January 21, 2011

Top Headline Comments 1-21-11
— Gabriel Malor

Even bad men love their mamas.

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at 02:45 AM | Comments (108)
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1 No we don't.

Posted by: The Bad Man at January 21, 2011 02:54 AM (VFkb6)

2 And neither did we.

Posted by: The Bad Man's Mama at January 21, 2011 02:55 AM (VFkb6)

3 We did. 

Hoo-ah!

Posted by: Bad Man's Nest-door neighbor at January 21, 2011 02:59 AM (MMC8r)

4 They sure do.

Posted by: Ma Barker at January 21, 2011 03:02 AM (h0RtZ)

5 Ima reposting this from the ONT:
 
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
 
It's the National Enquirer, but still.....
 
Oh boy. Here we go. I predict 500 pundits write about this today.

Posted by: GnuBreed at January 21, 2011 03:03 AM (h0RtZ)

6 I loved mama too!

Posted by: Norman Bates at January 21, 2011 03:16 AM (jt9ek)

7 Yes, if you were going to have an affair, you'd have it with that gal. LOL!

Posted by: moi at January 21, 2011 03:17 AM (Ez4Ql)

8

I fully expected this Verizon is suing FCC\

What pisses me off is this is the second time the FCC has been sued over this same shit. The tax payers are paying for them to act in a lawless manner without fear of any cost to themselves.  I want to see the court hit the assholes that pushed this and want them hit hard. In fact, in addition to legal sanctions they should pay all the court costs out of their own pockets.

Posted by: Vic at January 21, 2011 03:18 AM (M9Ie6)

9

It has started! Public outraged as its oxen get gored.

Yesterday I posted a link to a proposal by Nikki Haley for budget reductions that (among other things) eliminated SC funding for ETV and PBS in SC.  Look at the comments in this article today. LOL, if the House goes in to kill federal funding look for these comments x 10.

Posted by: Vic at January 21, 2011 03:18 AM (M9Ie6)

10 Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) believes the Constitution justifies Obamacare’s mandate that people must buy health insurance. According to him, the Constitution’s reference to the “pursuit of happiness” specifically justifies that mandate.

So, I guess, whenever I needs me some happiness, I goes to the doctor's office, where they hand it out like those li'l lollypops.

I always liked me them li'l lollypops.

Yabba-Dabba-Do

Posted by: franksalterego at January 21, 2011 03:21 AM (qvaB9)

11 This is hilarious. An anonymous email is now what the msm uses as news. Unfuckingbelievable!

Posted by: moi at January 21, 2011 03:21 AM (Ez4Ql)

12 Even bad men love their mamas.

Monsignor hates his.

Posted by: Why Me? at January 21, 2011 03:24 AM (H+LJc)

13 I see on the Yahoo home page an article about our Federal government and Yellowstone bison. From Yahoo--- 'To keep close tabs on the animals, they received ear tags, radio collars and, for females, tracking devices implanted in their vaginas in case they abort their young. ' Bison vagina tracking device implanter? Is this a green job? GOP House? Are you listening?

Posted by: Charles Darwin at January 21, 2011 03:25 AM (le5qc)

14

More outrageous BS from this admin

WASHINGTON—The U.S. military plans to award an exclusive contract to Russia's state arms exporter Rosoboronexport to supply helicopters for Afghanistan's military, speeding a deal that was outlined as part of a "reset" of U.S.-Russia relations.

Since we are funding this crap it, it means the U.S. taxpayer is funding this. Or should I say, we are borrowing money from China to buy Russian helicopters for corrupt assholes who will probably turn them over to the heroin dealers.

Posted by: Vic at January 21, 2011 03:28 AM (M9Ie6)

Posted by: for those who were wondering at January 21, 2011 03:28 AM (S5YRY)

16 What's with the Tripp family? Wasn't the Lewinsky ratter also a Tripp?

Posted by: Charles Darwin at January 21, 2011 03:30 AM (le5qc)

17

Time names their candidate for the Republicans in 2012

Once more, Willard Mitt Romney looked great, and not just because of his rugged jawline, which showed no sign of slackening, or his thick blow-dry, which had gone more gray in just the right places. No, there was something else, a feeling in the air as he moved through his adoptive state — where else? New Hampshire — which so harshly rebuked him in the 2008 Republican primary by choosing John McCain.

