Michelle Obama believes the "Underground Railroad" was a train??? You MUST be kidding me!!!

I'm not surprised because many en-educated blacks who can't read believe that Martin Luther King was a democrat and the NAACP was created by democrats. The truth is MLK was a registered republicans like many blacks in the south before the democrats created the KKK. NAACP was created by the republicans on Lincoln's 100th birthday to counter the KKK and give blacks a voice. Very sad that it has now be taken over by radical, liberal racist.

have to go with this guy. It is unfounded criticism. People speak metaphorically all the time.

did the underground railroad go through all 57 states ???

My God, life must be difficult for you.

You are a gem of knowledge in a sea of stupid.

Keep it up bro.

My God, life must be difficult for you.

You are a gem of knowledge in a sea of stupid.

Keep it up bro.

HE is right! Speaking without knowledge calling someone else stupid is the epitome of arrogance and condescension. You should be embarrassed!

I know the history of the democrat party do you? If not here's a link for your brain.

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I'm not surprised because many en-educated blacks who can't read believe that Martin Luther King was a democrat and the NAACP was created by democrats. The truth is MLK was a registered republicans like many blacks in the south before the democrats created the KKK. NAACP was created by the republicans on Lincoln's 100th birthday to counter the KKK and give blacks a voice. Very sad that it has now been taken over by the radical left and liberal racist.

I'm not surprised because many en-educated blacks who can't read believe that Martin Luther King was a democrat and the NAACP was created by democrats. The truth is MLK was a registered republicans like many blacks in the south before the democrats created the KKK. NAACP was created by the republicans on Lincoln's 100th birthday to counter the KKK and give blacks a voice. Very sad that it has now been taken over by the radical left and liberal racist.

Dude, I'm on your side. I'm saying the crap you must have to put up with by knowing the truth in a culture of idiots must be a hell of a burden.

Keep up the good work!

AND...Ronald Reagan is the one that made MLK Jr.'s birthday a National Holiday. Hmmmmm...the twists and lies for the last 50+ years has worked for the Democrats wanting to rewrite history to make the uneducated educated on lies. Exactly what one of the 10 Planks of Communism was designed to do...destroy us from within.


10. Free education for all children in public schools.

This way the State can educate/warp the minds of the youth to believe and even demand communism.

Your right the democrats tried everything in the books to block that from becoming a national holiday..Along with RINO John McCain

My God, life must be difficult for you.

You are a gem of knowledge in a sea of stupid.

Keep it up bro.

Read my post again. I'm complimenting him.

If it was a true metaphor, I concede. But given the number of Obama history gaffes over the last 4+ years...it wasn't unwarranted not to bring this up.

Many risked everything to facilitate that underground railroad and massive numbers shed their blood to right the wrong of slavery's curse.

Is that you uncle ruckus?

Underground does not literally mean under the earth in this usage. I suppose the French underground fought exclusively in tunnels.

taut

I for one hope they uncover the Underground Train stations someday. That must have taken a lot of digging in secret.

Breaking: Op actually believes Michelle believes that the underground railroad was a train.

Op doesn't know about figures of speech and the use of metaphor.

Typical of a dumbass Republican who rejected education because "it's brainwashing."

Once again the ignorance of the history of our country comes from the lips of the Obamas. It's so embarrassing and pathetic.

"Now, back when our great-grandparents were riding that Underground Railroad..."


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May 11, 2009 855 a.m. PT
Obama wants to see 5,000 failing schools close

By LIBBy QUAID
AP EDUCATION WRITER

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama wants to see 5,000 failing schools close and reopen with new principals and teachers over the next five years.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan says kids have only one shot at a good education. He said Monday that chronically underperforming schools need a new start.

Obama doesn't have authority to close schools himself. That power rests with local school districts and states.

Duncan said the idea is to be "more targeted and more strategic."

"We really want to put a laser-like focus on those schools that have historically under-performed," Duncan said in an interview with The Associated Press.

The administration's goal is for the lowest-performing 1,000 schools - about 1 percent of schools nationwide - to close and reopen each year for the next five years.

But the president will have unprecedented money to offer schools from a federal school-turnaround fund. And states have an incentive to act in the federal economic stimulus law, because they must help failing schools improve to be eligible for the dollars.

Combined with the budget plan released last week, Obama could have as much as $5 billion to facilitate school turnarounds, which could translate to $1 million for every school that is closed and reopened.

The federal school turnaround program gets about $500 million a year, and the stimulus legislation boosted funding to $3.5 billion. Obama's budget would add another $1.5 billion by shifting dollars away from traditional formula programs.

The plan for failing schools is part of an effort to fundamentally change perceptions about what works in education.

The president has already channeled an unprecedented amount into the traditional formula-driven infrastructure that funds elementary, middle and high schools in his economic stimulus law.

But Obama also plans big boosts for newer and, some argue, untested ideas, plowing more money into school-turnaround programs as well as merit pay for teachers.

"Here's a chance to do something dramatically different," Duncan told the AP. "I don't want to lose that opportunity."

(This version CORRECTS to $1 million for every school, not $1 billion.) )