COMMON CORE IS MORE MAKE BELIEVE AND GUESSWORK THAN ACTUAL MATH

Quin Hillyer’s “Legislative auditor misses Common Core’s problems” is a damning piece about Common Core. According to Hillyer, support among teachers for the new standards tanked 30 percent in one year, from 76 percent to 46 percent.

In the piece, Hillyer points out several problems with the new academic standards:

Stories are legion, and incontrovertible, of students in Core-centric classes being given low grades for right answers — all because the students couldn’t show the required dots, lines, squares, cubes or folded-paper cutouts to explain how they figured that 6 is half of 12.

Here’s how the Core’s own document describes it … “Mathematically proficient students who can apply what they know are comfortable making assumptions and approximations to simplify a complicated situation, realizing that these may need revision later.”

That’s exactly what Core math is all about: justifying reasoning (or a first-grader’s guesswork), rather than necessarily arriving at the correct answer.

With its stress on endless process rather than results, Common Core actually slows down the current schedule of student advancement through basic mathematical disciplines.

 For Hillyer’s full article, see Quin Hillyer: Legislative auditor misses Common Core’s problems

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DYING MAN REUNITED WITH BELOVED DOG MAKES COMPLETE TURNAROUND

Dying Man Reunited with Beloved Dog Makes Complete Turnaround

By Jerry A. Kane

James Wathen, a terminally-ill patient at Baptist Health Corbin in Corbin, Kentucky, had stopped eating and had become weak and frail. His condition kept deteriorating, and he was barely able to talk. Wathen managed to whisper to a nurse his wish to see his dog, Bubba, just one more time. The 73-year-old hadn’t seen his one-eyed Chihuahua with no bottom teeth since he arrived by ambulance at the Whitley County hospital six weeks earlier.

“One of our social workers realized it was mourning the loss of the dog that was making our patient even worse and emotionally unhealthy, we pulled out all the stops and found the dog,” said Kimberly Probus, Chief Nursing Officer at Baptist Health Corbin

When time is of the essence, administrative policies can be cumbersome and time-consuming, so it’s often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission. So a group of nurses decided to track down Bubba and arrange a reunion with Wathen, even though the hospital had a rule against pets.

After a series of phone calls, the nurses found out that Bubba had been turned over to the Knox-Whitley Animal Shelter and then subsequently placed in a foster home because of his age. The nurses discovered that Bubba had also recently fallen ill. He too had stopped eating about a week before they made contact with the shelter to arrange the reunion.

“The dog quit eating a week ago, which is very strange. The dog didn’t know where James was and James didn’t know where the dog was and believe it or not, they both stopped eating at about the same time,” said Mary-Ann Smyth, Knox-Whitley Animal Shelter President

The nurses arranged for the shelter to bring Bubba to the hospital Saturday, October 11.

“He was so sad at first. We had him wrapped in a baby blanket and he was shivering. The minute we got about 20 steps from this guy’s room — I kid you not — his little head went up. His eyes got real bright and he was like a different dog,” Smyth said.

Bubba’s mood changed immediately upon seeing Wathen, and Wathen began crying when he saw Bubba.

“They didn’t think James was going to make it. I was 10 feet from his bed and you could barely understand him because he was so hard to hear. The nurse had to lean up right against his face to hear what he was saying,” Smyth said.

During their 30-minute reunion, Wathen gradually began to improve. He slowly perked up and his mood changed significantly as he petted and played with Bubba on his bed.

“When Bubba was handed to James he started to cry and then Bubba started to snuggle James and it makes you realize that animals are not just pets they are loved ones,” wrote Deanna Myers, Knox Whitley Animal Shelter Director, on her Facebook page.

The impact of the reunion was readily apparent. “There wasn’t a dry eye in the room,” Probus said.

“To see those two. To see James and Bubba get back together. It was heartwarming. It’s why we do what we do,” Smyth said.

The visit seemed to do wonders for Wathen. Nurses reported the next day that he seemed like a new person. When Bubba returned for a second visit on Tuesday, Wathen’s turnaround was complete. He was now sitting up and eating.

“Both are so happy to see each other and both seem to be doing better! The power of love can go along way!” the shelter posted on its Facebook page

Seeing the positive impact Bubba has had on Wathen, Baptist Health Corbin is revising its pet visitation policy to ensure Bubba will have visitation privileges.

