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

Robert Wrubel bobwrubel at yahoo.com
Sun Nov 18 20:54:17 PST 2007


I wasnt questioning you personally, Andie -- just wondering if people were that tolerant of the present system. Bob

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


>
> No, I'm a totally irresponsible parent and I have
> never cared what they were assigning my kids at
> school. Also my wife, a 4th grade schoolteacher, is
> also irresponsible and doesn't even look at the
> textbooks she is required to teach from. Her mom was
> a
> school administrator in Queens for 40 years, but we
> were so indifferent to problems of education that we
> never paid attention to anything she said. (If she
> were still with us, I am sure she'd attest to that.)
> We think the system is fine because we live in
> blithe
> obliviousness. What, me worry?
>
> --- Robert Wrubel <bobwrubel at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > 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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