tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post8827918332393296363..comments2024-03-28T02:21:17.452-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Brown is the New RheeMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-62813774766782320162014-08-02T17:15:05.306-07:002014-08-02T17:15:05.306-07:00It's long been said that to enjoy freedom of t...It's long been said that to enjoy freedom of the press you first have to own a press.<br /><br />With the internet we can all own a press.Charlie Mashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17173903762962067277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-89977755434315516822014-08-02T12:46:09.883-07:002014-08-02T12:46:09.883-07:00WSDWG, interesting comments.
I have a couple of m...WSDWG, interesting comments.<br /><br />I have a couple of my husband's relatives visiting from out of state and I was talking about my work. They kind of laughed at me and said, "You don't really believe Gates knows anything you say or cares, do you?"<br /><br />I laughed back, no, I did not.<br /><br />But the point is not whether Gates (or Duncan or Rhee or Brown) know me. <br /><br />But my voice is one of many, many education writers and bloggers and teachers who are now raising enough awareness that it becoming problematic for those who want to control the narrative. (I don't say discussion because I don't see anyone saying they want a discussion. Indeed, Brown seems to want to just shut that down.)<br /><br />The Internet is our weapon of choice and without it, we would have zero input on public education. Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-85496537194174496642014-08-02T09:46:31.771-07:002014-08-02T09:46:31.771-07:00A bit more about Brown's husband: He was chie...A bit more about Brown's husband: He was chief spokesperson for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq and senior foreign policy adviser to U.S. Presidential candidate Mitt Romney during the 2012 election campaign.<br /><br />Her spouse worked under Rumsfeld at the Pentagon during the ill-fated invasion of Iraq, built upon the Project for the New American Century, Achmed Chalibi and a secret informant known as - if you can believe it - "curveball." Shallow intellects are their trademark. <br /><br />Politics aside, deception runs deep into the blood of so-called "reformers" as it did with pro-Iraq War supporters. It's their signature. <br /><br />Without re-litigating all of that, however, Brown came off like the simple, ignorant, talking point spewing mouthpiece she is and always has been. Zero sincerity, zero integrity. <br /><br />If this is the state of Big Ed Reform today, then we're winning and they're losing. <br /><br />WSDWGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-29472455788737450242014-08-01T19:57:40.480-07:002014-08-01T19:57:40.480-07:00Colbert had marvelously sophisticated responses to...Colbert had marvelously sophisticated responses to her baloney. I don't know that a lot of educators caught how his points were really on our side. <br /><br />Guide For Response to Campbell:<br /><br />I.) If you want to fit in with the in crowd of the Ross Hunters, Rueven Carlyles, Ed Murrays, Frank Chopps, David Frockts, Tim Burgesses, ... - the kind of pols who are always reaching across the aisle to make sure Tim Eyman and Rodney Tom have the state in a straight jacket, If you want to fit in with Washington Education Association "leaders", you need to comment using really big words and really complicated sentences, stating how Campbell is possibly obfuscating and is somewhat disingenuous, maybe. <br /><br />II.) if you don't mind being shunned by this "leader" class, note how Campbell's stuff is just a bunch of slicker than snot lies that work too well - and if you really don't care what this class of "leaders" think, point out that these slicker than snot lies work so well in large part because Campbell's opponents are political naifs ... or on the <br /><br />WrongSideAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com