Angry in the Great White North

An acceptable lie:

In more than 70 cities, 40 colleges and 75 high schools, people walked out of jobs and classes Wednesday to participate in "The World Can't Wait: Drive Out The Bush Regime," a rally to fight the administration on the first anniversary of President George W. Bush's re-election.

USC was one of the many school groups that took part in the anti-Bush event.

"As college students and citizens, if you believe in the constitution and democracy you will do everything you can to stop America from becoming a fascist theocracy," said Tani Ikeda, a freshman majoring in cinema-television production who organized people from USC to take part in the downtown rally.

And what of the school attitude to this sort of thing?

Fliers addressing high school students encouraged them to take a stand.

"You know what kind of world you want to live in, you know what is right and what cannot be tolerated; It is your time to make history," the fliers stated. "The administration and some teachers will try to stop you. Other teachers will support you. Fight and argue for what you know is right and don't be intimidated by school authorities who try to get you to accept what is wrong."

Perla Exiga, a 17-year-old senior at Montebello High School was one of the hundreds of young people engaging in their civil right to protest. At her school the students were not forced to walk out, she said.

She said the school principal was all right with students attending the rally, saying if they wanted to go - then go.

Compare Bush to Hitler ("When Hitler put the Jews into the concentration camps, it was the same thing with terrorists") and the school principal says fine, go and make a stink.

On the other hand, point out a well-documented historical fact, and you get in trouble.

We call that an unacceptable truth:

A community college student in Massachusetts faces possible disciplinary action for shouting "Remember Chappaquiddick!" during an on-campus speech by Democrat Sen. Edward Kennedy.

Paul Trost, 20, a student at Massasoit Community College in Brockton, Mass., says he was upset by an introduction of Kennedy given by Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., in which the congressman noted how the long-time senator overcame hardship in life on his way to success.

"Lynch said Kennedy had overcome such adversity to get to the place he was, and that's a bunch of bull," Trost said of the introduction, which occurred in the school's student center Tuesday morning.

Just as Kennedy began speaking, Trost was walking out of the room when he shouted, "Remember Chappaquiddick!"

The student says a campus police officer went outside and stopped him. He also saw some state troopers go outside, the type who accompany Kennedy around the state to provide security.

And the school's attitude to this sort of thing?

Trost says the cop took down his information and told him he would be hearing from school officials about disciplinary action. A spokesman with the campus police verified the incident but stressed that Trost was not arrested.

The student said one of his teachers confronted him after a class about the Chappaquiddick issue.

"One of my teachers called me ignorant and told me this was an embarrassment to the school," Trost told WND. "She said to me, 'Can't you forgive him after all these years?' And I said, 'No, he killed somebody.' "

"If it had been me or any other person, we'd be in jail," Trost says he told his instructor.

Make the absurd allegation that George W Bush is some kind of theocrat and is akin to Hitler because terrorists are like innocent Jews caught up in the Holocaust, and get a day off school.

Point out that the undeniable historical fact that Ted Kennedy has gotten away with serious crimes by virtue of his wealth and political connections, and face serious disciplinary action.

I should add to this one more. Repeat partisan lies utterly disconnected from reality, and be recognized as the senior senator from Massachusetts.

(via NealeNews)