reply to post by xpert11
I had a poke around Alan website. Other then his stance on Immigration and a couple of other things he comes across as a nut case when he talks about
school choice he refers to pray rather then school vouchers.
There is a long running and very serious well organized assault on public education going on up here. I very much regret to report that in metro areas
they have 65% but in rural America about 85-90% "Mission Accomplished!" Anti-abortion. Anti-evolution. Anti-blacks. Anti-tax. Anti-UN. They hold an
annual convention to adjust to changing conditions and plot new strategy. It's the NARB. National Association of Religious Broadcasters. The Right
Wing WAR on public education began in Dayton, TN, in 1925. The famous Scopes trial. Also known as the “Monkey Trial.”
Charged with violating the just passed Tennessee law forbidding the teaching evolution of the species in public school, John Scopes was tried and
found guilty of breaking the state law. Perhaps the judge realized the law was wrong; he fined Scopes $100. He could have sentenced Scopes to one year
in jail. Dayton is in eastern Tennessee’s Appalachians some 40 miles north of Chattanooga and 150 miles east of Nashville. The population is 6,100
in 2007.
The anti-intellectual struggle is on-going. A RW California “think tank” came up with a Biblical 7 day story they called “Scientific
Creationism.” Never much concerned about the obvious misnomer - this brand of self described Christians think nothing about lying to advance their
cause - a practice employed by many persecuted minorities down through the ages. Discredited as JUNK pseudo-science, it has since morphed into
“Intelligent Design” which I have described as “If you can’t explain it to ME, it must be Intelligent Design” - their pseudonym for GOD. The
operative word here is ME.
After World War 2 and the explosion of children on the scene - the baby boomers - the cost of public education rose exponentially which suddenly
attracted the attention of the R&Fs - Rich and Famous - who are notoriously AGAINST any and all forms of taxation. SMs. Selfishnus Maximus!
Finally, the 3rd leg of this macabre stool was jolted into action by the 1954 Supreme Court school desegregation case, Brown v. Topeka, Kansas. Racist
black haters not confined to the 11 states of the Old Confederacy. Note the leading case came from Kansas. WE now have three vastly different groups
formed into the pro GOP Evangelical Movement of fundamentalist Christians. Born Again for short. Wow!
The Christian Right. Bankrolled by the R&Fs. The new Republican Base was first exploited by Ronnie Reagan. Narrow minded religious zealots, tax
evading rich and Arkansas Orville Faubus type race hating bigots! Every Republican candidate afterwards has continued this unholy alliance. It fell to
the unabashed sycophant Bush43 to join with them publicly and to convert the White House into a refuge for otherwise unqualified agenda driven
comrades. What a god-awful motley crew! If you hate taxes, hate knowledge and hate black people, the Republican Party is your home away from home.
That about says it all for me and puts me off the guy. Other wise Alan is just another third party candidate who stands no chance what so ever at
winning the election.
The American system does not lend itself to multi-party coalition governance. With ONE elected Chief Executive serving for a definite term, there is
no need for ratoinal governemtt. Remember it is Bush43 and VP Cheney who like the Cheshire cat, have proudly pronounced the 50% + 1 doctrine to be
their criteria! Take no prisoners! Burn your bridges behind you. YOU ARE EITHER WITH US OR YOU ARE AGAINST US.
POST SCRIPT.
I note John McCain had an audience today with the Protestant Pope, Billy Graham and received Graham's blessing and his approving imprimatur. The Good
Housekeeping Seal of Approval! Graham's heir apparent, his son Franklin, was there. Franklin is a Bush43 knock off, having sowed his wild oats but is
now on the straight and narrow. Where else can you make a 7-8 figure annual salary guffawing the public?
[edit on 6/29/2008 by donwhite]
