Under Bush's "No Child Left Behind" law, signed in 2002, public high schools must give military recruiters access to students, including their names, addresses and telephone numbers.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Peace Group Barred From Manatee And Sarasota County Schools
Public school districts in two Florida counties are refusing to allow members of a peace organisation to counter the presence of military recruiters by talking with high school students about options other than joining the service, according to a spokesperson for the group........here
Monday, December 3, 2007
Bloggers Against GOP Dirty Tricks
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Trouble Has Fled To Florida
Trouble, a white Maltese who belonged to billionaire Leona Helmsley until her death in August, was flown by private jet under tight security two months ago after receiving around 20 such threats.........here
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Florida National Guard To Afghanistan In 2009
The 3,400 soldiers of the 53rd Infantry Brigade will "assume battle space in Afghanistan" to perform a range of operations starting in the summer of 2009, the Pentagon announced Monday. More than 1,200 members of the brigade, headquartered at Pinellas Park, returned from an active-duty tour in Afghanistan as recently as mid-2006.........here
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Florida Schools Take Out Loans To Pay Teachers
The Jefferson County school district was forced to take out a short-term loan to cover payroll for the 220 teachers and other employees in the system after $2.7 million it held in the pool was frozen yesterday. At least five other districts also obtained last-minute loans.......more
"What we just experienced here is a classic run-on-the bank meltdown.''........Hal Wilson, chief financial officer of the Jefferson County school district
Venezuelan Election Results Could Impact Florida
Nearly 16 million Venezuelans will go to the polls to vote on a proposal to reform the 1999 constitution. The proposal would increase President Hugo Chavez's powers, and would allow him to be re-elected indefinitely.........here
"We Venezuelans would never accept a Fidel Castro-like communism, like the one in Cuba today,".......Nancy Lancaster
Let's Hope So!
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Dean: Democrats Can Win In Red States
"What Virginia Democrats have demonstrated is that if you show up and work hard, not just in Northern Virginia but everywhere, and speak about our values as Democrats and Americans, there is no part of America that Democrats cannot win,"........here
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Tiny Little Dots GOP Debate
These people are no George Bush. I know George Bush. With George Bush the whole of this knowledge is contained within one person......here
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