Mulli of the MidWest

Tax-Payer Funded Schools Rewriting the Constitution

The Little Lad attends a tax-payer funded Public Institution of Lower Learning, an Elementary School. With No Regard for the Actual Verbage of THE Highest Document in the Land, this is "Right to Read" Week, or even perhaps Right to Read Month.

Now, I, Mulligan, am all for Reading. I enjoy when the Lads read, especially as this is generally a Solitary activity and does NOT involve them having any of their pestiferous friends invading the Mulligan Compound.

However, I read no where in the Constitution that Americans actually have a RIGHT to Read.

Oh, there is the right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. Life, so that the citizen can work and pay taxes to the government to keep the government large and happy. In fact, the citizens even have the right to Death, because then the government has yet another chance to collect taxes.
Liberty, so that all those huge mega entertainment Magic Kingdoms and Amusement parks can stay in business and charge exhorbitant prices for people to have the liberty to stand in line. Of course Liberty is not so great for us dogs as during Liberty we dogs usually end up at the kennel.
Pursuit of Happiness: Happiness is held out in front of the citizens like the fake rabbit held out just out of reach of the grayhounds at dog race. I do wonder what happens to depressed people. Must depressed people move? To say Iceland, or Norway, where it is more appropriate to be depressed? What about temporary depression, like Post Partum Depression? Somehow I think the Founding Fathers would allow for Post Partum Depression because "'90s" style Dads did not exist for 200 years after the Constitution was written and I just can't see those Constitution writers running home to change diapers and nurse, while their wives went off to Norway.

Then there are other rights: The contentious Right to Bear Arms. Personally I like the Right to Bear Arms. Hands are on the ends of Arms. Hands are great for making cookies, and scooping kibble, and scratching that itch right behind my left ear.

There is the right to go to Church, like Pennie did once, when she escaped the mini-van, or to stay home and be lazy all Sunday morning watching the Political Pundits, like Dad does.

OK, but No Where do I Read that there is an Actual Right to READ! Where is the National Guard? Where is the Coast Guard parking battle ships on the Ohio River? Isn't anyone going to DO something about this school over-stepping it's bounds and grabbing RIGHTS!