It’s funny how people get around saying what they really want to say. It’s especially entertaining to see how politicians and public officials do it. Case in point: Yesterday, the school board debated the results of a study by a volunteer panel. The volunteer group reported “serious equity concerns” about the wide disparity in the number of Advanced Placement courses offered to students in low-income, largely urban, high schools and their counterparts in the tonier suburbs. The panel chairman, Rob Harrington, said, “If there are students we can reach who will thrive in that setting, we need to try to reach them.” Seems fair enough, right? Well, not to Queen of the ‘Burbs, Kaye McGarry.

McGarry said the unequal numbers could very well be the natural result of poorer students not being ready for college-level courses. The queen explained, “Maybe we need to offer them more to people who qualify for them, who want them and who pass them.” Translated from Teabagger into plain English, what McGarry actually said was, “What’d you expect from the high-poverty schools? Those people aren’t interested in education anyhow, and I’m not about to let CMS to take any AP courses away from the white suburban Christian kids.”

McGarry failed to note that if the poorer students are given college-level opportunities, it could lead to a shortage of servants in the future, but we’re sure this was just an oversight on her part.

John Grooms is a multiple award-winning writer and editor, teacher, public speaker, event organizer, cultural critic, music history buff and incurable smartass. He writes the Boomer With Attitude column,...

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  1. McGrarry is nothing more than a racist, anti-gay soccer mom slut from Ballentyne. It’s funny to see the man-child rebpublican psychos back on their computer again after mommy went to work.
    Those teabaggers are going to split hell wide open with their lies and propaganda. I wish to the Lord God that the earth would open up and swallow all these Bill James/McGrarry/Palin/Frank Griffin homophobes. An easy ticket to hell, which is where they are all bound for anyway!

  2. John Grooms, you are right on the money as usual. It’s hilarious as hell to see the same person posting here in response to everything you write – like it matters!!!! LOL. What a freak. Don’t mind him, just another waste of space. If he was to show himself on the streets somewhere, he would be in a body cast.

    Oh well, we all support you and we know how sorry and vile the right wingers are. I just sit back and laugh with everyone else. They are all just like Glen Beck – whining and crying: throwing a twisted tantrum every chance they get…………..but it’s not working! LOL. What freaks. Those pictures you post of Beck are right on. Unbelievable how they dissect what he says and copare it to the facts. Most all his drivel is a lie, laced with Amurrrrca and Bush loving quotes. Funny as hell, just like this idiot who spends all his time writing little comments on here like it will change the article in the print version. NO ONE CARES about these little commenters. Damn!

  3. Frank, wouldn’t that assume that you are sane to begin with? Don’t think too many regular readers here would accept your basic assumption. As for the schools issue, how in hell can anyone be against all eligible students getting equal access to AP classes, and still be able to face themselves in the mirror?

  4. No, there are very few who read the online version of CL compared to the print version. You put down everything that doesn’t serve your repbulican agenda, not ‘the whole story’. What a fool. No one likes what you have to say. Most everyone here laughs at you, thinks you are a social misfit, and doesn’t even give merit to your BS. Period.

    You are a right wing hatemonger who will not listen and there is no reasoning with the criminal minded republicans. Rosa is a religious woman who many of us like and agree with. You are the one who posts foolish, Hannity-driven comments that aren’t even worth addressing they are so ridiculous and laughable.

  5. You are a sick individual. I hope God has mercy on your pitiful damned soul for your contrived lies. If I saw you, I would slap your racist homophobe face and show you who’s ignorant. YOU are crazy and no one believes your hateful right winged crap. I will pray for the fools like you are doing nothing but living a lie and breeding hate. You will be punished in hellfire for this.

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