“I hope this story will show to people the tremendous difference that animals can make in people’s lives,” Smyth said.

Hospital administrators are working to implement a pet visitation policy for similar situations now that they’ve witnessed first hand the healing power pets provide their owners.

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AMERICA CHOOSES DIRECTION

AMERICA CHOOSES DIRECTION

William E. Been

CURRENT SITUATION

On November 4, 2014, American voters will go to the polls and either choose to pursue a different direction or confirm the policies that have dominated during the Obama Administration. While this is an opportunity for those who believe that our country is going in the wrong direction, the same divisiveness within the right-of-center voters that existed prior to the 2012 disaster is still prevalent.

While books have been written citing the various causes for the 2012 GOP failure, the reality is that there were not enough right-of center voters that understood the need to seek a different direction. Various analyses show that 4-8 million GOP voters stayed home in addition to the Libertarian voters.

Effectively, these citizens chose another four years of Barack Obama and Democrat Party control of Washington. Accentuating this failure was the success the Democrat Party had in Congress where the GOP lost seats in the House and the Senate remained in the control of Harry Reid and Barack Obama.

Unfortunately, future demographics and polls of current voters strongly indicate that America is very close to being governed by a permanent Democrat Party majority. It is this belief that is prompting me to write this article with the hope that there are still enough Americans left who understand the dire consequences of the current transformational direction if allowed to continue without meaningful opposition.

My first article addressed how we got to where we are from a political perspective. My second article addressed the need to understand “How” current Obama Administration policies are creating multiple scandals while demeaning our Judeo-Christian heritage. My third article addressed the corruption of the Democrat Party that is leading the Progressive transformation of America.

This article will address what is perhaps the last opportunity to accomplish meaningful restoration of America in accordance with the Constitution and the intent of the Founding Fathers including the belief in a Higher Authority.

POLITICAL KNOWLEDGE

One of the most alarming elements that has become apparent is the lack of understanding of how the legislative branch of our government is constructed and how it is designed to operate. In the current situation, it still appears that a great percentage of the right-of-center voters do not understand the role of the Senate in terms of passing meaningful legislation.

There is a good reason why Barack Obama has never vetoed any of the legislative actions initiated by the House of Representatives. Not one piece of legislation that supports Republican principles has reached the president for a very simple reason–the Majority in the Senate belongs to the Democrats.

President Obama consistently blames congress to the point that he has declared that he is being forced to work around congress because of the obstructionist Republican House. Meanwhile, the Democrat Senate refuses to even debate House approved bills that fail the litmus test of Harry Reid and the Democrat majority.

The media sings in tune with Obama while conservative media personalities provide validation to the Democrat position by constantly and repetitively blaming John Boehner and the Republican House for not getting anything done.

The reality of the current capabilities of the United States congress is that no legislation will be passed, come out of committee, or be debated in the Senate unless it meets the agenda of Barack Obama and the National Progressive Democrat Party. As long as the Democrats have a simple majority in the Senate, the only impact the Republican House can have is to block Democrat legislation and to shut down the government through ill-conceived defunding efforts.

If readers know anyone who believes otherwise, then please educate them. (Also, recall that Boehner and the House gave the Senate a bill defunding Obamacare during the recent budget crisis and the Senate would not even allow it to come out of committee for debate, let alone a floor vote.)

RIGHT OF CENTER UNITY OR LACK THEREOF

Very simply, if the Republicans do not take the Senate and maintain the House, it will be strictly because the right-of-center voters did not go to the polls.

While a large contingent of right-of-center voters continue to play “the Republicans are just as bad as the Democrats” game, some of us are appalled that we are not united in an attempt to elect Republicans in the upcoming elections to create a super majority in the Senate.

With a super majority in the Senate, the Republicans could pass any legislation without a single Democrat vote thereby forcing Barack Obama either to veto bills or throw the Constitution totally in the scrap heap while dictating through regulations and Executive Orders.

It is time to stop the RINO hunting and work to take back our country because the clock is ticking in the final minutes of the final hour in this writer’s opinion.

It will probably again be the case when we wake up after the next election that it will be evident that many right-of-center voters stayed home. Never have we had such corrupted national leadership as that residing in the Executive Branch under Barack Obama and we still refuse to unite behind the only political force that has even a remote chance of stopping and then repealing the damage done by the Progressive Democrats.

