A political camp for kids, and more

A political camp for kids

A Tea Party group in Florida is offering a weeklong summer camp to teach kids that “America is good,” government-issued currency is worthless, and “government cannot force me to be charitable.” Students at Tampa Liberty School will also learn about the evils of socialism in a sparely furnished room representing Europe. “We want to impart to our children what our nation is about,” said founder Jeff Lukens.

New Yorker gets booted from plane for cursing

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A New York man was kicked off a delayed Atlantic Southeast Airlines flight for complaining to another passenger, “What’s taking so f---ing long?” Robert Sayegh, 37, admits he cursed over a 45-minute delay, but denies a flight attendant’s claim that he was “disruptive.” Sayegh says that in his native Brooklyn, “we curse as adjectives.”