I am always amused when I hear people get up in arms about relinquishing individual rights to the federal government; government is too intrusive and too big so they claim. One recent comment that was particularly 'lame-brain' was this statement: 'the government needs to keep their hands off of my Medicare.' Really? Let's acknowledge the fact that the general public's intellectual status is problematic even with the formally educated.
News out of the great State of Oklahoma supports my previously stated hypothesis. Prague, Oklahoma May of 2012; Kaitlin Nootbaar is valedictorian of her high school class with a perfect 4.0 grade point average. Kaitlin gives her valedictorian-graduation speech and says the word, 'hell.' Her building principal withholds Kaitlin's diploma because in his opinion, she used unacceptable and offensive language. Try putting your mind around that crock-of-crap!
More news from the Okie educational leadership: Five year-old, Cooper Barton was told by his Oklahoma City school principal that his T-Shirt was a 'dress code' violation. It seems that Master Barton was wearing his favorite college shirt, 'Michigan.' According to the Oklahoma public schools' dress code, a student may 'only' wear shirts of colleges from the state of Oklahoma.
Footnote: The state of Oklahoma ranks 42nd among all states in math and science scores and it ranks 47th among all states in teacher's pay.
Nearby neighbor, Texas ranks 'LAST' among all states in the percentage of adults who have a high school diploma. This perhaps explains why Judge Tom Head of Lubbck, Texas, recently said, "If President Obama wins a second term election, we should be prepared for civil war."
It was Texas Governor Rick Perry who suggested Texas might succeed from the Union. Perry should convince Oklahoma to 'go' with Texas. The annual Texas-Oklahoma football game could be called, 'The Idiot Bowl!'...sponsored by The NRA and featuring Hank Wiiliams Jr. singing a medley of songs during half-time cock fights.
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