<div id="pf1" class="pf w0 h0" data-page-no="1"><div class="pc pc1 w0 h0"><img class="bi x0 y0 w0 h1" alt="" src="https://files.passeidireto.com/976158f8-b512-4dfb-b7a7-0a1df57a3b13/bg1.png"></div><div class="pi" data-data='{"ctm":[1.000000,0.000000,0.000000,1.000000,0.000000,0.000000]}'></div></div> <div id="pf2" class="pf w1 h2" data-page-no="2"><div class="pc pc2 w1 h2"><img class="bi x1 y1 w2 h3" alt="" src="https://files.passeidireto.com/976158f8-b512-4dfb-b7a7-0a1df57a3b13/bg2.png"><div class="t m0 x2 h4 y2 ff1 fs0 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">A Chr<span class="_0 blank"></span>onological P<span class="_1 blank"></span>aper T<span class="_2 blank"></span>r<span class="_0 blank"></span>ail</div><div class="t m0 x3 h5 y3 ff2 fs1 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">by Charlotte Thomson Iserb<span class="_1 blank"></span>yt</div><div class="t m0 x4 h6 y4 ff3 fs2 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0">R<span class="fs3 ws1">A<span class="_0 blank"></span>VENNA<span class="fs2 ws3">, O<span class="fs3">HIO</span></span></span></div><div class="t m0 x5 h7 y5 ff4 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws2">C<span class="fs0">ONSCIENCE</span></div><div class="t m0 x5 h8 y6 ff4 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3"> <span class="ff5"> </span><span class="ws2">P</span><span class="fs0">RESS</span></div></div><div class="pi" data-data='{"ctm":[1.000000,0.000000,0.000000,1.000000,-72.000000,0.000000]}'></div></div> <div id="pf3" class="pf w1 h2" data-page-no="3"><div class="pc pc3 w1 h2"><div class="t m0 x6 h6 y7 ff6 fs2 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">Copyright 1999. Conscience Pr<span class="_0 blank"></span>ess. All rights r<span class="_0 blank"></span>eserv<span class="_0 blank"></span>ed.</div><div class="t m0 x7 h6 y8 ff6 fs2 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">First printing, September 1999</div><div class="t m0 x8 h6 y9 ff6 fs2 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">Second printing, F<span class="_1 blank"></span>ebruary 2000</div><div class="t m0 x9 h6 ya ff6 fs2 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">Published in 1999.</div><div class="t m0 xa h6 yb ff6 fs2 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">Printed in the United States of America.</div><div class="t m0 xb h6 yc ff6 fs2 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">A<span class="_0 blank"></span>cid-free paper<span class="_3 blank"></span>. Archiv<span class="_0 blank"></span>al quality<span class="_1 blank"></span>.</div><div class="t m0 xc h6 yd ff6 fs2 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">Library of Congr<span class="_0 blank"></span>ess Catalog Card Number: 98\u201389726</div><div class="t m0 xd h6 ye ff6 fs2 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">ISBN: 0\u20139667<span class="_0 blank"></span>0<span class="_0 blank"></span>7<span class="_1 blank"></span>1\u20130\u20139</div><div class="t m0 xe h6 yf ff6 fs2 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">Conscience Press \u2022 P<span class="_3 blank"></span>.O<span class="_1 blank"></span>. Box 449 \u2022 R<span class="_1 blank"></span>avenna, Ohio \u2022 44266\u20130449</div><div class="t m0 xf h6 y10 ff6 fs2 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">Printed by The A<span class="_0 blank"></span>thens Printing Company<span class="_3 blank"></span>, Athens, Geor<span class="_0 blank"></span>gia</div><div class="t m0 x7 h6 y11 ff6 fs2 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">Graphic design b<span class="_0 blank"></span>y Colin Leslie</div><div class="t m0 x10 h6 y4 ff6 fs2 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">Cov<span class="_0 blank"></span>er design by 3\u2013D R<span class="_1 blank"></span>esearch Compan<span class="_0 blank"></span>y</div><div class="t m0 x11 h6 y12 ff6 fs2 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">Index compiled b<span class="_0 blank"></span>y Kari Miller</div><div class="t m0 x12 h6 y13 ff6 fs2 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">Cartoons created b<span class="_0 blank"></span>y Joel P<span class="_0 blank"></span>ett, <span class="ff7">Herald Leader</span> of Le<span class="_1 blank"></span>xington, Kentucky</div></div><div class="pi" data-data='{"ctm":[1.000000,0.000000,0.000000,1.000000,-72.000000,0.000000]}'></div></div> <div id="pf4" class="pf w1 h2" data-page-no="4"><div class="pc pc4 w1 h2"><div class="t m0 x13 h9 y14 ff7 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">This book is dedicated to my late mother and father<span class="_1 blank"></span>, Charlotte and </div><div class="t m0 x14 h9 y15 ff7 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">Clifton Thomson, wonderful parents who devoted much of their </div><div class="t m0 x15 h9 y16 ff7 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">lives to public service, and to my late gr<span class="_0 blank"></span>eat aunt, Flor<span class="_0 blank"></span>ence Stanton </div><div class="t m0 x14 h9 y17 ff7 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">Thomson, whose generosity enabled the writer to undertake the </div><div class="t m0 x1 h9 y18 ff7 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">resear<span class="_0 blank"></span>ch, writing, and publishing of this book.</div><div class="t m0 x15 h9 y19 ff7 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">It is also dedicated to my husband, Jan, and two sons, R<span class="_1 blank"></span>obert and </div><div class="t m0 x13 h9 y1a ff7 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">Samuel, whose tolerance of Mom\u2019<span class="_0 blank"></span>s activism and fr<span class="_0 blank"></span>equent absences </div><div class="t m0 x16 h9 y1b ff7 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">from home over a period of thirty year<span class="_0 blank"></span>s allowed the writer to </div><div class="t m0 x14 h9 y1c ff7 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">pursue her sear<span class="_0 blank"></span>ch for the truth. Jan\u2019<span class="_0 blank"></span>s gourmet cooking lifted our </div><div class="t m0 x15 h9 y1d ff7 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">spirits and kept us all from starving! Without the men\u2019<span class="_0 blank"></span>s patience<span class="_0 blank"></span>, </div><div class="t m0 x15 h9 y1e ff7 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">humor<span class="_1 blank"></span>, and mor<span class="_0 blank"></span>al support, this book could not have been written.</div><div class="t m0 x17 ha y1f ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0">v</div></div><div class="pi" data-data='{"ctm":[1.000000,0.000000,0.000000,1.000000,-72.000000,0.000000]}'></div></div> <div id="pf5" class="pf w1 h2" data-page-no="5"><div class="pc pc5 w1 h2"><img fetchpriority="low" loading="lazy" class="bi xb y20 w3 hb" alt="" src="https://files.passeidireto.com/976158f8-b512-4dfb-b7a7-0a1df57a3b13/bg5.png"><div class="t m0 x9 hc y21 ff6 fs1 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">IN MEMORIAM</div><div class="t m0 x14 h6 y22 ff6 fs2 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">This book is a small tribute to the late Honorable John M. Ashbr<span class="_0 blank"></span>ook, </div><div class="t m0 x18 hd y23 ff6 fs2 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0">17<span class="fs6 ws4 v1">th</span><span class="ws3"> Congressional District of Ohio, whose w<span class="_0 blank"></span>ork in Congress during the </span></div><div class="t m0 x19 h6 y7 ff6 fs2 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">1960s and 197<span class="_0 blank"></span>0s exposed the tr<span class="_0 blank"></span>easonous plans which ultimately led to the </div><div class="t m0 x19 h6 y8 ff6 fs2 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">internationalization and deliberate dumbing do<span class="_0 blank"></span>wn of American education.</div><div class="t m0 x1a ha y1f ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0">vii</div></div><div class="pi" data-data='{"ctm":[1.000000,0.000000,0.000000,1.000000,-72.000000,0.000000]}'></div></div> <div id="pf6" class="pf w1 h2" data-page-no="6"><div class="pc pc6 w1 h2"><img fetchpriority="low" loading="lazy" class="bi x1b y24 w4 he" alt="" src="https://files.passeidireto.com/976158f8-b512-4dfb-b7a7-0a1df57a3b13/bg6.png"><div class="t m0 x1c hf y25 ff8 fs7 fc0 sc0 ls1">1<span class="ff2 fs2 ls0 ws3 v2"> <span class="_4 blank"> </span>THE SO<span class="_1 blank"></span>WING OF THE SEEDS:<span class="_5 blank"> </span> <span class="_6 blank"> </span>1</span></div><div class="t m0 x1d h10 y26 ff2 fs2 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries</div><div class="t m0 x1c hf y27 ff8 fs7 fc0 sc0 ls1">2<span class="ff2 fs2 ls0 ws3 v2"> <span class="_4 blank"> </span>THE TURNING OF THE TIDES:<span class="_6 blank"> </span> <span class="_6 blank"> </span>7</span></div><div class="t m0 x1d h10 y28 ff2 fs2 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">early twentieth century</div><div class="t m0 x1c hf y29 ff8 fs7 fc0 sc0 ls1">3<span class="ff2 fs2 ls0 ws3 v2"> <span class="_4 blank"> </span>THE TR<span class="_0 blank"></span>OUBLING THIR<span class="_1 blank"></span>TIES <span class="_5 blank"> </span>17</span></div><div class="t m0 x1c hf y2a ff8 fs7 fc0 sc0 ls1">4<span class="ff2 fs2 ls0 ws3 v2"> <span class="_4 blank"> </span>THE FOMENT<span