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BrainDrain

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90. I have

Tue Dec 2, 2014, 09:29 AM

Dec 2014

along with Marx, Engles, Trotsky, Alinsky, Rubin, Ayers, Hoffman and others.

I grew up in the 60's and inhaled the revolutionary rhetoric and ethos with an ardor worthy of my youth. I marched, I protested, I sang the songs. I sing them still.

I served in the military and saw first hand the corruption and deceit.

But I look at what passes for protest nowadays and I weep for the sheer ineptitude of it, and feeble life it has and the whining and hand wringing it incurs. I have watched the movement of the 60's become a commercial enterprise, stripped of it's meaning and plastered across a tee shirt so snot nosed kids who think they know about revolution can wear them and spout quotes from a book they have no real understanding of.

Do not presume to preach to me about what Che would or would not have done. Che picked up a rifle....what have YOU done?

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Robert Reich: How a Wealthy California Town Makes Sure No Poor Kids Attend Its 'Public' School [View all] Douglas Carpenter Dec 2014 OP

SHAMEFULLY elitists. Ass****s. I hope they lose based on discrimination that's BlueCaliDem Dec 2014 #1

Any child in America... meaculpa2011 Dec 2014 #2

and when did this start NOT being true??? a kennedy Dec 2014 #17

Decades ago. cui bono Dec 2014 #67

Since forever. Out-of-district = pays tuition. WinkyDink Dec 2014 #99

This message was self-deleted by its author badtoworse Dec 2014 #3

Whether one pays taxes has NEVER been the factor that decides which schools KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #4

that's outrageous - for one thing where a parent pays taxes has never been accepted as the basis Douglas Carpenter Dec 2014 #5

I pay those taxes and I never HAD children.... VanillaRhapsody Dec 2014 #53

She lives in Orinda with her mother M-F and visits her relatives in Bay Point on the weekend. Gormy Cuss Dec 2014 #6

Wrong! She belongs there if she lives there. kcr Dec 2014 #9

Property taxes are being paid by the owner of the residence she is living in. Downwinder Dec 2014 #11

This TexasMommaWithAHat Dec 2014 #47

I am sure she pays the local sales tax and her Dustlawyer Dec 2014 #14

So anyone who rents an apartment nichomachus Dec 2014 #18

Public schools are for the children of white, landowning, freemen, as the founders intended. cheapdate Dec 2014 #20

The rent one pays supposedly covers the upaloopa Dec 2014 #27

Homeless children are entitled to education in the public schools as well kcr Dec 2014 #59

Residency is the requirement, not tax status. WinkyDink Dec 2014 #100

Vivian mom's employers need to let her get mail there NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #7

Orinda...a town full of heartless elitist scumbags. abelenkpe Dec 2014 #8

this is normal now olddots Dec 2014 #10

And I bet these greedy asshats fill up the pews on Sunday. Vinca Dec 2014 #12

from Forbes magazine: America's Friendliest Towns - Orinda, CA came in No.2 (I'm serious) Douglas Carpenter Dec 2014 #13

Friendly only if adieu Dec 2014 #15

Significantly blue, too. 66% voted for Obama in 2012 hughee99 Dec 2014 #22

having once lived on the California coast for 9 years - There are a lot of champagne liberals and Douglas Carpenter Dec 2014 #29

The town in question is right next to Berkeley, isn't it? n/t hughee99 Dec 2014 #35

pretty close - Douglas Carpenter Dec 2014 #37

Right over the East Bay hills KamaAina Dec 2014 #42

San Francisco is blue and they are always passing anti homeless things JI7 Dec 2014 #55

Sometimes blue places are the most NIMBY alarimer Dec 2014 #56

Yep kcr Dec 2014 #60

"Love Me, Love Me, Love Me, I'm a Liberal" jkd Dec 2014 #66

Friendly towards rich white people. redstatebluegirl Dec 2014 #52

typical amerikan response heaven05 Dec 2014 #16

Maybe... Omaha Steve Dec 2014 #19

Not funny. Brigid Dec 2014 #24

The issue has been resolved, at least for now. badtoworse Dec 2014 #21

it does appear that that the school district has backed down under pressure but only Douglas Carpenter Dec 2014 #32

What REALLY pisses me off about this... SpankMe Dec 2014 #23

There are liberal elitists, just as conservatard ones. roamer65 Dec 2014 #63

No worries Mr Dixon Dec 2014 #25

Yes, and while many liberals wont fall into this, many have and will. NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #101

