In our wildest nightmares we could never have imagined the closeness of the election and the resulting arguments, confusion and mischief.

The whole thing showed not just a very divided nation, but also a very uininformed, misinformed and confused nation.

George W. Bush has said he would appoint judges who respected and would uphold the Constitution as written

WHAT CAN WE HOPE FOR NOW?

It was hoped that we would stand a better chance to end the social engineering by race and ethnic origin that has devastated this nation's school districts and divided us as a nation.

The practice has been based on deceit from the beginning by calling it "desegregation." It has been a prime device for the establishment of government by judiciary, destruction of the neighborhood school concept and usage of the nation's schools for purposes other than education.

We are still left wondering how much, if any, improvement there has been.

BUSH NOMINEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION

Ralph S. Boyd is the new head of the civil rights division of the Justice Department.

Boyd, who is black, oversees federal enforcement of anti-discrimination laws, voting rights cases and school desegregation plans. Boyd replaces Bill Lann Lee whom former “president” Bill Clinton sneaked into the position during a congressional recess after the Senate had block the confirmation.

Hope for sanity came under severe question when Boyd responded to a plea to Attorney General John Ashcroft from an activist in East Baton Rouge LA (Ashcroft had forwarded the plea to Boyd for answer. That answer did not come until three months later).

The "answer" from Boyd was disappointing, to say the least. However, EBR reports that later when they met with Boyd, he indicated cooperation in their efforts..

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RECESS APPOINTMENT OF GERALD A. REYNOLDS

President Bush used his power to make appointments during Congressional recesses March 29 when he sidestepped Senate confirmation and named Gerald A. Reynolds to be head of the Office of Civil Rights in the Department of Education, a position charged with enforcing civil rights laws affecting schools and universities.

When Bush first announced his intention to name Reynolds, “civil rights” groups quickly lined up against the nomination, and Sen. Edward Kennedy said, “I was struck by...his long-standing hostility to basic civil rights laws.” Kennedy, of course, is notorious for such twisted attacks.

Reynolds is a young black lawyer who is a vocal critic of preferences for minorities. He testified in 1997 against the nomination of Bill Lann Lee, President Clinton’s choice to be the assistant attorney general for civil rights. Reynolds said Lee had a “disdain for the law”

Clinton used a recess appointment to place Bill Lann Lee in his post.

Hopefully Reynolds’ appointment will make a difference in guaranteeing true civil rights instead of continued racial/ethnic control for social engineering purposes.