significant reduction in the american standard of living. their words, not mine. but when you break it down, the reality gets even more troubling. during the recession, the average income slipped by about 3%. but after the recession when the economy was supposed to be picking up, take a look. the average income dropped by nearly 7%, down to $49,909. incomes fell more after the recession ended than they did during the actual recession. as the senate begins debating president obama s jobs bill, perhaps this explains why so many people are angry. and also explains, in part, why occupy wall street has become a nationwide movement in its fourth week. the protests have now spread far beyond wall street to more than two dozen cities. like it or not, it is a voice the president, lawmakers and the gop presidential candidates can no longer ignore. i don t know where it s going to go but they need to go away, because in my opinion, they re focusing on the wrong thing. seems to me t
another straw poll victory. the president the republican presidential candidate finished first at the conservative values voter summit this weekend winning 37% of the straw poll vote. herman cain came in second with 23% and rick santorum finished third with 16%. herman cain said the bad economy is having a greater impact on african-americans but the gop candidate says racism is not the reason why. i don t believe racism in this country today holds anybody back in a big way. is there some are there some elements of racism? yes. it gets back to if we don t grow this economy, that is a ripple effect for every economic level and because blacks are more disproportionately unemployed they get hit the worse when economic policies don t work. that s where it starts. grow this economy and it s going to help everybody to get jobs and get back into the work force. cain and his rival republican candidate hold a debate at dar mouth college in new hampshire on tuesday. the voices
learn more, and then the bullying might happen, and that might stifle some kids. how do we work with that? well, you know, it s all a question of diversity. and making kids used to dealing with diverse and diverse environments where there are many disciplines going on. so ari, i think it s not just about mixing kids of different ages, but i think it s about mixing kids with different interests, different expertise. we don t want to segregate kids into those who like music and those who like engineering and those who like art. i think it s even more important to bring together kids with varying deferent interest, certainly with different backgrounds, and of different ages. but i think the bullying problem is not going to be solved by segregating kids into different age groups. i think we have a fundamental society problem of respect for the individual. and you re arguing the way you break that is by hyperexposure to variable people at an early age, not through protecting that exposu
as we poll our own mess they say it s persuasive, whether you re in the city or country, rural, small, large, it s everywhere. what they say to us is they have a real need for additional training. the other thing we do is we ve developed curriculum, anti-bullying curriculum that is age appropriate for the elementary but most of all what we do is work with all of the adults in school. and we want someone to be that caring adult in every school, someone that a student can turn to and be listened to and provide assistance. we just have to stop, prevent and fix this bullying problem. i think for a lot of people watching this right now one of the most shocking things about a lot of these incidents is how many of the students and the teachers either didn t get involved or didn t know that it was happening or just dismissed it as, okay, kids are just going to be kids. the nea has since done a study about this issue and things have changed. we want to show everybody. bullying pervasive in sc
make generalizations. this whole bullying problem is sad proof that words can do unspeakable permanent damage to kids who are not brainwashed or making a choice, but struggling to figure out who the heck they are. it s why i hope more brave leaders, whether straight or gay, will come forward and speak out against anti-gay bullying and homophobia, leaders like counselenman joel burns of forth worth. he s gay, sincere and he s been there. kids bullied him when he was a teen, something so traumatic, that he never told anyone until a public council meeting. i ve never told this story to anyone before tonight. not my family, not my loved ones, not anyone, but the numerous sue sides in recent days have upset me so much, and just tore at my heart. even now there may be some political repercussions to