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To: Road Walker who wrote (410950)	8/27/2008 3:17:44 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577814

>>>It's only the extreme radical right that thinks this has any relevance at all. Actually, it is only those who are a) not Yellow Dogs and b) are involved enough to know what's going on. It is hard to explain the media's refusal to pick up on it. Although, now that the Annenburg files are out, I have a feeling we could start to hear more on this subject.

To: Road Walker who wrote (410950)	8/27/2008 3:24:12 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577814

"Even more intriguing, in 1995 Ayers won a $49.2 million grant from the Annenberg Foundation — matched two-to-one by public and private contributions — to promote “reform” in the Chicago school system. He quickly brought in Obama, then all of 33 and bereft of any executive experience, to chair the board. With Ayers directing the project’s operational arm and Obama overseeing its financial affairs until 1999, the Chicago Annenberg Challenge distributed more than $100 million to ideological allies with no discernible improvement in public education." article.nationalreview.com