Vermont Teacher Accused of Anti-Bush Quiz

BENNINGTON, Vt.

A high school teacher is facing questions from administrators after giving a vocabulary quiz that included digs at President Bush and the extreme right.

Bret Chenkin, a social studies and English teacher at Mount Anthony Union High School, said he gave the quiz to his students several months ago. The quiz asked students to pick the proper words to complete sentences.

One example: "I wish Bush would be (coherent, eschewed) for once during a speech, but there are theories that his everyday diction charms the below-average mind, hence insuring him Republican votes." "Coherent" is the right answer.

Principal Sue Maguire said she hoped to speak to whomever complained about the quiz and any students who might be concerned. She said she also would talk with Chenkin. School Superintendent Wesley Knapp said he was taking the situation seriously.

"It's absolutely unacceptable," Knapp said. "They (teachers) don't have a license to hold forth on a particular standpoint."

Chenkin, 36, a teacher for seven years, said he isn't shy about sharing his liberal views with students as a way of prompting debate, but said the quizzes are being taken out of context.

"The kids know it's hyperbolic, so-to-speak," he said. "They know it's tongue in cheek." But he said he would change his teaching methods if some are concerned.

"I'll put in both sides," he said. "Especially if it's going to cause a lot of grief."

The school is in Bennington, a community of about 16,500 in the southwest corner of the state.

It can be found on the Internet at: http://www.mauhs.org

Is this how you want YOUR children educated? If not, we must take action to eliminate the Liberal influences among our educators, from the administrative level to the classroom level. Failing to do so, will allow this type of indocrination to continue.

God Bless,
Dan'L

HOW LOW CAN THESE ASSHOLES GO??

Children and patients die in hospital suicide blast

Baghdad(Filed: 25/11/2005)

A suicide car bomber killed dozens of people in an Iraqi town yesterday when he rammed his vehicle into American and Iraqi soldiers as they handed out toys and sweets to children outside a hospital.

But instead of inflicting mass casualties among the soldiers, the bomber's victims were mostly children, medics and patients, killed when the brunt of the blast was taken by the hospital's emergency room, which was wrecked by the explosion.

The suicide bomber's victims were mainly young children.

The attack in Mahmoudiyah, south of Baghdad, claimed at least 30 lives and was followed by a second blast last night in a shopping district in Hilla, also south of the Iraqi capital, where up to 11 people were reported to have died.

Six American soldiers were also reported to have been killed in attacks elsewhere in Iraq since Wednesday.

The American military said that four of its servicemen were lightly injured in the Mahmoudiyah attack. Hospital officials said that seven Iraqi policemen and three soldiers were among the dead.

But the bulk of the casualties were children at the gates of the hospital and civilians inside the emergency room.

"The bomber was parked in a nearby garage, and drove at the Americans when he saw them going into the hospital," said a hospital security guard. "But he missed them, and hit children, women, men and old people."

A doctor and five other medical staff were among the civilian dead. Many of the dozens of wounded were transferred to Baghdad for treatment.

Mahmoudiyah is one of a belt of towns with mixed Sunni and Shia Muslim populations around the southern periphery of Baghdad that have been riven by sectarian tensions in recent months.
In the nearby town of Yusufieh the bodies of two young men and two young women were found yesterday morning. They had apparently been tortured and strangled in killings that appeared to have sectarian overtones.

Further south, another car bomb exploded at dusk in Hilla, a city that came to prominence because it was the scene of a massive suicide bombing that killed 125 people.

Laith Kubba, an Iraqi government spokesman, predicted that the violence would escalate as the Dec 15 elections approached. He also said that Iraqi troops had discovered a car packed with booby-trapped toys to the west of Baghdad.

An American military statement later clarified that a man had been arrested after a single grenade had been found hidden inside a teddy bear.

In a development that offered a glimmer of hope, four insurgent groups were reported to be considering entering talks with the Iraqi government.

American and Iraqi officials are reported to believe that their best chance for a negotiated - settlement of the insurgency involves driving a wedge between religious extremists and groups led by former members of Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath Party, who are ultimately more interested in power than in fighting.

"A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE"

MSNBC's 'Hardball' host Chris Matthews was speaking to students at the University of Toronto the other day.

A well-known leftist who used to work in the Carter administration, Matthews decided to start talking about the war on Islamic terrorism and the Bush administration's response to 9/11. He repeated the Democratic talking point that Bush squandered the opportunity to unite the world (whatever that means.)

