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    merit pay ain’t the way

    There is no question that Barack Obama will be a better president for the state of education in this country than George “is our children learning” Bush could ever hope to be, and almost anything would be better than Bush’s odious, expensive, top-heavy and radically stupid No Child Left Behind.

    That being said, merit pay is just another Republican red herring and should [...]



    making the world a better place

    I am an atheist, but I love Christmas. And, since we discovered the Jews hiding in our family tree (and with it the explanation for why our was the only non-Jewish family in the country, as far as we can tell, with my maiden name: Porges), Chanukkah has added to our holiday fun.

    I was about 12, and having real trouble understanding why [...]



    my obama-topia

    I just heard on the radio that that DLC quisling Rahm Emanuel is Obama’s likely choice for Chief of Staff. Crap.

    While my opinion doesn’t mean squat, here’s my dream cabinet, which includes promoting FEMA back to cabinet level (and taking it out of Dept. of Homeland Security):

    Department of Agriculture: Senator Tom Harkin Department of Commerce: Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Oregon Department of [...]



    The Day Hank Paulson Lied

    Is it just me or has anyone else noticed that there is a pattern with Congress passing legislation that the American people do not want and know is not in their interest?  First they kick it around a little and then have a vote or two that fails to pass the proposed bill.  Then they tweak the bill a little while some of the [...]



    makes sense to me

    I thought at the time there was something hinky going on, but I didn’t know the specifics about this until Mike Malloy mentioned it last night:

    The exposure of New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer’s tryst with a luxury call girl had little to do with the Bush administration’s high moral standards for public servants… Timing suggests that Spitzer was likely a target [...]



    Palinology

    David Michael Green publishes another near perfect post about Palinology:

    Whoa and Woe: Living In Sarah Palin’s America (collapsible content, click to show/hide)

    I can’t tell you how despondent I’ve grown in the last weeks.

    Is there really no hope for this country, after all? It now appears so.

    In January of 2003, John Le Carre wrote that, “America has entered one [...]



    John and Missy meet each other – slim and bushtool no more

    Since we actually met in person for the first time a few hours ago at the Peace and Justice Fair, it seems appropriate and the right timing for me to also come out and start using my real name instead of an alias.

    So I am John, pleased to meet you Missy!

    “Bushtool” is going to start sounding rather dated anyway once we [...]

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