It may seem like it’s still summer — it’s hot and many people are on vacation. But one of the nation’s largest seasonal events is already under way. It’s back to school time. From nursery school to college, 77 million students are headed to the classroom — that’s more than one-out-of-four of the total U.S. population aged 3 and over. Of the 56 million elementary and high school students enrolled this fall, 11 percent will attend private schools. There are almost 99,000 public schools across the nation, along with nearly 34,000 private schools. Getting ready for school this month means buying a lot of new clothes — nearly $7.5 billion worth. You can find more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau, online at <www.census.gov>.
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It would appear that Biden’s rain dance has worked–for Florida!
Prudence it is not Biden or Gore it is god’s warning to the republicans that they are on the wrong path.
From an article this weekend: “While Romney’s audience chuckled at the thought of a big time presidential candidate’s staff needing to deal with something as mundane as preventing a chart from blowing over in the wind, nobody seemed to realize the irony of Mitt Romney struggling to overcome the power of wind while simultaneously unveiling an energy policy that expands federal support for oil and coal production but explicitly abandons renewables like wind power.
So was this a message from God? I don’t know—maybe you should ask Pat Robertson. But this much is certain: if Romney and his aides had spent as much time thinking about how to take advantage of wind as they did trying to prevent it from knocking down his chart, they’d have a much better plan and we’d all be a lot better off.”
Gas prices were up to $3.75 per gallon this morning. FYI.
After the National Weather Service forecast Hurricane Isaac to hit Tampa area–and the Republicans curtailed most of Monday convention activities–Isaac took quite a turn towards New Orleans. Tail wagging the Dog?