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		<title>By: Ohio 2nd Blog &#187; &#8220;Seperate But Equal&#8221; Education</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/14/katrina-excuse/comment-page-2/#comment-783460</link>
		<dc:creator>Ohio 2nd Blog &#187; &#8220;Seperate But Equal&#8221; Education</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2006 20:53:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] From Think Progress: The Wall Street Journal reports that Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings will ask Congress to waive a federal law that bans educational segregation for homeless children. The Bush administration is arguing, along with states like Utah and Texas, that providing schooling for evacuees &#8211; who, in this case, are likened to homeless children &#8212; will be disruptive to public school systems, so they want to have sound legal backing for creating separate educational facilities for the 372,000 schoolchildren displaced by Hurricane Katrina. The State of Mississippi is opposed to waiving the Act because they argue the law helps evacuees enroll in schools without red tape. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] From Think Progress: The Wall Street Journal reports that Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings will ask Congress to waive a federal law that bans educational segregation for homeless children. The Bush administration is arguing, along with states like Utah and Texas, that providing schooling for evacuees &#8211; who, in this case, are likened to homeless children &#8212; will be disruptive to public school systems, so they want to have sound legal backing for creating separate educational facilities for the 372,000 schoolchildren displaced by Hurricane Katrina. The State of Mississippi is opposed to waiving the Act because they argue the law helps evacuees enroll in schools without red tape. [...]<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=783460', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Tocarro</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/14/katrina-excuse/comment-page-2/#comment-241840</link>
		<dc:creator>Tocarro</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2005 15:56:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is for Christian Librul 
&quot;Teacher&quot;, 
You really need to teach yourself some history because if you look back in the past you will see that separate is never equal. Black people have and still are striving for their equalities in life. If you place the homeless children (BLACK CHILDREN) into different schools they will not get a chance to learn. The U.S. cannot afford to get the evacuees off the street to begin with. What makes you think they are going to give them a nice and equal place to learn. The only thing the U.S. has done for the evacuees is taken their land and replaced their homes with expensive housing, that the blacks cannot afford , so the poor blacks will not  move back. The only thing the act of separating the schools will do is keep the black from striving for bigger and better things.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is for Christian Librul<br />
&#8220;Teacher&#8221;,<br />
You really need to teach yourself some history because if you look back in the past you will see that separate is never equal. Black people have and still are striving for their equalities in life. If you place the homeless children (BLACK CHILDREN) into different schools they will not get a chance to learn. The U.S. cannot afford to get the evacuees off the street to begin with. What makes you think they are going to give them a nice and equal place to learn. The only thing the U.S. has done for the evacuees is taken their land and replaced their homes with expensive housing, that the blacks cannot afford , so the poor blacks will not  move back. The only thing the act of separating the schools will do is keep the black from striving for bigger and better things.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=241840', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: nudist teen</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/14/katrina-excuse/comment-page-2/#comment-236929</link>
		<dc:creator>nudist teen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2005 18:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;nudist teen&lt;/strong&gt;

You are invited to take a look at some helpful info in the field of skimpy thongs galleries thong dreams </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>nudist teen</strong></p>
<p>You are invited to take a look at some helpful info in the field of skimpy thongs galleries thong dreams<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=236929', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Terry C. Potter</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/14/katrina-excuse/comment-page-2/#comment-149712</link>
		<dc:creator>Terry C. Potter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:48:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You poor Liberal Democrats are such whining cry babies. It&#039;s a shame that you still need Big Daddy to hold your hand every time you hear a noise in the night get a little scared. I think it&#039;s time to take off the training wheels and just ride the bike on your own. I also think Daddy is going to have to cut-off the leach allowances now that you&#039;ve grown into pseudo-adults, so just shut up and take it like a man.
 I won&#039;t be surprised when you guys start blaming our lawmakers for their failure in banning the invasion of these darn hurricanes.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You poor Liberal Democrats are such whining cry babies. It&#8217;s a shame that you still need Big Daddy to hold your hand every time you hear a noise in the night get a little scared. I think it&#8217;s time to take off the training wheels and just ride the bike on your own. I also think Daddy is going to have to cut-off the leach allowances now that you&#8217;ve grown into pseudo-adults, so just shut up and take it like a man.<br />
 I won&#8217;t be surprised when you guys start blaming our lawmakers for their failure in banning the invasion of these darn hurricanes.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=149712', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Reg</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/14/katrina-excuse/comment-page-2/#comment-142079</link>
		<dc:creator>Reg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I can&#039;t figure out what the hell is wrong with Americaâ€¦.with the pundits, the press, and the public at large?   Four major investigations by INDEPENDENT commissions and/or prosecutions should have been launched and impeachment hearings should have been called long ago

