> In article > > > On May 21, 6:44 pm, cheapd...@home.com wrote: > > > Our Muslim heritage > > > > > > Barack OBAMA, during his Cairo speech, said: "I know, too, that Islam > > > has always been a part of America 's story." ' > > > > He's turned out to be just another politician, kissing ass where he > > deems > > it expedient, especially to Big Oil, Big Coal, Big Pharma, Big > > Insurance, > > and Big Wall Street. The entities that are really runniing our > > country. > > > > Amazing, how a guy I thought was smart, doesn't realize you don't > > extend your hand to mad dogs > > who want to bite it off -- whether they're from hostile Muslims or > > from the equally-hostile, destructive, > > un-American far-far-far-Right wing Republican party (what's left of it > > after it's been taken over by those > > who openly said, from Inauguration Day onward, that they are working > > to wreck Obama's presidency). > > Note: I'm an Independent voter, but I really hoped for better from > > Obama. > > > > [...] > > I'm with you on this. Still I think we get what we deserve and I do > not see ( in the media) few complaining intelligent voices. God I miss > Bill Moyers already and Keilor is getting there too. What to do? > > Saw this (below) the other day. If being smart is a good thing with > all those Harvard folks going to wall street. Wonder I think not still > education of the heart is needed and it may be helped by example and > nothing else. Here is something else just to contradict myself I saw > the other day.
Isn't it obvious that what the public thinks doesn't matter.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday shows
that 26% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack
Obama is performing his role as president. Forty-three percent (43%)
Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating
of -17
27% are even somewhat confident that Congress knows what itıs doing when
addressing that nationıs economic challenges.
Forty-one percent (41%) of voters say that a group of people randomly
selected from the phone book would do a better job than the current
Congress. Thirty-eight percent (38%) disagree.
<http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administra
tion/daily_presidential_tracking_poll>
What we need is for these "baby killers" to bring our troops home, cut
military spending in half, and give us campaign finance reform, but . .
. that ain't gonna happen.
What will happen is national wealth will keep disappearing into private
pockets, and we'll be left with a huge public debt, like Greece, and
just when the citizenry start to boil over, a "new threat" will emerge
to take our minds off what a bunch of thieves they are. If they though
they had enough bayonets, we wouldn't even be having this discussion.
Welcome to the "new and improved" feudalism.
> > ............ > > <http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-05/uonr-bih052010.php> > > Public release date: 20-May-2010 > [ Print | E-mail | Share ] [ Close Window ] > > Contact: Claudene Wharton > claudenew@sbcglobal.net > 775-784-1169 > University of Nevada, Reno > Books in home as important as parents' education in determining > children's education level > University of Nevada, Reno, sociologist leads 20-year study of over > 70,000 cases in 27 countries > RENO, Nev. Whether rich or poor, residents of the United States or > China, illiterate or college graduates, parents who have books in the > home increase the level of education their children will attain, > according to a 20-year study led by Mariah Evans, University of Nevada, > Reno associate professor of sociology and resource economics. > For years, educators have thought the strongest predictor of attaining > high levels of education was having parents who were highly educated. > But, strikingly, this massive study showed that the difference between > being raised in a bookless home compared to being raised in a home with > a 500-book library has as great an effect on the level of education a > child will attain as having parents who are barely literate (3 years of > education) compared to having parents who have a university education > (15 or 16 years of education). Both factors, having a 500-book library > or having university-educated parents, propel a child 3.2 years further > in education, on average. > Being a sociologist, Evans was particularly interested to find that > children of lesser-educated parents benefit the most from having books > in the home. She has been looking for ways to help Nevada's rural > communities, in terms of economic development and education. > "What kinds of investments should we be making to help these kids get > ahead?" she asked. "The results of this study indicate that getting some > books into their homes is an inexpensive way that we can help these > children succeed." > Evans said, "Even a little bit goes a long way," in terms of the number > of books in a home. Having as few as 20 books in the home still has a > significant impact on propelling a child to a higher level of education, > and the more books you add, the greater the benefit. > "You get a lot of 'bang for your book'," she said. "It's quite a good > return-on-investment in a time of scarce resources." > In some countries, such as China, having 500 or more books in the home > propels children 6.6 years further in their education. In the United > States, the effect is less, 2.4 years, than the 3.2-year average > advantage experienced across all 27 countries in the study. But, Evans > points out that 2.4 years is still a significant advantage in terms of > educational attainment. > For example, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community > Survey, Americans who have some college or an associate's degree, but > not a bachelor's degree, earn an average of $7,213 more annually than > those with just a high school education. Those who attain a bachelor's > degree earn $21,185 more each year, on average, than those with just > high school diplomas. > The study by Evans and her colleagues at Nevada, UCLA and Australian > National University is one of the largest and most comprehensive studies > ever conducted on what influences the level of education a child will > attain. > The researchers were struck by the strong effect having books in the > home had on children's educational attainment even above and beyond such > factors as education level of the parents, the country's GDP, the > father's occupation or the political system of the country. > Having books in the home is twice as important as the father's education > level, and more important than whether a child was reared in China or > the United States. Surprisingly, the difference in educational > attainment for children born in the United States and children born in > China was just 2 years, less than two-thirds the effect that having 500 > or more books in the home had on children (3.2 years). > > ### > The study, "Family scholarly culture and educational success: Books and > schooling in 27 nations," was published in the journal, Research in > Social Stratification and Mobility (online at www.sciencedirect.com). > Nevada's land-grant university founded in 1874, the University of > Nevada, Reno has an enrollment of nearly 17,000 students. The University > is home to one the country's largest study-abroad programs and the > state's medical school, and offers outreach and education programs in > all Nevada counties. For more information, visit www.unr.edu.
