Ignoring for the moment the complete absurdity of giving a third-grader detention for eating a Jolly Rancher, let's explore this story a little deeper. In other words, follow the money. Because the real story here doesn't appear until the tenth paragraph, when the school district superintendent, Jack Ellis, says, "failing to adhere to the state’s guidelines could put federal funding in jeopardy." There it is. The federal extortion racket is at it again.

If you watched any of Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution, you know that he ran up against this same nonsense, except the logic there was reversed. At the elementary school in Huntington, West Virginia, where he was trying to eliminate chocolate and strawberry flavored milk (because, as he put it, they contain more sugar than a can of "fizzy pop"), it took several attempts before the school district finally got "approval" from state authorities to remove a food item that was bad for the children's health.

So in one state, the extortionists punish a child for eating sugar, and in another state, they punish the school for trying to reduce the sugar intake of their students. But in both states, the root cause is the same: fight the system and lose your funding.

Attention all teachers! Remember this man's name and face, because many years from now, after the Department of Education has disappeared, and our country's education system has been completely dismantled, and you are out looking for a job, you will know who to blame. History will record that this is the man who divulged your dirty little secret.

Judge Walter Croskey, ruling on whether homeschooling parents were abusing their children, wrote the following in his decision:

Since then, the California 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to reconsider its ruling, but the cat's already out of the bag. Even if the court reverses itself, and homeschooling parents in California are no longer considered outlaws, the true mission of our public education system has been revealed in all its splendor. That is a truly disturbing statement. The purpose of an education system is to teach loyalty to the state. Funny, I always thought the purpose of an education system was to educate.

John Taylor Gatto has written about this topic extensively, and I can give it no better treatment than he has in his many books and essays. He has made the point over and over that you cannot fix our nation's public schools because they are not broken. They do exactly what they were designed to do, which is to indoctrinate our youth with government-approved propaganda. It was just surprising to me to hear an Appellate Court judge of all people admit that the emperor has no clothes.

Teachers beware! Judge Croskey has outed you, and concerned parents have had their suspicions confirmed. From this point forward, it will no longer be so easy to hide your real agenda.