Re: Eli's a-comin'

["Tauna Rogers" <taunar@plateautel.net>]

Ha, I checked it out...funny stuff. Just read about struggling schools being 
forced to cut the "past tense" from their language curriculums. What a pity.

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/underfunded_schools_forced_to_cut

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "GERALD BRACEY" <gbracey1@verizon.net>
To: <arn-l@interversity.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2007 1:38 PM
Subject: Re: [arn-l] Eli's a-comin'


> Do check out the Onion; it's our premiere satirical magazine.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tauna Rogers" <taunar@plateautel.net>
> To: <arn-l@interversity.org>
> Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2007 3:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [arn-l] Eli's a-comin'
>
>
> > Thank you Quan. Yes, it's from me. I am not familiar with the Onion but 
> > will check it out. And thank you for feeling Eli's pain.
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: <QCao009@aol.com>
> > To: <arn-l@interversity.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2007 12:46 PM
> > Subject: Re: [arn-l] Eli's a-comin'
> >
> >
> > > In a message dated 12/1/2007 2:37:17 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> > > taunar@plateautel.net writes:
> > >
> > > Asked  whether each student would receive a telescope where they could
> > > actually view  their 'own' star, Broad replied that there are 
> > > limitations to what
> > > philanthropists can and should do. "The whole point," he noted, "is that 
> > > once
> > > schools have provided students with the necessary skills to get and 
> > > retain
> > > good jobs, they will be able to buy their own telescopes. That's the 
> > > beauty of
> > > my plan."
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Tauna:
> > >
> > > I can truly feel Eli's pain through your words.  However, to  use 
> > > Jerry's
> > > words, was this from the Onion, or should you consider writing  for 
> > > Letterman and
> > > Springer ?
> > >
> > > It's fascinating how magnanimous most people become with a fistful of
> > > dollars, especially when they are earned from the sweat of the  masses.
> > > Indoctrination is always an interesting phenomenon to observe  when one 
> > > asks who the
> > > slave is:  the one holding the chain or the one being  pulled, the 
> > > teacher or the
> > > student, the missionary or the heathen, the President  or his handlers.
> > >
> > > Quan
> > >
> > >
> > >
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