Once again the MFM seeking to name our candidate early in the process with this puff piece. The more things change the more they remain the same.

Posted by: Vic at January 21, 2011 03:42 AM (M9Ie6)

18
14

Secretary of Homeland Security, first in line.

Posted by: franksalterego at January 21, 2011 03:46 AM (qvaB9)

Posted by: Vic at January 21, 2011 03:49 AM (M9Ie6)

20 You know who didn't love his mama?  That matricidal maniac Ugly Betty actor with a samurai sword.

Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at January 21, 2011 03:50 AM (HaYO4)

21 Obama Fun Fact:

The Obama Administration is to America as stomach parasites are to Obama; America has the shitz.

No word yet on whether Obama's Ivy League doctors have found an elegant solution.

Posted by: Fritz at January 21, 2011 03:52 AM (GwPRU)

22 Fred Thompson shed some light yesterday on Tennessee Cohen.

Evidently, Cohen firmly believes what he says and does not make statements for mere political show. Prior to calling Republicans Nazis this week, when the Tea Party Rallies were organizing, when referencing the MSM mantra of radically bigoted teabaggers, Cohen referenced those attending protests against federal corruption protests as clones of Dem. Gov. George Wallace and the hooded KKK.

Belief system. Given belief in revisionism, progressives can't deal with authentic, unaltered recorded documentation. And technology obliges, providing material to support the belief system pitting fact v. revisionist authenticity. And the audience selectively supports its own propagandized comfort zone.

Given Loughner as a contemporary illustration, of course the Left won't accept responsibility for their own product. They've already rewritten history, having transposed all villains from proper historical setting, destroying any accuracy, juxtaposed as political opponents -- meaning the villains were all conservatives. Hitler + Stalin = Conservatives.

Posted by: Why Me? at January 21, 2011 03:53 AM (H+LJc)

23 And finally today's "on this day in history":

In 1793 King Louis XVI was executed for treason

and exactly 184 years later Carter pardoned the draft dodgers who went to Canada and other places.

Now who was guilty of treason?

Posted by: Vic at January 21, 2011 03:54 AM (M9Ie6)

24

"...tracking devices implanted in their vaginas in case they abort their young."

Is it wrong that I pictured Bisons in surgical masks....um etc...

Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at January 21, 2011 03:55 AM (HaYO4)

25 "...tracking devices implanted in their vaginas in case they abort their young."

No right to privacy for buffalo?

Rosie O'Donnell hardest hit.

Posted by: nickless at January 21, 2011 03:59 AM (MMC8r)

26 The more things change the more they remain the same.
Posted by: Vic

Right. Functionally as Chief Executive, no big distinction for NH to make between those two given their same progressive agenda in official policy.

Posted by: Why Me? at January 21, 2011 04:00 AM (H+LJc)

27

One other story that should be hot today

I expect one of the bloggers will be all over this. I touched on it in the ONT and Stuart Varney ate their lunch on this this morning on F&F.

Posted by: Vic at January 21, 2011 04:02 AM (M9Ie6)

28 Right. Functionally as Chief Executive, no big distinction for NH to make between those two given their same progressive agenda in official policy.

Posted by: Why Me? at January 21, 2011 08:00 AM (H+LJc)

Yep, as I said yesterday, I am looking for multiple threads bashing Romney today.

Posted by: Vic at January 21, 2011 04:04 AM (M9Ie6)

29 To Preside Or Not To Preside, That is the Question. President Present may vote Present on Fannie and Freddie -- CDR M @ Clarion

and there it is

Posted by: Why Me? at January 21, 2011 04:05 AM (H+LJc)

30

"There is love and then there is love-love."

Matthew Fox took an axe, gave his mother 14 whacks, when he saw what he had done, he got arrested for murder because he is a psychotic dick.

Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at January 21, 2011 04:08 AM (HaYO4)

31
"Tammy Faye Obama Butt Humps Wally Mart"

Posted by: Fish the Impaler at January 21, 2011 04:08 AM (ZHsNw)

32

The technological reason for banning cell phones on planes may be real enough, but programming could overcome that.

The real-world reason is that nobody -- nobody -- wants to sit in a closed cabin with even one other person yakking at Cell Phone Volume for any length of time. And the staff doesn't want to deal with the conflict.

It's the last refuge. Please don't make the feds create a Federal Good Manners Commission to enforce it.

Posted by: Michael Rittenhouse at January 21, 2011 04:11 AM (ZRm0r)

33 If you put a beard on Mattie Fox, he could be an ewok.

Posted by: Fritz at January 21, 2011 04:16 AM (GwPRU)

34

Thought this might interest a few morons on WWII:

http://tiny.cc/yd31u

Posted by: Jess at January 21, 2011 04:17 AM (FzVgA)

35 Matthew Fox, lady killer.

He's beating them off with an axe.

Posted by: nickless at January 21, 2011 04:22 AM (MMC8r)

36 14
To keep close tabs on the animals, they received ear tags, radio collars and, for females, tracking devices implanted in their vaginas in case they abort their young. ' Posted by: Charles Darwin at January 21, 2011 07:25 AM (le5qc)

Bison abortions should be safe, legal and rare (as should bison steak)

Posted by: ya2daup at January 21, 2011 04:23 AM (yRrAd)

37 What's with everyone yapping about how fantastic the President's speech in Tucson was?   I thought it was very meh.  That's without the annoyance of the cheers and his campaigning.

Posted by: katya, the designated driver at January 21, 2011 04:25 AM (ZePpz)

38

Thought this might interest a few morons on WWII:

http://tiny.cc/yd31u

Posted by: Jess at January 21, 2011 08:17 AM (FzVgA)

That was interesting Jess.  Thanks for posting it.

Posted by: Tami at January 21, 2011 04:28 AM (VuLos)

39
#38
Serendipity @ The Borg Conspiracy

beautiful

Posted by: Why Me? at January 21, 2011 04:29 AM (H+LJc)

40 41 What's with everyone yapping about how fantastic the President's speech in Tucson was?   I thought it was very meh.  That's without the annoyance of the cheers and his campaigning.
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at January 21, 2011 08:25 AM (ZePpz)

He's the Awesomest Speechifonicator of our time!

Posted by: swooning libtards at January 21, 2011 04:30 AM (yRrAd)

41

Even bad men love their mamas.

With fava beans and a nice chianti ... fffffffff!

Posted by: Zombie Hannibal Lecter at January 21, 2011 04:31 AM (yRrAd)

42 Public School Education

In one case, several students apparently took off their clothes and were naked in the classroom. In the second incident, a boy and girl reportedly engaged in oral sex in front of their classmates. Markham Elementary School's Flint indicated that the suspended teacher, whose name was not released by the school district, was present for both of the incidents.


Posted by: Why Me? at January 21, 2011 04:32 AM (H+LJc)

43 33
Matthew Fox took an axe, gave his mother 14 whacks ...

Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at January 21, 2011 08:08 AM (HaYO4)

Slacker ...

Posted by: Zombie Lizzie Borden at January 21, 2011 04:33 AM (yRrAd)

44 What's with everyone yapping about how fantastic the President's speech in Tucson was?   I thought it was very meh.  That's without the annoyance of the cheers and his campaigning.

Posted by: katya, the designated driver at January 21, 2011 08:25 AM (ZePpz)

Absolutely; it was like something Clenis would read, full of feel-good garbage that ultimately is extremely unmemorable.  I still haven't got an answer to my question of whether any families stayed away from the pep-rally figuring that it wouldn't really honor the memories; not that the salad-tossing media would point that out.

Posted by: Captain Hate at January 21, 2011 04:34 AM (olKiY)

45 Speculations open about the 2nd Grade Teacher's sexual persuasion.

As if the teacher's mama didn't give enough love.

Posted by: Why Me? at January 21, 2011 04:35 AM (H+LJc)

46 19
Willard Mitt Romney ...
Posted by: Vic at January 21, 2011 07:42 AM (M9Ie6)

Willard? Willard? Is that you? Where you been ...boy?

