Political Madness

  Lately the news has been full of political issues due to the upcoming election.  The debate the other night sparked an uproar among Obama supporters and a surge of support from Romney supporters.  All manners of media are making sure that the coverage of every political story is solid and informative.  In every section of the news, from humor to education, politics are the main focus.
  The CEO of PBS spoke out against Romney and his comments during the debate, saying that it's "stunning" that Romney would put more focus on her organization than on the real issues surrounding the country.  She also went on to mention that PBS gets no direct money from the government, and what little money they do receive goes directly to their sister stations.  Romney's attack on Big Bird also sparked a new Twitter account, @FiredBigBird, in which a lot of people are saying "Big Bird for President."  The support for PBS has been overwhelming.
  In the aftermath of the debate, there's another big event happening on Saturday night.  "The Rumble in the Air-Conditioned Auditorium," featuring Bill O'Reilly and Jon Stewart will take place tomorrow night, and Jon Stewart wasted no time in preparing for his legendary debate.  He enlisted the help of his colleague Stephen Colbert to help him "train" for his match-up against O'Reilly.  Colbert insisted that Stewart "Always Be Attacking," then proceeded to let a chicken lose in the studio and instructed Stewart to catch the bird and then clean his Audi with it.  Needless to say, I feel that Stewart is more then prepared to go up against O'Reilly tomorrow night.
  Daryl Hannah was arrested recently for protesting an oil pipeline in Texas.  The pipeline is being set to pump crude oil from Canada to the Gulf Coast.  Hannah and the landowner, 78-year-old Eleanor Fairchild, were both arrested after protesting by standing in front of the machinery that is being used to set up the pipeline.  In my opinion, as heroic as her actions were, the "hippie" approach rarely works outside of the movies.
  Lastly, a bit of local politics: a new law passed in NH may cost Newmarket schools hundreds of dollars.  The new law is set to provide students with disabilities funding to go to outside charter schools.  This money would come directly from the school districts in order to help those families afford transportation costs among other things.  This is going to hurt the schools in a big way in comparison to before, when the state assisted these families.  As Newmarket is an already small district, this may effect the over-all quality of their educational system.  As a new substitute teacher to this district, I feel that this may effect me in some way eventually.  I'll keep an eye out on this story and see if it develops further.