The Vent / Metro

If your child is failing classes in middle or high school yet you allow him or her to have a tv, cell phone, computer access, designer clothes, car, or to participate in sports, then YOU are to blame - not the schools and teachers.

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I would say that the difference between needs and wants should be taught by the parents, but I am not sure some parents know the difference themselves.

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What miracle will save the slacker kids in school today who spend more time and effort at sports, video games, facebook, and cheerleading then they do on math, science and reading? Hope the parents enjoy supporting them. They'll be doing it a long time.

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Republicans and Democrats really want the same thing. Republicans want to create jobs, grow the economy and minimize taxes. Democrats also want the Republicans to work, grow the economy and pay taxes.

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It's easy to demonize those you don't like. It's harder to look them in the eye and discuss differences.

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If Congress is the only body to make laws, explain to me how Obama has implemented his agenda by presidential edict and bypassing Congress.

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My Medicaid-using in-laws swear they will never take a government subsidy for their healthcare.

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Humans can corrupt anything. See: religion.

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According to our Constitution, the President is NOT elected by simple majority vote. There is an Electoral College instead.

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After all Petraeus has done for this country could we exercise a little mercy in return?

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Donald Trump is irrelevant. Why does he bother you so much???

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Someone who has really good values, cares about what he's saying. It doesn't change from one week to the next. At least some of us recognized this.

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let those humans who haven't been caught being human cast the first stone.

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I will believe that corporations are people when Texas executes one.

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With the consumption tax, wouldn't it be the rich paying it, since they have all the money?

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The reason people don't move because of election results is that there's nowhere to go. We need a New World or New Frontier.

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The right wing took a wrong turn and got left behind...

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Regardless of the "slim" (2 million) margin of victory, it's no different than Al Gore's loss of the electoral college vote and winning the popular vote. (Pssst...2 million is actually a big win based on the total number of ballots.)

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Go ahead, ignore the scientists. Accuse them of politics. Now, go sink your savings into a Jersey shore home built on the beach. Global climate change is denied by experts like Hannity and Limbaugh. Enjoy your beach front home!

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The guy who said we can blame the next 4 years on Obama must have flunked civics class. The US president is not a dictator. Nothing gets done without Congress as we've just witnessed.

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Just because the "wealthy" gave someone a job, does not mean they pay 14-16% to the IRS, while I, who makes much less ($42,000), pays 25-28%. When I take a risk, I don't have a few million sitting back in reserve. Get it now?

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Turn that frown upside down-- the next four years will be better than you had imagined.

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Time for the conservatives to go back into hibernation and let those who want more effective government get some work done.

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