Be All That You Can Be

Earl Christensen, 18, a Montrose, Colo., high school student, was assigned to write an essay about “why government doesn’t work.” He wrote it as a letter, which he mailed to State Sen. Ben Alexander, chairman of the Senate Education Committee. In his letter, “I said I didn’t like the way the military was presented to youth,” Christensen told reporters. “I said I thought it’s not the war on drugs, but it’s war on the American public that choose to use drugs.” Alexander was so upset with the student’s critique that he asked Christensen to meet with him. At the meeting, Alexander lectured, “A lot of people fought and died so you could stay here and waste your life on drugs,” and added that Christensen was a “worthless piece of shit.” Christensen walked out, and won’t take Alexander’s calls of apology. (Denver Post) ...Sounds like Alexander is a few troops short of a battalion.