Rouge Forum Update: October Special!
Starters–a poem
REAL ESTATE RULES
(Scott Stringer, Manhattan borough president: “The entrance fee to live here is a million-dollar condo.” — The New York Times, July 4)
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses,”
Said Emma Lazarus — but time passes,
And the poor go back to being wretched refuse
For which the condo captains have no use.
And so the needy are forced again to disperse,
To search for ill-lit tenements, or worse,
From which their outcast children may behold
The soaring towers built of glass and gold.
Leon Freilich
www.nytimes.com/2010/09/13/
Little Red Schoolhouse
An Interchange: Why are Today’s Students Apathetic? Young people also know almost nothing about the history of American imperialism, nor do they know about the rich (and bipartisan!) antimilitarist tradition in America. Years of government school has only served to leave Uncle Sam looking strapping in his camouflage. This is probably why inanities like “they hate us for our freedom” have such currency in America…. Finally, most young people are more interested in remaining in the good graces of those around them than learning about the world.
www.opednews.com/articles/A-UNIVERSITY-STUDENT-S-ANA-by-Joan-Wile-100910-248.html
The Idiosyncratic Nature of Teaching and Learning: “The contrast between the enormous popularity of the learning-styles approach within education and the lack of credible evidence for its utility is, in our opinion, striking and disturbing,” the researchers concluded. Ditto for teaching styles, researchers say. Some excellent instructors caper in front of the blackboard like summer-theater Falstaffs; others are reserved to the point of shyness. “We have yet to identify the common threads between teachers who create a constructive learning atmosphere,” said Daniel T. Willingham, a psychologist at the University of Virginia and author of the book “Why Don’t Students Like School?”But individual learning is another matter, and psychologists have discovered that some of the most hallowed advice on study habits is flat wrong.
www.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/health/views/07mind.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=homepage
More of Detroit’s School Thieves to the Hoosegow: Detroit — A former payroll manager for Detroit Public Schools was sentenced Thursday to 24 months in prison for defrauding the district of hundreds of thousands of dollars by writing payroll checks to dead employees and another who was receiving disability payments. Toni D. Gilbert, 46, of Detroit was also ordered to pay $672,762 in restitution, according to United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade.
detnews.com/article/20100910/SCHOOLS/9100421
Can Anything Halt the Tragic Collapse of Detroit and its University? He described as disappointing the university’s low ranking in the latest U.S. News and World Reports annual listing of colleges in the U.S., saying “the view from the basement isn’t good.”
He also addressed the university’s low graduation rates, saying the good news is that “the problem was recognized some time ago, and we have a number of creative programs that are working to alleviate this problem.” www.freep.com/article/20100913/NEWS01/100913014/1320/Gilmour-Highlight-whats-great-about-WSU
Why Have School? We’re teaching kids what it means to be a citizen in our country. And what I fear we’re doing is teaching them that what it means to be an American is that you accept authority without question and that you have absolutely no rights to question punishment. It’s very Big Brother-ish in a way. Kids are being taught that you should expect to be drug tested if you want to participate in an organization, that walking past a police officer every day and being constantly under the gaze of a security camera is normal. And my concern is that these children are going to grow up and be less critical and thoughtful of these sorts of mechanisms. And so the types of political discussions we have now, like for example, whether or not wiretapping is OK, these might not happen in 10 years. www.boingboing.net/2010/09/03/homeroom-security-bo.html
Michigan and the RaTT Shell Game Saps (wither the vaunted lobbying power of the MEA? You Got the Law, and Zero Dough) Pay for performance as a part of teacher compensation is coming soon to your school district as part of a series of new laws enacted in Michigan’s failed bid to win federal Race to the Top funds.
