Rick Santorun Says Dumb is Good Once upon a time in America, parents would sacrifice anything to provide their child the resources to attend a four year academic institution for the purpose of improving their lives. Attaining an advanced degree in a profession of one's choice was the goal and the path to an upwardly mobile future.
No matter what one's ethnic, religious or socioeconomic background, the message was the same, work hard for the best SAT score to compete successfully for admission to the university of your choice. Few parents every want anything but the very best for their children, since most at the very beginning feel there is something particularly special about their child. Few start saving and scrimping so their kid can go to bus driver's school or burger flipping institutes of higher education.
If along the way, a kid demonstrates he/she lacks the intellect of a brain surgeon, compromises are made, dreams are dashed and other options are pursued. But the target was the four years of intellectual stimulation, cultural and social growth while learning and collaborating with others.
For the luckier amongst us, traveling abroad and becoming fluent in at least one other language than our own was an expectation not an elective for the well-read and bred. Rick Santorum's strategy of lowering America's bar of aspirations is certain to inspire a new culture of successful morons.
Unfortunately, more Americans will be working with their hand and fewer with their minds. Granted, hammers will pound, walls will be painted, floors will be mopped and call centers will be fully staffed, but all that activity will be to support foreign owned enterprises doing business in America because of the cheap labor. And BTW, the top tier of management will be foreign born.
True, America will be building things again, i'll just be someone from abroad designing all the new stuff to be built. We won't have to think too much anymore, because all the directions will have been planned out and provided for America's burgeoning simpleton class.
The tradition of aspiring toward an intellectual experience of a college environment has now been demonized as a threat to one's very soul. Accusing President Obama of sabotaging America's future through the evils if higher learning is an unusual tactic to say the least, but it appears Mr. Santorum has a strong enough following to be taken seriously.
Its difficult to fathom where all these supporters of mediocrity are coming from, but there are legions out there seemingly satisfied with wearing a tool belt for the next ten generations. If Barack Obama is trying to use himself as a role model or an image for others to emulate, we'd say one would be wise to pay close attention to his message.
From where we stand, any advices Mr. Santorum would offer is sure to lead one to a life of unrealized potential. Rick Santorum Says Dumb is Good
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