So it seems that this idea goes back to the likes of Carnegie (Yes, the guy that built all those libraries) and Roosevelt (Teddy, not Frankin). Whilist these two certainly have a few neurons twitching between their ears the idea of altering the spelling of the English language because ‘it’s too hard to learn’ is clearly targeted at those who smoked way too much weed.
What’s next? Changing our systems of weights and measures so that they are based on a simple base 10 system? Wait… Oh… right.
BTW, get a load of the the woman’s name in the caption in the upper left. Seems like she should start her crusade a bit closer to home.