I found this on a comment page today and liked it enough to share with all 12160ers. It hits home with me, I work in the public school system and can only shake my head in disgust at how far it has fallen even since I graduated back in 1996.

Subject: 1957 versus 2007

Scenario:

Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls…

Bachmann’s statement should have been on the front page of every newspaper in the country and on every network’s evening newscast, but conservative media is mesmerized by a skirt that talks and her statement is relegated to political blogs and a few liberal pundits’ programs. Bachmann vowed not to vote to raise the debt limit because, in her words, “we can’t keep spending money that we don’t have,” even though…

SoCal Nuke Plant Issued Warning Quietly, Little Media Fanfare

... a spokesman for the plant's operator, Southern California Edison, said an "unusual event" was declared at 6:12 a.m....security system was…

Survivalist Group Leader Who Plans On Hiding From "Planet X" In Ozark Mountains Exposed As Fraud

Dr. Byron…

By Stewart Rhodes of Oath Keepers

and Brandon Smith of the Alternative Market Project

To put it simply, America is nearing a checkmate scenario.…

'Battle lines between protesters and the police are already being drawn for the NATO and G-8 summits that Chicago will host next spring. On Thursday, an anti-war organizer said…

"When I understand that politicians-- like everyone else-- make honest mistakes like I do, any politician unwilling to uncover and disclose ALL information about his actions past and present in the execution of his office is unworthy of the trust I place in him to lead me and my country."

TSA has a master key!

http://www.blacklistednews.com/Confirmed%3A_Federal_Reserve_Policy_is_Killing_Lending%2C_Employment_and_the_Economy/14731/0/38/38/Y/M.html

What is the greatest power? The power to issue currency. 

Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president, has delegated some powers to his vice-president and the finance minister, a day after announcing he will return to Cuba to begin a new phase of cancer treatment.



Chavez has resisted calls from the opposition to temporarily handover the presidency to Elias Jaua, the vice-president, but gave him and Jorge Giordani, the finance minister, powers that include budgetary…

here is the video from bohemian grove