bevin Posted October 5, 2006 Posted October 5, 2006 http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=adlJKyUTjDu0&refer=us Quote: A Democratic congressman called for a criminal investigation after an audit found that a $1 billion federal program to improve reading among grade-school children was run by staff who steered contracts to favored publishers. The Education Department's inspector-general last week recommended an overhaul of the ``Reading First'' program, part of the ``No Child Left Behind'' law, including removing directors and reviewing the propriety of their contract awards. ``The inspector-general's report raises serious questions about whether Education Department officials violated criminal law, and those questions must be pursued by the Justice Department,'' said Representative George Miller of California, the top-ranking Democrat on the House Education Committee. Miller, in his statement, called the audit part of pattern in which the Education Department under President George W. Bush ``has repeatedly run afoul of ethical standards.'' More looting by the Bush administration. Bush is in charge, let the looting continue. /Bevin Quote
Neil D Posted October 6, 2006 Posted October 6, 2006 Quote: More looting by the Bush administration. Bush is in charge, let the looting continue. and the dumbing down and the de-intellectualising of america... Quote Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. George Bernard Shaw
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