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.

Great news in the blogosphere!

The Diplomad is back!

Mortgage lender implosion

144 lenders down the tubes since late 2006.

Message for friends...

Oh, you can't scare me, I'm sticking to the union,
I'm sticking to the union, I'm sticking to the union.
You can't scare me, I'm sticking to the union.
I'm sticking to the union, 'til the day I die.

From Union Maid, by Woody Guthrie

Why you need a union.

Update on accident

Her friends say the injured teen is recovering.

Media bias

An outstanding article about media bias in reporting on the war.

Obviously, we can't expect Big Media to police itself. They're too busy publishing forged documents as true, ditto using faked photos, and hiring liars.

All to advance their America-hating, jihadi-loving agenda. Older readers will recall the similarity with coverage of Vietnam.

UPDATE: The Daily News also a bit truth-challenged.

Local accident - developing

We have heard that several area young people were injured in a car accident, one of them seriously.

Keep them in your thoughts and prayers.

Justice at long last

James Ford Seale.

Is this ethical journalism?

On July 25 there's a terse correction (click to enlarge and read):

The original article was here. Click it now and see this:

Are we to believe that the Daily News never makes mistakes? lol. They're rewriting their own online history.

I expect the disclaimer to fade away, too.

You can't find the old article online through internet archives, either. The Snooze prevents their site from being crawled.

Ethical? You decide.