He has also received nearly a million donations, most averaging 30 bucks.

Progressives are all for using education for social engineering, when it fits their world view. I would argue that the switch from "education as job-readiness" to "education as social engineering", that began in the 60s, is one of the primary causes of failed public school systems around the country.

When discussing anything about education, you should first ask yourself:

1. Do I have a child at this school?

If your answer is "no", then what difference does it make to you?

If your answer is "yes", then you could and should get active in the PTA and school board. And if you still don't like what they're teaching your child, you should be able to move your child, and the tax money attached to that child, to the school of your choice. Even if that school is private.

mathboy - I was being facetious, however, this year there have been 4 police cruisers stolen in Indiana - three in Indianapolis and one in Fort Wayne(?). According to local news media, that's at least a 300% increase over previous years. I'm just hoping the thieves were victims of civil forfeiture laws.

I thought everyone agreed that climate change was occurring. That the disagreement was over the causes. Natural hot / cold Earth cycles, or CO2 emissions.

I haven't heard of any increase in police car theft, stecoop01, but your hypothesis depends on either 1) some organization teaching widely scattered people to do the same thing without being noticed, or 2) those people independently reacting to the same situation in the same way at about the same time.

Duck ye, ye Nations

{... a rhyme ...}

Duck ye, ye nations, or thou shalt be struck

by pol-i-ticians running {amok} amuck,

as if thou hath been smitten by a four-ton truck

and impaled by a quickened hocky puck

which are driven erratically by an absolute schmuck.

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Et Cetera

{… a rhyme …}

Too many are praisin’

the Rightwing’s brazen

misogyny, xenophobia, et cet.

Thus do they aid and abet

our nation’s phasin’

into things we’ll regret.

... ... ...

The “et cetera” includes so much!!

Et greed’s inequities and such.

Et guns and et anti-black.

Et knocking civilization off-track.

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Thank you for the info, DeAnneMarc; it looks like the "war on drugs" continues to broaden the collateral damage, taking out far more "friendlies" than "enemies".

Quote stecoop01:I wonder if the recent increase in the theft of POLICE CARS(!) might be retaliation for the civil forfeiture laws. How the heck did legalized theft by law enforcement personnel come about in this country?

This whole problem evolved because of the War on Drugs. Somehow, the right managed to sell the idea that it was wrong for people to profit off of drug sales. They created the idea of drug dealers driving expensive cars and living in homes they bought with cash. Of course, there was already a mechanism in place to tip off authorities if anyone was purchasing expensive goods with cash. Nevertheless, this wasn't enough. Ill gotten assets needed to be seized; and, it had to happen quickly, legally, and easy. Somehow, at the root of this illegal, unConstitutional notion, it was worked in that the accused never had to be convicted of doing anything wrong in order for the assets to be 'considered guilty.' Assets are 'considered guilty' upon 'suspicion' only. It's quite amazing how that really works. We've had a well known drug house in our neighborhood now for 8 years. In that time, several times, the police have raided the place and seized drugs. Once, someone was shot there. Still, the people continue to live there. Their cars and assets are not confiscated. They are back on the streets within days and the house is back in business as usual within a week. Of course I live in California. Perhaps it is different from state to state. Or, perhaps drugs isn't what some officials are really targeting. Perhaps 'drugs' are merely a pretense to commit a worse act of crime. Regardless, taking someone's property for any reason is theft. It a is clear violation of Constitutional rights. It is a problem that sorely needs to be attended to and reckoned with.

Both are correct,as parents should be able to stay home, and care for their new child, and bond with them without having to worry about loosing their job, income etc.

What do I think. Well I think as the collapse of citizenship escalates, and more and more of the responsibility incumbent on the citizen is passed on to the "governments" care and maintenance, then the concern for siezure of private property is a mute issue. Takings will be necessary to fund the collapsing basis to the economy that once could generate the taxes necessary to fund the public sector. You can think of it as the natural progression of the public sectors purpose to fulfill the wishes of the community........and becasue they "work so hard at it", breaking a sweat continuously as they toil hour after hour, day after day, month after month, maybe even year after year, the search for ever more "booty" to sustain the progression..........well it is obvious. As Plato explained, it just can not work out well when you put the government employee in charge of the purse strings determining how public funds are dispersed, now can it. But, of course, all this is at their peril........fundamentally they are essentially stealing, and at bottom they are stealing money, which further devalues, or clarifies the relative worth of the money. This is especially distructive when the value assigned to the money is being defined by the very same crew that is printing it, so to speak. Of course, we are already well past the point where those that print the money can actually do so, in fact, the paper and ink necessary are beyond the reach of the current finances of the existing regime. Thus, as the money value declines, then it is necessary to steal even more just to maintaing parity..........sort of a downward spiral into a state that not only has no funding, but it can not be funded at any level...........since those that define the value of the money no longer assign any meaningful value to it..........hi ho hi ho its off to steal we go........but then this is old news, very old news. Although I must admit it has become so glaringly obvious I marvel at the thing, i.e. "the State", still continuing as it does. I think you can say they have managed to reach bottom when you see government takings of say usable human tissues, necessary to sustain the individuals that government deems most vital to the security of the nation, either by consumption or open market sale. Thats what I think. What do you think?

Who knows. Maybe everyone is half right. Maybe Earth is going thru a natural hot/cold cycle and carbon emissions are enhancing the effects of that natural cycle. I think we're somewhere in the middle between gloom and doom and, no changes at all. I also think we should concentrate on dealing with it's current effects and phase in the big ticket control efforts after more people are on board with this.