My tax dollars are really getting a bang for their buck this week. The new Secretary of Education, Margaret Spellings [great pun!], went right to work identifying the enemy in Vermont - lesbians.
Consider the course of recent events. Spellings somehow learned that an unaired episode of "Postcards from Buster" features the cartoon's title character visiting Vermont, where he encounters lesbian couples and learns about maple sugaring. The education secretary declared that "many parents would not want their young children exposed to the lifestyles portrayed in the episode." Presumably she meant lesbianism, not maple sugaring.Character Education by Steve Hely The New Republic, 1-28-05
Wow, a twofer: lesbians and maple sugaring. I feel much safer knowing she's on the job.
Luckily, Spellings spoke out in time, and PBS does not intend to distribute the episode. But what if she hadn't? Lesbians have demonstrated their power to penetrate not only the world of maple sugaring, but the world of cartoons about maple sugaring as well. How much more of a wake-up call do we need?
Steve Hely has a lot more to say to help Secretary Spellings [I really do love that name.] to save us from ourselves.
For too long we've allowed the Department of Education to go unequipped, while lesbians and children only grow stronger. The sooner the Secretary of Education has human intelligence and first-strike capability, the better.
And he has great names for educational covert operations squades to help her out for easy recognition:"EdSquad: Thunderclap;" :EdForce Mongoose;" and "EduStrike Hawksclaw.'
Please, you really have to read the entire article to see what a great idea this is. It could happen!
The New Republic, 1-28-05
especially, if you have noting better to do...
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