Bush wants to close FAA facilities like the base closure initiative from the Reagan era...

One of the ways to be a "strong country" is to have an educational
system that produces enlightened citizens.

I agree totally. And those who benefit from education are not
necessarily the ones receiving it. We all benefit from having everyone
else be educated.

Public education is thus a reasonable function of government (as are
public libraries). The rub is getting whoever is doing it to actually
do a good job, and that entails deciding what the "job" is. Alas,
(primary and secondary school) education has come to replace parenting,
and that is a Bad Thing.

Neither government nor the private sector has a monopoly on Bad Things.
It's up to each of us to fight them, but even we disagree on what is
Good and what is Bad.

Jose
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Humans are pack animals. Above all things, they have a deep need to
follow something, be it a leader, a creed, or a mob. Whosoever fully
understands this holds the world in his hands.
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