The new laws were enacted prior to Michigan’s first application for Race to the Top funds. The laws are expected to remain, even though the state did not receive money in the first or second rounds of federal funding. www.mea.org/members/100913_pay_for_performance_law.html
Time Mag Shills for Comerica Bank’s “Partnership” with Detroit Public Schools (Not a privatization, but a near seamless merger of the corporate world and the government schools)Some background: At Detroit Cristo Rey, the student body is 85 percent Black and 35 percent Hispanic. (sic…Time is numerically challenged). T he training was held as part of the school’s corporate work study program, in which students maintain jobs at local Detroit organizations. The students work to contribute funds to pay for their education, while also gaining valuable experience…. detroit.blogs.time.com/2010/09/14/unfiltered-teacher-and-student-on-a-new-future/
Dueling Documentaries–Against Waiting for Superman: pureparents.org/index.php?blog/show/What_to_watch_Dueling_documentaries
Plus Susan Ohanian on the Six Degrees from Obamagogue to Superman Film:…Davis Guggenheim, who wrote and directed “Waiting for Superman, made a bio of Barack Obama’s mother, which premiered at the 2008 Democratic National Convention before Barack Obama’s speech accepting his party’s nomination. He also directed an Obama infomercial which aired in 2008. Guggenheim is best known as director of the blockbuster “Inconvenient Truth.” (2006)
susanohanian.org/show_atrocities.php?id=9425
San Diego State Adds to the Proud Casino Gambling Program, The Sports Management Program, and the Homeland Security Program–Troops to Teachers (will they get attacked like Teach for America?) The California branch of the federal Troops to Teachers program formally opened its new headquarters Thursday on the San Diego State University campus. Jointly funded by the Department of Education and the Department of Defense, the program is designed to recruit veterans into teaching programs and provide them with academic advising, counseling and financial services. www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/sep/09/troops-teachers-branch-opens-sdsu/
SDSU Profs Resort to FlashMobs To Do Research: .. to fill a void that has disadvantaged research on campus through a lack of advocacy and perpetual misunderstanding/misrepresentation of researcher needs…Among possible upcoming efforts planned by the group, a ten-minute “flash mob” demonstration by the professors in front of Manchester Hall, where the administration is housed, and multiple Public Records Act requests to the university regarding its grant-funding practices. www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2010/sep/08/radar2/
Japan In Crisis–Adds Lots of Pages! : When Mio Honzawa starts fifth grade next April, her textbooks will be thicker. Alarmed that its children are falling behind those in rivals such as South Korea and Hong Kong, Japan is adding about 1,200 pages to elementary school textbooks, bringing the total across all subjects for six years from 4,900 pages today to nearly 6,100.
www.detnews.com/article/20100913/SCHOOLS/9130305/1026/Japan-beefs-up-school-textbooks
Perpetual War Front 
Obamagogue Working Biggest Arms Deal Ever (Saudis? Saudis? It’s Democracy, Stupid! And a Nice Shove to Make Planes Better than F15’s because War Means Work): The Obama administration is seeking to sell Saudi Arabia advanced aircraft worth up to $60 billion in what Pentagon officials say would be the largest-ever single foreign arms deal.A senior Defense Department official said the administration is prepared to authorize the sale of as many as 84 F-15 fighter jets and three types of helicopters: 70 upgraded F-15s, 70 Apaches, 72 Black Hawks and 36 Little Birds to the Saudis. The deal could be done over five to 10 years, depending on production schedules and the training needed…Bond hopes it will preserve jobs for the fighter-jet production lines in St. Louis. www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/13/AR2010091306102.htmlDrones, Floods, People, and US Bases in Pakistan: It is well known, if not acknowledged by—particularly by the state, that the base for the drones, where they’re housed before they are automated, is in Pakistan. The current government has literally gone blue in the face denying that.
But I just happened to stumble across a contractor—and that’s not the Blackwater contractor—the contractor who built the base, who inadvertently, actually, spoke about it. But he was speaking about it in a different context, and that context was the fact that he was there at the time of the flooding—and, you know, this is the worst catastrophe to have hit any state since apparently biblical times. So, he actually mentioned to me that the River Indus, which is one of the largest rivers in the world, carrying now a volume of water which has not been known in contemporary history, was breached on the left bank deliberately in order to protect the base, which is on the right bank. And the breaching caused, consequentially, the inundation of an entire district, which resulted in the displacement of millions, not thousands, but millions, because we have 170 million people in the country, and this particular district is one of the most densely populated. So, yes, there is a connect between, you know, what is considered to be a natural disaster, but then the management of that disaster is not natural at all. www.democracynow.org/2010/9/13/this_is_the_worst_catastrophe_to
The War is Over. Combat Troops Are Gone. Gone! Gone!