In many of my presentations given since the election of Barack Obama, the plea has been to unite behind the GOP candidates to stop the Progressive Democrat destruction of our country, its traditions, and its heritage. That this plea has fallen on deaf ears is clearly substantiated by calls for a 3^rd Party, calls to support Libertarians, failure of 10-15% of Christians to even register to vote, and the constant negativism directed toward the GOP.

Another of the most aggravating and potentially damaging factors to achieving unity of purpose is the behavior of conservative opinion leaders who constantly chastise the GOP for not standing for anything.

While typing this paragraph, an email was received from the NRSC that expressed the GOP candidate’s objectives in five debates held recently—Replace Obamacare, Balance the Federal Budget, Secure Our Borders, Repeal Anti-Business Regulations, Energy Independence, and Fix Tax Code.

In addition, referencing the GOP Platform prepared in 2012, the objectives are stated clearly including Jobs Creation, Economic Growth, Business Tax Policy, Oppose Common Core, Oppose Agenda 21, and 62 pages more that encompass the scope of meaningful government.

It is time to put the many litmus tests being used to criticize and even destroy potential candidacies and unite behind the clearly stated principles and objectives that are extensively documented by the Republican Party. Failure to do so will only assure the final steps required to complete the Progressive Transformation of America.

We have awakened to the magnitude of the problem that we face, now let us awaken to recognize that the only pathway to stop and then reverse the Progressive Movement runs through the Republican Party.

October 9, 2014

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Contact William E. Been at been@zoominternet.net or at http://www.webpatrioticservices.com/.

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DEMOCRAT PARTY CORRUPTION

DEMOCRAT PARTY CORRUPTION

By William E. Been

In my previous article “America Under Siege,” I described “Why” Barack Obama either does or does not accomplish expectations consistent with those of an American President. My specific objective in writing the article was to encourage individuals, and particularly the media, to devote their efforts to interpreting daily events describing “How” the actions of Barack Obama support his stated and implied objectives.

The scandals documented in “America Under Siege,” illustrate the tactics, including his attack on Judeo-Christian beliefs, being used by Barack Obama to accomplish his transformation objectives. However, the failure to understand the role of the National Democrat Party is of even greater concern than not understanding the intent of Barack Obama.

In my book, Masters of Audacity and Deceit, the various organizations and individuals who made the election of a President Obama possible are summarized in three groupings with the most important of the three being the DEMOCRAT PARTY AND TRADITIONAL ALLIES. (The other two were George Soros/New World Order advocates and Progressives & Radicals.)

In this article “Democrat Party Corruption,” I will clearly define the Democrat Party as a tool used by various anti-American groups to support Progressive issues that have enabled the global leftist movement as well as having sponsored the election of Barack Obama.

As the critically important November, 2014, midterm elections approach, it is apparent that many Americans sense that something is seriously wrong with the direction of our country. Even Democrats appearing on FOX resort to referring to Obama’s actions as “incompetence” or simply “he did not know about the situation.”

Meanwhile, the national Democrats continue to campaign using the Alinsky methods involving “ends justifying means” which is best described as the politics of personal destruction and dishonesty.

During the last six years, the concerns and fears that were presented in my book and felt by so many patriotic Americans have become the reality of today. It is critical that we move beyond understanding “Why” and “How” and focus on the most dangerous threat.

With the Obama Administration and the National Democrat Party following the Cloward-Piven Strategy, a national state of confusion and misdirection has been established and maintained to mask their transformational objectives.

However, Chapter 14 in my book effectively removes the mask of confusion by describing the actions of the Democrat Party, its leaders, and the alliance with the Mainstream Media and Wall Street. When Bill Clinton stated “We have won the great culture war that has divided America for forty years,” he validated the role of the Democrat Party as being the ultimate threat to the American heritage that was established prior to this undeclared forty year war. Hillary Clinton also validated the role of the Democrat Party when the Center for American Progress was founded by urging participation in the “war that we’re engaged in with the other side.”

Given only the information presented above, it is painfully clear that the Democrat Party no longer operates as a political party driven by issues and honest debate. Rather, it has become a stronghold for leftist ideologues using any tactic of war or Alinsky to accomplish the Cloward-Piven objective of a permanent Democrat majority with absolute and unchallengeable powers. In this role, it has become the harbor for virtually every anti-American group and movement.

