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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DOUG H who wrote (204421)	11/21/2001 2:29:01 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Yes, it does. The question with all subjects that has been inadequately defined, with the possible exception of literacy and numeracy, is what do we expect people to retain in the long run? Obviously, no one cares if they remember what a ziggurat is when they are 40. But shouldn't they remember the Tigris- Euphrates as a cradle of civilization? Shouldn't they know the continents and the oceans? Shouldn't they know what kinetic energy is? We can only evaluate how we are doing in teaching them, and gear ourselves to improvement, when we know what we are supposed to achieve........

To: DOUG H who wrote (204421)	11/21/2001 2:44:36 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

Ah vote.com, taking the pulse of computer literate America. Bush's Presidential Powers Since The September 11th Terrorist Attack: 6000 votes. Too Much (10%) xx Or Just Right? (90%) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Should Saddam Hussein Be The Next Agenda Item On The President's Campaign Against Terrorism? 7500 votes. Yes (6,261) (83%) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. No (1,309) (17%) xxx. Would You Rather See bin Laden Captured Or Killed? 11000 votes Captured (1,893) (17%) xxx. Killed (9,028) (83%) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. Should Foreign Terrorism Suspects Be Tried In A Closed-Door Military Tribunal? 16600 votes Yes (14,421) (87%) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. No (2,249) (13% xxx. vote.com tom watson tosiwmee