And he said it with a straight face. Again.

[athelind]

Events during the past two years have set before us the clearest of divides: between those who seek order and those who spread chaos; between those who work for peaceful change and those who adopt the methods of gangsters; between those who honor the rights of man and those who deliberately take the lives of men and women and children without mercy or shame.

And just where do we fall?

The old regime built palaces while letting schools decay, so we are rebuilding more than a thousand schools. The old regime starved hospitals of resources, so we have helped to supply and reopen hospitals across Iraq. The old regime built up armies and weapons while allowing the nation's infrastructure to crumble, so we are rehabilitating power plants, water and sanitation facilities, bridges and airports.

Meanwhile, back in America, we'll just keep throwing money at CEOs and corporations while letting schools decay, starving hospitals for resources, and allowing the infrastructure to crumble.

Comments

[pathia.livejournal.com]

The education system in the US doesn't need more money, it needs a house cleaning and reorganization.

We spend nearly the most per student of any 1st world country, but we have some of the worst performing students in the world.

Catholic high schools in the US use about 1/3 the money per student, but turn out students with a much better book-learned education.

The solution is not more money.

[hydra-velsen.livejournal.com]

We have stupid inbred children with zero home life. That's the problem. No amount of reorganization or money thrown at them will fix that problem.

[athelind.livejournal.com]

So, of course, as a good little Repugnican zealot, you must think the solution is LESS money?

[pathia.livejournal.com]

No, my solution is to spend the money wiser.

[athelind.livejournal.com]

Oh, and by the way -- can you back up those numbers you so casually toss around? As in, links to credible references.

[pathia.livejournal.com]

All the same study I think, but multiple references for credibility.

http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/education/article/0,1406,KNS_307_2265131,00.html

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/08/20/national/main569272.shtml

http://www.wusatv9.com/education/education_article.aspx?storyid=22749

[athelind.livejournal.com]

And let's not forget http://www.theonion.com/3937/top_story.html.

[pathia.livejournal.com]

I don't mean to be rude, but I list a true study to back up my statement and then your only response is a link to satire?