The following comes from a transcript of a conversation between President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.
"Joe, I just had an interesting conversation with C. J. Huff."
"Who?"
"C. J. Huff from Joplin."
"I don't remember. Oh, wait, the one who cries."
"That's the one."
"What did he want?"
"He wants me to come to Joplin in October for the grand opening of the new high school."
"Are you going to go?" the vice president asked.
"I told him no and that did not go over very well."
"He cried?"
"Yes, and then he told me not to do it as a favor to him, but for the kids. So I asked him to tell me a little more about it. He said there will be a band, lots of speeches, and they may import kindergarten students to have their pictures taken with him."
"What good will that do?'
"He said it was a tradition and he didn't want to let the kids down."
"If I was in kindergarten, I would rather have a candy bar."
"Don't let Michelle hear you say that.'
The leader of the free world and his vice president laughed, then Obama said, "And they are going to have a six-and-a-half-mile ribbon to wrap around the school and go into the Guinness Book of World Records."
"What good will that do?"
"He says it was the kids' idea and he would do anything for the kids. That ribbon costs $11,500."
"He must be using the same contractors the Department of Defense uses."
"Joe, you don't suppose..."
"We could put a 600 1/2 mile ribbon along our southern border and solve the illegal immigration problem. That is a great idea, Mr. President."
"I was going to say we might stop by Kansas City and have some more barbecue, Joe, but I like your idea even better."
"Are you going to tell C. J. Huff about the ribbon?"
"Not a chance. You tell a conservative like C. J. that you are going to spend a lot of money on a ribbon and he is going to blow his top. And when he finds out we are going to be the ones listed in the Guinness Book of World Records. he may start crying again."
Maybe they could bring Congressman Boehner along. He and C.J. could have a crying contest.
ReplyDeleteCJ Huff must be the most conflicted person alive. He's a conservative with a pitchfork and a torch, but he spends every dime he can get his grubby little hands on for every dumb idea that comes along in order to propel his career. I'd hate to live that way.
ReplyDeleteAnd it's not "for" the kids. It's done "to" the kids. Like putting them in a building that has not been finished so you can brag that you started school on time again. It just doesnt ring right this time, though, because it makes no sense to have all of those safety interventions and then have the kids in a building full of non-school personnel. But, it's all for the bragging rights. Who cares about anything else. Any superintendent who would keep it from his own Board that his tech safety man had nude pictures of the students on his computer has no morals whatsoever. I wonder how he would feel if it was one of his kids who was put at risk that way? No parent ever thinks it will be his kids. That's why they all deserved the right to ensure their kid's safety. It isn't about safety, or learning, it's all about CJ Huff and his seven, well five or six, maybe, elected cheerleaders.