A discussion of U.S. schools on This is Hell!

Breaking the Public Schools / Jennifer Berkshire by Chuck Mertz (This is Hell!) is an excellent interview about public-school funding with the very articulate—and clearly a trained podcaster—Jennifer Berkshire.

Jennifer BerkshireShe was a bit hesitant to go all-out revolutionary in some cases, preferring the more mealy-mouthed liberal-style formulations like (possibly paraphrasing here),

“It’s interesting that Republican representatives who otherwise oppose government expenditures are so generous with the public wallet when it comes to their wealthier constituents. That seems, at first gloss, a tad hypocritical.”

C’mon! It’s fu@&king crooked. They are utterly without principles, grubbing for money and power with not a single other overriding concern.

Just. Say. It.

We have to start saying it.

We can’t just keep watching them as they rob our f@&king houses, muttering “they really shouldn’t be doing that. Registered-letter time.”

No.

It’s torch and pitchfork time.

On a lighter note, the Question from Hell was “why can’t we have nice things?”. At about 19:00 minutes left, they read the answer “because we’re a nation built on genocide and slavery,” to which Chuck replied, “Ah, I see. They’ve got the same bumper sticker I’ve got.” This is a good line on its face…but it’s made funnier when you know that Chuck is legally blind.