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Forrest High: Board begins name-change process
Florida Times Union ^
| 11/09/13
| Denise Smith Amos
Posted on 11/09/2013 11:46:28 AM PST by shortstop
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To: GeronL
They’ll spend a lot on the new bumper stickers:
“My Chile is an Honer Student at Ooga-click-Booga Hi Skoo”
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posted on
11/09/2013 12:03:00 PM PST
by
Bryanw92
(Sic semper tyrannis)
To: Dilbert San Diego
BS. I bet 75% of the blacks in GW high school couldn’t tell you who GW was, much less that he owned a cow.
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posted on
11/09/2013 12:03:14 PM PST
by
RetiredArmy
(I am proud to be a Christian and follower of my Lord Jesus Christ. Time is short for U to know Him!)
To: Bryanw92
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posted on
11/09/2013 12:03:34 PM PST
by
GeronL
To: IronJack
Do you still call the Washington Wizards the Washington Bullets?
Remember that this NBA team deleted the name “Bullets” because of the owner not wanting to be associated with gun violence.
To: Bryanw92
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posted on
11/09/2013 12:04:04 PM PST
by
GeronL
To: Dilbert San Diego
They named the school after an African king.
Was that African King one of the ones that sold other blacks into slavery?
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posted on
11/09/2013 12:09:47 PM PST
by
SECURE AMERICA
(Where can I go to sign is for the American Revolution 2013 and the Crusades 2013?)
To: GeronL
From the article: “Vitti said a study done in 2008, when the board last voted against changing the name, estimated the costs at $570,000, but Vitti said hes unsure of the costs now.”
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posted on
11/09/2013 12:11:06 PM PST
by
shortstop
(It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful)
To: SECURE AMERICA
did he have 20 wives and hundreds of slaves/servants?
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posted on
11/09/2013 12:12:19 PM PST
by
GeronL
To: Dilbert San Diego
And, of course, the African king never owned slaves, right? Right???
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posted on
11/09/2013 12:12:43 PM PST
by
null and void
(I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
To: shortstop
I admit, I searched to see what their mascot was. They are not what I’d hope for but are the Rebels. You know that will be the next change. No telling how much changing every athletic sign, school t-shirt, sports and band uniforms, repaint the buses, change the letterhead, repaint the school’s “Be a Rebel” mural, etc. Maybe they can call Moochelle to get a recommendation for a software company to change their website, too.
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posted on
11/09/2013 12:13:44 PM PST
by
bgill
(This reply was mined before it was posted.)
To: Dilbert San Diego
Do you still call the Washington Wizards the Washington Bullets?Surely, there's a law suit being filed by upset wizards who had their feelings hurt, huh?
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posted on
11/09/2013 12:18:26 PM PST
by
bgill
(This reply was mined before it was posted.)
To: shortstop
To: shortstop
The US Navy will no longer use the term “alee”, as in “Put the helm hard alee”.
Approved replacement terms are “a-grant” or a-sherman”.
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posted on
11/09/2013 12:29:27 PM PST
by
Iron Munro
(When a killer screams 'Allahu Akbar' you don't need to be mystified about a motive.)
To: Bryanw92
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posted on
11/09/2013 12:49:41 PM PST
by
Quickgun
(I got here kicking,screaming and covered in someone else's blood. I can go out that way if I have to)
To: Dilbert San Diego
Do you still call the Washington Wizards the Washington Bullets? I don't call them anything. For all I knew, they could have been a lacrosse team.
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posted on
11/09/2013 12:51:37 PM PST
by
IronJack
(=)
I wonder how many households in that district are picking up the tab.
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posted on
11/09/2013 12:54:48 PM PST
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: shortstop
My great grandparents homesteaded in Forrest, NM (yes, named for Nathan Bedford Forrest).
My grandparents and parents were born there and were buried there, along with a slew of my other ancient to contemporary relatives.
Good luck resolving that via political correctness.
To: IronJack
I would continue to refer to it as Nathan Bedford Forrest High. Just like I will always refer to the Washington football team as the Redskins, people of negro persuasion as blacks, and men who have sex with other men as queers, homos, or fags. Shove your PC brainwashing ...I still refer to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. and Cesar Chavez Blvd. in this town as "Thomas" and "Cactus" streets, respectively.
To: shortstop
Name Change: Bin Laden High
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posted on
11/09/2013 1:33:35 PM PST
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: elkfersupper
I still refer to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. and Cesar Chavez Blvd. in this town as "Thomas" and "Cactus" streets, respectively. And as far as I'm concerned, they're still Cassius Clay, Lew Alcindor, and Cat Stevens too!
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posted on
11/09/2013 1:37:13 PM PST
by
IronJack
(=)
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