the flighty nomad has something to say....

As to be expected, I had a rather visceral response to watching our great President share with us his vision for our country. I was only able to watch the last ten minutes or so of the address (probably a good thing since that was enough to make my blood boil), but I have a general sense of the rest of it after reading some of the coverage. For evidence that counters many of the claims Bush made, check out this website from the Center for American Progress:
http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=22985 (I don't know much about this organization, but it's always nice to have facts to prove Bush has no shame about lying.) I won't even get started on how I feel about his statements about "protecting the sanctity of marriage" and that abstinence should be taught in schools as the only way to prevent STD's. On the subject of education, I read a column in the New York Times today about a NYC school that is being labeled as "failing" under the No Child Left Behind legislation, despite the fact that the students are not only passing, but excelling. It was one of the theme schools that was created with a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (the schools I researched last summer). If I can find a link to the article I'll post it later.