Democrats, including Barack Obama, don't like the idea of vouchers. Vouchers smell too much like freedom. Government knows what is good for us, so there is no need for us to exercise any freedom of choice. Government reasoning isn't hard to figure out. First we have the teacher's unions. Teacher's unions are the most powerful unions in this country, and teachers don't want the competition that would come from vouchers. If the teacher's unions don't like it ... the Democrat Party will kill it; guaranteed.

I bring this up because the D.C. voucher program is back in the news. Remember that Democrats essentially killed the D.C. voucher program. But Obama has decided that he is going to extend the program until all of its current participants have graduated from high school. So the students who are currently enrolled in the program will get to stay in the program ... but this opportunity will not be afforded to any new students or families in the future. There are currently 1,1716 students participating in the voucher program.

Now Obama has to become a salesman and convince Democrats to endorse the gradual phase out of the program, which would include granting funding in future appropriations bills.

So Obama has essentially taken the easy way out. He won't come out in favor of the voucher system; however he won't totally deny these students participation in the system. He will let it run its course and hope that this will appease the participants enough to get by for the next couple of years.

Depriving DC parents of school choice. Change you can believe in.

Aren't you just sick to death of me pulling these "change you can believe in" lines on you?

There's a little brouhaha happening in Charleston, South Carolina over private education and school choice. A proposed bill would offer tuition tax credits to people who choose to send their children to private schools. The bill would let the state to use tax dollars to allow students to transfer from failing government schools to private schools or better government schools. This infuriates a lot of lawmakers ..... they can't get a hold of your children quite as easily if they don't submit to their government education! Besides .. these political hacks have teacher's unions to please.

But unfortunately it has become a racial issue. Black leaders are denouncing the bill. What a surprise. As an alternative they are supporting legislation that would increase choices within the government school system. A former Teacher of the Year from South Carolina says, "As an African-American and an educator, I'm shocked and appalled that this is the position that someone who is supportive of our community would propose ... It's bad legislation." And that's about as specific as the opposition gets, folks.

So many of the problems we're facing today in this country can be traced back to our government education system. You want change? When the majority of American parents understand that our government school system was designed to do little more than produce good workers and government subjects, then we'll get change.

I just hope I can remember most of them......

• Israel fighting back against Hamas ... and the world's reaction.
• That idiot attorney who used to represent the PLO and her insane observations on the Middle East situation.
• What is in store for our country with leaders elected by the less-educated and poorly informed?
• Al Franken will probably be named the winner of that Senatorial race in Minnesota. How many of you really doubt that there was some funny business in the counting of the ballots. Franken, by the way, is a jerk.
• Obama is dead set against the idea of school choice ... for you. Today his spawn start school at an exclusive private institution in Washington DC. Choice for the Obamas. No choice for you.