Posted by
Billy email MADBillyD@aol.com on Friday, June 20, 2008 12:31:35 PM
The Justice Department gave $500,000 to the World Golf Foundation. The foundation’s beneficiary program is called “First Tee.” It’s designed to get youngsters interested in that most civilized of sporting passions, golf.
Employees in the Justice Department had rated the program way down on their list. But the administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, J. Robert Flores, awarded the money anyway, ignoring programs that employees had ranked as much more effective.
“We need something really attractive to engage the gangs and the street kids, golf is the hook,” said the questionable administrator in question.
Yeah, right. Remember the midnight basketball leagues, supported as a brainy idea by Bill Clinton? Well, at least lots of inner city kids like basketball. Golf seems something of a stretch.
(The above is part of a commentary I just heard Paul Jacob do. By the way President Bush is the honorary chairman of First Tee. Perhaps that is why this came about. No matter why this is an outrage. Government should stay out of this. Leave changing gang members up to churches and groups which offer spiritual answers and don't use tax payers money. Read the while commentary by Paul Jacob did Building a network for liberty or listen to it audio file.)
