If you had better things to do this weekend, you may not have heard the story which could be this graduation season's requisite controversy.

The WaPo reported Sunday that officials in Charles County, Md., denied a Native American student his diploma because the student chose to wear a bolo tie rather than a "traditional" tie in compliance with the dress code which required that male graduates wear a tie under their gown.

After reading the article, Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D) called the newspaper to express his viewpoint, stating, "In Montana and anyplace in Indian country, a bolo tie is dressed up," adding, "A tie is a tie."

I mention this as an excuse to link to this post at BullMoose. Bull uses this an another example of an opportunity for Democrats to get their priorities straight.

Actually, this is all an excuse to mention the last line in the post: "More bolo ties and less Ben and Jerry's."

RELATED: CNN has this story of a teen who launched his own line of neckwear in response to his school's tie-requiring dress code.
- posted by C @ 4:46:00 PM