Bush and Gore.

Along with Susan Sarandon.

Lots of good company and we have snacks!

Same with lgbt people, they get accused of wanting ponies. And if we don't keep it down we'll cost Dems the election. Happens every time.

That looks good.

On issues of wealth and power....there wasn't a whole lot of differernce between the Clinton administration and the GOP.

Bush just took what he was handed and moved it forward in the direction Clinton had set

extremely practical to educate their populace.

It's a foundational value of their country. They hold it pretty high. Angela Merkel was not always a politician; she began as a career track scientist as a doctor of chemistry.

Ideas count. People who can traffic in them at significant levels can have influence on events.

U.S. Americans have not valued learning in the way other cultures value it.

We should.

That's the downside of it. Probably worth it though. Then again Germany has an excellent trade school and apprenticeship program, and generally doesn't require a college degree for jobs unless it's actually necessary (unlike the US).

significant percentage of the populace.

I'd love to see that trend catch holy fire in the United States and would love to hear our three Democratic candidates fiercely praise the idea of affordable life-long learning.