On Aug 29, 2008, at 12:04 PM, sam morris wrote: >> On Aug 28, 2008, at 10:31 PM, Sam wrote: >> >>> Did he say America is a failure? >> >> nope. > > This is what I heard: > "Well, it's time for them to own their failure. It's time for us to > change America. And that's why I'm running for president of the > United States." > > So it's only been a failure for two decades. > That explains why he was able to go to the best schools but only the > rich can go now. > Even though he grew up wealthy. > Sam, I'm not sure what education level you've achieved, but I'll break it down for you. In the above sentence, 'them' is a pronoun. The tricky thing with pronouns is that you've got to read them in context (that's the sentences surrounding it) to know exactly what the pronoun refers to. Now, in this sentence above, it's referring to old school republicans who believe in a certain economic philosophy; not the whole country.
>>> Did he say change helped him get the education he recieved and he's >>> going to bring change so others can? >> nope, but he emphasized that his mom was on food stamps and got >> student loans and grants to that enabled him to got to the schools he >> went to. He emphasized that those are important programs. > > Indonesia uses food stamps? Because when he lived in Hawaii he was > with his grandparents. From Time.com: S. Ann Dunham Soetoro When her son was almost 2, Ann returned to college. Money was tight. She collected food stamps and relied on her parents to help take care of young Barack......... > > >>> Did he say he's going to make it so every American can go to school? >> yes > > Which Americans don't go to school? Isn't it a law you have to go to > school or be home schooled? sorry, my faux pax...he wants to provide every child a world-class education. I personally know of one school right by me that does not. > > >>> Lower college tuition. >> yes for people who commit to service within their community/and or >> nation > > I didn't hear that part. So he's going to create student grants or > tuition assistance if you volunteer. Wait... don't we already have > that minus the volunteer part? > > And we will keep our promise to every young American - if you > commit to serving your community or your country, we will make sure > you can afford a college education. I don't know if we have that right now....I know my state colleges around here have raised their tuition quite a bit. I used to be able to pay for my own college with a part time job in 88. By, 92, the tuition had gone up enough that I had to get loans. > >>> Give teachers a raise? We have Federal teachers? >> yes, provide more money for salaries. No we don't have federal >> teachers, but we do have federal programs that help out school >> districts---it's ok sam, you just need to think outside the box. > > Federal taxes do go back to the states for education but I didn't > know a President can dictate teachers salaries. > So is that what you call it? Thinking outside the box? When someone > makes vague feel good promises you have to use your imagination to > determine how he'll achieve them? > come outside the box sam.....don't you think that they could specify what the money could be used for? Couldn't some of it be forced to be allocated to teacher salaries? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:267080 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
