brought up this Washington Post story that seems to
agree with Bush's stance. (Yeah surprised me too)
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4532505/
I am not really sure why you think this story agrees with Bush's
stance. It is balanced reporting that does a fairly good job of
explaining the industry position. It does not really get into why the
EPA caves in to the industry position so readily. And look at the
conclusion:
Although Durham acknowledged that carbon injection still needs to be
tested for different kinds of coal, results at Gaston 3 and elsewhere
suggest it can be ready, at least as an inexpensive interim solution,
almost immediately -- and certainly long before 2018.
I don't think it's that simple. There are lots of
sides to this. The administration thinks they're
fixing the prescription drug problem and people like
you think they're ruining it. It's not a yes or no and
could take another thread or two sort out.
Few things are a yes or a no. But the impact on seniors of this plan
seems to have been overwhelmingly negative, ask Doug White. (Where is
Doug lately anyway?)
What about Nader? Does he have a plan? :)
Nader seems to be increasingly irrelevant. A shame as I like many of his ideas.
We don't agree on that. Not all the numbers are in but
from what I've seen a lot of schools that complained
they couldn't change anything suddenly saw the light
and made major improvements. In the past many teachers
and Principles gained the protection of tenure and
then did nothing. By threatening to fire them they
turned around and did the job they were paid to do and
realized it wasn't so hard after all. Granted it's not
like this everywhere but it is a major improvement in
the poorer areas. I'm not even sure what the downside
is. You might need to elaborate for me.
It uses a stick. OK, schools are a huge entrenched smug bureaucracy. I
very much agree with the need for change. But this isn't it. "Meets
standards" for my local school is reading levels at the 35th
percentile. And they are failing that :)
Yeah, they probably stank before. Yeah, I live in an overwhelmingly
Hispanic area.
Yeah, all that. Still.
I remember now, you complained about how this effects
on homeschooling. I'm not sure why it's bad for
homeschoolers but they are a small group and if we can
help the masses now and fine tune the system later at
least we've started to change for the better.
It has zero effect on homeschoolers. I do get a lot of my information
from other homeschoolers, and based on anecdotal evidence a primary
effect of No Child Left Behind has been to provide an incentive for
schools to get rid of troublesome students by calling them discipline
problems or encouraging them to drop out.
Since I like urban living, we have seen our share of urban schools,
and let me tell you that it is in the poorest areas that there is the
most emphasis on sitting down and shutting up. Children learn to walk
in a line like prisoners, their finger to their lips. Compulsory
medication is the rule. Perhaps this is seen as realistic preparation
for the time when statistically, they are bound to enter more adult
institutions. In contrast, schools in middle-class areas value
creativity and thinking outside the box, and rarely limit schoolwork
to filling out worksheets.
Dana
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