class="_3 blank"></span>A<span class="_3 blank"></span>TION <span class="_5 blank"> </span>27</span></div><div class="t m0 x1d h10 y2b ff2 fs2 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">of the forties and \ue06cfties</div><div class="t m0 x1c hf y2c ff8 fs7 fc0 sc0 ls1">5<span class="ff2 fs2 ls0 ws3 v2"> <span class="_4 blank"> </span>THE SICK SIXTIES:<span class="_4 blank"> </span> <span class="_5 blank"> </span>55</span></div><div class="t m0 x1d h10 yb ff2 fs2 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">psy<span class="_0 blank"></span>chology and skills</div><div class="t m0 x1c hf y2d ff8 fs7 fc0 sc0 ls1">6<span class="ff2 fs2 ls0 ws3 v2"> <span class="_4 blank"> </span>THE SERIOUS SEVENTIES<span class="_7 blank"> </span> <span class="_7 blank"> </span>93</span></div><div class="t m0 x1c hf y2e ff8 fs7 fc0 sc0 ls1">7<span class="ff2 fs2 ls0 ws3 v2"> <span class="_4 blank"> </span>THE \u201cEFFECTIVE\u201d EIGHTIES <span class="_8 blank"> </span>159</span></div><div class="t m0 x1c hf y2f ff8 fs7 fc0 sc0 ls1">8<span class="ff2 fs2 ls0 ws3 v2"> <span class="_4 blank"> </span>THE NO<span class="_0 blank"></span>XIOUS NINETIES<span class="_9 blank"> </span> <span class="_8 blank"> </span>265</span></div><div class="t m0 x1e ha y1f ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws5">ix</div><div class="t m0 x1f h11 y30 ff8 fs8 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">T<span class="_1 blank"></span>ABLE OF CONTENTS</div><div class="t m0 x20 h10 y31 ff1 fs2 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws6">for<span class="_0 blank"></span>eword<span class="ff2 ws3"> <span class="_9 blank"> </span>xi</span></div><div class="t m0 x20 h10 y32 ff1 fs2 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws7">pref<span class="_0 blank"></span>ace <span class="ff2 ws3"> <span class="_a blank"> </span>xiii</span></div><div class="t m0 x20 h10 y19 ff1 fs2 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws8">acknowledgments <span class="ff2 ws3"> xxiii</span></div><div class="t m0 x20 h10 y33 ff1 fs2 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws9">introduction <span class="ff2 ws3"> <span class="_4 blank"> </span>xxv</span></div><div class="t m0 x20 h10 y34 ff1 fs2 fc0 sc0 ls0 wsa">afterword <span class="ff2 ws3"> <span class="_4 blank"> </span>455</span></div><div class="t m0 x20 h10 y35 ff1 fs2 fc0 sc0 ls0 wsb">resour<span class="_0 blank"></span>ces <span class="ff2 ws3"> <span class="_7 blank"> </span>46<span class="_1 blank"></span>1</span></div><div class="t m0 x20 h10 y36 ff1 fs2 fc0 sc0 ls0 wsc">glossary<span class="ff2 ws3"> <span class="_8 blank"> </span>G\u20131</span></div><div class="t m0 x20 h10 y37 ff1 fs2 fc0 sc0 ls0 wsd">appendices <span class="ff2 ws3"> <span class="_8 blank"> </span>A\u20131</span></div><div class="t m0 x20 h10 y38 ff1 fs2 fc0 sc0 ls0 wse">index <span class="ff2 ws3"> <span class="_a blank"> </span>I\u20131</span></div></div><div class="pi" data-data='{"ctm":[1.000000,0.000000,0.000000,1.000000,-72.000000,0.000000]}'></div></div> <div id="pf7" class="pf w5 h2" data-page-no="7"><div class="pc pc7 w5 h2"><div class="t m0 x21 ha y1f ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws5">xi</div><div class="t m0 x22 h11 y39 ff8 fs8 fc0 sc0 ls0 wsf">FOREW<span class="_1 blank"></span>ORD</div><div class="t m0 x1c ha y3a ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">Charlotte <span class="_1 blank"></span>Iserb<span class="_0 blank"></span>yt <span class="_1 blank"></span>is <span class="_1 blank"></span>to <span class="_3 blank"></span>be <span class="_1 blank"></span>greatly <span class="_3 blank"></span>commended <span class="_1 blank"></span>for <span class="_1 blank"></span>having <span class="_3 blank"></span>put <span class="_1 blank"></span>together <span class="_1 blank"></span>the <span class="_1 blank"></span>most <span class="_3 blank"></span>formidable </div><div class="t m0 x23 ha y3b ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">and <span class="_5 blank"> </span>practical <span class="_5 blank"> </span>compilation <span class="_5 blank"> </span>of <span class="_b blank"> </span>documentation <span class="_5 blank"> </span>describing <span class="_5 blank"> </span>the <span class="_b blank"> </span>\u201cdeliberate <span class="_5 blank"> </span>dumbing <span class="_5 blank"> </span>down\u201d <span class="_5 blank"> </span>of </div><div class="t m0 x23 ha y3c ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">American children <span class="_0 blank"></span>by their education s<span class="_1 blank"></span>ystem. Any<span class="_1 blank"></span>one interested in the truth will be shock<span class="_0 blank"></span>ed </div><div class="t m0 x23 ha y3d ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">by <span class="_1 blank"></span>the w<span class="_0 blank"></span>ay <span class="_1 blank"></span>American social <span class="_0 blank"></span>engineers <span class="_1 blank"></span>have <span class="_1 blank"></span>systematically <span class="_1 blank"></span>gone about <span class="_0 blank"></span>destro<span class="_1 blank"></span>ying the <span class="_0 blank"></span>intellect </div><div class="t m0 x23 ha y3e ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">of <span class="_1 blank"></span>m<span class="_0 blank"></span>illions <span class="_3 blank"></span>of <span class="_1 blank"></span>American <span class="_3 blank"></span>children<span class="_0 blank"></span> <span class="_1 blank"></span>for <span class="_3 blank"></span>the <span class="_1 blank"></span>purpo<span class="_0 blank"></span>se <span class="_1 blank"></span>of <span class="_3 blank"></span>leading <span class="_3 blank"></span>the <span class="_1 blank"></span>American <span class="_3 blank"></span>people <span class="_1 blank"></span>in<span class="_0 blank"></span>to <span class="_1 blank"></span>a <span class="_3 blank"></span>socialist </div><div class="t m0 x23 ha y3f ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">world go<span class="_0 blank"></span>v<span class="_0 blank"></span>ernment controlled b<span class="_0 blank"></span>y behavior<span class="_1 blank"></span>al and social scientists.</div><div class="t m0 x1c ha y40 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">Mrs<span class="_0 blank"></span>. Iserbyt <span class="_4 blank"> </span>has <span class="_4 blank"> </span>also <span class="_4 blank"> </span>documented <span class="_4 blank"> </span>the <span class="_4 blank"> </span>gradual <span class="_4 blank"> </span>transformation of <span class="_4 blank"> </span>our <span class="_4 blank"> </span>once <span class="_4 blank"> </span>academically </div><div class="t m0 x23 ha y41 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls2 ws3">successful <span class="_b blank"> </span>education <span class="_b blank"> </span>system <span class="_5 blank"> </span>into <span class="_8 blank"> </span>one <span class="_5 blank"> </span>devoted <span class="_5 blank"> </span>to <span class="_8 blank"> </span>tr<span class="_0 blank"></span>aining <span class="_b blank"> </span>children <span class="_5 blank"> </span>to <span class="_8 blank"> </span>become <span class="_5 blank"> </span>compliant </div><div class="t m0 x23 ha y42 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">human <span class="_0 blank"></span>resour<span class="_1 blank"></span>ces to <span class="_1 blank"></span>be used <span class="_1 blank"></span>by <span class="_0 blank"></span>gov<span class="_0 blank"></span>ernment <span class="_0 blank"></span>and <span class="_0 blank"></span>industry <span class="_0 blank"></span>for <span class="_1 blank"></span>their o<span class="_0 blank"></span>wn <span class="_0 blank"></span>purposes. <span class="_1 blank"></span>This is <span class="_1 blank"></span>how </div><div class="t m0 x23 ha y43 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">fascist-socialist societies <span class="_0 blank"></span>tr<span class="_0 blank"></span>ain their <span class="_0 blank"></span>children <span class="_1 blank"></span>to become serv<span class="_0 blank"></span>ants of <span class="_1 blank"></span>their gov<span class="_0 blank"></span>ernment <span class="_0 blank"></span>masters<span class="_0 blank"></span>. </div><div class="t m0 x23 ha y44 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">The successful <span class="_4 blank"> </span>implementation of <span class="_4 blank"> </span>this <span class="_4 blank"> </span>new philosophy of education will <span class="_4 blank"> </span>spell <span class="_4 blank"> </span>the end <span class="_4 blank"> </span>of the </div><div class="t m0 x23 ha y45 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">American <span class="_4 blank"> </span>dream of <span class="_4 blank"> </span>individual <span class="_6 blank"> </span>fr<span class="_0 blank"></span>eedom <span class="_4 blank"> </span>and <span class="_4 blank"> </span>opportunity<span class="_1 blank"></span>. <span class="_4 blank"> </span>The <span class="_4 blank"> </span>gov<span class="_0 blank"></span>ernment <span class="_4 blank"> </span>will <span class="_4 blank"> </span>plan <span class="_4 blank"> </span>your <span class="_4 blank"> </span>life </div><div class="t m0 x23 ha y46 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">for you, and <span class="_4 blank"> </span>unless <span class="_4 blank"> </span>you comply <span class="_4 blank"> </span>with government restrictions and regulations your ability <span class="_4 blank"> </span>to </div><div class="t m0 x23 ha y47 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">pursue a car<span class="_0 blank"></span>eer of y<span class="_0 blank"></span>our own choice will be se<span class="_0 blank"></span>ver<span class="_1 blank"></span>ely limited.