Saturday, May 21, 2011
Revolt: US government list of crimes proving unlawful dictatorship | Dailycensored.com
Revolt: US government list of crimes proving unlawful dictatorship | Dailycensored.com
Revolt: US government list of crimes proving unlawful dictatorship
Politics, War and PeaceMay 21, 2011source: Carl Herman, Examiner.com
Activist Post is an outstanding source for revealing factual reporting. The following documentation reminds us of the details of Orwellian unlawful US government dictates/dictatorship that corporate media obfuscates. I’ve written that by any objective definition, the US government is no longer a constitutional repbulic, but most accurately understood as fascism.
For context, here is a summary of my 30-years’ experience working with US “leadership” in government, economics and corporate media:
I teach US History, Advanced Placement (AP) US Government and AP Macroeconomics. As a “hobby,” I helped grow the citizen’s lobby, RESULTS, that led to two UN Summits (1990 World Summit for Children- the largest meeting of heads of state in world history – and the 1997 Microcredit Summit- topic of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize). US political leadership of both parties reneged on each and every public and private promise to act for ending poverty from these two UN summits. Leadership rejects saving a million children’s lives each month despite the fact that in every historical case it also
Dan Walters, SacBee, 2001: "New data prove that two-tier society is a fact of California life" | 24Ahead
Dan Walters, SacBee, 2001: "New data prove that two-tier society is a fact of California life" | 24Ahead
Dan Walters, SacBee, 2001: "New data prove that two-tier society is a fact of California life"
The August 12, 2001 article "New data prove that two-tier society is a fact of California life" by Dan Walters of the Sacramento Bee is apparently not on their site any more. I'm copying it from here because it needs to be preserved as an example of the California Establishment realizing the problems they helped create:
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Sixteen years ago, two academic researchers took note of the powerful economic and social forces that were just then beginning to sweep through California and made what many thought was a very bold, even risky, projection about the state.
University of California, Davis, economist Philip Martin and Washington-based sociologist Leon Bouvier concluded in 1985 that with the state's population expanding dramatically due to immigration, and its economy shifting from old-style manufacturing to high technology and services, seeds were being sown for socioeconomic fragmentation.
"The large increases projected for Hispanics and Asians in the labor force suggest a continuation of the emerging two-tier economy," Martin and Bouvier wrote in a research paper published by the Population Reference Bureau,
Jersey Jazzman: A Reformy Confession
Jersey Jazzman: A Reformy Confession
A Reformy Confession
Via Bruce Baker on the Twitter machine - the very reformy National Council on Teacher Quality admits that even the best teachers aren't the X-Men:
As someone who runs a teacher quality organization, clearly I'd love it if that statement were even remotely accurate but,to be blunt, it's dead wrong. The 'teachers matter' refrain has been spouted so much in the past ten years that, predictably, we've lost important perspective. The truth is that SES and family background still swamp school effects by a 3:1 margin.In spite of these odds, we can still have daily reminders that teachers matter plenty. But we do schools and teachers an injustice by inflicting upon them superhero powers, especially when we also wrongly insist that superhero status can be achieved just by being basically smart and stupendous results are possible no matter what curriculum is used.Make no mistake about it. Overcoming the learning deficits of many poor and
Assemblymember Bob Blumenfield: Governor’s May Revise Keeps With Balanced Approach Necessary to Protect Jobs, Education and Publ | California Progress Report
Assemblymember Bob Blumenfield: Governor’s May Revise Keeps With Balanced Approach Necessary to Protect Jobs, Education and Publ | California Progress Report
Assemblymember Bob Blumenfield: Governor’s May Revise Keeps With Balanced Approach Necessary to Protect Jobs, Education and Publ
The Brooklyn Consensus | Dailycensored.com
The Brooklyn Consensus | Dailycensored.com
The Brooklyn Consensus
Business, PoliticsMay 21, 2011By Terry Morrone
We’re in a class war and we’re losing. The rich are getting richer and everyone else is getting poorer. We’re abusing the planet through global warming and pollution. Unless we make radical changes, we’re heading for poverty, starvation and constant war. The whole world is in crisis, not just the United States. The amoral behavior of corporations and their allies in government are causing most of our problems. They don’t care how many people they kill in their quest for money and power. Imagine a world without laws. That’s what exists now for the rich and powerful. But our identification with the rich and the respect we give to anyone with money, no matter how they got it, is also a problem.
In this report I’m going to briefly describe the destructive behavior of our major corporations and banks. Then I’m going to suggest a list of remedies that I and others advocate. There seems to be a consensus on what has to be done among a group of progressive economists I’m familiar with.
Saturday coffee.+ Old school « Fred Klonsky's blog
Saturday coffee. « Fred Klonsky's blog
Saturday coffee.
I’m putting this picture here in a shameless attempt to get sympathy for our fight to save our pensions. If you’re not willing to call your Illinois state senator and house member so that this poor, sweet, old teacher can live out the remaining days of her life on the $43,000 a year an average retired teacher in Illinois receives, what kind of heartless person are you?
