I laughed at this editorial so hard I passed a kidney stone. But is it *really* a parody?

I place no stock in the Bible. You could say I'm a sworn athiest. However, the book manages to make some vague predictions in Revelations that have strange echoes today. Mark of the Beast? The superstitous populace might believe this. I see no valid purpose to making people computer scannable. "I am not a number, I am a free man!" "Ha haha ha ..."

I can't say I'm not surprised by this. Considering the political correctness with which history is taught, I'm surprised High School students even know the U.S. is a country. This year, I've had to explain to my fifth-grade children omissions or errors of fact in their Social Studies lessons. By the time they get to High School, the PC programming should be nearly complete, because I don't have the resources to counter their every lesson.

Some people are colossally stupid, however, they can always get lawyers to make sure the rest of us pay for the idiocy.

This is absolutely ridiculous. It is no business of the School District what the graduates plan on doing *after* they leave high school. Elitism indeed! This is nothing more than tyrany in the name of "helping children". Only on the Left Coast could you get away with such brazen oppression. Were this to happen in, say, South Africa, these same people would be screaming for another boycott and sanctions.

Gaah! More welfare increases! This time, it's to Farmers. Coincedentally, a group that counts Ted Turner as a member. So, in effect, your tax dollars go into Turner's pockets. Also, your tax dollars pay farmers *not* to grow crops, prop up milk prices, and attempt to grow crops on unsuitable land.
What's next?

Just how much money must we throw into the pit? Yucca Mountain has been studied for *decades* as a potential repository for nuclear wastes. As big a piece of pork as anyone could find these days, to be sure, yet Nevada's Congressmen and Governor are against it. Feasability has been determined long ago. The facility should have come online in the seventies. Nope, let's study it another six years. Idiots, the area hasn't changed much in *millions* of years; six more won't make any difference. My guess would be that within 50 years we should have the technology to recycle nuclear waste, so such storage facilities are going to be very temporary anyway.

History in a vacuum? One must not only read the Constitution and Bill of Rights, but also various documents, such as the Federalist Papers, to understand the meaning of our government's founding document. Here's what the Second Amendment says: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." I see no ambiguity here. The Bill of Rights was intended for guidelines of the rights of PEOPLE, and clearly indicates government's (states) powers.

Ok, we've been through this farce before. Do parents have no responsibility? Must the government protect us from ourselves? Can we not make decisions on our own? Obviously not. This was tried in the eighties with Dungeons and Dragons (and other role-playing games), and with heavy metal music. Thinking back, this was also tried in the fifties with that infernal rock and roll stuff - Elvis was the Devil! Man, I despise narrow minded pinheads.

Here's as blatant an example as I can find about what's wrong with today's military. Given the current trend in warfare, even as far back as the Gulf War, a lumbering Juggernaut is exactly what we don't need. I'm all for lighter, faster, stronger, and, ultimately, success of the mission relies upon the kid with the rifle. New toys, such as artillery systems and armor, only contribute to slowing the logistical train.

Public schools need to be shaken up, hard and fast, as this editorial points out. What frightens me most isn't the poor schools (I spend time with my kids everyday after school going over their home work, especially for omissions of fact in the "texts"), but rather the way the state handles the protest. All one has to do is mention children, and the 800 lb. gorilla can do any manner of tyrany it chooses. Brown shirts, indeed!

Sometimes, I'm embarrassed to be in South Carolina. Especially when Senator Hollings is involved. Now, this article might just be paranoia, but then, it might not.Clearly, new intellectual property rights need to be drafted to account for the digital age, not try to suppress it.

Here is another hollow argument. DC already HAS representation in Congress. By the charter that set up DC, Congress must pay for the city's needs, such as road repairs, and now, police and courts. Should be federal courts anyway, since DC is federal jurisdiction. Currently, DC residents have no "state" taxes. DC is not a state, it's a special case, and should be treated as such.

This is absolutely ridiculous. NO progress will ever be made as long as this sort of discrimination exists. Ideas such as this must be shouted down. You can bet that whenever Jesse Jackson's name is mentioned it's going to be about lining his pockets with gold. And at the expense of his fellow Americans.