smashitdead:

#OCCUPYWALLST

#OCCUPYBOSTON

Bostonians- Fight for your rights and your future STARTING TONIGHT. Dewey Square, 6PM.

somepolitics:

Bill Watterson truly understood our education system. 

randomactsofchaos:

Matt Wuerker/Daily Kos

Teacher Win.

pantslessprogressive:

Philippines. August 25. Youths were sprayed with a water cannon as they protested Thursday in Quezon, Philippines, against proposed National Expenditure Program, a program that would decrease subsidies at state universities and colleges by more than $12 million.

[Photos: Noel Celis/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images]

carpediem419:

Obama donated all of his $1.4  million dollar prize money from the Nobel Peace Prize he was awarded this way: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/12/us/12nobel.html

Obama visited more countries and met with more world leaders than any president in his first six months in office.

Ordered the military operation that killed Osama Bin Laden

 Saved Wall Street

Economic stimulus plan has created jobs. (Unemployment rate decreasing)

Improved relations with Iran, Russia, Islamic World.

The FDA is now regulating tobacco

Ended the previous stop-loss policy that kept soldiers in Iraq/Afghanistan longer than their enlistment date.

The missile defense program is being cut by $1.4 billion in 2010

Successful release of US captain held by Somali pirates; authorized the SEALS to do their job

Students struggling to make college loan payments can have their loans refinanced

 Returned money authorized for refurbishment of White House offices and private living quarters that Bush had already planned out (4 billion dollar unnecessary renovations).

Provided attractive tax write-offs for those who buy hybrid automobiles.

 Removed restrictions on embryonic stem-cell research (improving the odds to cure cancer)

Provided tax credit to workers thus cutting taxes for 95% of America’s working families.

Negotiated deal with Swiss banks to permit US government to gain access to records of tax evaders and criminals (identity theft, fraud).

New federal funding for science and research labs

Signed the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act, the first piece of comprehensive legislation aimed at improving the lives of Americans living with paralysis

 Lower drug costs for seniors

Making more loans available to small businesses

Children’s Health Insurance Reauthorization Act on February 4, 2009, provides quality health care to 11 million kids – 4 million who were previously uninsured.

Protected 300,000 education jobs, such as teachers, principals, librarians, and counselors through the Recovery Act that would have otherwise been lost.

Limited salaries of senior White House aides; cut to $100,000

Increasing pay and benefits for military personnel

 Increasing student loans

 Improving benefits for veterans

Launched Business.gov – enabling conversation and online collaboration between small business owners, government representatives and industry experts in discussion forums relevant to starting and managing a business. Great for the economy.

Provided the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) with more than $1.4 billion to improve services to America’s Veterans.

Launched Recovery.gov to track spending from the Recovery Act, an unprecedented step to provide transparency and accountability through technology.

 Ended previous policy on torture; the US now has a no torture policy and is in compliance with the Geneva Convention standards

Ended previous policy of offering tax benefits to corporations who outsource American jobs; the new policy is to promote in-sourcing to bring jobs back

Better body armor is now being provided to our troops

Has made education a national priority by putting emphasis and money behind new ideas like charter schools, but speaking directly to school children in telling them they have to do their part.

Has made the environment a national priority, and a primary source for job creation

Signed order to close the prisoner “torture camp” at Guantanamo Bay

So, actually, he’s done awesome things. For all of you stuck in the Bush era, we’re slowly climbing out of that 8 year hole. International relations, war on terrorism, healthcare, the environment, education, military regulation, national economy, government incentives, and so much more are being equalized. Thank you Obama, for keeping us alive and building us even higher than we were with W.

iamnot-myown:

Dear Mr. President,

I am a pre-service teacher.
This means that in a few years, I’ll be either working as a teacher or trying to find work as a teacher.

However, recently I have had some problems with this. I’m not going to have freedom to teach the way I want. I will be forced to teach to a…

Please go read all of this.