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Oh, I won't deny that you posted.

But there's quite a few that do believe government can be run like a business, or that running a business qualifies one to superlatively lead in public sector governance.

Obviously, Jimbo would have to clarify his position for us to know.

I think that there are elements of running a business that cross over very well into governance. It's not a binary choice, but rather one of picking and choosing what you bring to the table.
 
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OMG can you imagine Ruth Bader Ginsburg in a wet t-shirt?

Geezus, why did I just post that? I can't get the image from my mind now. Dammit where the hell is the Clorox bottle?

My job here is done...
 
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Ah, so make the recommendation to President Trump that his kid's private school accept dirt poor children, with vouchers paying for it. Let me know what he says.

It's not up to President Trump to make recommendations where your children go to school. That would be you. As it stands now, only the well off can even consider other choices. Vouchers at least somewhat level the playing field.

Like any other commodity or service, there will always be differences in quality, perceived or real.
 
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Vouchers at least partially narrows the gap. Why is that a bad thing?
It's a 2 part problem for Democrats and Trump haters...

1) Poor people need to know their place and shouldn't socialize with families with better backgrounds.

2) The idea of vouchers is being proposed by the Trump administration and therefore it's a bad idea.
 
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unfortunatlie u dont no federal law :(

no you don't and again you should probably get a new lawyer.
 
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It's not up to President Trump to make recommendations where your children go to school. That would be you. As it stands now, only the well off can even consider other choices. Vouchers at least somewhat level the playing field.

Like any other commodity or service, there will always be differences in quality, perceived or real.

Why should the poor go to an elite expensive private school? It isn't a Constitutional right.
 
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It's a 2 part problem for Democrats and Trump haters...

1) Poor people need to know their place and shouldn't socialize with families with better backgrounds.

2) The idea of vouchers is being proposed by the Trump administration and therefore it's a bad idea.

The Trump administration is proposing vouchers for the elite, expensive, private schools? Like the one his child attends, is that right?
 
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It's a 2 part problem for Democrats and Trump haters...

1) Poor people need to know their place and shouldn't socialize with families with better backgrounds.

2) The idea of vouchers is being proposed by the Trump administration and therefore it's a bad idea.

The voucher idea has been around long before Trump, and I doubt your first point is accurate.

IMO the only reason for disliking vouchers is the education unions. They are correct. It would result in a fundamental change in the education system and the public school system would either come up to its potential or it would be gone and their jobs along with it.
 
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Why should the poor go to an elite expensive private school? It isn't a Constitutional right.

I never said the poor should go to an elite expensive private school. That's not my choice to make. I said that vouchers would at least allow poor parents to make choices.

Education is not a Constitutional right.
 
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The Trump administration is proposing vouchers for the elite, expensive, private schools? Like the one his child attends, is that right?

Perhaps you should at least try to educate yourself on the issue before reflexively hating everything.
The Florida program, created by the Legislature in 2001, has been popular. In the 2015-2016 school year, 92,000 students received scholarships, a 17 percent increase from the year before. The state's scholarship organization, Step Up for Students, announced that the recipients were overwhelmingly African-American and Hispanic, with incomes just above the poverty line.

AFC awarded high marks to Florida's program for its broad eligibility, reaching families with incomes of up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level; for the generosity of the tax break to donors, a dollar-for-dollar match with a cap that increases automatically each year; and for the large size of scholarships, nearly $6,000.

However, not everyone is a fan. The Florida Education Association, a statewide teachers union, sued to challenge the program in cooperation with the NAACP, the League of Women Voters and other groups. The suit was dismissed in the lower courts, which said the union and the other parties did not have standing to challenge it. This month, the Florida Supreme Court declined to hear the case.
I swear if Trump were to say "people should drink more water" some people would dehydrate themselves out of spite...

The scholarship can go anywhere. I don't know why you keep referencing the school that Barron attends. Were you among the people who thought it was ok to attack Barron because he's Trump's son?
 
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The Trump administration is proposing vouchers for the elite, expensive, private schools? Like the one his child attends, is that right?

No Tres, President Trump is not proposing anything of the sort. Where did you hear that?
 
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The voucher idea has been around long before Trump, and I doubt your first point is accurate.

IMO the only reason for disliking vouchers is the education unions. They are correct. It would result in a fundamental change in the education system and the public school system would either come up to its potential or it would be gone and their jobs along with it.

I don't believe in point 1 at all. That's the thought process coming from Trump haters, who have made it very clear that poor children don't deserve to be in the presence of wealthy children.
 
