School Confiscates Cupcakes Decorated with Toy Soldiers

http://radio.foxnews.com ^ | 03/07/2013 | Todd Starnes

[massmike]

A Michigan elementary school is defending its decision to confiscate a third-graders batch of homemade cupcakes because the birthday treats were decorated with plastic green Army soldiers.

Casey Fountain told Fox News that the principal of his son’s elementary school called the cupcakes “insensitive” — in light of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.

“It disgusted me,” he said. “It’s vile they lump true American heroes with psychopathic killers.”

Fountain’s wife made a batch of 30 chocolate cupcakes for their son Hunter’s classmates at Schall Elementary School in the town of Caro. The 9-year-old helped decorate the treats with plastic figurines representing World War Two soldiers.

The following morning Fountain said his wife delivered the cupcakes to the front office. The secretary complimented her on the decorations and then took the cakes to Hunter’s class.

“About 15 minutes later the school called my wife and told her the couldn’t serve the cupcakes because the soldiers had guns,” Fountain told Fox News. “My wife told them to remove the soldiers and serve the cupcakes anyway — and I believe she may have used more colorful language.”

The school complied and confiscated the soldiers — sending them home with Hunter in a bag.

“I was offended,” Fountain said. “I support our soldiers and what they stand for. These (plastic soldiers) are representations of World War Two soldiers – our greatest generation. If they aren’t allowed in our schools — who is?”

[FlingWingFlyer]

It sounds like the sleaze running the indoctrination center don’t support the troops.

[Tennessee Nana]

Happy Birthday to you...

[massmike]

These (plastic soldiers) are representations of World War Two soldiers – our greatest generation. If they aren’t allowed in our schools — who is?”

[ClearCase_guy]

How about hot cross buns? Even worse?

[FreedomStar3028]

Next big war we fight we are F#$%ED so hard.

[Standing Wolf]

Culture war? What culture war? How could we have a culture war in such a tolerant country?

[BenLurkin]

Oh good grief!

[LtKerst]

Our Public Schools are run by Marxist Traitors

Thank you...You Stupid Democrats.

[GladesGuru]

Commies In Classrooms Alert!

[skeeter]

*&^ing insanity. I am so tired of these progressive birdbrains running our lives & raising our children.

[ConservativeInPA]

Every day there are two or more stories like this that come from government schools. It is time to fight back.

These f'ing socialist teachers need to be unemployed.

By saying unemployed, I am being very reserved.

[jazusamo]

“Living in a democratic society entails respect for opposing opinions,”

That's exactly right, Susan Wright (principal) and whether you like it or not you are living in a free society because of our military. And guess what? They carry guns!

[who knows what evil?]

From Communist Goals:

17. Get control of the schools. Use them as transmission belts for socialism and current Communist propaganda. Soften the curriculum. Get control of teachers' associations. Put the party line in textbooks.

[who knows what evil?]

Every day there are two or more stories like this that come from government schools.

Imagine how many more of these stories we never see?

[merryberry]

With his name being Hunter, surprised they allow him to enroll in the school...his name connotates violence and guns and killing!!!

[joshua c]

The Marxists are training the children to be hoplophobes. It will make disarmament that much easier in the future.

[ConservativeInPA]

Imagine how many more of these stories we never see?

Exactly. Meanwhile, we just sit comfortably in our homes and do nothing other than writing on FR.

We need to use liberal's number one weapon against them - community organizing.

[barefoot_hiker]

Yet another one. I’ll say it again. Leftists took over public schools long ago. Absurd crap like this is common place. Decent people do nothing about it and continue to send their kids to these indoctrination centers. Most will say their kids school “is not like that”. Sure.

[Kirkwood]

Every afternoon after 4 pm I look out my office window and watch the color guard of the high school across the street practicing with their rifles and wonder how much longer that will last.

[geotroy]

I played with toy soldiers when I was a kid, but we did not have school Nazis

[VeniVidiVici]

How about hot cross buns? Even worse?

Of course. But I'm sure crescent rolls are ok :-)

[supremedoctrine]

Yes, stories like this involving guns or even something as
ambiguous as “gun shapes” are coming thick and fast.
And the more they happen, the more the impression is created
that WE are provoking THEM, and making it inevitable , as though this is something they HAVE to do.

