tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post2236675583839904572..comments2024-03-27T18:24:19.683-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: Solyndra and The Borrowed GenerationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-85100698010048053682011-10-14T10:01:57.275-07:002011-10-14T10:01:57.275-07:00At the hearings today, the implication was that DO...At the hearings today, the implication was that DOE did not perform good due diligence. That was a totally erroneous assumption. This has nothing to do with good or bad due diligence. What this is about is that in a 2008 meeting: Lachlan Seward, Matt Rogers & Steve Spinner pointed to a piece of paper and, essentially, said: "these are our friends, they will get money. These are their competitors and our lobbyists competitors, they will not get money." All so-called due-diligence thereafter was purposely non-existant or steered towards those friends and against those competitors. I was there!D Howserhttp://www.doe.govnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-74157695960360433702011-10-14T10:01:04.817-07:002011-10-14T10:01:04.817-07:00At the hearings today, the implication was that DO...At the hearings today, the implication was that DOE did not perform good due diligence. That was a totally erroneous assumption. This has nothing to do with good or bad due diligence. What this is about is that in a 2008 meeting: Lachlan Seward, Matt Rogers & Steve Spinner pointed to a piece of paper and, essentially, said: "these are our friends, they will get money. These are their competitors and our lobbyists competitors, they will not get money." All so-called due-diligence thereafter was purposely non-existant or steered towards those friends and against those competitors. I was there!D Howserhttp://www.doe.govnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-25460578003067287692011-10-03T20:27:39.057-07:002011-10-03T20:27:39.057-07:00Because they share similar genetics, and thereby s...<i>Because they share similar genetics, and thereby similar abilities, they are more likely to be the competition. The high-status CEO isn't competing with a guy who is only capable of flipping burgers; his competition is people with similar abilities.</i><br /><br />Talk about missing the point!ben tillmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-33675273585683317542011-10-02T05:47:03.107-07:002011-10-02T05:47:03.107-07:00I've no idea as to the stature of the New York...<i>I've no idea as to the stature of the New York Daily News,</i><br />owned by mort zukerman - typical jewish elite views- pro israel to the extreme, pro multiculti..<br /><br />also there is a sub-story - The jewish elite in ny - long triumphent- are trying to eliminate any last vestiage of white ethnic power blocks - the wasps are long gone except some aging old money (the new money has neither the money power or ethnic cohesion) - the other blocks are Staten Island italians & middle class businesses (usually stuff like scrap metal) and FDNY - bloomberg and his elite friends (Zuckerman, for example) have been working like mad to make FDNY and NYPD white minority - Bloomy already suceeded w/ the latter - and you can see thugs and fat short black women in uniform everywhere. I will not be surprised when i am asked for a bribe. <br /><br />the other think he has been doing is turning over middle class property to rich developers- coincidence or not they are always jewish - he did this in brooklyn (twice) and queens (willetspoint) the last piece of the puzzle is FDNYAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-62439305138308966492011-10-02T01:42:35.952-07:002011-10-02T01:42:35.952-07:00"That isn't the answer either because the..."That isn't the answer either because the kids have the genes to perpetuate the problem. The answer is birth control."<br /><br />How about granting conjugal visits privileges only to those who are sterilized?Mayanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-66868720177882681932011-10-02T01:36:21.371-07:002011-10-02T01:36:21.371-07:00Claverhouse said:
"What will be the equivalen...Claverhouse said:<br />"What will be the equivalent penalties for richer parents whose children do the same ? Or do they get off scot-free ?"<br /><br />What do you mean "scot-free"? They are independent adults and it's no one's business how they conduct their private lives. The welfare queens are not independent adults. If the state agrees to wash their grown asses, it can choose what type of a diaper it puts on them. <br /><br />Sadly, however, the government holds respectable citizens on a shorter leash than it does the irresponsible trash. In the lower middle class suburb where I grew up, if a mother slapped her child or left an 11-year old alone, social services removed the kids from that house until further notice. Ten unexcused school absences resulted in a court date. <br />In the inner city where I currently live and work, parents openly smack their kids around, little kids wander the streets and children miss months of school without explanation. One of my student's mom is a hooker. She gets him back every time she gets out of jail. A bunch of parents come to school smelling of weed on a regular bases. A bunch of my retarded and FAS students are siblings because their moms are drunks and crack heads. A respectable woman would be investigated, but the animals get rewarded with welfare and disability checks for the kids that they abuse.