BOR: It's all the liberals fault

I hardly have the words for one of O'Reilly's latest rants - see the video above. Evidently, America is not in decline, and that most of the things that are wrong in America are the fault of liberals, including letting the education system go down the drain. He's got to be kidding. I don't know if America is in decline or not, and debating it is pointless and accomplishes nothing. I do know that certain aspects of America are in decline, including our educational system, as well as how we are viewed in the world, based on the Bush administration's missteps during the last 7+ years.

BOR's latest rant is so far out there, it stands out against his other rants. More to the point, this one is pretty special. O'Reilly touches all the bases here - Islamic Fascism, how the press wants Obama to win in November (!), how the press has under reported our successes in Iraq and Afghanistan, and he even gets in a France reference (what O'Lielly tirade is complete without that?!?) Quite simply, he's in fine form here, touching all the bases. Well done indeed, Mr. O'Reilly!

For one of the very few times in recent memory, BOR has left me virtually speechless. After all the damage that Bush's No Child Left Behind has done to the educational system in this country, I find it stunning that even a blowhard ideologue like Billy could go on TV and claim the decline in our schools is somehow the fault of liberals. I certainly concede that some prominent Democrats must share some blame for NCLB, Senator Kennedy among them, but this was Bush's plan to restore schools in America, and he's had almost eight years. The schools still have a long way to go.

However, don't take my word for it. Ask 10 teachers who are in K-12 public education what they think of NCLB, and you will get some quite revealing answers.