>>>But I especially hold the professors and teachers responsible who encouraged it.
Bump!
There was a mock election today at my kids elementary school.
My 5y.o. came home today repeating Bush kills people with guns. My 7y.o. came home saying he voted for Kerry cause we just need a new president. My 9y.o. thankfully voted for Bush.
I asked each of my kids how any of them based their decisions, none were given platforms to base their decisions.
I didn't let them watch cartoons after their homework. I made them watch Stolen Honor. I figured if the school felt they were old enough to play politics, they at least needed some background.
I feel bad now. Made my daughter cry. Then she asked why they didn't learn about this in school.
In 1987, the Senate Subcommittee on Narcotics, Terrorism and International Operations, led by Senator John Kerry, launched an investigation of allegations arising from reports, more than a decade ago, of contra-drug links. One of the incidents examined by the "Kerry Committee" was an effort to divert drug money from a counternarcotics operation to the contra war.
On July 28, 1988, two DEA agents testified before the House Subcommittee on Crime regarding a sting operation conducted against the Medellin Cartel. The two agents said that in 1985 Oliver North had wanted to take $1.5 million in Cartel bribe money that was carried by a DEA informant and give it to the contras. DEA officials rejected the idea.
The Kerry Committee report concluded that "senior U.S. policy makers were not immune to the idea that drug money was a perfect solution to the Contras' funding problems."