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proud2BlibKansan
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Sun Oct-02-05 12:53 PM Original message |
A true story about Bill Bennett |
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Rex
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Sun Oct-02-05 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. I wish poverty on Bill Bennett |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Sun Oct-02-05 12:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. What a fine friend to education he is |
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Rex
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Sun Oct-02-05 01:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. They want to privatize education so that they can pay teachers |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Sun Oct-02-05 01:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I think it is more than that |
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daninthemoon
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Sun Oct-02-05 01:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. You are right, and I would add that I think there is also a racial/class |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Sun Oct-02-05 01:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Yes I agree |
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nvliberal
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Sun Oct-02-05 01:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Yep, it's a way to undercut unions. |
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liberalhistorian
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Sun Oct-02-05 05:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. And only the private education |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Sun Oct-02-05 05:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. That is funny; I had not heard that |
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afdip
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Sun Oct-02-05 01:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. oh, i think he deserves more than poverty . . . . |
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MADem
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Sun Oct-02-05 05:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. I wish him a complete lack of joy |
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FreedomAngel82
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Sun Oct-02-05 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
5. Amazing |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Sun Oct-02-05 01:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. If I remember correctly, |
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Fridays Child
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Sun Oct-02-05 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
6. Translation: Screw kids because public education is a bottomless money... |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Sun Oct-02-05 01:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. And now that their campaign to reform SS is failed, |
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Fridays Child
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Sun Oct-02-05 01:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. GOP = Greedy Old Peckerheads |
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HockeyMom
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Sun Oct-02-05 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
10. After spending 12 years in Catholic school myself, |
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nvliberal
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Sun Oct-02-05 01:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. The problem with the "choice" argument is |
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HockeyMom
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Sun Oct-02-05 03:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. In order to get into a Catholic HS |
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MADem
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Sun Oct-02-05 05:22 PM Original message |
Of course, if you make a massive contribution to the church |
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MADem
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Sun Oct-02-05 05:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Of course, if you make a massive contribution to the church |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Sun Oct-02-05 05:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. Bingo! |
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spooky3
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Sun Oct-02-05 05:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. my sister was a Freep's delight--did just what they recommended |
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mzteris
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Sun Oct-02-05 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
17. Not to mention |
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HockeyMom
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Sun Oct-02-05 05:05 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I have heard of this |
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sandnsea
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Sun Oct-02-05 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
22. OMG, he doesn't go into K12??? |
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mzteris
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Sun Oct-02-05 06:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Virtual Highschool through |
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sandnsea
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Sun Oct-02-05 08:05 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. K12 is NOT public school |
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mzteris
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Mon Oct-03-05 07:03 AM Response to Reply #35 |
59. check again |
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Leeny
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Sun Oct-02-05 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
26. Doesn't surprise me in the least |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Sun Oct-02-05 05:58 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. No we aren't just f_cked. |
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Leeny
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Sun Oct-02-05 10:17 PM Response to Reply #28 |
52. You are correct |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Sun Oct-02-05 10:51 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. If you really thought it was futile, |
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progressoid
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Sun Oct-02-05 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
27. Bennett doesn't qualify as scum. He's below that. |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Sun Oct-02-05 05:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Yes I plan on sharing it as well |
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AirAmFan
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Sun Oct-02-05 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
29. Demand that his fellow board-members, corporate customers, and funders |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Sun Oct-02-05 06:07 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Wow I wish I could nominate this post for greatest page |
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AirAmFan
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Sun Oct-02-05 07:25 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Thanks! I've just turned this post into its own DU thread, at |
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MelissaB
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Sun Oct-02-05 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
33. What a bastard! I'm wondering if "No Child Left Behind" is supposed to |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Sun Oct-02-05 08:47 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. I think that is a big part of it, yes |
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MelissaB
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Sun Oct-02-05 09:08 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Thanks for the story. I teach, too, and am getting very frustrated. |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Sun Oct-02-05 09:20 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I know it's frustrating isn't it? |
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dogfacedboy
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Tue Oct-04-05 08:23 AM Response to Reply #33 |
70. Without a doubt. |
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oasis
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Sun Oct-02-05 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
36. Education can be a ticket out of a life of crime and poverty. Bennett |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Sun Oct-02-05 08:59 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. EVERY child is held back with this kind of perverse logic |
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LWolf
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Mon Oct-03-05 07:30 AM Response to Reply #39 |
60. And that is the EXACT logic and mindset |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Mon Oct-03-05 08:32 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Amen - where are those Democrats? |
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LWolf
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Mon Oct-03-05 09:50 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. It took me awhile. |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Mon Oct-03-05 10:23 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. They have spoken up about the lack of funding |
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LWolf
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Tue Oct-04-05 06:36 AM Response to Reply #63 |
66. funding- |
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madfloridian
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Sun Oct-02-05 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
38. He bought his own internet school. Link. |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Sun Oct-02-05 09:24 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Wait a minute |
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madfloridian
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Sun Oct-02-05 09:48 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Yeah, the irony of it. |
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madfloridian
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Sun Oct-02-05 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
44. Ooh, more! He provides curruculum to Florida Virtual School. |
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mzmolly
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Sun Oct-02-05 09:59 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. He provides this curriculum around the entire nation at your and my |
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mzmolly
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Sun Oct-02-05 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
45. This guy now runs an internet based public/charter/private school |
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madfloridian
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Sun Oct-02-05 10:04 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. I started a thread on this the other night, but it dropped quickly. |
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mzmolly
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Sun Oct-02-05 10:11 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. It's such a shame. |
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madfloridian
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Sun Oct-02-05 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
47. State provides computers, pays for internet access. Provides curriculum. |
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Warren DeMontague
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Sun Oct-02-05 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
48. I was waiting for the part where his leather-clad dominatrix |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Sun Oct-02-05 10:55 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. It's vouchers, not virtues |
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madfloridian
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Sun Oct-02-05 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
50. Voucher probe was extended to virtual schools. 2003 |
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shance
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Sun Oct-02-05 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
54. Their plan is to starve every social program so they can take them over. |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Sun Oct-02-05 11:10 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Their agenda is so repulsive |
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Mr_Spock
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Sun Oct-02-05 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
56. Bill Bennet really ought to remove himself from this planet |
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Warren DeMontague
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Mon Oct-03-05 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
58. What, precisely, does Bill Bennett DO? |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Tue Oct-04-05 12:39 AM Response to Reply #58 |
65. "gambler" |
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OrlandoGator
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Mon Oct-03-05 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
64. Apparently Bennett didn't know you can gamble on the internet. |
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triguy46
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Tue Oct-04-05 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
67. Not satan, but one of his minions. another truly evil man. n/t |
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spanone
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Tue Oct-04-05 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
68. Why not let the 'private sector' make education a cash cow |
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OmmmSweetOmmm
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Tue Oct-04-05 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
69. When will America wake up and realize that many of these people |
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