Causality or Coincidence: Academic Credentials as a Predictor of Asinine Decision Making

One of these days I'm going to look into whether scientific peer-reviewed studies have been done exploring the hypothesis that the greater the degree (Get it? I made a pun!) of liberal arts education, the greater the decline in the ability of the credential-holder to distinguish between common sense and sheer idiocy.

Case in point:

DENAIR, Calif. -- A 13-year-old Stanislaus County boy at the center of a flag controversy got a big show of support Monday as many bikers rallied to his side.

Cody Alicea was earlier told by Denair Middle School officials that he could not ride onto campus with a U.S. flag on his bike.

Officials at the school told Alicea not to display the flag, citing "safety concerns." ("Some students" had complained about the display.)

Denair Unified School District Superintendent Edward Parraz said the campus recently experienced some racial tension. He said some students got out of hand on Cinco de Mayo. He said some students displayed the Mexican flag, while others displayed American flags.

The school changed its mind, and now Alicea can display the stars and stripes.

"It means a lot to me," a tearful Alicea said after arriving at school.

Alicea said he was surprised at the attention.

"This is big," Alicea said. "I didn't think it'd get this big."

Yeah... these bozos running the Denair Middle School eventually came to their senses... but what does it say about this Parraz dude and the other educrats at this California public school district that their initial call would be to ban the American Flag...?!?!

My point, folks...

For far too many of the people running things in America 2010, common sense is... er... apparently not all that common.