Believe this is a topic likely doomed to be treated as 'incisively' as -say- abortion rights, that inherently Fundamentalist religio-chestnut: at root, entirely about not-trusting Others to possess as much Reverence-for-'life' cha cha cha as..
*My* Sanctimonious Self + This Gun I'll Use.

That said, once again, a brief IWE thread hits most of the bases I can see; Bravo! fellow humble-genii. {sigh} Boilin the frogs again, Msgr. Ox?

It does seem that a major impetus for dissing "home schooling" by the under-investigating and overly-mouthing - derives from just that Fear of the effects of possibly increasing the % of Terminally Dogma-besotted within the vox-populi. (And it is about the 'vox' part IMhO, as the noise level/populi is measurably disproportionate, in my Board Certified nose count.)
Not an irrational Fear either, I'd think -- just not one amenable to any relief via any 'statute' - cf. Prohibition re enforced ""morality"".

So then, wouldn't one expect! an also garbling of the manifestly most compelling Other reasons for home schooling, including, say -Scholarship- in so patently anti-intellectual a place as this? Doomed.. then, to much heat, little light and lots of slogans: A Gross Attractor for politico-blab of the most insidious kind - unnecessarily divisive and begging to be dumbed-down in true Murican ironical ways.

I mean.. just look at the Govmint-Fear card combined with the Let Bizness Do [Everything] 'cause they're so darn Efficient' (sub agenda: reserve the public schools as caretaker trainers for the shit-work folks as pick our asparagus, clean up apartments after messy suicides and remain as invisible to the Gated-Communes as possible).

And that little chestnut, Let Bizness [and here too: parochial schools] Do It With Advertainment, Video-1 Style derives I expect, from a confluence of some pop myths, and relies heavily upon the gutless ennui du jour:

A) Muricans generally.. having given-up any idea of an informed citizenry actually electing 'Government' - and other Constitutional prescriptions we mouth but don't follow.
Muricans not caring a lot when these are circumvented.
(Just a few.. care and try to 'do'; the most whingle - but just during commercials..)

B) Many folks believing deep-down that Corporate may Never be dislodged in any next - as the de facto Electors, purchasers of the 3 Branches and now, of the Corporate Fourth Estate (further consolidation of the latter IS a current Corp-sponsored activity re the FCC brouhaha, IIRC. If this plan is defeated now (?) it'll Be Baaack)
Control of propaganda is essential for preserving the perks of the 0.1% leading the 5% who want perpetually, ever More Power. As -

Surely the Neoconmen exist only via such an inept populace, uninformed and determinedly resistant to becoming informed; utterly disdainful of ever even trying to participate, for all those other toy-filled distractions created by Corp agglomerates, for just that Purpose. What does PNAC say about 'home schooling" ? (And, is there a single non-Repo in that hoary bunch, anywhere?)

C) The Bizness angle ('efficiency' - as in, deregulation of Energy production! - still a biggie on lots of agendas) - may be counted on for the final muddling of this issue. And when an Econ major cum MBA talks about Efficiency: watch your work hours increase, your perks decrease as your cubicle shrinks and co-payments rise (while Biz Management orders more Windoze). Anybody here seen anything like this?

Hmmm - US Schools on the HMO Plan - - - For Profit. With Jesus as Faith-based Initiative In Action.
Love. It.



Hee hee - Box wins today's Hornet Nest Whacking Award
with crossed dead olive branches
rampant upon a purple field of mouldering syllogisms.

Carri-on :-\ufffd