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I think that there are elements of running a business that cross over very well into governance. It's not a binary choice, but rather one of picking and choosing what you bring to the table.
Yes, those are good points I think.

It still leaves us short of Trump having the full skillset though, because I don't believe he has the personality and demeanor to govern, nor can he seemingly accept responsibility for his shortcomings, to say nothing of uniting the country or understanding the slim majority of the country that didn't want him in office.

But I do suspect some of his skills might be advantageous, such as when trying to build and develop the country's infrastructure. I'm actually anxious to see what he may do here!
 
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Yes, those are good points I think.

It still leaves us short of Trump having the full skillset though, because I don't believe he has the personality and demeanor to govern, nor can he seemingly accept responsibility for his shortcomings, to say nothing of uniting the country or understanding the slim majority of the country that didn't want him in office.

But I do suspect some of his skills might be advantageous, such as when trying to build and develop the country's infrastructure. I'm actually anxious to see what he may do here!

You can make those assessments after only ONE MONTH in office?? Gee, maybe you should actually give the President a chance before you condemn him...
 
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Just further proof that the left is made up of a large number of immature bullies.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4234424/Prep-school-cancels-skating-party-Trump-ice-rink.html

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What prevents these desperate housewives from setting down their wine glasses, giving the nanny a day off, and taking their own children to the venue? They should stop complaining and be parents.
 
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WTF does Anderson Cooper have to do with this? Why even bother mentioning him?

Probably because he is a whiny bitch.
 
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No Tres, President Trump is not proposing anything of the sort. Where did you hear that?

Then what are you posting about vouchers for?
 
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Perhaps you should at least try to educate yourself on the issue before reflexively hating everything.

I swear if Trump were to say "people should drink more water" some people would dehydrate themselves out of spite...

The scholarship can go anywhere. I don't know why you keep referencing the school that Barron attends. Were you among the people who thought it was ok to attack Barron because he's Trump's son?

I swear if Trump were to say the sun was rising in the west tomorrow, you would too.

If you want scholarships for poor people so badly, why don't you start one?

Who is attacking Barron? Nobody in this thread. Are all your posts this paranoid and filled with faux outrage?
 
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And poor parents who get a voucher now have CHOICE to send their kid to a high performing private school or homeschooling their child if they should so prefer. If you had been paying attention between Chomsky and I he emphasized how great it is that wealthy parents can CHOOSE to send their kids to a school that shares their values. Vouchers allow poor families the some options that wealthy families have always enjoyed.

I get that this is a discussion forum but you could at least see if your comments are relevant to the discussion taking place.
Damn, it's a shame I'm running out the door - this is a discussion worth some time.

Hey, I agree with you here, at least in principle.

But the problem may be the strings that are attached to those vouchers.

True story:

I went to a large private (Catholic) university. They were good in business, law, the liberal arts, and the more business oriented forms of computer science and information technology. But they were mediocre in the hard sciences, with a faculty that did not have the gravitas or stature of some of the other departments. And while being a really large, old, established university in one of the largest cities in the country - unlike other peer universities of equal stature they did not do any appreciable scientific research! That lack of researched jumped right-out to anyone that ever worked or studied seriously in the sciences.

I finally approached one of the senior high-ranking science faculty about this lack-of-research anomaly. Here's what he said:

They decided to forgo any federal research funding, because if they accept just one dollar of fed funding they'll be subject to a gazillion federal regulations. They did not want the feds telling them who to accept, they did not want to fill any quotas or any other standards, nor be told how to run the research they did. They believed in accepting a portion of students from underprivileged backgrounds, but preferred to make their decisions looking at the prospective students one-on-one basis, in a multidimensional holistic manner, rather than the more simplistic way the government mandates.

Accepting under-privileged research students under the gov's terms, was only one facet of government regulations they didn't want to have pushed down their throats. There were others, but I'm giving you a prominent example. Having attended this school, I saw the environment they fostered and I'm not sure I can argue against them. It was a great environment!

This was a long time ago, and maybe they eventually changed. But once you take government money, you open yourself up to a plethora of possible consequences.

TL;DR once you take gov money they control you
 
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You can make those assessments after only ONE MONTH in office?? Gee, maybe you should actually give the President a chance before you condemn him...
I watched for 18 mos, Faithful.

I saw more in one month from him, than I care to see in a lifetime.
 
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More proof as to who really pulls the race card. ^^^

That depends, if you have had 'racist' screamed at you by someone you don't know, and who doesn't know you.
 
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