The worship of education

Our society worships education.

I just watched a segment on Fox News about a father who refused to let his son work on the family farm. The son really likes farming, and wants to farm, just like his dad. But the father has forbidden his son from pursuing the same career and has required him to go to college, making him find other work.

This is stupid. There is nothing wrong with farming as a career. We all rely on farmers and someone has to farm! Why not let it be someone who likes farming? By what objective measure is getting a college degree and going for a non-agrarian career better than farming?

Stupid. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Making education god.

Kerry’s Discarded Decorations

Discarded Decorations – There is an obvious discrepancy between what John Kerry said before and what he is saying now when it comes to chucking his military decorations. While it’s clear that he was intentionally misleading people before when he said he threw his medals over the fence, as opposed to his ribbons, as he now says; there is a bigger issue here that goes straight to Kerry’s dishonest nature. The point is that Kerry wants to have his cake and eat it, too. He threw his decorations (whether they be medals or ribbons, the act was symbolic) away, but today he demands to be regarded as a decorated military man as he runs for president.