A Stitch in Haste

Here's a great combination of "Style over substance," "Does size matter?" and the Politics of the Warm Fuzzy Feeling:

Florida's public schools have less than a month to comply with a state law requiring a certain size flag in all classrooms.

The Carey Baker Freedom Flag Act took effect last year and requires that all public schools, colleges and universities have a flag that measures at least 2 feet by 3 feet in each classroom. State lawmakers gave school leaders until Aug. 1 to purchase the regulation flags.
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Schools without the required flags were given a year to find outside resources to pay for them.

I would have thought that our public schools have bigger problems than acquiring bigger flags.

But then again, I'm not a grandstanding local hack politician.

If any Florida schoolchildren, parents or teachers are reading this and need money for flags, let me know.

(Hat tip to Cafe Hayek.)

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Updating a related matter, the Washington Post has a front-page article on Senator Robert Byrd's asinine stunt requiring every school (not to mention federal government office) to disrupt their schedules to celebrate "Constitution Day" every September 17. See my previous post.

Perhaps Florida schoolchildren can use Constitution Day to hold bake sales to pay for their bigger flags.