A Montgomery County Middle School teacher had a 13-year-old girl escorted from the classroom after she refused to say the Pledge of Allegiance in clear violation of federal law.
Since 1943, it has been clear that children cannot be forced to say the pledge.
The school has apologized, but I am equally concerned about a position taken with the parents that has not been denounced by the school: that the school would refuse to meet with the parents if they brought an attorney. The family said that the school was adamant that, if a lawyer was present, they would not agree to a meeting. It is an outrageous policy designed to force people to forego legal counsel and I would like to know the legal and policy basis for such a rule.
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Gerty:
the 2 are not related. I have no idea why they didn’t call a friend and explain the situation.
I would think severe stomach pain is an indication that something isn’t right especially if it persists for hours. the could have also made a phone call to a doctor at an emergency room or even a nurse.
“Man electrocuted by urinating on power line
He had just crashed his car into a power pole and apparently didn’t see wire”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35650429/ns/us_news-life/
Public Safety Announcement. Do not under any circumstance urinate on a live electrical wire. Urine is a very good conductor due to dissolved salts.
I mean…I’m sure they know someone with a backhoe.
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Afterwords maybe you could head over to Haiti, and Chile, and tell all those good for nothings buried under the rubble….how they ought not to be relying on emergency services like they are.
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If they can’t crawl and scratch their way, then let em die.
Maybe you could send your comments to the Pittsburgh newspapers.
You know, so his surviving girlfriend and family will be comforted in knowing that its their fault he died.
I mean, …come on. Can’t they diagnose severe stomach pains and determine when death is approaching?
And the nerve of those good for nothings, …not knowing anyone with a 4 wheel drive vehicle.
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Or at least anyone who was available, and not stuck trying to dig themselves out too. Right?
Stupid people.
“You really don’t make much sense.” – Byron
I know, I know.
I mean imagine, …actually thinking emergency services are for emergencies.
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Those idiots.
Here you go Byron
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/feb/26/ending-welfare-reform-as-we-know-it/
AKA Jacob Marley- any relations to Bob 🙂
“he was in Pittsburgh according to the story.” – Byron
Oh, right. Pittsburgh.
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The off road utility vehicle capitol of the nation.
he was in Pittsburgh according to the story.
No I think he probably knew someone that knew someone that could have helped him.
You really don’t make much sense. Do you just make one call to get something done? You call until you get done what you need to get done. If my wife were dying I would be calling everyone I knew to help me. I would have tried to charter a helicopter and figure out how to pay for it later whatever it took, as Larry the Cable Guys says “Git er done”. Larry would not have died he would have gotten it done.
Someone could have helped that man. He relied on government and now he is dead. A lesson for all of us.
“I did not say screw him, I said he should have called some friends to help him” -Byron
Right. And if this lazy weakling living in PHILADELPHIA doesn’t happen to know anyone with a 4 wheel drive vehicle….then screw him.
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Because we all know Philadelphia is famous for its abundance of 4 wheel drive vehicles.
gERTY:
I did not say screw him, I said he should have called some friends to help him. His mistake was relying on government to help him.
I never said anything about crawling through 36″ of snow nor did I say he was lazy. All your words not mine. Since you mentioned above you were blue collar maybe you know something I don’t?
“He should have called some friends and not waited for the Paramedics. Government is to blame not him. And so you cannot rely on government to protect you in case of an emergency, you must rely on yourself as well.
Seems pretty simple to me.” Byron
I didn’t blame government, did I?
Seems pretty simple to me too. Like you said, screw him.
If the stupid lazy SOB is too lazy to get up and crawl through 3 feet of snow to get to the hospital and would rather lay there in his home with no heat or electicity and die…..well.
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Then let him do so and decrease the surplus population.
“Gerty:
You like government so much explain why they let him die?’ – Byron
Well like you said, ..it was his fault.
Stupid sick dude…not willing to crawl through 3 feet of snow to get to the darn hospital.
Screw em.
Gerty:
If you think I said he was a lazy good for nothing looser you are an incompetent liar. You are misrepresenting what I said in the same manner you did on my “unscientific poll”.
He should have called some friends and not waited for the Paramedics. Government is to blame not him. And so you cannot rely on government to protect you in case of an emergency, you must rely on yourself as well.
Seems pretty simple to me.
Gerty:
You like government so much explain why they let him die?
oh I didn’t mean you CE.
Also, for the record I quite enjoy when someone doesn’t agree with me on a topic. I see that simply as an opportunity to state my points and encite a debate based on facts.
Gerty,
I can assure you that my part of the above discussion on “evil” was strictly an answer to a question with regards to my beliefs based on my educational and professional experiences. The conversation regarding ‘evi’l originated from a reamrk that I made about MYSELF being evil following a very tongue and cheek comment that I made about Canada taking the gold medal in men’s hockey. Slarti’s questions to me originated from a discussion we earlier had with regards to nature vs. nurture.
It is unfortunate that you felt it necessary to turn the conversation around to somehow make yourself the target.
Anyone who dares disagree with this crowd, is surely evil.
Because you all obviously, or so damned good.
“Re: Evil,
It seems to me that most people who do evil and for all intents and purposes are evil, don’t think of themselves that way.” – Mike
Re: the subtle yet laughably obvious “evil” discussion regarding yours truly. Or is it yours Turley? Never sure there.
I must confess to being obviously evil, with evil intents as clearly my disagreements with you fine people, along with the fact that I whine about some loser couple in NH burning to death in their home, or as Byron so eloquently pointed out, some lazy good for nothing loser who died on his couch yesterday, demonstrate.
Surely if I wasn’t evil but good like you fine folks, I too could summon the arrogance and apathy which you display on a regular basis, and mock the deaths of local citizens even as they occur.