And no, Pat Fitzgerald who is investigating the Plame leak, however honest, is NOT independent.  Ken Starr was an Independent Counsel.  Pat is a Special Prosecutor employed by the US Department of Justiceâ€¦and got the job because Ashcroft was hammered into recusing himself.  He still reports directly to Gonzalesâ€™ people

Bottom line: Bushco got in the way of the law every timeâ€¦and succeeded.  Go figure.  Read this article if you want the facts, and understand how powerless we really areâ€¦.
&lt;a href=&quot;http://tvnewslies.org/html/why_is_george_w__bush_above_th.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ABOVE THE LAW&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I can&#8217;t figure out what the hell is wrong with Americaâ€¦.with the pundits, the press, and the public at large?   Four major investigations by INDEPENDENT commissions and/or prosecutions should have been launched and impeachment hearings should have been called long ago</p>
<p>And no, Pat Fitzgerald who is investigating the Plame leak, however honest, is NOT independent.  Ken Starr was an Independent Counsel.  Pat is a Special Prosecutor employed by the US Department of Justiceâ€¦and got the job because Ashcroft was hammered into recusing himself.  He still reports directly to Gonzalesâ€™ people</p>
<p>Bottom line: Bushco got in the way of the law every timeâ€¦and succeeded.  Go figure.  Read this article if you want the facts, and understand how powerless we really areâ€¦.<br />
<a href="http://tvnewslies.org/html/why_is_george_w__bush_above_th.html" rel="nofollow">ABOVE THE LAW</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=142079', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: I-RIGHT-I</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/14/katrina-excuse/comment-page-2/#comment-136890</link>
		<dc:creator>I-RIGHT-I</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2005 18:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Think Progress? Does this group have a point?
Comment by Tom Canavan

