speaker. So one may ask: why have a hearing if only a pro Common Core advocate is allowed to speak? It certainly sounds like the only reasons for a House hearing are to placate those Pennsylvanians who are against Common Core and to be able to later claim that they indeed held a hearing. If you are as outraged by this action by the House Education Committee as the leadership of Pennsylvanians Against Common Core are, please contact members of the Education Committee and demand that an impartial, balanced hearing be held that includes knowledgeable opponents to expose the many failures and inadequacies of Common Core. The first phone call and email should be directed to House Education Committee Chair Paul Clymer at 717-783-154 or 215-257-0279 pclymer@pahousegop.com and then go here to find phone numbers and emails of the remaining members of the Committee. Please also consider contacting House Majority Leader Mike Turzai who apparently sees nothing wrong with another Big Government solution to what should be a local issue at 717-772-2470 and mturzai@pahousegop.com BALANCED SENATE HEARING TO BE HELD On Wednesday, May 15, the PA Senate Education Committee will hold a hearing on Common Core.  Unlike the House hearing, this hearing will be fair and balanced. The Senate public hearing on the Common Core Standards will be held in Harrisburg at 1 PM.  The hearing will be held in Hearing Room 1, in the North Office Building to the right of the Capital Building. Pennsylvanians Against Common Core greatly appreciates that Senate Education Committee Chairman Mike Folmer has planned a truly balanced hearing and has allowed opponents to Common Core to arrange to bring in three outstanding and well known proponents of local control. Neal McCluskey from CATO Institute, Joy Pullmann from Heartland Institute along with Cheryl Boise from Commonwealth Education Organization will be testifying against the standards.  Compromised Testimony Testifying at the Senate hearing in favor of the Common Core are David Patti from the PA Business Council (PBC) and Joan Benso of PA Partnerships for Children. It should be noted that both groups and speakers have been compromised by accepting huge amounts of money from the Gates Foundation in order to promote Common Core. The PBC received a $257,391 grant in Aug. 2012 to “educate Pennsylvania opinion leaders, policymakers, the media, and the public on Common Core State Standards and the Common State Assessment.”  While the PAPC received -$595,859 in 2011 to promote college readiness from Gates and then received another $100,000 in 2010. If you are not aware, the Gates Foundation is far and away the largest supporter of Common Core, having given away $104 million to promote Common Core across the country to groups like PBC and PAPC. This amount does not include their funding of the two supposedly neutral “state-led” groups that designed Common Core, the National Governor’s Association ($30,679,116) and the Council of Chief State School Officers ($71,302,833) to develop the Common Core” as part of the push into implementation. Questions to be Answered Since there will be no opposition speaking at the House hearing and the Senate Hearing will only allow questions from Committee members, we suggest the following questions of the proponents: 1.     What are the costs of implementation and who did the analysis? 2.     Will implementation costs of Common Core be included in the next fiscal year budget? 3.     Why does this have to be done right now and imposed on every district instead of testing these unproven methods on a smaller sample? 4.     Why are we doing this without proof it works? 5.     How are we guaranteed that Teachers do not go from "teaching to the PSSA test" to "teaching to the Common Core Standards test"? 6.     You said this was initiated by Pennsylvanians. Who?         a.      What was their expertise and where are they now?         b.     Do they stand to benefit financially? 7.     If this will supposedly improve students’ education but you can't point to anywhere where it has been done and worked, why not start with the bottom 5% of failing schools in PA? 8.     Who wrote the standards? 9.     Who paid for Common Core development? 10.  You say that curriculum and testing are not involved in Common Core. Do not the standards drive curriculum and testing? Do you need a one page flyer? Try here and here.  Please continue to promote the Pennsylvanians Against Common Core on-line petition and Facebook page. We would like to be able to attend the May 15 Senate hearing with a petition with more than 10,000 signatures and we need your help in reaching out to your friends and contacts to make that happen.    follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend  Copyright © 2013 Pennsylvanians Against Common Core, All rights reserved. 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Please educate yourself about the perils of Common Core Curriculum and get the word out to others.  After reviewing the information my evaluation of this programs is:

Common Core Curriculum=Communist School to Work

There is a short 5 part video by Jane Robbins below:

About the Stop the National Common Core Power Grab: Reclaim Local Control of Education DVD video. The video:

·         Explains the origin of the Common Core – its genesis with private, progressive education interests in Washington, DC – and how the federal government imposed it on the states by tying its adoption to a chance at Race to the Top grants.

