Rubber Putin's Contempt for Naughtiness

In today's example of how moronic zero tolerance policies are, a boy in Florida has a 10 day suspension and is up for expulsion for firing a rubber band at his teacher. The offense was put in the same category as "selling drugs or alcohol, robbery and using or possessing weapons." For the love of God, get rid of these stupid ass policies in your communities! They're not only unjust, they're an insult to good educators. They're not being trusted to make good judgment calls.

Also today Vladimir Putin responded to Bush's criticism about the lack of free press in Russia by saying they didn't bother Bush about the journalists he fired from CBS, alluding to the controversy about Dan Rather's report on Bush's national guard service. Bush responded accurately that he has no power over who CBS hires or fires, but his comment didn't seem to have an impact as a Russian journalist asked him about the same thing later. What baffles me here is that Putin clearly has no understanding of the press in this country if he thinks there's any merit whatsoever in comparing the CBS controversy to his own restrictions of Russia's free press. My guess is he knows better, but he realizes that some of his people do not. If he doesn't know any better, that's kind of scary.

And here's another article on liberal contempt for many Americans... it's clearly slanted but many of the columnist's observations are right on the mark. If the left wants to win elections again, they've got to get back in touch with the voters. To state the obvious, when people think your side looks down on them, they're sure as hell not going to vote for your candidates.

Quote to ponder from South Park...
"Just remember what the MPAA says: Horrific, deplorable violence is okay, as long as people don't say any naughty words!" -- Kyle's Mom