Bush, who had spoken about supporting education – ends up doing just the opposite.

His “No Child Left Behind” program, that was completely hollow without funding, seems to have fairly well vanished.

Now, they are cutting one of the most fundamental financial aid packages available to American people who want to educate themsevles – which benefits both themselves and our country as a whole.

Read the Seattle Times Article

So many people are effected by these cuts. And the money the government saves is so tiny compared to the enormous amounts it spends on things with far less intrinsic value.

I suppose it is best to keep people stupid.

And of course, let’s not listen to the hard science that keeps telling us we’re destroying our environment’s ability to sustain our lives.

Let’s get some oil. Let’s do some favours. Let’s instill democracy.

Let’s not ever consider anything greater than what we can get – what we want.