Not That Old Saw Again?

Yesterday, I was talking to the Pootie. She informed me that her Current Events teacher has assigned 3 books now that discuss the evils of Communisim, and has them writing papers to discuss this matter.



Last time I checked, the economy was a bigger issue.

Haven't we (as a culture) had enough of designated enemies? For goodness sake! I know I have. We'd barely defrosted from the cold war when all of a sudden the islamic religion and its followers were the next big baddy! When that didn't fly so well, the decided to bring back Communisim, Russian style?


WTF?

I talked to the Pootie, and thankfully, she sees through it. As she put it, hey they didn't do anything in Russian that USA couldn't have tried, and got away with. We discussed the difference between absorbing enough of what was being fed to her to pass the class, and actually swallowing it.

It just disgusts me that this is being done. Why do we have to keep finding a new enemy? Why can't we just exist peaceably, and deal with problems as they arise? The government pays certain people a decent amount of money to find these problems, and I don't believe that teaching our children to be suspicious, close-minded worry warts is the way to go.

Grr.

AND Yes, I realize I'm being a bit Pollyannaish. I don't care.