Yes Tom, they do have a point and a mission. Specifically, it is to advance the cause of World Communism  errr, aahhh, eeer...I mean &quot;Progressive Thought&quot;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Think Progress? Does this group have a point?<br />
Comment by Tom Canavan</p>
<p>Yes Tom, they do have a point and a mission. Specifically, it is to advance the cause of World Communism  errr, aahhh, eeer&#8230;I mean &#8220;Progressive Thought&#8221;.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=136890', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Tom Canavan</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/14/katrina-excuse/comment-page-2/#comment-136706</link>
		<dc:creator>Tom Canavan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2005 17:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Think Progress? Does this group have a point? I notice all you guys do all day is complain about the other guy. I haven&#039;t seen you put into action any good ideas for fixing the things you are complaining about. Why is that? 
Don&#039;t you have a good idea other than Groucho Marx&#039;s mantra, 
whatever it is I&#039;m against it, 
no matter how you shorten or condense it, 
I&#039;m against it!
Your Emporors doesn&#039;t have clothes either.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Think Progress? Does this group have a point? I notice all you guys do all day is complain about the other guy. I haven&#8217;t seen you put into action any good ideas for fixing the things you are complaining about. Why is that?<br />
Don&#8217;t you have a good idea other than Groucho Marx&#8217;s mantra,<br />
whatever it is I&#8217;m against it,<br />
no matter how you shorten or condense it,<br />
I&#8217;m against it!<br />
Your Emporors doesn&#8217;t have clothes either.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=136706', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: jjcomet</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/14/katrina-excuse/comment-page-2/#comment-135933</link>
		<dc:creator>jjcomet</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2005 23:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I-RIGHT-I has absolutely no answer to those who pointed out his twisting of the data on poverty in the U.S., yet he keeps bloviating nonetheless. Unless you are willing to admit that you either deliberately lied - or were taken in by someone else&#039;s lies - about the poverty rate, I suggest that it is *you*, Mr. Right, who should STFU. Proven liars and fools have little right to demand anyone&#039;s attention or respect.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I-RIGHT-I has absolutely no answer to those who pointed out his twisting of the data on poverty in the U.S., yet he keeps bloviating nonetheless. Unless you are willing to admit that you either deliberately lied &#8211; or were taken in by someone else&#8217;s lies &#8211; about the poverty rate, I suggest that it is *you*, Mr. Right, who should STFU. Proven liars and fools have little right to demand anyone&#8217;s attention or respect.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=135933', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: I-RIGHT-I</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/14/katrina-excuse/comment-page-2/#comment-135813</link>
		<dc:creator>I-RIGHT-I</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2005 20:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Actually there are quite a lot of whites lining up for assistance in the part of Northwest Florida where I live, I Right to the contrary. 

Comment by Fraser 

Is that a fact? Good to know the welfare scammers aren&#039;t getting it all. Let me know when they get their little credit cards with free money and use it to buy Louis Viton bags or pull the buy and return scam so they have plenty of free drug money.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Actually there are quite a lot of whites lining up for assistance in the part of Northwest Florida where I live, I Right to the contrary. </p>
<p>Comment by Fraser </p>
<p>Is that a fact? Good to know the welfare scammers aren&#8217;t getting it all. Let me know when they get their little credit cards with free money and use it to buy Louis Viton bags or pull the buy and return scam so they have plenty of free drug money.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=135813', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: OGLib</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/14/katrina-excuse/comment-page-2/#comment-135782</link>
		<dc:creator>OGLib</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2005 19:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I-Right-I,

Do a Google search on the term &quot;Rahowa&quot; and go visit the sites that come up.  I&#039;m sure you&#039;ll find people you like within that community.  And don&#039;t forget to pick up your brown shirts from the dry cleaner....you know, the one that is probably run by some chink who can&#039;t speak teh language or some dirty, thieving Jew.

You sound like such a wonderful human being.  Since you&#039;re so self-reliant, I think you should pack up, go to the feces and oil infested 9th ward in New Orleans and show those &quot;negroes&quot; and &quot;welfare queens&quot; just what it means to be responsible.  Heck, you could build your own house from the ground up after you clean up the thick layer of toxic stew that was left behind by the flood waters.  No fancy contractors or developers, though....you have to do it all yourself.

He (I-Right-I) has to be joking, right?

PS - Be sure to read the details about O&#039;Reilly&#039;s bogus stats.  Might help to cure you of your ignorance.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I-Right-I,</p>
<p>Do a Google search on the term &#8220;Rahowa&#8221; and go visit the sites that come up.  I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll find people you like within that community.  And don&#8217;t forget to pick up your brown shirts from the dry cleaner&#8230;.you know, the one that is probably run by some chink who can&#8217;t speak teh language or some dirty, thieving Jew.</p>
<p>You sound like such a wonderful human being.  Since you&#8217;re so self-reliant, I think you should pack up, go to the feces and oil infested 9th ward in New Orleans and show those &#8220;negroes&#8221; and &#8220;welfare queens&#8221; just what it means to be responsible.  Heck, you could build your own house from the ground up after you clean up the thick layer of toxic stew that was left behind by the flood waters.  No fancy contractors or developers, though&#8230;.you have to do it all yourself.</p>
<p>He (I-Right-I) has to be joking, right?</p>
<p>PS &#8211; Be sure to read the details about O&#8217;Reilly&#8217;s bogus stats.  Might help to cure you of your ignorance.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=135782', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Fraser</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/14/katrina-excuse/comment-page-2/#comment-135746</link>
		<dc:creator>Fraser</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2005 19:07:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Actually there are quite a lot of whites lining up for assistance in the part of Northwest Florida where I live, I Right to the contrary.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Actually there are quite a lot of whites lining up for assistance in the part of Northwest Florida where I live, I Right to the contrary.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=135746', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Firebug</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/14/katrina-excuse/comment-page-2/#comment-135736</link>
		<dc:creator>Firebug</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2005 19:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Scott Cunningham (opposing the minimum wage): &quot;I thought we all learned this in basic principles of economics. Where were you?&quot;

