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Vicki McClure Davidson | May 20, 2012

  It’s a somber wake-up call when half of all Florida high school students failed their standardized reading test. And this was after the standards were lowered — the results could have been two-thirds failing. Reported by Yahoo News, Half of Florida high school students fail reading test: Nearly half of Florida high school students [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | May 18, 2012

  Uncle Kenny at Washington Rebel has an intriguing proposal regarding federal government term limits: Part 1 – Any incumbent candidate for Federal office, either Executive or Legislative, who fails in an attempt to be re-elected will have 30 days to get his or her affairs in order before being summarily executed on the 31st [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | May 16, 2012

  Pinch me, I must be dreaming. Not only is Gov. Scott Walker even further ahead in the Wisconsin recall election polls than I last reported, but the DNC has decided to ditch the disco early and snatched away its presumably hefty financial support of the recall. Therefore, this stunning stiffing by the Democrat party, [...]

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