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"A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything." - Malcom X

A Wonky (NPR Online) report reads:

The growing number of voters not aligned with a specific religion helped President Obama overcome deficits with Protestants and Catholics in key swing states. The Pew Research Center calls this group "nones" — agnostics, atheists and those who define themselves simply as "religious" or "spiritual but not religious."

Since each none is already part of a larger demographic group it might be tempting to say something like "What difference would it have made if an African-American woman in Cincinnati with a federal government job or a gay male college student in Pittsburgh also just happens to be an atheist?" but that would be simplistic like the left's long-held belief that every churchgoer is automatically a Tea Party Patriot.  If only . . . READ THE REST

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B.K. Holthaus May 16, 2013 at 12:56 pm
I was a teacher for 30 years. There was not ONEschool year when I didn't personally pay for schoolRead More supplies for my students ($500-$1,500 a yr)
Renee Schiavone (Editor) May 16, 2013 at 02:15 pm
@B.K.-- Thank you for your help with the community :) I have a great respect for all teachers!
B.K. Holthaus May 16, 2013 at 06:05 pm
You';re welcome, Renee but I don't really expect thanks for my contributions to the classroom. IRead More wasn't going to stand by and see kids not have the basic things they needed to get through the class and most teachers are of the same mind :) Sadly, school budgets have never covered all the needs in classrooms.