Comments for PushBack http://pushback.com Countering Bad Policy Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:38:36 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on Helicopter Minesweeper by crit http://pushback.com/terror/helicopter-minesweeper/comment-page-1/#comment-32 crit Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:38:36 +0000 http://pushback.com/?page_id=93#comment-32 Do you have a copy of Lieutenant Colonel Charles L. Toomey's letter that you're responding to? It would be nice to see some of the criticism that you're responding to. I've been unable to find much about land-based helicopter minesweepers and less explaining why it won't work. Do you have a copy of Lieutenant Colonel Charles L. Toomey’s letter that you’re responding to? It would be nice to see some of the criticism that you’re responding to. I’ve been unable to find much about land-based helicopter minesweepers and less explaining why it won’t work.

]]> Comment on Air-Drop Food and Water Packets on Haiti! by gerry cain http://pushback.com/2010/01/air-drop-food-and-water-packets-on-haiti/comment-page-1/#comment-29 gerry cain Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:15:02 +0000 http://www.pushback.com/WordPress/?p=78#comment-29 I am delighted to find you, although I have done so belatedly. I feel that the whole sorry saga of airdrops for Haiti has been a letdown for the poor Haitians. Perhaps, mercifully, their extreme anguish has been relieved satisfactorily by now, by the old-fashioned manual movement of ground supplies. Day-after- long day I was frantic to find someone I could write to or talk to in order to help force action to get SOME sort of airdrop activity going before starvation big-time ravaged Haiti. Where are the pressure points at times like these? All news of it was off behind the back page, so very few cared about this unprecedentedly inhumane, preventable (or at least reducible) second-phase catastrophe. TRIADs would have been ideal. Just imagine those weak and debilitated individuals seeing meals floating down to them. The skies could have been seeded with them, maybe several passes a day until the worst of the hunger was suppressed. What a criminal loss of opportunity! Parachute drops of water & food pallettes seemed a good second-place thing to do. I have only read of two such: on Jan 18 and Jan 21. They packed a great punch, but many more were needed. Are any more known of? Is the most pointed anguish really over now (Feb 2)? It's so hard to tell from the news media. Maybe it really is fading to history now, but I worry. Especially about the next future disaster and whether continued withholding of TRUE aid is to become the norm! Heartsick I am delighted to find you, although I have done so belatedly. I feel that the whole sorry saga of airdrops for Haiti has been a letdown for the poor Haitians. Perhaps, mercifully, their extreme anguish has been relieved satisfactorily by now, by the old-fashioned manual movement of ground supplies.

Day-after- long day I was frantic to find someone I could write to or talk to in order to help force action to get SOME sort of airdrop activity going before starvation big-time ravaged Haiti. Where are the pressure points at times like these? All news of it was off behind the back page, so very few cared about this unprecedentedly inhumane, preventable (or at least reducible) second-phase catastrophe.

TRIADs would have been ideal. Just imagine those weak and debilitated individuals seeing meals floating down to them. The skies could have been seeded with them, maybe several passes a day until the worst of the hunger was suppressed. What a criminal loss of opportunity!

Parachute drops of water & food pallettes seemed a good second-place thing to do. I have only read of two such: on Jan 18 and Jan 21. They packed a great punch, but many more were needed. Are any more known of?

Is the most pointed anguish really over now (Feb 2)? It’s so hard to tell from the news media. Maybe it really is fading to history now, but I worry. Especially about the next future disaster and whether continued withholding of TRUE aid is to become the norm!

Heartsick

]]> Comment on Write Your Government by Peter Sheerin http://pushback.com/write-your-government/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Peter Sheerin Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:14:00 +0000 http://www.pushback.com/write-your-government/#comment-25 I will indeed do that! Still busy on converting the website, and haven't yet had time to think about how best to post contact information without creating a flood of spam. I will indeed do that! Still busy on converting the website, and haven’t yet had time to think about how best to post contact information without creating a flood of spam.

]]> Comment on Write Your Government by Bruce http://pushback.com/write-your-government/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Bruce Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:54:40 +0000 http://www.pushback.com/write-your-government/#comment-22 Peter, Put a e-mail on the website to Contact YOU about the website Peter,

Put a e-mail on the website to Contact YOU about the website

]]> Comment on Certified Teachers, Certifiable Credentialling Rules by Bill http://pushback.com/2008/03/certified-teachers-certifiable-credentialling-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Bill Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:09:00 +0000 http://www.pushback.com/WordPress/?p=77#comment-19 Bill, I am a Democrat who has been converted some 8 years ago to embracing Nuclear Power. I want to help. I have sent more than a few e-mails to Congress members State and National as well as the White House. I forwarded my support of yours and Bob Brinkers comments about natural gas to the White House. I would like to donate financially to your efforts as to another ad placed in the Washington Post. I cannot access your billwattenburg2@yahhoo site on my computer. Can you set up a direct link on your KGO site so that all anyone has to do is click on it and it gets you to your site automatically? Bill, I am a Democrat who has been converted some 8 years ago to embracing Nuclear Power. I want to help. I have sent more than a few e-mails to Congress members State and National as well as the White House. I forwarded my support of yours and Bob Brinkers comments about natural gas to the White House. I would like to donate financially to your efforts as to another ad placed in the Washington Post. I cannot access your billwattenburg2@yahhoo site on my computer. Can you set up a direct link on your KGO site so that all anyone has to do is click on it and it gets you to your site automatically?

