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You can't know how much this reminds me of the educational hoo-haw when George W. Bush ran for President. He instituted TESTING. He IMPROVED Texas education... so much so that ol' Rick Perry had to fix it too and what do you know, but he's doing the same things!

Look what happened: George W. got into office and who'da thunk it but he did a deal with TEDDY KENNEDY for No Child Left Alone, er "Behind." Yes indeed, now the DOE has the power to test children to see if their "tolerance education" is up to snuff, nationwide!! Great idea.

So don't get all huffy when I see Perry doing the same things and don't exactly get enamored with the underlying principle: centralized command and control. Somehow, it's been a bad thing for securing the blessings of liberty every time it's been tried, regardless of how pleasing the pitch may have sounded.

So now that you've tried to push the same thing and had it handed back to you, well, thanks for the opportunity to make things clearer. Over time, the far cheaper and far more effective alternatives to increasing state control will become more obvious.