I mean, if the Wall Street wheeler dealers can blame the financial crisis on a public school teachers, why can’t I be allowed to pull on your heart-strings?
Just a little.
Did you read Charles Blow in the NY Times today?
The Wall Street Journal reported last week on some 40 states that use prepaid debit cards to issue payments like unemployment benefits and child support.
Old school.
Billie Holiday.
Schools Matter: George Parker Openly Joins Psychopath, Michelle Rhee, on Oligarchs' Payroll
Schools Matter: George Parker Openly Joins Psychopath, Michelle Rhee, on Oligarchs' Payroll
(priceless photo by Brendan Smialowski for the NYTimes--whatever you charge to use this one, fine)
After DC voters last year booted Fenty and Rhee, one of the first actions by DC teachers was to replace the scheming, ineffectual, and purchased union president, George Parker, who had sold out and signed on to the contract crafted by Weingarten and the Broad Team.
How fitting that Parker is now officially a whore to the Oligarchs, along with Rhee. Sam Dillon:
George Parker Openly Joins Psychopath, Michelle Rhee, on Oligarchs' Payroll
(priceless photo by Brendan Smialowski for the NYTimes--whatever you charge to use this one, fine)
After DC voters last year booted Fenty and Rhee, one of the first actions by DC teachers was to replace the scheming, ineffectual, and purchased union president, George Parker, who had sold out and signed on to the contract crafted by Weingarten and the Broad Team.
How fitting that Parker is now officially a whore to the Oligarchs, along with Rhee. Sam Dillon:
Michelle A. Rhee butted heads frequently during her three-year tenure as schools chancellor of
Ten things teachers need to reclaim their profession - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post
Ten things teachers need to reclaim their profession - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post
Ten things teachers need to reclaim their profession
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This was written by Horace B. Lucido, a retired physics instructor, author and educational consultant, and a founding member ofEducators and Parents Against Testing Abuse.
By Horace B. Lucido
Sports referees make split second decisions. Judges and doctors do too, sometimes decisions that are life changing. Despite the subjective nature of their judgments, they are given respect and trust because of their training and experience, and we most often accept their decisions as valid.
This was once the same type of respect given to our public school teachers, the professionals who work in the classroom. But since the onslaught of state and national high-stakes testing regimes, too many
Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Finding Your Beautiful Moment the Last Week of School
Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Finding Your Beautiful Moment the Last Week of School
It is Saturday. I just ate my lunch at school halfway through grading the end of term websites, blog posts, and NetGenEd video projects. Yes. I am at school.
There is only one chance to finish well.
When I run, I've learned to sprint the last lap and all-out run the last 100 meters. It is proven to make you faster and stronger. It also feels great to know that I gave EVERYTHING I had to that one run. I can go home, relax, enjoy myself and know that I left it all and gave it all in a pure, beautiful moment of physical activity.
This is Your Beautiful Moment
This is your moment, my friends. In the northern hemisphere we are finishing school.
Finding Your Beautiful Moment the Last Week of School
"For a few brief days the orchards are white with blossoms. They soon turn to fruit, or else float away, useless and wasted, upon the gentle breeze. So will it be with present feelings. They must be deepened into decision, or be entirely dissapated by delay." Theodore Cuyler
It is Saturday. I just ate my lunch at school halfway through grading the end of term websites, blog posts, and NetGenEd video projects. Yes. I am at school.
There is only one chance to finish well.
When I run, I've learned to sprint the last lap and all-out run the last 100 meters. It is proven to make you faster and stronger. It also feels great to know that I gave EVERYTHING I had to that one run. I can go home, relax, enjoy myself and know that I left it all and gave it all in a pure, beautiful moment of physical activity.
This is Your Beautiful Moment
This is your moment, my friends. In the northern hemisphere we are finishing school.
"The deepest principle of human nature is the desire
Modern School: Impoverishing Teachers in Ohio
Modern School: Impoverishing Teachers in Ohio
Impoverishing Teachers in Ohio
While charter schools in Ohio outsource their teaching responsibilities to low wage immigrants, traditional schools in Ohio are forcing teachers to accept impoverishing salary and benefits cuts, or face an end to collective bargaining.
In Huber Heights on Thursday, the school board approved 2-year contracts with teachers and classified staff members that freeze wages and require members to pay more for their health insurance. The Dayton Daily News reports that they currently pay 10%. Under the new agreements, the cost will go up to 13% next year, and 15% the following year. The new contract avoids the new collective bargaining rules of SB 5, since it was fast tracked in before the July 1 deadline. Similar sellout contracts were negotiated by teachers unions in Centerville, Vandalia, Lebanon and other districts.
Average teacher salaries in Huber Heights are already extremely low, averaging only $48,600 to $53,100 per year, according to the Teacher Salary Info website. However, beginning teachers only earn $27,000-$33,000. A wage freeze is a de facto wage cut since the cost of
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