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- Billy
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.
>> In article >> >> > On May 21, 6:44 pm, cheapd...@home.com wrote: >> > > Our Muslim heritage >> > > >> > > Barack OBAMA, during his Cairo speech, said: "I know, too, that >> > > Islam >> > > has always been a part of America 's story." ' >> > >> > He's turned out to be just another politician, kissing ass where he >> > deems >> > it expedient, especially to Big Oil, Big Coal, Big Pharma, Big >> > Insurance, >> > and Big Wall Street. The entities that are really runniing our >> > country. >> > >> > Amazing, how a guy I thought was smart, doesn't realize you don't >> > extend your hand to mad dogs >> > who want to bite it off -- whether they're from hostile Muslims or >> > from the equally-hostile, destructive, >> > un-American far-far-far-Right wing Republican party (what's left of it >> > after it's been taken over by those >> > who openly said, from Inauguration Day onward, that they are working >> > to wreck Obama's presidency). >> > Note: I'm an Independent voter, but I really hoped for better from >> > Obama. >> > >> > [...] >> >> I'm with you on this. Still I think we get what we deserve and I do >> not see ( in the media) few complaining intelligent voices. God I miss >> Bill Moyers already and Keilor is getting there too. What to do? >> >> Saw this (below) the other day. If being smart is a good thing with >> all those Harvard folks going to wall street. Wonder I think not still >> education of the heart is needed and it may be helped by example and >> nothing else. Here is something else just to contradict myself I saw >> the other day. > Isn't it obvious that what the public thinks doesn't matter. > Sunday, May 23, 2010 > The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday shows > that 26% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack > Obama is performing his role as president. Forty-three percent (43%) > Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating > of -17 > 27% are even somewhat confident that Congress knows what itıs doing when > addressing that nationıs economic challenges. > Forty-one percent (41%) of voters say that a group of people randomly > selected from the phone book would do a better job than the current > Congress. Thirty-eight percent (38%) disagree. > <http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administra > tion/daily_presidential_tracking_poll> > What we need is for these "baby killers" to bring our troops home, cut > military spending in half, and give us campaign finance reform, but . . > . that ain't gonna happen. > What will happen is national wealth will keep disappearing into private > pockets, and we'll be left with a huge public debt, like Greece, and > just when the citizenry start to boil over, a "new threat" will emerge > to take our minds off what a bunch of thieves they are. If they though > they had enough bayonets, we wouldn't even be having this discussion. > Welcome to the "new and improved" feudalism. >> >> ............ >>
Make sure you have a lot of guns, you might need them some day.
