File this one under “H” for “Heh, Indeed” :

The state of Connecticut filed a federal lawsuit Monday challenging President Bush’s No Child Left Behind school reform law, arguing it is illegal because it requires expensive testing and programs it doesn’t pay for.

The lawsuit, which officials said was the first of its kind to be brought by a state government, asks a federal judge to declare that the federal government cannot require state and local money be used to meet federal testing goals.

Those jerks in Connecticut are sooo greedy. They want better schools and the funds to make that goal possible??? Somebody needs to explain to these people that there are a few things more important than paying for federally mandated testing for our children, like no-bid contracts to corporations who donate to the Republican party, tax cuts for the wealthy, homeland security funds for states that aren’t targets for terrorism, investigating ways to fix the Space Shuttle again, congressional pet projects like a tobacco museum or bridges to places nobody wants to go, Medicare overhaul that partially subsidizes the pharmaceutical industry, a new yacht for President Bush, armor for our troops that are dying in Iraq….okay, I was kidding about that last one, but you get the idea.