Manc

How do you feel about your tax money being spent on this?

Gitmo Bay

considering he won the election on moral values, and forgiving christian beliefs, I think this administration is a hypocritical joke.

I bet there is no mention of this on Wednesday's State of the Union.

Bob

******' state of the union...all the tele has been shelved for that...well annoying...not that there ain't enough tv stations, so WTF...

anotherlimey

Did you read about the Pentagon considering the 'El Salvador' option in Iraq?

-tom

Lion in Winter

Yes but unfortunately it's an armed and dangerous hypocritical joke.

Bob

now that's scary...so students can have even more crappy t-shirts made...

Lion in Winter

I did. And if they're going to be sending in assassins, why didn't they send them in before to bump off Saddam and save thousands of lives? Of course they don't have an especially good record - they've spent 40 odd years trying to assassinate Castro, and still haven't managed it.

fatbrit

They're quite good with invading little states, e.g. Greneda, Panama. Since 1945, seem to usually loose with anything bigger than this, though.

Lion in Winter

Well of course the problems start when people actually fight back, ungrateful wretches that they are.

fatbrit

Can't understand it myself. Don't they want freedom, baseball and hotdogs or what?

Lion in Winter

For some reason they seem to think that that particular sort of freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose. And then there are those antiquated ideas they persist in holding, such as national sovereignty.

fatbrit

Well if they went to church every Sunday like me and my family, the pastor would quietly explain to them that America is always right and if they do as they're told and sell us plenty of gas (my Suburban don't half drink it!) and cheap labour, we'd be happy to call them friends, even if we couldn't point to their insignificant little country on a map.

Lion in Winter

What Did You Learn in School Today?
Tom Paxton

What did you learn in school today,
Dear little boy of mine?
What did you learn in school today,
Dear little boy of mine?
I learned that Washington never told a lie.
I learned that soldiers seldom die.
I learned that everybody's free.
And that's what the teacher said to me.
That's what I learned in school today.
That's what I learned in school.

What did you learn in school today,
Dear little boy of mine?
What did you learn in school today,
Dear little boy of mine?
I learned that policemen are my friends.
I learned that justice never ends.
I learned that murderers die for their crimes.
Even if we make a mistake sometimes.
That's what I learned in school today.
That's what I learned in school.

What did you learn in school today,
Dear little boy of mine?
What did you learn in school today,
Dear little boy of mine?
I learned our government must be strong.
It's always right and never wrong.
Our leaders are the finest men.
And we elect them again and again.
That's what I learned in school today.
That's what I learned in school.

What did you learn in school today,
Dear little boy of mine?
What did you learn in school today,
Dear little boy of mine?
I learned that war is not so bad.
I learned of the great ones we have had.
We fought in Germany and in France.
And some day I might get my chance.
That's what I learned in school today.
That's what I learned in school.

fatbrit

Too true!
Me and my friends are going to get ourselves elected to the school board to make sure education stays this way and keep them there gay liberal teachers under control. Our preacher is helping us.

Lion in Winter

Well why do you think I organised a Parent Committee (and made myself Chairperson) at my son's pre-school? Can't start too young, that's what I say.
I actually found a book in my son's classroom which shows all the different kinds of people that there are in the world, along with their different customs; it clearly implied that all were equal, with the same rights attached.

fatbrit

I think you should be using the term Chairwoman; Chairperson is one of those nasty liberal tricks to turn us all into homosexuals.

Well the only country I've heard has equal rights is America, not that I've wanted to live or visit any other country, of course! My suggestion would be to take those there foreign books to the church and the pastor can burn them all on the altar while everybody sings "What a friend we have in Jesus".