Posted by Billy on May 23, 2010, 7:42 pm
> > > >> In article > >> > >> > On May 21, 6:44 pm, cheapd...@home.com wrote: > >> > > Our Muslim heritage > >> > > > >> > > Barack OBAMA, during his Cairo speech, said: "I know, too, that > >> > > Islam > >> > > has always been a part of America 's story." ' > >> > > >> > He's turned out to be just another politician, kissing ass where he > >> > deems > >> > it expedient, especially to Big Oil, Big Coal, Big Pharma, Big > >> > Insurance, > >> > and Big Wall Street. The entities that are really runniing our > >> > country. > >> > > >> > Amazing, how a guy I thought was smart, doesn't realize you don't > >> > extend your hand to mad dogs > >> > who want to bite it off -- whether they're from hostile Muslims or > >> > from the equally-hostile, destructive, > >> > un-American far-far-far-Right wing Republican party (what's left of it > >> > after it's been taken over by those > >> > who openly said, from Inauguration Day onward, that they are working > >> > to wreck Obama's presidency). > >> > Note: I'm an Independent voter, but I really hoped for better from > >> > Obama. > >> > > >> > [...] > >> > >> I'm with you on this. Still I think we get what we deserve and I do > >> not see ( in the media) few complaining intelligent voices. God I miss > >> Bill Moyers already and Keilor is getting there too. What to do? > >> > >> Saw this (below) the other day. If being smart is a good thing with > >> all those Harvard folks going to wall street. Wonder I think not still > >> education of the heart is needed and it may be helped by example and > >> nothing else. Here is something else just to contradict myself I saw > >> the other day. > > > > Isn't it obvious that what the public thinks doesn't matter. > > > > Sunday, May 23, 2010 > > The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday shows > > that 26% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack > > Obama is performing his role as president. Forty-three percent (43%) > > Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating > > of -17 > > > > 27% are even somewhat confident that Congress knows what itıs doing when > > addressing that nationıs economic challenges. > > > > Forty-one percent (41%) of voters say that a group of people randomly > > selected from the phone book would do a better job than the current > > Congress. Thirty-eight percent (38%) disagree. > > <http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administra > > tion/daily_presidential_tracking_poll> > > > > What we need is for these "baby killers" to bring our troops home, cut > > military spending in half, and give us campaign finance reform, but . . > > . that ain't gonna happen. > > > > What will happen is national wealth will keep disappearing into private > > pockets, and we'll be left with a huge public debt, like Greece, and > > just when the citizenry start to boil over, a "new threat" will emerge > > to take our minds off what a bunch of thieves they are. If they though > > they had enough bayonets, we wouldn't even be having this discussion. > > Welcome to the "new and improved" feudalism. > >> > >> ............ > >> > Make sure you have a lot of guns, you might need them some day.
Problem being is that when your door comes off its hinges at 3 AM, you
can only hope it's the police ('course that didn't help Fred Hampton
none). The good folks of Sreberneza were told that there was a curfew.
They were found at home at 3 AM.
I'm reminded of the story of the guy that was run off a cliff by wolves.
He caught a branch on the way down, which was good, because when he
looked down, he saw more wolves. Then the branch moved, and he saw that
it was coming loose from the cliff. Looking about for something that
would help, he saw a ripe strawberry clinging to the cliff. Reaching
out, he grabbed the strawberry, and put it into his mouth, where he
savored the flavor. It's a story that we all share.
--
- Billy
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.
> > >> In article > > >> > On May 21, 6:44 pm, cheapd...@home.com wrote: > > >> > > Our Muslim heritage > > >> > > Barack OBAMA, during his Cairo speech, said: "I know, too, that > > >> > > Islam > > >> > > has always been a part of America 's story." ' > > >> > He's turned out to be just another politician, kissing ass where he > > >> > deems > > >> > it expedient, especially to Big Oil, Big Coal, Big Pharma, Big > > >> > Insurance, > > >> > and Big Wall Street. The entities that are really runniing our > > >> > country. > > >> > Amazing, how a guy I thought was smart, doesn't realize you don't > > >> > extend your hand to mad dogs > > >> > who want to bite it off -- whether they're from hostile Muslims or > > >> > from the equally-hostile, destructive, > > >> > un-American far-far-far-Right wing Republican party (what's left of it > > >> > after it's been taken over by those > > >> > who openly said, from Inauguration Day onward, that they are working > > >> > to wreck Obama's presidency). > > >> > Note: I'm an Independent voter, but I really hoped for better from > > >> > Obama. > > >> > [...] > > >> I'm with you on this. Still I think we get what we deserve and I do > > >> not see ( in the media) few complaining intelligent voices. God I miss > > >> Bill Moyers already and Keilor is getting there too. What to do? > > >> Saw this (below) the other day. If being smart is a good thing with > > >> all those Harvard folks going to wall street. Wonder I think not still > > >> education of the heart is needed and it may be helped by example and > > >> nothing else. Here is something else just to contradict myself I saw > > >> the other day. > > > Isn't it obvious that what the public thinks doesn't matter. > > > Sunday, May 23, 2010 > > > The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday shows > > > that 26% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack > > > Obama is performing his role as president. Forty-three percent (43%) > > > Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating > > > of -17 > > > 27% are even somewhat confident that Congress knows what it¹s doing when > > > addressing that nation¹s economic challenges. > > > Forty-one percent (41%) of voters say that a group of people randomly > > > selected from the phone book would do a better job than the current > > > Congress. Thirty-eight percent (38%) disagree. > > > <http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administra > > > tion/daily_presidential_tracking_poll> > > > What we need is for these "baby killers" to bring our troops home, cut > > > military spending in half, and give us campaign finance reform, but . . > > > . that ain't gonna happen. > > > What will happen is national wealth will keep disappearing into private > > > pockets, and we'll be left with a huge public debt, like Greece, and > > > just when the citizenry start to boil over, a "new threat" will emerge > > > to take our minds off what a bunch of thieves they are. If they though > > > they had enough bayonets, we wouldn't even be having this discussion. > > > Welcome to the "new and improved" feudalism. > > >> ............ > > Make sure you have a lot of guns, you might need them some day. > Problem being is that when your door comes off its hinges at 3 AM, you > can only hope it's the police ('course that didn't help Fred Hampton > none).
