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To: sea_biscuit who wrote (27219)	1/20/2005 11:38:16 AM
From: jlallen	Respond to of 90947

Hey....Boxer is even dumber than you...and lies like you too.... Opening Her Mouth And Removing All Doubt By Captain Ed on National Politics Sometimes I wonder if Barbara Boxer ever listens to herself and cringes. If so, yesterday certainly provided opportunities for winces galore as the senator from California kept providing evidence of her status as one of the least intelligent members of the upper chamber. In just her opening statement for her portion of Condoleezza Rice's confirmation hearing, she managed to embarrass herself and her constituents multiple times: Dr. Rice, before I get to my formal remarks, you no doubt will be confirmed -- that's at least what we think. We think there's no doubt? And her favorite color is plaid, too. And if you're going to become the voice of diplomacy -- this is just a helpful point -- when Senator Voinovich mentioned the issue of tsunami relief, you said -- your first words were, "The tsunami was a wonderful opportunity for us." Now, the tsunami was one of the worst tragedies of our lifetime -- one of the worst -- and it's going to have a 10-year impact on rebuilding that area. I was very disappointed in your statement. I think you blew the opportunity. You mention it as part of one sentence. So not only does Boxer deliberately misinterpret the word "wonderful" as a qualifier to "tsunami" instead of "opportunity" unlike any rational interpretation of that phrase, she admits that she took the quote out of context. In fact, Rice never said "wonderful opportunity" at all. Here's what she said about tsunami relief: We're spending billions to fight AIDS and tuberculosis and malaria and other diseases, to alleviate suffering for millions and help end public health crises. America has always been generous in helping countries recover from natural disasters and today we are providing money and personnel to ease the suffering of the millions afflicted by the tsunami and to help rebuild those nations' infrastructure. I've searched the entire transcript for the words tsunami, wonderful, and opportunity, and Rice simply never made the statement Boxer alleges. She lied. And I would hope to work with you on this, because children are suffering, we're worried they're going to get in the sex trade. "Get into" the sex trade? We're worried that they will be stolen and forced into the sex trade. However, since the sex trade happens to be one of California's leading industries -- they produce about 90% of all the pornography in the US -- I think Boxer may have wanted to soften her stance on the issue. I am -- Dr. Rice, I was glad you mentioned Martin Luther King -- it was very appropriate, given everything. There's nothing like a rich white woman giving her approval of a black woman's reference to Dr. King to define the term "limousine liberal." And one of the things that matters most to my people in California and the people in America is this war in Iraq. Now, it took you to page three of your testimony to mention the word "Iraq." You said very little really about it, and only in the questioning have we been able to get into some areas. Perhaps you agree with President Bush, who said all that's been resolved. I'm quoting today's Post: "Bush said in an interview last week with the Washington Post that the '04 election was a moment of accountability for the decisions he made in Iraq." But today's Washington Post/ABC poll found that 58 percent disapprove of his handling of the situation, to 40 percent who approve -- and only 44 percent said the war was worth fighting. Well, which is it, Senator? Because we held this really big poll in November with a sample size of 120 million voters, and they re-elected George Bush 51-48. Either your poll numbers are off, or it's not the biggest issue on the mind of American voters. Since the Democrats and John Kerry made the election all about Iraq, I'd say that Bush has a fair interpretation on the meaning of his victory. I don't know if you saw the movie, "The Fog of War" -- war is a nightmare, you know that. Colin Powell I think was the most eloquent I've heard on it, because he's seen it himself -- he's been there and done it. And I don't want to have you in a circumstance where you're writing something years later about the fog of war. Another California industry reference that explains Barbara Boxer: everything she knows she learned from the movies. Perhaps Boxer doesn't understand that Rice wasn't the Secretary of Defense, although she can be excused on this point, as none of the Democratic senators were briefed on this point. One after the other, they grilled Rice on troop levels as if she was a member of the military chain of command. She kept telling them that her job did not involve that kind of analysis, but by God they had someone on the stand they could use to score cheap shots, and all of them took that, er, wonderful opportunity to do so. Perhaps the people of California will review this transcript and understand what an idiot they have representing them in the Senate. Unfortunately, the people of Minnesota have the same problem with their senior Senator as well. I hope that we react better in 2006 than Californians did in 2004.

To: sea_biscuit who wrote (27219)	1/20/2005 11:39:05 AM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 90947

Anti-racist' math "The [Newton, Mass.] school department was recently forced to publicly admit that the sixth-grade [Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System] math scores have steadily declined over the past three years to the point where 32 percent of sixth-graders are now in the 'warning' or 'needs improvement' category. ... "Between 1999 and 2001 ... the math curriculum was redesigned to emphasize 'Newton's commitment to active anti-racist education' for the elementary and middle schools. This meant that no longer were division, multiplication, fractions and decimals the first priority for teaching math. For that matter, the teaching of math was no longer the first priority for math teachers. ... "Nowhere among the first priorities for the math curriculum guidelines is the actual teaching of math. That's a distant second. ... [M]athematical problem-solving is of secondary importance to anti-racist/anti-bias math. "Meanwhile, the sixth-grade MCAS math scores keep going down. ... "When a school department determines that ideology should take priority over academics, standardized test scores gradually decline and educational standards suffer." — Tom Mountain, writing on "Math curriculum doesn't add up," Jan. 12 in the Newton (Mass.) Tab

To: sea_biscuit who wrote (27219)	1/20/2005 1:40:45 PM
From: Suma	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 90947

While the soldiers die Bush has his party. Disgusting. Gross error in judgment. He should have toned it down out of respect for the dead and dying.