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| Seattle P.I.: "...The hateful, comprehensive U.S. apartheid system..." |
| 2006-12-04 |
| Faced with long-term increases in the segregation of its buildings, Seattle Public Schools goes before the U.S. Supreme Court this morning to protect the value of diverse learning communities. We hope the justices uphold an appeals court decision allowing schools to use race as a small factor to break some ties in the school assignment plan. U.S. children of all backgrounds benefit from learning, playing and relating to one another in classrooms that are as similar as possible to the communities in which they live. The Bush administration is joining in the attack on the schools' racial tiebreaker, which has been in disuse while the suit by some families has been in court. In a perfect world, we'd agree with ignoring race. Unfortunately, the country has a long history of conscious, legal discrimination once justified by the pseudoscience of racial classification. The hateful, comprehensive U.S. apartheid system continues to affect how communities are organized, where families live and what schools children attend. Some Americans think that, because most apartheid laws were gone by 1970, the issue is closed. Ironically, at the same time, U.S. troops are at risk daily over issues dating from the Crusades. Biblical, Algonquin and other spiritual traditions speak of delivery from inequities after many generations. We trust legal remedies for segregation can end sooner. But with minority children still subjected to inferior schools, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund rightly warns a decision against desegregation in Seattle and Louisville, Ky., would abandon the Brown v. Board of Education ruling's demands for equal education. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #24 OK, Dar, Sodom would have been saved for the sake of just 10 righteous men and 11% of Seattle is more than that, so I'll re-task our Halliburton Shake n'Bake Mk3TM earthquake/tsunami/eruption generator to Berkeley. A volcano in the middle of the UC campus will look mighty suspicious, but probably less so than at UW-Madison. We can always blame it on global warming though. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2006-12-04 18:35 |
| #23 McChord and Ft. Lewis are right next to each other and in the likely mudflow/lehar path, and the Yakima TC is right in the path of prevailing winds, so they'd both likely be shut down and/or severely damaged. Admittedly, the other areas are probably somewhat safer, being farther away and north, but the entire Puget Sound area would be crippled for some time with all Seattle and Tacoma air traffic and shipping diverted elsewhere. I'd expect, given Mt. Rainier to the south, Puget Sound to the west, and the prevailing winds carrying the ash east, that supplies and evacuations for Seattle would be routed north via Vancouver if trucked in and via Everett if shipped in. That's my 2¢ anyway... *sigh* The P-I homepage has a poll on Bolton's resignation, and naturally 72% of respondents say he shouldn't have been nominated. I chose "the country is losing a great representative", which got 11%. Actually, I'm surprised it even got 11%. |
| Posted by: Dar 2006-12-04 16:52 |
| #22 McChord would be a total loss, but most of those installations are on the far side of Puget Sound, and will be relatively safe. The aircraft from McChord can divert to Fairchild (Spokane). The navy can divert to San Diego. Besides, the Seattle Light Rail disaster will stop most of the mudflow. Seattle DOES need a thorough housecleaning, though. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2006-12-04 15:06 |
| #21 LOL--Well, if you put it that way, I guess I'm willing to sacrifice myself for the greater good! |
| Posted by: Dar 2006-12-04 14:55 |
| #20 Lol, CG6581... "Just lean into the strike zone and..." /Dennis Rantburger Miller |
| Posted by: .com 2006-12-04 14:44 |
| #19 How about a bond election to build mud diversion walls into downtown Seattle? |
| Posted by: ed 2006-12-04 14:42 |
| #18 Believe it or not, there are actually a few of us out here who don't subscribe to the P-I's liberal pap. A true Rantburger wouldn't mind taking one for the team ;-) |
| Posted by: Cromock Glomp6581 2006-12-04 14:40 |
| #17 Needs a drilling derrick to land on. ;-) |
| Posted by: .com 2006-12-04 14:19 |
| #16 Yes it is beautiful, and we are just now winding down the 2006 Western Washington Rain Festival, Jan 1- Dec 31. Nothing like watching an eagle come in over the Sound and snare a salmon; truly majestic. |
| Posted by: USN, ret. 2006-12-04 14:17 |
| #15 Before you cheerfully condemn us to death by lava, ash, and mudflow I may be wrong, but from what I've seen in various media, the Washington state is just plain beautiful. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-12-04 13:51 |
| #14 Before you cheerfully condemn us to death by lava, ash, and mudflow, I'd like to remind you of a few installations in this area that would share our fate if Mt. Rainier blows: Believe it or not, there are actually a few of us out here who don't subscribe to the P-I's liberal pap. |
| Posted by: Dar 2006-12-04 13:50 |
| #13 "Apartheid" is very trendy this year, apparently. Well, it's because apartheid is the new black. No, wait, let me rephrase this... |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-12-04 13:49 |
| #12 We just don't care as deeply as the Left, I guess. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-12-04 13:46 |
| #11 "Apartheid" is very trendy this year, apparently. First we had Jimmah's oh-so-brilliant analysis of the Palis self-inflicted predicament, and now the razor-sharp wits of the P-I have revealed that we have apartheid in the great state of Washington. Where will it pop up next??? |
| Posted by: Swamp Blondie 2006-12-04 13:00 |
| #10 Ironically, at the same time, U.S. troops are at risk daily over issues dating from the Crusades. Biblical, Algonquin and other spiritual traditions speak of delivery from inequities after many generations This is an editorial? Good Grief! |
| Posted by: KBK 2006-12-04 11:28 |
| #9 Dear Seattle: Reality check: You wouldn't know REAL apartheid (or fascism or Nazism) if it jumped up and bit you. On the other hand, if it closed your annoying little newspaper and carted you off to a long unpleasant meeting with some gentlemen in trenchcoats and truncheons (which REAL apartheid, fascism and Nazism WOULD do in a freaking heartbeat)you'd know it....right befor you soiled yourselves in screaming, stark, absolute terror. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2006-12-04 10:44 |
| #8 Uh oh, I agree with bk. ;-} I think I need some multicolored pillz. At the very least it's time to make coffee, lol, I must be dreaming. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-12-04 10:15 |
| #7 I think KimJong Il will get us first. |
| Posted by: bk 2006-12-04 10:11 |
| #6 Most of the Seattle metro area is built on ancient mudflows, IIRC... Lol, AC. Wotta tragedy thingy. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-12-04 10:03 |
| #5 Ya know, fellow Rantburgundians, Mount Rainier is a high eruption risk (50% probability/225 years), with God's own mudslide to result. Nature will cure most ills, given enough time. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2006-12-04 09:50 |
| #4 Geeez, something crawl out of the American Communist Party circa 1950? You know if you build it, they will come. It - an effective disciplined public education system which focuses upon superior academic results as determined by employers and admissions offices which do not employ exemption criteria but hard-line results. Apartheid occurs because successful white, black, Asian and Hispanic families will spend their own hard earned monies to send their kids to proper private schools which the public schools are not. It is a separation created by opportunity through hard work and commitment to the idea that good uncompromised education is foundation of success for generations. Fix the public schools and the issue goes away, because they will come. |
| Posted by: Procopius2K 2006-12-04 09:37 |
| #3 So does this mean all those Seattle grunge bands ain't gonna play Sun City? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-12-04 09:35 |
| #2 Yeah, let's defeat racism by institutionalizing it. The left loves its program but they hope you don't notice that none of their programs can be advanced without either lying about the likely results or without expressing it in contradictions. |
| Posted by: badanov 2006-12-04 09:32 |
| #1 Rain, flannel shirts, coffee, and heroin. A deadly combination. |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2006-12-04 09:13 |