Posted by: Zombie Ben at January 21, 2011 04:36 AM (yRrAd)

47

Markham Elementary School's Flint indicated that the suspended teacher, whose name was not released by the school district, was present for both of the incidents.

I'll bet the teacher is still drawing a paycheck.

Posted by: katya, the designated driver at January 21, 2011 04:42 AM (ZePpz)

48

It is SEVENTEEN FREAKING DEGREES BELOW ZERO this morning in Waterloo Iowa. 

GLOBAL WARMING, YEAH!

Posted by: katya, the designated driver at January 21, 2011 04:43 AM (ZePpz)

49 Just change the name of the school to the Folsom Street School.

Posted by: nickless at January 21, 2011 04:44 AM (MMC8r)

50 Speculations open about the 2nd Grade Teacher's sexual persuasion.

As if the teacher's mama didn't give enough love.

Posted by: Why Me? at January 21, 2011 08:35 AM (H+LJc)

Speechless...completely and totally speechless.

Posted by: Tami at January 21, 2011 04:46 AM (VuLos)

51 Russian Spy Anna Chapman's Kremlin Young Guard uniform looks like Hollywood's V.

Posted by: Why Me? at January 21, 2011 04:49 AM (H+LJc)

52 This isn't my life, Duke Nukem Forever actually has an actual real release date

http://tinyurl.com/62cjlso (mute the sound as the link blares Duke Nukem music)

"Somehow the guys at Game Informer magazine discovered Duke Nukem Forever's launch date before I did," joked Randy Pitchford, president of Gearbox Software and executive producer of Duke Nukem Forever. "But I cannot imagine any better video game news source team than Game Informer to reveal the moment of truth for the most inconceivable, incorrigible and inspiring turn around story in the history of the video game industry – the coming of Duke Nukem Forever on May 3, 2011."

“The moment fans all over the world have been waiting for is almost here,” says Christoph Hartmann, president of 2K. “May 3, 2011 marks Duke’s return as he unleashes his brash and brutally honest wit on the world. His return is going to be epic and one that will make video gaming history!”

May 3 is the North American release date. May 6 is worldwide.

Posted by: The Dude at January 21, 2011 04:57 AM (Ig1Wo)

Posted by: naturalfake at January 21, 2011 04:58 AM (I49Jm)

54 Breitbart's hosting an '80's themed gay party.

Can't come as you are. But you're all invited!

On selection, Breitbart's nuance is that '80's gay themes were different than 2011 gay themes?  1980s gay adoption was not yet on their public agenda.

Posted by: Why Me? at January 21, 2011 05:01 AM (H+LJc)

Posted by: Burn the Witch at January 21, 2011 05:01 AM (A/oSU)

56 GE hit it out of the park on earnings.  They were expecting 32 and got 36.  Funny to watch CNBC as they don't work for GE anymore, they work for comcast now.Wonder if there will be more stories about GE now?

Posted by: curious at January 21, 2011 05:05 AM (p302b)

57 the suspended teacher, whose name was not released by the school district, was present for both of the incidents.

Posted by: Why Me? at January 21, 2011 08:32 AM (H+LJc)

Hmmm, so the school district thinks it's more important to keep the identity of somebody, who at the very least is incapable of adequately supervising second graders and at the very worst instigated the disgusting behavior, away from the people who, you know, PAY FOR THIS BULLSHIT.  Just fucking wonderful.

Posted by: Captain Hate at January 21, 2011 05:06 AM (olKiY)

58

from 58 - Breitbart:

"I am not endorsing gay marriage, I'm not endorsing Don't Ask, Don't Tell. I will be the harshest critic of the activist gay left..."

Of course he fails to realize that the people he's so harsh on are masquerading as the gay right in GOProud and the Log Cabin types. 

(Yeah Malor, spouting platitudes to the 2nd Ammendment and fiscal sanity doesn't cover up the quite liberal identity politics of GOProud's platforms that entail "getting breaks for gays".  Also wondering why it was another coblogger doing a story on Log Cabin dudes suing over DADT even after it was repealed.  That's just so weird that you didn't cover it.)

