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'''Liberal stupidity''' (based on [[Latin]]: ''stupēre'' or ''stupor''; removal from sense or sensibility<ref>http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stupor</ref><ref>http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stupid</ref>) is statements, policies, or actions by adherents of [[liberalism]] which are authoritative in form, but the end of which is devoid of reality or common sense, with the general public in most cases forced to pay for them.  An example is the incredible statement by [[Democrat]] [[Hank Johnson]] of [[Georgia]], who feared that the relocation of 8,000 Naval personnel to [[Guam]] would "capsize" the island.<ref>http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Dumbest-Congressman-Ever--89652542.html</ref>

'''Liberal stupidity''' (based on [[Latin]]: ''stupēre'' or ''stupor''; removal from sense or sensibility<ref>https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stupor</ref><ref>https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stupid</ref>) is statements, policies, or actions by adherents of [[liberalism]] which are authoritative in form, but the end of which is devoid of reality or common sense, with the general public in most cases forced to pay for them.  An example is the incredible statement by [[Democrat]] [[Hank Johnson]] of [[Georgia]], who feared that the relocation of 8,000 Naval personnel to [[Guam]] would "capsize" the island.<ref>http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Dumbest-Congressman-Ever--89652542.html</ref>

==It's in the "genes"==

==It's in the "genes"==

* Unrepentant terrorist [[William Ayers]] photographed standing on the flag for a magazine article, ironically published the day of the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]] on America by [[Islam]]ic [[terrorist]]s.

* Unrepentant terrorist [[William Ayers]] photographed standing on the flag for a magazine article, ironically published the day of the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]] on America by [[Islam]]ic [[terrorist]]s.

* A mural of the flag, painted on a slab of concrete in [[California]] days after the 9/11 attacks, declared [[graffiti]] by the state legislature and removed days before the Fourth of July, 2010.<ref>http://www.ktvu.com/news/24117983/detail.html</ref>

* A mural of the flag, painted on a slab of concrete in [[California]] days after the 9/11 attacks, declared [[graffiti]] by the state legislature and removed days before the Fourth of July, 2010.<ref>http://www.ktvu.com/news/24117983/detail.html</ref>

* The use of the flag as floor mats at the University of [[Maine]], with the arrest of those [[veteran]]s protesting it if they dared to remove the flags from the floor.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH9bVRAe4NE</ref>

* The use of the flag as floor mats at the University of [[Maine]], with the arrest of those [[veteran]]s protesting it if they dared to remove the flags from the floor.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH9bVRAe4NE</ref>

* In an act that still reverberates today, on April 25, 1976, two liberals got on the playing field at Dodger Stadium and attempted to light a flag on fire; their attempt was thwarted by ball player Rick Monday.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrV8QPQAhxo</ref>

* In an act that still reverberates today, on April 25, 1976, two liberals got on the playing field at Dodger Stadium and attempted to light a flag on fire; their attempt was thwarted by ball player Rick Monday.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrV8QPQAhxo</ref>

==The staining of an American icon: Superman==

==The staining of an American icon: Superman==

The comic book character [[Superman]] represented American values since his creation in the 1930s by [[Jerry Siegel]] and [[Joe Shuster]].  In 2011, DC Comics have stated that Superman intends to renounces his U.S. [[citizenship]] before the [[United Nations]] in Action Comics No. 900, “I’m tired of having my actions construed as instruments of U.S. policy … ‘truth, justice and the American way’ - it’s not enough anymore.”  DC Comics issued a statement saying "Superman announces his intention to put a global focus on his never-ending battle, but he remains, as always, committed to his adopted home..." <ref>[http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/apr/29/take-your-global-citizenship-and-shove-it-superman/ PICKET: Take your global citizenship and shove it, Superman, [[Washington Times]], April 29, 2011]</ref>  Just days later, after negative publicity in the news media and internet bloggers - and coupled with the May 1, 2011 killing of terrorist [[Osama bin Laden]] - did the editors at DC Comics indicate a change of heart.<ref>http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/42903580/ns/today-books/t/will-superman-stay-american-citizen/</ref>

