Washington, DC. Conservative juggernaut and professional fabulist Rick Santorum continued his assault on higher education yesterday with a diatribe against the University of California system, claiming:
"I was just reading something last night from the state of California. And that the California universities – I think it's seven or eight of the California system of universities don't even teach and American history course. It's not even available to be taught."
Of course this was immediately debunked, with Santorum being correct about only one of the ten schools, UC San Francisco, but this is because it is a medical school and offers no humanities courses. In fact, University of California spokesperson Brooke Converse made clear that a study of American history was indeed a requirement for all UC undergrads.
But Mr. Santorum was not done. He went on this morning to lament the liberal curriculum and, correctly, claimed that these courses that he has home schooled his own children in were not offered at UC campuses:
The Triumphant History of the Sweater Vest: 1397 to the Present
Really Neat Things About the Dark Ages, 101
A Short History of Man on Dog Sex, an Introduction
The Earth: 6,000 Years Old and Just Asking for It
Meet the Fetus.
Modern Conservative Comedians and Their Impact on Society
The Crusades: A Positive History
Islam: More Evil Than Nazism and Browner, 101
Poor People: An Unlimited Resource
Creationism: What Thousands of Nobel Scientists Don't Know
The Modern Woman: A Guide to Cooking, Housework and Repetitive Childbearing
Medieval Birth Control: Back to Basics
Knowledge and Faith: An Impossible Marriage
Reagan: How Trickle-Down Economics Saved America
Putting the Fun in Fundamentalism
Meanwhile, Mitt Romney claims that after embracing the Paul Ryan budget, it goosed him with a reach-around.
©2012 Kona Lowell
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