Posted on 08/26/2008 10:37:51 PM PDT by CedarDave
Continuing to follow up on what can be learned of Barack Obama's tenure as the Chairman of the Board of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge (CAC), evaluations of the program during his tenure available on line demonstrate that in his only real executive test, Barack Obama was a dismal failure squandering millions of dollars on education programs which had basically no real effect. They also strongly suggest Obama's claim that un-repentant terrorist Bill Ayers is just a teacher who lived down the block is an outright lie. The structure and tone of the CAC, addressed in the documents, leave a strong impression the two men had to work together closely over a number of years. Also, as copies of CAC internal documents were given over to the evaluators, any notion that they now shouldn't be immediately shared with the public is an absolute farce.
Given Obama's significant lack of experience, aside from any Ayers connection which Stanley Kurtz continues to pursue, it's doubtful he'd want America to learn any details behind his obviously failed performance during the one time he was expected to perform as an executive in the real world.
Obama began his CAC board chairmanship in early 1995, and stepped down from the chairmanship in late 1999, though he remained on the board until CAC phased itself out of existence in 2001.
These evaluations cover precisely that period of time. At some points the criticism of the organization Obama led is scathing, particularly as it was primarily tasked with giving away millions of dollars....
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Reading through the documents gives the impression that as Chairman, Obama did little more than assist the most Leftist of activists in shuffling around millions of dollars, often to themselves in their own misguided initiatives, few if any of them producing real results. In fact, in many people's minds, they were never even designed to.
Obama as chair didn't even have the foresight to appoint an Executive Director until some two years on - and then it was only done in response to concerns from others, including the Annenberg Foundation itself. One portion of the document claims they gave money away so fast and so early, the effort may have been doomed from the start - all while Obama was Chair.
Another portion of the document demonstrates that a full two years in, relevant independent, concerned members of the education, political and business communities in Chicago didn't even have an effective idea what the challenge was about when asked by evaluators. But that didn't stop Obama and CAC from handing out cash to someone, apparently.
When those independent interested parties were asked what it was they believed the Chicago schools needed most, they generally responded in practical terms - improved test scores, better grades and improved overall performance. But the CAC didn't see those things as relevant. It was more focused on fuzzy-headed, presumably liberal ideals expressed as "time, size and isolation" - yet, said ideals were never more properly defined, making it impossible to even know what it is they set out to accomplish through spending all that cash. Is it a wonder Obama and his fifty million had absolutely no impact at all?
How's that for fifty-million dollars worth - ultimately under Obama's control? One can only imagine how much he might have squandered were the US treasury involved - God forbid.
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It cannot be emphasized enough that these evaluations speak directly to the only real world executive experience of a gifted rhetorician with incredibly light political experience, hardly any of it at the national level. That he suddenly somehow fancies himself ready and able to become the chief executive of the United States is a bad joke. Based on these evaluations, it's doubtful he is qualified for a mid-level administrative position within a school district in a mid-sized town. If the mainstream media doesn't follow up on this and the work of Stanley Kurtz and Steve Diamond, it's they who will be playing the worst of jokes on the American people. Now, Diamond has begun posting some of the internal CAC documents he already has - be sure and check it out here.
Evaluations relevant to Obama's apparently incompetent work as Chair are available on line through the Consortium on Chicago School Research at the University of Chicago.
“If the mainstream media doesn’t follow up ... they ... will be playing the worst of jokes on the American people.”
You can bet the MSM will not play it up unless pressure from the pajamahadeen forces them. I’m not sure if K. Oberman, C. Matthews and the MSNBC crew qualify as MSM, but you can be they won’t touch it. Katie? oh, please. Who among them will cover this?
Thanx for the ping - interesting read.
I had signed off the convention thread when a poster put up the link. I looked at it and thought it needed it’s own thread. This info complements and supplements whatever Kurtz is researching. And unlike the other issues (COLB, Muslim upbringing, citizen of Indonesia, etc,), it is easily verifiable. No wonder the leftists didn’t want this Pandora’s box opened and have fought so furiously to prevent these revelations. Hopefully at least one or more proverbial smoking guns are buried in there.
Mornin’ devolve! Nice graphics. Funny to see him intently leaning forward when Hillary was on. Wait till tonight!! Lol
They need to get money for paychecks for "revolutionaries", who would never be able to hold down a real job. Whether it's by bank robbery, or from siphoning off money from government programs, the result is the same
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Mornin’ potlatch!
I cranked up the size and cropped it to 4:3 on this composite a FReeper did
Slick Willie should provide some good vidcaps tonight
Obama will have to have his script and earbuds all ready as he rises in his Temple of Doom
I’m wondering if Obama will lip-synch his speech from the stadium......
If I were Obama I would really be dreading Bubba’s speech.
Thanks!
> If the mainstream media doesn’t follow up on this and the work of Stanley Kurtz and Steve Diamond, it’s they who will be playing the worst of jokes on the American people. Now, Diamond has begun posting some of the internal CAC documents he already has - be sure and check it out here.
http://globallabor.blogspot.com/
my favorite is this one
Look at Washington and the Republican Party to throw our money around like it was their own. They are as bad as the democtats with their "No Child Left Behind Act"ect
Over the time of this law, Congress increased federal funding of education, from $42.2 billion in 2001 to $54.4 billion in 2007. This equates to an increase which outpaced inflation by 5%. No Child Left Behind received a 40.4% increase from $17.4 billion in 2001 to $24.4 billion. The funding for reading quadrupled from $286 million in 2001 to $1.2 billion. A 2008 study from the Department of Ed, “Reading First Impact Study: Interim Report,” analyzes the performance of students in 12 states who were in grades one to three during the 2004-5 and 2005-6 school years and concluded that the Reading First Program, a major billion dollar a year NCLB effort, had proven "ineffective."
Amazing $100 million down the drain in Obama’s lone executive experience and nobody in the mainstream press has bothered to investigate this.
Mr. Feces, meet Mr. Fan.
Placemarker
Don't count on it. The Sheeple will be bamboozled by the DNC lies as they are now.
I want to know what his salary waa during those years and what organizations his group funded. Wouldn't it interesting to find out he funded some Muslim terrorist groups?
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Yup
Composite
Raw meat!
Well, Bubba’s speech was the raw meat.
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