I have been sounding the alarm for 30 years. Friends I knew in Md. were saying I was wrong that Montgomery County schools were the best in the nation. About a decade later the cracks began to expose themselves, they still held that it wasn't as bas as elsewhere. As if that was okay to have a little decay.
Today they finally realize that I was right all along.
But then again, my father had an encounter with some of my high school staff, and came home & stated that he believes they are all communists, back in the late 60s or 1970, to which I thought he was really reaching. After all, my history teacher was Joe McCarthy's granddaughter.
Disgusting.
Senator Joseph McCarthy is one of my personal heroes (See my FreepPage) and I find it deeply offensive that Communist tactics are described as “McCarthyism” even by well known conservatives nationally, and people on this website who should damn well know better.
He knew of what he spoke.
And your post is spot on.