Subject: Re: [LPNY DISCUSS] Government services
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 10:51:53 -0400
To:        <lpny_discuss@yahoogroups.com>
From:     Bob Armstrong <bob@cosy.com>
On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 09:11:59 -0400, Werner Hetzner wrote:
>=A0On Wednesday, June 25, 2003, at 11:21 PM, Robert Goodman=
 wrote:
> >
>=A0>=A0"...>=A0Yes, but that's not a problem with GOV'T schools per=
 se, but
>=A0>=A0with the ..=A0whole schooling mentality.
>=A0>
>=A0 "I don't know what you mean by that. My kids went to private=
 schools.
>=A0 The difference was astounding."
>
>=A0So true for public schools. Non-public schools, at least the=
 ones I'm
>=A0familiar with, are not prone to grade inflation, permit failure=
 and
>=A0recognize excellence. Excellence is what the look for,=
 encourage, and
>=A0take satisfaction in.
>
>=A0Werner

 Amen ; that's what makes them globally competitive . I am very=
 much the
 product of 5 years at  http://Culver.org . One thing it imbued=
 in me is
 the Honor Code - That One DOES NOT LIE -- that weakness comes=
 from
 dishonesty . 

 Go browse the web for annual reports of global corporations , GE=
 , or
 XOM , or , for that matter , INFY . Listen to the summary by the=
 guy in
 charge . The necessity of integrity and transparency to survive=
 in
 global commerce is extreme . You must be able to trust your=
 numbers .
 It is extremely difficult but it is necessary .

 Contrast this with the horrendously inefficient market in FORCE=
 which
 the democratic State instantiates . That's one reason why ,=
 Goodman ,
 you want the distinct LIBERTARIAN brand to disappear and we all=
 abandon
 our integrity to the slop of the Republican label .

 The axis is Libertarian - Authoritarian , dude ; not left -=
 right .

--=A0
=A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02003/06/26 10:14:01 AM