<br /><br />Oh, and I'm glad you find state provided cell phones charming. The welfare mothers don't. They bitch about these phones not being iphones.Mayanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-22544204247009263492011-10-01T15:16:20.102-07:002011-10-01T15:16:20.102-07:00Whether you were watching Sponge Bob or in a $20K ...<i>Whether you were watching <b>Sponge Bob</b> or in a $20K a year preschool is not going to matter.</i> <br /><br />While I agree with the point that you were trying to make, in the future, you might want to pick an example other than "SpongeBob":<br /><br /><br /><b>Study: ‘SpongeBob’ Hurts Gratification-Delay Skills</b> <br />By Christopher Shea<br />September 15, 2011, 4:19 PM ET<br /><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/ideas-market/2011/09/15/study-spongebob-hurts-gratification-delay-skills/" rel="nofollow">blogs.wsj.com</a> <br /><br /><i>...Watching just nine minutes of “SpongeBob SquarePants” hurt the ability of four-year-olds to to delay gratification, compared with watching an educational cartoon or spending the time drawing, a new study finds...</i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-54242033542315535072011-10-01T13:16:51.633-07:002011-10-01T13:16:51.633-07:00"But no, the answer is not taking the kids aw..."But no, the answer is not taking the kids away from the irresponsible parents for the majority of their waking hours. The answer is to penalize the parents for poor parenting."<br /><br />That isn't the answer either because the kids have the genes to perpetuate the problem. The answer is birth control.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-24397009648222404002011-10-01T13:14:43.347-07:002011-10-01T13:14:43.347-07:00I would love to have some insight in to what is go...<i>I would love to have some insight in to what is going on in the minds of these billionaires like Kaiser and Gates who think that they can close the gap by providing enrichment to children who are born poor.</i><br /><br /><br />The thing is that these kinds of projects actually are large enough studied closely enough to prove that they don't work. The better and more carefully designed and faithfully executed and documented, the more damning the evidence of the failure.<br /><br />There was a huge study called the Women's health Initiative. It was going to be the end all be all to prove that giving women hormones was safe and reduced cancer and heart disease, and fractures. It proved the opposite and had to be cancelled when the results started coming in because it endangered the subjects' health such that it no longer met the guidelines for using human subjects.<br /><br />The benefits of these programs is very short lived. Yes, you can teach 3 year olds the alphabet, and no, many losers won't bother to do that on their own, but by 3rd grade no one cares if you learned the alphabet when you were 1 or 7. All that matters in 3rd grade is whether you are at 3rd grade level. Whether you were watching Sponge Bob or in a $20K a year preschool is not going to matter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-43028737671246948322011-10-01T12:58:02.263-07:002011-10-01T12:58:02.263-07:00iStever #2: Given that we sent our son to a crappy...<b>iStever #2:</b> <i>Given that we sent our son to a crappy nursery (preschool) from 6 months to age 4, leave him to watch TV most of the time he's at home, and are generally pretty poor parents, I take it he'll turn out with a sub-normal IQ?</i> <br /><br /><b>iStever #1, quoting the article:</b> <i>Some, unfortunately, get the wrong idea: “It makes you want to have more kids,” says another parent, already the mother of six.</i> <br /><br />One son.<br /><br />Versus six, and wants even more.<br /><br />Sigh.Rembrance of Things Pasthttp://www.bartleby.com/70/50030.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-27105890497137281292011-10-01T12:45:48.974-07:002011-10-01T12:45:48.974-07:00Gee, you'd need every woman who gave birth to ...<i>Gee, you'd need every woman who gave birth to a child to have a phd in early childhood ed to make that ratio work. They won't all be above average then. No, instead, you'll be taking the same women whose kids you put into daycare and making them the daycare providers.</i><br /><br />Beautiful!!