3 Ring Binder

All your children are belong to us. Silly, silly parents. You have this outdated notion that your children belong to you. They don't. In this special version of the same -- including a presidential attempt to marginalize those who disagree with him -- Paul Reville, former Massachusetts Secretary of Education restates  the same . Because they attend government schools, your children belong to the government. Yes, you love, feed, house, and nominally guide those children toward adulthood, but the government -- that nameless, faceless collective of local, state, and federal "educators"  -- gets to decide what they learn  and  how they learn  180 captive days of every year. What's better than that type of thought channelization? They actually mine the children for data to support future government programs . It all works out nicely for the powers that be. And that, by no means, includes you or those small people you quaintly refer to as your children.

Big Pharma : Statin Explosion :: Lobbyist : Farm Bill. What is the pull to blame those who have successfully pedaled their wares over those we have chosen to help guard our well-being? We pick and pay our doctors and congress for the very purposes of helping us determine our course of action based on their expertise. I'm growing weary of their failures and apparent aversion to follow things through. I can change my doctors; I cannot change congress. But I leave you with this point: If congressional votes (those actions that determine the well-being of this country) could not be bought, lobbyists would not exist.