And I thought "those who can, do; those who can't, teach" was insulting
Via my faithful correspondant Zac Z-K, "Education Secretary Rod Paige called the National Education Association a 'terrorist organization' Monday."

If your children go to school, The Terrorists Have Won(tm)!

Okay, so they're terrorists not for educatin' the youth, but for opposing No Child Left Behind. Now everyone who disagrees with Bush is a terrorist? Oh, wait, that's not new.

In case you don't yet know why No Child Left Behind is a half-assed idea, here's one big example: "highly-qualified" teachers get that classification through paperwork, not talent. How much formal education they've had, whether they've passed certain tests. "Highly-qualified," in Bush-speak, has nothing to do with their performance in the classroom. So the best art/history/English/etc teacher you've ever had could lose her job if she can't pass a math test, while the crappiest teacher you've ever had will be fine if she's also an egghead. How about leaving no child behind by going and observing some classrooms -- and getting rid of the teachers who activly suck, not the ones who haven't jumped through enough academic hoops?