I seem to recall a large coalition of countries assisting us in Afghanistan and Iraq. What Matthews is really saying is that because the French didn't go along with the Iraq war, Bush didn't unite the world.

Then he said this: "The period between 9/11 and Iraq was not a good time for America. There wasn't a robust discussion of what we were doing. If we stop trying to figure out the other side, we've given up. The person on the other side is not evil -- they just have a different perspective."

That's correct, folks, . . . Chris Matthews doesn't believe Osama Bin Laden and Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi are evil, . . . they just have a different perspective. I guess Ted Bundy had a different perspective too , . . . and Jeffrey Dahmer. And that German guy named Alolph, too!! Talk about different perspectives!! My Gawd!! It is exactly this line of thinking that has brought us to where we are today. When are these folks gonna get it?? For two decades, the U.S. government believed Islamic terrorists weren't evil, . . . they just had a different perspective.

So we ignored it. As a result of that lax policy, 3,000 people died on September 11, 2001. But, that's NOT to say that we brought it upon ourselves, . . . Oh, contrare!! But this is what liberals believe, . . . that everyone is basically good, and if that we only listen to what they have to say, we can understand their "different perspective."

This is why when it comes to national security, most Democrats are dangerous and must not be put into power. It's the reason why every American, living in a red state, needs to do his/her homework, when it comes to both state and national elections. It was easy to see Matthews was a Bush-hater just by watching his show, . . . but terrorists not evil?? Wake up America. There are people out there telling you that the media is fair and balanced, . . . that it's not just a slogan for FNC.

I wonder if he thought because he said it in Canada that nobody would pay any attention to it.

Well, . . . at least here at VRWC, it didn't work out that way.

God Bless,
Dan'L

X MARKS THE SPOT??

For some prankster at CNN, that would be the case!! Or, so it would seem, . . . Yet the CNN management folks, (apparently not technically aware enough to refute their own people), are ready to defend the action, . . .

Here's the situation: Vice President Dick Cheney has been speaking out against the critics of the war who have been pushing the 'Bush lied' nonsense for months now. As such, he has become public enemy #1 with the left and the mainstream media. So it comes as no surprise that CNN was caught doing one of the more bizarre things in recent journalistic history.

Yesterday morning, just after 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, CNN was airing Dick Cheney's speech live from the American Enterprise Institute. This is the speech where he said nice things about Congressman John Al-Murtha.

Anyway, during his remarks, a large, black X flashed directly over his face. You had to be paying close attention, because each time it flashed it was for less than a second. It was either Drudge or somebody that was watching who sent it to Drudge that caught it. So what gives, here??

For their part, CNN had this to say: "Upon seeing this unfortunate but very brief graphic, CNN senior management immediately investigated. We concluded this was a technological malfunction, not an issue of operator error. A portion of the switcher experienced a momentary glitch. We obviously regret that it happened and are working on the equipment to ensure it is not repeated."

Hmm, . . . very interesting. That's awfully convenient, . . . because the X is directly over Dick Cheney's face, . . . as if positioned there by some behind-the-scenes Bush-hater. But they'll get away with it. The mainstream media will let them off the hook, . . . and no further explanation will be required. Apparently the hatred the media has for the Bush administration knows no bounds, . . . even when it comes to airing their speeches.

Now, . . . does this remind you of anything?? Several years ago Good Morning America unveiled a new set. Hanging from the wall was a painting on wood planks of an American Flag. . . . Surprisingly, there was a huge "X" through the flag. Amazing. Almost immediately the Internet and talk shows were buzzing with comments, . . . and the X suddenly disappeared from the flag. Maybe whoever designed that flag is working for CNN now!!

Murtha Balks at Own Proposal

Late Friday night the House took a vote on Rep. John Murtha's proposal for an immediate withdrawal from Iraq.

The vote was 403-3 against, with Murtha among the 403. The only congressmen favoring Murtha's idea were three far-left Democrats: Cynthia McKinney of Georgia, Jose Serrano of New York and Robert Wexler of Florida. Six Dems voted "present": Michael Capuano (Mass.), William Clay (Mo.), Maurice Hinchey (N.Y.), Jim McDermott (Wash.), Jerrold Nadler (N.Y.) and Major Owens (N.Y.).

