@maporsche,
maporsche wrote:
There is obviously zero value to a college education unless it able to put more dollar bills in your pocket or allow you to buy bigger trucks and nicer TVs.
A rather facile attemp at sarcasm here, and far too typical of the liberal mindset.
It really shouldn't be necessary to point out that criticism of the quality of higher education is not the same as criticism of the value of a quality education, and, as a matter of fact, it is not, as was demonstrated by the absence of high handed or sarcastic responses to ehbeth's comment which, by any definition, qualified as criticism of the quality of education. Unfortunately in this forum even members, such as yourself, who are capable of and often times post largely objective and fairminded comments, more often default to the obsessively partisan bias that drives nitwits like Blickers.
Defend the US educational system, as it goes down the drain and our children fall further and further behind children throughout the rest of the world, because somehow, no matter how vapid (and simultaneously financially ruinous) it becomes, it is a
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Liberal institution and therefore any criticism by conservatives must be dismissed or mocked.
It really is time for me to take a long break from any and all political threads here, and if I fail to do so I encourage my friends and enemies alike, to remind me of this statement.
See ya later