“[…] As for education, Kennedy said Bush reneged on promises of adequate funding to carry out accountability provisions in the No Child Left Behind law passed with Kennedy’s help in 2001. The current Bush budget “leaves over 4.6 million children behind” by excluding funding to cover their needs, he said” — Washington Post report on Ted Kennedy’s Brookings Institute speech, April 5.

…from Reason:

An audit of a New Jersey program that funds pre-school programs in poor school districts found money being spent on items that don’t seem exactly vital. Officials had purchased items ranging from prime beef and fish to cat litter to denture cleaner to gift certificates with the money. Some of the money just couldn’t be accounted for. Of 30 audits, 12 have been referred for possible prosecution.

Education system broken? Just throw more money at the problem. After all, what’s prime rib without a bottle of Clos Du Val Napa 2000 Cabernet? And then we’ll need some Chateau Plaisance Blanc Sec 1999– for the fish, of course. Pip pip.

All together now: “Bush Lied! Palates Dried…!”