[Vision2020] Future of MSD according to Pope Doug Wilson

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Wilson's tortured writings almost make me wish that I was teaching logic at 
the UI again.  His web blot and other short writings are gluttonously 
stuffed with all sorts of common logical fallacies.  When students are 
assigned the task of finding real examples of common and uncommon fallacies, 
Wilson's web blot would provide fast, convenient, one-stop shopping.

W.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J Ford" <privatejf32 at hotmail.com>
To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 10:46 PM
Subject: [Vision2020] Future of MSD according to Pope Doug Wilson


> This from "I'm Douglas Wilson! I don't need to show my ID" and "I'm The 
> Pope
> of Christ Church", who apparently knows more about UI's future as well as
> the MSD's future, than the people actually actively involved in the 
> running
> of those two entities (anyone else hear about the "serious decline" of the
> UI?")
>
> A Local Deal
> Topic: Moscow Diversity Cleansing
>
> The Moscow School Board voted yesterday to hold an election in March to
> increase their supplemental levy by $1.97 million. Now there are a number 
> of
> questions that normally swirl around levy issues. (Is the money used 
> wisely?
> Why is MSD more expensive than other districts? Voters who pursue other
> education options being less inclined to support it, and so on.)
>
> But in this case, and in this election, I think all these standard issues
> are really beside the point. The real point in this election is one of
> simple affordability. The major industry in town (the University of Idaho)
> is in serious decline. Our Moscow civic leadership has been busy chasing 
> new
> prospective businesses out of town. Within the next year, a good portion 
> of
> the tax base is going to move just across the state line, and the 
> businesses
> in the new mall there will no doubt set up some blinking lights to summon
> Moscow shoppers over. Ross Perot's famous phrase about the giant sucking
> sound comes to mind.
>
> Another illustration that comes to mind is the one about champagne tastes
> and a beer budget. And you can't chase all the champagne vendors out of
> town, and then complain about the beer. As a simple matter of economics, 
> tax
> support for the MSD requires a thriving tax base. When you cut the latter,
> you cut the former. Some might want to complain, if this levy goes down,
> that it was the nefarious work of home schoolers, Christian conservatives,
> or what not. But this one appears to me to have been done already, without
> any opponents of "government schools" lifting a finger.
>
> No, this was done by the liberals running the Moscow show. You can't take 
> a
> chain saw to the orchard, and wonder resentfully the following autumn 
> about
> the apple shortage.
>
> Posted by Douglas Wilson - 12/20/2006 5:46:41 PM | Link to this post |
>
>
>
> J  :]
>
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