American Tyranny (country, title, quote, history, youtube)

joderu95 · 05-01-2008, 12:12 PM

He's right on the money when he talks about companies wanting a labor pool from which to draw workers with very narrow skills. This is why NCLB has put such extreme emphasis on high-stakes testing. And if you think it is one party or the other it's not. Government and business are intertwining so far it is hard to see where one ends and the other begins. Demsocrats work to increase the power of the former and Republicans the latter. The media likes to exaggerate their differences and they bicker and fight on CSPAN but they both ultimately serve the same master.

Miltamec Soundsquinaez · 05-03-2008, 06:42 PM

For just a moment, I want to talk about how he mentions a mental slave race. I find it interesting that History in school teaches us mostly meaningless things in the context of today's world. They teach us to memorize dates and battles. They don't teach us about the Constitution, and its articles. Shouldn't that be much more important than learning who was the leader of some battle 200 years ago? We are encouraged to learn about wars and why they were important and necessary. I'm just now getting into the Constitution, and some of the laws and fundamental beliefs that make the country what it is. It seems they don't really want us thinking about or questioning the way the country is run. This way, they can go about their imperialism class-gap widening unfettered.

05-01-2008, 12:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
joderu95 Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Washington Posts: 93	He's right on the money when he talks about companies wanting a labor pool from which to draw workers with very narrow skills. This is why NCLB has put such extreme emphasis on high-stakes testing. And if you think it is one party or the other it's not. Government and business are intertwining so far it is hard to see where one ends and the other begins. Demsocrats work to increase the power of the former and Republicans the latter. The media likes to exaggerate their differences and they bicker and fight on CSPAN but they both ultimately serve the same master. __________________ Did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? ~Pink Floyd

05-03-2008, 06:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
Miltamec Soundsquinaez Aural melody discerner Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: in a truck down by the interstate Posts: 347	For just a moment, I want to talk about how he mentions a mental slave race. I find it interesting that History in school teaches us mostly meaningless things in the context of today's world. They teach us to memorize dates and battles. They don't teach us about the Constitution, and its articles. Shouldn't that be much more important than learning who was the leader of some battle 200 years ago? We are encouraged to learn about wars and why they were important and necessary. I'm just now getting into the Constitution, and some of the laws and fundamental beliefs that make the country what it is. It seems they don't really want us thinking about or questioning the way the country is run. This way, they can go about their imperialism class-gap widening unfettered.