I sent in another letter to the editor about school vouchers, and they're printing it tomorrow. \o/ Snark phasers set to HIGH.
Original Letter From An Idiot
Re: "Vouchers are just welfare" by Beverly Rigsy and "PBS vital to democracy" Letters Feb. 14
It never ceases to amaze me that some people think that my taxes should be used to pay for PBS and public schools. But, should I want some of my taxes to pay for private schools or non-liberal TV, it is considered welfare and I am not entitled to it.
Vouchers are a way for me to get some of my tax funds back. I have paid for public schools to propagandize one of my kids and now am trying to limit it on the other.And if PBS is so necessary, it needs to stand on its own or be paid for by the people who want it.
~ [Name of jerkwad, My City]
My response:
[Name of Jerkwad], who despises the "liberal" PBS channel and its programming-- wait. What's liberal about PBS? Is it Masterpiece Theater? NOVA and that hog-wash Nature? Nope, must be Sesame Street, ooooh that's liberal stuff right there! With its letters and feelings and songs! They just let all those puppets PLAY together! And they're not the same color, and you know what I'm talking about there. (Personally, I'm a little iffy on that whole Bert and Ernie living situation.)
This response brought to you by the letters W, T and H.
~signed, my real name
"If PBS is so necessary, it needs to stand on its own, or be paid for by the people who want it." HEY! IT DOES! A small portion of government funding isn't making or breaking it, bub. They provide 15% of the CPB's funding. (Which translates to a larger portion for small towns. You know, where people who don't have a lot of money tend to be, and probably NEED free educational TV.)
Also, Arthur is a show about brown people. And Reading Rainbow? Mmm hmmm. It's all subterfuge for Gay Pride. That's how they getcha! EYE. ROLL.
PEOPLE. It is in YOUR BENEFIT to have an educated populace. As one wise woman said about her son to another woman (and I'll never forget) "I can train him up now, or he can be robbing you in five years."
Original Letter From An Idiot
Re: "Vouchers are just welfare" by Beverly Rigsy and "PBS vital to democracy" Letters Feb. 14
It never ceases to amaze me that some people think that my taxes should be used to pay for PBS and public schools. But, should I want some of my taxes to pay for private schools or non-liberal TV, it is considered welfare and I am not entitled to it.
Vouchers are a way for me to get some of my tax funds back. I have paid for public schools to propagandize one of my kids and now am trying to limit it on the other.And if PBS is so necessary, it needs to stand on its own or be paid for by the people who want it.
~ [Name of jerkwad, My City]
My response:
[Name of Jerkwad], who despises the "liberal" PBS channel and its programming-- wait. What's liberal about PBS? Is it Masterpiece Theater? NOVA and that hog-wash Nature? Nope, must be Sesame Street, ooooh that's liberal stuff right there! With its letters and feelings and songs! They just let all those puppets PLAY together! And they're not the same color, and you know what I'm talking about there. (Personally, I'm a little iffy on that whole Bert and Ernie living situation.)
This response brought to you by the letters W, T and H.
~signed, my real name
"If PBS is so necessary, it needs to stand on its own, or be paid for by the people who want it." HEY! IT DOES! A small portion of government funding isn't making or breaking it, bub. They provide 15% of the CPB's funding. (Which translates to a larger portion for small towns. You know, where people who don't have a lot of money tend to be, and probably NEED free educational TV.)
Also, Arthur is a show about brown people. And Reading Rainbow? Mmm hmmm. It's all subterfuge for Gay Pride. That's how they getcha! EYE. ROLL.
PEOPLE. It is in YOUR BENEFIT to have an educated populace. As one wise woman said about her son to another woman (and I'll never forget) "I can train him up now, or he can be robbing you in five years."
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Comments
You go, girl.
I love you a very whole lot for smacking down the jerkwads.
Bert is a dirty bastard, and you know it. Hahahahaha. <3
Also, I MISSED 30 ROCK LAST NIGHT. I weep. I mourn. I flail.
Also #2, I cracked up at one of the sentences in your last post. GUESS WHICH ONE. Heeeeeee! :DDDD
Also #3, have you seen the pictures of Harry Potter's penis? OH MY LAWD.
Also #4, I'm. . . flummoxed by last night's Office. Awesome, awesome episode, but MAN. ROY. It was that uncomfortable feeling you get sometimes watching Michael but SO MUCH WORSE. *flails*
#2: I cannot guess because EVERY SENTENCE WAS A GEM. Hahaha.
#3: !
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!!!!!! LINK ME NOW NOW NOW NOW!!
"PEOPLE. It is in YOUR BENEFIT to have an educated populace." Word.
Make them go away. Or remind them again that public school is free for everyone, supported by The People. The People are then given the choice of taking advantage of that public school or finding the funds for private. That is not liberal bias holy god!
Seriously. Make the stupid people go away?
And... it's like they've NEVER TURNED THE CHANNEL ON. Oh, wait. *checks numbers for Deal or No Deal* They probably haven't. :(
Also, when you get links to DanRad's peen? Link me up, baby!
Thank goodness you're on the case, now that Molly's gone. :( You should write a column, you should. You SHOULD.
::hugs you and misses you::
Hi, sweetheart! I've been all germy lately, so be sure to wash your hands after hugging me. :D
Bravo. But I'd use that to argue for both PBS and vouchers.
As far as private schools - for the most part they come in two varieties. Religious, and last I checked the government still was out of the particular business. And prep school, which are for the rich who can already afford it, thanks much.
Our average cost for private schools in DFW is about 20,000 a year. !!! I'd like to make known that my kids, who are in PUBLIC school, know more math and science than our friends who shell out 50K a year for private ELEMENTARY.
it's not like their kids are at Choate or Eton where they're hobnobbing with bluenoses, you know?
God, people are dumb.
Also, serious opera, schools programming, otherwise obscure international 'artistic' porn (hurrah), and, at present, the edifying spectacle of big mud-splattered men in gum-shields representing the component nations of the British Isles, trying to extract each other's intestines with their bare hands in the name of sport (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/default.stm).
God bless them, every one.
It's so aggravating to be in a wealthy country that continually hoardes the money from those who need it most. It's like we're entering "let them eat cake" territory.