Posted by: Burn the Witch at January 21, 2011 05:08 AM (A/oSU)

59 63: The gay rights crowd has learned from the other special classes that the gravy train NEVER stops, if you have the approval of the elites.  It doesn't matter what legislation is passed, what barriers (real and/or imaginary) are dismantled, or what makes sense, there is always one more grievance to milk because we (as in non-protected classes) have to atone collectively for our past transgressions. 
I expect we will see gay rights related legislation and lawsuits for the next 50 years or so!

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 21, 2011 05:17 AM (8nf3A)

Posted by: curious at January 21, 2011 05:17 AM (p302b)

61 Administration Split Over Fannie-Freddie strategy.
The dispute pits White House economic advisers, who favor merely offering lawmakers a menu of possible next steps without committing to a specific direction, against officials at the Treasury and Department of Housing and Urban Development, who want to endorse an explicit federal guarantee for the mortgage companies and throw the administrationÂ’s support behind it, the sources said.

Note to Congress: triangulate and kick those two parasitical money sinks off the federal dole.

Posted by: ya2daup at January 21, 2011 05:17 AM (yRrAd)

62

Even bad men love their mamas.

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at 06:45 AM   And if you don't love your mama, does that make you a bad man?

Posted by: Insomniac at January 21, 2011 05:21 AM (DrWcr)

63

What's with everyone yapping about how fantastic the President's speech in Tucson was?   I thought it was very meh.  That's without the annoyance of the cheers and his campaigning.

Actually, i thought it was one of the best he's made.

The speech in 2004 he made at the DNC convention was by far his best. I didn't agree with all the content, but if you go rewatch it, you'll see it was quasi patriotic. Obvsiously he didn't believe  god damn word he was saying, but it was still an okay speech

As for the Tucscon speech, i thought it was fairly good. It wasn't Reagans space shuttle columbia speech, but it was alright. It was about the victims and not him, and he did get off a subtle swipe at the left.

All in all, for a god awful president, the speech wasn't too bad.

Posted by: Ben at January 21, 2011 05:22 AM (wuv1c)

64 Teachers are a protected class.  There was a teacher, on meds, who pushed a desk into a kid, the kid was the kid of an administrator in another district.  The mom was furious, the other parents were furious, the solution, they put an "aide" in the classroom to watch the teacher at all times.  They never pulled the teacher out of the classroom and fired her.  That is how powerful the teacher's union actually is and the parents, paying for the schools with their property taxes have absolutely nothing to say.  The parents from that class, angry as they, were ultimately ostracized by the other parents for "causing a problem with a great, long time teacher".  No one wants to cause a problem, after all these people have the ultimate too, your kid's recommendation for college.

Posted by: curious at January 21, 2011 05:23 AM (p302b)

65 And if you don't love your mama, does that make you a bad man?

Posted by: Insomniac at January 21, 2011 09:21 AM (DrWcr)

Nah, it makes you a really bad man.

Posted by: Grey Fox at January 21, 2011 05:31 AM (Um5wC)

66 "Chinese Silver Demand Surges Four Fold in Just One Year"and last night was listening to late night radio when I couldn't sleep and some guest on some show was saying that China and India's demand for oil will spike prices incredibly in the coming years.

So now I see this silver thing and it makes you wonder.

Posted by: curious at January 21, 2011 05:32 AM (p302b)

68 "America must brace itself for turbulence""Most fundamentally it is difficult to see how the medium-term federal deficit can be reduced to sustainable levels without additional tax revenues from those earning less than $250,000 a year."

