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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Of course, in my darker hours I think the neglect/gutting of the public schools is a deliberate effort to create/maintain an easily manipulated underclass.
Some public schools are great though. I think there is a really tough problem with schools. In general, where there is a good tax base there are good schools. It would be hard to fix that.
The reason I think it was at least partially deliberate was the extensive involvement of Rove from the beginning. Rove was all about winning elections. Rove, though not the genius he is sometimes called is not a complete moron. The Bush White House not only failed to do the right thing, but stopped others from doing the right thing - refusing permission for NG units and red cross units to help. Where was the political gain in that? Changing the demographics. When someone has a proven record of malice I think the "assume incompetence over malice" heuristic no longer applies.
Either way, if there was one instant when the last administration reached the Point of No Return in the public's eyes, it was, "Heck of a job, Brownie."
That was a heck of a moment. Bush was such an idiot, the crowning jewel of political cynicism.
"George Bush doesn't care about black people."
In other political news, I'm so interested in the reasons people have various opinions. For whatever reason, I said something to a coworker about how Peter Jennings was always my anchorman boyfriend. She said she hated him. Why? Because he was biased because he dated Hanan Ashrawi. In the 70s! She just automatically hates anything with any connection to Palestine, because she's Jewish.
Brian Williams is my favorite anchorman because he's hilarious on The Daily Show.
Brian Gumball is my favorite anchorman because I like gumballs.
thanks Kanye.
I love Brian Williams too and I'm a little upset that I have never seen him in the concourse.
Matt, returning of the money is always good. Right on!
It is exciting that theoretically by this time next month, I will only have a balance on one card.
Be next week, I should have my last credit card paid off, and I will be totally debt-free for the first time in my adult life. (Let's say since 18, so -- 20 years. Jesus. 2 decades.)
I want to celebrate by buying a MacBook, but even I recognize the irony inherent in that choice.
Is anyone else having issues with Gmail?