Gordon, Ed, the Govt.

Non tuning issue, for sure, but since it appeared, I want to say a
couple of things. First, there's absolutely no reason Gordon should
leave the list...so, Gordon, come back, if you still feel it's of value
to you. Second, to Ed...geez, Ed, we're talking about a government
founded on the genocide of a whole culture, and who thought, through the
concept of Manifest Destiny, that God ordained us to commit that
genocide, as the "rightful rulers" of this land. So, at the very least,
the history we were taught in public schools was totally innacurate,
cause I don't ever recall being taught what really happened here as the
USA was being created. In fact, throughout my school years, it seems to
me that, the overiding message I got was that the white Europeans were
the superior race...which is, obviously, a bunch of shit. So, it's not
hard to infer that, perhaps, much of our other education in public
schools was/is equally meaningless. And, besides some very basic
rudiments (simple math, reading, although I learned how to read before I
got to school), I have used very very little of the info I was taught at
public school in real life...I don't feel like it prepared me for much
at all. Everything of value, I learned outside of public school, as the
experiences of life occurred, and I was forced to deal with them. My
public schooling amounted to very little in my life...and, judging from
the mess we call American culture today, it isn't a stretch, I feel, to
think that perhaps the govt doesn't want the public at large to be very
sharp. The old saw "bread and circuses" seems to apply very well to our
society today...I think we're a pretty shallow lot, for the most
part...Hstick PS...in a related story, I just read where the mayor of
Toronto is in a jam because of a dumb, racist remark he made about going
to Mombasa...he said (paraphrased) that he could "see himself in a pot
of boiling water, with a bunch of natives dancing around him."
Yikes...where did he receive the education that allowed him to say such
an insane thing? I'll bet it was public, government sponsored,
schools...