]]> Comment on Who Killed General Motors? by merc http://pushback.com/2005/12/who-killed-general-motors/comment-page-1/#comment-18 merc Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:34:00 +0000 http://www.pushback.com/WordPress/?p=75#comment-18 Shameful conspiracy between Chevron and GM, and GM finally shot itself in the foot as a result -<br/><br/>Do you know who killed GM's electric car- Its Chevron who conveniently bought all the patents for NiMH Battery technology, killed the Electric car so they can continue to make profits and pollute our earth.<br/><br/>Now they have made us servants of Saudi Arabia, and to pay the Saudi's we taxpayers have to borrow money from China . Isnt this a Shame?. Why doesnt anyone talk about this?<br/><br/>Read link below if you dont believe me<br/><br/>http://ev1.org/chevron.htm<br/><br/>merc234@yahoo.com Shameful conspiracy between Chevron and GM, and GM finally shot itself in the foot as a result -

Do you know who killed GM’s electric car- Its Chevron who conveniently bought all the patents for NiMH Battery technology, killed the Electric car so they can continue to make profits and pollute our earth.

Now they have made us servants of Saudi Arabia, and to pay the Saudi’s we taxpayers have to borrow money from China . Isnt this a Shame?. Why doesnt anyone talk about this?

Read link below if you dont believe me

http://ev1.org/chevron.htm

merc234@yahoo.com

]]> Comment on CA’s $3B Stem Cell Law has Little Oversight by Randy http://pushback.com/2005/02/stem-cell-law-has-little-oversight/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Randy Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:31:00 +0000 http://www.pushback.com/WordPress/?p=73#comment-17 Peter, the files are non-existent... Peter, the files are non-existent…

]]> Comment on Certified Teachers, Certifiable Credentialling Rules by LKJHP;JHI;L http://pushback.com/2008/03/certified-teachers-certifiable-credentialling-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-14 LKJHP;JHI;L Thu, 29 May 2008 18:55:00 +0000 http://www.pushback.com/WordPress/?p=77#comment-14 I had very similar experiences with the public school system. I obtained my Teacher Credential in California and my Masters in Special Education. After all the grief, I chose to never enter the public school system. <br/><br/>I am much happier now. I had very similar experiences with the public school system. I obtained my Teacher Credential in California and my Masters in Special Education. After all the grief, I chose to never enter the public school system.

I am much happier now.

]]> Comment on Certified Teachers, Certifiable Credentialling Rules by ExCCRaider http://pushback.com/2008/03/certified-teachers-certifiable-credentialling-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-13 ExCCRaider Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:03:00 +0000 http://www.pushback.com/WordPress/?p=77#comment-13 This article is fact. I am the teacher mentioned as the letter writer. Here are some other facts:<br/><br/>1. Although I had taught mathematics and science for 16 (back in 2002), the state of Michigan denied me a teaching certificate because my major was not mathematics (I have a BS in geology);<br/><br/>2. Although possessing Professional Certificates in mathematics and physical science, I am NOT qualified to teach AP Calculus in my current district for the same reason (even though I taught it for 16 years while residing in Modesto, CA)<br/><br/>3. Despite the shortage of qualified mathematics and science teachers, the district in which I work only credited me with 10 years of service when, in fact, I had been a full-time math and science teacher for 16 years prior to my relocation.<br/><br/>School districts complain about not having teachers (and so do state departments of education) qualified to be in the classroom, but those who are experienced keep finding roadblocks when wishing to relocate and continue working in their chosen profession. This article is fact. I am the teacher mentioned as the letter writer. Here are some other facts:

1. Although I had taught mathematics and science for 16 (back in 2002), the state of Michigan denied me a teaching certificate because my major was not mathematics (I have a BS in geology);

2. Although possessing Professional Certificates in mathematics and physical science, I am NOT qualified to teach AP Calculus in my current district for the same reason (even though I taught it for 16 years while residing in Modesto, CA)

3. Despite the shortage of qualified mathematics and science teachers, the district in which I work only credited me with 10 years of service when, in fact, I had been a full-time math and science teacher for 16 years prior to my relocation.

School districts complain about not having teachers (and so do state departments of education) qualified to be in the classroom, but those who are experienced keep finding roadblocks when wishing to relocate and continue working in their chosen profession.

]]> Comment on Who Killed General Motors? by Williams http://pushback.com/2005/12/who-killed-general-motors/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Williams Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:51:00 +0000 http://www.pushback.com/WordPress/?p=75#comment-11 R. Williams<br/>"Post Industrial Revolution"<br/>We the people fell for the Service Economy that is now being<br/>outsourced to Spain, South Africa, France. Call any computer tech support and you will be talking to the people in these countries for service. The Service Economy Failed and China owns the good ole USA. R. Williams
“Post Industrial Revolution”
We the people fell for the Service Economy that is now being
outsourced to Spain, South Africa, France. Call any computer tech support and you will be talking to the people in these countries for service. The Service Economy Failed and China owns the good ole USA.

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