perfidy

Ohio State.

[Cue Ranier Wolfcastle]"McBain to base. I am under attack by Commie Nazis."

Buckethead, I disagree with your statement about socialism evolving into fascism, but I think I will leave that debate aside for now. Any hint of Socialism in the Nazi party platform went out the window in May 1933 when the trade unions were crushed by Goebbels. That being said, it is striking that farmers and workers both in Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia existed under feudal conditions.

As for affirmative action, the problems that lead to inequality among college applicants have far more to do with the condition of public schools than with some crazy race/ethnicity axis. And don't get me started on the state of public education. Everyone blames the teachers. It's not the teachers. Everyone blames the teachers unions. It's not (totally) them. It's the incoherent (unfunded) mandates handed down by state and federal governments that rob teachers of any latitude whatsoever. It's the standards and standardized tests that change from year to year. It's the insane culture of litigation that prohibits teachers from even standing up to disruptive students, for fear of being sued, fired, and blacklisted. It's the insult of making $17,000 per year after earning a Masters degree and certification.

Education is a local issue. Ohio has different education issues than does New York or California. For that matter, New York City has different education issues than does Syracuse. This emphasis on standardized tests leaves students conditioned to accept information in a capsule format and robs them of the opportunity to learn neat stuff like how to write without using emoticons or how to play a musical instrument. Useless skills, to be sure, for America's future plumbers and hair technicians! Let's give up on them now and let those who can afford it get out of a sinking ship! HOLY SHIT THIS MAKES ME SO ANGRY!

....pant.....pant....pant

...Edison schools. Crap! Vouchers treat the symptom, not the problem! "No Child Left Behind" carries as much water as "Compassionate Conservatism," "Peace In Our Time," or "Read My Lips: No New Taxes."

Hey... while I'm all hepped up maybe I should devote a moment to the antiwar protests. Not the protesters. God bless them, except those mendacious Stalinist Fuckwits in ANSWER. The protests. Folks, the warmed-over, mentally bankrupt, tired, old 5-6-7-8 chants, hippie shit, sit-ins, human chains, and giant puppet heads have to go. Jesus!