----- Original Message ----- From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 4:08 PM Subject: Re: Double Standards on Regional Bigotry
> > From: John D. Giorgis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > At 03:02 PM 1/10/2004 -0600 The Fool wrote: > > >> This country has zero-tolerance for white-on-black race based > insults. > > > > > >Bullshit. The Republican party is _built_ on confederate loving, > racist, > > >bigoted, bible thumping fundamentalists in the south. Republicans > > >couldn't win without the bigot vote. Republicans like Rush, and > > >Buchanan, routinely pander to bigoted southerners. > > > > There's no need to swear. > > That's not swearing. > > > I am just pointing out that the media would not tolerate an > over-the-top > > Democrtatic ad like the one described, due to our non-tolerance of that > > sort of thing, whreas poking fun at Vermonters or West Virginians is > > entirely tolerated. > > > > Personally, if you want to talk about pandering, I'll talk abotu a > party > > that collects 90% of the vote of people of a certain race. That's > only > > *possible* via pandering. > > They vote that way not because they are being pandered to, but because > the other party panders to the the racists. The Republican party > requires 80+% of white voters in some states to win elections. > As promised, my ex-wife replies: The Texas Miracle or The National Nightmare.? References: http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0102-07.htm http://www.skirsch.com/politics/rodpaige/rod_paige_page.htm {TAAS tests, Texas, HISD, Paige, governor bush, Rand report) http://thousandreasons.org/(under education) What Bush has truly done for education with relevant links www.senate.gov (nominations) for dept. of education News stories: www.khou.com/news/defenders/investigate www.houstonchronicle.com www.nytimes.com Keywords: Sharpstown, HISD, PAIGE, drop outs, Kimball, Cuadra, TEA, Stripling. For those of us in Houston Texas, who watched 60 minutes, it was more than a news story, but a minor victory in the war for this generation of children. We are seated here in Houston Texas, birthplace of the "LEAVE NO CHILD BEHIND PROGRAM". The Houston Independent School District , under the lead of Rod Paige, Head of the Dept. of Education are responsible, for this program built on lies and deceptions, in which children are deliberately sabotaged for the sake of money. Even when President Bush was Governor of Texas, he did not heed counsel concerning state mandated tests, but willingly plunged our nation's education system into a nightmare As a parent of a teenager, who entered my alma mater of Sharpstown High School four years ago, I thought my greatest worries would be in protecting her from everyday teen temptations. Instead, our campus has been the site of a destructive and National battle for our educational system. With the help of Dr. Robert Kimball and our local news, the padding of records( that is reporting of zero drop outs) and the purposeful hold back of students who would score low on the TAAS tests was exposed. This has happened district wide and is happening nationwide. The main and only emphasis, is in performing well on standardized state tests in order to receive federal money. It is the system that is corrupt. Instead of financing and focussing on basic education, recruiting and paying excellent teachers and promoting students based on their courses and abilities, administrators and principals receive bonuses for " skewed " statistics on National Tests. Justice was not done, HISD laid the blame on two innocent employees. This year's graduation class will be 150 out of 1400 that began. Our campus is a cemetery/ prison. The more people talked, the greater the censorship. Civil rights of students, teachers and parents occurred without a wink of the eye. I don't think the political careers of few people and their cronies who lap at the financial trough of education are worth the future of this whole generation. They would rather put millions into spinmasters and propaganda than fix the problems. Bush has no intentions of relenting. His nominees for the Dept of Education clearly show his heart is not with the children. ( www.senate.gov ) Nominations. This is not a Republican or Democratic issue. It is a national moral dilemma. The tax payers are overtaxed, teachers are forced out the door, and our economy will pay the price of under-educated, forced out the door youth. I would urge everyone to educate themselves on this issue. Use critical thinking in the year to come. If we turn our backs on this generation, we will all pay a high price. Do not believe the strawmen of " political attacks" or racism. It is all children, white black Hispanic that are being sabotaged. Do not believe the high priced statisticians who are paid to skew figures. Accountability starts at the top, with Bush and Paige. Accountability to school districts who bend the law. DO your research and write your senators. Find out what is really happening in your local schools. And vote for those with reasonable solutions to education. We all ( we the people) still have the power to change things. My heart cries out for justice, for every student who has fallen, every teacher destroyed and the massive damage done here at our campus, for the lies and greed of a few. If we all do not wake up, it surely would have all been in vain. A country is known by how it treats its weakest citizens, particularly on how it treats its youth. I will just say, this is how I ended a speech to HISD Board, and it is for all of us to remember: " Our children ARE NOT for sale". ********************************************************** xponent Regardless Of How She Sounds, There Is Something To Her Story Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
