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To: combjelly who wrote (267191)	1/6/2006 9:15:11 AM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1587743

Abramoff demo 'pure' as the wind-driven snow: Schumer's Plumbers Posted 10/3/2005 Politics: Staff members for a champion of the right to privacy and a leading critic of identity theft fraudulently obtained the credit report of a rising black political star. Your turn for tough questions, Sen. Schumer. While the media focus on House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's alleged skirting of campaign laws to get Republicans elected, former Education Secretary Bill Bennett's alleged racially insensitive hypothetical regarding blacks, crime and abortion, and Sen. Bill Frist's recent sale of stock, a real crime against a black politician has been committed in virtual silence. Sen. Charles Schumer, Democrat of New York, is chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), and it's his job to get Democrats elected in hopes of wresting Senate control from the GOP. Michael Steele is lieutenant governor of Maryland, and the DSCC, and along with most everyone else, expects Steele to run for the open seat of retiring Sen. Paul Sarbanes. Steele, an African American, is a rising star in a Republican party regularly accused of racial insensitivity if not outright racism, a party that thought so highly of him and his political future that it chose him to be the deputy permanent chairman of the 2004 Republican Convention. Steele, a Catholic who once trained for the priesthood, was inspired to join the Republican Party by Ronald Reagan's failed 1976 presidential bid. He demonstrated in his appearance at the 2004 convention that he has charisma, warmth and a keen grasp of public policy. He has already won statewide in Maryland. Apparently nothing frightens the DSCC more than an articulate and charismatic black American who also happens to be a Reagan conservative. How else to explain the behavior of two of Schumer's campaign committee members — research director Katie Barge and junior staffer Lauren Weiner — who dug for dirt using Steele's Social Security number, reportedly culled from court records, to fraudulently and illegally obtain his credit report? Columnist Michelle Malkin has reported that as of Sept. 30, according to Steele staffers, Schumer, who is a longtime crusader against identity theft and denies any knowledge of the scheme, had offered no apology for the invasion of Steele's privacy by people in his employ or given any hint as to what they were after or why they did it. These were no naive, overzealous interns. Barge is a longtime Democratic operative who led the research unit for a liberal media watchdog group run by journalist David Brock. She led the opposition research team for failed Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards. She knew the ropes and the rules. So what motivated her and Weiner to knowingly and willingly break the law and put their freedom and future at risk? Under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, knowingly and willfully obtaining a credit report under false pretenses is a felony punishable with a fine and a maximum two years in prison. Reportedly, the two women confessed to the act in July, were suspended with pay until Aug. 31 and finally resigned in mid-September. One would think a potential felony by staffers for a top Democrat — a case being investigated by the U.S. attorney's office in D.C. as well as the FBI — would at least get a paragraph of coverage somewhere between the grocery coupons and the obituaries. Can you imagine the media firestorm if staffers for, say, Frist, had used Barack Obama's Social Security number to fraudulently obtain his credit report looking for stuff to derail his Senate campaign? Frist would have been before a media firing squad faster than you can say Bill Bennett. investors.com

To: combjelly who wrote (267191)	1/6/2006 11:22:56 AM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1587743

"Boys tend to act up, be loud, be wiggly and are easily distracted. It is just part of being a boy." Except that now, it's a named disease with it's own pharmocopia to deal with it, therapists specializing in it, etc. Quite a boon for illness industry.

To: combjelly who wrote (267191)	1/6/2006 2:37:20 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1587743

"I was thinking back, and I can only remember one kid that I thought might have had ADD when I was in grade school." Part of the problem is that the school system expects boys to act like girls. The whole ADD thing is pretty much a US phenomena, other countries don't diagnose ADD nearly to the extreme that we do here. ADD, like most disorders, exist on a continua. Everybody has some elements of it, the only question is at what point does it cause a problem? Public schools in particular tend to draw the line at a pretty low threshold. Boys tend to act up, be loud, be wiggly and are easily distracted. It is just part of being a boy. Its my hypothesis that that may be caused partly by the feminist issue. Prior to feminism, female teachers found ways to deal with the boys. But after feminism, I don't think it became as much of a goal. After all, why should they have to give boys special treatment. It became easier to say they were ADD or ADHD. In fact, in one class, I found out that some of the boys that were called ADD had not been formally diagnosed by a doctor.....it was the school counselor that had made the diagnosis. While the school counselor has a background in psychology, I don't think its appropriate that she make that determination. One of the things I said in my paper is that boys are wired differently. As a man, I understand the difference and know instinctively how to with boys when they act up. With girls, I have to move much slower because I don't understand them as easily. Later, after the uproar was over, some of the women in the class came up to me and said they understood what I was saying. They don't understand boys that well either.......and it worries them. One women has three small boys and she told me their behavior scares her at times. So its a very complex thing. And the women who were most critical of me.......and two of them won't speak to me now......were women who are the most aggressive and the most competitive in the class. Its a very weird dynamic. ted