Education Reform or Education Control?

Just when you thought it was safe to go back to college, the government is now taking over our college education loan system. After it takes effect, the government, not private banks will dole out loans to college students. That’s bad enough but if you extrapolate this government takeover, you will eventually have government determining what students can or cannot have as a major.
For example, it is not out of the realm of possibility that someone may come up with the idea that people need to major in social science type courses vice Math or Physics courses. Also, young people may be “encouraged” to major in Community Organizing rather than Business Administration. And what about throwing in a practicum of community service as required courses instead of electives. This reminds me of the old adage which says “He who has the gold rules.”
Mark my words, the government takeover of student loans will take on onerous tones that could mitigate our personal freedoms. I hope I am wrong but believe I am correct.

What do you think?

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Well...They Did It, What Next?

I watched the healthcare bill vote with a sinking feeling in my stomach. Here you have the government taking over ostensibly a large portion of our economy. I watched Bart Stupak talk about Mr. Obama’s agreement to sign an executive order preventing federal funds from being used for abortion. That was like saying, sign this check and I will change it before I cash it. The idea that Stupak believes the most pro-abortion president in recent history will somehow help him is laughable…stay tuned Bart.
What next? Well the democrats understand that the townsfolk are angry and now they will try to get immigration reform before they are thrown out in November. Immigration reform will give them more votes hopefully to counter anger in November. What they don’t realize is that people did not want this bill, as it is written. The idea that a bill that will impact such a large segment of society was passed without a single republican vote reeks to high heaven. Anyone who understands the workings of a free market economy knows that this bill is an accident looking for a place to happen…to us.

Bin-Laden and Manson Have the Same Rights?!

I was a child when Charles Manson’s gang killed Sharon Tate in the 1960s. This horrible event shocked even the most liberal of our citizens. After capture, Charles Manson and his cohorts were tried and sentenced in the U. S. court system, as they should have been because they were citizens of the U. S. Fast forward to a few days ago when Attorney General Eric Holder inferred that Charles Manson and Osama Bin-Laden have essentially the same rights! This appalling statement only added fuel to the increasing fire between the Obama administration and most Americans. In a bizarre continuation, Holder went on to say that Bin-Laden will never live to be read his Miranda rights. I wondered “why should any terrorist be read Miranda rights?”
The present healthcare debacle and the treatment of foreign terrorists as citizens not only confuses us but spits on our justice system. In a previous adventure, I spent years fighting the socialist system being foisted on us by this administration. Comments such as the ones stated by Mr. Holder make me wonder if my efforts were in vain.
Some have said that any complaint against Mr. Obama is tantamount to racism, I disagree, it is part of the American way of life. No one is above the law and no one is immuned from criticism. In all things, we should ask ourselves, regardless of the criticism, “does it make sense?” If it makes sense, then insist that the person being criticized answer the question, whether it is Mr. Obama or Mr. Holder.

Political Correctness on a Field Trip

My son asked me to serve as a chaperone on a field trip to a local wildlife museum. Even though I had a lot of work to do, I chose to go with him anyway. The place was a nice palatial building with upper and lower levels. It displayed statues of all kinds of animals and touted the importance of preserving the rain forest, which we used to call the jungle. That did not bother me but what was said during the movie did.

The movie was an expose on several kinds of whales, including the humped back whale, the bottle nose dolphin and the manitee, just to mention a few. After listening to two of the segments, something hit me as a consistent theme: man is destroying these animals. The presentation went on to accuse mankind of everything from running over whales with boats to taking away their food supply. I was shocked! This place would have made Al Gore proud. The only thing missing was a discussion of global warming.
As I left, I thought that everyone has a point of view. However, I did not pay my money to have such political correctness foisted on my son, with no opportunity to offer an opposing point of view. Needless to say, this place will not get any more of my business.