{"id":9939,"date":"2011-08-30T12:41:39","date_gmt":"2011-08-30T17:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/?p=9939"},"modified":"2011-08-30T12:41:39","modified_gmt":"2011-08-30T17:41:39","slug":"public-dog-schooling-an-idea-whose-time-has-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/30\/public-dog-schooling-an-idea-whose-time-has-come\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Dog Schooling: An Idea Whose Time Has Come"},"content":{"rendered":"

So I was reading that taxpayers in Chesterfield (or people who pay taxes in Chesterfield because they shop there) are funding a dog park<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Folks hounding Chesterfield officials over the years for a dog park finally have a reason to howl in celebration.<\/p>\n

The $118,000, two-acre Eberwein Dog Park, the first dog park in the city, is set to open to Chesterfield residents on Sept. 1. The dog park is within the new 18-acre Eberwein Park.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And I got to thinking, how else could the few who own dogs further soak the taxpaying public? And then it hit me: Public, compulsory dog school.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Listen, when you argue with a liberal about public schooling, he will say that it’s best for a civilized society as a whole if its citizens are educated in a mass-produced Procrustean factory of leftist indoctrination (well, he will say all of it up to the prepositional phrase). Then, if you show him this chart:<\/p>\n

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He’ll say something about how the increased funding raises minorities scores or something, not caring that the math indicates that a whole lot of scores have to go down to make a flat average when the mythical increase of minority scores. But that’s neither here nor there.<\/p>\n

By that reasoning,<\/strong> compulsory obedience school for dogs makes a better society. Better-behaved dogs don’t bite, increasing safety. Better-behaved dogs don’t run into traffic, increasing safety. Frisbee-trained dogs provide entertainment and exercise, getting children out of the house and away from the Wii, increasing fitness and combating childhood obesity. Ergo,<\/strong> the government should fund dog obedience schools to indirectly improve society.<\/p>\n

And if the costs are astronomical and rising compared to the benefit? That’s what quantitative easing is for. QED.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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