McCarthy was elected to represent OUR interests, not the intrests of the NAACP or the interests of the United Auto Workers.....And he gets a pretty good grade from his constituents.

Well Ron, he gets a pass anyway.  I'd say a big part of that is because people don't pay attention to what he's really doing.

How about picking one, like education Ron, "McCarthy was elected to represent OUR interests"
Education
2007  In 2007 American Association of University Women gave Representative McCarthy a grade of 33.
2007  On the votes used to calculate its ratings, the Association For Supervision and Curriculum Development attaches more value to those votes it considers more important.
For 2007, the Association For Supervision and Curriculum Development gave Representative McCarthy a rating of 25 percent.
2007  Representative McCarthy supported the interests of the National Association for College Admission Counseling 12 percent in 2007.
2007  Representative McCarthy supported the interests of the National Association of Elementary School Principals 25 percent in 2007.
2007  In 2007 National Education Association gave Representative McCarthy a grade of F.
2007  Representative McCarthy supported the interests of the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) 0 percent in 2007.

McCarthy was elected to represent OUR interests, not the intrests of the NAACP

So he represents only white people?

Only those whites who aren't represented by unions.

Here we go again it seems...RF are you saying the NAACP only represents Black people?

Him receiving low marks from these "Education" groups, means high grades from me and the other voters of Kern.

You see unlike the Teachers Unions and these other groups, McCarthy and all of his supporters don't believe in just throwing away money every year at public schools for the sake of spending. These groups are mostly part of the problem and help the downward trend of our schools and our children. McCarthy and most voters want a better educational system and see how the Unions have manipulated not only the schools but also the teachers them selves. So when he fights against them of course you get these groups to give low ratings....Its nothing more than a sign of how bad things have got.

I'm sure all this groups give high praise to the hit adds the teachers union puts out and faculty association or whatever they are called (the ones I hear every morning against Gilmore) It makes me sick to think that they use our kids as a way to scare us into just throwing away more money. That all they need don't you know...that's all they ever need every year isn't it.

No the truth is that we need to take a hard look at the education of our kids and fix the system that keeps the schools poor. Union and the ideas of the above mentioned groups at center stage. I applaud Congressmen McCarthy for what he does and the poor marks that he reviewed from these so called "determiners of job performance" .

I'm saying that the NAACP exists primarily to support issues of concern to black people.  If McCarthy doesn't represent those issues, he doesn't represent black people.  But then, he *IS* from Kern County, and Kern County is America in the 50's.

The NAACP does not support black people, it supports liberals who say they want to help black people. What McCarthy opposes are groups that believe that the government should be in charge of every aspect of a person's life. It truly boggles my mind how democrats have managed to brainwash wash minorities into thinking that their government programs actually help them.

The Democratic Party has been notoriously racists through out its history, and have managed to pull the wool over the eyes of minority groups. Woodrow Wilson, was the most racist president we have ever had, and FDR was a huge racist too. Every government program aimed at helping minorities usually does the exact opposite.

I guess your point is spot on Random..."Kern County is America in the 50's."

Don't fund education, and black people don't deserve a hand up after decades of racist politics.

So just black people have experienced decades of racism, not the Chinese, not Jews, not Italians, not the Japanese? Wouldn't you agree that all of these groups were victims of racism, and continue to be victims of racism? Do all of these groups deserve a "hand up"?

And if you wouldn't mind, could you please explain how the government provides these hand ups? Is it though well fare, public eduction, rent control, etc....? Because none of these programs help anyone.

Funding education is not the issue, it is the allocation of these funds. More money is spent per student in the public education system than is spent per student for private education, and a student taught in the private system out preforms consistently. Money is clearly not the issue here.

 well fare, public eduction, rent control, etc....? Because none of these programs help anyone.

I don't think Kevin McCarthy could agree more.  But, the great news is, McCarthy will be continue to be in the minority of the House of Representatives, how is that working out for him?  If Senator Obama gets elected, as I anticipate, McCarthy won't have the veto to wrap his political career around anymore.

You ask what is a "hand up", well, one way to provide a "hand up" to most of our children is by funding public education for our children.  You may be surprised to learn that most parents can not afford to send their children to private schools.

Sure their lobbiest spend and donate a lot of money on politicians such as Kevin McCarthy, and that is great, if that is why you want to be in politics, but it's doesn't do a thing to help the majority of Kern citizens, not nearly as much as the $10.2 billion, for federal education that McCarthy voted against.

