Greenville, NC. July 17— Some raised campaign signs or fists to the rhythm of the crowd as they yelled. A few were children, following the lead of the adults sitting in the front row seats behind President Trump. “Send her back! Send her back!” they yelled in unison.
-The Washington Post
Continuing a downward trend in the rankings of the Tar Heel state…in a new report card on public education, North Carolina received a C- grade and a score of 70.6 out of a possible 100 in the 2018 Quality Counts Report…below the national grade of C and score of 74.5…40th out of the 50 states.
-The News & Observer
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. If you’ve never been taught about the past in the first place, you won’t feel bad for not being able to remember your own state’s long history of lynching. Or the Holocaust. “Send her back!” ?- they’re not talking about the MS St. Louis and its Voyage of the Damned, are they? And oh yeah, Santayana sounds like a Mexican name, or sumpin’.
