DanteEstonia

13 minutes ago, Muda69 said:

So is that your supposedly college-educated opinion of the founding fathers and framers of the U.S. Constitution?  That they were just a bunch of slave owners and therefore their words and thoughts shouldn't be trusted for anything?

Pretty much.

13 minutes ago, Muda69 said:

Tell us again why you choose to be an American citizen?

The people at the sign-up table had pretty shirts.

The idea that a bunch of slaveowners is “wiser” than us is comical and insulting.

10 hours ago, Muda69 said:

So you agree that federal employees should always get paid more than their public counterparts? Why?

You are putting words in my mouth.

8 hours ago, swordfish said:

Those who chuckled at this supposed irony missed a major detail, even though it was noted in the press coverage: Paul's surgery will take place at the Shouldice Hernia Hospital in Thornhill, Ontario. The clinic is private, and run for profit; The Toronto Star's Daniel Dale, who is from Thornhill, notes that it was "grandfathered in to Ontario's socialized health system."

It wouldn’t be open if it wasn’t in the system.

It’s publicly funded.

15 hours ago, Muda69 said:

But that begs the question, why do the individuals graduating from today's government schools seem to have less basic knowledge of U.S. government and history than those who take the United States civics test issued to new citizens?   Why are government schools failing in this regard?

 

Bad curriculum and biased teachers, perhaps? Although your stories of Mr. Beal indicate that the problem is a very old one.

You basically have to be a vet to get a federal job. Leave the pay issue alone.

Will 5A have 32 or 34 teams?

Indeed.