Posted by: curious at January 21, 2011 05:42 AM (p302b)

69 LINK for the Financial Times article in #73, for some odd reason the hyperlink thing didn't take.

Posted by: curious at January 21, 2011 05:44 AM (p302b)

70 So who fixed the blog and at what time?  I gave up after three hours last night.

Posted by: Kemp at January 21, 2011 05:44 AM (JpFM9)

71 Pixy fixed it around 8:45.

Posted by: Tami at January 21, 2011 05:46 AM (VuLos)

72 Mama didn't love me, and I didn't love my mama.

Posted by: Really Bad Man at January 21, 2011 05:49 AM (DrWcr)

73 Testing, testing from my new computer...does it make me look slimmer??

Posted by: Mama AJ at January 21, 2011 05:57 AM (XdlcF)

74 Mama, you look maaahvelous!

Posted by: texette at January 21, 2011 06:05 AM (zt3lR)

75 "Who's to Blame for the Mortgage Mess? Banks, Not Homeowners"Been noticing an uptick in talk about the mortgage mess and the real estate market.  Have been half waiting for the administration to come out with something as many times all these articles and segment on "news" channels precede the run up to something out of the administration.

Posted by: curious at January 21, 2011 06:22 AM (p302b)

76 Even bad men love their mamas.

You have no idea.

Posted by: Ed Gein at January 21, 2011 06:26 AM (4ucxv)

78 Mornin all..

Posted by: jewells45 at January 21, 2011 06:45 AM (l/N7H)

79 everyone was trying a little too hard in that movie...

Posted by: ichi at January 21, 2011 06:45 AM (sO2DZ)

80

69 Speaking of which: after today my kid is officially home schooled, until next fall when we can get him into a private school...or we wind up moving.

After what feels like a century of butting our heads against a wall, we just finally decided to give up -- it is an incredible economic burden to do this (we aren't wealthy, or even upper middle class, not anymore) but enough is enough.

The sad part is that we aren't the only parents who have finally given up in disgust.

Posted by: unknown jane at January 21, 2011 06:46 AM (5/yRG)

81 From the Social Security article 9 million jobs -- 8% of all private-sector jobs -- have vanished since 2008, and another 8% more have slipped from full-time to part-time or temporary Together We Thrive

Posted by: t-bird at January 21, 2011 06:48 AM (FcR7P)

82 unknown jane- what happened?

Posted by: jewells45 at January 21, 2011 06:49 AM (l/N7H)

83

Posted by: unknown jane at January 21, 2011 10:46 AM (5/yRG)

Anything in particular, or just cumulative?

Posted by: HH at January 21, 2011 06:49 AM (6oDXl)

84 ...which also tells me there's a fair bit of chicanery going on. 8% of jobs have disappeared and we're at 9.4% unemployment?

Posted by: t-bird at January 21, 2011 06:50 AM (FcR7P)

85 Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 21, 2011 10:35 AM (4ucxv)

I think it is good for her to pack heat but I also hope that she applies some common sense stuff as well like I talked about way back in the beginning of this crap.

Do her meet and greets in a closed area that has control of visitors with metal detectors and have LLEO provide security.

Posted by: Vic at January 21, 2011 06:57 AM (M9Ie6)

86 ...which also tells me there's a fair bit of chicanery going on. 8% of jobs have disappeared and we're at 9.4% unemployment?

People who drop out of the labor market (go back to school, stay home with the kids for a year or two, return to the country they emigrated from illegally, etc) aren't counted as unemployed.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 21, 2011 06:57 AM (4ucxv)

87 Huh. GE is Government Electric. Totally missed that one; I knew about Goldman Sachs.

Posted by: t-bird at January 21, 2011 06:59 AM (FcR7P)

88 82 Republican first-term Congresswoman (and hot nurse) Renee Ellmers plans to carry a gun at public appearances.

I like her.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 21, 2011 10:35 AM (4ucxv)


Just don't read the comments.  The mewling is ridiculous.

Posted by: grognard at January 21, 2011 07:02 AM (NS2Mo)

89 On selection, Breitbart's nuance is that '80's gay themes were different than 2011 gay themes?  1980s gay adoption was not yet on their public agenda.

He's not entirely wrong.  In the 80s, gays insisted they were smarter than straight men *because* there was no gay marriage or adoption.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 21, 2011 07:18 AM (p05LM)

90

Cumulative.  I got very tired of the new crop of teachers not teaching (the older teachers made this district pretty good, but they have been retiring in droves for the past 5 years, and now...oy).  I fail to appreciate my tax dollars going towards classes where no homework is handed out and movies (as in Harry Potter or Disney) are watched at least 2 days out of every 5...every. single. week.

