a cup of
joe
found out a few months ago
that if i
want to teach in california public schools
i have to sign a loyalty
oath
basically a pledge to 'american values'
and a pledge to not engage
in activities
aimed at overthrowing the government
the oath a hangover
from the mccarthy era
i could never sign such an oath
too many folks i
still admire paid heavy prices
fighting that oath when i was a child
and
i caught some of the mccarthy era crap as a teenager myself
having stories
censored in a high school magazine
the school district a bastion of
mccathyite
and john bircher administrators
and now we have
the
'homeland security act'
sigh
a cup of joe
one in a
lifetime
is more than enough
Now try here for Ty Hadman's Dong Ha
Haiku
