Republicans and Education

New York Times reported (free registration required) the U.S. Department of Education conducted a research to see if bilingual education benefits non-English speaking children to learn English better. Unfortunately the DOE has refused to publish the findings of the data due to the political sensitivity of the issue.

The study, which has been talked about for years, is still not out. But it is known that the researchers conclude that bilingual education is helpful to those learning English. That conflicts with the views of some powerful Republicans and conservatives who view such programs as useless or downright harmful.

Wait a minute… What data does the politicians have to back up their claims? Why don’t they just leave the researchers alone and publish the data independently? This reminds me of earlier controversies on Bush Science and global climate change and how the Republican (specifically Bush) White House tempers with scientific data to suit its own political agenda. Sounds familiar? Wasn’t the Iraqi War started by such information manipulation?

President Clinton faced impeachment hearings over a personal matter. How come the Democrats are sitting on their asses on the biggest con artist/liar of the American political history?

Bush may be a jackass, but the Democrats are truly cowards. They should really collect their balls strengths and look into impeaching Bush for all his wrong doings (which is clearly harming the country). And this would be the perfect time to do it since his popularity is now at its all time low. But then again, maybe they just want to get things done and not get caught up with all the sensationalism of impeaching the biggest moron of all time.

Here’s another thing, whenever there’s something to do with poor or minorities, the Republican politicians are almost always against it in modern America. How come people still keep voting for them? Does that really reflect the views of Americans as a whole? Or does this mean all those elections have been fixed? It’s f*cked up if the answer to either question is true.