Lehigh Valley Conservative

Justice Hugo Black commented in a footnote: “Among religions in this country which do not teach what would generally be considered a belief in the existence of God are Buddhism, taoism, Ethical Culture Secular Humanism, and others.”
It can not be deigned that prayer, God and any reference to the Christian Religion has been taken out […]

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An excerpt from an article from Michelle Malkin’s website.
“Yesterday, I published a letter of support for GOP Gov. Scott Walker from a public school teacher in Tennessee.

Another teacher e-mailed me her letter of support from California:
Dear Gov. Walker:
I am so sorry you are getting pounded by those teachers, students and Unions. As a […]

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 A religious weapon:   
This “religious knife” is allowed in a Michigan school! Sounds like political correctness carried a bit too far. Wanna bet the libs running the school had something to do with this? I wonder if they would let me carry my Glock to school. It has a crucifix carved into the grips. It’s […]

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An article in Newsmax from George Will .
“Our 15-year-olds ranked 23rd in math and 25th in science in 2006.  Seventy five percent of young Americans would be unable to enlist in the military for reasons physical (usually obesity), moral (criminal records) or academic (no high school diploma).”
Another quote:
“What America needs, says one American […]

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We all take a financial hit when the markets correct. In the same way, the public schools will take a hit in an effort to correct the years of overspending and getting too politically correct in the way the schools are run and especially the materials that are taught. The school union leaders who really […]

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Growing up as a teenager in the Lehigh Valley, we had to learn how to read, write and do math as a matter of surviving in the economy and the job market. We were not given handouts and we didn’t protest because we had to work to survive. In the 60’s, Jack Kennedy gave a […]

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Over the years we have become more and more dependent on government for everything from paying our utility bills, housing payments, food, health care, retirement income and even with our car payments. Is this the purpose of government? Should we take care of ourselves or should that be the responsibility of government? The left in […]

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As in most all government involvement in our lives, higher education is becoming one big failure. We as a Nation, are falling behind the third world countries in education mostly because of government involvement. That would be the preferential treatment and funding of minorities who have a poor basic education but are pushed ahead to […]

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Even Obama admits the government schools can’t give his daughters the education he wants them to have, so he sends them to a private school called Sidwell Friends. What about the millions of other children stuck in the schools he calls “struggling“? They are more than struggling Mr. President, they are failing our children! Why […]

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While we, as a nation, become more and more illiterate, Other countries are becoming better educated than we were 30 years ago. We all know what the statistics are. We are becoming bottom feeders! Listen to our music–rap for example, then look at our dropout rate, especially in the inner city “black” schools. Look at […]

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