We were taking more advanced economics courses which taught us that the simplistic, reductionist stuff from Econ 101 doesn&#039;t actually work in the real world.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Scott Cunningham (opposing the minimum wage): &#8220;I thought we all learned this in basic principles of economics. Where were you?&#8221;</p>
<p>We were taking more advanced economics courses which taught us that the simplistic, reductionist stuff from Econ 101 doesn&#8217;t actually work in the real world.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=135736', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: TheGuy</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/14/katrina-excuse/comment-page-2/#comment-135700</link>
		<dc:creator>TheGuy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2005 18:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#9 Troll, 
Bill O Lielly is right, &quot;Numbers don&#039;t lie.&quot; But what he doesn&#039;t admit is that he is a pro at lying with numbers. As others on this page have noted that poverty steadily fell every year in Clinton&#039;s watch and climbed during each of Bush&#039;s. You demand &quot;source it&quot; then nothing. Answer me this will you admit O&#039;Liely lied? Oh BTW here is the US Census&#039;s own poverty rates 1959-2004

http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/poverty04/pov04fig03.pdf</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#9 Troll,<br />
Bill O Lielly is right, &#8220;Numbers don&#8217;t lie.&#8221; But what he doesn&#8217;t admit is that he is a pro at lying with numbers. As others on this page have noted that poverty steadily fell every year in Clinton&#8217;s watch and climbed during each of Bush&#8217;s. You demand &#8220;source it&#8221; then nothing. Answer me this will you admit O&#8217;Liely lied? Oh BTW here is the US Census&#8217;s own poverty rates 1959-2004</p>
<p><a href="http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/poverty04/pov04fig03.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/poverty04/pov04fig03.pdf</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=135700', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: I-RIGHT-I</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/14/katrina-excuse/comment-page-2/#comment-135663</link>
		<dc:creator>I-RIGHT-I</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2005 17:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>suppose this makes too much sense for it to happen. Not enough money going to fat cats in my scenarioâ€¦ 

Comment by Jim Lawrence 

My guess is that it was discussed and rejected. Those military bases would cease to be &quot;bases&quot; in MSM newspeak and become internment facilities, gulags, prison farms and death camps. Though for my money, and a lot of it is my money, prison farms is where more than quite a few of them belong.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>suppose this makes too much sense for it to happen. Not enough money going to fat cats in my scenarioâ€¦ </p>
<p>Comment by Jim Lawrence </p>
<p>My guess is that it was discussed and rejected. Those military bases would cease to be &#8220;bases&#8221; in MSM newspeak and become internment facilities, gulags, prison farms and death camps. Though for my money, and a lot of it is my money, prison farms is where more than quite a few of them belong.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=135663', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jim Lawrence</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/14/katrina-excuse/comment-page-2/#comment-135658</link>
		<dc:creator>Jim Lawrence</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2005 17:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why can&#039;t we house the evacuees in the numerous military bases that were closed?  Each base is essentially a mini-city within itself, complete with store, church, schools, etc.   They sit there unused now while we attempt to jam-pack the evacuees into other cities and school districts.  

