When Baloney is Bologna

Recently in the grocery, I picked up a chunk of unsliced bologna and was about to put it back on the shelf when I noticed a sticker on the package that said "Contains NO chicken or turkey." With no further thought, I placed it in my cart.

Now for another bit of unadulterated baloney. Karl Rove has sent the troops out with the message that Democrats cut and run. Does he mean they cut and run like Reagan did in 1984 when they bombed the barracks in Lebanon? Or is he talking George W. Bush shutting down our bases in Saudi Arabia? Did Nixon cut and run when he closed down Vietnam? How about Ike in 1953? Can the Republicans hold on to Congress this year on a lame but macho scare tactic or will they have to fix the election?

Calling Out a Liar

As I was driving this morning I tuned in the local AM station and heard Rep. Tom Tancredo (R, naturally) talking to Laura Ingraham. He told an anecdote that involved visiting a public school and finding a chapter in a 9th grade history book that began "Columbus came to America and destroyed Paradise." I cannot find any such reference in my cursory search and challenge Rep Tancredo to identify the offending text. In the same exchange, he described visiting a high school assembly and asking the question, "Is the United States the greatest country on earth?" He relates being shocked and disappointed to see that only about ten percent of the students raised their hands. I challenge Tancredo to identify the school and produce witnesses to the incident.

I believe these are apocryphal MADE UP anecdotes to sell the notion that there is a conspiracy by "liberal multiculturists" that has taken over PUBLIC schools. Rep. Tancredo must be opposed to public schools in addition to his notorious opposition to illegal immigrants. Why else would he attempt to further the paranoid notion that public schools have a hidden liberal agenda?