Facing potential bankruptcy, the board that governs the once flush-with-cash Kansas City school district is taking the unusual and contentious step of shuttering almost half its schools.
For anyone who lives in this part of the country, the ongoing Keystone Kops antics of the KC School Board are a long-standing bone of contention. School closings, smaller districts splitting off trying to escape the madness, etc. So this is just the latest cupful of water tossed onto the inferno.
However, this line in the story grabbed me:
Kansas City Councilwoman Sharon Sanders Brooks said the closure plan had prompted some housing developers to consider backing out of projects.
“The urban core has suffered white flight post-the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision Brown v. the Board of Education, blockbusting by the real estate industry, redlining by banks and other financial institutions, retail and grocery store abandonment,” Brooks said to applause from the standing-room-only crowd.
Emphasis mine.
“White flight?” Note the accusatory tone with regard to “suffering.” How dare those uppity white folks choose to NOT raise their families in an area beset by crime, drugs, and violence? The nerve.
I’ve got news for you people (yes, YOU PEOPLE, if you’re going to single us honkies out for opprobrium I’m not going to feel bad about returning the favor)...the white people leaving to the relative peace and security of the suburbs wasn’t the cause the crime, drug problems, or violence. It was the EFFECT. And if the retail and grocery stores abandoned an area with no money and a high probability of getting robbed, and move to where the money is and the crime isn’t, THAT’S THEIR JOB. That’s how they survive. They literally have no choice. The alternative is remaining in the “urban core” to wither and die, which benefits no one.
Us white folks can’t force you to clean up your act. But you can’t force us to live with the result.
apotheosis, unrepentant milkaholic On the Wednesday, March 3, World News on ABC, inspired by current efforts to adopt orphans in Haiti, correspondent Ron Claiborne filed a report promoting the view that black children may be harmed psychologically from being adopted and raised by white parents. Claiborne focused on the case of black filmmaker Phil Bertelsen who complains that “he and other black adoptees tell a similar tale, of feeling estranged, cut off from their own racial identity and culture.”.......
And yet, these same idiots will stand in front of the line proclaiming that “children raised by 2 mommys will grow up normal”.
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SondraK, Lympian Slayer 
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) and first lady Michelle Obama share a laugh during their participation in the 2010 International Women of Courage Awards at the State Department in Washington, March 10, 2010.
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And in a campaign-style speech delivered with his shirt-sleeves rolled up, Obama called for an end to political gamesmanship in Washington and a swift vote on his healthcare plan. “The time for talk is over,” Obama told a crowd in St. Charles, Mo. “I’m tired of talking about it.”
The family of an American activist who was fatally crushed by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza accused the Israeli military of whitewashing its investigation into the death Wednesday in opening a civil case against Israel.
The parents of Rachel Corrie are seeking unspecified compensation from Israel’s Defense Ministry for their daughter’s death in 2003.
Corrie, 23, was killed when she tried to block a bulldozer from demolishing a Gaza home The driver said he didn’t see her, and the Israeli military has ruled her death an accident — a version her parents reject.
Corrie was an activist with the International Solidarity Movement, a group that sends foreigners into volatile hot spots to assist Palestinians. The activists often place themselves between Israeli forces and Palestinians to try to stop the Israeli military from carrying out operations.
At Wednesday’s opening of the civil case, the Corries’ lawyer demanded a new investigation into her death.“The Israeli government is covering this up under the umbrella of combat activity, which absolves soldiers of responsibility, said Husein Abu Husein…
Rachel Corrie: hate instigator of impressionable children
This year’s White House Easter Egg roll will be eggs-actly what the bunny ordered. The environmentally concerned bunny, that is.
A White House announcement Monday said the eggs at this year’s April 5 roll will be made from paperboard that contains no wood fibers from endangered forests, is recyclable and features vegetable-oil based inks and a water-based coating.
