Parkland Shooting Anniversary Sparks Activist Students, Betsy DeVos Learns Nothing
While thousands of students across the nation called for sensible gun laws and the right to learn something in school without being shot, the tone deaf Trump administration again said lots of useless stuff while doing nothing useful. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education (for now, next week, God only knows) made no public statement, whereas her “boss” advised more guns.
On a recent visit to Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High several students complained that the DeVos visit was less than helpful.
It wasn’t that DeVos was violent, but the smell of her BS offended several students. Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos came supposedly to support victims, but apparently thoughts and prayers smell to mass murder survivors much the way that French fry ads smell to starvation victims.
Here was an opportunity for someone with real power to make a difference, and the difference that she made was very much of “There must be a pony in all this horse manure smelling up the place kind of kindness.”
While DeVos somehow managed to meet with a very small number of students, those she did meet with reported that she “barely” responded to their questions. Others hearing about the visited asked “How about you actually doing your JOB?” But, doing her job would mean being uncomfortable, when the key strategy for the present leaders of our nation is not to “do their job”, but to create extreme division, terror, and chaos all the while that they are NOT doing their jobs.” It would seem that DeVos cannot chew gum, traditionally discouraged in schools, (unlike military assault weapons) and walk at the same time. She has body guards and limos for that, just so you know you are getting something for your tax dollars.
In an interview after the tumultuous week in Washington DC, (there used to be another kind) DeVos appeared on 60 Minutes and appeared to be schooled by Leslie Stahl about the possibility of attending schools that are underperforming. It is extremely unlikely that anyone from the present White House administration could get into any other kind of school. An exception, of course, is the online type of Home School advocated at CPAC this week by DeVos. With those kinds of lessons, there is no question that even a stable genius could pass exams based on Intelligent Design and Creationism.
When asked, God, The Almighty, who has been frequently interviewed by The Late Shows’ Stephen Colbert, has disavowed anything to with Creationism.
“I gave all of you this planet AND I gave you to Stephen Hawkings to explain it, and you go an elect some total nit wit twitter twit and his minions to not only destroy it but to UN-educate every person they can while they muck it all up.”
“YOU can’t stop Trump, DeVos or Gun violence?” asked a stunned reporter in the green room back stage.
“Don’t you dare drag me into this thing. “Said God, adding, “I’m a Bernie Bro, but I ultimately voted for Clinton when Bernie asked me too.” Pushed further, God, who also said the gun violence in the USA is “Completely out of control and would take more than just divine intervention. I have a lots of faith in these young people, today, though.”
Surprised that not even God is on the side of the old, rich, white guys, several people crowded in around God, who cryptically remarked before disappearing in a white cloud:
“Speaking of Hawkings, I got to go get ready for a big welcome reception. Me be with you!”