<br /><br />So, the PhD. chicks' kids will be raised by illiterate 3rd worlders while the children of illiterate 3rd worlders will be raised by the PhD. chicks.<br /><br />And it still won't change the outcomes!!<br /><br />Deranged commitment to ideology.<br /><br />How about women just raise their own kids in the general case?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-14982541259523020952011-10-01T09:47:49.267-07:002011-10-01T09:47:49.267-07:00"These people don't feed their kids veget...<i>"These people don't feed their kids vegetables, don't read or talk to them and don't take them to a doctor for check ups. Why would you think they put their children to bed at a reasonable hours?"</i><br /><br />And they don't feed them much of anything at all if they can sell their food stamps on the black market and use the proceeds to buy drugs. One mother took the stamps and went on a days-long binge, leaving only an open package of uncooked hotdogs out on the counter for her 4 kids to eat.<br /><br />They don't bother getting free clothes with vouchers so the children can wear item that fit. I once saw a toddler clad in only a diaper running around outside in the cold in January. I knew an 8 y/o kid whose mother got child support (I saw the paperwork) but the child had no bed and only baby clothes to wear.<br /><br />I knew another mother who got a child support check every month--even though the child was being raised by the father's side of the family.<br /><br />I could go on and on. And I only lived in that neighborhood for three years.<br /><br />But no, the answer is not taking the kids away from the irresponsible parents for the majority of their waking hours. The answer is to penalize the parents for poor parenting. They know better, they just won't bother because they know the money, the vouchers and other freebies and the white libs' sympathy will keep on coming no matter how badly they behave (and in some case, will even increase the worse they behave).Kylienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-71033519789482269112011-10-01T09:41:46.391-07:002011-10-01T09:41:46.391-07:00BTW, off-topic, but considering the previous numbe...BTW, off-topic, but considering the previous number of Steve's posts on the subject...<br /><br />I've no idea as to the stature of the New York Daily News, but in an article on the Fire Department scam, notice the quiz; it offers three answers.<br /><br /><b>Are you surprised the judge ruled that the FDNY discriminated?</b><br /><br /><i>Yes, the FDNY was trying its best to recruit diverse applicants</i><br /><br /><i>No, the FDNY has too few minorities.</i><br /><br /><i>I don't know what I think.</i><br /><br /><br />By liberally controlling the discourse into channelled approved thought-patterns, they are entirely able to ignore reactionary opinions, such as <i>This has nothing to do with fighting fires</i>.<br /><br /><br />Speaking of which...<br /><br /><i>Perhaps the most controversial testimony came from the deposition of Sherry Kavaler, former assistant commissioner for human resources, about how white candidates with troubled pasts benefit from the influence of family connections in the screening process.</i><br /><br /><i>"You would have lieutenants and captains [contacting] the chief of department: This is the son of so and so ... He's a good guy," Kavaler said. "He beat his wife but his wife took him back so he shouldn't be considered a wife beater.</i><br /><br /><i>"You're dealing with a lot of Irishmen who are drunks and they get into bar fights ... This is boys being boys, that type of thing."</i><br /><br /><br />One might almost come away with the perception that those whites are all wife-beating drunks...<br /><br /><br />I don't know what I think.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/10/01/2011-10-01_fdny_all_about_who_you_know_judge_finds_bravest_discriminate.htmlClaverhousehttp://www.serene-falcon.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-74515171555573577952011-10-01T09:25:16.925-07:002011-10-01T09:25:16.925-07:00Maya said:
How about some financial penalties fo...<b>Maya said</b>:<br /><br /><br /><i>How about some financial penalties for welfare beneficiaries whose kids show up to school without completed homework or without school supplies?</i><br /><br /><br />What will be the equivalent penalties for richer parents whose children do the same ? Or do they get off scot-free ?<br /><br /><br /><i>Perhaps we could disconnect the state provided cell phones for a weekend each time the parent doesn't return a teacher's call.</i><br /><br />Ditto. Plus if any 'state' issues free cell-phones to the populace and pays for the calls, that's charming. Strange, but charming.Claverhousehttp://www.serene-falcon.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-63520324627923112902011-10-01T06:36:45.490-07:002011-10-01T06:36:45.490-07:00Given that we sent our son to a crappy nursery (pr...