In the wake of Georgia and Oklahoma’s announcements that they will not be adopting the new Common Core program, Georgia’s governor and superintendent explained why they turned it down. And it wasn’t for political reasons. National Journal reports: Georgia and Oklahoma have decided not to adopt the standardized tests created through a consortium of states …
Common Core Too Expensive for Some States to ImplementRead More »
As PFoL continues to grow, we are also growing our staff. We recently added managing editor Anna Morris as well as Chief Strategist Jacob Perry. Matthew Hockman (aka Matthops82 on Twitter) has built quite the following for himself on Twitter and his project, Embrace The Cause. The staff here at Pocket Full Of Liberty loved …
The PFoL Staff Has Grown: Welcome Matthew Hockman!Read More »
Representative Justin Amash wanted to end the NSA’s data collection program. Basically, the NSA collects billions of phone records and houses them, sorting through the data and writing algorithms that look for particular patterns. These patterns apparently allow the NSA to detect when terrorists are communicating with each other. The problem is, it’s a sweeping program that …
217 Democrats and Republicans: “We Love NSA Data Collection!”Read More »
This law, the implementation and this administration continues to be a joke day after day. This is would be funny were it not so sad: Earlier this year, Contra Costa County won the right to run a health care call center, where workers will answer questions to help implement the president’s Affordable Care Act. Area …
Forward! 50% Of ACA Call Center Jobs Will Be Part TimeRead More »
Earlier Anna Morris took the view it is fair to mandate kids be vaccinated. While I certainly agree with Beth S that not vaccinating one’s child is harmful (my son has all his vaccines), I have to disagree with Anna’s view on mandatory vaccinations. Vaccine opt outs in public schools should remain in place. It is not the …
Opting Out Of Vaccines Should Be An Option For ParentsRead More »
The memorial to Martin Luther King Jr. in Washington D.C. includes the following quote on its side: “I was a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness.” However, many people weren’t pleased with how the longer quote was paraphrased. ABC News reports: Originally, King was quoted as saying something much less succinct: “If you want to …
MLK Memorial in DC Under Renovation to Scratch Out Controversial QuoteRead More »
Earlier this week, Beth wrote a post discussing the dangers posed by Vaccine Truthers who spread false scientific information about the “harmful” effects of vaccines. While most reaction to the article was positive, several people voiced concerns about the issues of freedom of speech and religion that are involved in the vaccine debate. Some have said …
No Opt Out – Kids Should Be Vaccinated If Attending Public SchoolsRead More »
Every day it seems there is a new poll being released touting the unpopularity of Congress. Much of the talk is aimed at the GOP controlled House of Representatives because they’re “intransigent” and “extreme” and “do nothings.” The cable networks, particularly MSNBC will spend in ordinate amounts of time discussing it, using it as a …
Generic Congressional Polls – See How Pointless In One ChartRead More »
This is part 3 of a 9 part series by the entire staff of Pocket Full Of Liberty regarding the failures of President Obama during his time in office. – The problem with left wing policies in general is that they always view the world the way they think it should be, and never for how it really …
President Obama’s Failures: Healthcare – Part 3 of 9Read More »
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