http://left.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for left en Tue, 22 May 2007 10:52:34 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2004050 unknown@Netscape.com Get set for round two of the Great American Immigration Debate as Congress attempts to reform an immigration system that almost everyone agrees is dysfunctional, regardless of one's ideology or position on the issue. Building off of last year's Senate proposal -- one that came very close to becoming the law of the land -- Congressional leaders n Tue, 22 May 2007 10:52:34 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2004050FrankensteinImmigrationdealAngersleftrightandcenterNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1860860 unknown@Netscape.com The United States may be the richest country in the world, but there are many millions ΓΆβ;¬" tens of millions ΓΆβ;¬" who are not sharing in that prosperity. According to the most recent government figures, 37 million Americans are living below the official poverty threshold, which Sun, 13 May 2007 00:29:56 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1860860ThemillionsleftOutNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1779957 unknown@Netscape.com Clashes between police and Leftist protestors have been reported in central Paris and the southeastern city of Lyon after conservative leader Nicolas Sarkozy was overwhelmingly elected French President overnight. Mon, 07 May 2007 07:55:33 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1779957franceelectionleftfascistProtestersNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1743839 unknown@Netscape.com As Congress begins to consider reauthorization of the Bush Administration's 2002 No Child Left Behind Act, The Nation asked Linda Darling-Hammond, a leading education expert, to examine the law, its consequences and prospects for improving the legislation. Those responding in this forum include sociologist and author Pedro Noguera, longtime educato Fri, 04 May 2007 11:17:15 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1743839EvaluatingnochildleftbehindNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1734810 unknown@Netscape.com Ask almost any teacher or principal, and they will tell you that testing has gotten out of hand. The biggest complaint is directed at the federal No Child Left Behind law. The law requires that schools test all students in grades 3 through 8 once per year in reading and math. Thu, 03 May 2007 20:22:28 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1734810schoolstestingnochildleftbehindNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1652621 unknown@Netscape.com History will remember George W. Bush for his impunity. He does whatever he wants, much of it in plain view, because he knows that the American people, collectively, are like the RMS Titanic: We take a long time to recognize trouble; by the time we do, our core is torn open by an iceberg. When he conceals something, you can be sure that there is Sat, 28 Apr 2007 12:25:15 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1652621BeforeThereisNothingleftNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1594417 unknown@Netscape.com Marching Proudly Backwards to the Future. JOIN US It's the law! Tue, 24 Apr 2007 09:51:40 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1594417PoliticsunusualleftfieldsatiricalNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1565672 unknown@Netscape.com The Justice Department is conducting a probe of a $6 billion reading initiative at the center of President Bush's No Child Left Behind law, another blow to a program besieged by allegations of financial conflicts of interest and cronyism, people familiar with the matter said yesterday. Sun, 22 Apr 2007 20:31:55 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1565672nochildleftbehindCronyismNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1556731 unknown@Netscape.com he Bush Administration has been using the Reading First program to reward political cronies and ideological allies, ignoring a legal mandate to make funding decisions that reflect "scientifically based research," according to federal investigators. These and other findings are detailed in a report by the Inspector General of the U.S. Depa Sun, 22 Apr 2007 09:25:55 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1556731nochildleftbehindCronyismcorruptionbushFamilycrimesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1558261 unknown@Netscape.com he Bush Administration has been using the Reading First program to reward political cronies and ideological allies, ignoring a legal mandate to make funding decisions that reflect "scientifically based research," according to federal investigators. These and other findings are detailed in a report by the Inspector General of the U.S. Depa Sun, 22 Apr 2007 09:25:55 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1558261corruptionCronyismnochildleftbehindbushFamilycrimesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1279725 unknown@Netscape.com The part of San Francisco I lived in was the Presidio, which was then a military base. I was 12, and my father was an Army officer. I remember my family once driving toward the Presidio's Lombard Street gate past tens of thousands of protesters who seemed to think my father was part of a very bad outfit. Tue, 03 Apr 2007 