</div><div class="t m0 x1c ha y48 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">What <span class="_6 blank"> </span>is <span class="_7 blank"> </span>so <span class="_6 blank"> </span>mind <span class="_7 blank"> </span>boggling <span class="_6 blank"> </span>is <span class="_7 blank"> </span>that <span class="_6 blank"> </span>all <span class="_7 blank"> </span>of <span class="_6 blank"> </span>this <span class="_7 blank"> </span>is <span class="_6 blank"> </span>being <span class="_7 blank"> </span>\ue06cnanced <span class="_6 blank"> </span>by <span class="_6 blank"> </span>the <span class="_7 blank"> </span>American <span class="_6 blank"> </span>people </div><div class="t m0 x23 ha y49 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">themselves <span class="_4 blank"> </span>through <span class="_4 blank"> </span>their <span class="_6 blank"> </span>own <span class="_4 blank"> </span>taxes. <span class="_4 blank"> </span>In <span class="_6 blank"> </span>other <span class="_6 blank"> </span>w<span class="_0 blank"></span>ords<span class="_0 blank"></span>, <span class="_4 blank"> </span>the <span class="_6 blank"> </span>American <span class="_6 blank"> </span>people <span class="_6 blank"> </span>are <span class="_4 blank"> </span>underwriting </div><div class="t m0 x23 ha y4a ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">the <span class="_7 blank"> </span>destruction <span class="_6 blank"> </span>of <span class="_7 blank"> </span>their <span class="_7 blank"> </span>own <span class="_6 blank"> </span>freedom <span class="_7 blank"> </span>and <span class="_6 blank"> </span>way <span class="_6 blank"> </span>of <span class="_7 blank"> </span>life <span class="_7 blank"> </span>by <span class="_6 blank"> </span>lavishly <span class="_6 blank"> </span>\ue06cnancing <span class="_7 blank"> </span>through <span class="_6 blank"> </span>federal </div><div class="t m0 x23 ha y4b ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">grants <span class="_0 blank"></span>the v<span class="_1 blank"></span>ery social scientists <span class="_0 blank"></span>who ar<span class="_1 blank"></span>e undermining our <span class="_0 blank"></span>national so<span class="_0 blank"></span>v<span class="_0 blank"></span>ereignty <span class="_0 blank"></span>and pr<span class="_0 blank"></span>eparing </div><div class="t m0 x23 ha y4c ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">our children to <span class="_4 blank"> </span>become the <span class="_4 blank"> </span>dumbed-down vassals of <span class="_4 blank"> </span>the new world order<span class="_3 blank"></span>. It <span class="_4 blank"> </span>reminds one <span class="_4 blank"> </span>of </div><div class="t m0 x23 ha y4d ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">how the Nazis char<span class="_0 blank"></span>ged their victims tr<span class="_0 blank"></span>ain fare to their o<span class="_0 blank"></span>wn doom.</div><div class="t m0 x1c ha y4e ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">One of the interesting insights rev<span class="_1 blank"></span>ealed <span class="_4 blank"> </span>by these documents is how the social engineers </div><div class="t m0 x23 ha y4f ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">use a <span class="_0 blank"></span>deliberately <span class="_1 blank"></span>created education <span class="_0 blank"></span>\u201c<span class="_1 blank"></span>crisis\u201d to mo<span class="_0 blank"></span>ve <span class="_0 blank"></span>their agenda <span class="_1 blank"></span>forward <span class="_0 blank"></span>by <span class="_0 blank"></span>offering r<span class="_1 blank"></span>adical </div><div class="t m0 x23 ha y50 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">reforms <span class="_1 blank"></span>that <span class="_0 blank"></span>ar<span class="_0 blank"></span>e <span class="_0 blank"></span>sold <span class="_1 blank"></span>to the <span class="_1 blank"></span>public <span class="_1 blank"></span>as \ue06cxing <span class="_1 blank"></span>the <span class="_0 blank"></span>crisis\u2014which <span class="_1 blank"></span>they <span class="_1 blank"></span>never <span class="_1 blank"></span>do. <span class="_0 blank"></span>The <span class="_1 blank"></span>new <span class="_1 blank"></span>reforms </div><div class="t m0 x23 ha y51 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">simply set <span class="_1 blank"></span>the stage <span class="_0 blank"></span>for the <span class="_1 blank"></span>next <span class="_0 blank"></span>crisis, <span class="_0 blank"></span>which <span class="_0 blank"></span>pro<span class="_0 blank"></span>vides <span class="_0 blank"></span>the pr<span class="_1 blank"></span>etext for <span class="_1 blank"></span>the next <span class="_1 blank"></span>move <span class="_1 blank"></span>forward. </div><div class="t m0 x23 ha y52 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">This <span class="_7 blank"> </span>is <span class="_7 blank"> </span>the <span class="_7 blank"> </span>dialectical <span class="_6 blank"> </span>process <span class="_7 blank"> </span>at <span class="_7 blank"> </span>work, <span class="_6 blank"> </span>a <span class="_7 blank"> </span>process <span class="_6 blank"> </span>our <span class="_7 blank"> </span>behavioral <span class="_6 blank"> </span>engineers <span class="_6 blank"> </span>have <span class="_6 blank"> </span>learned <span class="_7 blank"> </span>to </div></div><div class="pi" data-data='{"ctm":[1.000000,0.000000,0.000000,1.000000,-45.360000,0.000000]}'></div></div> <div id="pf8" class="pf w5 h2" data-page-no="8"><div class="pc pc8 w5 h2"><div class="t m0 x24 ha y1f ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0">xii</div><div class="c x25 y53 w6 h2"><div class="t m0 x26 ha y1f ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0">xiii</div></div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y54 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">use very effectively<span class="_1 blank"></span>. Its <span class="_4 blank"> </span>success <span class="_4 blank"> </span>depends on <span class="_4 blank"> </span>the <span class="_4 blank"> </span>ability <span class="_4 blank"> </span>of the <span class="_4 blank"> </span>\u201cchange agents\u201d to <span class="_4 blank"> </span>continually </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y55 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">deceive the public which tends to belie<span class="_0 blank"></span>v<span class="_0 blank"></span>e anything the e<span class="_0 blank"></span>xperts tell them.</div><div class="t m0 x28 ha y56 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls3 ws3">And <span class="_b blank"> </span>so, <span class="_b blank"> </span>our <span class="_8 blank"> </span>childr<span class="_0 blank"></span>en <span class="_b blank"> </span>continue <span class="_b blank"> </span>to <span class="_8 blank"> </span>be <span class="_b blank"> </span>at <span class="_b blank"> </span>risk <span class="_b blank"> </span>in <span class="_8 blank"> </span>America\u2019<span class="_0 blank"></span>s <span class="_b blank"> </span>schools. <span class="_b blank"> </span>They <span class="_5 blank"> </span>are <span class="_b blank"> </span>at <span class="_8 blank"> </span>risk<span class="_0 blank"></span> </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y57 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls4 ws3">academically <span class="_b blank"> </span>because <span class="_b blank"> </span>of <span class="_8 blank"> </span>such <span class="_5 blank"> </span>programs <span class="_5 blank"> </span>as <span class="_8 blank"> </span>whole <span class="_5 blank"> </span>language, <span class="_5 blank"> </span>mastery <span class="_8 blank"> </span>learning, <span class="_5 blank"> </span>direct<span class="_0 blank"></span> <span class="_0 blank"></span></div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y58 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls5 ws3">instruction, <span class="_b blank"> </span>Skinnerian <span class="_b blank"> </span>operant <span class="_b blank"> </span>conditioning, <span class="_8 blank"> </span>all <span class="_5 blank"> </span>of <span class="_8 blank"> </span>which <span class="_5 blank"> </span>have <span class="_5 blank"> </span>created <span class="_b blank"> </span>huge <span class="_b blank"> </span>learning <span class="_0 blank"></span></div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y59 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls6 ws3">problems <span class="_5 blank"> </span>that <span class="_8 blank"> </span>ine<span class="_0 blank"></span>vitably <span class="_b blank"> </span>lead <span class="_b blank"> </span>to <span class="_8 blank"> </span>what <span class="_5 blank"> </span>is <span class="_8 blank"> </span>commonly <span class="_5 blank"> </span>known <span class="_b blank"> </span>as <span class="_b blank"> </span>Attention <span class="_b blank"> </span>De\ue06ccit <span class="_8 blank"> </span>Disor<span class="_1 blank"></span>der </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y5a ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">and <span class="_7 blank"> </span>the <span class="_7 blank"> </span>drugging <span class="_5 blank"> </span>of <span class="_7 blank"> </span>four <span class="_7 blank"> </span>million <span class="_5 blank"> </span>children <span class="_6 blank"> </span>with <span class="_5 blank"> </span>the <span class="_7 blank"> </span>powerful <span class="_6 blank"> </span>drug <span class="_5 blank"> </span>Ritalin. <span class="_7 blank"> </span>Mrs<span class="_0 blank"></span>. <span class="_7 blank"> </span>Iserbyt <span class="_7 blank"> </span>has </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y5b ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">dealt extensiv<span class="_0 blank"></span>ely with <span class="_4 blank"> </span>the root causes of <span class="_4 blank"> </span>immorality in our <span class="_4 blank"> </span>society and <span class="_4 blank"> </span>the role of the <span class="_4 blank"> </span>public </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y5c ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">schools <span class="_4 blank"> </span>in <span class="_4 blank"> </span>the <span class="_6 blank"> </span>teaching <span class="_4 blank"> </span>of <span class="_4 blank"> </span>moral <span class="_4 blank"> </span>relativism <span class="_4 blank"> </span>(no <span class="_4 blank"> </span>right/no <span class="_4 blank"> </span>wrong <span class="_4 blank"> </span>ethics). <span class="_4 blank"> </span>She <span class="_6 blank"> </span>raises a <span class="_4 blank"> </span>red <span class="_4 blank"> </span>\ue06dag </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y5d ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">regar<span class="_0 blank"></span>ding <span class="_1 blank"></span>the <span class="_0 blank"></span>current <span class="_1 blank"></span>efforts <span class="_1 blank"></span>of <span class="_0 blank"></span>left-wing <span class="_1 blank"></span>liberals <span class="_1 blank"></span>and <span class="_0 blank"></span>right-wing <span class="_1 blank"></span>conservativ<span class="_0 blank"></span>es <span class="_1 blank"></span>(radical <span class="_1 blank"></span>center) </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y5e ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">to <span class="_7 blank"> </span>come <span class="_5 blank"> </span>up <span class="_7 blank"> </span>with <span class="_5 blank"> </span>a <span class="_7 blank"> </span>new <span class="_7 blank"> </span>kid <span class="_7 blank"> </span>on <span class="_5 blank"> </span>the <span class="_7 blank"> </span>block\u2014\u201ccommon <span class="_7 blank"> </span>gr<span class="_0 blank"></span>ound\u201d <span class="_7 blank"> </span>character <span class="_7 blank"> </span>education\u2014which </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y5f ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls7 ws3">will, <span class="_b blank"> </span>under <span class="_b blank"> </span>the <span class="_8 blank"> </span>micr<span class="_0 blank"></span>oscope<span class="_0 blank"></span>, <span class="_b blank"> </span>turn <span class="_b blank"> </span>out <span class="_8 blank"> </span>to <span class="_5 blank"> </span>be <span class="_8 blank"> </span>the <span class="_5 blank"> </span>same <span class="_8 blank"> </span>w<span class="_0 blank"></span>armed-ov<span class="_1 blank"></span>er <span class="_8 blank"> </span>v<span class="_0 blank"></span>alues <span class="_b blank"> </span>education <span class="_1 blank"></span></div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y60 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls8 ws3">alert <span class="_b blank"> </span>parent <span class="_b blank"> </span>groups <span class="_5 blank"> </span>have <span class="_5 blank"> </span>resisted <span class="_b blank"> </span>for <span class="_b blank"> </span>over <span class="_5 blank"> </span>\ue06cfty <span class="_8 blank"> </span>y<span class="_0 blank"></span>ear<span class="_0 blank"></span>s. <span class="_5 blank"> </span>This <span class="_8 blank"> </span>is <span class="_5 blank"> </span>a <span class="_8 blank"> </span>perfect <span class="_b blank"> </span>ex<span class="_0 blank"></span>ample <span class="_b blank"> </span>of <span class="_b blank"> </span>the </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y61 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">Hegelian Dialectic at work.</div><div class="t m0 x28 ha y62 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">The <span class="_6 blank"> </span>reader <span class="_4 blank"> </span>will <span class="_6 blank"> </span>\ue06cnd <span class="_6 blank"> </span>in <span class="_6 blank"> </span>this <span class="_6 blank"> </span>book <span class="_7 blank"> </span>a <span class="_6 blank"> </span>plethor<span class="_0 blank"></span>a <span class="_6 blank"> </span>of <span class="_6 blank"> </span>information <span class="_6 blank"> </span>that <span class="_6 blank"> </span>will <span class="_6 blank"> </span>leav<span class="_0 blank"></span>e <span class="_6 blank"> </span>no <span class="_6 blank"> </span>doubt <span class="_6 blank"> </span>in </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y39 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">the <span class="_4 blank"> </span>mind <span class="_4 blank"> </span>of <span class="_4 blank"> </span>the <span class="_6 blank"> </span>serious <span class="_4 blank"> </span>resear<span class="_0 blank"></span>cher <span class="_4 blank"> </span>ex<span class="_0 blank"></span>actly <span class="_4 blank"> </span>where the <span class="_4 blank"> </span>American <span class="_6 blank"> </span>education <span class="_4 blank"> </span>sy<span class="_0 blank"></span>stem <span class="_4 blank"> </span>is <span class="_4 blank"> </span>headed. </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y63 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">If <span class="_5 blank"> </span>we <span class="_7 blank"> </span>wish <span class="_b blank"> </span>to <span class="_5 blank"> </span>stop <span class="_5 blank"> </span>this <span class="_5 blank"> </span>juggernaut <span class="_5 blank"> </span>towar<span class="_0 blank"></span>d <span class="_5 blank"> </span>a <span class="_5 blank"> </span>socialist-fascist <span class="_5 blank"> </span>sy<span class="_0 blank"></span>stem, <span class="_5 blank"> </span>then <span class="_5 blank"> </span>we <span class="_5 blank"> </span>must <span class="_5 blank"> </span>restor<span class="_0 blank"></span>e </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y64 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">educational <span class="_5 blank"> </span>freedom <span class="_7 blank"> </span>to <span class="_5 blank"> </span>America. <span class="_5 blank"> </span>Americans <span class="_5 blank"> </span>forget <span class="_5 blank"> </span>that <span class="_5 blank"> </span>the <span class="_5 blank"> </span>present <span class="_7 blank"> </span>government <span class="_7 blank"> </span>education </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y65 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">sy<span class="_0 blank"></span>stem <span class="_1 blank"></span>started <span class="_0 blank"></span>as <span class="_1 blank"></span>a Prussian <span class="_1 blank"></span>import <span class="_1 blank"></span>in the <span class="_1 blank"></span>1840\u2019s\u2013\u20195<span class="_1 blank"></span>0\u2019s. <span class="_1 blank"></span>It <span class="_1 blank"></span>was <span class="_0 blank"></span>a <span class="_1 blank"></span>sy<span class="_0 blank"></span>stem <span class="_0 blank"></span>built <span class="_1 blank"></span>on <span class="_0 blank"></span>Hegel\u2019s <span class="_1 blank"></span>belief </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y66 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">that <span class="_7 blank"> </span>the <span class="_5 blank"> </span>state <span class="_5 blank"> </span>was <span class="_7 blank"> </span>\u201cGod\u201d <span class="_5 blank"> </span>walking <span class="_7 blank"> </span>on <span class="_5 blank"> </span>earth. <span class="_7 blank"> </span>The <span class="_5 blank"> </span>only <span class="_5 blank"> </span>wa<span class="_0 blank"></span>y <span class="_7 blank"> </span>to <span class="_5 blank"> </span>restore <span class="_7 blank"> </span>educational <span class="_7 blank"> </span>freedom, </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y67 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">and <span class="_b blank"> </span>put <span class="_b blank"> </span>education <span class="_8 blank"> </span>back <span class="_5 blank"> </span>into <span class="_8 blank"> </span>the <span class="_b blank"> </span>hands <span class="_b blank"> </span>of <span class="_b blank"> </span>parents <span class="_b blank"> </span>where <span class="_b blank"> </span>it <span class="_b blank"> </span>belongs, <span class="_b blank"> </span>is <span class="_b blank"> </span>to <span class="_8 blank"> </span>get <span class="_5 blank"> </span>the <span class="_8 blank"> </span>feder<span class="_0 blank"></span>al </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y3a ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">gov<span class="_0 blank"></span>ernment, <span class="_1 blank"></span>with <span class="_1 blank"></span>its <span class="_0 blank"></span>coerciv<span class="_1 blank"></span>e <span class="_0 