Who's Your "Buddy"? Not Mitt. Ironic News Report, January 21, 2012

This week's edition of the Ironic News Report with Julianna Forlano!
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• Mitt Romney
• Republican Debates
• Dog and Pony Show
• Buddy Roemer
• Christopher Hitchens
• God is Not Good
• Posthumous Memoir
• Pretty Woman
• Romney Beach Home
• Remodel
• Flip Flop. Bain Capitol
• Julianna Forlano

[TotalImplosion]

Would you be related to Ana Rosannadana, Julianna Forlano? Still love Friendly Fred & Fannie Farkle, Ferd Berfle and Mark and Sparkle Farkle.

[atheistsimplicity]

i lilke buddy. but his not fascist and we cant have that.

[jvt121]

@jvt121 Oh yes and freedom within the confines of fair play is how I feel also.

Best wishes-

[jvt121]

@dianalarious Hi D. Thanks for your responses. They made me think about things and I think you have made some good points. I can't believe your mother sends you these! GO MOM! That is great.

I like your 'meeting in the middle' idea and, I think we can both agree that the system is not working as well as it need to in order to prepare children etc.

Glad you are on here!

[dianalarious]

@jvt121 Actually I have seen one other episode. I do not remember which it was. My mother sends me these. And I remember thinkning that there were a coupld of spots in it that were a bit mean-spirited more than ironic, and then this one kind of of-handed remark about libertarians. I know that there are several types of libertarians, so maybe I am off about what the "party platform " is. To me it's about being free to choose to do things your own way within the confines of fair-play.

[dianalarious]

@jvt121 I'm sorry, I totally digressed there. I am not completely opposed to public education, but you can see in my comments that I support a libertarian model. Perhaps if shools were hired by communities, municipalities or states, and could be simply replaced for poor perfomance, that would be a "meeting-in-the-middle" of sorts. Free market solutions do not mean "no education." But it is a very hard argument to make that what we have works well.

[dianalarious]

Don't get me wrong, I personally know and love MANY teachers and they are all excellent, yet they are all, unfortunately, hindered by the system. I would prefer that they be in a freer environment where they are able to give of themselves without the constraints imposed on them by national oversite.

[dianalarious]

I have nothing against the idea of public school, per se. But it should be more locally driven in my opinion. And like I said, I was giving my son a high quality education provided by the free market for less than my taxes. His PE class was with a Phys Ed PhD, he learned music from a former public school teacher with 30+ years of expereince and so on. Meanwhile Texas, our home was ranking at or near the bottom of all 50 states in every category - except perhaps teen pregnancy.

[dianalarious]

addditionally, I had to continue paying the exorbitant school district taxes. We were able to purchase all we needed and participate in all we wanted or had time for for less than what we paid in school taxes. There was no need to disrupt the general flow of society with things like school busses and school crossing zones. There was no worry about school shooters or bullying. And I was able to construct the environment for my child which I felt was best for him.

[dianalarious]

@jvt121 Well I agree that school should be by the parents or the community. I know that is not popular, but I homeschooled my irst son until we moved to Germany,now they both go to school because it's mandatory. I am not a religious fanatic or any of those homeschool stero types. I had my son enrolled in many groups and courses outside the home and our days were very full and social. When I compare myself to the rest of the homeschool community that I knew, I was the biggest slacker.