Category: paradox lost

what you will want

Another Big T Anomaly

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On today’s news from Dallas, these two facts (journalist statements).

  1. Texas is the doing the best of the US states during the recession. Texas’ economy has fared better than any other state over the past two years.
  2. Texas ranks 49th in the nation on high school standardized test scores. (Remember this is the place that served as the model for “no child left behind” which many in congress shortened to “no child left.”)

    You quiz question: Does education mean economic success or failure?

yellowstain, middle of nowhere

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Texas. The houses come with flag holders. The cars include cup holders. The garage has a gun rack. They speak with pride about how they could be free standing if cut off from the rest of America, but they don’t grow their own food, make their own machines, mine their own oars. [first post from the outpost]

The Surge

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The Same Sunny Story

The surge worked.

And when the recession was sparked by a housing-market collapse featuring bad loans made to people who couldn’t afford them,

Repeat until the soap opera becomes you. Your reality.
The sun comes up. The rooster crows. The children retell the tale of their powerful Red Combed Rooster that has such a beautiful song that even the sleeping Sun awakes to hear it.