Some Republicans have labeled Murtha a "coward," which strikes us as unduly personal. But he does seem to lack the courage of his convictions.

Here's what our enemy has to say, direct from the al Jazeera website:

Democrat calls for immediate withdrawal from Iraq

11/17/2005 8:00:00 PM GMT

Rep. John Murtha, an influential House Democrat who once voted for invading Iraq called Thursday for immediately pulling out American troops from the country, a move described by analysts as another sign of growing unease in Congress about the war.

"It is time for a change in direction," Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., one of Congress' most hawkish Democrats said, adding that the U.S. Army "is suffering, the future of our country is at risk. We cannot continue on the present course. It is evident that continued military action in Iraq is not in the best interests of the United States of America, the
Iraqi people or the Persian Gulf region."

His remarks came two days after the Senate voted to approve a statement that 2006 "should be a period of significant transition to full Iraqi sovereignty" and eventually a phased withdrawal of U.S. forces, reported The Associated Press.

Chocking (sp) back tears while speaking to journalists, Murtha, a Marine intelligence officer in Vietnam, said that the U.S. can withdraw all its troops within six months.

On the other hand, House Republicans responded to Murtha's remarks, accusing Democrats of playing politics with the war. "They want us to retreat. They want us to wave the white flag of surrender to the terrorists of the world," Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., said in a statement."Big Mistake"

The former U.S. President Bill Clinton blasted President George W. Bush over Iraq war, calling it a "big mistake".

Speaking to students at the American University in Dubai, Mr. Clinton said that Bush’s admin has failed to plan for post-war Iraq.

However the former President hailed the toppling of Saddam Hussein, saying it’s good he is gone, although he doesn't agree with what was done.

"Saddam is gone. It's a good thing, but I don't agree with what was done, " he said.

U.S. officials made several errors; Mr. Clinton said, accusing Washington of failing to secure Iraq’s borders, allowing fighters’ infiltration into the war-raged country, something Bush’s admin blamed Syria and Iran for.

"It was a big mistake. The American government made several errors ... one of which is how easy it would be to get rid of Saddam and how hard it would be to unite the country."

"The mistake that they made is that when they kicked out Saddam, they decided to
dismantle the whole authority structure of Iraq ... We never sent enough troops and didn't have enough troops to control or seal the borders," Mr. Clinton said.

It would have been better if the U.S. had left Iraq's "fundamental military and social and police structure intact," he noted.

The current U.S. President George W. Bush has been trying recently to revive the public's fading support to his unjustified decision to invade Iraq, saying that many
current critics warned that Saddam was a threat before the war started.

Yesterday, during a Pentagon news conference, Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld claimed that Mr. Clinton warned during his rule that Saddam posed a great threat to the United States and its allies.

Rumsfeld's remarks came in response to the Democratic Party criticism over Iraq
war.

According to results of recently conducted opinion polls, Bush's approval ratings, and support for Iraq war, have fallen to the lowest points of his presidency.

• Cheney attacks war critics

Yesterday, the U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney attacked Democrat war critics who recently accused Bush’s admin of cooking up intelligence in the run-up to the Iraq war, saying they’re spreading "one of the most dishonest and reprehensible charges ever
aired" in Washington, according to Los Angeles Times.

"The saddest part is that our people in uniform have been subjected to these cynical and pernicious falsehoods day in and day out," Cheney said in a speech in ashington
to a conservative think tank.

"American soldiers and Marines are out there every day in dangerous conditions and desert temperatures … and back home a few opportunists are suggesting they were sent into battle for a lie," he added."What we are hearing now is some politicians contradicting their own statements and making a play for political advantage in the middle of a war," the vice president told the Frontiers of Freedom Institute.

But the Democrats quickly responded.

Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) said that "It is hard to name a government official with less credibility on Iraq than Vice President Cheney. The vice president continues to mislead America about how we got into Iraq and what must be done to complete the still unaccomplished mission."

Also Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) criticised the Vice President’s remarks, saying that in "the last 24 hours, 10 of our brave soldiers have been killed in far-off Iraq. On such a night, you would think Cheney would give a speech that honors the fallen and those still fighting by laying out a strategy for success. Instead we have the vice president of the United States playing politics like he's in the middle of a presidential campaign."

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Notice how they failed to carry the story, from a factual perspective, and left out any/all mention of the vote? Can you tell whose side they're on??

God Bless,
Dan'L