George W. scorns the very notion of "commonwealth"
Our health and education— trashed
Also in this issue
- Gambling with your vote
- Saving our "organic" label
- Give reagan his due
- Percy whops monsanto
- Playing games with public school funding
- Playing games with public school funding
- Fun quotes for the whole family
What the hell's happening here? Why is my bank in the tank? And my house and job? And my retirement money? Even my state's teetering on the brink of broke! Who did this to us? Fair questions, but we're not getting honest answers. 
Fun quotes for the whole family
"You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test."—George W.
In 2003, Bush offered the Turkish government more money in a bribe to get them to send troops to Iraq than he provided for American schools to help them implement his "No Child Left Behind" Act.
"Where did this idea come from that everybody deserves free education? It comes from Moscow, from Russia. It comes straight out of the pit of hell."—Texas State Rep. Debbie Riddle, expressing the far-right wing's understanding of history in the 2003 legislative session. (Actually, the idea of free public education was spawned in America by such moderate-to-conservative thinkers as Horace Mann and John Dewey.)