Reply #14: Te Bribing company here is not only GOP, it is a third-rate enterprise.

[Rageneau]

I volunteer to teach adults to learn to read. The agency I work at has many tools, including four different, multi-volumed series of "skill" book and workbooks, graduated from Level One to Level Eight in difficulty.

When I came to this facility, all the tutors were using the "Voyager" series -- because they had been advised to buy and use it instead of the other already existing series of books.

I soon found the Voyager books difficult to use, poorly targeted, and confusing to my students. After grousing a while, I arbitrariy switched to an entirey different set of books, and both my students and I are better for it.

All the time I was using the Voyager series, I kept asking "Who SAYS this is the best series? Who decided to use these clumsy books? Where are these recommendations coming from?"

So imagine my non-surprise a few months back when I earned that the Voyager series is pubished by a pal of, and big campaign contributor to, George W Bush.

Now I now why schools and non-profits are spending big money on books they not only don't need, but which are inferior to books they aready possess.

So now we discover that Landrieu -- who is as close to a Repubican as a Democrat can be -- is another politician whose concern for re-election outweighs her concern for education and general wefare.

These Bush bastards steal from every pocket a fellow has.