although i disagreed with his politics, i enjoyed carlin's stage presence.
i have to disagree with the whole education thing. i was a poor student in high school -- something like a 1.8 gpa or some shit -- and yet i was still able to get a grant to got to a community college (which i quit after a year). after serving 8 years in the army, if i so desired i could now attend just about any school i wished. i don't know about individual states and ain't in the mood to research right now, but from what i've heard most folks can get a college education now. some folks are really smart and get scholarships -- some folks get scholarships for playing sports. maybe somebody really smart gets left out of harvard because their gpa was .117 less than the last person on the list. so they get a scholarship to go someplace less prestigious. there are some damn good professors out there who missed the dream job by the same margin. there are black college grants and native american grants and all that. but some think that to be successful they gotta go big time university -- so they take out huge loans. whatever. fact is, a college education ain't cheap but it's not the taxpayer's job to put every fucking kid through college. daddy always said he'd take care of me till i was 18....americans should be well educated so we can better compete. maybe more funding should be given to those who have proven track records in high school -- what is the college drop out rate for high school students who had gpa's of 2 or less? my main reason for college after high school was to avoid the whole "go to work concept". why spend a ton of money on 1,000 high schoolers that had gpa's of less than 2, and 70% of which didn't finish the first year? let's invest in those who have shown something. i'm tired of hearing the whole "can't put my kid through college" shit.
and yeah, politicians do care about what we think, but unfortunately it's only within a few months before the next election. most americans don't get involved with the process. every couple years the wife drags them to the ballot box, or they want to let their neighbor know they know what's going on, so they vote. other than election season, politicians are living the life. but for those couple months it's always entertaining to see them fuckers scramble....
