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Teacher’s Union Contributes to Drop Out Rates

Scott Ott spears the NEA for indirectly contributing to the high school drop out rate. The U.S. educational system is extremely sub par relative to other Western nations and getting worse. Mostly because of our arcane public school system which relies on a dysfunctional government and Congress to subsidize basic public education.

(WASHINGTON) – With a new study showing that more than 1-in-10 U.S. public high schools has a dropout rate of 40 percent or more, the National Education Association (NEA) today hailed its union members, “who work hard everyday in America’s highly-productive dropout factories.”

“We make a measurable difference in the lives of kids,” said an unnamed NEA spokesman. “On 1,700 dropout factory floors nationwide, our union strives to get the product out the door.”

The NEA source touted the results of a new Johns Hopkins University study, commissioned by the Associated Press, which shows that, nationwide, in 12 percent of secondary schools, “40 percent of our product makes it to the marketplace quickly, without the delay often caused by graduation requirements.”

As Congress prepares this week to put more money into the federal No Child Left Behind program, the NEA can boast that in states like South Carolina and Florida more than half of the schools have already achieved the coveted “dropout factory” status which qualifies them for a surge in federal funding.

“In previous generations,” the union source said, “It could take up to three years to move the product through the factory, and out the door with a diploma. We’ve found that if you focus on what logistics experts call ‘through-put’ and de-emphasize the diploma, you can get the product on the streets a lot faster.”

“While we’re particularly proud of our designated dropout factories,” he added, “let’s not forget that even the average public school has a 30 percent dropout rate, and our record of accomplishment with blacks and Hispanics is even more stunning.” — as reported by satirist Scott Ott / ScrpappleFace

Isn’t it nice to see our tax dollars alive and well contributing to failed programs like “No Child Left Behind” ?

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UK Drama ‘Britz’ to Generate Sympathy for Female Suicide Bombers

Here we find just one more over the top attempt by certain established leftist media in the U.K. to cultivate sympathy and legitimacy for perverted radical muslim thought… Amazing !

Drama focuses on would-be bomber A controversial Channel 4 drama will depict a young Muslim driven to become Britain’s first female suicide bomber. Britz attempts to understand what would lead a second generation Muslim to turn against the country of their birth. It blames Britain’s “draconian” anti-terror laws – in particular, the contentious subject of control orders – and foreign policy for alienating the Muslim community. The two-part drama is by award-winning director Peter Kosminsky.

Critics could accuse it of justifying the actions of Britain’s homegrown terrorists. Britz tells the story of two siblings from Bradford, West Yorkshire – brother Sohail (Riz Ahmed) is an ambitious law student who joins MI5, while sister Nasima (Manjinder Virk) is studying to be a doctor but becomes radicalized and turns to terrorism. Nasima becomes part of a terror cell which plots to kill hundreds of men, women and children in the centre of London. The film mixes fact with fiction – some of the characters are made out to be associates of the real perpetrators of the July 2005 London bombings. But Kosminsky said he hoped radicalized Muslims would not feel vindicated by the film.” I really hope not. In the end you must judge for yourself but I hope that nobody who sees it would think there is anything triumphant or joyful about Nasima’s journey. “We went to lengths to make this [suicide bombing] not seem like an exciting or glorious thing,” he said. Britz will be on Channel 4 [BBC] at 9pm on October 31 and November 1.

(hat tip via Twitter / mrpresident)

“In the end you must judge for yourself but I hope that nobody who sees it would think there is anything triumphant or joyful about Nasima’s journey. We went to lengths to make this [suicide bombing] not seem like an exciting or glorious thing,” – Peter Kominsky — What a joke! This has to be one of the most feeble excuses for exploiting a dysfunctional social phenomenon on record. Did Peter Kosminsky just want to make a quick buck or are there other political overtones at play? What do you think? Just one more sick version of an artistic protest on film directed at the British, American and Israeli policies regarding the defeat of islamic jihadists. Why does Kominsky find it necessary to depict terrorists as a sympathetic figures if not to make a political statement? Sick… Both muslims and non-muslims alike should condemn any glorification of suicide bombing. Unless of course they belong to a jihadist group, in which case they are certainly enjoying and welcoming this film. Never hurts to pick up a few more recruits on the rebound– ZZ

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Bin Laden: Iraqi Insurgents Pathetic

Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden lamented the lack of unity among insurgents in Iraq in a new audiotape. Analysts say that Mr. Bin Laden’s latest tape adds to evidence that the group has failed to extend its strength or spread its message inside the troubled country. Here is one reporters update…

(2007-10-23) — In a newly-released audiotape, al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden spoke directly to Muslim insurgents in Iraq, calling them “a pack of sniveling sissies for collapsing in the face of the recent U.S. military surge.”“When I see how you cower,” Mr. Bin Laden said, “I’m ashamed to wear the flowing robe of Muslim boldness and the fierce, yet festive, head-dress of a jihadi. I have wives who are braver than you… in fact several of them.”The al Qaeda mastermind noted that his own “courageous concealment” has stymied U.S. attempts to kill or capture him, while he ridiculed al Qaeda in Iraq fighters as “pathetic little pigs trembling at the voice of the big bad American wolf.”“Why don’t you all shave off your beards,” he asked rhetorically, “and apply a nice cucumber-scented moisturizer to your smooth, hairless faces? You don’t deserve to enjoy the glory of the coming Muslim caliphate. You’re not worthy to lick the drippings from the wall of my cave.” — as reported by satirist Scott Ott / ScrappleFace

According to The Washington Post, the military believes that Al Qaeda in Iraq, which established itself in the country after the US’s 2003 invasion, is largely a spent force, partially due to military strategy and partially because the movement’s own operatives’ attempts at enforcing their version of Islamic law have alienated many Sunni Iraqi tribesmen in Anbar Province, where it has largely been based.

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Dalai Lama Does Tiananmen Square

— [Hat Tip: Jeff Koterba ]

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Video: Into The American University Abyss

One of the more interesting statements on the plight of the American student in a Vision of Students Today. Alvin Toffler would have been proud! Hat tip to the students of Kansas State University… and Megitt33 for passing it along:

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