Lazy Sunday Links Roundup
++ Eric Massa talks about What "supporting the troops" really means.
++ Running for office? Better run from Colbert. Heheheheh.
++ From a newspaper in AUSTRALIA, of all places, an article about the Virginia Senate race.
++ Here's something to make you bang your head against the wall: Bush's family profits from "No Child" act.
A company headed by President Bush's brother and partly owned by his parents is benefiting from Republican connections and federal dollars targeted for economically disadvantaged students under the No Child Left Behind Act.
With investments from his parents, George H.W. and Barbara Bush, and other backers, Neil Bush's company, Ignite! Learning, has placed its products in 40 U.S. school districts and now plans to market internationally.
At least 13 U.S. school districts have used federal funds available through the president's signature education reform, the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, to buy Ignite's portable learning centers at $3,800 apiece.
The law provides federal funds to help school districts better serve disadvantaged students and improve their performance, especially in reading and math. But Ignite does not offer reading instruction, and its math program will not be available until next year.
Gaaaaaaah Luna Smash.
++ BBC: A senior US state department official has said that the US has shown "arrogance and stupidity" in Iraq. I could not agree more.
++ WaPo says Democrats may take the Senate. Dare we to hope?
++ NYT says Guardedly, Democrats are daring to believe. Oh yeah!
++ Obama's weighing a 2008 run. Eeeee!
++ Finally, this is a couple months old, but I just saw it today. From The Onion: Bush urges nation to be quiet for a minute while he tries to think. HEEEEEEE.
++ Running for office? Better run from Colbert. Heheheheh.
++ From a newspaper in AUSTRALIA, of all places, an article about the Virginia Senate race.
++ Here's something to make you bang your head against the wall: Bush's family profits from "No Child" act.
A company headed by President Bush's brother and partly owned by his parents is benefiting from Republican connections and federal dollars targeted for economically disadvantaged students under the No Child Left Behind Act.
With investments from his parents, George H.W. and Barbara Bush, and other backers, Neil Bush's company, Ignite! Learning, has placed its products in 40 U.S. school districts and now plans to market internationally.
At least 13 U.S. school districts have used federal funds available through the president's signature education reform, the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, to buy Ignite's portable learning centers at $3,800 apiece.
The law provides federal funds to help school districts better serve disadvantaged students and improve their performance, especially in reading and math. But Ignite does not offer reading instruction, and its math program will not be available until next year.
Gaaaaaaah Luna Smash.
++ BBC: A senior US state department official has said that the US has shown "arrogance and stupidity" in Iraq. I could not agree more.
++ WaPo says Democrats may take the Senate. Dare we to hope?
++ NYT says Guardedly, Democrats are daring to believe. Oh yeah!
++ Obama's weighing a 2008 run. Eeeee!
++ Finally, this is a couple months old, but I just saw it today. From The Onion: Bush urges nation to be quiet for a minute while he tries to think. HEEEEEEE.