Posted on 10/21/2008 4:13:29 AM PDT by Nipfan
Chicago's former schools chief has flunked the education foundation headed by Barack Obama and founded by 1960s terrorist Bill Ayers - saying it failed to monitor projects and funded school "reform" groups that campaigned against boosting academic standards.
"There was a total lack of accountability. If you went back and asked, you'd be hard-pressed to find out how the money was spent," said Paul Vallas, the city's school superintendent when Obama chaired the Chicago Annenberg Foundation from 1995 to 1999.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
One of the comments (by Hank) was particularly interesting and referred to another, detailed source of information -
"If you want information about the Money spent by the Chicago Annenberg Challenge go to a Blog called "Global Labor and Politics". Steve Diamond knows more about this than Stanley Kurtz. Ayers set Obama up as the Chairman, that way he could fund Ayers' Small Schools Workshop for about 2 Million and gave $750,000 to Ayers brother. What Ayers wanted to do was have local school control and take power from the Teachers, with a Parents advisory Group getting rid of Principals they didn't like. They wanted to train the teachers to teach children that American is a racist and unfair country and that we are a militarist Imperialist country that needs to be changed from within. Just brainwash the children, they will be willing Pawns. Go to Steves' Blog, learn about the Obama / Ayers / CAC connections."
Well, since they brought it up, on the Clinton Foundation from 2005...
Watchdog Cites Failures at Charity
It takes one to know one, eh Hillie?
no foreign policy experience; big government solutions and higher taxes in a time where people are sick of government and taxes; failed education policies.
How is this guy in the running?
I didn’t mean Hillary’s own site, but a PUMA one by that name.
If nothing else, this clearly demonstrates both the close link between Ayers and Obama (with Ayers obviously the one in charge) and the negligent and outright corrupt way this funds were managed and disbursed. $750,000 to Ayers’ brother can hardly be written off as a well intentioned error of judgment.
I don’t know what it will take for the mainstream press to start reporting some of this. There’s so much there that its hard to know where to start but they’re more concerned with Joe the Plumber’s marital problems.
Odd the drive by media isn’t interested in how the terrorist and the Naive One actually did with the $160 million ... Really odd, isn’t it.
But they sure want to know about Joe the Plumber and his tax lien.
Weird how stuff works with the media these days.
SSDD. Same...er, scat, different Dem :)
It's okay, you see, when the Toons do it.
This education reform failure is something the average voter can resonate with. If Ayers is a washed up terrorist he at least knows how to waste other peoples’ money on radical indoctrination and Obama carried Ayers’ water. This should be pinned on Obama big time. Big govt solutions that waste your money making your kids suckers for radicals. Yeah, that’s the ticket!
Why hasn’t the question “What good came out of your school reform efforts in Chicago after handing out over $100MM in grants?” at a debate... or in a press interview? Gee, do you think the media didn’t want to embarrass “the One”?
Gee, this is such a surprise. A Democrat with no credentials and no skills at doing anything other than campaigning for political office sets up a program that fails.
Wow, I’m really shocked.
/sarc
This needs to be shouted from the rooftops by Team McCain. The only thing that Empty Suit actually presided over and it was a DISASTER!
They are too busy raking in unearned income and telling everyone atleast anyone that will listen how wonderful they are.
No thanks. Give me real people like Palin.
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