Basket benefit for library

Yes, we need more kids attending religious schools that teach thousands-of-years-old dogma instead of today and tomorrow's science and technology. It's done well for the multitudes of brainwashed Muslim children, who blow up so quick these days *sigh*, from Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Pakistan, et al.

Maybe kids can read their bibles, Korans, or Torahs on holy iPads, and then write digital "reports" debunking evolution and science -- analogous structures, the fossil record, and radioactive dating be damned -- while espousing the hypocrisies, lies, and blood-drenched stories of their holy books. (Leviticus and Revelations would be great reality TV. The proper stoning of misbehaving children would certainly command high Nielsen ratings, I'm sure.)

I presume the taxpayer dollars of god-fearing (and rational-thought denying) Christians would also go to help fund a Madras in Portland, right? Or is the "choice" only for Christian schools (no, not the Mormons, silly), and maybe one or two for the Jews, as long as they don't complain too much about having to hear Merry Christmas at Christmastime? (Eight days of gifts for Hanukkah? Sign me up, man.)

But I will not defend the teacher's union. Bad teachers, like bad employees, need to be fired. And good teachers should be compensated well (read: better), which would attract the upper quartile of college graduates to the education field, not from the bottom quartile, as is currently the case in this country.

I now turn things over to the Glenn Beck acolytes and Ron Paul groupies.