The comic book character [[Superman]] represented American values since his creation in the 1930s by [[Jerry Siegel]] and [[Joe Shuster]].  In 2011, DC Comics have stated that Superman intends to renounces his U.S. [[citizenship]] before the [[United Nations]] in Action Comics No. 900, “I’m tired of having my actions construed as instruments of U.S. policy … ‘truth, justice and the American way’ - it’s not enough anymore.”  DC Comics issued a statement saying "Superman announces his intention to put a global focus on his never-ending battle, but he remains, as always, committed to his adopted home..." <ref>[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/apr/29/take-your-global-citizenship-and-shove-it-superman/ PICKET: Take your global citizenship and shove it, Superman, [[Washington Times]], April 29, 2011]</ref>  Just days later, after negative publicity in the news media and internet bloggers - and coupled with the May 1, 2011 killing of terrorist [[Osama bin Laden]] - did the editors at DC Comics indicate a change of heart.<ref>http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/42903580/ns/today-books/t/will-superman-stay-american-citizen/</ref>

==Donation requests from Wikipedia==

==Donation requests from Wikipedia==

==Clitanic==

==Clitanic==

Professor Chris Turney of the University of New South Wales, [[Australia]]<ref>http://www.christurney.com/</ref> set sail for eastern [[Antartica]] on December 8, 2013 onboard MV ''Akademik Shokalskiy'', a research vessel that was used on this expedition to study Antarctic [[climate change]].  The vessel, with 74 people (including additional scientists, journalists, and crew) became stuck in pack ice on Dec. 24, several miles from shore, approximately 100 nautical miles due east from the French research station Dumont d'Urville.  By January 2, 2014, with the ice more than ten feet thick and several ice-breaking ships prevented from freeing the vessel, it was determined to evacuate all passengers by helicopter, leaving 22 crew members behind to tend ''Akademik Shokalskiy'' and hope she is freed.<ref>http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/02/us-antarctica-ship-rescue-idUSBREA000JX20140102</ref>

Professor Chris Turney of the University of New South Wales, [[Australia]]<ref>http://www.christurney.com/</ref> set sail for eastern [[Antartica]] on December 8, 2013 onboard MV ''Akademik Shokalskiy'', a research vessel that was used on this expedition to study Antarctic [[climate change]].  The vessel, with 74 people (including additional scientists, journalists, and crew) became stuck in pack ice on Dec. 24, several miles from shore, approximately 100 nautical miles due east from the French research station Dumont d'Urville.  By January 2, 2014, with the ice more than ten feet thick and several ice-breaking ships prevented from freeing the vessel, it was determined to evacuate all passengers by helicopter, leaving 22 crew members behind to tend ''Akademik Shokalskiy'' and hope she is freed.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/02/us-antarctica-ship-rescue-idUSBREA000JX20140102</ref>

Buried in the main stream news reports about the incident are a couple key facts.  First and foremost is Turney's choice to go to Antarctica in the summer months when ice sheets retreat and break apart; like the Arctic in summertime, liberals choose this season to advertise the perils of [[global warming]], despite a growing amount of evidence that the Antarctic ice sheet was expanding over the years.<ref>http://www.climatedepot.com/2013/12/28/australian-climate-change-professor-chris-turney-of-u-of-new-south-wales-who-warned-about-melting-east-antarctic-remains-trapped-in-thick-ice/</ref>  And during this expedition, even after being trapped in an ice field which clearly grew, Turney insisted the ice was melting.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/12/30/stuck-in-our-own-experiment-leader-trapped-team-insists-polar-ice-is-melting/</ref>

Buried in the main stream news reports about the incident are a couple key facts.  First and foremost is Turney's choice to go to Antarctica in the summer months when ice sheets retreat and break apart; like the Arctic in summertime, liberals choose this season to advertise the perils of [[global warming]], despite a growing amount of evidence that the Antarctic ice sheet was expanding over the years.<ref>http://www.climatedepot.com/2013/12/28/australian-climate-change-professor-chris-turney-of-u-of-new-south-wales-who-warned-about-melting-east-antarctic-remains-trapped-in-thick-ice/</ref>  And during this expedition, even after being trapped in an ice field which clearly grew, Turney insisted the ice was melting.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/12/30/stuck-in-our-own-experiment-leader-trapped-team-insists-polar-ice-is-melting/</ref>

