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« on: November 03, 2005, 11:52:00 AM »
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Charles, Camilla make first Washington visit
Thu Nov 3, 2005 2:40 AM GMT
 Charles & Camilla visit D.C.  
 
By Deborah Zabarenko

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, visited the White House on Wednesday on their first formal trip together to the U.S. capital, where memories of the late Princess Diana are still strong.

President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush hosted the royal couple for lunch and dinner. Mrs. Bush accompanied them on a visit to the SEED School, a public boarding school that educates urban students.

They were attended by the customary monster press pack throughout the day, from the school in economically depressed southeast Washington, where they toured two classrooms and other facilities, to a formal dinner at the White House.

In Melanie Brown's eighth-grade English class, the royals seemed comfortable as they chatted with groups of students. Camilla asked how the food was. "Horrible with a capital 'H'" was the answer.

The prince asked whether the students were allowed to go home for weekends and watch television. "Too many channels to choose from," Charles said.

As they arrived at the White House for dinner, protesters rallied across the street against the war in Iraq and other Bush policies, shouting "how many more have to die".

Inside, Bush toasted the strong bond between the United States and Britain, Washington's closest ally in Iraq.

"Today we're fighting side-by-side against an ideology of hatred and intolerance to ensure that the 21st century will be one of liberty and hope," he said.

Charles joked that during his first White House visit, the media was speculating about him marrying Tricia Nixon, the daughter of President Richard Nixon.

"And it's very interesting to see the same sort of thing happening to my eldest son," he said.

On the day civil rights icon Rosa Parks was buried in Detroit, Charles observed "there is a powerful message, I think, here about tolerance and inclusion that has relevance for the whole international community."

Joined by designer Oscar de la Renta, new U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and other guests, the royal couple dined on celery broth with rock shrimp, medallions of buffalo tenderloin and petits four cake with chartreuse ice cream.

Charles and Camilla will stay in Washington for three days, with visits to the National Institutes of Health, Georgetown University, the National Building Museum and the Second World War Memorial.

Their week-long tour began in New York City on Tuesday and will include stops in New Orleans and San Francisco. The couple visited Manhattan's Ground Zero and dedicated the British Memorial Garden to honour victims of the September 11, 2001, attacks.

Washington has traditionally been warm to British royalty, but particularly took to Diana, the prince's ex-wife, who was killed in a Paris car crash in 1997.

Perhaps the best-recalled Washington moment for Diana came in 1985, when she danced at the White House with actor John Travolta. The mystique of that event was such that the figure-hugging gown she wore eventually sold for $225,500 at a charity auction.

(Additional reporting by Caren Bohan and Jeremy Pelofsky)


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« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2005, 12:22:00 PM »
Fuck those inbred Eurotrash.
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« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2005, 12:26:00 PM »
Hmmn. Why do all the kids have to live at the school? They are all from D.C., so why can't they live with their families? Sick, man. Something smells fishy. I looked around on their website a little, but I didn't recognize any staff or board names or connections. Maybe needs a little more research. It would be interesting to hear from former students.

Sick man. Take the kids from their families. I wonder what the demographics are. This is very interesting. Rather than fixing the public schools and the poverty problem and so on, just take the children.
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« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2005, 12:49:00 PM »
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"Hmmn. Why do all the kids have to live at the school? They are all from D.C., so why can't they live with their families? Sick, man. Something smells fishy. I looked around on their website a little, but I didn't recognize any staff or board names or connections. Maybe needs a little more research. It would be interesting to hear from former students.



Sick man. Take the kids from their families. I wonder what the demographics are. This is very interesting. Rather than fixing the public schools and the poverty problem and so on, just take the children."


Why does there always have to be a conspiracy on this website?  I live in DC and know these kids are getting an education that they would not noramlly be able to afford. Yes, fix the public school problem, but can't we appreciate the fact that this is doing some good for these kids?  Not every boarding school or similar facilty has to be assumed to be Straight-like.
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« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2005, 01:00:00 PM »
I feel ill, suddenly...

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« Reply #5 on: November 03, 2005, 01:02:00 PM »
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On 2005-11-03 09:26:00, Anonymous wrote:


"Hmmn. Why do all the kids have to live at the school? They are all from D.C., so why can't they live with their families? Sick, man. Something smells fishy. I looked around on their website a little, but I didn't recognize any staff or board names or connections. Maybe needs a little more research. It would be interesting to hear from former students.





Sick man. Take the kids from their families. I wonder what the demographics are. This is very interesting. Rather than fixing the public schools and the poverty problem and so on, just take the children."




Why does there always have to be a conspiracy on this website?  I live in DC and know these kids are getting an education that they would not noramlly be able to afford. Yes, fix the public school problem, but can't we appreciate the fact that this is doing some good for these kids?  Not every boarding school or similar facilty has to be assumed to be Straight-like."


Both men are liars.

Case closed.

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« Reply #6 on: November 03, 2005, 01:26:00 PM »
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On 2005-11-03 09:26:00, Anonymous wrote:


"Hmmn. Why do all the kids have to live at the school? They are all from D.C., so why can't they live with their families? Sick, man. Something smells fishy. I looked around on their website a little, but I didn't recognize any staff or board names or connections. Maybe needs a little more research. It would be interesting to hear from former students.





Sick man. Take the kids from their families. I wonder what the demographics are. This is very interesting. Rather than fixing the public schools and the poverty problem and so on, just take the children."




Why does there always have to be a conspiracy on this website?  I live in DC and know these kids are getting an education that they would not noramlly be able to afford. Yes, fix the public school problem, but can't we appreciate the fact that this is doing some good for these kids?  Not every boarding school or similar facilty has to be assumed to be Straight-like."


