March 2011
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WatchHand in Hand from TX to WI
WatchThis Land is Our Land
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WatchStinker, stinker little star …
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WatchThe bunny falls down!
Full day of children’s museum (that makes the second this week) = total exhaustion here. In other news, Charlie went “potty on potty” this morning. It was somewhat traumatic (trauma was abated, however, by a sticker on his Elmo Potty Chart and three M&Ms) and it was only once—but it’s a start. This weekend we begin Operation Diaper Phase Out which includes us...
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“That’s Doc, right here in my hand, Mommy.”
– Charlie, explaining the cast of Cars generally and Paul Newman’s character specifically to me.
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WatchBaby.Eats.SweetPotatoes.Enthusiastically. (Since it’s next to impossible for him to get to the rally in Wisconsin tonight.)
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“Closing the gender wage gap would go far towards helping to restore the American...”
– Dr. Robert Drago, research director for the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, summarizing the results of a new report and as quoted in Ms.
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Video: 2nd Grade Teacher Gail Bertram →
I’m having difficulty embedding the video wherein my kickass little sis gives the governor of Wisconsin what for, but you can watch the news clip via this link. As a public school teacher and union leader, Gail was asked by her state legislator to speak at a press conference on the detrimental effects of the bill, which seeks to eliminate public workers’ rights to collective...
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Teacher's Passion for Teaching Enough if Repair... →
Critics of the repair bill say if it passes, the effects will spread far beyond “Economics”. State Representatives Gordon Hintz (D) Oshkosh and Penny Bernard- Schaber (D) Appleton, said in a meeting Wednesday in Green Bay, they fear if the bill passes it will discourage future employees from working for the state.
Second grade teacher, Gail Bertram says she didn’t become...
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WatchGo! Gail! Go! On, Wisconsin!
Here’s my awesome sis, union spokeswoman and Wisconsin public school teacher, Gail Bertram, along with my brand new baby nephew, giving the governor what for. So proud! On, Wisconsin!
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Mrs. Bush, Abstinence and Texas →
Today, let’s discuss choices, starting with Barbara Bush raising an alarm and Gov. Rick Perry’s personal experience with sexual abstinence.
I did throw in the last one to keep you interested. Sue me.
This month, The Houston Chronicle published an opinion piece by the former first lady titled “We Can’t Afford to Cut Education,” in which Mrs. Bush pointed out that students in Texas currently...
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“I like that white house. I want to lib in it. Let’s knock knock on it and...”
– Charlie, about one of the big houses on Belvin we pass to pick up Sadie
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WatchSuper Heroes to the Rescue
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WatchSadie tells us the story of Principal LaBuhn kissing the pig.
