Special Health Care Plus War Edition!
March on March 20 and Mayday!
Here’s to the Bogus Health Care Bill Met By Endless War!
Remember Proposals are Due, April 15, for the Rouge Forum Conference
rougeforumconference.org/
Send Your Articles, Photos, Cartoons, for the RF News to Community Coordinator Adam Renner.
Links to Classic Rouge Forum “Got War?” Flyer:
www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~rgibson/gotwar.pdf
and Justice or Barbarism (2003): richgibson.com/rouge_forum/warflyer.htm
Shoot Moneybags, Not People: www.pipeline.com/~rougeforum/shootmoneybags.html
Always be sure you are right, then go ahead
On the Little Rouge School Front:
Colbert vs Foner: This was passed along by social studies good-guy Tony Whitson.
My favorite line (Colbert to Eric Foner):
“They say that those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. But, if you change what history was, doesn’t that solve that problem?”
Words Counted in the Ratt Literacy Plan:
How often each word is used:
standards: 48
-assessment: 37
-reward: 34
-literacy: 19
-rigor: 16
-challenge: 15 (including new buzz phrase “challenge schools”)
-accountable/accountability: 14
-math: 11
-science: 10
-history: 7
-poverty: 7
-language arts: 5
-compete/competition: 4
-thinking: 2
-library: 1
-reading: 0
-writing: 0
-book: 0
Broad’s Bobb Named as Detroit Mayor by NPR on March 17th, Issues Plan to Close 45 Detroit Schools, Spend $70 million on Construction:
www.freep.com/article/20100317/NEWS01/3170316/What-plan-would-mean-for-schools-students
Broad’s Errand Boy Bobb Demagogics it Up for Parents: Still, he said, he expects to eliminate approximately 2,100 jobs, continue to reduce health care costs and outsource as many options as possible in fiscal year 2010-11. There was a noticeable air of displeasure in the audience as Bobb said he plans to announce on Wednesday which 45 schools will close at the end of this school year.
www.freep.com/article/20100315/NEWS01/100315063/1318/Walk-that-road-with-me-Bobb-asks-Detroit-parents
Detroit Federation of Teachers Refuses to Join Suit Against Broad’s Bobb: “The Detroit Federation of Teachers voted Thursday against joining the lawsuit , with leadership calling it frivolous. However, the union did vote to file a complaint with the state ethics commission against Bobb for accepting the funds, said Keith Johnson, the president.”
www.freep.com/article/201003130300/NEWS01/3130314
The Official Program for the Gutting of Chicago Public Schools: Class Size to 37! www.cps.edu/About_CPS/Financial_information/Documents/FY2011BudgetBriefing.pdf
UTLA Boss Favors Revamping Tenure, Certification–Eats Breakfast With Broad: “I would have no problem with changing the tenure rules and extending probation. We should not take tenure away once you get it but [have] some form of recertification.”
www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-morrison13-2010mar13,0,6790717,full.column
Michigan Education Association Moves to Smother Direct Action Resistance:
A Three Phase Action Plan to—-vote (surprise): www.mea.org/members/031610-enough_is_enough.html
NY Times Oped–National Socialism for the Schools:
www.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/opinion/19jacoby.html
The They Say Cut Back; We Say Fight Back Front:
March On March 30 Against the Empires Wars and Mayday Too:
The Traditional Rouge Forum Mayday Flyer:
www.richgibson.com/mayday.htm
On the Perpetual War Front: March on March 20th, Anniversary of the Invasion:
Key Data on the Iraq War Since the Invasion:
wire.antiwar.com/2010/03/19/iraq-key-figures-since-the-war-began-14/
On the Ooops there Goes the Economy Front:
Bob Herbert: Toyota Crushes CA Workers: “The company is planning to shut down the assembly plant in Fremont, Calif., that makes Corollas and the Tacoma compact pickup. The plant closure will throw 4,700 experienced, highly skilled and dedicated employees onto the street during the worst job market since the Depression, and it will jeopardize nearly 20,000 other jobs around the state.”
www.nytimes.com/2010/03/16/opinion/16herbert.html?scp=1&sq=bob%20herbert%20toy
ota&st=cse
Moody’s Says U.S. Debt Could Test Triple-A Rating: “The administration of President Obama estimates that the United States deficit will rise to 10.6 percent of gross domestic product in the current fiscal year, the highest since 1946, and federal debt will reach 64 percent of gross domestic product. Government expenditures are expected to rise to a postwar high of 25.4 percent of G.D.P.” www.nytimes.com/2010/03/16/business/global/16rating.html?scp=1&sq=moody%27s%20says&st=cse
The Infamous Citibank Plutonomy Memo: The rich will get richer and will rule “so we like companies that service the rich…”
www.scribd.com/doc/6674229/Citigroup-Mar-5-2006-Plutonomy-Report-Part-2
As Meltdown Loomed, Auditors Got Bonuses: “…the latest evidence of the government’s false sense of security during the go-go days of the financial boom. Just as bank executives got bonuses despite taking on dangerous amounts of risk, regulators got taxpayer-funded bonuses despite missing or ignoring signs that the system was on the verge of a meltdown.”http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/18/govt-rewarded-bank-auditors-with-big-bonuses/
Classics and Poems: Brecht:
General, your tank
is a powerful vehicle
it smashes down forests
and crushes a hundred men.
but it has one defect:
it needs a driver.
Songs: Billy Bragg, The Internationale:
And Conolly Was There: www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-DZp5nC7Cw
Thanks to Faith, Ofira, Amber, Wayne, Adam and Gina, The Joes, Paul M, Mr J and Z, the Susans, Lauren, Jovani, Marisol, Arturo, Jesus, Terry, Toby, Rona, Matt, Ken and Barb, Gil, Zena, Billy Rae, Davy C., Charlie, Ann McWiggan, Terry, Rona, Toby, Sue H, Elvira, Tony, Della, Cheri, Ken, Jeanne, and Bob.
Good luck to us, every one.
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