Hillary's Gift to Us

[NewHampster]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzBvQ9EeF3k

Just went up on youtube

[progressivebydesign]

1. ah! Totally sweet! Thanks for making my day!

Her media staff is really awesome!

[hfojvt]

2. she's dropping out of the race??!!!?

:woohoo: there is a Santa Claus!!! :woohoo:

[ronnykmarshall]

4. Want some cake?

[NewHampster]

7. lol

:)

[durrrty libby]

11. Yes, she will drop out after she is sworn in. Madam President

:party: :toast: :hi: :woohoo: :applause:

[NewHampster]

12. Yes ma'am

:toast:

[Stop Cornyn]

18. lol!

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[FREEWILL56]

39. I guess she lost the one that had

Drivers Licenses for unlawful immigrants on it? Don't forget that bring em home isn't this Christmas and wouldn't even be during the next presidential term if it were her as president. Way to go sHILLARY.

[lvx35]

3. Awesome! All I want is right there. Kick ass! nt

[maddiejoan]

5. That was very charming :)

made me grin

[Rock_Garden]

6. K&R! Classy and sassy.

[undeterred]

8. I have no idea what Universal pre-K is.

[NewHampster]

10. Pre Kindergarten

[undeterred]

15. And what does that mean?

And why should it be important to me?

[NewHampster]

17. some people think all kids should go to pre-school

so we can compete better with other countries. We called it nursery school.

Personally I think it's gotten out of hand and soon we'll be taking kids away once they're weened.

I've also been called sexist once in awhile and I don't understand that issue anyway.

I did find this on the website if you really care.

Increasing access to high-quality early education and helping to create Early Head Start.

[havocmom]

19. Done right, pre-school helps get kids ready for school, which helps

Sadly, we since we don't do school right anymore, in reality, it is just help with childcare so parents with young kids don't miss as much work and their bosses make more $$

Yeah, I AM that cynical, AND I have done some gigs with pre-school.

[NewHampster]

21. But what helps them get ready for pre-school

seriously?

[undeterred]

27. Honestly, I think this as would go right by most people.

I don't have children, so this isn't something I would know about or think about and the term pre-K would go right over my head. I'd think I was getting a Kmart gift card for Christmas. :shrug:

[havocmom]

29. They get some practice at classroom settings, activities, moving in line and such

Plus, there usually is someone reading to them, which, sadly, too many have never experienced.

They get activities that help them with fine motor skills, listening and following instructions, writing, color/shape recognition and so on.

It is sad how many kids get nada from parents who then expect miracles from the schools. My cousin taught jr hi kids for years in an inner-city. very poor and violent school. Moved to CA & taught special ed for really disturbed kids for several years. She needed a break & signed on for kindergarten in a fairly comfy middle class area. First week, she cried EVERY night. Most of the kids did not know colors, had NO idea that written symbols (letters of the alphabet) had any meaning as sounds/language, only one could write his name, none had any idea about listening and following any instruction. She said it was like the parents all kept the kids in a closet until they were 5 and could go to school.

THAT is what pre-school helps avoid. Then, when they start school, teachers should actually be able to teach.

Sadly, teachers have too many other things to do to meet all the administrative layers piled on them now. And too many parents/communities expect teachers to do with a room full of unsocialized children what parents wouldn't do when the kids were not in school yet.

So, pre-school is a bit too much of just helping with child care instead of really living up to its potential of getting the kids REALLY comfortable with classroom life and inspiring them to enjoy school.

The concept and aim is great. Sadly, most places only pretend to really care about education in K-12. As a society, our walk does not come close to our talk re educating children.

But, kids in a classroom make it easier to keep mom and dad at work, being basic wage slaves to an exploitive system, that again, does not give a shit about kids and family, despite all the hype about values.

OK, I'm coming off the soapbox now.

[NewHampster]

30. Thanks for the insight

much appreciated and now I know where I screwed up. In my nursery school all we did was finger paints all day.

[durrrty libby]

9. Thanks NH. She totally rocks.

:yourock: :woohoo: :applause: :woohoo:

[ElizabethDC]

13. That's great! I love it! Thanks for posting it, NewHampster

You're always on top of things!

[Annces]

14. You can't call that Republican lite

She is for the people there.

[Yuugal]

16. Mike Gravel: Hillary Clinton is Propaganda

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9iYSdmRbpQ&NR=1

I get the feeling they are not exchanging xmas cards this year.

[NewHampster]

20. Mike Gravel reminds me of Denny Crane

[durrrty libby]

22. The cranky old man is just jealous and probably a little demented

[TheWatcher]

38. It isn't surprising to me in the least that you don't have the capacity

To even grasp a message like his.

You can't debate it, refute it, or tell us why it's wrong.

All you can do is throw sand around the sandbox.

I would call you the Andy Dick of liberalism, but compared to you, he's almost tolerable.

[NewHampster]

43. well put

[Pastiche423]

23. He speaks the truth

i :loveya: Senator Gravel!

[TheWatcher]

24. Why Are You Disturbing Pleasantville?

[Pastiche423]

25. I'm just a truthiness kind of gal

[TheWatcher]

37. Definitely My Kind Of Gal.

:hi:

[rAVES]

26. Universial health care? really?

[NewHampster]

31. Really

[eridani]

34. Mandatory insurance is worse than no insurance at all for the near poor

Massachussetts is a disaster that she wants to inflict on the whole country.

[dysfunctional press]

32. hillary's translation: make health insurance mandatory, and you have universal healthcare...

case closed.

she's too beholden to her corporate masters to consider taking the insurance companies out of the equation.

[mtnsnake]

28. Dam she's pretty

ooh la la

[NewHampster]

33. Watch it. That's your future commander in chief

:kick:

[Hoof Hearted]

35. That was really cute! Love it! n/t

[Marr]

36. Ha- yeah, sure. And if you buy that, I've got a bridge you should be interested in.

Voting for the Kyle-Lieberman bill doesn't inspire alot of confidence as far as "bringing the troops home" goes, and her idea of "universal healthcare" is mandating you hand money to the insurance industry. That will be a disaster.

[Hekate]

40. Thanks for sharing that. It's very nicely done. --And "pre-K" is very clear to parents...

Public school education is called K - 12, for Kindergarten through 12th grade. That's what the K is for.

I think most moms are now working outside the home, and preschool/daycare is unbelievably expensive. Preschool/daycare quality is also extremely uneven.

LBJ's Head-Start program for the poor was actually very good -- and from what I understand, it works very well to this day IF FULLY FUNDED. The key is the feds have to be willing to actually spend money; it can't be another unfunded mandate.

I'm in favor of universally-available pre-K, because it would elevate the standards for preschool and make those standards uniform. All children would benefit. Making it part of free public education would benefit budget-stressed parents as well.

I'm appalled at the number of parents who fail to read to their preschoolers. I was exhausted from trying to earn a living back when, but I still made time to read to my kids. Now that I have a 3 year old grandson I read to him when he comes to visit -- and have been doing so since he could sit up in my lap. But not everyone knows to do this...

Hekate

[William769]

41. Thanks.

[NewHampster]

42. any time Will

[Whisp]

44. I found it stilted and ill rehearsed.

I didn't see a person at all, just an actor. a bad one.
in lots of things besides that ad.