[r9etb]

I hate screeds like this. They take a list of problems, blame the various parties for failing to act in the "proper way," and then end with lame prescriptions to "change," without going to the trouble of identifying how the problems started in the first place. And of course, other than the vague plea to reform, there is no suggestion of how to actually fix the problem.

The author instead elects to punt by placing the blame at the feet of the political parties. He thereby absolves the public -- both voting and non-voting -- of the blame.

As John Adams put it: "We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion . ... Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."

The problem is not partisan per se, it is the fact that we are less and less a "moral and religious people."

I haven't got a solution to this -- maybe there is none.

[Mark Felton]

" I haven't got a solution to this -- maybe there is none."

I gave specifics to a solution. The solution lies with each community reasserting their power to determine how their own children will be educated.

Put education in the hands of the two people who most passionately want it to succeed for the students, the teachers and the parents.

Keep education $$ away from the people who desperately want to use education to gain power and influence, the political parties, the politicians, the Unions and basically anybody who is not a classroom teacher nor has a child in the classroom.

[general_re]

The author instead elects to punt by placing the blame at the feet of the political parties. He thereby absolves the public -- both voting and non-voting -- of the blame.

Too many people voting with their bellies instead of their heads, if you ask me.

I haven't got a solution to this -- maybe there is none.

Ride out the storm, and have a broom handy when the wave crashes and it's time to clean up...

[NukeMan]

You may want to check out this blog, which seems to be right up your alley (I often post there):

http://www.brothersjudd.com/blog/

As a sample discussion item, the linked article ties in nicely with the current Freeper discussion:

http://www.brothersjudd.com/blog/archives/007931.html

[rebuildus]

You missed the point of my article. There is a solution, and it's called "truth". Telling it, and living it. Using it to change your party so they represent something American again. So we can find life as a nation, not death. There is no other solution. There never has been.