I can go in depth on this subject (and actually do http://upfordebate.us/story.php?title=time-to-end-the-department-of-education if you are interested.)

The students may wish for more funding, but do they stop and ask where that funding comes from?

We have turned into an entitlement society, caring not that government does not create wealth but only takes it.

The more money government throws into the Department of Education, the higher prices for Education will rise. this includes student loans and subsides.

I can go in depth on this subject (and actually do http://upfordebate.us/story.php?title=time-to-end-the-department-of-education if you are interested.)

The students may wish for more funding, but do they stop and ask where that funding comes from?

We have turned into an entitlement society, caring not that government does not create wealth but only takes it.

The more money government throws into the Department of Education, the higher prices for Education will rise. this includes student loans and subsides.

And it does appear there is a recall process for elected officials, unfortunately, I can’t get the that info right now (the site for the AR state code is currently down).

Mr. Howard told me they oppose such behavior from elected officials, but he reminded me that this was “a backwater town in rural Arkansas — not the big city.”

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/10/27/arkansas.anti.gay.bullying/index.html?hpt=C1

Hopefully guys like McCance are on the way out. Unfortunately, I think that far to many school administrators have had the “gays deserve what they get” mentality for too long, which has contributed significantly to the current problems.

However, Thompson’s comment is revealing as well:

the department (state DOE) is “dismayed to see that a school board official would post something of this insensitive nature on a public forum like Facebook.”

Note, she isn’t condemning what he said, just that he said it publically. At least she did say it was “insensitve.” Although, this quote may be out of context (couldn’t find the original release), and there is a more strongly worded statement from the DOE here:

http://www.arkansas.gov/search/gsearch.php?profile=google-ade&cache=twtaSi7CVxIJ:http://www.arkansased.org/about/pdf/releases/midland_response_release_102710.pdf&words=McCance

(if the link doesn’t work go to http://arkansased.org/ and search on “McCance” it is the Oct. 27th statement) the 1st paragraph reads:

I strongly condemn the statements that appeared on Mr. Clint McCance’s Facebook page. These comments in no way represent the viewpoints of the thousands of dedicated public school board members, administrators, faculty, staff and students in Arkansas

I wonder if AR allows for recall votes of public officials. Anyone from the Midland AR district willing to start the process?