Hon, I never accused this school of nothin but taking kids from their families to live at the school 24/7. How about before you go accusing me of conspiracy accusing, you go get us some demographics. Why don't you go down there and find out what the kids have to do outside of schoolwork and so on, like do they got forced counseling or confessional groups or mandatory chapel or restricted readings and so on. Just be a reporter, get the info, and - here's your key challenge - know what you are looking for.

What we are looking for, in general here, is child abuse, and, more specifically, that partikerler strain which hath strained the brains of so many. G sees this thing so she puts it up for our perusal and the mutual efforts of looking into it, esp. if it's our own neighborhood. Now go run along and be our D.C. looker-intoer. Thanks a lot.  :wave:
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« Reply #7 on: November 03, 2005, 01:44:00 PM »
Hon, I never accused this school of nothin but taking kids from their families to live at the school 24/7. How about before you go accusing me of conspiracy accusing, you go get us some demographics. Why don't you go down there and find out what the kids have to do outside of schoolwork and so on, like do they got forced counseling or confessional groups or mandatory chapel or restricted readings and so on. Just be a reporter, get the info, and - here's your key challenge - know what you are looking for.



What we are looking for, in general here, is child abuse, and, more specifically, that partikerler strain which hath strained the brains of so many. G sees this thing so she puts it up for our perusal and the mutual efforts of looking into it, esp. if it's our own neighborhood. Now go run along and be our D.C. looker-intoer. Thanks a lot.  :wave: "
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See, you're first thought is that they have to be being force-fed something or held against their will (some might say " a projection of your own experiences").  As much as some would like it to be, not all in the world is bad.  There are a few rays of light, granted not many, but this is one.  It's an avenue for those parents who want to help their children to a better education than what's currently available publically.  We should applaud it while the funding lasts.
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« Reply #8 on: November 03, 2005, 01:47:00 PM »
Whereas, you failed to have any thought at all.
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« Reply #9 on: November 03, 2005, 01:56:00 PM »
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"Whereas, you failed to have any thought at all."


Woa.  He musta hit a nerve. :wave:
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« Reply #10 on: November 03, 2005, 02:07:00 PM »
Nope. No nerve hit, I parried the blow with a dead-on accurate return.
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« Reply #11 on: November 03, 2005, 02:13:00 PM »
I dunno.  He seemed to have a vaild point or two and you jus' fired away.  Oh, well.  Let's hope it's on the up and up for the kids sake.
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« Reply #12 on: November 03, 2005, 02:47:00 PM »
I looked around a bit too. Here's an interesting feature:

http://www.seedfoundation.com/DC/diary.asp

These diary entries were compiled by gushingly entheusiastic interns who have, evidently, finished the Program.

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9th grader:

Dear Diary,
I didn?t notice it so much before, but I don?t have as much in common with the other boys on my block. When we go out places on the weekends, I do little things that my boys don?t think about like holding doors for girls. Yesterday, my boy Mike and I went to Georgetown Mall and he bumped into a man by accident. Mike just kept walking, when he should have said sorry or something. Being at the SEED has taught me to care about the little things. My mom tells me all the time how proud she is of the man I am becoming.

Not that good manners are a bad thing. Certainly, they're not and that's a very important aspect of life. If you don't know how to act and dress for a job interview or how to treat clients and collegues afterward, it doesn't matter what else you know or what you can do, you're out of the club.

But is it also a good thing that these kids are being aculturated out of their natural social nets? Do they explain that up front to the students and their families; that the goal is to make them a bit more white? Or do they just sell them hard on the accademics and sort of slip the acculturation program in on them?

Here's an historical reference for perspective:
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One of the saddest chapters in Native American history has to be these children who were forcibly removed from their homes and families to attend boarding schools. Many times, Indian children died at these schools - from diseases they had no natural immunity to, from homesickness and other factors. There are hundreds of graves, over 250 at Carlisle alone, of these children who suffered and died alone and lonely, far from all that was familiar to them, remembered only by those friends and family who mourned their loss. The children who survived the training were no better off - and in some cases worse off - than those who escaped the forced schooling. They often found themselves unwelcome in white society in spite of their painful acculterization process, and sometimes returned to their tribes to find they were no longer accepted there either.
http://members.aol.com/tawodi/carlisle/intro.html


Does the suggestion that the Program cabal may have viewed us rebellious kids as a problem not dissimilar to that of savage children offend your sensibilities? Good! Because it offends my sensibilities that 1) that's probably pretty close to the truth and 2) it's still going on.

Who in their right mind wants to replace all of the living cultures that make up this great land with what the educrats and other social engineers have to offer?


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« Reply #13 on: November 03, 2005, 02:52:00 PM »
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"I dunno.  He seemed to have a vaild point or two and you jus' fired away.  Oh, well.  Let's hope it's on the up and up for the kids sake."


My firing was accurate.

What's more, your attitude stinks. "Oh well. Let's hope it's on the up and up for the kid's sake." I don't want to embarass you by elaborating on what a damn stupid thing that is to say.
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« Reply #14 on: November 03, 2005, 03:48:00 PM »
I dunno. I'm just trying to understand this whole thing in a broader context. I was actually about to fall asleep when I heard a quick blurb on the news last night about the shrub trotting our royal guests through a boarding school. Thought I'd look into it.

It seems that, lately, every time the White House entertains British royalty, they feel compelled to run them through the latest and greatest in programs designed to squash the unwaspie cultures in our midst. Is it just the Reagan/Büsh Nazi cabal? Or is this some tradition that goes back further than that?



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