Stan Geiger

KOTV and the PEC

KOTV’s morning show ratings must be in the tank. I say that because the station was all about education this morning. If you are in need of viewers, when all else fails, suck some educator butt.

A story was done about the HOPE initiative. I’m going to call that the DOPE initiative, because anyone that votes for it is a dope. I can’t believe that piece of trash made it to a ballot, but, apparently, it did. Oklahomans will be voting on it next November. If you would like to bankrupt yourself with tax increases, feel free to slap a yes on it.

The newly-crowned Oklahoma Teacher of the Year was in studio for a live interview. He works at Rogers High in Tulsa. Rogers was a great school, once upon a time. My mother graduated from Rogers in the ‘40s. She probably got an education there that bests the education students get from universities these days. In the now, Rogers is a dump.

Anchor LeAnne Taylor made a comment about teachers not getting the money they deserve. Sure she did. LeAnne’s mommy is a teacher.

A story was done about “stimulus” money. Of course, the station went to a school---an obscure school in Oklahoma City of which I have never heard. The principal says the “stimulus package” is a grand success.

Obama is now claiming to have saved a million jobs. That’s a claim impossible to verify. It’s just another example of politicians pulling numbers out of the air. That aside, the principal interviewed said “stimulus” money saved a whopping two jobs at his school. I imagine the jobs of which he speaks belong to a janitor and a cafeteria worker. Or, maybe one belongs to the pot-bellied security guard that sits in a chair eating Twinkies and drinking Coke a few hours a day for seven bucks an hour.

It’s the political-educational complex, baby. It never sleeps in its quest for your money.

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