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The Onion: Budget Mix-Up Provides Nation's Schools With Enough Money To Properly Educate Students

May 11, 2011 09:35

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lulz, congress, education, budget, harry reid, john boehner, gaffes, this is why we cant have nice things, the onion, important issues

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carmy_w May 11 2011, 17:37:49 UTC

SECONDED!

salienne May 11 2011, 17:27:21 UTC

I'm torn between laughing and just being really really sad.

coconut_theory May 11 2011, 17:40:54 UTC

Meeeee tooooo. :\

one_hoopy_frood May 11 2011, 18:01:09 UTC

Same D:

celtic_thistle May 11 2011, 18:55:12 UTC

My thoughts exactly. :(

popehippo May 11 2011, 17:28:58 UTC

GOD DAMMIT I SHOULD HAVE CHECKED THE SOURCE BEFORE I GOT MY HOPES UP. ;_;

devilstay May 11 2011, 17:42:53 UTC

Tell me about it. I was literally so fucking' happy, smiling and all, getting ready to party. ):

lickety_split May 11 2011, 17:54:20 UTC

LMAO me too! I was ready to break out the party gifs and everything.

xxamyrae May 11 2011, 18:10:52 UTC

yeah i'd appreciate some warning before i get to tags/source that this shit is from the onion...

carmy_w May 11 2011, 17:41:24 UTC

And in other news this morning, my jackass of a governor, who didn't get his way in abolishing the Kansas Arts Commission, just put the entire (5 person) staff on administrative leave, and told them they'd be fired as of June 10.
*steams*

thenakedcat May 11 2011, 17:47:32 UTC

5 people trying to encourage creativity are a threat to the economy of Kansas.

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Nope, still not seeing it.

carmy_w May 11 2011, 17:54:15 UTC

Yep-he's just pissy because the State Senate voted against his pet project.
And I'm guessing he wants the Commission to go away because they do something besides religious arts, knowing him.

It's gonna be a long 4 years....

I looked up recalling him; it can be done, but it's more or less for:

* conviction for a felony,
* misconduct in office,
* incompetence, or
* failure to perform duties prescribed by law.

And yes, I consider this at least 3 out of the four, but I don't know if the general public would....

thenakedcat May 11 2011, 18:00:24 UTC

Hey, it's still worth gathering signatures! Even if you don't get enough to put it on the ballot/kick him out of office, it still calls attention to his Stupid Shit.

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grimmerlove May 11 2011, 17:44:02 UTC

I got to this: "The last thing we wanted was for schools to upgrade their technology and lower student-to-teacher ratios in hopes of raising a generation of well-educated, ambitious, and skilled young Americans." before I realized that I should've checked the source. :(

tmlforsyth May 11 2011, 18:16:57 UTC

well this is assuming the fictional money wouldn't go to fancier methods of testing and "race to the top" funds, teaching kids high tech ways to take national standards tests.

amyura May 11 2011, 21:05:33 UTC

Which is, sadly, where it would go. Or more money to TFA and charter schools.

tmlforsyth May 11 2011, 23:44:54 UTC

Don't forget administration. That sucks up loads of money that could be used to fund actual education.