And what was the name of the 15-year-old black kid who came out of
his house stark naked, hands in the air, and was shot to death anyway?
That's one I can't get over.
The good folks of Sreberneza were told that there was a curfew.
> They were found at home at 3 AM.
Yeah, and the good folks of the holy city of Hebron * were promised
by the British
that when the Arabs attacked as planned in 1929, the police would
protect them.
Hah, and yet again, hah! The British just stood by while the Arabs
assassinated
Jewish civilians. But what else is new? The Brits have always been
pro-Arab. The Balfour Declaration would never have been written
if the British pols didn't need the "Jewish vote". And of course a
few years
later, the Brits reneged on their promise. After WW II, they
intercepted
Jewish survivors of the death camps (Exodus, for just one) and sent
them
BACK to Germany to be interned AGAIN! Anything rather than upset the
Arabs.
Wikipedia: *Since it is the burial site of Abraham and Sarah, Isaac
and Rebecca, and Jacob and Leah,
the fathers and mothers of the Jewish people, it is the second-
holiest place in Judaism, after Jerusalem."
[...]
Posted by Billy on May 24, 2010, 1:59 am
In article
> Yeah, and the good folks of the holy city of Hebron * were promised > by the British > that when the Arabs attacked as planned in 1929, the police would > protect them. > Hah, and yet again, hah! The British just stood by while the Arabs > assassinated > Jewish civilians. But what else is new? The Brits have always been > pro-Arab. The Balfour Declaration would never have been written > if the British pols didn't need the "Jewish vote". And of course a > few years > later, the Brits reneged on their promise. After WW II, they > intercepted > Jewish survivors of the death camps (Exodus, for just one) and sent > them > BACK to Germany to be interned AGAIN! Anything rather than upset the > Arabs. > > Wikipedia: *Since it is the burial site of Abraham and Sarah, Isaac > and Rebecca, and Jacob and Leah, > the fathers and mothers of the Jewish people, it is the second- > holiest place in Judaism, after Jerusalem."
Mrs. Avigdor Lieberman I presume,
<http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/lieberman-blasted-for-suggesti
ng-drowning-palestinian-prisoners-1.93554>
and you would be more Jewish than Richard Goldstone?
http://www.goldstone-report.org/
--
- Billy
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.
>
> > On May 21, 6:44 pm, cheapd...@home.com wrote:
> > > Our Muslim heritage
> > >
> > > Barack OBAMA, during his Cairo speech, said: "I know, too, that Islam
> > > has always been a part of America 's story." '
> >
> > He's turned out to be just another politician, kissing ass where he
> > deems
> > it expedient, especially to Big Oil, Big Coal, Big Pharma, Big
> > Insurance,
> > and Big Wall Street. The entities that are really runniing our
> > country.
> >
> > Amazing, how a guy I thought was smart, doesn't realize you don't
> > extend your hand to mad dogs
> > who want to bite it off -- whether they're from hostile Muslims or
> > from the equally-hostile, destructive,
> > un-American far-far-far-Right wing Republican party (what's left of it
> > after it's been taken over by those
> > who openly said, from Inauguration Day onward, that they are working
> > to wreck Obama's presidency).
> > Note: I'm an Independent voter, but I really hoped for better from
> > Obama.
> >
> > [...]
>
> I'm with you on this. Still I think we get what we deserve and I do
> not see ( in the media) few complaining intelligent voices. God I miss
> Bill Moyers already and Keilor is getting there too. What to do?
>
> Saw this (below) the other day. If being smart is a good thing with
> all those Harvard folks going to wall street. Wonder I think not still
> education of the heart is needed and it may be helped by example and
> nothing else. Here is something else just to contradict myself I saw
> the other day.