Monday, April 24, 2006
Switching schools
Hey there all,
I'm in the process of interviewing for new schools - charter schools. They're public schools, in that the kids go to them for free, but they're privately funded, meaning that the teachers are paid by the school and not the dept. of ed. I'd be out of the union, I think, lose out the coupla years towards pension, lose out on the likelihood of tenure, and any other benefits that come with being part of a massive union. But, the school itself would be much more positive than what I'm in now, the teachers, parents and students would all be involved thoroughly in the education of the kids, and I might make a little more money, cause I'd be putting in more time during the day. What do we think?
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I'm in the process of interviewing for new schools - charter schools. They're public schools, in that the kids go to them for free, but they're privately funded, meaning that the teachers are paid by the school and not the dept. of ed. I'd be out of the union, I think, lose out the coupla years towards pension, lose out on the likelihood of tenure, and any other benefits that come with being part of a massive union. But, the school itself would be much more positive than what I'm in now, the teachers, parents and students would all be involved thoroughly in the education of the kids, and I might make a little more money, cause I'd be putting in more time during the day. What do we think?
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Julie's joining us!
But she's uber-radical, and she's taking over the hills in her mission to get Bush impeached. Let's make her welcome!
Love ya Jules
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Love ya Jules
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Plane pentagon
A year or two ago I saw a video questioning what had happened on 9/11. It raised some issues regarding response time to the planes in nyc, a possible building felled just southwest of the north tower, and the crash at the pentagon. I was listening to an air america program just now and the host - randi rhodes - in a rambling tirade against the president - mentioned "and what happened at the pentagon? i still haven't seen an engine, a wing, a tail! but i digress..." So I googled 'plane pentagon' and it came up with a huge number of conspiracy theories. I knew that what I had watched was out there and very vew people would give it an ear. But it seems a lot of people are asking questions, and they don't seem like terrible questions. Officials just scoff at the questions, but the criticisms have come from officials as well. And the pictures I've been looking at certainly don't show a plane anywhere...
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thoughts?
Saturday, April 08, 2006
I'm not just drunk, I'm pissed!
Seriously, guys-what's going on? It's been three years and nigh a month since the USA invaded Iraq and deposed malevolent dictator Saddam Hussein. Sodom's on trial for crimes against humanity and lightless Iraq is seeing the lives of dozens a day destroyed. Right, I know this, we all do. So what's going on? Civil War, right? The Kurds want an autonomous, oil-rich, Sunni-free North. The Shiites want a centist, , theocratic, capital-controlled, Sunni-free Baghdad. The Sunnis want a reminiscent, minority-controlled, secular brutocray. Civil War, right? Wait a minute. What about the fourth-option? The USA/UK coalition wants affordable oil, position in resource-rich Eurasia, and displacement of the ideological blood-war. And fifth? Russia wants a continuation of their military-industial jackpot. Sixth? Islamic, fundamentalist terrorists want publicity, terror, chaos. Who's responsible for the tens of thousands of dead? Who's going to approach the family members of the 71 Iraqis who died today while filing out of Mosque? Who's going to hand a folded-flag to the families of four US soldiers who died today in Iraq? Who's going to tell me what the f's going on and who the f's responsible? Why is there so much blood-shed, everyday? Is it sectarian hatreds and civil-war? Is it colonial manipulation, reconstruction blood-money, capitalist greed? Is it the will of the historic moment, as Tolstoy would have it? What the f---? What the f---? Somebody- Caitie, Jesse, Damian, somebody please, tell me why so many people die everyday in that country. One simple explanation will do. Can anybody come up with it?
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No, maybe not. You're right. Everything's just peachy.
|Population Stats
|Thursday, April 06, 2006
Freedom's Just Another Word For...
...Who has more prisoners per capita, China, Nigeria or the USA? Who has more prisoners gross, China or the USA? Who has the highest percentage of female prisoners in the world? For answers, check out this handy BBC table.
