Republicans control the House of Representatives.
Republicans control the Senate.
Today, I'm watching C-Span and the House is debating the Pledge of Allegience to the Flag. I have to check this but I think they are trying to override a Supreme Court Decision, or an impending one, that allows "under God" to be taken out of the pledge.
They care about symbols more than people.
They care about what kids say in schools, rather than the enormous gulf that exists between kids that live in poor neighborhoods and kids that live in rich ones. Poor kids get crappy schools, undertrained teachers. Rich kids get the best lives, and the best education. Poor kids get a double whammy.
This is real, this isn't a symbol, helping bridge this gulf would be meaningful and could help our society be more educated, wealthier, healthier, and less violent.
Saying "under God" or not, doesn't change the economics of the situation in the least.
And Bush today implies that Kerry wants to control people's lives, the same day that his House is trying to control people's spirituality.
What a pathetic joke this Repulican agenda is, at the expense of finding solutions for schools that would actually resonate.
We need to hold our politicians accountable.
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