Tag: Texas
No, You Will Not Be Scalping My Child.
MayorBob.
Posted to Etcetera on Sat Jul 19, 2008 at 10:58:16 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Public schools constantly pit individual student rights versus what school administrators deem appropriate. In most cases, when the issue ends up in court, the decision is usually made in the school's favor. After all, matters of good decorum and order generally come before the right of self expression. But, what if the issue isn't a matter of self expression, but rather religious or cultural tradition? Should the school system have the right to trump what a parent says is good and appropriate cultural observance? Thus we come to the case of the Texas school district versus the Apache kid's hair.
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We Don't Need No Stinking Islam 101
MayorBob.
Posted to Etcetera on Sat Jun 07, 2008 at 09:05:49 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
One of the jobs of a school administrator is to try to keep the peace in school. If episodes occur where tempers flare and violence erupts, many administrators will see these as "teaching moments." But, this is the 21st century and some claim we suffer from Islamophobia. Thus, any teaching moment involving exposing kids to the facts about Islam is likely to not deliver the intended message. Such is the case at Friendswood Middle School near Houston, where an administrator thought an act of violence could be used as a teaching moment. Unfortunately for the administrator involved, the lesson learned was very painful as it involved her losing her job.
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Too Damned Smart To Be Valedictorian
MayorBob.
Posted to Etcetera on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 05:45:53 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Anjali Datta is one smart young lady. The 16-year-old from Grapevine, Texas is smart enough to have aced the ACT. She's smart enough to have clearly established herself as the top student in her graduating class. She's so smart she's managed to graduate a year early from Grapevine High School (GHS). Unfortunately, it looks like she outsmarted herself from being class valedictorian.
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For The Sake Of The Children.
MayorBob.
Posted to Religion on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 09:29:59 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
It all began as a search for a missing 16-year-old girl, allegedly a victim of sexual and physical abuse, at the ranch owned by a polygamist sect near San Angelo, Texas. It soon developed into one of the largest child rescue operations conducted in the US with 462 children removed and separated from their mothers. Texas state authorities said the conditions at the ranch were so horrific that there was no choice but to step in and separate the kids from their mothers. Texas is moving out smartly to place all the children in foster homes. But, it's a move which some have been decrying as cruel, not the least the mothers. It's also one some people are calling a "class-action child removal" leading to questions whether Texas authorities overplayed their hands.
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Alberto GONE-zales
pO157.
Posted to Politics on Mon Aug 27, 2007 at 08:40:54 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
The 80th attorney general has resigned.
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Dateline's Perverted Justice
pO157.
Posted to Legal on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 07:24:58 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
On November 5, 2006 District Attorney Louis "Bill" Conradt, Jr shot himself as the police moved in on his house with cameras rolling. The reporters were part of Dateline NBC's "To Catch a Predator" series, and the family is now suing stating that Mr. Conradt's death is a result of their actions.
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A Priest, a Rabbi and a Cleric Walk Into an Execution Chamber...
MayorBob.
Posted to Etcetera on Thu Jun 07, 2007 at 07:41:04 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
The human race will be minus at least one person who loves a good joke come June 26th. That's the date the state of Texas is planning on executing inmate Patrick Knight. But, before he goes to meet his maker Knight, who is paying the price for having murdered two of his neighbors, wants to have a killer farewell line.
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Sheehan Done
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Posted to Politics on Thu May 31, 2007 at 06:55:58 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
After almost 3 years of peace activism and several arrests since propelling herself to the center of the Iraq Debate, activist Cindy Sheehan has decided to remove herself from further protest activity.
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