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FREEDOM/PATRIOTISM RALLY GETS RESULTS
Hundreds Turn Out At Shaw Heights Middle School
A sea of American flags swamped the grounds of Shaw Heights Middle School in Westminster, Colorado, this morning, with the Americans holding those flags demanding answers and action. They had come to show their support for the Constitution and to right some wrongs.
Those wrongs included an illegal (according to Colorado State Attorney General John Suthers) banning of displays of US flags by students and a ban that outlawed certain color schemes of clothing and logos illegally instituted by Principal Myla Shepherd, who refused to come out of the school to address her employers' concerns.
The Shaw Heights story was broken last week by 850 KOA program host Bob Newman, host of the "Gunny Bob Show," Denver's top-rated evening news-talk show.
The Gunny was asked by the father of some kids who had been suspended and chastised by school staffers for violating the illegal flag ban and "neutral" clothing requirement, to get involved, which he did. Gunny Bob, a retired Marine, spread the word on his show and then showed up at the rally.
One result of all the attention was the flag ban being lifted, along with the "neutral" clothing rule. But that was not enough for the Gunny.
Directly challenging Superintendent George Straface as he was surrounded by irate but respectful parents and other pro-America citizens, the Gunny pointed out that as the school superintendent, Mr. Straface had the command authority to immediately reinstate the wrongfully suspended students and clear their records, which Straface did.
However, a demand for an apology was met with stonewalling by Straface, and when a parent asked for the principal's resignation, Straface rejected the call outright, claiming no law had been broken and no rights violated, despite the AG's clear statement to the contrary. Apparently, Superintendent Straface knows more about the law than the AG.
Straface attempted to deceive the crowd by saying one student had been suspended because the Marine Corps short she was wearing was camouflage. He turned pale as a ghost when the parent of that student, standing right beside him, opened his coat to reveal the very same shirt, which was not camouflage but rather showed the letters "USMC" and Marines in their dress blue uniforms. Straface then became angry and began to say, "That shirt symbolizes . . . " when the Gunny cut him off and asked, with his full Marine Corps "war face" on and in a terse voice, "That shirt symbolizes what?"
The crowd went dead silent.
Straface became more angry but the Gunny shut him down by explaining that what the shirt symbolized was the blood sacrifices made by the Marines to protect the country and Constitution.
Then a group of students showed up and approached the Gunny, who thanked the kids for their interest and told them that this was a great civics lesson and that they should pay close attention to how the rally was 100% peaceful, respectful and law abiding.
Stay tuned to the "Gunny Bob Show" as this story continues to develop.
