Who needs to know to read anyway?

[mburbank]

QUICK, VINTH! RELEASE THE SPLIT VALVE!

If that story is factual reporting, IF it is not some gussied up half true tid bit utterly devoid of context, then it is of course agregious. I would certainly agree that basic English reading, WRITING and COMPREHENSION are absolutey neccesary and fundemental.

But... where the Bush administration yesterday said that all 50 states have reached acceptable accountability standards for public education... I'm thinking this story may have important omissions. I'll check it out later today.

I mean, you can put a turd in a prom dress, you can give it a cargsage and drive it to the auditorium in a rentd limo, but it still won't dance. Right, Vinth?