Have an Education Problem? BeckU+Fox+WSJ have God's solution.

Today's WSJ provides a good study of the fundamental problems facing the country.

Mohamed A. El-Erian makes some good observations in "The Real Tragedy of Persistent Unemployment- It erodes the skills of the labor force and reduces future productivity" in the WSJ. However all his recommendations are for "policymakers"- he suggests that they come up with a "comprehensive strategy that focuses on improving human capital, particularly through a greater emphasis on education and training; expanding infrastructure and technology investments, ..." Through this, lawmakers can apparently help "companies and individuals navigate" the current situation.

Mr. Lechleiter, CEO of Eli Lilly and Company, in his WSJ piece, "America's Growing Innovation Gap-We've fallen behind according to studies and my experience as a CEO. Here's how to reclaim our edge." suggests three policies necessary to cultivate innovation. He writes that "First, with our kids falling further behind on international comparisons in education, we've got to get serious about broad improvement in science and math instruction in our grade schools and high schools."

How do the WSJ and its partner FOX deliver this education? The WSJ opinion pages today have the following pieces (in addition to the above stated ones):

• Obama and the Chicago Machine- Testimony in the Blagojevich trial shows the White House in an unflattering light.
• The Obama-Pelosi Lame Duck Strategy - Union 'card-check,' cap and trade, and so much more.
• The White House Gets Drilled
• An Obama Home Run- He picks a fighting general for Centcom. (Apparently WSJ does not want to be caught doing a Steele)
• Our Pro-Business President- The White House says he's misunderstood. (this piece ends by saying that "no one in business will trust any of this as long as Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid run Congress).

These are the types of "opinion" pieces that are supposed to further education in the country?

FOX is certainly not going to trail WSJ in educating the public. The latest is the offering from its star performer- the BeckU education. Mr. Beck's website advertises itself as "The Future of Entertainment and Enlightenment." What an idea! Beck is the Christian Buddha- the Enlightened One.

Glenn Beck - Current Events & Politics - Announcing Beck University: "This July, while others are relaxing poolside, head back to the classroom - from the comfort of your own home. That may sound like an oxymoron but Glenn’s new academic program is only available online.

Offered exclusively to Insider Extreme subscribers, Beck University is a unique academic experience bringing together experts in the fields of religion, American history and economics. Through captivating lectures and interactive online discussions, these experts will explore the concepts of Faith, Hope and Charity and show you how they influence America’s past, her present and most importantly her future."

Video: Glenn Beck makes self-described 'outrageous claim' of an Obama voter intimidation conspiracy: "Then Beck somehow jumps to Robert Byrd and his filibuster of the 1964 Civil Rights Act (completely ignoring the significant political shift which took place after 1964), and proceeds to talk about the Obama administration's recent decision to challenge the Arizona immigration law.� Under Beck's theory, the Obama administration is challenging the law as part of the voter intimidation scheme.� To 'support' this idea (support used in truly the most liberal sense of the word) Beck plays a clip from the SEIU Vice President in which he talks about race.� The SEIU Vice President is not speaking about the Arizona immigration law, or voter intimidation, or the Obama administration, yet somehow this links everything together for Beck.�
At the end, Beck himself admits that he is about to make an 'outrageous claim,' but he proceeds to make it anyway.� Beck accuses the President of purposefully making blacks and Hispanics fearful of white people so that he can gain votes.� Beck provides no evidence from the Obama administration itself, and fails to even provide any evidence of any union boss purposefully trying to make minorities afraid of white people."

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Unfortunately, the few who have the guts to speak up are stomped on, while the FOXy WSJ and their ilk write about Education.

GOP leaders let demagogues set tone, lawmaker says | World news | guardian.co.uk: "I think we have a lot of leaders that are following those (television and talk radio) personalities and not leading,' he said. 'What it takes to lead is to say, 'You know, that's just not right.''

Inglis said the rhetoric also distracts from the real problems that politicians should be trying to resolve, such as budget deficits and energy security.

'It's a real concern, because I think what we're doing is dividing the country into partisan camps that really look a lot like Shia and Sunni,' he said, referring to the two predominant Islamic denominations that have feuded for centuries. 'It's very difficult to come together to find solutions.'

Inglis' refusal to join in on the Obama-bashing of the far right played a big role in his landslide defeat on June 22. Leading up to the election, he frequently challenged voters who questioned the president's citizenship or patriotism. At one town hall meeting, he was jeered for saying that Beck, a Fox News Channel host, is a divisive fearmonger..."