Comments on: Early Morning Swim http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/17/early-morning-swim-66/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:16:20 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: acquarius74 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/17/early-morning-swim-66/#comment-1762954 acquarius74 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:05:26 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/17/early-morning-swim-66/#comment-1762954 <p>Thank you, nonplussed, for the link to the article by Greg Palast. I left a comment there under the name pw.</p> Thank you, nonplussed, for the link to the article by Greg Palast. I left a comment there under the name pw.

]]> By: boogiecheck http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/17/early-morning-swim-66/#comment-1762840 boogiecheck Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:52:25 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/17/early-morning-swim-66/#comment-1762840 <p>Thanks, nonplussed. It confirms everything I suspected about Arne Duncan. It also confirms something I suspected about the application I put in to teach in the inner city schools–I was rejected although I have a decent GPA and a real desire to make a difference. Perhaps they didn’t want people who actually wanted to make a difference, but toadies who would tow the NCLB line.</p> <p>Now…how do we go about educating the kids?</p> Thanks, nonplussed. It confirms everything I suspected about Arne Duncan. It also confirms something I suspected about the application I put in to teach in the inner city schools–I was rejected although I have a decent GPA and a real desire to make a difference. Perhaps they didn’t want people who actually wanted to make a difference, but toadies who would tow the NCLB line.

Now…how do we go about educating the kids?

]]> By: nonplussed http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/17/early-morning-swim-66/#comment-1762727 nonplussed Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:36:03 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/17/early-morning-swim-66/#comment-1762727 <p>Greg Palast has a <a href="http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21481.htm" rel="nofollow">great piece</a> on why Mr. Duncan is a poor choice. </p> <blockquote><p>To portray <a href="http://schoolsmatter.blogspot.com/2008/12/arne-duncan-privatizer-union-buster-and.html" rel="nofollow">Arne Duncan</a> as anything other than a privatizer, union buster, and corporate stooge is to simply lie.</p></blockquote> Greg Palast has a great piece on why Mr. Duncan is a poor choice.

To portray Arne Duncan as anything other than a privatizer, union buster, and corporate stooge is to simply lie.

]]> By: nonplussed http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/17/early-morning-swim-66/#comment-1762715 nonplussed Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:25:23 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/17/early-morning-swim-66/#comment-1762715 <p>While Vilsack is a terrible choice, I remain absolutely appalled by the selection of completely unqualified, proven failure Arne Duncan as Secretary of Education.</p> While Vilsack is a terrible choice, I remain absolutely appalled by the selection of completely unqualified, proven failure Arne Duncan as Secretary of Education.

]]> By: Elliott http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/17/early-morning-swim-66/#comment-1762714 Elliott Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:24:30 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/17/early-morning-swim-66/#comment-1762714 <p>For the record it <em>was </em>Hollywood license but who really thinks Scrooge would ever leave a tip before that night? Thanks for the history of tipping, demi.</p> <blockquote><p>Scrooge took his melancholy dinner in his usual melancholy tavern; and having read all the newspapers, and beguiled the rest of the evening with his banker’s-book, went home to bed.</p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=DicChri.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=all" rel="nofollow">linky</a></p> For the record it was Hollywood license but who really thinks Scrooge would ever leave a tip before that night? Thanks for the history of tipping, demi.

Scrooge took his melancholy dinner in his usual melancholy tavern; and having read all the newspapers, and beguiled the rest of the evening with his banker’s-book, went home to bed.

linky

]]> By: nonplussed http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/17/early-morning-swim-66/#comment-1762710 nonplussed Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:23:27 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/17/early-morning-swim-66/#comment-1762710 <p>The shiny tinfoil cover that read “You!” for Person of the Year.</p> The shiny tinfoil cover that read “You!” for Person of the Year.

]]> By: boogiecheck http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/17/early-morning-swim-66/#comment-1762704 boogiecheck Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:19:38 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/17/early-morning-swim-66/#comment-1762704 <p>They’re Should be “Their”</p> They’re Should be “Their”

]]> By: SouthernDragon http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/17/early-morning-swim-66/#comment-1762703 SouthernDragon Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:19:36 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/17/early-morning-swim-66/#comment-1762703 <p>Done. Thanks.</p> Done. Thanks.

]]> By: boogiecheck http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/17/early-morning-swim-66/#comment-1762701 boogiecheck Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:18:48 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/17/early-morning-swim-66/#comment-1762701 <p>It looks like it came from Organic Consumers. They’re web addy is: organicconsumers.org.</p> It looks like it came from Organic Consumers. They’re web addy is: organicconsumers.org.

]]> By: barbara http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/17/early-morning-swim-66/#comment-1762697 barbara Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:14:18 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/17/early-morning-swim-66/#comment-1762697 <p>Came from a farmer activist in my Congressional District. I’ll get the details for ya. Leave me your email address offline? barbara at clotheslineblog dot com.</p> Came from a farmer activist in my Congressional District. I’ll get the details for ya. Leave me your email address offline? barbara at clotheslineblog dot com.

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