http://oneandfour.org Alex's Blog Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:26:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Spotted a very interesting post over at the Institute for Democratic Education in America. It started as a response to the following comment: I used to direct an after-school program, which was housed in a public school classroom, and I tried to implement a democratic meeting with my middle school ... http://oneandfour.org/archives/2010/02/_resistance_hope_and_democracy.html A census worker I know had this to report about the waste and inefficiency in government: Why is it that, whenever some politician yaks about wasteful government spending, they fuss over some wretched little lump of pork in the latest bill? Oh yeah, because the real problem is much more ... http://oneandfour.org/archives/2010/02/bleeding_money_from_a_million_tiny_cuts.html According to the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, the town I grew up in, Holland, MI is the second best city in the nation! (even though they lumped in those losers from Grand Haven) I haven’t lived there in 10 years, but I still make it back twice a year. ... http://oneandfour.org/archives/2010/02/some_hometown_pride_and_new_town_pride.html In early November, NYRA’s project, the Community Alliance for the Ethical Treatment of Youth were invited to speak at the North Carolina conference of the Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA). IECA is a trade organization representing educational consultants, many of whom refer parents (and their teens) to abusive behavior ... http://oneandfour.org/archives/2010/01/teen_brains_medical_consent_behavior_modification.html BCS DECLARES GERMANY WINNER OF WORLD WAR II US Ranked 4th After determining the Big-12 championship game participants the BCS computers were put to work on other major contests and today the BCS declared Germany to be the winner of World War II. “Germany put together an incredible number of victories beginning with ... http://oneandfour.org/archives/2010/01/germans_win_wwii_due_to_strength_of_schedule.html Yahoo’s fantasy football game has inexplicably already called a winner and a score in tomorrow’s Packers-Lions game. Do they know something we don’t? http://oneandfour.org/archives/2009/11/yahoo_has_already_called_tomorrows_lions_game.html Ugh, what a rag. Even stories whose slant or point I may agree with I still can’t stand to read. Their points are so slimy and obnoxious that I just have to put it down. People are right that there is a liberal bias in mainstream papers, ... http://oneandfour.org/archives/2009/10/i_hate_the_examiner.html http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE59824J20091009?sp=true Praise and skepticism greet Obama Nobel award LONDON (Reuters) - A surprised world greeted the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to U.S. President Barack Obama with a mixture of praise and skepticism on Friday. In its announcement, the Norwegian Nobel Committee hailed Obama’s “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation ... http://oneandfour.org/archives/2009/10/obama_wins_nobel_peace_prize_-_wtf.html I found the full text of Obama’s speech, and while no one really cares what I think, I’ll give my thoughts on each of his points anyhow, just like I did with John Mackey’s proposal earlier. - Those people with insurance who are happy with it won’t have to change. ... http://oneandfour.org/archives/2009/09/overall_supportive_of_obamas_speechplan_but_one_big_problem.html Sad: An Arab couple whose one-year-old daughter was expelled from an Israeli day-care center on her first day are suing a Jewish mother for damages, accusing her of racist incitement against their child. Maysa and Shuaa Zuabi, from the village of Sulam in northern Israel, launched the court action last week saying ... http://oneandfour.org/archives/2009/08/little_recourse_for_arab_girl_rejected_from_israeli_day-care.html