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Froderik:

--- Quote ---Democracy is a beautiful thing, except for that part about letting just any old yokel vote.
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Confession: That was me, the intent being to inject a little humor into this thread. Glad you liked it, SyN...I got it here:

http://paul.merton.ox.ac.uk/language/kids-quotes.html

Anonymous:
The best band to ever come out of LA was The Doors.

Marina:
Brazil is not an example of a good economy... I never said it was. But America has been going down since Bush has been in control, that's all I'm saying. I haven't heard of unemplyment nearly as much as after Bush took over. Forget Brazil, I'm not getting into Brazil cause you guys get rich by exploiting our natural resources and I don't wanna get into that (although America's social issues have been getting closer and closer to the Brazilian ones).
   
    It's not about "where can you sign up for that", dude, it's about paying more attention to the world around you. Be aware of your surroundings, what do you think Bush is doing to the WORLD? Is he really "saving the world" from terrorism or is he killing innocent ppl to get the oil? Ask yourselves this question.

   Forget Brazil, I'm pretty sure that's not your main corncern anyways. Think of America and where it stands in the world today. Is that where you want to be? Do you think it's fair what your president has been doing to the world?

Antigen:
http://fornits.com/wwf/viewtopic.php?to ... =22&Sort=D
If the natural tendencies of mankind are so bad that it is not safe to permit  people to be free, how is it that the tendencies of these organizers are always good?  Do not the legislators and their appointed agents also belong to the human race?

--Frederic Bastiat -- 1801-1850
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Antigen:

--- Quote ---On 2003-12-18 09:00:00, Carmel wrote:

I will briefly mention the horrific damage we are doing to our own country by practically eliminating the possibility of decent public education.....gotta fund Saddams retirement pension. Teachers are being cut, supplies being cut, school food is horrendous....what about our children? And their children? What legacy are we gonna leave them besides reels and reels of live news coverage?

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Carmel, ya' know how much I like you, right? So much I'm looking forward to hashing this one out with you cause I know you'll cus me, you know I'll let it roll off and we both know we'll still be friends afterward, right?

Awright.

I don't think we could have reached this state of affairs without compulsory public schooling. Before such a thing was widespread in our society, America was one of the most literate countries on the planet. On paper, we still are. But they've moved the bar. 100% literacy, by the new math, means you can read and understand a TV guide. By the old standard, some yokel in Kenya is a lot more literate than most of us are. They may not be able to read and write about it. But they can discuss world issues as they effect them in at least 2 or three languages and several dialects and do it comfortably and intelligently.

Just check out the distinguished James Shikwati
http://isil.org/resources/fnn/2003summe ... talks.html

I'm not suggesting, above, that Mr. Shikwati is a yokel. I was actually thinking of a kid I've known for a few years who landed here at age 14 from Kenya, where he had been regarded as an adult. That was about 6 or 8 years ago. Tonight, we were just discussing debugging C code and his and my daughter's turbulant past. I'm sending him a copy of http://www.libertybookshop.us/mall/Unde ... istory.htm I've read articles, essays, reviews and quotes from it for years now. If someone wanted to send me a Christmas gift, I wouldn't return it. I'd read it and then release it into the wild via http://bookcrossing.com/

Anyway, I don't think our public schools are really failing. I think they're succeeding splendidly at their purpose. That's why my kids don't have to go. I like them wild and unschooled, just as they are.

The hypothalamus is one of the most important parts of the brain, involved in many kinds of motivation, among other functions.  The hypothalamus controls the "Four F's": 1. fighting;  2. fleeing;  3.feeding; and  4. mating.
-- Psychology professor in neuropsychology intro course

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