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NCLB FLUNKS ITS OWN TEST

THE LATEST report on tests of the nation's children shows what a bust No
Chld Left Behind is. Since tests started in 2003 the biggest increase
was in 4th grade math, all of 2%.

Given that NCLB is a program designed to produce better test results
rather than a better education, the outcome can be fairly described as
pitiful. It would be nice if one of the major Democratic presidential
candidates would admit it.


CHANGES IN STUDENT TEST SCORES
BEFORE AND AFTER NO CHILD

1% 8th grade math
2% 4th grade math

1% 8th grade reading
0% 4th grade reading

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THE CLINTON MYTH

MARIJUANA ARRESTS IN FIRST 6 YEARS OF BUSH ADMINISTRATION

Up 15%

MARIJUANA ARRESTS IN FIRST 6 YEARS OF CLINTON ADMINISTRATION
Up 84%

[Data from NORML]

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The new world order emanates from a mandarin class that is neither left
or right. Its members often are the sort of which it has been said that
when they are alone in a room, there is no one there. In such a culture
the marketplace of ideas essentially shuts down. There is no longer any
real politics, only deals. No victories, only leveraged buyouts. No
ideology; only brand loyalty. No conservative and liberal, only Coke and
Pepsi. - Sam Smith

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