Plus, I wonder how many visitors go just for the freak show alone :) One of my favorite blogs (Dispatches from the Culture Wars) links crazy WND stuff all the time.

As for guns….lol. We not only get to walk around with guns in Tucson, but you don’t even need a license to carry a gun openly. AZ recently passed a law that allows gun owners the right to take their concealed carry guns into bars and restaurants even (though you can’t drink and carry). Did you see the pictures of that dude walking around outside Obama’s speech with an AR-15? We luvs us some guns round here….even in liberal Tucson. I think it’s still common here due to our proximity to Mexico. We get a lot of crime and migrants from the south so people like to feel protected.

Does your daughter have other options? For instance, our school district offers homeschoolers “the option of dual-enrollment at the middle school. If you prefer not to teach some of the middle school subjects, you can enroll your student for one or two classes at his or her school of residence.” My daughter wasn’t interested in the option, but, if I begin to feel that she’s not being challenged or needs distance from negative social influences, we’ll give it another look.

Also, today, I met her (middle school) teachers and got a better idea of what they’ll be covering in class so that I can unschool those topics at home. To mix it up a little – and keep “education” (and our relationship) interesting and enjoyable, which was always a primary homeschooling goal anyway.

Btw, my stats think you live in Tempe, but are delighted to hear that it’s not true! :) They’re curious about one thing, however: Do you still get to walk around with guns down in Tucson?

As for those deeply concerned about the politicization of America’s classrooms, I’m sure the right-wing critics of the president’s stay-in-school message will be quick to denounce the conservative efforts in Texas.

Any minute now.

“It’s only the people that are slaves to a god that seem to think the left worships Obama.”

That “notorious” pastor is up in Tempe. Phoenix and it’s surrounding towns are a Republican and Mormon bastion. Down here in Tucson we are much more Democratic and hippie. This school my daughter goes to is actually “The Greenest School in America”. The place is crawling with tree-hugging, environmentalist, Obama-loving liberals. :)

The cartoon, to me, is just another example of right-wing xtian projection. It’s only the people that are slaves to a god that seem to think the left worships Obama.