Seven Iraqis were killed in a village near the city of Falluja on Wednesday during an early morning raid by American and Iraqi security forces on the house of a suspected insurgent leader, officials said. Four of the dead were brothers between the ages of 10 and 18, according to the Iraqi police and residents of the area.
www.nytimes.com/2010/09/16/world/middleeast/16iraq.html?hpw
US Puppet Afghan Government–Who Are These Guys? Sayyaf is among a raft of former guerrilla chieftains and commanders implicated in war crimes who are likely to win re-election Saturday to the 249-seat Wolesi Jirga in polls that are expected to be marred by coercion, fraud and violence. For many Afghans and human rights groups, these men symbolize the high-level impunity, bad governance and massive corruption that are helping to fuel the growing Taliban-led insurgency. “If ordinary people had power they wouldn’t vote for any of these men. The government is filled with traitors from top to bottom,” said Najaf Ali, 57. He lost three family members in the 1993 assault on Afshar by Pashtun and Tajik forces.
Hey. They Aren’t Gentlemen. They Won’t Stand Up and Fight! Where is General Burgoyne When We Need Him? “ …it’s not clear whether the Taliban will stand and fight in Zhari or will manage to evade the offensive, and the insurgents already have stepped up operations elsewhere in the country where there are allied troops. The ISAF has a major fight on its hands in the east, and security has deteriorated even in previously peaceful areas. Losses among international forces are at record levels.” www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/09/15/100641/us-led-forces-meet-little-resistance.html
Afghanistan–US Losing Still: Even as more American troops flow into the country, Afghanistan is more dangerous than it has ever been during this war, with security deteriorating in recent months, according to international organizations and humanitarian groups. Large parts of the country that were once completely safe, like most of the northern provinces, now have a substantial Taliban presence — even in areas where there are few Pashtuns, who previously were the Taliban’s only supporters. As NATO forces poured in and shifted to the south to battle the Taliban in their stronghold, the Taliban responded a surge of their own, greatly increasing their activities in the north and parts of the east.
Children of the Poor Killing Other Children of the Poor Over Time=barbarism: Twelve American soldiers face charges over a secret “kill team” that allegedly blew up and shot Afghan civilians at random and collected their fingers as trophies. Five of the soldiers are charged with murdering three Afghan men who were allegedly killed for sport in separate attacks this year. Seven others are accused of covering up the killings and assaulting a recruit who exposed the murders when he reported other abuses, including members of the unit smoking hashish stolen from civilians. www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/sep/09/us-soldiers-afghan-civilians-fingers
TomDispatch’s Wacky War Quiz (RF’s will get100%): Now’s your chance to pit your wits (and your ability to suspend disbelief) against the best the Pentagon has to offer — and we’re talking about all seventeen-and-a-half miles of corridors in that five-sided, five-story edifice that has triple the square footage of the Empire State Building. To weigh your skills on the TomDispatch Scales of War™, take the 11-question pop quiz below, checking your answers against ours (with accompanying explanations), and see if you deserve to be a four-star general, a gun-totin’ mercenary, or a mere private. www.tomdispatch.com/post/175294/tomgram:_engelhardt_and_turse,_the_wacky_world_of_american_war/
Center for Working Class Studies–Real Unemployment is at 30.5%
cwcs.ysu.edu/
Poverty Byte: The Census figures show that in 2009 one out of every three Americans had incomes that fell below the amount (roughly $45,000 for a family of four) that most Americans and various budget estimates show is needed to “make ends meet” at a basic level. Also, of particular note, the report shows substantial increases in the poverty rate and the rate of people without health insurance, as well as declines in median income for various demographic groups.
In 2009, some 43.6 million people had incomes below the federal poverty line. The income-poverty rate increased both overall—from 13.2 percent in 2008 to 14.3 percent in 2009—and for all racial and ethnic groups, except Asians (for whom the increase was not statistically significant). The number of persons living below the poverty line has now increased for three consecutive years. The largest percentage increases in poverty were experienced by families headed by a single man (3.1 percent) and children under age 6 (2.6 percent).
