Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Go Up to be Cowboys

Living in Oklahoma for over three yars now, people in other parts of the country often ask me what is the big deal with Bedlam. I tell them it's just some silly college rivalry between Oklahoma State University and the University of Oklahoma when it comes to sports. Now, I can say that Bedlam has stretched to the graduation ceremonies.

Today, President Bush spoke to those who were graduating, some of which refused to walk protesting the President, who gaved a canned speech about how good the economy is going and how college graduates can expect to have good jobs with higher salaries.

Bullshit!

Every commencement speaker at every college says that. It's an encouragement to those who have spent two decades of their lives being taught in school only to be working a get-by job at Wal-Mart. It's a way of saying, "Hey, you're pretty much fucked, but if you want to still dream, then, I will play Mr. Sandman."

The sad part about Bush's speaking is that he once again has to one up his father, who spoke in 1990 at the school. (Coincidentally, Nixon is the only other President to have been commencement speaker at OSU.)

Nixon, Daddy Bush, Lil' Bush. Not a good track record for the college.

Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be Cowboys.

For Christ's sake, people refused to walk during graduation, and I don't blame them. A graduation ceremony is supposed to be about the students (unless it's one of those silly pre-school graduations, which is no accomplishment. Taking a nap is not scholastic achievement.)
Bush's speech was far more important than the hard work the graduates has done over the years. It's nice to know that Bush spending more taxpayer's money to receive an honorary doctorate from a college who's basketball head coach pleaded no contest to driving drunk. (Oh, so that's why they wanted him to speak. I see.)

It rained on the Spring 2006 graduates at OSU and the weather didn't cooperate either.