·         Demonstrates that by adopting the Common Core, a state relinquishes its control over what is taught in its schools and paves the way for a national curriculum designed by unaccountable entities in Washington.

·         Explains that the standards not only lack “rigor,” but in fact will diminish the education our children receive in English language arts and mathematics.

·         Outlines the problems with the national tests that are being designed – behind closed doors – to align with the Common Core.

·         Shows why the costs of implementing the Common Core will dwarf any federal grants received as a reward for adopting the standards.

·         Reveals the federal dictates to build massive student-data systems so that students can be individually tracked from preschool through career – all in the name of producing “workers” who can “compete in the global economy.”

Simply put, the Common Core is designed to replace local and parental control over education with centralized, top-down control. The purpose is to train students for jobs, not educate them to be full, thoughtful citizens in our democratic republic. If we do not take action now to prevent this destructive experiment on our children, it will be too late.

Please watch this video and share it with others.

Click for Part 1:
Chapter 1 Origins of the Common Core
Chapter 2 Testing Mandates

Click for Part 2:
Chapter 3 Education Without Representation
Chapter 4 Sub-Standard Standards

Click for Part 3:
Chapter 5 Intrusive Data Tracking
Chapter 6 High Price Tag

Click for Part 4:
Chapter 7 National Standards Do More Harm Than Good
Chapter 8 Future Effect of Common Core

Click for Part 5:
Chapter 9 Where Does All This Lead?
Chapter 10 Take Action!

And for a wealth of information and a preview of the type of data that will be collected please visit:

http://www.stopcommoncore.com

http://www.truthinamericaneducation.com

Obama Big Brother Health Care Review

Taxpayers Must Report Personal Health ID Info to IRS

National Biometric Database of Every U.S. Adult

Biometric Database of All Adult Americans Hidden in Immigration Reform

Politically Incorrect Ph.D. dissertation from Harvard University Resigns from Heritage Foundation

“No one knows whether Hispanics will ever reach IQ parity with whites, but the prediction that new Hispanic immigrants will have low-IQ children and grandchildren is difficult to argue against,” the dissertation reads.

If this is what his academic research shows and it passed muster at Harvard then I don't understand why he should resign. Research has demonstrated that race differences in average IQ are largely genetic.

http://www.news-medical.net/news/2005/04/26/9530.aspx

CBS: "Our house is on fire:" 'We Are Getting Big Stories Wrong, Over and Over Again'

CBS anchor Scott Pelley said at a speech at Quinnipiac University that journalists "are getting big stories wrong, over and over again."

NEW JERSEY SENATORS ON GUNS: ‘CONFISCATE, CONFISCATE, CONFISCATE’

 “We need a bill that is going to confiscate, confiscate, confiscate.” 

“They want to keep guns out of the hands of bad guys but they don’t have any regulations…to do it,” another woman says, identified possibly as Democrat state Sen. Loretta Weinberg by the Star-Ledger.

“They don’t care about the bad guys,” yet another female voice chimes in. “All they want to do is to have their little guns and do whatever they want with them.” The Star-Ledger reports that those comments sound like they came from another Democrat, Sandra Cunningham.

“That’s the line they’ve developed,” a woman who sounds like Democrat state Sen. Linda Greenstein says, according to the Star-Ledger.

The Children Are Our Packet Future

Jeff Bliss from Duncanville High School

Interview

Geraldo: Sources Tell Me Benghazi Was About Running Missiles to Syrian Rebels

USCCB Protection of Marriage

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BENGHAZI SCANDAL! (Featuring Andrew Klavan)

Benghazi Talking Points Underwent 12 Revisions, Scrubbed of Terror Reference

The warnings were read to Obama; he did nothing.

