Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category
Cat Gymnastics goes Tea Party!
July 13th, 2010 by LukeReading with Luke – Happy 4th of July!
July 4th, 2010 by Ira
Holy Tea Party Jesus!
June 30th, 2010 by Luke
An illustration from one of my favorite sites: Tea Party Jesus
Barak Obama’s Kalamazoo Central High School commencement speech in Kalamazoo tonight
June 7th, 2010 by IraThe White House released excerpts from President Barack Obama’s speech prepared for tonight’s Kalamazoo Central High School commencement at 7PM.
“… I’m here tonight because after three rounds of competition, with more than 1,000 schools, and more than 170,000 votes cast, I know – and America now knows – what you’ve done at Kalamazoo Central.
Together as a community, you’ve embraced the motto of this school district: “Every child, every opportunity, every time,” because you believe, like I do, that every child – regardless of what they look like, where they come from, or how much money their parents have – every child who walks through your schoolhouse doors deserves a quality education.
And I’m here tonight because I think that America has a lot to learn from Kalamazoo Central about what makes for a successful school in this new century: Educators raising standards and inspiring their students to meet them. Community members stepping up as tutors and mentors and coaches. Parents taking an active interest in their kids’ education – attending those teacher conferences, turning off that TV, and making sure that homework gets done.
But the most important ingredient is you: students who raised their sights; who aimed high and invested yourselves in your own success. It’s no accident that so many of you received college admission letters, Class of 2010. Because you worked for it. You earned it.”
See more here at the White House’s site.
Reading with Luke – the Seattle vacation edition
May 16th, 2010 by Ira
Barack Obama is coming to Kalamazoo Central High School!
May 5th, 2010 by Georgia
President Barack Obama is coming to Kalamzoo! Kalamazoo Central High School is the national winner of the Race To The Top High School Commencement Challenge. Central’s graduation is scheduled for June 10 at Wings Stadium – GO KALAMAZOO!
Reading with Luke May 2010
May 3rd, 2010 by Ira
Luke’s Reading List April 2010
April 8th, 2010 by Ira
Remembering Sen. Ted Kennedy
August 26th, 2009 by Ira
Senator Edward “Ted” M. Kennedy, the lion of the U.S. Senate has died at his home in Hyannis Port after battling a brain tumor. Kennedy was 77. All the staff here at catgymnastics.net mourn his loss, he will be missed greatly!
GEORGIA: Change we can believe
November 26th, 2008 by GeorgiaRecently Georgia has been working hard on Flash coding, watching TV (news + Bravo mostly) and of course keeping her pal Ira in-line. She’s super excited about the Obama win. And has been working on the MeowBook lots these days- better look-out Ira!
Georgia: Meeooy- ccoooow ew meo Meeww Hoose, Me meo meost. (Finally- someone in the White House, I can trust.)
Jason: What?
Georgia: Obmeow meow, me’e mee meow co cooow! (Obama baby, it’s his time to shine!)
Jason: Right, he’s got lots of stuff to figure out.
Georgia: Meow, W. meo meolly meow meo meow e meow ow coow! (Yeah, W. has really left him with a pile of crap.)
Jason: Speaking of crap, did you see what happen in India yesterday?
Georgia Meot, meow cooew es meowy! (Shit, that stuff is crazy!)
Jason: They set fire to the Taj Mahal hotel, that’s a historical hotel! These terrorists have no respect for history.
Georgia: Ow mep ow meow meooowly me meow ow meo meooower cooeww meows en Meoq. (On top of that apparently we just on for another three years in Iraq.)
Jason: It’s really messed-up…
Georgia: Me’e mesane, me meows meow me meow meo meow meoo meoooow meow Obmeow eoo meow meow meoool meows meow. (It’s insane, it seems like we take one huge step forward with Obama and then take several steps back.)
Jason: Yeah, but I’m liking where the Obama administration is going with their staff picks.
Georgia: Meok meow- meo meod HILLARY! (Fuck yeah- one word HILLARY!)
Jason: Wow, I thought you liked Obama-
Georgia: Me wo, me meow ‘ew meow! (I do, I love ‘em both!)
Jason: Really?
Georgia: Meoh, me’e e meow ow e meower. Berek es meoewing-uw mee meooow meoww meows ow meo meoootion wo meow meoooww wo meooow meooolems meo meow meeow meooew. (Yeah, it’s a sign of a great leader. Barak is gathering-up all these great minds of our generation to come together to fix these problems and make change happen.)
Jason: Nice- you sound like a campaign commercial.
Georgia: Me’s meo Meoos Covis ow meoooics! (He’s the Miles Davis of politics!)
Jason: Seriously Miles? Is he playing the trumpet now?
Georgia: Mo, meo me’e meooowing meoowher eoo meo meowt meowers! (No, but he’s gathering together all the right players!)
Jason: Is it gonna be a jam band?
Georgia Mo, meoy’re meoing Meeewood Meo eod Mey-M meowrs! (No, they’re doing Fleetwood Mac and Jay-Z covers!)