I suppose this makes too much sense for it to happen.  Not enough money going to fat cats in my scenario...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why can&#8217;t we house the evacuees in the numerous military bases that were closed?  Each base is essentially a mini-city within itself, complete with store, church, schools, etc.   They sit there unused now while we attempt to jam-pack the evacuees into other cities and school districts.  </p>
<p>I suppose this makes too much sense for it to happen.  Not enough money going to fat cats in my scenario&#8230;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=135658', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Famous and nonfamous strangers &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Separate But Equal alive and well</title>
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		<dc:creator>Famous and nonfamous strangers &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Separate But Equal alive and well</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2005 17:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Separate But Equal alive and well   From Think Progress, an update on the latest actions of the bitch who bitchslapped PBS because a bunny met a lesbian:  â€œSEPARATE BUT EQUALâ€ EDUCATION: The Wall Street Journal reports that Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings will ask Congress to waive a federal law that bans educational segregation for homeless children. The Bush administration is arguing, along with states like Utah and Texas, that providing schooling for evacuees â€“ who, in this case, are likened to homeless children â€” will be disruptive to public school systems, so they want to have sound legal backing for creating separate educational facilities for the 372,000 schoolchildren displaced by Hurricane Katrina. The State of Mississippi is opposed to waiving the Act because they argue the law helps evacuees enroll in schools without red tape. [WSJ, â€œSchooling Evacuees Provokes Debate,â€ 9/14/05] [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Separate But Equal alive and well   From Think Progress, an update on the latest actions of the bitch who bitchslapped PBS because a bunny met a lesbian:  â€œSEPARATE BUT EQUALâ€ EDUCATION: The Wall Street Journal reports that Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings will ask Congress to waive a federal law that bans educational segregation for homeless children. The Bush administration is arguing, along with states like Utah and Texas, that providing schooling for evacuees â€“ who, in this case, are likened to homeless children â€” will be disruptive to public school systems, so they want to have sound legal backing for creating separate educational facilities for the 372,000 schoolchildren displaced by Hurricane Katrina. The State of Mississippi is opposed to waiving the Act because they argue the law helps evacuees enroll in schools without red tape. [WSJ, â€œSchooling Evacuees Provokes Debate,â€ 9/14/05] [...]<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=135639', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ChristianLibrul</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/14/katrina-excuse/comment-page-2/#comment-135581</link>
		<dc:creator>ChristianLibrul</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2005 15:40:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I taught high school for 26 years, and for once I can say this administration is right about something.  Putting all the &quot;Katrina Kids&quot; into public schools would be disruptive for the schools (it&#039;s already happening) and a waste of time for the &quot;Katrina Kids.&quot;  Their records are gone, so they&#039;ll have to be assessed as to grade level, etc.  The best thing actually is to set up school districts just for them.  The administration&#039;s motives may or may not be racist, but either way they&#039;re right about this one thing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I taught high school for 26 years, and for once I can say this administration is right about something.  Putting all the &#8220;Katrina Kids&#8221; into public schools would be disruptive for the schools (it&#8217;s already happening) and a waste of time for the &#8220;Katrina Kids.&#8221;  Their records are gone, so they&#8217;ll have to be assessed as to grade level, etc.  The best thing actually is to set up school districts just for them.  The administration&#8217;s motives may or may not be racist, but either way they&#8217;re right about this one thing.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=135581', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Argon</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/14/katrina-excuse/comment-page-2/#comment-135435</link>
		<dc:creator>Argon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2005 14:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Clinton was a moderate Republican. GATT and NAFTA passage, repeal of the Glass Stegal Act, &quot;Welfare to Work&quot; in the internet bubble economy - We haven&#039;t had a President that really cared about the poor since Carter.

