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Free On-Line Books. John Taylor Gatto - Challenging the Myths of Modern Schooling. Fix Boring Schools, Not Kids Who Are Bored. When I came across The Best About Me Page You’ll Ever See on my Twitterfeed I expected to see some funky ideas I could use for my own rather dull “About Me” page.

Fix Boring Schools, Not Kids Who Are Bored

Especially since the “About Me” page belongs to Aaron Iba, the now former CEO of AppJet, the company who created EtherPad which I recently mentioned in 8 Free and Easy Ways to Begin Educating Innovatively. Followers of my blog, Twitter, and Facebook know Etherpad was just acquired by Google for a reported $10 million. Instead of that funky cool idea, I saw a picture of Iba as a child and a link to a clinical psychology report from a 7-year old Aaron that was very similar to my own clinical psychology report my mother shared when I first entered school. Free News, Magazines, Newspapers, Journals, Reference Articles and Classic Books - Free Online Library. Don’t EVEN Get Me Started, Mythical Bootstraps College Student. EPA Takes a Giant Leap Into Tyranny (Build 20100722155716)

Yesterday, the EPA won a victory over the American people and took a giant leap toward tyranny, in a Senate vote 47- 53 against blocking action by the corrupt EPA.

EPA Takes a Giant Leap Into Tyranny (Build 20100722155716)

When the federal 'Cap and Trade" bill (one version already passed in the House) stalled in the Senate after the CO2 lies unravelled due to Climategate and numerous other scandals, the EPA created the 'Endangerment Finding' in December 2009, in an end run around Congress, as there will be no vote; the EPA is made up of unelected bureaucrats. The 'Endangerment Finding' states that 6 greenhouse gases, with harmless CO2 at the top of the list, threaten the public health and welfare of current and future generations. Truthfully, it is tyranny that is the biggest threat, as the EPA compiled an 18,000 page document with new regulations on transportation, that includes airplanes, cars, tractors, farm equipment, trains, buses, etc.

It's obvious that there is a desire to control every aspect of our lives.