Effectively, the Democrat Party today provides a voice for these groups and movements that include, amongst others, the communists (CPUSA), socialists (DSA), Progressives (Congressional Progressive Caucus), Freedom From Religion, Radical Islamists, Terrorists, Marxists, Globalists, Open Borders, anti-Christian, and even anti-God which was so vividly displayed at the Democrat National Convention.

Defining and focusing on the most dangerous threat is critical for those Americans who desire to build upon the heritage and founding principles of our great nation. Also, it must be understood that Barack Obama is only a tool of leftist and Marxist groups including the National Democrat Party. In turn, the National Democrat Party of 2014 has become nothing more than an umbrella for these same leftists including international groups such as the United Nations, Islamists, European Socialists, and Russian Communists. All of these groups seek to destroy our national sovereignty and replace our Constitutional Government in favor of some undefined global governance.

In addition to harboring the leftist groups, the National Democrat Party is supported by and beholden to multiple wealthy individuals and special interest groups such as the Democracy Alliance, MoveOn.org, the Gates Foundation and many other Progressive PACs that work on a national level. This relationship is best personified by a statement made by the Director of MoveOn.org after raising a reported $300 million for the Democrat Party when he stated: “Now it is our Party. We bought it, we own it.”

Given all of the above, what can be done to preserve and restore our great country in the footsteps of those who have given so much to assure that our generation and hopefully generations to come will experience the success and prosperity that has been created by our heritage and traditions.

There is only one acceptable answer to this question other than some sort of Divine Intervention. That answer is to defeat the Democrat Party at the voting booths and start the “process” of re-establishing individual freedom, personal responsibility, personal accountability, liberty, and a profound respect for God and country.

The magnitude of this “process” is beyond the imagination of this writer but, suffice it to say, we must start and the first step has to be to stop the downward spiral being orchestrated by Barack Obama and the other National Democrat leaders under the tutelage of the various anti-American factions described in this article and in much greater detail in my book.

It is difficult to understand how any American who understands the content of this document could even consider voting for a Democrat. Generational Democrats need to understand that the Democrat Party of John Kennedy and Harry Truman no longer exists.

In closing, the stranglehold of the current day Democrat Party and its high level allies and radical supporters is of such a magnitude that it must be recognized that time is short for correcting the course of our country before the damage is irreparable.

September 28, 2014

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Contact William E. Been at been@zoominternet.net or at http://www.webpatrioticservices.com/.

Get Masters of Audacity and Deceit at http://www.tatepublishing.com/bookstore/book.php?w=978-1-61346-370-3

 

 

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DEMOCRATS MUST KEEP BLACK AMERICANS POOR TO STAY IN POWER

Elbert Guillory’s Free At Last PAC has released a powerful ad criticizing Democrat senator Mary Landrieu for her failure to help black people in Louisiana.

“Since 1996 [when Landrieu took office], black unemployment has doubled and the poverty rate for blacks has skyrocketed.”—Elbert Guillory, Louisiana state senator

Guillory, a longtime Democrat who switched to the Republican Party last year, is urging black voters to stop voting for politicians like Landrieu who care more about staying in power than they do about helping them.

“You are not Mary’s cause and you are certainly not her charity. You are just a vote – nothing less, nothing more. You are just a means to an end, so that she remains in power.”—Elbert Guillory

Guillory’s “Mary Landrieu is Not Helping Blacks” video also has a national appeal to it because it speaks to all Americans, especially black Americans who live in large urban areas.

The Democrat Party machine has controlled inner-city politics and black voters long enough.

“You see, in recent history, the Democrat party has created the illusion that their agenda and their policies are what’s best for black people.”— Elbert Guillory

It’s time black Americans break free of the mindset that binds them to the Democrat Party plantation and reclaim their God-given inalienable rights once again.

“The Democrats have been in Washington D.C. only because of the Negro vote. … You put them first, and they put you last, ’cause you’re a chump, a political chump. … Anytime you throw your weight behind a political party that controls two-thirds of the government, and that Party can’t keep the promise that it made to you during election time, and you’re dumb enough to walk around continuing to identify yourself with that Party, you’re not only a chump, but you’re a traitor to your race.”—Malcolm X, from “The Ballot or the Bullet” speech, 1964

It’s actually pretty simple when you think about it. The Democrat Party must shrink the middle class to create more poor people or it must import poorer people from neighboring countries in order to grow its core constituency and remain in power.

Okay chump, the choice yours. You either live free or vote Democrat. It’s really that simple.

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