State Department spokesman Victoria Nuland raised specific objections to this paragraph drafted by the CIA in its earlier versions of the talking points:

“The Agency has produced numerous pieces on the threat of extremists linked to al-Qa’ida in Benghazi and eastern Libya.  These noted that, since April, there have been at least five other attacks against foreign interests in Benghazi by unidentified assailants, including the June attack against the British Ambassador’s convoy. We cannot rule out the individuals has previously surveilled the U.S. facilities, also contributing to the efficacy of the attacks.”

IRS Targets Obama's Political Opponents

Patriots targeted by IRS.

Obama was giving the commencement address at Arizona State University in 2009 where he joked about auditing the president of ASU and their board of regents.

Feb 8, 2013, Rand Paul: I Believe Part of Cause for Benghazi Attack Was Gun-Running Operation Going

IMAM USES PRAYER TO DAMN FALLEN SEAL TEAM 6 MEMBERS TO HELL DURING THEIR FUNERAL

Parents of fallen service members spoke at a press conference, an event during which they accused the U.S. government of complicity in the deaths of their sons. The families highlighted a number of grievances, including the notion that military brass invited a Muslim cleric to their children’s funeral in 2011 — an imam who they claim “disparaged in Arabic the memory of these servicemen.” Three families of fallen Navy SEAL Team 6 special forces members and one family of an Army National Guardsman held the event at the National Press Club. Their children perished during the fatal Chinook helicopter crash that occurred in Afghanistan on August 6, 2011. The presser was an effort, as noted in a press release, to corroborate the notion that the U.S. government is “as much responsible for the deaths of their sons as is the Taliban.”

They question the type of helicopter being flown; why so many elite members of the military were in one helicopter at a given time; why command switched out members of the Afghani forces at the last minute; and why other procedures they considered protocol did not seem to have been followed.

A Chinook from 1989 is unacceptable for many of the Boeing CH-47 Chinook the men were flying in that day. 93 days after killing bin Laden no one would have though you put 22 members of SEAL Team 6 in a Chinook.

The helicopter didn’t have an escort on its night mission to the Tangi Valley in an area that had already seen hours of hostility. This violates standard protocol.

Most importantly, the Islamist attempted to intentionally sully the memory of their sons by “damning them as infidels to Allah.” The group showed video of the prayer to prove their contentions, complete with translation.


The imam stated: “That the fallen seals should be damned and go to hell as infidels.”

An attorney for the families offered a translation along with a video of the prayer:

“Amen I shelter in Allah from the devil who has been cast with stones. In the name of Allah the merciful giver. The companions of the fire are not equal with the companions of heaven. The companions of heaven are the winners. Had we sent this Koran to a mountain, you would have seen the mountain prostrated in fear of Allah. Such examples are what we present to the people; to the people, so that they would think. Blessings are to your God, the God of glory of what they describe. And peace be upon the messengers and thanks be to Allah the lord of both universes.”

Another translation that was commissioned by Islam expert Stephen Coughlin is somewhat less pointed:

“I announce the evil by all-aha. By the name of  the merciful all-aha. People of hell and people of heaven are not equal (even, not the same), people of  heaven are the winners, if we [unintelligible word] the Koran on the mountain, you will see, you will see him in submission and humble of alla-aha’s fear. Those (who are in submission) are examples for the people (the public) may these people (the public) remember, praise alla-aha. Alla-aha God of glory, of the people behaviors (he is wondering or questioning the people’s behaviors). And peace to the Prophets, thanks to alla-aha, please (asking alla-aha) to forgive him, comfort him and accept him in paradise. [The prayer ends, however this subject was talking to some audience he was telling them I LOVE TO....then the audio ended].”

Here’s another version of the imam’s comments without subtitles and in Arabic:

Most standard Muslim prayers are offensive by nature because they arise from a book of the Koran or a chapter of the Koran that is about defeating the infidels. None of this should lessen the outrage, and should be clearly a reason why inter-religious services should not be performed. Islamist prayers are inflammatory even when they’re not trying to do so because it centers on the issue of the fundamental and irreconcilable difference between Islamic orientation and a non-Muslim orientation. None of the SEAL team members were Muslim so politically correctness be damned, no imam should speak at American troop funerals.