blank"></span>policies, <span class="_1 blank"></span>out <span class="_1 blank"></span>of <span class="_1 blank"></span>education. <span class="_0 blank"></span>The <span class="_1 blank"></span>billions <span class="_1 blank"></span>of <span class="_0 blank"></span>dollars <span class="_1 blank"></span>being <span class="_1 blank"></span>spent <span class="_1 blank"></span>by </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y3b ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">the federal go<span class="_0 blank"></span>vernment to destro<span class="_1 blank"></span>y <span class="_4 blank"> </span>educational freedom must be halted, and that can only <span class="_4 blank"> </span>be </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y3c ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">done <span class="_1 blank"></span>b<span class="_0 blank"></span>y <span class="_1 blank"></span>getting <span class="_1 blank"></span>American <span class="_3 blank"></span>legislators <span class="_1 blank"></span>to <span class="_3 blank"></span>understand <span class="_1 blank"></span>that <span class="_1 blank"></span>the <span class="_3 blank"></span>American <span class="_1 blank"></span>people <span class="_1 blank"></span>w<span class="_0 blank"></span>ant <span class="_1 blank"></span>to <span class="_1 blank"></span>r<span class="_0 blank"></span>emain <span class="_1 blank"></span>a </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y3d ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">free people<span class="_1 blank"></span>, in charge of their o<span class="_0 blank"></span>wn lives and the education of their childr<span class="_1 blank"></span>en.</div><div class="t m0 x29 h9 y68 ff7 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws5">F<span class="_1 blank"></span>or<span class="_0 blank"></span>eword</div></div><div class="pi" data-data='{"ctm":[1.000000,0.000000,0.000000,1.000000,-99.360000,0.000000]}'></div></div> <div id="pf9" class="pf w5 h2" data-page-no="9"><div class="pc pc9 w5 h2"><div class="c x0 y53 w7 h2"><div class="t m0 x2a ha y1f ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0">xii</div></div><div class="t m0 x1e ha y1f ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0">xiii</div><div class="t m0 x2b h11 y39 ff8 fs8 fc0 sc0 ls0 wsf">PREF<span class="_c blank"></span>A<span class="_3 blank"></span>CE</div><div class="t m0 x1c h9 y3a ff7 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">Coexistence <span class="_4 blank"> </span>on <span class="_4 blank"> </span>this <span class="_4 blank"> </span>tightly <span class="_6 blank"> </span>knit <span class="_4 blank"> </span>earth <span class="_4 blank"> </span>should <span class="_4 blank"> </span>be <span class="_6 blank"> </span>viewed <span class="_4 blank"> </span>as <span class="_4 blank"> </span>an <span class="_4 blank"> </span>existence <span class="_6 blank"> </span>not <span class="_4 blank"> </span>only <span class="_4 blank"> </span>without </div><div class="t m0 x23 ha y3b ff7 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">wars\u2026 <span class="_4 blank"> </span>but <span class="_4 blank"> </span>also <span class="_6 blank"> </span>without <span class="_4 blank"> </span><span class="ff6">[the <span class="_6 blank"> </span>gov<span class="_0 blank"></span>ernment]<span class="ff7"> <span class="_4 blank"> </span>telling <span class="_6 blank"> </span>us <span class="_4 blank"> </span>how <span class="_6 blank"> </span>to <span class="_4 blank"> </span>live, <span class="_4 blank"> </span>what <span class="_6 blank"> </span>to <span class="_4 blank"> </span>say<span class="_1 blank"></span>, <span class="_6 blank"> </span>what <span class="_4 blank"> </span>to <span class="_6 blank"> </span>think, </span></span></div><div class="t m0 x23 h9 y3c ff7 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">what to know<span class="_1 blank"></span>, and what not to know<span class="_1 blank"></span>.</div><div class="t m0 x2c ha y3d ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">\u2014Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, fr<span class="_0 blank"></span>om a speech giv<span class="_0 blank"></span>en September 1<span class="_c blank"></span>1, 1973</div><div class="t m0 x2d h12 y69 ff6 fs9 fc0 sc0 ls0">1</div><div class="t m0 x1c h9 y3f ff7 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">Educated men are as much superior to uneducated men as the living ar<span class="_0 blank"></span>e to the dead.</div><div class="t m0 x2e h13 y40 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">\u2014Aristotle<span class="_0 blank"></span>, 384\u2013322 B<span class="_1 blank"></span>.C.<span class="fs9 v3">2</span></div><div class="t m0 x23 ha y42 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">F<span class="_1 blank"></span>or <span class="_7 blank"> </span>ov<span class="_0 blank"></span>er <span class="_7 blank"> </span>a <span class="_6 blank"> </span>twenty-\ue06cve-y<span class="_0 blank"></span>ear <span class="_7 blank"> </span>period <span class="_7 blank"> </span>the <span class="_6 blank"> </span>research <span class="_6 blank"> </span>used <span class="_7 blank"> </span>in <span class="_7 blank"> </span>this <span class="_7 blank"> </span>chronology <span class="_6 blank"> </span>has <span class="_7 blank"> </span>been <span class="_7 blank"> </span>collected </div><div class="t m0 x23 ha y43 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">from man<span class="_0 blank"></span>y sources: the United States Department of Education; international agencies; state </div><div class="t m0 x23 ha y44 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">agencies; the media; concerned educator<span class="_0 blank"></span>s; parents; <span class="_0 blank"></span>legislators<span class="_0 blank"></span>, and talented r<span class="_0 blank"></span>esearcher<span class="_0 blank"></span>s with </div><div class="t m0 x23 ha y45 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls9 ws3">whom <span class="_b blank"> </span>I <span class="_b blank"> </span>have <span class="_5 blank"> </span>worked. <span class="_5 blank"> </span>In <span class="_8 blank"> </span>the <span class="_5 blank"> </span>process <span class="_b blank"> </span>of <span class="_b blank"> </span>gathering <span class="_8 blank"> </span>this <span class="_5 blank"> </span>information <span class="_8 blank"> </span>tw<span class="_0 blank"></span>o <span class="_b blank"> </span>beliefs <span class="_b blank"> </span>that <span class="_8 blank"> </span>most </div><div class="t m0 x23 ha y46 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">Americans hold in common became clear:</div><div class="t m0 x1c ha y47 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">1) <span class="_c blank"></span>If <span class="_5 blank"> </span>a <span class="_b blank"> </span>child <span class="_5 blank"> </span>can <span class="_5 blank"> </span>read, <span class="_5 blank"> </span>write <span class="_5 blank"> </span>and <span class="_5 blank"> </span>compute <span class="_b blank"> </span>at <span class="_5 blank"> </span>a <span class="_5 blank"> </span>reasonably <span class="_5 blank"> </span>pro\ue06ccient <span class="_7 blank"> </span>level, <span class="_7 blank"> </span>he <span class="_5 blank"> </span>will <span class="_b blank"> </span>be </div><div class="t m0 x2f ha y48 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">able <span class="_4 blank"> </span>to <span class="_6 blank"> </span>do <span class="_6 blank"> </span>just <span class="_6 blank"> </span>about <span class="_4 blank"> </span>anything <span class="_4 blank"> </span>he <span class="_6 blank"> </span>wishes, <span class="_4 blank"> </span>enabling <span class="_6 blank"> </span>him <span class="_6 blank"> </span>to <span class="_4 blank"> </span>control <span class="_4 blank"> </span>his <span class="_6 blank"> </span>destiny <span class="_4 blank"> </span>to <span class="_6 blank"> </span>the </div><div class="t m0 x2f ha y49 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">extent that God allo<span class="_0 blank"></span>w<span class="_0 blank"></span>s (remain fr<span class="_0 blank"></span>ee);</div><div class="t m0 x1c ha y4a ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">2) <span class="_c blank"></span>Providing such basic educational <span class="_4 blank"> </span>pro\ue06cciencies <span class="ff7">is not <span class="_4 blank"> </span>and <span class="_4 blank"> </span>should not <span class="_4 blank"> </span>be</span> an <span class="_4 blank"> </span>expensiv<span class="_0 blank"></span>e </div><div class="t m0 x2f ha y4b ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws5">proposition.