On top of that I'm tired of an administration that can't seem to administer.  My son has fallen on the bad side of some kids because he won't back down  to bullies -- since they are afraid to go head to head with him apparently a couple of girls had an internet site planned involving "taking him down" and potentially "causing his death".  I guess this all started when they were harassing a girl in his class last year, and he told them off.  Since then according to this poster the girls and their boyfriends were handing out, my son is on the "target" list.  Considering that not two months ago kids in this same class attempted to "protest" getting recess privledges taken away (all encouraged by a teacher, who didn't think they'd go so far) by sending out email flyers to the student body listing what weapons to bring and what targets to go after, for which the school did very little and essentially caved to the kids, I no longer feel confident that my kid is safe there.

No, the school is not doing anything about this internet "target" list or any of that, and no, this originally started a few months ago.  My kid isn't the only one this has happened to either -- some other kids have been pulled from the school.

But these are all wealthy to upper middle class "good" kids doing this...that's the school's response.

Posted by: unknown jane at January 21, 2011 07:24 AM (5/yRG)

91

Okay, here's the thread I was looking for.

On the sidebar, about college kids not actually learning anything:

So what if a lot of people actually know this but go along with it anyway because, you just try getting a job that's not flipping burgers without a freaking certified piece of paper that claims you have some kind of training.  Back in the day a kid with half a brain and lots of gumption could become an apprentice.  They learned the job while working the job.  Who does that now?  So some joker with the know-nothing degree gets the high paying job instead of the guy who has has been around a lot longer and knows a lot more but doesn't have the piece of paper.

Posted by: katya, the designated driver at January 21, 2011 07:40 AM (ZePpz)

92

Posted by: unknown jane at January 21, 2011 11:24 AM (5/yRG)

Good Lord! Most places would start a criminal investigation over something like that...

Posted by: HH at January 21, 2011 07:41 AM (6oDXl)

93

No, the school is not doing anything about this internet "target" list or any of that, and no, this originally started a few months ago.  My kid isn't the only one this has happened to either -- some other kids have been pulled from the school.

But these are all wealthy to upper middle class "good" kids doing this...that's the school's response.

Posted by: unknown jane at January 21, 2011 11:24 AM (5/yRG)

I'm really shocked that the school administration is taking such a cavalier attitude toward this; that other kids have already been pulled means they have a PR powder keg situation they're sitting on,  I assume you've gone to the police about this.  Whoever is the ISP for the website should be made aware of this also.  Do you have a local fishwrap that would cover this (although the lib shitheads that populate the salad tossing media consider public skools the holy grail)?

I pulled one of my Hatettes from the local public union shop daycare centers because the quality of education had gotten so shitty but if I'd have felt some of the denizens were threatening them, I would've gotten in a lot of peoples' faces and to hell with the consequences.

Posted by: Captain Hate at January 21, 2011 07:41 AM (olKiY)

94 unknown jane,  parents have much more power than most people think they do.  They have walk-away power.  The problem is that most parents aren't willing to use that weapon.  Good for you.  Now, get ready for school officials to descend upon you telling you what a mistake they feel you are making.  Socialization, bla bla bla.  Look up your state homeschool regulations.  Chances are the school officials know absolutely nothing about homeschool laws.  They may even make threats.  Stand strong.  Go, mama.

Posted by: katya, the designated driver at January 21, 2011 07:44 AM (ZePpz)

95

The sad part is that we aren't the only parents who have finally given up in disgust.

Posted by: unknown jane at January 21, 2011 10:46 AM (5/yRG)

The only thing sad about this is the state of the schools.  You are to be lauded for your choice.  I wish all parents would do this immediately and send a message that the state of our school system will no longer be tolerated. Vote with your feet and your pocket book. Yay for you and especially your kids.

Posted by: Derak at January 21, 2011 07:45 AM (CjpKH)

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Posted by: Captain Hate at January 21, 2011 11:41 AM (olKiY)

I totally agree about local media exposure if you wish to take that route. Nothing embarrasses the local school boards more than when a problem like this shows up in the paper and/or the local news.

