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Update on the Live Oak 5 - Cinco de Mayo Flag Flap
Morgan Hill Times ^ | 8/2/10

Posted on 08/03/2010 1:04:53 PM PDT by Aintgonnajumpnomore

The Morgan Hill Unified School District, former Principal Nick Boden and Assistant Principal Miguel Rodriguez were granted an extension until Sept. 2 to respond to the lawsuit filed by the parents of three of the four Live Oak High School students who were sent home from school for wearing American flag T-shirts on Cinco de Mayo.

(Excerpt) Read more at morganhilltimes.com ...


TOPICS: Education; History; Society
KEYWORDS: cincodemayo; flagflap; liveoak5; morganhill
"Boden and Rodriguez believed the boys' display of patriotism would cause trouble on campus and possibly a fight as many Hispanic students simultaneously celebrated Cinco de Mayo, which included a lunchtime celebration for the Mexican holiday that marks the Mexican army's victory over the French in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862."

This is still the Company-Line, so to speak. The paper reports that the Admins believed that the 5 kids wearing our own flags were the instigators, while the couple hundered kids waving Mexican flags were innocent victims of racism.

1 posted on 08/03/2010 1:04:54 PM PDT by Aintgonnajumpnomore
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To: Aintgonnajumpnomore

If Mexico is so great, move back.


2 posted on 08/03/2010 1:06:20 PM PDT by wac3rd (Somewhere in Hell, Ted Kennedy snickers....)
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To: wac3rd
The good news: the American people are getting to the tipping point on this subject. The anger on the street is palpable.

The bad news: Eggs will get broken to make the new American Omelette. And by eggs I mean skulls, as violence flares and righteous indignation turns to action. I just hope they are not the eggs of MY people, who are morally in the right on this subject. Sadly, we are mostly peaceable and conflict-averse. Our side will emerge from this beaten and bruised, but hopefully unbowed.

3 posted on 08/03/2010 1:19:16 PM PDT by I Buried My Guns (Novare Res!)
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To: Aintgonnajumpnomore

Once again proof that all cultures are not equal. Like posted earlier, if Mexico is so great, get the hell out of here and go back.

On the other hand if you want to be part of the American experience, come here legally, learn the language and drop all the anti-American hyphens. xx-Americans will always be lessor Americans.


4 posted on 08/03/2010 1:27:15 PM PDT by Wurlitzer (Welcome to the new USSA (United Socialist States of Amerika))
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To: Aintgonnajumpnomore

What if they were “instigators”?

Sorry Pablo but even on Cinco de Mayo Live Oak High School sits on the sovereign soil of the United States of America.


5 posted on 08/03/2010 1:40:35 PM PDT by Artemis Webb (DeMint 2012)
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To: Aintgonnajumpnomore

Cinco de Mayo is not a holiday in Mexico, but is observed somewhat in the state of Puebla where the battle took place.
Cinco de Mayo is observed in the U.S. by Corona beer drinkers and media who don’t know Cinco de Mayo is not a holiday (no offense to idiots intended).


6 posted on 08/03/2010 2:13:46 PM PDT by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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