To the &quot;Economics Expert&quot; what ever happened to &quot;manufacturing (value added) goods are the only form of true wealth&quot;? With Zolenger&#039;s WTO trade deals, 
that &quot;giant sucking sound&quot; is our supersonic trip to the bottom. Economic Treason.
 
Don&#039;t worry though, once the &quot;Argentinaization&quot; of Amerika is completed the illeagal immigration will cease as the pay, housing, quality of life, and social stratification in the US will be just as bad as the Mexican kleptocracy (that the US supports). The US STILL hasn&#039;t imposed any real financial reforms on Corporations since ENRON.  

NO worrys - Roberts will be confirmed - is there ANY Bushco &quot;Nominee&quot; that hasn&#039;t been installed? I can&#039;t think of a single one myself.

The iron fist is beginning to show itself in the form of the impoverished Katrina evacuees detainment and patrols by our pivatezed Military (Black Water). How about making THOSE mercenaries work for less then $9/hr or even the standard NO beat cops pay! 

(Despite the constant references to Christ)These &quot;conservative&quot; elites fear neither God or the laws of Man. Never mind the civil war in Iraq, thanks to these American plutocratic fascists we&#039;re well on our way to having one here! Then again, thats what the &quot;Patriot Act&quot; and the &quot;War on Terror&quot; is really all about anyway.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Clinton was a moderate Republican. GATT and NAFTA passage, repeal of the Glass Stegal Act, &#8220;Welfare to Work&#8221; in the internet bubble economy &#8211; We haven&#8217;t had a President that really cared about the poor since Carter.</p>
<p>To the &#8220;Economics Expert&#8221; what ever happened to &#8220;manufacturing (value added) goods are the only form of true wealth&#8221;? With Zolenger&#8217;s WTO trade deals,<br />
that &#8220;giant sucking sound&#8221; is our supersonic trip to the bottom. Economic Treason.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t worry though, once the &#8220;Argentinaization&#8221; of Amerika is completed the illeagal immigration will cease as the pay, housing, quality of life, and social stratification in the US will be just as bad as the Mexican kleptocracy (that the US supports). The US STILL hasn&#8217;t imposed any real financial reforms on Corporations since ENRON.  </p>
<p>NO worrys &#8211; Roberts will be confirmed &#8211; is there ANY Bushco &#8220;Nominee&#8221; that hasn&#8217;t been installed? I can&#8217;t think of a single one myself.</p>
<p>The iron fist is beginning to show itself in the form of the impoverished Katrina evacuees detainment and patrols by our pivatezed Military (Black Water). How about making THOSE mercenaries work for less then $9/hr or even the standard NO beat cops pay! </p>
<p>(Despite the constant references to Christ)These &#8220;conservative&#8221; elites fear neither God or the laws of Man. Never mind the civil war in Iraq, thanks to these American plutocratic fascists we&#8217;re well on our way to having one here! Then again, thats what the &#8220;Patriot Act&#8221; and the &#8220;War on Terror&#8221; is really all about anyway.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=135435', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: I-RIGHT-I</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/14/katrina-excuse/comment-page-2/#comment-135404</link>
		<dc:creator>I-RIGHT-I</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2005 14:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>For the troll who posted #9..how well off are you? Here is a series of questions for you personally. If you know know what the term â€œHonestâ€ means, answer these questions. 

comment by concerned citizen (of the USA?)



1. Do you happen to live in one of those â€œuntaintedâ€ neighborhoods? 

A: Yes and speaking for myself and the Black family across the street, the Mexican Family next door to them and all of my hard working real American neighbors we don&#039;t want any Section 8 losers moving into our neighborhood with their gangster bastard children and poor personal hygiene habits. 

2. Are you gainfully employed?

A: I&#039;ve been gainfully employed since I was sixteen. I&#039;ve worked for peanuts before and NEVER even when I was unemployed received a dime&#039;s worth of benefits. What&#039;s your point? Do you think that the fact that you are a loser and can&#039;t hold a job should make me feel sorry for you? 