Biden had ratted out the Seal Team 6 initially.

The parents of Aaron Vaughn, Billy and Karen, who spoke at the presser Thursday began voicing of their discontent regarding the SEALs being identified last year:

Benghazi: Exposing Failure and Recognizing Courage

Benghazi

Benghazi and Willful Sharia Blindness

A failure to recognize the motives of sharia supporters left the U.S. caught off-guard by a terror attack. Again.

Whistleblower says Stevens went to Benghazi to prep for Clinton visit – as it happened

Stevens went to Benghazi

Waste and Fraud in Afghanistan Spending

Watchdog says government has tried to silence him on Afghanistan

Three to Testify

Mark Thompson, acting deputy assistant Secretary of State for counterterrorism; Greg Hicks, former deputy chief of mission in Libya; and Eric Nordstrom, former regional security officer in Libya.

Thompson plans to testify Wednesday that Clinton attempted to cut out the counterterrorism bureau from communications about the attack - a charge that would likely cripple her pristine record as secretary, as well as any chance that she'll mount a presidential bid in 2016.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57583388/benghazi-whistleblowers-head-to-house-committee/

Benghazi Coverup

Mark Thompson, acting deputy assistant Secretary of State for counterterrorism; Greg Hicks, former deputy chief of mission in Libya; and Eric Nordstrom, former regional security officer in Libya.

Thompson plans to testify Wednesday that Clinton attempted to cut out the counterterrorism bureau from communications about the attack - a charge that would likely cripple her pristine record as secretary, as well as any chance that she'll mount a presidential bid in 2016.

Hicks claims that shortly after a phone call, at 2 AM Benghazi time, he briefed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Hicks says that during the briefing, he referred to the incident as a terrorist attack, and that at no time was it referred to as anything else. He also updated her on the search for Ambassador Stevens who was then still missing and believed to be in a terrorist-controlled hospital.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57583388/benghazi-whistleblowers-head-to-house-committee/

Gowdy Asks Hicks about Stevens, Rice

JESSE WATTERS CONFRONTS RADICAL CONVICTED COP-KILLER HIRED BY COLUMBIA

JESSE WATTERS

AMISH IT

PURPORTED BENGHAZI DRONE OPERATOR CALLS HANNITY WITH NEW DETAILS: WE WEREN’T ABLE TO BE ARMED & NO ONE HAS CONTACTED ME

A man, "John in Iowa," identifying himself as one of the drone operators on point during the September 11 Benghazi attack called Sean Hannity’s radio show yesterday, alleging more information about the scene on the ground and the Obama administration’s handling of the attack.

“The video footage — when we initially got on station and we were told to go down to the consulate — it was already under attack. It was already on fire [when we got there]. We were asked then to go to the annex to just try to watch and make sure that the individuals in the annex were not going to be coming under attack there either.”

“If anything were to happen, this video is being disseminated to multiple locations and agencies around the globe. So surely once individuals saw that there was a grave problem on a U.S. Embassy/Consulate, phone calls I would’ve think should’ve been made and started going up the chain, and eventually it would’ve hit the State Department. If it did not, individuals were remiss in their duties.”

“There were dozens if not hundreds of people surrounding the consulate. There were cars continually driving by and stopping, and it was at that time — we were only over the consulate for maybe about five minutes when we were told to then go watch the CIA annex."

Our guys that were inside of there were on the rooftops, and they were looking in the direction of the consulate, and we were told, just watch the entries and the exits of the consulate and make sure no one’s trying to break in and get them there. But we wouldn’t have been able to do much anyway because of the [agreement] with the host countries where we’re located. We were not able to be armed that night.”

“I’m just a little surprised that you’re telling me all this and that nobody in Congress has contacted you,” Hannity said. “I would think that you’d be one of the main people they’d want to talk to.”