==U.S. Congressional members==

==U.S. Congressional members==

====Sequestration====

====Sequestration====

In 2011, liberal [[Democrat]]s voted for [[sequestration]] with the belief that it would be so intolerable that [[conservative]] [[budget]]-cutters would never allow it to take effect. Again, in the December 2012 budget deal, President [[Obama]] and liberal Democrats did not agree to other spending cuts sought by conservatives because they could not believe that conservatives would allow sequestration take effect, although the deal postponed sequestration for two months.<ref>{{cite web |title=Statement by the Press Secretary |url=http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/02/14/statement-press-secretary |date=February 14, 2013 |publisher=[[The White House]] |accessdate=September 3, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=There are now four big plans to stop the sequester |last=Plumer |first=Brad |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/02/14/there-are-now-four-plans-to-stop-the-sequester/?wprss=rss_ezra-klein |date=February 14, 2013 |publisher=[[Washington Post]] |accessdate=September 3, 2013}}</ref>  Sequestration has now been in effect since March 2013.

In 2011, liberal [[Democrat]]s voted for [[sequestration]] with the belief that it would be so intolerable that [[conservative]] [[budget]]-cutters would never allow it to take effect. Again, in the December 2012 budget deal, President [[Obama]] and liberal Democrats did not agree to other spending cuts sought by conservatives because they could not believe that conservatives would allow sequestration take effect, although the deal postponed sequestration for two months.<ref>{{cite web |title=Statement by the Press Secretary |url=http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/02/14/statement-press-secretary |date=February 14, 2013 |publisher=[[The White House]] |accessdate=September 3, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=There are now four big plans to stop the sequester |last=Plumer |first=Brad |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/02/14/there-are-now-four-plans-to-stop-the-sequester/?wprss=rss_ezra-klein |date=February 14, 2013 |publisher=[[Washington Post]] |accessdate=September 3, 2013}}</ref>  Sequestration has now been in effect since March 2013.

====Major Owens====

====Major Owens====

An [[African American]] [[Democratic]] [[socialist]] from [[New York City]], [[Major Owens]] (U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 2007) stated in a 1995 speech on the House floor that during the [[Africa]]n [[slave trade]] more than 200,000,000 people were thrown over the sides of the slave ships which carried them across the Atlantic, permanently disrupting the [[ecology]] and causing [[shark]]s to follow any and all ships since the trade was stopped in the 1850s.  This figure worked out to be 152 slaves taken aboard nine ships per day for 200 years to get the total amount of slaves thrown overboard.  After reworking his absurd figure down to 100,000,000 slaves, Owens' claim was picked up by [[ABC News]], which reported the claim as "fact".<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N81fOuca8Oc&feature=related</ref><ref>http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=1766</ref><ref>http://snoopzone.blogspot.com/2005/11/200000000.html</ref>

An [[African American]] [[Democratic]] [[socialist]] from [[New York City]], [[Major Owens]] (U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 2007) stated in a 1995 speech on the House floor that during the [[Africa]]n [[slave trade]] more than 200,000,000 people were thrown over the sides of the slave ships which carried them across the Atlantic, permanently disrupting the [[ecology]] and causing [[shark]]s to follow any and all ships since the trade was stopped in the 1850s.  This figure worked out to be 152 slaves taken aboard nine ships per day for 200 years to get the total amount of slaves thrown overboard.  After reworking his absurd figure down to 100,000,000 slaves, Owens' claim was picked up by [[ABC News]], which reported the claim as "fact".<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N81fOuca8Oc&feature=related</ref><ref>http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=1766</ref><ref>http://snoopzone.blogspot.com/2005/11/200000000.html</ref>