3. Do you know what it is like to be poor? 

A: I know what it&#039;s like to have a school teacher mother raise three boys on less money than a welfare queen nets per year. 

4. Do you know what it is like to have so little of the resources that you Trolls claim to give to the poor? 

A: Do you know what it&#039;s like giving 50% of the money you earn to the government that hands it out to people like the New Orleans Negro and people like you who hasn&#039;t been required to work a day in their life?

5. Would you know how to survive if you lost EVERYTHING?. 

A: Yes I would and so do the thousands of decent people who lost everything but their pride and ambition in the storm. You don&#039;t see too many white folk standing in those lines to get their fair share of free money from the government and you don&#039;t see too many white folk who actually went through the storm making the obscene charge that the reason help didn&#039;t arrive &quot;in time&quot; was because they were poor Southern Whites.

If your answer is No to more than one of these questions, Just STFU and go find some Wrong-Wing site to whine on and stop posting here. No one here cares what you really have to say. 

A: My guess is your answer to all of the above is no and that you hate yourself for it. I don&#039;t have that problem because I know that it&#039;s people like me that built this country. It&#039;s people like you that ruin it. I&#039;ll STFU when the last commieratbastardmofo like you is put in those detention camps we&#039;re building for you in West Texas.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For the troll who posted #9..how well off are you? Here is a series of questions for you personally. If you know know what the term â€œHonestâ€ means, answer these questions. </p>
<p>comment by concerned citizen (of the USA?)</p>
<p>1. Do you happen to live in one of those â€œuntaintedâ€ neighborhoods? </p>
<p>A: Yes and speaking for myself and the Black family across the street, the Mexican Family next door to them and all of my hard working real American neighbors we don&#8217;t want any Section 8 losers moving into our neighborhood with their gangster bastard children and poor personal hygiene habits. </p>
<p>2. Are you gainfully employed?</p>
<p>A: I&#8217;ve been gainfully employed since I was sixteen. I&#8217;ve worked for peanuts before and NEVER even when I was unemployed received a dime&#8217;s worth of benefits. What&#8217;s your point? Do you think that the fact that you are a loser and can&#8217;t hold a job should make me feel sorry for you? </p>
<p>3. Do you know what it is like to be poor? </p>
<p>A: I know what it&#8217;s like to have a school teacher mother raise three boys on less money than a welfare queen nets per year. </p>
<p>4. Do you know what it is like to have so little of the resources that you Trolls claim to give to the poor? </p>
<p>A: Do you know what it&#8217;s like giving 50% of the money you earn to the government that hands it out to people like the New Orleans Negro and people like you who hasn&#8217;t been required to work a day in their life?</p>
<p>5. Would you know how to survive if you lost EVERYTHING?. </p>
<p>A: Yes I would and so do the thousands of decent people who lost everything but their pride and ambition in the storm. You don&#8217;t see too many white folk standing in those lines to get their fair share of free money from the government and you don&#8217;t see too many white folk who actually went through the storm making the obscene charge that the reason help didn&#8217;t arrive &#8220;in time&#8221; was because they were poor Southern Whites.</p>
<p>If your answer is No to more than one of these questions, Just STFU and go find some Wrong-Wing site to whine on and stop posting here. No one here cares what you really have to say. </p>
<p>A: My guess is your answer to all of the above is no and that you hate yourself for it. I don&#8217;t have that problem because I know that it&#8217;s people like me that built this country. It&#8217;s people like you that ruin it. I&#8217;ll STFU when the last commieratbastardmofo like you is put in those detention camps we&#8217;re building for you in West Texas.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=135404', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Leila</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/14/katrina-excuse/comment-page-2/#comment-135348</link>
		<dc:creator>Leila</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2005 13:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>thanks for this entry, Faiz.  I had no friggen clue this was going down.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>thanks for this entry, Faiz.  I had no friggen clue this was going down.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=135348', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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