14-10-2009, 03:21 AM
Was it one of those Swiss Army Knives?
If it had been an American army knife, he'd have been given a merit badge, automatic enrollment in Jr. ROTC, four of the latest versions of some gruesome GWOT video games, a letter from his Congress-critter in his student files, a year's worth of MRE's, guaranteed post-grad employment with Xe, and his school would have had a visit from Arne Duncan, Obama's education tzar whoi militarized and privatized public education in Chicago, and a free piped-in broadcast of Obama's Peace Prize award acceptance.
If it had been an American army knife, he'd have been given a merit badge, automatic enrollment in Jr. ROTC, four of the latest versions of some gruesome GWOT video games, a letter from his Congress-critter in his student files, a year's worth of MRE's, guaranteed post-grad employment with Xe, and his school would have had a visit from Arne Duncan, Obama's education tzar whoi militarized and privatized public education in Chicago, and a free piped-in broadcast of Obama's Peace Prize award acceptance.
"Where is the intersection between the world's deep hunger and your deep gladness?"