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liam_laddie

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2. E.g.; Swifton Village here in Cincinnati...
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 08:49 AM
Oct 2012

was built on the site of an urban dairy farm (in the then-northern suburb of Bond Hill) by the elder Mr. Trump; young Donald worked for his dad here, doing ??

Public housing 60 years ago was built for returning war veterans and their family.. no_hypocrisy Oct 2012 #1
E.g.; Swifton Village here in Cincinnati... liam_laddie Oct 2012 #2
Doing hair. Squinch Oct 2012 #3
Superb 12AngryBorneoWildmen Oct 2012 #4
So long as wealthy, sulphurdunn Oct 2012 #5
WOW! Where did THAT come from?? George II Oct 2012 #11
Read the article and sulphurdunn Oct 2012 #12
How far??? VERY far if you ask me..... George II Oct 2012 #13
You are a very rude sulphurdunn Oct 2012 #16
You are a teacher? George II Oct 2012 #17
Even more frightening sulphurdunn Oct 2012 #18
"Public housing projects" were created in 1933 during the Roosevelt Administration.... George II Oct 2012 #6
The point of the post is clearly that not all public housing was "the projects" starroute Oct 2012 #7
Public housing in NYC (I grew up in Brooklyn too - was born only 2 years after he was).... George II Oct 2012 #8
He grew up in Woodside Houses in Astoria, Queens starroute Oct 2012 #9
try reading the article HiPointDem Oct 2012 #20
I have read the article, more than once now......... George II Oct 2012 #33
you didn't read the article. HiPointDem Oct 2012 #35
Whatever.. George II Oct 2012 #38
not only does he lie by implying woodside houses = 'the projects,' he impugns his parents' memory HiPointDem Oct 2012 #41
People don't "lie" by "implying" - it's in the hands and minds of the listener or reader....... George II Oct 2012 #42
of course people lie by implying. HiPointDem Oct 2012 #43
Final word on this since I'm butting up against a brick wall........ George II Oct 2012 #44
oh baloney. HiPointDem Oct 2012 #45
Why? Because what is being said about him in the sweeping proclamations about him is....... George II Oct 2012 #46
weren't you going away? wasn't that your last post? take it up with the writer, who grew up HiPointDem Oct 2012 #47
All you say about those disqualifying factors and and "filters" had been abandoned by 1955...... George II Oct 2012 #48
take it up with the writer. you're the one with no material facts. you've posted nothing but HiPointDem Oct 2012 #49
I read the words the way they were written, not how I want them to be written, as you've done. George II Oct 2012 #50
the fact is that the public housing project klein lived in was neither a low-income 'project' nor HiPointDem Oct 2012 #19
And, as Klein grew up in New York City, elleng Oct 2012 #10
And what is the most important component of those excellent schools? GOOD teachers. George II Oct 2012 #14
Yes AND elleng Oct 2012 #15
impossible to keep politics out of education. HiPointDem Oct 2012 #23
Hence kept my kids out of public schools (in DC.) elleng Oct 2012 #26
impossible to keep politics out of *any* kind of education -- private, public, religious, etc. all HiPointDem Oct 2012 #29
This message was self-deleted by its author HiPointDem Oct 2012 #22
*how* was it different? HiPointDem Oct 2012 #21
Well, as I was a kid at the time, elleng Oct 2012 #24
i'm not clear on what you mean by politics, as in 'how to,' testing, etc. could you give an HiPointDem Oct 2012 #25
Doubt it; used to be up to 'professional' educators, imo. elleng Oct 2012 #27
if you could give me an example of what you mean. there's always been an intersection of HiPointDem Oct 2012 #28
Not my impression, elleng Oct 2012 #30
so your decision to opt out of public schools was actually decades ago, maybe circa 1970s or 80s? HiPointDem Oct 2012 #31
'Opted out' in 1988, when daughter old enough for pre-k. elleng Oct 2012 #32
just unclear on what you mean by politics. HiPointDem Oct 2012 #36
Parochial schools? George II Oct 2012 #34
Holy Trinity school in DC, elleng Oct 2012 #37
Interesting. I won't dispute it but... George II Oct 2012 #39
Those were part of deciding whether or not to opt out of sex-ed. elleng Oct 2012 #40
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