<i>Given that we sent our son to a crappy nursery (preschool) from 6 months to age 4, leave him to watch TV most of the time he's at home, and are generally pretty poor parents, I take it he'll turn out with a sub-normal IQ?</i><br />no but there's a chance he'll turn out and ADD slacker pothead with a high iq.<br />This is the other extreme of liberal blank slate - that genes determine everything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-53333611225378310362011-10-01T05:38:31.554-07:002011-10-01T05:38:31.554-07:00Please. Those White children share the genetic str...<i>Please. Those White children share the genetic structures of White billionaires' children. They're not competitors.</i><br /><br />Because they share similar genetics, and thereby similar abilities, they are more likely to be the competition. The high-status CEO isn't competing with a guy who is only capable of flipping burgers; his competition is people with similar abilities.Lucillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03225011724349777456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-63050569995464634872011-10-01T00:35:27.245-07:002011-10-01T00:35:27.245-07:00"Can you explain what is really going on in t...<i>"Can you explain what is really going on in the minds of the billionaires that dedicate their money to this ultimately hopeless goal?"<br /><br />First, they are probably status whoring. Second, if they did spend the money on white children, then their own children would face a greater threat to maintaining their wealth and position.</i><br /><br />Please. Those White children share the genetic structures of White billionaires' children. They're not competitors. From an evolutionary perspective, the welfare of those other White children is far more important to the billionaires than is the welfare of the billionaires' own children.ben tillmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-18057641616913955802011-10-01T00:23:05.539-07:002011-10-01T00:23:05.539-07:00I mean, it is a noble and humanitarian belief that...<i>I mean, it is a noble and humanitarian belief that gaps in adult IQ are the product of environment and not of genetics.</i><br /><br />It's neither noble nor humanitarian. In fact, it's misanthropic. It inevitably leads to a humanity that is poorer and stupider.ben tillmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-18548404559139112972011-10-01T00:14:32.755-07:002011-10-01T00:14:32.755-07:00The solution: “The solution: “Find a way to give p...<i>The solution: “The solution: “Find a way to give poor kids the same cognitive stimulus that rich kids receive and they should end up with the same tools for success.”</i><br /><br />Even if it were possible, it still wouldn't be "the" solution. "The" solution would be to prevent poor parents from having children. Much easier and less expensive and just as moral as making us ssacrifice for them.ben tillmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-81985064507873497072011-09-30T20:37:26.844-07:002011-09-30T20:37:26.844-07:00Eric,
What educators do IS important. It allows pe...Eric,<br />What educators do IS important. It allows people to concentrate on their jobs while someone else supervises their kids' educational progress. Sure, you could do it yourself just like you could give yourself haircuts, administer shots to your family and fix your own car. None of it is very difficult to learn. However, a society functions better if people specialize. <br /><br />Most teachers I know don't want more funds allocated to education. You are confusing us with upper administration (because that's how they get paid). Teachers yell about funds because they aren't allowed to even hint that the problem might lay with the kids and their families. What most teachers want is a different distribution of funds as well as a different work environment. <br />I can do my job in any old room with a chalk board and a set of textbooks. Heck, I'll buy all the creative supplies since I'm used to it already. You can take away my smart board, but can you, please, hire someone to supervise the detention room? (Can we have a detention room?) Hire 10 of these people; I'll take a pay cut. Also, I deserve every second of my vacation time and more. However, if we could take all the special kids out of the regular classrooms, group students by ability, end social promotion, allow failing grades and put violent criminals somewhere else, I don't think I'd need two and a half months to recover. Two weeks would probably suffice. <br /><br />In conclusion, you are right. Schools aren't magic. They are just places where kids go to learn stuff. Just showing up won't change anyone's life, won't make up for shitty parenting or fix mental issues/emotional trauma/violent nature. And, as you said, having access to quality education (as ALL