[One Name]

We are seeing before our own eyes the surreptitious takeover of the education system. These indoctrinates were brainwashed a generation ago.

Across the country, these Fluffernutters are teaching children now.

And administering school systems...

[ConservativeInPA]

as though this is something they HAVE to do.

That works both ways. Funny thing ... I have guns. Me and my kids shoot regularly. If they keep pushing this crap, they do need to be scared.

[mylife]

If they had decorated them with condoms and **** rings it would have been such a hit the school would have declared an annual day for it.

[1st Division guy]

if that was my kid it would be the last time i would do anything for the school.

[GeronL]

yep

[a fool in paradise]

The school would’ve approved if the cupcakes had condoms on top instead.

[Paladin2]

OK, I’m going to make green 0bamaMen for kids to shoot with their BB guns.

[Paladin2]

When I wuz a kid we were afraid of nukes, not guns.

[vikzilla]

i’m amazed theres a school district left that allows homemade products. i thought it was store bought or nothing these days

[Shimmer1]

ping for later

[stylin19a]

at least the school didn’t suspend Hunter 30 times.

[Graewoulf]

Duh, will the same school confiscate food that looks like an Obamadrone?

[Scrambler Bob]

“How about hot cross buns? Even worse?

Of course. But I’m sure crescent rolls are ok :-) “

Remove the cross, just like Methodist Seminary.

Then they can be happy with their Hot Buns.

[Maurice Tift]

  and told her the couldn’t serve the cupcakes because the soldiers had guns

  The tiny plastic guns don't actually fire, but since they look scary, they could be judged to be an 'assault weapon' by using Democrat logic. I think the mother should have served the cupcakes anyway by explaining that the tiny figures on the cakes were actually models of President Obama skeet shooting. Many school kids don't know that Obama goes shooting all the time.

[Marie]

“Our commitment is always to our children and creating a safe place for them to learn, grow and have respectful dialogues about their differences.”

She sure as hell wasn’t respectful of ONE specific point of view.

At least she had the good grace to allow little ‘Hunter’ to keep his name.

[Daffynition]

>>Many school kids don’t know that Obama goes shooting all the time. <<

ROFLOL!!!

[Daffynition]

If mom could have anticipated this absurd reaction.....maybe she should have put some thought into the frosting. *That* would have confused them LOL

[azishot]

Perfect!! Actually I thought the school would’ve chastised her for bringing so much sugar into the classroom. Some schools around here have banned cakes, cupcakes, etc. to celebrate a kid’s birthday. How did I ever make it to the age I am?

[Maurice Tift]

and school kids could be entertained with an educational skeet shooting film like the one below:

Our President and his Second Amendment Rights

[Daffynition]

Ms. Susan Wright

Schall Elementary School
325 East Frank St. - Caro, MI 48723
Phone: 989-673-3168 - Fax: 989-672-4684

[Sorry, I couldn't capture her email]

[Deagle]

Heh... Time for Government schools to be disbanded and let the private sector take over... Actually way past time!

Can’t imagine a worse situation than letting your kids go to Public Schools!

[Daffynition]

Ms. Wright shoulda have been a teacher in my elementary school.

Boys brought their .22 long rifles to school once a week to participate in a rifle club. Rifles were put in the coat room nest to your coat hook. Some teachers made the boys put their ammo on the teacher’s desk. Most teachers allowed it to rattle around in the kid’s pocket.

To my knowledge, no gun was ever stolen or misused.

We’ve fallen so far and so fast.

[Daffynition]

LOL...priceless! Automatic bullets!!! HAHAHA! The worse kind!

[onyx]

Coming next....

[The Cajun]

Well at least there isn’t a big cloud hand holding it........Yet, anyway.

[onyx]

I love that photo!
LOL.

[NCcatdaddy]

Principal Susan Wright released a statement to local media defending the decision. “These are toys that were commonplace in the past,” she wrote. “However, some parents prohibit all guns as toys. In light of that difference, the school offered to replace the soldiers with another item and the soldiers were returned home with the student.....” I'll bet miniature Gay Bob dolls would be allowed. http://www.wiltondriveonline.com/news/gay-bob-doll/