Ballerinagirl, welfare, public education and rent control actually do help the poor a lot ( I suppose you actually support landlords being able to raise rent as much as they please with no notice). You obviously don't consider the poor "people" though. It's OK, a lot of conservatives feel the same way. I just hope you don't call yourself Christian. That Jesus guy really cared for the poor and thought they needed the most help, but that's not part of your agenda is it. You also said the NAACP doesn't help black people? The Democratic party is racist? Turn off the KNZR and get some accurate information. You're level of ignorance is getting out of hand. 

Pete, please do not question my faith or my opinion of the poor. I absolutely believe in giving money to the poor, however I do it through reputable charities and I know where the money is going,  it goes directly to the person who needs help. I would rather not give my money to a government bureaucracy where 80% will be wasted!

Public Education has made it to where children from Urban areas can not go to other schools in neighborhoods where they don't have to worry about being shot during class. Vouchers would enable these children to go to the school of there choice, and vouchers are supported largely by citizens. However, every time a voucher initiative is about pass the teachers union fights tooth and nail and it doesn't. Why wouldn't teachers want children from bad neighborhoods to receive a better education, oh I know because it doesn't benefit the Union's pocketbook!

Rent control doesn't help either. When landlords are forced to stick to a certain rent amount they know that their tenants will stay there because it is cheap. In turn, they begin to ignore the property, they don't fix things that need to be fixed and the area quickly turns into a slum, and hotbed of gang actuality and crime.

Oh, and I doubt that Jesus would approve of much of what our tax money goes towards.

Furthermore, it is the elite, not the poor who vote Democrat, look at Red States vs. Blue States, all of the rich people are liberals. I said the history of the Democratic Party is racist and gave you two examples of the fathers of modern liberalism who were extremely racists.

So...Pete, I will turn off KNZR, when you get off moveon.org, and read a book!!!!

Wow! Well said, Ballerinagirl!!

I actually don't "go to" moveon.org, and I do read quite often thanks, so I guess you'll have to stop listening to KNZR, like yesterday. Seriously, I have to hear those angry talk show guys sometimes and I have to laugh at what they get you guys to believe. It's like they feel like they have to manufacture anger, otherwise nobody would care what they have to say.

You're completely wrong about how school vouchers would effect the educational system in this country. First of all, it would allow rich parents that would already send their children to private schools to skim money from education because it would subsidize the tuition they would pay anyway (a handout to the rich). Second, you say it would help poor kids go to better schools. Well, what happens to the poor schools that would no be robbed of funding? Vouchers are another Republican scheme to profit off of the taxpayers. You do also realize that if any tax money went to religious schools, then the state would enforce rules that I imagine the religious schools wouldn't like too much. You know, like teaching science correctly. We all agree that the educational system in this country is screwed up, but the worst thing we could do is take money away from poor or underperforming schools. We can start out by completely overhauling the NCLB act. Teachers are forced to spend most of their time teaching a test rather than teaching critical thinking. I'm also all for teaching conflict resolution at a very early age and all through school to reduce the level of violence in our youth.

That's OK, you can question my "Cold Hearted" beliefs. I'm not going to change either...........

Welfare = BAD

Rent Control = BAD

Public Education = GOOD

"Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."

We're already bustin' a move in this country to "Teach people to fish". Trouble is that you can't FORCE the NO-LOADS to learn anything, even if it's free. All they want to do is lay around and expect something for nothing like they're entitled to it.

....................no sympathy here................................NONE!

That is not how vouchers work, especially in regards to religious education. Vouchers for education would work the way that they do with the GI Bill. GI's can decide how and were to spend their voucher. If they want to go to a private or religious college they can, and the government can not enforce certain rules on the institution.

Furthermore it will help poor students immensely, as has been shown in D.C., one of the only places that has allowed vouchers.

What I don't understand is why liberals continue to support a failing system? If a person consistantly under performs at a job they are fired. However when a government system, like the education system, continues to fail, all liberals want to do is throw more money at it! That does not make sense.

Poor schools would not be robbed of funding if parents still wanted their children to go there and used their voucher money there. If no one wants to attend a certain school maybe it should no longer be teaching children.

Public schools fear vouchers because it introduces competition into the educational system, and the teacher's union knows they are too incompetent to compete. So they would rather spend millions of dollars blocking voucher initiatives than allow choice in our education.

NCLB is bad for the fact that it is the Federal government putting more restrictions on schooling when the government should remove itself as much as possible. However, I find it fascinating how angry Democrats get over NCLB. If that bill would have been signed by Clinton instead of Bush libs would have no problem. After all I thought you guys loved government intervention!!!

In education, there is a lot of "wasted" money. For instance, there is a huge bureaucracy that is in charge of credentials. Why? Shouldn't the universities be responsible for this? They develop the programs used to train teachers and administrators. Why shouldn't they be the ones that determine if you deserve a credential? Could save the state millions.