</div><div class="t m0 x1c ha y4c ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 lsa ws3">Since <span class="_b blank"> </span>most <span class="_b blank"> </span>Americans <span class="_8 blank"> </span>belie<span class="_0 blank"></span>ve <span class="_5 blank"> </span>the <span class="_8 blank"> </span>second <span class="_5 blank"> </span>premise\u2014that <span class="_b blank"> </span>pro<span class="_0 blank"></span>viding <span class="_b blank"> </span>basic <span class="_8 blank"> </span>educational <span class="_0 blank"></span></div><div class="t m0 x23 ha y4d ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">pro\ue06cciencies is <span class="_6 blank"> </span>not <span class="_4 blank"> </span>and <span class="_4 blank"> </span>should <span class="_6 blank"> </span>not <span class="_4 blank"> </span>be <span class="_4 blank"> </span>an <span class="_4 blank"> </span>expensive proposition\u2014it <span class="_4 blank"> </span>becomes <span class="_6 blank"> </span>obvious <span class="_4 blank"> </span>that <span class="_4 blank"> </span>it </div><div class="t m0 x23 ha y4e ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">is only <span class="_1 blank"></span>a radical <span class="_1 blank"></span>agenda, the <span class="_0 blank"></span>purpose of <span class="_1 blank"></span>which is to <span class="_1 blank"></span>change v<span class="_0 blank"></span>alues and <span class="_0 blank"></span>attitudes <span class="_0 blank"></span>(brain<span class="_0 blank"></span>wash), </div><div class="t m0 x23 ha y4f ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">that <span class="_5 blank"> </span>is <span class="_5 blank"> </span>the <span class="_5 blank"> </span><span class="ff7">costly <span class="_5 blank"> </span></span>agenda. <span class="_5 blank"> </span>In <span class="_5 blank"> </span>other <span class="_5 blank"> </span>wor<span class="_0 blank"></span>ds<span class="_0 blank"></span>, <span class="_5 blank"> </span>brain<span class="_0 blank"></span>washing <span class="_7 blank"> </span>by <span class="_7 blank"> </span>our <span class="_5 blank"> </span>schools <span class="_5 blank"> </span>and <span class="_5 blank"> </span>universities <span class="_7 blank"> </span>is </div><div class="t m0 x23 ha y50 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">what is bankrupting our nation and our children\u2019<span class="_0 blank"></span>s minds<span class="_0 blank"></span>.</div><div class="t m0 x1c ha y51 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">In <span class="_7 blank"> </span>1997 <span class="_5 blank"> </span>there <span class="_7 blank"> </span>wer<span class="_0 blank"></span>e <span class="_7 blank"> </span>46.4 <span class="_5 blank"> </span>million <span class="_7 blank"> </span>public <span class="_5 blank"> </span>school <span class="_5 blank"> </span>students. <span class="_7 blank"> </span>During <span class="_7 blank"> </span>1993\u20131994 <span class="_5 blank"> </span>(the <span class="_7 blank"> </span>latest </div><div class="t m0 x23 ha y52 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 lsb ws3">year<span class="_0 blank"></span>s <span class="_b blank"> </span>the <span class="_b blank"> </span>statistics <span class="_8 blank"> </span>w<span class="_0 blank"></span>er<span class="_0 blank"></span>e <span class="_b blank"> </span>available) <span class="_5 blank"> </span>the <span class="_8 blank"> </span>a<span class="_1 blank"></span>verage <span class="_5 blank"> </span>per <span class="_8 blank"> </span>pupil <span class="_5 blank"> </span>expenditure <span class="_5 blank"> </span>was <span class="_b blank"> </span>$6,330.00 <span class="_b blank"> </span>in <span class="_0 blank"></span></div></div><div class="pi" data-data='{"ctm":[1.000000,0.000000,0.000000,1.000000,-45.360000,0.000000]}'></div></div> <div id="pfa" class="pf w5 h2" data-page-no="a"><div class="pc pca w5 h2"><div class="t m0 x30 ha y1f ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0">xiv</div><div class="c x25 y53 w6 h2"><div class="t m0 x31 ha y1f ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws5">xv</div></div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y6a ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 lsc ws3">1996 <span class="_b blank"> </span>constant <span class="_b blank"> </span>dollars. <span class="_5 blank"> </span>Multiply <span class="_8 blank"> </span>the <span class="_5 blank"> </span>number <span class="_8 blank"> </span>of <span class="_5 blank"> </span>students <span class="_8 blank"> </span>b<span class="_0 blank"></span>y <span class="_b blank"> </span>the <span class="_b blank"> </span>per <span class="_8 blank"> </span>pupil <span class="_5 blank"> </span>expenditure<span class="_1 blank"></span> </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y6b ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">(using <span class="_7 blank"> </span>old-fashioned <span class="_5 blank"> </span>mathematical <span class="_7 blank"> </span>procedures) <span class="_7 blank"> </span>for <span class="_7 blank"> </span>a <span class="_5 blank"> </span>total <span class="_7 blank"> </span>K\u201312 <span class="_5 blank"> </span>budget <span class="_7 blank"> </span>per <span class="_5 blank"> </span>year <span class="_7 blank"> </span>of <span class="_7 blank"> </span>$293.7 </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y6c ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">billion <span class="_6 blank"> </span>dollars<span class="_0 blank"></span>. <span class="_6 blank"> </span>If <span class="_6 blank"> </span>one <span class="_6 blank"> </span>adds <span class="_7 blank"> </span>the <span class="_6 blank"> </span>cost <span class="_6 blank"> </span>of <span class="_6 blank"> </span>higher <span class="_7 blank"> </span>education <span class="_6 blank"> </span>to <span class="_6 blank"> </span>this <span class="_6 blank"> </span>\ue06cgure<span class="_1 blank"></span>, <span class="_7 blank"> </span>one <span class="_6 blank"> </span>arrives <span class="_6 blank"> </span>at <span class="_6 blank"> </span>a <span class="_6 blank"> </span>total </div><div class="t m0 x27 h13 y6d ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">budget <span class="_7 blank"> </span>per <span class="_7 blank"> </span>year <span class="_6 blank"> </span>of <span class="_7 blank"> </span><span class="ff7">over <span class="_7 blank"> </span>half <span class="_7 blank"> </span>a <span class="_7 blank"> </span>trillion <span class="_7 blank"> </span>dollars<span class="_0 blank"></span>.<span class="ff6 fs9 ws10 v3">3</span><span class="ff6"> <span class="_7 blank"> </span>The <span class="_7 blank"> </span>sorry <span class="_6 blank"> </span>result <span class="_7 blank"> </span>of <span class="_7 blank"> </span>such <span class="_7 blank"> </span>an <span class="_7 blank"> </span>incredibly <span class="_6 blank"> </span>large </span></span></div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y6e ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">expenditur<span class="_0 blank"></span>e\u2014the <span class="_1 blank"></span>performance of <span class="_1 blank"></span>American students\u2014is <span class="_1 blank"></span>discussed in <span class="_1 blank"></span><span class="ff7">Pursuing <span class="_1 blank"></span>Excellence\u2014A </span></div><div class="t m0 x27 h9 y6f ff7 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">Study <span class="_6 blank"> </span>of <span class="_4 blank"> </span>U.S. <span class="_6 blank"> </span>T<span class="_c blank"></span>welfth <span class="_6 blank"> </span>Grade <span class="_4 blank"> </span>Mathematics <span class="_6 blank"> </span>and <span class="_4 blank"> </span>Science <span class="_6 blank"> </span>A<span class="_0 blank"></span>chievement <span class="_6 blank"> </span>in <span class="_4 blank"> </span>International <span class="_6 blank"> </span>Context: </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y70 ff7 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">Initial <span class="_3 blank"></span>Findings <span class="_1 blank"></span>fr<span class="_0 blank"></span>om <span class="_1 blank"></span>the <span class="_3 blank"></span>Third <span class="_3 blank"></span>International <span class="_1 blank"></span>Mathematics <span class="_3 blank"></span>and <span class="_1 blank"></span>Science <span class="_3 blank"></span>Study<span class="ff6"> <span class="_1 blank"></span>(TIMMS), <span class="_1 blank"></span>a <span class="_3 blank"></span>report </span></div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y71 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES 98\u2013049). <span class="ff7">Pur<span class="_1 blank"></span>suing Excellence<span class="ff6"> reads:</span></span></div><div class="t m0 x28 h6 y72 ff6 fs2 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">A<span class="_0 blank"></span>chiev<span class="_0 blank"></span>ement <span class="_6 blank"> </span>of <span class="_6 blank"> </span>Students, <span class="_6 blank"> </span>Ke<span class="_0 blank"></span>y <span class="_6 blank"> </span>Points: <span class="_6 blank"> </span>U.S. <span class="_6 blank"> </span>twelfth <span class="_6 blank"> </span>grader<span class="_0 blank"></span>s <span class="_6 blank"> </span>scored <span class="_6 blank"> </span>below <span class="_6 blank"> </span>the <span class="_7 blank"> </span>international </div><div class="t m0 x28 h6 y73 ff6 fs2 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">av<span class="_0 blank"></span>erage <span class="_4 blank"> </span>and <span class="_7 blank"> </span>among <span class="_6 blank"> </span>the <span class="_6 blank"> </span>lowest <span class="_6 blank"> </span>of <span class="_6 blank"> </span>the <span class="_6 blank"> </span>2<span class="_1 blank"></span>1 <span class="_6 blank"> </span>TIMSS <span class="_6 blank"> </span>nations <span class="_6 blank"> </span>in <span class="_6 blank"> </span>both <span class="_7 blank"> </span>mathematics <span class="_6 blank"> </span>and <span class="_6 blank"> </span>science </div><div class="t m0 x28 h6 y74 ff6 fs2 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">general kno<span class="_0 blank"></span>wledge in the \ue06cnal year