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HiPointDem

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5. "Then we find out that it's a nationwide stampede. It was never a local effort."

Reply to LWolf (Reply #3)

Mon Oct 29, 2012, 04:00 PM

Oct 2012

yes, that's a creepy aspect of what's going on. i had a couple of cousins who participated (unknowingly) in early ed reform/charter school ventures in nyc & texas. not billed as that, but in retrospect i can see that both were kind of trial runs and connected to the same players.

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Charlotte Danielson: For the LIFE of Me I Cannot Understand Why Her.... [View all] Smarmie Doofus Oct 2012 OP

I can share a little, anyway. LWolf Oct 2012 #1

As usual, you said a mouthful. Smarmie Doofus Oct 2012 #2

And you've given a mouthful back. LWolf Oct 2012 #3

"Then we find out that it's a nationwide stampede. It was never a local effort." HiPointDem Oct 2012 #5

"Here's the Gun. Here are the Bullets. Place the Bullets in the Gun, Point it at Your Head and..... Smarmie Doofus Nov 2012 #7

It bugs me, too. LWolf Nov 2012 #8

"To me it reminded me of the Maoist hijinks during the Cultural Revolution" = great comparison. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #9

collaborating with gates. HiPointDem Oct 2012 #4

Those connections say it all. LWolf Oct 2012 #6