More forced religious indoctrination: http://www.bouldernews.com/bdc/news_columnists/article/0,1713,BDC_2421_169 3149,00.html
The bill's stated purpose is to foster patriotism, inculcate hope, express confidence in the future and "acknowledge the historical role of faith in our society." Apparently, coins and bills lack the currency to convey these messages. So the bill proposes to spend as much as $400,000 to erect the national motto in about 4,000 state buildings. That state-only figure does not include the cost of making and installing a display in every local-government building and each public classroom. The University of Colorado's Boulder campus has about 196 buildings. The city has something like 300. Together, their motto liability could approach $50,000. But that's a comparative trifle. The Boulder Valley School District has about 1,570 classrooms. Assuming the state's cost estimates applied to the school district, Senate Bill 1128 would force the district to spend about $157,000. Statewide, the school-district tab could run as high as $4 million. Incidentally, public money is scarce. Local governments, school districts and the state itself are nuking employees, programs and basic services. What better time to impose new fiscal burdens? Since schools and governments are already hacking, they can just cut deeper. After all, we must express confidence in the future. You see, the future will have fewer teachers, more unemployment and decaying social services. The national motto, visibly and frequently exhibited, will surely blunt the pain. But why stop there? The state could require that every public document � from each driver's license application to the state budget � include the national motto on each page. School children could be forced to recite the national motto after the Pledge of Allegiance but before singing "God Bless America." Additionally, questions of the national-motto ilk could become part of the Colorado Student Assessment Program tests. Schools with sub-par scores on the CSAP's patriotism test would lose state funding. Their principals could be tried for treason. The national-motto bill is inspired. You just have to have faith. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