of secondary school. (p. 24)</div><div class="t m0 x28 ha y16 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">Obviously<span class="_1 blank"></span>, <span class="_4 blank"> </span>something <span class="_6 blank"> </span>is <span class="_6 blank"> </span>terribly <span class="_6 blank"> </span>wrong <span class="_6 blank"> </span>when <span class="_4 blank"> </span>a <span class="_6 blank"> </span>$6,330 <span class="_6 blank"> </span>per <span class="_6 blank"> </span>pupil <span class="_6 blank"> </span>expenditur<span class="_1 blank"></span>e <span class="_6 blank"> </span>produces </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y17 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">such <span class="_7 blank"> </span>pathetic <span class="_6 blank"> </span>results. <span class="_6 blank"> </span>This <span class="_7 blank"> </span>writer <span class="_6 blank"> </span>has <span class="_7 blank"> </span>visited <span class="_7 blank"> </span>private <span class="_6 blank"> </span>schools <span class="_7 blank"> </span>which <span class="_6 blank"> </span>charge <span class="_7 blank"> </span>$1,000 <span class="_6 blank"> </span>per <span class="_7 blank"> </span>year </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y18 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">in tuition which enjo<span class="_0 blank"></span>y superior academic r<span class="_0 blank"></span>esults. P<span class="_1 blank"></span>ar<span class="_0 blank"></span>ents of home-schooled childr<span class="_0 blank"></span>en spend a </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y75 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">maximum of $1,000 per year and usually ha<span class="_0 blank"></span>v<span class="_0 blank"></span>e similar ex<span class="_0 blank"></span>cellent results<span class="_1 blank"></span>.</div><div class="t m0 x28 ha y19 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls9 ws3">There <span class="_5 blank"> </span>are <span class="_b blank"> </span>many <span class="_5 blank"> </span>talented <span class="_8 blank"> </span>and <span class="_5 blank"> </span>respected <span class="_b blank"> </span>resear<span class="_0 blank"></span>chers <span class="_5 blank"> </span>and <span class="_8 blank"> </span>activists <span class="_5 blank"> </span>who <span class="_8 blank"> </span>ha<span class="_0 blank"></span>v<span class="_0 blank"></span>e <span class="_b blank"> </span>carefully </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y1a ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">documented <span class="_4 blank"> </span>the <span class="_4 blank"> </span>\u201cweir<span class="_1 blank"></span>d\u201d <span class="_4 blank"> </span>activities <span class="_4 blank"> </span>which <span class="_4 blank"> </span>have taken place <span class="_4 blank"> </span>\u201cin <span class="_4 blank"> </span>the <span class="_4 blank"> </span>name <span class="_4 blank"> </span>of <span class="_4 blank"> </span>education.\u201d <span class="_4 blank"> </span>Any </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y1b ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">opposition <span class="_6 blank"> </span>to <span class="_6 blank"> </span>change <span class="_6 blank"> </span>agent <span class="_6 blank"> </span>activities <span class="_7 blank"> </span>in <span class="_6 blank"> </span>local <span class="_6 blank"> </span>schools <span class="_6 blank"> </span>has <span class="_6 blank"> </span>invariably <span class="_6 blank"> </span>been <span class="_6 blank"> </span>met <span class="_6 blank"> </span>with <span class="_6 blank"> </span>cries <span class="_7 blank"> </span>of </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y1c ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 lsa ws3">\u201cPro<span class="_0 blank"></span>v<span class="_0 blank"></span>e <span class="_b blank"> </span>your <span class="_b blank"> </span>case<span class="_0 blank"></span>, <span class="_b blank"> </span>document <span class="_b blank"> </span>your <span class="_b blank"> </span>statements,\u201d <span class="_b blank"> </span>etc. <span class="_5 blank"> </span>Documentation, <span class="_8 blank"> </span>when <span class="_b blank"> </span>presented, <span class="_5 blank"> </span>has </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y1d ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">been <span class="_5 blank"> </span>ignored <span class="_5 blank"> </span>and <span class="_b blank"> </span>called <span class="_5 blank"> </span>incomplete. <span class="_7 blank"> </span>The <span class="_b blank"> </span>classic <span class="_b blank"> </span>response <span class="_7 blank"> </span>by <span class="_5 blank"> </span>the <span class="_b blank"> </span>education <span class="_b blank"> </span>establishment </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y1e ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">has <span class="_7 blank"> </span>been, <span class="_5 blank"> </span>\u201cY<span class="_c blank"></span>ou\u2019re <span class="_7 blank"> </span>taking <span class="_7 blank"> </span>that <span class="_5 blank"> </span>out <span class="_7 blank"> </span>of <span class="_5 blank"> </span>context!\u201d\u2014e<span class="_0 blank"></span>ven <span class="_7 blank"> </span>when <span class="_7 blank"> </span>presented <span class="_7 blank"> </span>with <span class="_5 blank"> </span>an <span class="_7 blank"> </span>entire <span class="_7 blank"> </span>book </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y76 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">which <span class="_7 blank"> </span>uses <span class="_7 blank"> </span>their <span class="_5 blank"> </span>own <span class="_7 blank"> </span>wor<span class="_1 blank"></span>ds <span class="_5 blank"> </span>to <span class="_7 blank"> </span>detail <span class="_5 blank"> </span>ex<span class="_0 blank"></span>actly <span class="_7 blank"> </span>what <span class="_7 blank"> </span>the <span class="_5 blank"> </span>\u201cresister<span class="_0 blank"></span>s\u201d <span class="_7 blank"> </span>are <span class="_7 blank"> </span>claiming <span class="_7 blank"> </span>to <span class="_7 blank"> </span>be <span class="_5 blank"> </span>true<span class="_0 blank"></span>. </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y77 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">\u201cR<span class="_0 blank"></span>esister<span class="_0 blank"></span>s\u201d\u2014usually <span class="_6 blank"> </span>parents\u2014ha<span class="_0 blank"></span>ve <span class="_4 blank"> </span>been <span class="_6 blank"> </span>called <span class="_6 blank"> </span>ev<span class="_0 blank"></span>ery <span class="_6 blank"> </span>name <span class="_6 blank"> </span>in <span class="_6 blank"> </span>the <span class="_6 blank"> </span>book. <span class="_4 blank"> </span>P<span class="_0 blank"></span>arents <span class="_4 blank"> </span>hav<span class="_0 blank"></span>e <span class="_6 blank"> </span>been </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y78 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">told for ov<span class="_0 blank"></span>er thirty years<span class="_1 blank"></span>, <span class="_4 blank"> </span>\u201cY<span class="_c blank"></span>ou\u2019re the <span class="ff7 ws5">only</span> parent who has ev<span class="_0 blank"></span>er complained.\u201d The media has </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y79 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">been <span class="_4 blank"> </span>convinced <span class="_6 blank"> </span>to <span class="_4 blank"> </span>join <span class="_6 blank"> </span>in <span class="_4 blank"> </span>the <span class="_6 blank"> </span>attack <span class="_4 blank"> </span>upon <span class="_6 blank"> </span>common <span class="_4 blank"> </span>sense <span class="_6 blank"> </span>view<span class="_1 blank"></span>s, <span class="_4 blank"> </span>effectively <span class="_4 blank"> </span>discrediting <span class="_4 blank"> </span>the </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y7a ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">perspectiv<span class="_0 blank"></span>e of w<span class="_0 blank"></span>ell-informed citizens. </div><div class="t m0 x28 ha y7b ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">The <span class="_0 blank"></span>desire <span class="_1 blank"></span>by <span class="_1 blank"></span>\u201cresisters\u201d <span class="_1 blank"></span>to pr<span class="_0 blank"></span>ov<span class="_1 blank"></span>e their <span class="_1 blank"></span>case has <span class="_1 blank"></span>been so <span class="_1 blank"></span>strong <span class="_0 blank"></span>that <span class="_0 blank"></span>they <span class="_1 blank"></span>hav<span class="_0 blank"></span>e <span class="_0 blank"></span>continued </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y7c ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">to <span class="_4 blank"> </span>amass\u2014over <span class="_4 blank"> </span>a <span class="_4 blank"> </span>thirty- <span class="_6 blank"> </span>to <span class="_4 blank"> </span>\ue06cfty-year <span class="_4 blank"> </span>period\u2014what <span class="_6 blank"> </span>must <span class="_4 blank"> </span>surely <span class="_4 blank"> </span>amount <span class="_6 blank"> </span>to <span class="_6 blank"> </span><span class="ff7 ws5">tons</span> <span class="_4 blank"> </span>of <span