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+               <title type="html">Hundreds of Thousands Take Part in National 
Day of Action to Defend Public Education</title>
+               <link 
href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2010/03/hundreds-of-thousands-take-part-in.html"/>
+               
<id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649039904546083564.post-1067023356694285796</id>
+               <updated>2010-03-06T10:06:42+00:00</updated>
+               <content type="html">&lt;div&gt;As someone who has hugely 
benefited from public education offered by the US--and as someone who has also 
witnessed its erosion since Reagan's regime--it's infinitely depressing to see 
the state of things today in California. That state, where I received both my 
undergraduate and graduate degrees (a short stint at Columbia U. for an MFA 
doesn't count much) used to be considered around the world as offering the best 
public higher education, with UC Berkeley being the crown. It was also the most 
democratic: In the early 70s, the expectation as that *everyone* was not just 
entitled but also able to pursue a post-secondary 
degree.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The result 
was, I daresay, extraordinary wealth--social, economic, cultural, you name it. 
Silicon Valley is just one brilliant instance of the magnetic effect 
California's education policies had. Nationally, policies that promoted 
education first and foremost and made that education effectively free (and free 
from binding social constraints that hobbled so many others around the world) 
made the US system the best the world has ever known. 
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Yet all that, all 
that wealth, potential and actual, is at risk. Public education takes money; it 
takes political prioritization, it takes commitment to a notion of intellectual 
freedom that is essential. It--the intellectual freedom, the money, the 
commitment--must be disinterested, that is beholden to no agenda, ideological 
or otherwise. And it must be free. And whether this free-ness is granted by the 
state via subsidies (as it was in my case: scholarships), or in some other 
ways, it must be always an option all who pay taxes can consider. 
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Perhaps not so oddly, 
open source plays a role here. Or should. And increasingly, if I and others 
succeed in our efforts, will.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br 
/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a 
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+                       <name>oulipo</name>
+                       <email>[email protected]</email>
+                       <uri>http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/</uri>
+               </author>
+               <source>
+                       <title type="html">ooo-speak</title>
+                       <subtitle type="html">Mostly on OpenOffice.org, FOSS, 
and everything else.</subtitle>
+                       <link rel="self" 
href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default"/>
+                       <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649039904546083564</id>
+                       <updated>2010-03-06T18:00:36+00:00</updated>
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+       <entry>
+               <title type="html">Toyota Owners Report Problems in Japan to No 
Avail - NYTimes.com</title>
+               <link 
href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2010/03/toyota-owners-report-problems-in-japan.html"/>
+               
<id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649039904546083564.post-6202763917455995061</id>
+               <updated>2010-03-06T08:36:18+00:00</updated>
+               <content type="html">The article below, on Japan's (the 
gov't's, esp.) take on consumer safety, with the Toyota acceleration issue 
being the lens, reminds me of a conversation I had with some Germans several 
years ago in California. &quot;What about food safety?,&quot; one asked. 
&quot;Surely the government ensures that what we eat is safe!&quot; &quot;Uhm, 
no,&quot; I told her. &quot;Actually, as far as I know, in the US, it's caveat 
emptor. If problems become evident, then the government may act. But with the 
exception of drugs dispensed under the procedures governing prescriptions, it's 
pretty much a purely voluntary effort on the part of the maker and distributor. 
And an obligation of the buyer to be aware.&quot; She was skeptical, and I may 
have been wrong in some details, like what is governed and subject to scrutiny; 
what is the responsibility of government. But this was during the Bush II years 
(dark times) and laissez faire in all things, along with the programmatic 
defunding and de-legitimization of government was at its peak. &lt;div&gt;The 
mood by those in power was that gov't. was only as good as it was not, and it's 
only legitimate function was defense of the people. 
