Politics and religion.

[cassiesmom]

I started to ask this question last night but my laptop locked up. So I am back to ask today. I missed a big portion of the State of the Union address because of rehearsal, but I heard a clip of the President suggesting that community college should be free. Does he want it to be free across the board, or only for certain students? The City Colleges of Chicago are piloting a program for tuition waivers for graduates of the Chicago public schools with a grade point average of 3 or higher. I hope it will especially benefit students who wouldn't otherwise be able to afford college.

If there is widespread free community college, though- how would that work? Would there be overcrowding of certain courses as everyone tries to get the ones they need? What would you do for students who can't or won't go to college- maybe they would like to attend trade school instead? What about those who choose to go straight to a 4-year college or university? How would you make sure there are enough qualified instructors and enough facilities to accommodate students? What if some fields of study are extremely popular and some are hurting for students- would you try to balance them out? What if I am going back to college as a career changer or pursuing higher education long after graduating from high school- would I get free tuition? What about fees, books and other costs?

I think it's an idea worth pursuing further, but it seems like there are a lot of "what ifs" that would need to be addressed. It could help people achieve goals or do something they have always wanted.

[RICHARD]

I started to ask this question last night but my laptop locked up. So I am back to ask today. I missed a big portion of the State of the Union address because of rehearsal, but I heard a clip of the President suggesting that community college should be free. Does he want it to be free across the board, or only for certain students? The City Colleges of Chicago are piloting a program for tuition waivers for graduates of the Chicago public schools with a grade point average of 3 or higher. I hope it will especially benefit students who wouldn't otherwise be able to afford college.

If there is widespread free community college, though- how would that work? Would there be overcrowding of certain courses as everyone tries to get the ones they need? What would you do for students who can't or won't go to college- maybe they would like to attend trade school instead? What about those who choose to go straight to a 4-year college or university? How would you make sure there are enough qualified instructors and enough facilities to accommodate students? What if some fields of study are extremely popular and some are hurting for students- would you try to balance them out? What if I am going back to college as a career changer or pursuing higher education long after graduating from high school- would I get free tuition? What about fees, books and other costs?

I think it's an idea worth pursuing further, but it seems like there are a lot of "what ifs" that would need to be addressed. It could help people achieve goals or do something they have always wanted.

I laughed when I heard this 'plan'.

Not a well thought out idea?

Here is the way I would do it.

You pay for your semester and if you pass, you will be reimbursed for those classes....

If you want a student loan, go for it......

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If you invest in something, you probably are more apt to finish what ever you start.

I went to the HR dept to ask about what programs they had in place for continuing education.....The clerk told me that I was SOL because I wasn't a nurse or doctor.

I was ticked off for a second and then took every -ology and health/infect disease class I could, and paid for it myself.

My only regret is not getting a degree.

But, I take comfort in knowing that I can find my rear end with one hand, whereas I have seem people with a degree who were unable to find their rear with two hands, a mirror, printed instructions and a GPS.

[lizbud]

Funniest headline I've seen all week.

DES MOINES — Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin told The Washington Post in an interview Friday that she is “seriously interested” in running for the White House in 2016.

[RICHARD]

I may be wrong, but one of the first 'televised' beheadings was of an American aid worker who was captured and executed - I had no interest in seeing the tape, but the radio station I listened to played the screams of the young man as he was being slaughtered.

To this day, I remember the exactly where I was and the screams from this poor guy.

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The latest tape - the cruel murder of the Jordanian pilot - shows how depraved and evil these idiots are.

As sad as it is? The only response is to be more brutal than they seem to be.

I hope that this man's death isn't in vain and it becomes a rallying cry for the good people of the region to wipe these IS AHs off the face of the planet.

Sometimes a "squeaky wheel" doesn't need to be greased.

It needs to be pulled off the axle and put into the scrap pile?

[Lady's Human]

ISIL (ISI,ISIS, whatever) just screwed up.

Jordan is probably the most competent Arab military there is, and given how Arab air forces select their pilots, he probably had ties to the royal family.

[RICHARD]

ISIL (ISI,ISIS, whatever) just screwed up.

Jordan is probably the most competent Arab military there is, and given how Arab air forces select their pilots, he probably had ties to the royal family.

Check it out....

If the pilot had been from the west, you would have seen/heard something like...

"government officials are meeting to draft an appropriate response to this crime/act"

The Jordanians just cut to the chase.

"Jordanian Officials vow revenge." or some such headlines?

And hours after the footage was released, they backed their 'promise' up.

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As silly and simple as it sounds?

Bullies will do what ever they want until one person or a group of people show up on their front porch, looking to 'set things right'.

It might be about religion or land, but I'd like to think that people deep down just want to live their lives without having to worry about some knuckleheads telling them how to live?

[Lady's Human]

Jordan's King Abdullah, himself a former general, angrily vowed to pursue ISIS until his military runs "out of fuel and bullets," in a closed door meeting with U.S. lawmakers that followed the release Wednesday of a grisly video showing a captured Jordanian airman being burned alive in a cage by the terrorist army.

I think they done screwed up...