[lbo-talk] David Carr vs. Waiting for Superman

[Wojtek S]

[WS:]  Attack on a scapegoat is the last bastion of scoundrels propping up
failed corrupt regimes.  Argentinian generals launched a disastrous attack
on the Falklands/Malvinas to diver public attention form their own dismal
performance.  The US business aristocracy does it by attacking schools and
liberals.

Wojtek

On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 9:58 PM, michael perelman <
michael.perelman3 at gmail.com> wrote:


> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/20/business/media/20carr.html?ref=business
>
> "... Which is odd when you think about it. If you are looking for an
> American institution that failed the public, made resources disappear
> without returning value and lacked accountability for its manifest sins, the
> Education Department would be in line well behind Wall Street. By now, the
> notion that business is a place built on accountability and performance
> should be as outdated as the one-room schoolhouse. Ask yourself, what would
> happen if American public schools were offered hundreds of billions in
> bailout money? One outcome is not in the cards: its leaders would not end up
> back at the trough so quickly, sucking up tens of millions in bonuses as
> Wall Street has."
>
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