Posted by: HH at January 21, 2011 07:54 AM (6oDXl)

97 unknown jane:
oddly, this is a great opportunity for you and your child.  there is a huge homeschooling community ready to help/guide you.  you and the other parents who have pulled your children out can form your own learning consortium. better social outlet than school; trips to museums, concerts, art shows, etc.
you have done your child a great service. we did middle school at home.  high school has been okay, advanced classes and all.

Posted by: Don'tJudgeMe at January 21, 2011 07:57 AM (wQMkK)

98 Policy makers are working behind the scenes to come up with a way to let states declare bankruptcy and get out from under crushing debts,

Is this the immigration strategy all over again?  By that I mean are they trying to bail out a state without using the unpopular phrase "bail out", just like they tried everything under the sun that was just like amnesty without using that awful amnesty word.

Posted by: Follower of Cthulhu at January 21, 2011 07:59 AM (F/4zf)

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Not that a single mainstream news outlet covered it.  So it might not be properly termed a headline:

Judge rules for sharia in AIG case  (Jihad Watch)

Using millions of taxpayer dollars to enforce a medieval religious code would seem to be the height of the establishment of relgion. 

Posted by: Beagle at January 21, 2011 08:04 AM (sOtz/)

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99 I already know them, and the policy here in this district (homeschooling forever is not a good option here -- they have made ways to royally screw homeschooled kids and have done so...required classes only offered through the school at HS level...).  However, the same can't be said for the parochial schools (they can't pull that stunt on them).  The parochial schools only run through jr. high, but at least it gives us some time to come up with other options.

We're trying to get to the bottom of this -- just found out a couple of days ago -- but having a hard time getting the school to cooperate -- if I can manage to get the pertinent information from them, then yes I will be taking legal action.  I'm not counting on getting any joy here or assistance for that matter.  This has happened to other people, and nothing has been really done -- 3 day suspension and a tsk, tsk is about the be all of it, especially when it involves "kids from 'good families'".

Yes, they have been sitting on a PR powderkeg for the last 5 years, but they are either in deep denial or just have a "to hell with them attitude" (the district just recently tried an end around getting a tax increase after that was voted down).  Part of this is due to, hate to say it but, social class (although it's a bit of a convoluted situation): the students causing the problem are from more well to do  households of largely upper middle class white collar parents who live in town, are on PTA and the  booster clubs, Rotary members -- well connected in other words.  The parents who have largely called for reforms (or at least an enforcement of the school discipline guidelines) are lower income, welfare, minority, rural (which is a wide group of people, probably could write a paper on the social dynamics and how they've changed in this area in the last few years) -- those folks do not have the social clout around here.  The local university profs, doctors, some lawyers send their kids to the private schools and thus aren't a factor (unlike in times past, when they did send their kids through this district and demanded academic excellence out of this district and got it).

Posted by: unknown jane at January 21, 2011 08:25 AM (5/yRG)

101 41 What's with everyone yapping about how fantastic the President's speech in Tucson was? I thought it was very meh. --------- The excitement stems from the fact that it was meh. Everyone was expecting him to seriously botch it.

Posted by: ANA-CHRON: DA at January 21, 2011 08:34 AM (6fER6)

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Posted by: unknown jane at January 21, 2011 12:25 PM (5/yRG)

Whatever you decide to do, best of  luck.

And really don't forget using the local media. That part is free...

Posted by: HH at January 21, 2011 08:41 AM (6oDXl)

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We don't really have a local media, and it is pretty much in the tank for the schools.

The only bright side is a new regional director got voted in -- and I know this person to be pretty no nonsense and committed to actual education.  I hope she can turn the district around -- she's been left with a mess.

Posted by: unknown jane at January 21, 2011 09:19 AM (5/yRG)

104 Even though we're all exhausted from talking about violent rhetoric, a friend of mine posted this old Glenn Beck video from June 10, 2010. I can see why so many on the left think he and his listeners are nuts. "Shoot them in the head" is a bit much, and Palin appearing at his rally with him afterward is a good reason why so many independents think she is extreme.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQcvbw6ExTQ

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