David Boies plans to strip teachers of due process rights state by state.

[Jakes Progress]

1. I'm reminded of the haunting song

from the musical "1776". There were the letters begging for help from an embattled George Washington that ended with the refrain:

"Is anybody there? Does anybody care?"

Without a Democratic party to combat this attack on unions and children, what hope is there?

I gave over thirty years of my life to two passions: Education and the Democratic Party. Now I think I will just go out to my shop and build something nice. Maybe show my grandchildren how to carve wood.

I don't see a way out for our children. If your posts on DU and other places don't stir the hearts of Democrats to action, our party is truly a lost cause. I celebrate your determination and zeal in attempting to make a difference. But I feel betrayed and have become cynical. I get thirty emails a day asking me for $5 for this candidate or that. All from a party that is destroying what I loved. I don't even care if it is because they are stupid and really believe the crap they are doing or if they are venal opportunists feathering their campaign nests and future income. The reason not as important as the result. You last paragraph is heartbreakingly true.