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a 
href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/06/business/global/06toyota.html?ref=global-home&amp;pagewanted=all&quot;&gt;Toyota
 Owners Report Problems in Japan to No Avail - 
NYTimes.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div 
class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;1&quot; 
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 alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content>
+               <author>
+                       <name>oulipo</name>
+                       <email>[email protected]</email>
+                       <uri>http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/</uri>
+               </author>
+               <source>
+                       <title type="html">ooo-speak</title>
+                       <subtitle type="html">Mostly on OpenOffice.org, FOSS, 
and everything else.</subtitle>
+                       <link rel="self" 
href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default"/>
+                       <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649039904546083564</id>
+                       <updated>2010-03-06T18:00:36+00:00</updated>
+               </source>
+       </entry>
+
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                <link 
href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2010/03/marketing-download-statistics.html"/>
                
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-<p><em>Bloggings on native language topics by project members - see <a 
href="#disclaimer">disclaimer</a>.<br />Last updated: March 06, 2010 12:00 PM 
CET</em></p>
+<p><em>Bloggings on native language topics by project members - see <a 
href="#disclaimer">disclaimer</a>.<br />Last updated: March 06, 2010 06:00 PM 
CET</em></p>
 
+<h2>March 06, 2010</h2>
+<h3>
+<a href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/"; title="ooo-speak">
+Louis Suarez-Potts</a>&nbsp;:&nbsp;
+<a 
href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2010/03/hundreds-of-thousands-take-part-in.html";>
+Hundreds of Thousands Take Part in National Day of Action to Defend Public 
Education</a>
+</h3>
+<p>
+<div>As someone who has hugely benefited from public education offered by the 
US--and as someone who has also witnessed its erosion since Reagan's 
regime--it's infinitely depressing to see the state of things today in 
California. That state, where I received both my undergraduate and graduate 
degrees (a short stint at Columbia U. for an MFA doesn't count much) used to be 
considered around the world as offering the best public higher education, with 
UC Berkeley being the crown. It was also the most democratic: In the early 70s, 
the expectation as that *everyone* was not just entitled but also able to 
pursue a post-secondary degree.</div><div><br /></div><div>The result was, I 
daresay, extraordinary wealth--social, economic, cultural, you name it. Silicon 
Valley is just one brilliant instance of the magnetic effect California's 
education policies had. Nationally, policies that promoted education first and 
foremost and made that education effectively free (and free from binding social 
constraints that hobbled so many others around the world) made the US system 
the best the world has ever known. </div><div><br /></div><div>Yet all that, 
all that wealth, potential and actual, is at risk. Public education takes 
money; it takes political prioritization, it takes commitment to a notion of 
intellectual freedom that is essential. It--the intellectual freedom, the 
money, the commitment--must be disinterested, that is beholden to no agenda, 
ideological or otherwise. And it must be free. And whether this free-ness is 
granted by the state via subsidies (as it was in my case: scholarships), or in 
some other ways, it must be always an option all who pay taxes can consider. 
</div><div><br /></div><div>Perhaps not so oddly, open source plays a role 
here. Or should. And increasingly, if I and others succeed in our efforts, 
will.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a 
href="http://www.democracynow.org/2010/3/5/students";>Hundreds of Thousands Take 
Part in National Day of Action to Defend Public Education</a><div 
class="blogger-post-footer"><img width="1" height="1" 
src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4649039904546083564-1067023356694285796?l=ooo-speak.blogspot.com";
 alt="" /></div></p>
+<p>
+<em><a 
href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2010/03/hundreds-of-thousands-take-part-in.html";>by
 oulipo ([email protected]) at March 06, 2010 10:06 AM CET</a></em>
+</p>
+<br />
+<hr />
+<br />
+<h3>
+<a href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/"; title="ooo-speak">
+Louis Suarez-Potts</a>&nbsp;:&nbsp;
+<a 
href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2010/03/toyota-owners-report-problems-in-japan.html";>
+Toyota Owners Report Problems in Japan to No Avail - NYTimes.com</a>
+</h3>
+<p>
+The article below, on Japan's (the gov't's, esp.) take on consumer safety, 
with the Toyota acceleration issue being the lens, reminds me of a conversation 
I had with some Germans several years ago in California. "What about food 
safety?," one asked. "Surely the government ensures that what we eat is safe!" 
"Uhm, no," I told her. "Actually, as far as I know, in the US, it's caveat 
emptor. If problems become evident, then the government may act. But with the 
exception of drugs dispensed under the procedures governing prescriptions, it's 
pretty much a purely voluntary effort on the part of the maker and distributor. 
