Quote:What's creating sheep is that we only have two political parties to choose from.  Certainly not our public schools.  That's another issue entirely, and is being discussed in another thread.  And of course the way parents try to brainwash their kids to follow their beliefs.  Be they conservative or be they liberal.  (not all parents do this, of course.  But a lot of parents want to raise children who follow the party line)

 

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Well gee, I'd never expect a place called 'homeschool advocates' to try and say something like this.   The studies that say things like this tend to ignore the full range of home schoolers.  The demographics of the samples tend to be whiter and wealthier than the average homeschooler is.  So of course it's going to say what they want it to say.  It's easy to do.

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That's the problem with statistics...One set of advocates for a cause has a set of stats for their cause, and the opposite side has another set of stats for their cause...No one can tell which stat to believe...

 

as far as being sheep, it's not so much being brain washed or just following everyone blindly, it's a case of where we have no choice anymore...We have the health police who want to eliminate certain foods from being sold, we have the electronics industry who only sell certain things anymore,Try buying just a printer, or just a fax machine (yes they are still used heavily today)...You can't buy just a fax machine or just a printer, you have to buy an all in one because that's really all that's available...Our local grocery stores here only sell hamburger that is 85% or higher now...My point is you can't just buy what you want, or eat what you want, you have to settle for what they are allowing you to buy and have...

 

It's the same thing in Washington, we have no say and we just have to follow what they want us to because they have pretty much taken away our right to choose much of anything anymore...

 

whole milk has less processing so shouldn't cost less to buy? 2% and fat free or 1% is cheaper than whole milk...Why? Because the government says it's better for us so they charge less so more people buy it...The health police are trying to regulate the fast food industry and eliminate unhealthy meals and snacks

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