Mock attack will test terrorism response (Homeschool Terrorists ????)

:')

George W. Bush will be reelected by a margin of at least ten per cent

41 posted on 09/21/2004 10:48:19 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=napalminthemorning)

To: lost in the snow

The exercise will simulate an attack by a fictitious radical group called Wackos Against Schools and Education who believe everyone should be homeschooled. Under the scenario, a bomb is placed on the bus and is detonated while the bus is traveling on Durham, causing the bus to land on its side and fill with smoke.

I can hardly believe what I just read. That is disgusting! That's a public school teaching tolerance for you.

42 posted on 09/21/2004 11:33:25 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes (and growing increasingly weary of this screenname, too.)

I beg to differ.

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Mock attack will test terrorism response
Monday, September 20, 2004
By Lynn Moore
CHRONICLE STAFF WRITER
Terrorists will strike a busload of students in the Whitehall area on Tuesday, killing more than a half-dozen and sending dozens more to hospitals.

It's not a crystal ball that allows such a disaster to be foreseen. It's all in the plans -- disaster preparedness plans, that is.

...etc

43 posted on 09/22/2004 4:59:12 AM PDT by visualops (I'm still trying to figure out why kamikaze pilots wore helmets.)

Well now I responded to your first post without reading the next, sorry.

44 posted on 09/22/2004 5:00:26 AM PDT by visualops (I'm still trying to figure out why kamikaze pilots wore helmets.)

To: lost in the snow

This is outrageous. I'm so taken aback that I can't even type an adequate response. What are these jerks thinking?

45 posted on 09/22/2004 5:02:25 AM PDT by savedbygrace

To: lost in the snow

Just copied onto every Homeschool board I belong to.

46 posted on 09/22/2004 5:11:28 AM PDT by netmilsmom (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)

47 posted on 09/22/2004 5:20:16 AM PDT by Boxsford

To: lost in the snow

Good catch, FRiend.
Are you in MI?

48 posted on 09/22/2004 5:21:54 AM PDT by netmilsmom (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)

To: netmilsmom; lost in the snow

See Michelle Malkin's take on this:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1223348/posts

49 posted on 09/22/2004 5:31:23 AM PDT by Damocles ("This young century will be Liberty's century" - President Bush)

To: lost in the snow

This is an absolutely fantatasic find and great first post! Welcome to FR!!

I have a ping list on my other computer...it's booting up!

I am also sending this to my senate candidate...he's going to be speaking to us next Monday.

Has anyone sent this the HSLDA????

50 posted on 09/22/2004 5:35:44 AM PDT by 2Jedismom (My children were in my arms on 9/11, not in school.)

51 posted on 09/22/2004 5:36:18 AM PDT by lost in the snow

To: lost in the snow

Great catch anyway!
I am in MI and I am appalled.

52 posted on 09/22/2004 5:40:42 AM PDT by netmilsmom (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)

To: lost in the snow; Bear_in_RoseBear; Rose in RoseBear; g'nad; Scott from the Left Coast; All; ...

53 posted on 09/22/2004 5:43:33 AM PDT by 2Jedismom (My children were in my arms on 9/11, not in school.)

To: lost in the snow

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54 posted on 09/22/2004 5:50:17 AM PDT by Diva Betsy Ross (It's not Bush's fault... it's the media's fault!)

Here is the apology posted on the MI homeschool boards....

