Lots of Interesting Things from The AP
Something’s rotten in Oklahoma City:
Long-secret security tapes showing the chaos immediately after the 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building are blank in the minutes before the blast and appear to have been edited, an attorney who obtained the recordings said Sunday.
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“Four cameras in four different locations going blank at basically the same time on the morning of April 19, 1995. There ain’t no such thing as a coincidence,” Trentadue said.
He said government officials claim the security cameras did not record the minutes before the bombing because “they had run out of tape” or “the tape was being replaced.”
-Tim Talley, “Attorney: OKC bombing tapes appear edited“
Of course, schools are no political prize at all whatsoever:
The notion that schoolchildren are being subjected to partisan politics rather than taught civics emerged earlier this month before an Obama speech to students was played in thousands of schools.
By then, unlike February, there was broader mistrust of Obama, particularly over his health insurance overhaul plans. Concerns that he would use his speech to students as a political tool grew partly because the White House initially released a lesson plan encouraging students to “help the president.”
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“There was no intention to indoctrinate children,” he said. “The teacher’s intention was to engage the children in an activity to recognize famous and accomplished African Americans.”
He said he would not identify the teacher who led the song. State education officials said she retired at the end of the last school year.
[Probably true, but I'd still like to see that retirement verified by a third party... trust but verify... - Nic]
- Geoff Mulvihill, “Scrutiny rises over NJ kids singing Obama song“
On a completely unrelated note, I’m sure, Barrack Hussein Obama wants the school year extended:
Kids in the U.S. spend more hours in school (1,146 instructional hours per year) than do kids in the Asian countries that persistently outscore the U.S. on math and science tests — Singapore (903), Taiwan (1,050), Japan (1,005) and Hong Kong (1,013). That is despite the fact that Taiwan, Japan and Hong Kong have longer school years (190 to 201 days) than does the U.S. (180 days).
- Libby Quaid, “More school: Obama would curtail summer vacation“
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My idea: Fix the schools, by actually getting lots of teachers and administrators that aren’t, on the whole, transparent sycophants. Does Obama have any ideas in his head other than “More Cowbell Government?”