13,000 Homes In Wayne County (Detroit) Hit Auction Block This Time: A record 13,000 tax-foreclosed properties — including 5,300 occupied homes — in Wayne County are going up for auction starting today, more proof of the devastation wrought by the economy.
www.detnews.com/article/20100917/METRO01/9170380/13-000-properties-to-hit-Wayne-County-auction-block
Obamagogue’s Goolsbee–reactionaireeee Skull and Boner: Goolsbee is a pure neoliberal; an insider’s insider. Not only was he a member of Skull and Bones along with George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush, and John Kerry… but he is the ultimate neoliberal fanatic. He didn’t go to the University of Chicago’s School of Economics, but he teaches there. In fact, he was the head of their business school. His life-long loyalties to the financial and corporate elites are clear. He is a member of the “New Dem” Democratic Leadership Council, set up by globalists Bill and Hillary Clinton, to drive the Democratic party to “the center” and by that I mean far to the right of what the vast majority of what the people in this country, left and right, actually want. And by “far to the right” I mean all the way past our current corptocracy straight into fascism… ”fascists seek to organize a nation according to corporatist perspectives, batr.amplify.com/2010/09/11/skull-and-bones-member-and-ex-cfr-employee-austan-dean-goolsbee-to-head-his-council-of-economic-advisers/
Which Way Will Cuban Socialism Fail? Like Russia? Like China? Something New? Viva La Revolucion’! Cuba announced Monday it will cast off at least half a million state workers by early next year and reduce restrictions on private enterprise to help them find new jobs — the most dramatic step yet in President Raul Castro’s push to radically remake employment on the communist-run island.
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100913/ap_on_bi_ge/cb_cuba_mass_layoffs
Council on Foreign Relations Discusses Cuba’s Future: Castro Says Cuba’s Model Isn’t Working: NPR Here and Now:
This week, the Cuban government announced it would lay off 500,000 state workers — the latest sign that the Communist island is overhauling its economy. The news comes as Cuba’s former leader, Fidel Castro, re-emerges on the world stage. Castro recently told The Atlantic that Cuba’s model doesn’t even work for Cuba anymore. Julia Sweig, director for Latin American Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, was at the meeting with Castro when he made those comments. She joins us to talk about where Cuba is headed.
The Atlantic: The Cuban model doesn’t work
www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2010/09/fidel-cuban-model-doesnt-even-work-for-us-anymore/62602/
Emerging Fascism Front:
The Sham Afghan Election: How much does it cost to buy an Afghan vote? Afghanistan may be a feudal society in many ways, but it is very much capitalist feudalism (as the Soviets found out to their regret).Nonetheless, prices are low. In northern Kunduz Province, Afghan votes cost $15 each; in eastern Ghazni Province, a vote can be bought for $18. In Kandahar, they sell their rights for as little as $1 a ballot. More commonly, the price seems to hover in the $5 to $6 range, as quoted to New York Times reporters in places like Helmand and Khost Provinces.
www.nytimes.com/2010/09/18/world/asia/18vote.html?_r=1&hp
Rising Copycat Barbarism: Even though everybody does it, it still works. That’s the problem,” Chabat said. “If you’re a trafficker and you know that this is part of the game, the idea of having your head decapitated is not attractive.” www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/04/01/91481/beheadings-become-signature-of.htmlThe Heavens Weep
What About that Gulf Oil Spill?(Skip the Ad)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI0_0TyX6GA
Spy vs Spy: 
Civil Rights Photographer Withers was an FBI informant — evidence of how far the agency went to spy on private citizens in Memphis during one of the nation’s most volatile periods.
Withers shadowed King the day before his murder, snapping photos and telling agents about a meeting the civil rights leader had with suspected black militants. He later divulged details gleaned at King’s funeral in Atlanta, reporting that two Southern Christian Leadership Conference staffers blamed for an earlier Beale Street riot planned to return to Memphis “to resume … support of sanitation strike” — to stir up more trouble, as the FBI saw it.
www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/sep/12/photographer-ernest-withers-fbi-informant/
Hey! Los Alamos! Wake Up. Spies Still Everywhere! Mr Mascheroni, a 75-year-old native of Argentina, worked as a scientist at Los Alamos from 1979 until 1988, when he was fired after criticising US nuclear research funding priorities, according to court documents. Mrs Mascheroni was a technical writer and editor from 1981 to 2010, the justice department said.The pair had access to nuclear secrets, including material on the design and manufacture of nuclear weapons, it said.
According to the justice department, in March 2008 Mr Mascheroni met an FBI agent posing as a Venezuelan intelligence operative named Luis Jimenez at a hotel in the US city of Sante Fe.
