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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:03 PM Original message |
Today the president meets with business leaders and Colin Powell about education. |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. Rec = 0 |
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demmiblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I recced to 0, as well. Sad, really. n/t |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. It's a pattern. Happens from the moment I post anything. |
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Reader Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 09:23 AM Response to Reply #4 |
65. I suspect Arne Duncan has a posse of interns whose job it is to lurk & unrec. |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 11:51 AM Original message |
It actually goes to show how much the real DU |
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demmiblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. FFS... I just don't know what to say about this anymore. |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
5. Got it to 1 |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Yes, it is. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
7. More about who is at the meeting. |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 11:48 AM Response to Reply #7 |
70. Not only that, |
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tk2kewl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
8. Tomorrow he meets with oil companies and Ronald McDonald to shape his environmental policy |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
9. education has always been a tool of business |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. But those programs were by choice. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. different meetings at different times |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Yes, they are. Recruiting business people. That is just what I said. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 03:15 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. I don't think they need to be at this meeting |
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checks-n-balances (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 06:59 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Bullshit |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:20 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Amen |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 08:06 AM Response to Reply #37 |
58. 2nd that (n/t) |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #32 |
73. Really? |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 02:49 PM Response to Reply #32 |
79. That's the problem in its entirety, |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 02:35 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. I could agree with you if... |
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roxiejules (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 10:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
47. The problem is they are going to run and own the schools |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 08:05 AM Response to Reply #17 |
57. reply # 37 sums it up - and why are we looking for "private $" for edu? |
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icarusxat (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:46 AM Response to Reply #10 |
54. educators? not invited |
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Tom1960 (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:42 AM Response to Reply #10 |
67. Let me just say a couple of things... |
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alsame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
11. k&r |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
12. Recommended |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
13. k&r |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
14. Colin Powell can teach about Team Torture and how to equivocate. |
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StarburstClock (583 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 02:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. and how to lie to the U.N and conspire to commit war |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:14 PM Response to Reply #19 |
41. That would be science! lol 'Now, class, shake your little vial thusly.' |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. And about how covering up massacres can help you advance your career as a toady. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 02:31 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. He must be next on the list for a Presidential Medal of Freedom. n /t |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:12 PM Response to Reply #21 |
40. With public speaking classes in "I was just doing my duty" |
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Yon_Yonson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 06:37 AM Response to Reply #21 |
56. We must be talking about My Lai massacre |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 09:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
45. True, that! |
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lutefisk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
15. I admit I didn't appreciate how "good" we had it with Bush and Spellings overseeing education policy |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
16. There are 6 full pages of Alliance Partners.... |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
20. WTF? |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
22. Next up: President meets with vampires about blood shortage. nt |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 02:36 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. ... |
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drokhole (759 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 02:46 PM Original message |
dupe |
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drokhole (759 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 02:46 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Ha! Followed by the zombie lobby about neurosurgery. |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 08:57 AM Response to Reply #22 |
60. +1 |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
26. When will he be getting with teachers, parents, and students? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 09:32 PM Response to Reply #26 |
44. Good question. |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #44 |
74. Actually, |
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drokhole (759 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
27. Sure wish Sir Ken Robinson would have a seat at that table (along with actual educators)... |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
28. 11 weeks for Walmart job training. The race to the bottom is complete--America wins! |
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icarusxat (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:48 AM Response to Reply #28 |
55. 5 weeks traing to be a teacher |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
30. Business =/= education. That's the problem right there. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
31. Get your priorities straight and remember who owns this country. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
33. I have NO problem with Private (Charter) Schools, |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
34. Of course. They are education professionals. |
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4_TN_TITANS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
35. Great... ask everyone but real teachers.... |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
36. k & r |
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Michigan-Arizona (516 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
38. K&R n/t |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
39. Yea, but I read today this is all the fault of the "far left"..poor Obama. K&R. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
43. Any meeting Obama has with Powell should include Eric Holder |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
46. The thing about "align(ing) education" with what the private sector seeks |
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Sportsguy (389 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
48. Wish I Could Figure Out Why He's Doing This |
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roxiejules (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 10:31 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Cause Goldman Sachs, Bill Gates, Bloomberg, Waltons, Third Way ... |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
50. what? he`s not sitting down with bill ayers? |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
51. Maybe next time they'll invite teachers |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
52. WTF? He's going to meet with Colin Powell? Who lied about WMD's? |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
53. What, he snubbed Jeb Bush? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 09:22 AM Response to Reply #53 |
64. Part of the farce for the public. |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
59. "Teaming up with WalMart" - for their union-busting indoctrination too? |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
61. What the business leaders want |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
62. K&R Not a surprise that he is snubbing educators, again. n/t |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
63. "Strong backs for warehouse work. No Liberal Arts." |
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Reader Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
66. The billionaires want a nation of drones. |
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russspeakeasy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
68. Michael Vick is coming to train my dog. It should be fine |
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Reader Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
69. He wants them to do for public education what they did for the economy? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #69 |
71. Exactly. LOOT. |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
72. No rich person left behind. More Obama strategy. |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
75. They seem to be setting up the kind of education Irving Kristol advocated |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
76. why NOT turn over our education to the "job creators" |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
77. God forbid we educate students in a manner which will help them become employable adults |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
78. This is a good thing. The way to undermine the far right's destruction of public education is to |
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