====Larry Craig====

====Larry Craig====

On June 11, 2007, [[Senator]] [[Larry Craig]] was arrested at the [[Minneapolis]]-St. Paul International Airport in a sting operation aimed to [[entrap]] [[homosexual]]s.<ref>[http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/sections/news/Craigtranscript.pdf Transcript of arrest interview] [http://www.break.com/index/senator-craig-police-audio-tape.html Audio]</ref>  He then plead guilty using a mail-in form hoping to avoid public scrutiny. At an August 28, 2007 press conference, Craig attempted to back away from his admission of guilt. A judge denied his effort to withdraw his guilty plea, and Craig served the rest of his Senate term and retired from the Senate in January 2009.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sen. Craig not resigning despite judge's ruling|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/04/craig.arrest/|date=October 4, 2007|accessdate=Sept. 3, 2013}}</ref>

On June 11, 2007, [[Senator]] [[Larry Craig]] was arrested at the [[Minneapolis]]-St. Paul International Airport in a sting operation aimed to [[entrap]] [[homosexual]]s.<ref>[http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/sections/news/Craigtranscript.pdf Transcript of arrest interview] [http://www.break.com/index/senator-craig-police-audio-tape.html Audio]</ref>  He then plead guilty using a mail-in form hoping to avoid public scrutiny. At an August 28, 2007 press conference, Craig attempted to back away from his admission of guilt. A judge denied his effort to withdraw his guilty plea, and Craig served the rest of his Senate term and retired from the Senate in January 2009.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sen. Craig not resigning despite judge's ruling|url=https://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/04/craig.arrest/|date=October 4, 2007|accessdate=Sept. 3, 2013}}</ref>

==State legislative members==

==State legislative members==

==Hollywood stars==

==Hollywood stars==

====Jon Dalton====

====Jon Dalton====

Dalton, who goes by the stage name "Jonny Fairplay" did something to cause boos directed against himself at the Fox Reality Awards Show on October 2, 2007.  During this round actor [[Danny Bonaduce]] walked up next to him and said the obvious: "They're booing because they hate you." Upon turning his back on Dalton and attempting to exit the stage, Bonaduce was jumped on by Dalton, who subjected him to a sexual act.  Either forgotten or ignored was the fact that Bonaduce has a black belt in Tang Soo Do, and he simply flipped him up and over; Dalton hit the stage floor face-first and lost some teeth.  His exit off the stage was humiliating and rapid, made worse by the L.A. district attorney declining to press assault charges against Bonaduce due to insufficient evidence.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9wK2hFmxT4</ref><ref>http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b57723_Fairplay_Must_Fix_Bonaduce_Suit.html</ref>

Dalton, who goes by the stage name "Jonny Fairplay" did something to cause boos directed against himself at the Fox Reality Awards Show on October 2, 2007.  During this round actor [[Danny Bonaduce]] walked up next to him and said the obvious: "They're booing because they hate you." Upon turning his back on Dalton and attempting to exit the stage, Bonaduce was jumped on by Dalton, who subjected him to a sexual act.  Either forgotten or ignored was the fact that Bonaduce has a black belt in Tang Soo Do, and he simply flipped him up and over; Dalton hit the stage floor face-first and lost some teeth.  His exit off the stage was humiliating and rapid, made worse by the L.A. district attorney declining to press assault charges against Bonaduce due to insufficient evidence.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9wK2hFmxT4</ref><ref>http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b57723_Fairplay_Must_Fix_Bonaduce_Suit.html</ref>

