NoChildLeftBehind

Another Bushism like The Clean Air Act or The Save The Forests Initiative, both of which which I'll talk about some other time. But for now, No Child Left Behind.

Ok by now we all know W's strategy, give something a name that is the exact opposite of what he really intends(or is stupid enough to get shammed into believing by the evildoers in his administration. I haven't entirely decided yet. Stupid or evil? Evil or stupid? I guess it doesn't have to be one way or the other, he can be stupid and evil at the same time.) but sounds like exactly what the vast majority of us, as American citizens and taxpayers(read as his bosses) want.

Specifically today I'm gonna talk about something that our government has done....or not done, as the case may be.

Here's a link to an article which is an impending big part of my life. It concerns the day care system, which anyone who has children and jobs know, is a racket and monumental pain in the arse. Over priced. Under staffed. And now apparantly, if this article (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17384752/wid/11915773?GT1=9145 ) is accurate, under supervised by state governments.

This may be a state level problem , but as you know, W sets the bar for these crooks. And in my particular case, my state(Indiana) is run by a W cronie, Mitch Daniels who was a yes man and who was shortsighted and greedy to Paul O'Neil's truthfullness and fiscal responsibility in the early days of the Bush administration and their economic strategy meetings, before O'Neil was uncerimoniously dumped by the administration for having the audacity to speak his mind and give his opinion as Secretary of the Treasury. As a man who turned Alcoa around from near bankruptcy to world leader again. A contemperary and friend to then federal reserve chairman Alan Greenspan.

A coupla guys who know alot about economy there. But not "team players" as far as W's people are concerned. Now most of you know I don't care for big business and the federal reserve system any more than I care for government, but O'Neil is just a very good example how this administration thinks and acts. And you see Mitch as a W disciple.

But I digress, back to the kids...... A family can't be a one income family nowadays(see Reaganomics and now W's tax cuts) so a family WILL need day care. Or do like us. My situation is that I can work nights while the lovely woman in my life works days caring for the elderly in a home away from home setting. Noble, underappreciated and underpaid work(sorta like daycare and teachers. Real problkems in our societal makeup as far as I'm concerned). So we don't NEED day care, but we don't have alotta time together as a family. If I'm home she's working or sleeping and if she's home, I'm working or sleeping. So I even considered home schooling, but the kids need social skills too yes? So, day care is an option which we'll probably go with sometime this summer. Alas.

No child left behind indeed. No child that has a silver spoon sticking out of their mouths anyway. Thanks mega corporations, lobbyists and greedy and corrupt governmental representitives.

Finn