> > Statement from the MAISD Superintendent
> > Michael H. Bozym, Ph.D.
> >
> > September 21, 2004
> >
> > Contact:
> > Kristin Tank
> > Public Information Coordinator
> > MAISD, (231) 767-7263
> >
> > The Muskegon Area Intermediate School District (MAISD) shared
> > the disappointment of others when we learned the September
> > 21, 2004, emergency preparedness drill referenced home
> > schoolers as the fictitious group responsible for a mock
> > disaster. We apologize. The MAISD and local districts were
> > not aware of the scenario, and it was not shared with
> > students or parents who took part in the exercise.
> >
> > According to Dan Stout, Chief Deputy, Emergency Services of
> > Muskegon County, this scenario was constructed in his office.
> > A sample scenario was required in order to receive the
> > necessary funding to stage the event. The Muskegon Area
> > Intermediate School District and our local schools did not
> > construct the scenario, but participated with other county
> > agencies, hospitals, and emergency responders in conducting
> > the drill.
> >
> > This exercise was meant to sharpen the skills and response
> > time of our emergency services personnel, but was
> > unfortunately clouded by the choice of this fictional group.
> > We believe this exercise had everything to do with testing
> > emergency response time and the protection of our children.
> > It had nothing to do with the home school population.
> >
> > As educators, we believe that the first and most important
> > teacher is the parent, whether in home schools, public
> > schools, or non-public schools. We all work together to
> > ensure a safe and secure environment for our children to live
> > and grow.
> >
> > We sincerely regret offending home school educators. We
> > believe that all parents are educators and do important work
> > at home with their children.
> >
> > # # #
> >
> > Please forward all additional questions and comments to the
> > Public Information Coordinator at the Muskegon Area
> > Intermediate School District at ktank@r... or
> > (231) 767-7263.
> >
> >

> >

> > Apology from Emergency Services of Muskegon County
> >
> > Daniel Stout: (231) 724-6341
> > stoutda@c...
> >
> >
> > In the world today Homeland security is very a important
> > issue. The training of our nation to respond to the many
> > threats we face is of utmost importance. As part of a full
> > scale homeland security exercise on September 21, 2004 in
> > Muskegon, I wrote about a fictional group and fictional
> > scenario for the exercise. This fictional group and scenario
> > made reference to fictional people who are against schools.
> > This fictional group and scenario was not meant to offend any
> > home school students. It has nothing to do with any home
> > school population. Home school students and former students
> > are a very important part of our nation. This scenario will
> > not be used again.
> >
> > Daniel Stout
> > Muskegon County Emergency Services
> >
> > # # #
> >
> > Kristin Tank
> > Public Information Coordinator
> > MAISD
> > 630 Harvey Street
> > Muskegon, MI 49442-2398
> > Phone: 231-767-7263
> > Fax: 231-773-3498
> > E-mail: ktank@r...
> > Visit our Web Site: www.muskegonisd.org
>
>

55 posted on 09/22/2004 5:53:12 AM PDT by netmilsmom (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)

To: lost in the snow

So a bomb goes off under a school bus. Kids are injured and killed. Emergency units respond.
Why do you even need to have a ficticious "terrorist" group to be responsible? You don't have to blame it on TROP, either. Just deal with the incident. Isn't that the point to the exercise?

56 posted on 09/22/2004 5:54:35 AM PDT by tnlibertarian

To: Always Right

Funny, DU did a poll yesterday and they feared fundamental christians much more than radical islamics.

That just demonstrates, once again, that leftism is a mental disorder.

57 posted on 09/22/2004 6:00:53 AM PDT by B Knotts ("John Kerry, who says he doesn't like outsourcing, wants to outsource our national security.")

My jaw is literally slack. And to add astonishment to astonishment, THAT isn't the focus of the story. It's just a toss-off, as if there's nothing remarkable about it.

What if the fictitious group were Statists Against Free Education, a group dedicated to producing a generation of mindless statelings by wiping out all alternative forms of education, targeting an HS field-trip?

I am literally agog. It's like a bad joke.

Dan

58 posted on 09/22/2004 6:40:58 AM PDT by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])

heh... and these folks haven't seen my kids shoot... they understand the concept of a good ambush, cover and concealment, fields of fire... gotta work on the chemistry tho'...

59 posted on 09/22/2004 7:51:27 AM PDT by g'nad (Ramadi delende est...)

The government should not be funding this insult to homeschoolers.

That's right, those nasty, dirty, public school children are expendable.

60 posted on 09/22/2004 7:53:47 AM PDT by Chemist_Geek ("Drill, R&D, and conserve" should be our watchwords! Energy independence for America!)

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