====Gwyneth Paltrow====

====Gwyneth Paltrow====

====Samantha Bee====

====Samantha Bee====

[[Samantha Bee]], foul-mouthed and bigoted liberal "comedienne" and former correspondent of ''The Daily Show'' who now hosts her own show ''Full Frontal with Samantha Bee'' and is also notorious for her frequent dimwitted mischaracterizations of conservatives on that show, stepped up her stupidity level on the March 8, 2017 edition of the show by callously making an ill-considered comparison of an attendee of the February 2017 conservative [[CPAC]] conference to a "Nazi" because of his close-cropped haircut. The following day, Bee was chastized on Twitter by the man's sister for the cruel barb, revealing that her brother has stage four brain cancer.<ref>[http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/kristine-marsh/2017/03/09/sam-bee-accidentally-mocks-conservative-his-nazi-hair-he-has Sam Bee's Full Frontal Mocks Young Man for His 'Nazi Hair'; He Actually Has Cancer] at NewsBusters</ref> Bee subsequently took down the offending video clip from her YouTube page (although the original video was saved by [[NewsBusters]] as a reminder of her comment) and offered a hollow "apology" for the tasteless remark, but the damage had been done as she received a heavy amount of criticism on Twitter for it, while she was roasted for the comment on [[Fox News Channel]].<ref>[http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/randy-hall/2017/03/10/samantha-bees-slam-nazi-hair-youth-raises-thousands-treat-his-brain Samantha Bee's Slam of 'Nazi Hair' Youth Raises Thousands to Treat His Brain Cancer] at NewsBusters</ref>

[[Samantha Bee]], foul-mouthed and bigoted liberal "comedienne" and former correspondent of ''The Daily Show'' who now hosts her own show ''Full Frontal with Samantha Bee'' and is also notorious for her frequent dimwitted mischaracterizations of conservatives on that show, stepped up her stupidity level on the March 8, 2017 edition of the show by callously making an ill-considered comparison of an attendee of the February 2017 conservative [[CPAC]] conference to a "Nazi" because of his close-cropped haircut. The following day, Bee was chastized on Twitter by the man's sister for the cruel barb, revealing that her brother has stage four brain cancer.<ref>[https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/kristine-marsh/2017/03/09/sam-bee-accidentally-mocks-conservative-his-nazi-hair-he-has Sam Bee's Full Frontal Mocks Young Man for His 'Nazi Hair'; He Actually Has Cancer] at NewsBusters</ref> Bee subsequently took down the offending video clip from her YouTube page (although the original video was saved by [[NewsBusters]] as a reminder of her comment) and offered a hollow "apology" for the tasteless remark, but the damage had been done as she received a heavy amount of criticism on Twitter for it, while she was roasted for the comment on [[Fox News Channel]].<ref>[https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/randy-hall/2017/03/10/samantha-bees-slam-nazi-hair-youth-raises-thousands-treat-his-brain Samantha Bee's Slam of 'Nazi Hair' Youth Raises Thousands to Treat His Brain Cancer] at NewsBusters</ref>

==Education==

==Education==

====Kansas City and $2 billion wasted====

====Kansas City and $2 billion wasted====

In 1985 a Federal judge ordered the state of [[Missouri]] and the district containing [[Kansas City]] to enforce [[desegregation]], build new schools, and bring its low educational levels up to better standards, with the amount of money they would have to pay set at $2 billion over 12 years.  During this period $11,700 per pupil was spent, in addition to "higher teachers' salaries, 15 new schools, and such amenities as an Olympic-sized swimming pool with an underwater viewing room, television and animation studios, a robotics lab, a 25-acre wildlife sanctuary, a zoo, a model [[United Nations]] with simultaneous translation capability, and field trips to [[Mexico]] and [[Senegal]]"<ref>http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-298.html</ref> among other things.  The results today: no rise in test scores, failed integration, a loss of accreditation in 2000, a complete failure to meet all of Missouri's performance standards, and a shortfall of $52 million in the budget...which would force the closing of 29 of its 61 schools.<ref>http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Liberal_stupidity&action=edit</ref><ref>http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/03/kc_schools_a_case_study_in_lib.html</ref><ref>http://articles.latimes.com/2000/may/04/news/mn-26560</ref>