Another opinion... BrainDrain Dec 2014 #26

Uh, oh! Boy, are you gonna get it! n/t SpankMe Dec 2014 #28

what does that have to do with this situation of a little girl going to the public school in the Douglas Carpenter Dec 2014 #30

cause... BrainDrain Dec 2014 #31

she lives in the district. she goes to school in the district Douglas Carpenter Dec 2014 #33

It is her legal residence tammywammy Dec 2014 #34

ahhh yes... BrainDrain Dec 2014 #74

After six years of "membership" TBF Dec 2014 #83

Please... BrainDrain Dec 2014 #87

She spends most of the week there. alarimer Dec 2014 #58

then change it.... BrainDrain Dec 2014 #73

Is it a matter of how BOLD you make the writing? kcr Dec 2014 #61

No.. BrainDrain Dec 2014 #75

What IS the DISTINCTION? kcr Dec 2014 #80

The DISTINCTION is BrainDrain Dec 2014 #86

Wait a minute. Which is it? kcr Dec 2014 #89

Ok lets re-read what I wrote. BrainDrain Dec 2014 #92

In the case of the OP, they live there. kcr Dec 2014 #93

Nice try... BrainDrain Dec 2014 #102

I don't need a crystal ball. I read your posts n/t kcr Dec 2014 #104

"then I want to send my kid to Yale and only have to pay community college prices." KamaAina Dec 2014 #44

Tell ya what.. BrainDrain Dec 2014 #76

FUIGM right? BrotherIvan Dec 2014 #50

Post removed Post removed Dec 2014 #77

This is a good example of why schools should not be funded by property taxes. alarimer Dec 2014 #57

+100. nt whathehell Dec 2014 #64

Thread win dreamnightwind Dec 2014 #65

Once again, CA property taxes are NOT frozen Retrograde Dec 2014 #106

Hmmmmm BrainDrain Dec 2014 #78

You are not only dense, laundry_queen Dec 2014 #82

That graphic illustrates the perfect response kcr Dec 2014 #84

Really.. BrainDrain Dec 2014 #88

I'm certain you can figure it out. nt laundry_queen Dec 2014 #91

What you are saying is utterly morally depraved. We Americans don't think like you and never will Douglas Carpenter Dec 2014 #71

First off.. BrainDrain Dec 2014 #81

The Che avatar is a nice touch - TBF Dec 2014 #85

I have BrainDrain Dec 2014 #90

that's right, Che would never have permitted the daughter of a poor hispanic nanny to attend the Douglas Carpenter Dec 2014 #95

Right, all that and yet you can't find it in your TBF Dec 2014 #96

What a bunch of bullshit. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Dec 2014 #103

The RULES here are that she's a resident even though her mother doesn't pay rent. Gormy Cuss Dec 2014 #94

But it IS reality that many people can't afford to move to the districts of the best state schools! LeftishBrit Dec 2014 #107

Why do YOU PEOPLE always assume you are the only hard workers? raging moderate Dec 2014 #108

What kind of human garbage sends a PI after a 7-year-old to get her thrown out of school? True Blue Door Dec 2014 #36

and what kind of "person" would be an aplogist for something like that Douglas Carpenter Dec 2014 #38

Pack of Mitt Romney homunculi, the lot of them. True Blue Door Dec 2014 #39

I agree, despite most of them not being Romney voters. n/t hughee99 Dec 2014 #41

The specific people responsible for this probably are. True Blue Door Dec 2014 #46

I'd find it hard to believe that a city that voted 66% for Obama hughee99 Dec 2014 #48

people don't want to admit there are liberals that belong to the 1% and that don't like liberal_at_heart Dec 2014 #49

it's not hard to believe, most of these people are pro environment, not religious , support public JI7 Dec 2014 #70

I know the type, you can find a good bit of this in MA as well. n/t hughee99 Dec 2014 #97

I know this town and sadly this doesn't surprise me at all. Arugula Latte Dec 2014 #40

Me neither BrotherIvan Dec 2014 #51

Fucking Jerks.. In Colorado your kid can go to any public school as long as there is room.. SomethingFishy Dec 2014 #43

That's sort of the neighborhood-schools-as-charters model. It has pluses and minuses Recursion Dec 2014 #72

disgraceful. liberal_at_heart Dec 2014 #45

an example of not all Democrats being liberals, they are heavily blue area JI7 Dec 2014 #54

I read that a mother was jailed for sending her child to live with the grandparents. raging moderate Dec 2014 #62

K&R woo me with science Dec 2014 #68

thanks Douglas Carpenter Dec 2014 #69

Disgusting! What do you say to the child? B Calm Dec 2014 #79

School funding is not fair. Period. (Really long) MissB Dec 2014 #98

This line alone makes your post TBF Dec 2014 #105