Monday, March 14, 2011

Philadelphia: Why Gov. Tom Corbett deserves to be punched in the mug repeatedly

Oh Tom Corbett, it's all about the gas, in'nt?  Our Governor's best friend, the natural gas industry, tried to get Gasland, the Oscar-nominated documentary that examined how the process of fracking leads to, oh, a devastated environment and very sick people, disqualified from the Oscars.  You can't handle the fracking truth.  But maybe it is also about more than sick people and poisoned environments -- there's also, as the Inquirer puts it, Corbett's 'War on Education.'  You see, funding for PA higher education is now down below to 1983 levels, thanks to our new gov.   Outside of the substance of this fact, to me it's another possible piece of evidence that demonstrates that the people who voted him into office are slack-jawed yokels. And it's not only those fetid pools of socialism (read: university campuses) Corbett is after; as per the Inquirer, Corbett's planned one billion cuts from public ed would make kindergarten unaffordable for many PA districts.  Those evil five-year-olds must be stopped!  But in fact, it's a perfect time to withdraw state monies, what with United Way reporting that the number of households seeking the charity's services for the first time has increased by 50%. (CBS)

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