“Ya I would think so too,” the operator replied. “There would be only about six of us from the base out of which we operate at that would’ve been involved on that specific mission that night, and so it should be really easy to track us down. Then again, if they just did not care…especially with Sec. of State Clinton’s comment of ‘what difference does it make,’ and trying to potentially cover things up, then they probably didn’t even worry about who was on the flight log for that night.”

John said he knew “immediately” that the American people were being lied to, particularly “with regard to Susan Rice” that the attack was actually an outgrowth of a YouTube-related “spontaneous” protest.

“But we are bound by certain documents such as non-disclosure agreements on what we can and can’t say, and my thought was that I am a small pawn in this chess game, and the truth will come out, and then it just unfolds and unfolds…and it never stops.”

He added: “Part of me says maybe I should’ve spoken up sooner, but you want to have faith and trust in your government, and that they would come out with the truth and get to the bottom of it. But apparently that’s not what they wanted to do…The election was coming up and Hillary Clinton might want to run in 2016, God help us.”

City of Dearborn Apologizes for Arresting Christians at 2010 Arab Festival; Settlement Reached in Lawsuit

Apologizes for Arresting Christians

100% 3D-PRINTED HANDGUN

• Defense Distributed’s Wiki-Weapons project fired the “Liberator,” its .380 handgun that was created completely with a 3D printer. 
• The 15 of the 16 parts created using the technology took just 24 hours to print. 
• The blueprint for the Liberator has been posted online, free for anyone to download. 
• Lawmakers have since renewed calls for bans on 3D printed firearms that could be undetectable by security sensors. 

Marine for President

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) got some answers regarding the future of the country and the “unacceptable” manner that Washington, D.C., is currently running it. A Marine, identified as Shaun Adkins, said he was “concerned about the future of our country” and slammed politicians for “spending money at an alarming pace” and sticking with a system that is “unsustainable.”

Heritage Foundation: Cost of Amnesty to U.S. Taxpayers: $6.3 Trillion

The Fiscal Cost of Unlawful Immigrants and Amnesty to the U.S. Taxpayer.

Video

Impeach: Special ops halted from responding to Benghazi attacks

U.S. diplomat says

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57583014/diplomat-u.s-special-forces-told-you-cant-go-to-benghazi-during-attacks/

Russian military again flies strategic bombers near Alaska

Bears Buzz Alaska Again

Judge Jeanine Pirro on Obama Administration Caught Red Handed on Boston Bombing and Benghazi 05042013

Patrick Henry

THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY'S IMPACT ON AMERICA

COLOSSUS OF ROADS

Crazy Fires on Officers

James Gilkerson, 42, exited his parked car and then fired 37 shots at the officers and their patrol car, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported. Officers Erin Thomas and Brandon Savage returned fire, killing Gilkerson.

BOSTON JIHAD BOMBING WIFE'S COMPUTER HAD AL-QAEDA MAGAZINE AND JIHAD MATERIAL ON HER COMPUTER

• Katherine Russell, 24, had al Qaeda's extremist Inspire magazine on her computer
• Traces of explosives were found in bathtub, sink and on a table in her and Tamerlan Tsarnaev's Cambridge, Mass., home
• Russell spoke to Tamerlan Tsarnaev in the hours after the FBI released images of him, but she will not reveal what they discussed
• Fingerprints and DNA found on at least one bomb does not belong to her
• Authorities 'skeptical about her insistence she had nothing to do with it'

http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2013/05/boston-jihad-bombing-wifes-computer-had-al-qaeda-magazine-and-jihad-material-on-her-computer.html

All Telephone Calls Are Recorded by the US government

A former FBI counterterrorism agent claims on CNN that this is the case

The Complete Benghazi Timeline in Spreadsheet Format

Spreadsheet

Boston bombers’ uncle married daughter of top CIA official

Boston bombers’ uncle married daughter

The Benghazi Talking Points

Stephen F. Hayes, May 13, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 33

GOSNELL WHO?! (It Ain't Easy Being a Babykiller)

FBI releases video of 9/11 Benghazi attack

يسعى مكتب التحقيقات الفيدرالي الأمريكي للحصول على معلومات عن ثلاثة أشخاص كانوا متواجدين في قنصلية الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية في بنغازي بليبيا يوم الحادي عشر من سبتمبر ۲۰۱۲ عندما تم الهجوم على موظفي ومرافق البعثة الدبلوماسية للولايات المتحدة.

