[lbo-talk] The "NAFTA Superhighway" Urban Myth

Robert Wrubel bobwrubel at yahoo.com
Sun Nov 18 13:16:40 PST 2007


OK, it's about four to one against my revolutionary proposal. Have you ever looked at the textbooks your kids are bringing home from school? Have you ever been on a school governing council and seen the mind-numbing stuff administrators have to deal with? Just because an experiment didnt work, doesnt mean it was wrong. The other way, we've created a disfunctional system that everyone wants out of.

BobW

--- andie nachgeborenen <andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com> wrote:


>
> The inverse problem is also possible. The recently
> former New Orleans DA, Eddie Jones, an African
> American and a pal of the indicted Rep. William
> ("Dollar Bill") Jefferson (D. 2d Cong. Dist.), fired
> all the white lawyers and staff when he took office
> four years ago, and got zapped with a huge race
> dsicrimination lawsuit. (Meanwhile prisoners, mainly
> black, languish in custody for back of people to
> prosecute them.) The fired employees won a huge
> judgment, $3.7 million, and last week the NO Sheriff
> froze the assets of NO DA's office to satisfy the
> judgment. It was unclear as of last time I checked
> how
> the new Acting DA was going to pay her employees or
> even buy paper and pencils.
>
>
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN3023037120071030
>
> Which goes to show that corruption, discrimination,
> and stupidity are not a monopoly of any race.
>
> --- Jordan Hayes <jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com> wrote:
>
> > > This is why my first revolutionary proposal is
> to
> > > abolish state boards of education, and make
> every
> > town
> > > or school district responsible for its own
> > curriculum.
> >
> > I can't wait to see what they come up with in
> > Mississippi!
> >
> > # "Let's see here, there's a dial somewhere. Oh
> > right, here it
> > # is ... shall we dial back to 1963? How about
> > 1952? Hmmm, 1845
> > # might be better ... yes, ah, that's great.
> > Thanks."
> >
> > /jordan
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