Americans do) won't stand in the way of one's dream of ending up in jail. <br /><br />However, schools are still important and educators aren't the enemy. I'd say we are the biggest victims of this politically correct bullshit. Have you ever been locked in a room with 30 kids who are at 8 different grade levels, some completely illiterate, more than a few initiating fights right in front of you (or through you) and several with severe disabilities and emotional issues? Imagine those kids ignoring you because their parents don't care what they do, the school doesn't allow any disciplinary actions other than calling the parents, the children know that they will pass no matter what and any peep from you about the kids' behavior is interpreted as prejudice. Imagine being required to make a lesson plan for every level of ability, learning style and disability, every day all the while knowing that the kids will probably not even attempt the work because they know they don't have to. Then, imagine knowing that you'll be blamed for the test scores while you bribe the kids with candy to stay awake, at least, during the high stakes tests. (Half of them will still fall asleep and hand in their test booklets without attempting several sections.)This problem goes way beyond the education sector.Mayanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-64961176268238775202011-09-30T20:22:18.664-07:002011-09-30T20:22:18.664-07:00Affluent white liberals get the best of both world...Affluent white liberals get the best of both worlds: they win plaudits and praise for promoting racial equality and integration, but they also live in safe gated communities away from blacks. Poor white conservatives get the worst of both worlds: they get blamed for 'racism' and 'bigotry' for resisting integration, but they have no means of moving out of blackening areas and are victimized by black crime. <br /><br />Affluent liberals take credit for what poor white conservatives must suffer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-15307265537799026282011-09-30T20:13:29.197-07:002011-09-30T20:13:29.197-07:00We all know that this won't have any long term...We all know that this won't have any long term effect on the children's educational project. <br /><br />On the bright side, the money won't be spent on Soros style subversion.ATBOTLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-52591853417950622172011-09-30T19:44:01.184-07:002011-09-30T19:44:01.184-07:00Wait. You think these kids get to sleep for 11 hou...Wait. You think these kids get to sleep for 11 hours? Steve... Their parents aren't normal parents like you. <br />When I freak out at 1:00am because the 7th version of my differentiated lesson plan requires more markers for the illiterate 3rd graders and run to the 24-hour supermarket, kids of all ages are there with their moms, shopping for chips, beer and mascara. <br />These people don't feed their kids vegetables, don't read or talk to them and don't take them to a doctor for check ups. Why would you think they put their children to bed at a reasonable hours?Mayanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-29489152269207678782011-09-30T19:36:31.929-07:002011-09-30T19:36:31.929-07:00Seems to me,to make it big in America,you need to ...Seems to me,to make it big in America,you need to know the right people.Third world nation just around the corner!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-61392831544227776372011-09-30T19:14:51.334-07:002011-09-30T19:14:51.334-07:00I spent five years of my life in a Soviet governme...I spent five years of my life in a Soviet government pre-school (most kids started school at age 7) from 7:30am til 6:00pm. My grandmother was a teacher at a boarding Soviet preschool where kids went home only on the weekends. Here, in the American inner city, I work at an extended day elementary school with a preschool. Here's what I know from personal experience as a child and a teacher and from my grandmother's tales: The most decisive influence is that of the custodial guardian. Even if they see her only on weekends and vacations, young children know that mommy (or granny) is always right and that her ways are the most correct. That doesn't change even if the custodial guardian is abusive and neglectful. The child might like going to preschool in order to escape home life, but mommy's ways are still admired and imitated. <br />These do gooders will accomplish very little until they put some pressure on the parents. How about some financial penalties for welfare beneficiaries whose kids show up to school without completed homework or without school supplies? Perhaps we could disconnect the state provided cell phones for a weekend each time the parent doesn't return a teacher's call. These people aren't held accountable for anything, and they have a surreal sense of entitlement.Mayanoreply@blogger.com