class="_6 blank"> </span>materials </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y7d ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 lsd ws3">containing <span class="_b blank"> </span>irrefutable <span class="_b blank"> </span>proof, <span class="_5 blank"> </span>in <span class="_8 blank"> </span>the <span class="_5 blank"> </span>education <span class="_8 blank"> </span>change <span class="_5 blank"> </span>agents\u2019 <span class="_8 blank"> </span>o<span class="_0 blank"></span>wn <span class="_b blank"> </span>wor<span class="_0 blank"></span>ds, <span class="_5 blank"> </span>of <span class="_8 blank"> </span>deliber<span class="_0 blank"></span>ate<span class="_1 blank"></span>, </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y7e ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 lse ws3">malicious <span class="_b blank"> </span>intent <span class="_b blank"> </span>to <span class="_8 blank"> </span>achie<span class="_0 blank"></span>ve <span class="_5 blank"> </span>behavioral <span class="_5 blank"> </span>changes <span class="_8 blank"> </span>in <span class="_5 blank"> </span>students/parents/society <span class="_b blank"> </span>which <span class="_b blank"> </span>have<span class="_0 blank"></span> </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha yb ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">nothing <span class="_1 blank"></span>to <span class="_3 blank"></span>do <span class="_1 blank"></span>with <span class="_1 blank"></span>commonly <span class="_3 blank"></span>understood <span class="_1 blank"></span>educational <span class="_3 blank"></span>objectives<span class="_0 blank"></span>. <span class="_1 blank"></span>Upon <span class="_3 blank"></span>delivery <span class="_1 blank"></span>of <span class="_3 blank"></span>such <span class="_1 blank"></span>proof, </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y7f ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">\u201cresister<span class="_0 blank"></span>s\u201d <span class="_5 blank"> </span>are <span class="_5 blank"> </span>consistently <span class="_5 blank"> </span>met <span class="_b blank"> </span>with <span class="_b blank"> </span>the <span class="_5 blank"> </span>\u201cshoot <span class="_b blank"> </span>the <span class="_b blank"> </span>messenger\u201d <span class="_5 blank"> </span>stonewalling <span class="_5 blank"> </span>response <span class="_7 blank"> </span>by </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y80 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">teachers<span class="_0 blank"></span>, <span class="_4 blank"> </span>school <span class="_4 blank"> </span>boards<span class="_0 blank"></span>, <span class="_4 blank"> </span>superintendents, state <span class="_4 blank"> </span>and <span class="_4 blank"> </span>local <span class="_6 blank"> </span>of\ue06ccials<span class="_0 blank"></span>, <span class="_4 blank"> </span>as <span class="_4 blank"> </span>well <span class="_4 blank"> </span>as <span class="_4 blank"> </span>the <span class="_4 blank"> </span>supposedly </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y81 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">objective institutions of academia and the pr<span class="_0 blank"></span>ess<span class="_0 blank"></span>.</div><div class="t m0 x28 ha y82 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">This <span class="_4 blank"> </span>resister\u2019<span class="_0 blank"></span>s <span class="_4 blank"> </span>book, <span class="_6 blank"> </span>or <span class="_4 blank"> </span>collection <span class="_4 blank"> </span>of <span class="_6 blank"> </span>r<span class="_0 blank"></span>esearch in <span class="_6 blank"> </span>book <span class="_4 blank"> </span>form, <span class="_4 blank"> </span>was <span class="_4 blank"> </span>put <span class="_6 blank"> </span>together <span class="_4 blank"> </span>primarily </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y83 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">to <span class="_6 blank"> </span>satisfy <span class="_7 blank"> </span>my <span class="_6 blank"> </span>o<span class="_0 blank"></span>wn <span class="_6 blank"> </span>need <span class="_7 blank"> </span>to <span class="_6 blank"> </span>see <span class="_7 blank"> </span>the <span class="_6 blank"> </span>various <span class="_6 blank"> </span>components <span class="_6 blank"> </span>which <span class="_7 blank"> </span>led <span class="_6 blank"> </span>to <span class="_7 blank"> </span>the <span class="_6 blank"> </span>dumbing <span class="_7 blank"> </span>down <span class="_6 blank"> </span>of </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y84 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">the United States <span class="_4 blank"> </span>of America <span class="_4 blank"> </span>assembled in chronological order\u2014in writing. Even I, who <span class="_4 blank"> </span>had </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y85 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">observe<span class="_0 blank"></span>d <span class="_1 blank"></span>these <span class="_3 blank"></span>weir<span class="_0 blank"></span>d <span class="_1 blank"></span>activities <span class="_3 blank"></span>taking <span class="_1 blank"></span>place <span class="_3 blank"></span>at <span class="_1 blank"></span>all <span class="_1 blank"></span>le<span class="_1 blank"></span>vels <span class="_1 blank"></span>of <span class="_3 blank"></span>gov<span class="_0 blank"></span>ernment, <span class="_1 blank"></span>w<span class="_1 blank"></span>as <span class="_1 blank"></span>reluctant <span class="_3 blank"></span>to <span class="_1 blank"></span>accept </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y86 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">a <span class="_1 blank"></span>malicious <span class="_0 blank"></span>intent <span class="_1 blank"></span>behind <span class="_1 blank"></span>each <span class="_0 blank"></span>individual, <span class="_1 blank"></span>chronological <span class="_1 blank"></span>activity <span class="_0 blank"></span>or <span class="_1 blank"></span>innov<span class="_0 blank"></span>ation, <span class="_1 blank"></span>unless <span class="_0 blank"></span>I <span class="_1 blank"></span>could </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y87 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">connect <span class="_4 blank"> </span>it <span class="_4 blank"> </span>with <span class="_4 blank"> </span>other<span class="_1 blank"></span>, similar <span class="_4 blank"> </span>activities <span class="_6 blank"> </span>taking <span class="_4 blank"> </span>place <span class="_4 blank"> </span>at <span class="_4 blank"> </span>other <span class="_4 blank"> </span>times. <span class="_4 blank"> </span>This <span class="_4 blank"> </span>book, <span class="_4 blank"> </span>which <span class="_4 blank"> </span>makes </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y12 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">such connections, has pr<span class="_0 blank"></span>o<span class="_0 blank"></span>vided for me a much-needed sense of closure<span class="_1 blank"></span>.</div><div class="t m0 x28 ha y88 ff7 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">the <span class="_4 blank"> </span>deliberate dumbing <span class="_6 blank"> </span>down <span class="_4 blank"> </span>of <span class="_4 blank"> </span>america<span class="ff6"> <span class="_4 blank"> </span>is <span class="_6 blank"> </span>also <span class="_4 blank"> </span>a <span class="_4 blank"> </span>book <span class="_4 blank"> </span>for <span class="_6 blank"> </span>m<span class="_0 blank"></span>y <span class="_4 blank"> </span>children, <span class="_4 blank"> </span>grandchildr<span class="_0 blank"></span>en, </span></div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y89 ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">and great-grandchildr<span class="_0 blank"></span>en. I <span class="_4 blank"> </span>want them <span class="_4 blank"> </span>to <span class="_4 blank"> </span>know that <span class="_4 blank"> </span>there wer<span class="_1 blank"></span>e <span class="_4 blank"> </span>thousands <span class="_4 blank"> </span>of <span class="_4 blank"> </span>Americans <span class="_4 blank"> </span>who </div><div class="t m0 x27 ha y8a ff6 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws3">may <span class="_4 blank"> </span>not <span class="_6 blank"> </span>ha<span class="_0 blank"></span>ve <span class="_4 blank"> </span>died <span class="_6 blank"> </span>or <span class="_4 blank"> </span>been <span class="_6 blank"> </span>shot <span class="_4 blank"> </span>at <span class="_6 blank"> </span>in <span class="_6 blank"> </span>ov<span class="_1 blank"></span>erseas <span class="_6 blank"> </span>w<span class="_0 blank"></span>ars<span class="_0 blank"></span>, <span class="_4 blank"> </span>but <span class="_6 blank"> </span><span class="ff7 ws5">were</span> <span class="_4 blank"> </span>shot <span class="_6 blank"> </span>at <span class="_4 blank"> </span>in <span class="_6 blank"> </span>small-town <span class="_4 blank"> </span>\u201cwar<span class="_0 blank"></span>s\u201d </div><div class="t m0 x32 h9 y8b ff7 fs5 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws5">Preface</div></div><div class="pi" data-data='{"ctm":[1.000000,0.000000,0.000000,1.000000,-99.360000,0.000000]}'></div></div>
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