قد يتمكن هؤلاء الأشخاص من إمدادنا بمعلومات متعلقة بالهجمات التي أسفرت عن مصرع أربعة مواطنين أمريكيين، من بينهم سفير الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية في ليبيا.

كما يقدر مكتب التحقيقات الفيدرالي إدانة الشعب الليبي والحكومة الليبية لهذه الهجمات.

نحتاج مساعدتكم لحل هذه الجريمة. إذا كان لديكم أي معلومات، يرجى الإتصال عبر البريد الإلكتروني أو رسالة نصية عبر الهاتف SMS للعنوان التالي: BenghaziTips@ic.fbi.gov . ويمكن أيضا تقديم المعلومات بطريقة سرية على الموقع التالي: https://forms.fbi.gov/benghazi

للمزيد من المعلومات، الرجاء زيارة الموقع التالي: fbi.gov/Benghazi أو صفحة الفيس بوك facebook.com/benghazitips

"The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation is seeking information about three individuals who were on the grounds of the U.S. Special Mission in Benghazi, Libya on September 11, 2012, when U.S. personnel and facilities were attacked. These individuals may be able to provide information related to the attacks, which resulted in the deaths of four Americans, including the U.S. Ambassador to Libya. We appreciate that the Libyan people and the government of Libya have condemned the attacks. We need your help to solve this crime. If you have any information, text or e-mail BenghaziTips@ic.fbi.gov or submit information confidentially at forms.fbi.gov/benghazi.

Judge Jeanine Pirro Slams Jihadi Mom: "Lady, You Shouldn't Be Allowed Here" Opening Stmt - 4-27-13

Maggi in Mick Ronson Ronno Tribute

Maggi has just (this weekend) finished mixing her forthcoming tribute album to her brother Mick.

Maggi for Mick

Miller Anderson: “I’d formed a band with Ian Hunter called The Scenery. I took Ian along to meet Mick at a Voice gig at the Swan in Tottenham. After the show Ian said of Mick: ‘He’s good, but not as good as you!’ I think he was a little bit hasty there. He certainly changed his mind later! In the end, The Voice decided to go to Mexico to some deserted beach to continue being a bunch of cults! They dropped poor old Mick off at the side of the M1 motorway in the middle of the night, with his equipment, without any notice…”

Ian Hunter: “I asked Mick what it would cost to do me string arrangement on Sea Diver and he told me 20 quid. He wrote it on a cigarette packet. I don’t think he ever got paid”.

Ian Hunter: “Mick taking two days for the solo on Saturday Gigs shows how much he really cared and how much he wanted to make the song and Mott The Hoople work.”

Ronson now knew that his strengths lay as an important musical partner, an he energetically encouraged Hunter to make a solo record using studio time that had been booked for Mott. The Ian Hunter album remains a jewel and one of the best rock albums of the 70s. Ian confesses the project was largely driven by Mick’s enthusiasm and inspiration, as exemplified by his solo on Hunter’s song The Truth, The Whole Truth, Nuthin’ But The Truth.

Ian Hunter: “I remember just before the session [for The Truth…], Mick read scathing review of Play Don’t Worry which was vicious and personal. He went bright red. We were doing the track and he went out to do the solo. We got it in five minutes flat. If he hadn’t read that review it would have taken us about three days. Mick was positively brilliant both in the booth and the studio.”

Ian Hunter: “In between playing on the road with various people – some who paid him, some who didn’t and some who would hand him their bill at the end of a tour – Mick would go back to Woodstock to see Suzi and Lisa. You never really knew what he was up to, but the Mick Ronson Band tapes had it all – the class, the quality, the emotion and the bits of fun that embodied all of Mick’s work.”

Ian Hunter: “Ronson went on the road with T-Bone for $100 a week, sleeping on people’s floors. The alternative was $2,500 a week with Bob Seger, but Mick didn’t like the music and C, F and G. I really admired him for that. Suzi had a fit!”

