Much ado about almost nothin'

There was a uniform crackdown at Bogalusa Middle the other day. Big deal in the city schools, wearing the uniform and wearing it properly. Bunch of kids were pulled out of class to be written up for such minutiae as wearing socks that didn't show over their shoes.

I'm all for discipline, but with poor academic performance, it doesn't make sense to further lower kids' instructional time over what they're wearing.

How 'bout a sign around their neck labeled "violator" instead, and send a note home?

Graft and corruption, waste and cheating.

From The Hill:

“The amount of money that has been wasted on these so-called ‘recovery’ efforts has been mind-boggling,” said Tancredo... Citing administration figures, the lawmaker said that $114 billion has been spent on the effort... The lawmaker criticized in particular the amount that has been wasted through fraud and abuse, estimated at $1 billion.

$1 billion lost to fraud out of $114 billion is less than 1.0%. Guess I've been in Louisiana too long; doesn't seem like a lot to me.