Mr Mascheroni, a 75-year-old native of Argentina, worked as a scientist at Los Alamos from 1979 until 1988, when he was fired after criticising US nuclear research funding priorities, according to court documents. Mrs Mascheroni was a technical writer and editor from 1981 to 2010, the justice department said.The pair had access to nuclear secrets, including material on the design and manufacture of nuclear weapons, it said.According to the justice department, in March 2008 Mr Mascheroni met an FBI agent posing as a Venezuelan intelligence operative named Luis Jimenez at a hotel in the US city of Sante Fe.www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCiuZ9ofwZk&feature=relatedSolidarity Forever:
Judas Goat Above
Unionite Gangfight in California: Roselli vs SEIU: On Monday, workers at 331 Kaiser facilities across California began voting by mail on whether to bolt the S.E.I.U. and join Mr. Rosselli’s group, the National Union of Healthcare Workers. www.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/business/14kaiser.html?emc=tnt&tntemail0=y
UAW Members Drive Sellouts From (8/17) Meeting: Workers at a General Motors stamping plant in Indianapolis, Indiana chased United Auto Workers executives out of a union meeting Sunday, after the UAW demanded workers accept a contract that would cut their wages in half. As soon as three UAW International representatives took the podium, they were met with boos and shouts of opposition from many of the 631 workers currently employed at the plant. The officials, attempting to speak at the only informational meeting on the proposed contract changes, were forced out within minutes of taking the floor.
We Say Fight Back!
(Video Embedded in Link) Students in Buenos Aires have taken to the streets in protest against the appalling conditions to be found in many of the city’s schools. A lack of heating in the cold winter just coming to an end has brought to a head a state of neglect which has been building up for several years. In the inimitable style of Argentine tradition, there have not only been occupations of at one point as many as forty of the city’s secondary schools, but classes have been taking place in the street. The protests have been going on for a month, and have now been been joined by university students belonging to several faculties where buildings are in similarly bad condition.
China’s Labor Unrest Spreads: Moeun Tola, a Cambodian labor advocate, blames Gap, Nike and other major Western brands for miring Cambodian workers in low wages. Inspired by labor disputes in China, he is pushing back. Mr. Moeun Tola and thousands of Cambodian garment workers began a five-day walkout Monday to demand better wages and benefits, a sign that recent labor unrest in China may be spreading to factories elsewhere in Asia that supply the world with low-cost goods. A wave of worker disputes in China in recent months, mostly at foreign-owned factories like Honda and Foxconn, has raised questions about whether other low-cost Asian manufacturing centers will also see higher wages as their workers become more assertive. In Bangladesh, thousands of textile workers demanding an increase in wages to 5,000 taka, or $72, a month from 3,000 taka clashed with the police last month and at least 500 people were wounded. In Vietnam, thousands went on strike in April at a Taiwanese-owned shoe factory. www.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/business/global/14garment.html?emc=tnt&tntemail0=y
Street Sweeper Social Club Interview(Boots Riley of the Coup and Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine) http://www.democracynow.org/2010/9/14/street_sweeper_social_club_revolutionary_party
Best Thing in the History of the World
Kwame Kilpatrick (jailed), Monica Conyers (jailed) Sam Riddle (jailed)
John Conyers Crooked Wife off to the Hoosegow: Detroit –Monica Conyers, the wife of U.S. Rep. John Conyers and former president of the Detroit City Council gained another title today: Inmate 43693-039. The 45-year-old former councilwoman reported today to federal prison camp in Alderson, W.Va., known by some as “Camp Cupcake” because of its minimum security and mountainous setting.
Monica Conyers
Magical Mystery Tour: 
German Nazi Uniform Button: “God is With Us”
Rapist Priest Goes into Hiding: The former bishop at the center of a child sexual abuse scandal in Belgium announced Saturday that he would leave the Trappist monastery where he had been living and go into hiding to contemplate his future. The former bishop of Bruges, Roger Vangheluwe, resigned in April after admitting he abused a boy, later revealed to be his nephew. The publicity surrounding the case prompted more than 200 people to come forward in a matter of days with accounts of abuse by priests, with cases stretching back several decades.
