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I have some bad news for those of you who signed up to see me on Tuesday. I have an appointment after school that day that I cannot miss. I apologize to you. The good news is Thursday is pretty much wide open. In extreme cases I will meet with you during my lunch.
I APOLOGIZE for any inconvience this causes for you, but I cannot get out of this appointment.
Feel free to e-mail me outlines this weekend if you need to.
mcarlisle@ttsd.k12.or.us
posted by Mr. Carlisle at 5:13 PM
23 Comments:
I just saw that thing on the news about flying those stray dogs back from Iraq, to the family who's son they belonged to before he died... It really frustrates me, that so much effort goes into bringing back dogs, when the poor people of Iraq are being totally victimized by this dirty war every day. It's nice to know that our resources and goals are in the right place...
6:09 PM
Kyle they are bring cats over from many middle eastern countries for adoption, and I have to agree with you. I love animals but this is kind of ridiculous. No wonder Americans get such a bad rap abroad, we really do act like idiots.
9:43 PM
Can I please have a relatively early Thursday slot Mr. Carlisle? I signed up for 2:55 on Tuesday.
10:11 PM
Nicole,
We can discuss this on Monday since I don't have the appointment sheet with me.
10:21 PM
For the reading we start on the blue part on the very bottom of page 534, right? "The Crisis of American Politics: The 1890s"?
9:48 AM
so carlisle, how was the failure rate one the rq on friday? any better?
9:52 AM
Charlotte,
Yep.
Frandon Smalik,
Have no idea. Haven't graded them yet. I need a break from school for at least 48 hours. I'm tired.
9:59 AM
Today some voting stuff is happening. The GOP is having it's caucuses in Kansa. The Democrats are having caucuses in Nebraska. And both parties are voting in Washington State and Louisiana.
Huckabee has won Kansas by about 40 points, winning 33 delegates. Not surprised as Kansas is part of the Bible Belt and he's the only conservative alternative to McCain now that Romney suspended his campaign Thursday.
All other states are still voting.
Obama is expected to do well in Louisiana, as his main motto is drastic change, and about 50% of the population is African-American. That change motto will do well with any of the voters who still think the Federal government can help.
Voters are even more cynical of the GOP, them being the party in power when Katrina hit. Expect turnout to be low and for the McCain (the moderate one) to come out on top.
Nebraska in surrounded by states the Obama has won. Which will greatly help in. Obama has been doing very well in the Plains States.
Washington is a weird state. They have caucuses today, from which the Democrats get all their delegates, and the GOP half. Later this month they also have a primary, which the GOP gets the other half.
The west has always been a key area to the democrats, and will lead to a toss-up call from me for both parties.
2:25 PM
A note on Huckabee and why he still thinks he can win the nomination.
It is physically impossible for him to win 1,191 pledged delegates. Yet he continues to run? Why? Simple, pledged delegates in the GOP are only pledged for the first round of voting at the convention. He thinks he can gain enough delegates to keep McCain from winning 1,191. If he can, he may create a stalemate in the first round, at which point he feels he may be able to pick up those released delegates.
Whether or not that will happen, or if it will help him, only time will tell.
In other news, Obama, as predicted, shall win Nebraska. With 73% of the precincts reporting, he has 17 thousand votes to Hillary's 7,600.
With the exception of Nevada, to date Obama has won every state that uses the caucus system over the primary system. I believe it's due to the divisiveness of Hillary, and some people may feel embarrassed about going and publicly declaring support for her (which is what you must do in a Democratic caucus), causing those people to stay home and not vote. If they had voted, she may have won 1 or 2 more states, but she would have been closer in every state, giving her more delegates.
5:33 PM
The Washington caucus results are coming in:
37% of the precincts reporting, and Obama holds a commanding lead over Clinton, with 67% of the vote to her 31%.
5:36 PM
With 48% of the precincts reporting and with Obama holding 67% of the vote, he is projected to win Washington State. If he can keep that margin of victory, he will win a large chunk of Washington's 78 pledged delegates.
5:45 PM
Also, for those who want an up-to-date primary/caucus map for both parties, I spent some time with Photoshop and came up with these:
Democrats
Republicans
6:21 PM
Carlisle are you gonna let the people that are scheduled for tuesday reschedule before you take other appointments?
7:15 PM
Casey,
Thanks for the updates. You are the man.
Chris,
Most def. Everyone can do it on Tuesday.
7:58 PM
I still dont understand what the benefit was and why people wanted free silver. Was it only the Populists that wanted it and the farmers and stuff?
2:42 PM
So as far as politics goes, what happens to the states where Romney won delegates??
4:26 PM
Charlotte,
I'm not sure what happens to those delegates. Perhaps our resident primary/caucus prognosticator (Casey) can give us an update.
Joel,
Here it goes one more time:
The value of paper money in the US in the late 19th century was backed up by how much specie (gold and silver coin) the US Treasurey had on hand. Eventually the US gov't moved away from bimettalism towards monomettalism (the gold standard). By doing this the overall value of money went up because gold was scarce.
Silverites wanted the gov't to print more money which deflate its value. They also wanted the gov't to go back to bimettalism for its currency policy. A large silver strike was found in Nevada in 1870 (the Comstock Lode), the Silverites wanted the dollar backed up by both gold and silver. This policy would help out people who borrowed money but eastern and western financial intersets who lent them money.
This whole issue became moot by 1898 when large amounts of gold was found around the world. Farmers also saw their incomes rise due to rising crop values. The Republican Party was for "sound money" and high tariffs to protect American industry.
Hope this helps.
6:15 PM
Carlisle was our homework the text reading AND the handout titled, "1896 - McKinley, Bryan, and Free Silver"?
6:47 PM
Chris,
Yes.
6:51 PM
As for Romney's delegates, unless he chooses to endorse someone, they still need to vote for him at the convention, I believe. If he were to endorse someone, they could be allowed to vote for either Romney or that person.
Washington is in for the GOP: McCain will win. He has 26% of the vote, Huckabee won 24% and Paul won 21%.
Louisiana is also in. Obama wins with 57% of the vote. Huckabee with 43%.
Though, Huckabee gets only bragging rights, nothing else, from Louisiana. State law requires a candidate to get a super majority (50%+1) to be awarded delegates. Since Huckabee did not get that, the delegates will be decided at a state convention next week. Those delegates, however, are officially "unpledged" and not tied to a specific candidate.
Primary Maps:
Democrats
Republicans
Delegate Counts:
Clinton - 1,148
Obama - 1,121
McCain -723
Romney(out) - 286
Huckabee - 217
Paul - 16
7:36 PM
ack! do you have any other times open? i guess i could maybe come in on thursday. what times are open?
9:53 PM
ok nvm im going to bed so i will just talk to you about it tomorrow!
9:54 PM
In non-political news, thousands (if not millions) around the world protested the Church of Scientology on Sunday. Full stories (local, national and international) here, here, and here.
The group doing this, hackers and cyber-terrorists known only as Anonymous. A news story on them can be found here
1:44 AM
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