On 6/14/05, Warren Ockrassa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Jun 14, 2005, at 12:32 PM, David Brin wrote:
> 
> > PS  Today announced.  The service academies have seen
> > a plummet in applications of unprecedented
> > proportions.
> 
> The "No Child Left Behind" bill had an elegant little solution built
> into it, one that has seen essentially no publicity. Kids' school
> records are made available to military channels, presumably so the mil
> folks can better judge who is the most suitable to be the next crop of
> cannon fodder. This strikes me as being a sickening cynical practice.

What, the eugenics bit, or the civil liberties bit?
 
> Evidently neo-conservatives are comfortable with cannibalism.
> 
> Parents can opt their kids out of the "program", but the whys and
> wherefores are different from school district to school district.
> 
> More here:
> 
> <http://www.leavemychildalone.org/>
> 
> Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books

~Maru
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