...........where’s Hillary?.................... She has been super quiet on the health care front. Remember, this was her signature issue back in 1993 and ‘94. After decades of being in everybody’s face on health care, bus tours to all this, where is she on this issue?
3/9/2010 9:15:00 AM
Recent Votes in U.S. Congress
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Impeaching Judge G. Thomas Porteous, Jr. for high crimes and misdemeanors - H.Res.1031The House is also expected to vote on the impeachment of Judge G. Thomas Porteous, Jr.
PatRiotic (who notes that this story is almost nowhere to be found...)
Virginia’s General Assembly became the first in the nation Wednesday to approve legislation that bucks any attempt by President Barack Obama and Congress to implement a national health care overhaul in individual states.
The Republican-ruled House of Delegates, with wide Democratic support, voted 80-17 without debate for the largely symbolic step aimed at the Democratic-backed reforms pushed by Obama and stalled in Congress. The vote sends the measure to Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell who intends to sign it.Thirty-four other state legislatures have either filed or proposed similar measures — statutes or constitutional amendments — rejecting health insurance mandates, according to the American Legislative Exchange Council.
Obama carried Virginia in his historic ride to the presidency in 2008, the first Democrat to do so in a presidential race in 44 years. But since then, the tide has turned…
Claire, Ideologically Stubborn Heatist Ruralite 03/10 at 04:41 PM •
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mmmm.....
Panna Cotta Shots
Set 1: [4 glasses]
8 T CranRaspberry juice
1/2 t gelatin [scant]1/4 T gelatin
few drops creme de cacaoSet 2: [2 glasses]
3T Cassis
1/4T gelatin [generous]1/8T gelatinHalve the liquid and sprinkle the gelatin over top. Let sit a few minutes then stir. Warm in microwave, 10 seconds at a time, until gelatin dissolves. Stir in rest of liquid.
Pour into pretty shot glasses—about 1/3 full or less. Set glasses into empty egg carton at rakish angles. Refrigerate for about an hour til set.
Panna Cotta
1C Cream
1T sugar [scant]
drops vanilla
drops almond
1.5 oz shaved good chocolate [ScharffenBerger 70% or 99% recommended]
1/4C cream
1T gelatin1/2T gelatinPut 1/4C cream into 2C pyrex spouted measuring cup and sprinkle gelatin over top. Heat 1C cream on stove with sugar until sugar melts. Do NOT allow to boil, but heat well. Stir gelatin cream and add chocolate shavings. Pour warm cream over top and stir. Add vanilla and almond essence and stir more. Keep stirring until gelatin is melted and chocolate incorporated.
Pour gently over top of chilled tilty shots. Fill to almost top edge covering all gel. Chill again—upright—for at least 2 hours. 4 would be better. Garnish with dusting of nutmeg / chocolate shavings / single perfect raspberry / imagination.
Serve with demitasse coffee as an excuse to use demitasse spoons. A good ruby port wouldn’t hurt.
Just for fun. Also to experiment with: Kaluha and Vanilla /or/ Raspberry vodka.
I’ll update and let ya know which was better…
Taste—gooood. I prefer the CranRaz; it’s delicate yet yummy.
Teh Mister preferred the more strongly flavored Cassis.
We agreed that we prefer both the gel and the Panna Cotta softer, so I’ve reduced the amount of gelatin above.
I b’lieve I’ll add some 99% chocolate next time, too. Just cuz.
Claire, Ideologically Stubborn Heatist Ruralite 03/10 at 03:36 PM •
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Stimulus Bucks to Start Flying
Bulk of Billions in Stimulus Money Will Hit Private Sector in Coming MonthsWhat started as a trickle of money into the private sector could soon be a gusher, an analysis of the status of President Obama’s $787 billion stimulus plan reveals.
A roughly $200 billion chunk of stimulus money – much of it earmarked specifically for projects ranging from highway repairs to alternative energy initiatives – is only just now beginning to wind its way from government agency coffers and into the economy, and will continue to do so over the next [ ELECTION ] year....