And an obligation of the buyer to be aware." She was skeptical, and I may have 
been wrong in some details, like what is governed and subject to scrutiny; what 
is the responsibility of government. But this was during the Bush II years 
(dark times) and laissez faire in all things, along with the programmatic 
defunding and de-legitimization of government was at its peak. <div>The mood by 
those in power was that gov't. was only as good as it was not, and it's only 
legitimate function was defense of the people. </div><div><br /><div><br /><br 
/><a 
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/06/business/global/06toyota.html?ref=global-home&pagewanted=all";>Toyota
 Owners Report Problems in Japan to No Avail - NYTimes.com</a></div></div><div 
class="blogger-post-footer"><img width="1" height="1" 
src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4649039904546083564-6202763917455995061?l=ooo-speak.blogspot.com";
 alt="" /></div></p>
+<p>
+<em><a 
href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2010/03/toyota-owners-report-problems-in-japan.html";>by
 oulipo ([email protected]) at March 06, 2010 08:36 AM CET</a></em>
+</p>
+<br />
+<hr />
+<br />
 <h2>March 05, 2010</h2>
 <h3>
 <a href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/"; title="ooo-speak">

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+       <title>Louis Suarez-Potts: Hundreds of Thousands Take Part in National 
Day of Action to Defend Public Education</title>
+       
<link>http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2010/03/hundreds-of-thousands-take-part-in.html</link>
+       <content:encoded>&lt;div&gt;As someone who has hugely benefited from 
public education offered by the US--and as someone who has also witnessed its 
erosion since Reagan's regime--it's infinitely depressing to see the state of 
things today in California. That state, where I received both my undergraduate 
and graduate degrees (a short stint at Columbia U. for an MFA doesn't count 
much) used to be considered around the world as offering the best public higher 
education, with UC Berkeley being the crown. It was also the most democratic: 
In the early 70s, the expectation as that *everyone* was not just entitled but 
also able to pursue a post-secondary degree.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br 
/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The result was, I daresay, extraordinary 
wealth--social, economic, cultural, you name it. Silicon Valley is just one 
brilliant instance of the magnetic effect California's education policies had. 
Nationally, policies that promoted education first and foremost and made that 
education effectively free (and free from binding social constraints that 
hobbled so many others around the world) made the US system the best the world 
has ever known. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Yet 
all that, all that wealth, potential and actual, is at risk. Public education 
takes money; it takes political prioritization, it takes commitment to a notion 
of intellectual freedom that is essential. It--the intellectual freedom, the 
money, the commitment--must be disinterested, that is beholden to no agenda, 
ideological or otherwise. And it must be free. And whether this free-ness is 
granted by the state via subsidies (as it was in my case: scholarships), or in 
some other ways, it must be always an option all who pay taxes can consider. 
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Perhaps not so oddly, 
open source plays a role here. Or should. And increasingly, if I and others 
succeed in our efforts, will.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br 
/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a 
href=&quot;http://www.democracynow.org/2010/3/5/students&quot;&gt;Hundreds of 
Thousands Take Part in National Day of Action to Defend Public 
Education&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;&lt;img 
width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; 
src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4649039904546083564-1067023356694285796?l=ooo-speak.blogspot.com&quot;
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+       <title>Louis Suarez-Potts: Toyota Owners Report Problems in Japan to No 
Avail - NYTimes.com</title>
+       
<link>http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2010/03/toyota-owners-report-problems-in-japan.html</link>
+       <content:encoded>The article below, on Japan's (the gov't's, esp.) take 
on consumer safety, with the Toyota acceleration issue being the lens, reminds 
me of a conversation I had with some Germans several years ago in California. 
&quot;What about food safety?,&quot; one asked. &quot;Surely the government 
ensures that what we eat is safe!&quot; &quot;Uhm, no,&quot; I told her. 
