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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“Beware of the G-Mail” – Bdaman
Yea….its evil.
Nope.
“With some fava beans and a nice Chianti.” – empirecookie\aka\duh\akaUnitroll
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Thank you Hannibal Lecter.
“You can if your in the middle of the Atlantic during a hurricane. They’ll send the Cutter and the He-lo with a driver and a diver.” – Bdaman\aka\Cmoorebull\akaduh
I’m sorry….was there a coherent thought in there or is this just the Tourette’s?
It’s Evil, they will hunt you down
Beware of the G-Mail
With some fava beans and a nice Chianti.
Gerty-aka-Jacob-Bob-Marley / 30%er
ya just can’t rely on emergency services….in an emergency.
You can if your in the middle of the Atlantic during a hurricane. They’ll send the Cutter and the He-lo with a driver and a diver.
I’ll be waiting.
“Come on and lets meet so we can at last do the feat and slay the evil beast inside of your lecherous heart.” – C. Moore Bull
Sure, here’s my email. Theloniousfaron@gmail.com
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Feel free to shoot me your contact info.
So Gerty, once know as thirty Per Center and now dumb as the dirt on the sole of its feet. Come on and lets meet so we can at last do the feat and slay the evil beast inside of your lecherous heart.
Yea. That’s it. He offed himself. No insurance for his family.
Maybe you guys could forward your comments to the Pittsburgh news media so they could straighten his grieving family out?
This blog.
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It ain’t the humidity….its the humanity.
He was in pain before the snow storm arrived, but decided he could take pain relievers and stay home. When it finally got too bad to handle, the snow had already effected emergency services.
Some would say that was suicide.
Cause like you said…..and….you’re really smart….
…ya just can’t rely on emergency services….in an emergency.
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Emergency services are for non emergency situations.
So all those lazy Chilean’s down there need a kick in the pants from ole Byron.
Who will explain to them that rather than lying there….under a pile of rubble…that instead they should be getting off their butts and contacting their friends who own front end loaders.
“Gerty:
the 2 are not related.” – Byron
Really? Hmmmmm, lets see what you said again.
“And so you cannot rely on government to protect you in case of an emergency” – BYRON
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Nope…that’s what you said alright.
And I’m just agreein witcha.
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Cause God knows people can’t rely on emergency services…..in an emergency.
“If you know a big snow storm is coming, and your in enough pain that you’re debating a trip to the hospital, I suggest you get there before the storm hits.” – Duh
Well duuuuhhh…..
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Too bad Mr Mitchell didn’t have a couple of real life geniuses like you Doctor Schweitzers around to advise him.
No doubt he’d be alive and kicking today.
And once the doctor or nurse got on the phone with them, with only miles between them and 3 feet of snow, ….then the situation would have been resolved.
When the doctor said “gee….don’t know till I can see you and run some tests but you might want to get over here”…then mister Mitchell would have been able to just “pick himself up by his bootstraps” and haul his lazy, good for nothing 50 year old butt over there.
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Most people who are dying have little difficulty traveling miles through 3 feet of snow on foot.
“Gerty:
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.” – Byron
Yea. I’m sure the doctors and nurses at the emergency room in a small little podunk town like Pittsburgh,….during the largest snow storm recorded in our lifetimes….. weren’t busy.
Byron,
The guy had been hospitalized the week before for pancreatitis.
He was in pain before the snow storm arrived, but decided he could take pain relievers and stay home. When it finally got too bad to handle, the snow had already effected emergency services.
The couple didn’t own a car. I have to wonder if emergency services had been their standard method of transport to the hospital. Not that it’s a good excuse, but it may explain the lack of urgency of the responders. It may also explain why they didn’t call friends. I hate to think ill of the dead, but these things must be considered. Or we can just bury our heads in the sand.
If you know a big snow storm is coming, and your in enough pain that you’re debating a trip to the hospital, I suggest you get there before the storm hits.