www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/world/europe/12belgium.html?ref=world
Why are Padres (sic) Losing? No Mass!:The private Catholic Mass that several Padres players and coaches attend before each Saturday evening home game was benched because there wasn’t time to hold the ritual. www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/sep/10/higher-power-blame-padres-fate/
40,000 in San Diego Attend Evangelist’s City Fest: The giant Christian gathering, which featured everything from BMX demonstrations to rock concerts, attracted more than 40,000 people to Mission Bay Park. And along with the music and motocross, there was plenty of prayer.
www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/sep/11/cityfest-religious-event-draws-thousands-mission-b/
Rotting Parasitical Feudalists Hug
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ndj15JlLexA
Madame Defarge Stitches Another Link
Seattle Cartoonist Goes Ghost: Seattle cartoonist who stirred up a religious storm with a tongue-in-cheek encouragement to draw images of the Muslim prophet Muhammad has gone into hiding after a threat to her safety.
Cartoonist Molly Norris, who published an illustration in April on her website entitled “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day,” was told by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation to “go ghost,” according to Seattle Weekly, where Morris was a regular contributor.
And Bad Bishop Brown Brings it All Back Home, Answering Back: “Banish Gods from Skies and Capitalists from Earth!” www.anglocatholicsocialism.org/episcopus.html (Scroll down)
Bad Bishop William Montgomery Brown
Worst Thing in the History of the World:
So Long Sonny:
How Bad Is It In Detroit? Even the Communists Moved Out and Even the Politicos Are Broke (Update–the convicted murderer appointed to the police oversight board withdrew):
Jenkins becomes the third member on the council of nine to confront foreclosure. Council President Charles Pugh faced foreclosure proceedings on his $385,000 Brush Park condo last year, but was able to work out an agreement with his lender and keep the home. Councilman Kwame Kenyatta and his wife walked away from their Rosedale Park home last year.
www.detnews.com/article/20100916/METRO01/9160407/1409/3rd-Detroit-council-member-faces-foreclosure
Unjust Outrageous Defamation of America’s Last Moral Compass: Judge Judy!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGdUMpusCtc
And In the Never Ending Detroit School Tragedy, Broad’s Bobb’s Goon Squad Cheats!:
Three employees from the Detroit Public Schools executive security detail were suspended without pay while they are being investigated on suspicion of filing for and receiving unearned pay for weeks when the district’s leadership was out of town, sources confirmed Wednesday.
www.freep.com/article/20100916/NEWS01/9160374/1322/DPS-3-in-Bobbs-security-detail-suspended
Bob Bobb and his Overseer Eli Broad (michigan citizen)
Broad Academy of 2005 Keeps Prideful Track of its Grads Like Bobb:
thebroadreport.blogspot.com/2010/07/robert-bobb-broad-superintendents.html
Say, How’d You Guys Get Out There? Eighty-five prisoners escaped from a jail near the U.S. border on Friday, authorities and media said, the latest prison break underscoring the challenges Mexico faces as it battles powerful drug cartels. The prisoners, mainly cartel members, climbed over a prison fence in the border city of Reynosa, across from McAllen, Texas, in the early hours of Friday morning, local radio and newspapers reported, saying 85 men escaped. A spokesman for Mexico’s attorney general’s office in Reynosa confirmed the jailbreak but declined to give details. Police arrested more than 40 prison guards and staff who were on duty when the men escaped, and two prison guards are missing, local radio and newspaper El Norte said.
www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE68944P20100911?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29
Prisoner Denied Toothpaste For A Year as Punishment: Jerry Flanory of Flint says he developed gum disease and had a tooth removed in 2006 after he was denied toothpaste for nearly a year as a form of discipline. www.freep.com/article/20100912/NEWS06/100912013/1320/No-lawyer-for-ex-convict-with-bad-gums
Best Thing in the History of the World
It is Hank Williams’ Birthday! 1928
www.youtube.com/watch?v=95aP0OWx4jY
and a bonus great for fun
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KohTdrO3nHs
Never Forget:
Thermopylae 480 BCE
1928 Okechobee Flood, Florida
Thanks to Wayne, Adam, Gina, Amber, Bob, Greg, Sandy, Sherry, Mr Z and Mr J, Joel S, Peter M, Donnie A, Marisol, Giselle, Berry, Loretta, Mary, Steve, Ricky, Ms L, Sandy and Sally, The Susans, George and Sharon, Danny, Jim S and V, Gordon T, Danielle, Bob (happy birthday you old fart), Victoria (congrats on landing at full speed again).