&quot;Actually, as far as I know, in the US, it's caveat emptor. If problems 
become evident, then the government may act. But with the exception of drugs 
dispensed under the procedures governing prescriptions, it's pretty much a 
purely voluntary effort on the part of the maker and distributor. And an 
obligation of the buyer to be aware.&quot; She was skeptical, and I may have 
been wrong in some details, like what is governed and subject to scrutiny; what 
is the responsibility of government. But this was during the Bush II years 
(dark times) and laissez faire in all things, along with the programmatic 
defunding and de-legitimization of government was at its peak. &lt;div&gt;The 
mood by those in power was that gov't. was only as good as it was not, and it's 
only legitimate function was defense of the people. 
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a 
href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/06/business/global/06toyota.html?ref=global-home&amp;pagewanted=all&quot;&gt;Toyota
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+       <dc:date>2010-03-06T08:36:18+00:00</dc:date>
+       <dc:creator>oulipo</dc:creator>
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+       <title>Louis Suarez-Potts: Hundreds of Thousands Take Part in National 
Day of Action to Defend Public Education</title>
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+       <description>&lt;div&gt;As someone who has hugely benefited from public 
education offered by the US--and as someone who has also witnessed its erosion 
since Reagan's regime--it's infinitely depressing to see the state of things 
today in California. That state, where I received both my undergraduate and 
graduate degrees (a short stint at Columbia U. for an MFA doesn't count much) 
used to be considered around the world as offering the best public higher 
education, with UC Berkeley being the crown. It was also the most democratic: 
In the early 70s, the expectation as that *everyone* was not just entitled but 
also able to pursue a post-secondary degree.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br 
/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The result was, I daresay, extraordinary 
wealth--social, economic, cultural, you name it. Silicon Valley is just one 
brilliant instance of the magnetic effect California's education policies had. 
Nationally, policies that promoted education first and foremost and made that 
education effectively free (and free from binding social constraints that 
hobbled so many others around the world) made the US system the best the world 
has ever known. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Yet 
all that, all that wealth, potential and actual, is at risk. Public education 
takes money; it takes political prioritization, it takes commitment to a notion 
of intellectual freedom that is essential. It--the intellectual freedom, the 
money, the commitment--must be disinterested, that is beholden to no agenda, 
ideological or otherwise. And it must be free. And whether this free-ness is 
granted by the state via subsidies (as it was in my case: scholarships), or in 
some other ways, it must be always an option all who pay taxes can consider. 
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Perhaps not so oddly, 
open source plays a role here. Or should. And increasingly, if I and others 
succeed in our efforts, will.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br 
/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a 
href=&quot;http://www.democracynow.org/2010/3/5/students&quot;&gt;Hundreds of 
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+       <pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:06:42 +0000</pubDate>
+       <author>[email protected] (oulipo)</author>
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+       <title>Louis Suarez-Potts: Toyota Owners Report Problems in Japan to No 
Avail - NYTimes.com</title>
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+       <description>The article below, on Japan's (the gov't's, esp.) take on 
consumer safety, with the Toyota acceleration issue being the lens, reminds me 
of a conversation I had with some Germans several years ago in California. 
&quot;What about food safety?,&quot; one asked. &quot;Surely the government 
ensures that what we eat is safe!&quot; &quot;Uhm, no,&quot; I told her. 
&quot;Actually, as far as I know, in the US, it's caveat emptor. If problems 
become evident, then the government may act. But with the exception of drugs 
dispensed under the procedures governing prescriptions, it's pretty much a 
purely voluntary effort on the part of the maker and distributor. And an 
obligation of the buyer to be aware.&quot; She was skeptical, and I may have 
been wrong in some details, like what is governed and subject to scrutiny; what 
is the responsibility of government. But this was during the Bush II years 
(dark times) and laissez faire in all things, along with the programmatic 
defunding and de-legitimization of government was at its peak. &lt;div&gt;The 
mood by those in power was that gov't. was only as good as it was not, and it's 
only legitimate function was defense of the people. 
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a 
href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/06/business/global/06toyota.html?ref=global-home&amp;pagewanted=all&quot;&gt;Toyota
 Owners Report Problems in Japan to No Avail - 
NYTimes.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div 
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+       <pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
+       <author>[email protected] (oulipo)</author>
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        <title>Louis Suarez-Potts: marketing: Download Statistics</title>
        
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