"Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation"

Ah, the state motto. How wondrous it resounds in my ears. While the Orpheus rufus flies its way through the branches of the Quercus virginiana to land near a few gorgeous specimens of Rosa laevigata, it might whistle out a grand ol' tune by Stuart Gorrell. While I meander down the great causeways of Atlanta, listening to my radio, I might whistle out the following to two very interesting people in our state government:
..-. / ..- / -.-. / -.- / .. / -. / --. / .. / -.. / .. / --- / - / ... / !
Sure it might not be as catchy as a Kanye West beat, but its got soul.

I speak of course firstly of Zell Miller(video link). He's crazy. I'll leave it at that.

Equally crazy, it seems, is Sonny Purdue. Recently he declared two snow days for all schools to help protect against possible fuel shortages caused by Hurricane Rita. Think of the fuel it saves! Oh...they are going to make up the school days? Maybe by then everyone will have traded in their hummers and all school buses will be running on natural gas.

Reasons why this is dumb mcdummyums.

• the aforementioned fuel will be used later anyways
• the fuel supply is running fine into Georgia anyways, as Rita didn't have the worst-feared impact
• thousands of families had to scramble for childcare for their kids over the weekend and spend unecessary money on it
• fuel prices come before education? The Daily Show is right - its a perfect example of the new ECLB initiative. Every Child Left Behind
• it gives us further incentive to remember other dumb school closings, like 1-2 inches of snow that have melted by the time the actual declared "snow day" rolls around
• kids not in school are using a whole heck of a lot more gas than the buses would driving places or having their parents drive them places
• teenagers do things, or other things, or even other things (I hope not this) while not in school or under the supervision of adults who can't get off work

So next time you look at this image...

think about your Georgia state motto - well, the last word of it I 'spose. Yes, its debatable whether these school buses could have been used to evacuate people in New Orleans (logistics of drivers, clear roadways, getting people to the buses, how many actually work, and possibility of commandeering them from the private company that owns them). However, its not debatable whether the Georgia school buses could be used. And they should have.

Links provided in this post were for humor's sake. I'm serious about the topic...but as you know, I always maintain a small kernel of rascaltude.