In 1985 a Federal judge ordered the state of [[Missouri]] and the district containing [[Kansas City]] to enforce [[desegregation]], build new schools, and bring its low educational levels up to better standards, with the amount of money they would have to pay set at $2 billion over 12 years.  During this period $11,700 per pupil was spent, in addition to "higher teachers' salaries, 15 new schools, and such amenities as an Olympic-sized swimming pool with an underwater viewing room, television and animation studios, a robotics lab, a 25-acre wildlife sanctuary, a zoo, a model [[United Nations]] with simultaneous translation capability, and field trips to [[Mexico]] and [[Senegal]]"<ref>http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-298.html</ref> among other things.  The results today: no rise in test scores, failed integration, a loss of accreditation in 2000, a complete failure to meet all of Missouri's performance standards, and a shortfall of $52 million in the budget...which would force the closing of 29 of its 61 schools.<ref>http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Liberal_stupidity&action=edit</ref><ref>https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/03/kc_schools_a_case_study_in_lib.html</ref><ref>http://articles.latimes.com/2000/may/04/news/mn-26560</ref>

See [[Public school values]] and [[Public schools in the United States]]

See [[Public school values]] and [[Public schools in the United States]]

====Detroit and a lack of education====

====Detroit and a lack of education====

[[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], already a poster child for everything wrong with liberalism, had a high school academy suspend 50 students for staging a walkout.  The reason: they ''demanded'' an [[education]].  Douglass Academy - ironically named for a [[Frederick Douglass|former slave]] who did everything he could to get an education - suffers from teachers who abuse sick leave (one was deliberately absent 68 days); a principal reassigned by the board; grades merely for showing up to class; and a listless student body who while away time in the gym or cafeteria due to the absent teachers.  The result: Douglass Academy is among the worst performing urban schools in the country.<ref>http://wchbnewsdetroit.com/2403275/detroits-frederick-douglass-academy-protest-students-suspended-after-demanding-an-education-video/</ref><ref>http://www.freep.com/article/20120330/NEWS01/203300409/Douglass-Academy-walkout-earns-suspensions-for-about-50-high-schoolers?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|s</ref><ref>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/30/detroit-high-school-prote_n_1392436.html</ref>

[[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], already a poster child for everything wrong with liberalism, had a high school academy suspend 50 students for staging a walkout.  The reason: they ''demanded'' an [[education]].  Douglass Academy - ironically named for a [[Frederick Douglass|former slave]] who did everything he could to get an education - suffers from teachers who abuse sick leave (one was deliberately absent 68 days); a principal reassigned by the board; grades merely for showing up to class; and a listless student body who while away time in the gym or cafeteria due to the absent teachers.  The result: Douglass Academy is among the worst performing urban schools in the country.<ref>http://wchbnewsdetroit.com/2403275/detroits-frederick-douglass-academy-protest-students-suspended-after-demanding-an-education-video/</ref><ref>http://www.freep.com/article/20120330/NEWS01/203300409/Douglass-Academy-walkout-earns-suspensions-for-about-50-high-schoolers?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|s</ref><ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/30/detroit-high-school-prote_n_1392436.html</ref>

==School safety==

==School safety==

In 2018, Illinois Democrats proposed rewarding schools that hire mental health therapists instead of armed guards to protect students.<ref>Anapol, Avery (April 29, 2018). [http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/385437-illinois-lawmakers-approve-plan-to-replace-armed-officers-in-schools Illinois House approves plan to replace armed officers in schools with mental health professionals]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 29, 2018.</ref><ref>Hawkins, Awr (April 29, 2018). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/19/illinois-democrats-replace-armed-security-guards-therapists/ Illinois Democrats Push to Reward Schools That Hire Therapists Instead of Armed Guards]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 29, 2018.</ref>

In 2018, Illinois Democrats proposed rewarding schools that hire mental health therapists instead of armed guards to protect students.<ref>Anapol, Avery (April 29, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/385437-illinois-lawmakers-approve-plan-to-replace-armed-officers-in-schools Illinois House approves plan to replace armed officers in schools with mental health professionals]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 29, 2018.</ref><ref>Hawkins, Awr (April 29, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/19/illinois-democrats-replace-armed-security-guards-therapists/ Illinois Democrats Push to Reward Schools That Hire Therapists Instead of Armed Guards]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 29, 2018.</ref>

==Energy needs==

==Energy needs==