That’s why I was kind of surprised , and not surprised, to read the following rant about the most recent Tea Bag assault on public education. They oh, so love to blame those damn unionized teachers for everything including Bambi’s mommy getting killed.

He’s right, those would destroy education funding have found a way to avoid any responsibility once again.

Uh, can you say “Governor Jim Gibbons,  R-NV”?

Read on (by Bill Maher, from Huffington Post):

New Rule: Let’s not fire the teachers when students don’t learn - let’s fire the parents. Last week President Obama defended the firing of every single teacher in a struggling high school in a poor Rhode Island neighborhood. And the kids were outraged. They said, “Why blame our teachers?” and “Who’s President Obama?” I think it was Whitney Houston who said, “I believe that children are our future - teach them well and let them lead the way.” And that’s the last sound piece of educational advice this country has gotten - from a crack head in the ‘80’s.

This is what I got in the email today:

Context is everything for an issue like this.

According to Wikipedia, Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (2003) (EMTALA):

Illegal immigrants

This morning’s Las Vegas Sun confirmed what we’ve known for a long time – that any shortfall Nevada experiences when it comes to federal funding based on taxes paid is due largely to Carson City leaving money on the table, the census’ failure to keep up with Nevada’s growth and the state’s demographic realities. However, the latest data from the Internal Revenue Service and the US Census Bureau show that Nevada actually received roughly 97 cents in federal spending for every dollar we send to Washington in taxes in 2008. Further, because of Senator Reid’s leadership position, Nevada has consistently out-performed the vast majority of states in the nation by taking home a much larger than average amount – sometimes more than twice the average – in earmarked funding for important state and local projects.  Earmarked funding is particularly important for states like Nevada to fund job-creating transportation, defense, and infrastructure projects, especially considering the tens of millions of federal dollars the state leaves on the table.

2008: Nevada received 97 cents in federal funding for every dollar sent to Washington. According to the IRS, Nevada sent roughly $17,753,419,000 in taxes in FY 2008. According to the Census Bureau, Nevada got about $17,259,856,000 in federal funding in 2008 –approximately 97 cents in federal funding for each dollar sent to Washington in taxes. (IRS, State Tax Statistics; US Census Bureau, Quick Facts - Nevada)

HARRY REID IS DOING MORE TO MAKE UP FOR NEVADA’S FEDERAL FUNDING SHORTFALL THAN ANYONE ELSE THROUGH EARMARKED APPROPRIATIONS

Taxpayers for Common Sense report confirmed Reid secures more earmarks for Nevada than the rest of the delegation combined. “Reid is one of Senate’s top earmark recipients with more than a quarter-billion dollars … that’s what Taxpayers for Common Sense, an independent watchdog group famous for exposing the ‘Bridge to Nowhere,’ found in a report that discovered, not surprisingly, members of the Senate Appropriations Committee led the way but that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had the sixth most solo ($91 million) earmarks and eighth most joint ($223 million) earmarks. 168 in all, total of $267.6 billion. None of the other members of Nevada’s delegation came close, with Sen. John Ensign at $79 million, Reps. Shelley Berkley and Dean Heller about half that number and Rep. Dina Titus slightly behind them. That is Reid had more than the rest of the delegation combined. And Nevada, because of Reid, ranked 10th overall. The report acknowledges Reid’s leadership post accounts for his and the state’s high ranking.” (Ralston’s Flash, 2/18/2010)

This was where I was directed to by an intriguing little banner ad whilst browsing the latest crazy on the Fox News website.

It’s by Sue Lowden, wannabe replacement for Harry Reid, from Nevada.

Check out this worried citizen/patriot:

See his white hair? He’s really 29 years old, but this is what undue worry about nothing gets you.

The New York Times had this to say, in an editorial:

March 8, 2010

Editorial

On the Importance of Being Counted

Doesn’t anybody find it puzzling that one man could have single-handedly been responsible for the evils of health care reform … uh, supposing that health care reform is, of course, completely unnecessary.

Aside from listing all the ways Harry Reid is about to take over the world, with Nancy Pelosi at his side, don’t you wonder why Tea Bag Republicans like Sue Lowden never mention that there could ever be anything wrong with the system?

Is it all just grand? Really?

It’s been a long time since I watched cartoons with my kids, but I recall Scooby Doo as a pretty good character. He solved mysteries and caught the bad guys, pretty impressive — especially for a dog. But you know, it’s true what they say: politics is a very rough business.

To that end, you probably didn’t see this image in the news: