tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post8466003083542660749..comments2009-11-17T18:07:23.907-05:00Jim Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04462754705431590571ontogenyx@mac.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post-91445621654604278712009-11-17T17:54:08.816-05:002009-11-17T17:54:08.816-05:00It says it all when you have the head of the Department of ED conducting Mafia style meeting in the back of a resteraunt. Did you see his performance on Meet The Press. There he was the new Secretary of Education (who ran a failing school system in Chicago) talking about teacher accountability. Next to him and also working for the children&#39;s welfare was Al Sharpton (who filed false case in New York district courts)and Newt Gingrich (who was booted out of the house of representatives for ethics violations). Then again they were appearing on GE&#39;s fake news program Meet The Press where they were interviewed by someone who wouldn&#39;t know a probing question if it hit him in the face, Dick Gregory. Then again, why should I say the whole presentation was unbalanced and really nothing more than propaganda when they did give the head of the teacher&#39;s union fifteen seconds in a little box to make her case before they talked over her. I can&#39;t wait for GE&#39;s dissertation on capitalism with Mao, Lenin,and Castro. Perhaps they can put Combs, from Hannity and Combs, on in a little box to make the case for capitalism.<br /><br />GEE<br /><br />P.S. They kept saying how ironic and bipartisan it was that these three came together to save education. And I kept screaming to Dick Gregory and my TV that it might not be as surprising if he just examined their bank accounts. Then again he would be guilty of committing an act of journalism and that could never be. And I say the internet is killing journalism if we could just find a way to force people to buy what they&#39;re spewing.Geenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post-64493653435798442742009-11-17T11:40:40.758-05:002009-11-17T11:40:40.758-05:00Chicago Schools Chief Commits Suicide <br />NY Times, November 16, 2009 <br /><br />CHICAGO — The president of the Chicago Board of Education, who had served in a variety of prominent posts here over three decades, was found dead early Monday morning on the banks of the Chicago River, in what the medical examiner ruled a suicide.<br /><br />The body of the 60-year-old official, Michael W. Scott, was discovered around 3 a.m. near the Merchandise Mart, a historic commercial center and office building downtown.<br /><br />Mr. Scott died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, according to the office of the Cook County medical examiner. A handgun was found under or near the body, said Jody Weis, the Chicago police superintendent...<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/17/us/17chicago.html?_r=1&amp;ref=educationThe Perimeter Primatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12619173438763495716noreply@blogger.com