Mick and Ian began recording the album Short Back ‘N’ Sides in 1981, with The Clash’s Mick Jones, a huge Mott fan, producing. Hunter Ronson recorded occasional songs for movies and produced two albums for New Jersey rockers Urgent. Feeling out of place in the 80s, at one point Ronson thought of giving up music completely and becoming a chef. He ran barbecues at Ian’s home and was affectionately known as The Great Marinator. Ronson could never relate to the technique-heavy fretboard gymnastics of the 80s, so he continued working with artists such as Steve Harley and Lisa Dalbello.

In 1987 Ian Hunter toured Canada with The Roy Young Band, and the following year Ian invited Mick to join him for live work. The duo cut the album YUI Orta, billed for the first and only time on record as Hunter Ronson. The record was notable for Mick’s tear-jerking instrumental Sweet Dreamer. Ronson’s 80s collaborations were numerous and included Slaughter And The Dogs, Dead Fingers Talk, Los Illegals, The Visible Targets, The Midge Ure Band, Kiss That, Lisa Dominique, The Melvilles, Andi Sexgang, Funhouse, The Fentons, The Phantoms, Ian Thomas, David Lynn Jones. The Тоll, Lennex and Perfect Affair. He also jammed with Duran Duran’s John and Andy Taylor.

Joe Elliot: “I received a call from Ian telling me Ronno had cancer. The two of us and David Bowie and John Mellencamp chipped in some money. The Lepps also recorded Only After Dark as the B-side of Let’s Get Rocked. We had high hopes it would sell well, and if it did Mick would get more royalties. I spoke to Mick on the phone a few times after that and he was genuinely grateful, if not a little embarrassed at the fuss this was creating. Ian Hunter told me when Mick first let it be known he was ill he said: ‘Hey, I’ve got cancer!’ as if he’d won the lotto! He was the furthest thing from a drama queen you could expect to meet”.

For his third and final solo album, Heaven And Hull, Ronson received support jrom Ian Hunter, John Mellencamp, Chrissie Hynde, Sham Morris and Joe Elliott.

Ronson also reunited one last time with Ian Hunter and David Bowie, in April 1992, at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert. Mick played on All The Young Dudes and Heroes. Joe Elliott and Phil Collen of Def Leppard provided backing vocals on …Dudes. (“Phil and I were like a couple of lads that had won the pools that day,” says Elliott.)

Ian Hunter: “If Mick was sick for 23 hours a day, then the other hour he’d be on the phone telling everybody how wonderful he felt. But then when I moved in with him towards the end I saw what he was doing. The morphine would come down to a point where he’d be totally sane, and then he would pick up the phone and he was telling everybody how wonderful he felt. He wanted everyone not to worry about him. The first thing out of his mouth was: ‘How are you?’”

Ian Hunter: “Professionally it was a privilege to play with Mick, personally it was a privilege to have known him. He was a nutcase but his legacy is pure class. Guitarists will emulate him as long as rock’n’roll is around”.

Russia builds up strategic missiles, U.S. down

Russian officials say will be able to penetrate U.S. missile defenses using a new type of fuel that requires a shorter burn time for booster engines.

The rail-mobile ICBMs were prohibited under earlier versions of the U.S.-Russia START treaties. However, the 2010 New START treaty did not prohibit rail-mobile basing of missiles, and Moscow is taking advantage of the omission.

Obama is expected to announced soon that he will seek a new round of talks with Russia aimed at cutting U.S. nuclear forces even further than the 1,550 deployed warheads under the 2020 New START treaty.

Device Will Detect Domestic Drones

Detect Drones

CERN, where the Web was born on April 30, 1993.

DAD DECIDES TO OPEN CARRY .45-CAL. HANDGUN AT HIS DAUGHTER’S SCHOOL

Boston Islamist Network Expands

3 pals of Boston Marathon bombing suspect charged with coverup

Benghazi Suspects

The FBI has posted the photos of three individuals who were on the scene during the Sept. 11, 2012 attacks on the U.S. mission in Benghazi.