14:42:51 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1279725armyegalitarianTherightleftNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1204421 unknown@Netscape.com Feinstein was chairperson and ranking member of MILCON for six years, during which time she had a conflict of interest due to her husband Richard C. Blum's ownership of two major defense contractors, who were awarded billions of dollars for military construction projects approved by Feinstein. Thu, 29 Mar 2007 05:00:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1204421scandalNepotismmilitarymedicalCaremeltdownleftgrievouslywoundedveteransTorotNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1002765 unknown@Netscape.com More than 50 GOP members of the House and Senate -- including the House's second-ranking Republican -- will introduce legislation today that could severely undercut President Bush's signature domestic achievement, the No Child Left Behind Act, by allowing states to opt out of its testing mandates. Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:46:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1002765nochildleftbehindACTGOPbushadministrationPoliticseducationNews http://web2announcer.com/go/778766 unknown@Netscape.com Many consider this "an unholy alliance of religious and political power." In our contemporary setting, when someone is charged with Constantinianism, they are being charged with too closely uniting these two - religious and political power - so that the church begins to see the state and legislation as a way to accomplish its goals. Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:25:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/778766ReligionreligiousrightchristianityPoliticsleftNews http://web2announcer.com/go/755203 unknown@Netscape.com The "Left Behind" books say that Christians will disappear suddenly when Christ returns, leaving the heathen behind. But what does the Bible say? Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:10:16 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/755203leftbehindraptureReligionfalseteachingchristianityNews http://web2announcer.com/go/682088 unknown@Netscape.com In recent years, the Left and even the Democrats managed to appear hostile to faith and to people in faith communities. Regardless of what one's views of the divine are, that's called shooting yourself in the foot. Wed, 21 Feb 2007 06:18:56 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/682088ReligionreligiousrightchristianityPoliticsleftNews http://web2announcer.com/go/687603 unknown@Netscape.com The renowned progressive christian author Jim Wallis appears on Tucker Carlson speaking of progressive christianity, democratic politics and hot button issues like abortion. Wed, 21 Feb 2007 06:01:52 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/687603religiousleftchristianityTuckerCarlsonabortionJimWallisNews http://web2announcer.com/go/641620 unknown@YahooMyWeb.com No description for this story Sun, 18 Feb 2007 17:37:27 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/641620chinese new yearnew yearlanternlanternsancestorshonorsFamilyhonorchinese calendarday of the newfamily ancestorssolar calendarChinesenew year's evelantern festivalfamily affairfamily unityspirits of the ancestorsabout chinesesolar movementsscissorskeithdifferenceRangeviewcheckoutpagesleftbasketpageoffersproductslinksiteinfoworldloveinformationwritingbusiness http://web2announcer.com/go/521012 unknown@Netscape.com A state senator used foul language in a talk to high school students in his district, but defended himself by saying he was just repeating what some students wrote about him on a Web site. Sen. Scott Brown was discussing his stance on gay marriage during an assembly at King Philip Regional High School on Thursday when he decided... Fri, 09 Feb 2007 20:42:42 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/521012massstatesenatorusesfoullanguageReadscommentsleftAbouthimonfacebookhighschoolassemblyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/470404 unknown@Netscape.com President Bush proposed $56 billion in Education Department funding, level with his proposal for the current fiscal year but 3 percent less than what Democrats are expected to approve for this year. He also sought about $1 billion in new spending related to the landmark No Child Left Behind law Tue, 06 Feb 2007 09:45:28 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/470404nochildleftbehindpresidentbusheducationfundingNews http://web2announcer.com/go/403542 unknown@Netscape.com "How am I supposed to recover from this?" asked store owner Murry Lipinski. "With my $50 deductible, that makes this a total loss. A total loss!" Thu, 01 Feb 2007 08:27:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/403542satireitCouldvebeen38dollarsButTheyleftThepenniesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/4698 unknown@Netscape.com On the other hand, if you'll forgive the inevitable bad pun, left-handedness is also linked with creativity. Leonardo da Vinci was a lefty, as were Michelangelo, Isaac Newton, and Albert Einstein. Psychologists confirm that left-handedness involves different brain function: While right-handed people seem to have better cognitive skills on average, Thu, 17 Aug 2006 06:15:56 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/4698SciencelefthandrichleftiesNews