[jude24]

Two words: interested witness.

Of course they said they fired her because it was obscene. They aren't stupid enough to say "We fired you because you flipped off the President."

[over3Owithabrain]

Also, you may want to check the other threads on this topic where the school district points out this particular driver had a pattern of bad behavior prior to this. At least get some more facts before continuing to show your behind.

[P-Marlowe]

Of course they said they fired her because it was obscene. They aren't stupid enough to say "We fired you because you flipped off the President."

I would have fired her for flipping off Hugo Chavez or Fidel Castro.

She has no business flipping off anyone while she is driving children around in a bus with the name of the School District emblazoned on the side.

I do hope you don't use that kind of logic on your bar exam. The facts are that she was fired for flipping off someone. You have no facts to justify your conclusion that it was a ruse and the she was fired because it was the president. I suspect that nobody who was involved in that firing voted for Bush and that everyone involved is a NEA democrat. But the fact is that the bus driver's BEHAVIOR was unacceptable, and no matter who that gesture was pointed at, she deserved to be fired.

[horse_doc]

Of course they said they fired her because it was obscene

So what if she "articulates" by grabbing her crotch, that's o.k.? Can she "articulate" by simulating oral sex with a bananna? Can she "articulate" by screaming "cxckSxcker" at someone she hates, politically?

No. She's got a job, and part of that job means that she obeys a code of conduct. And if one of my employees flips off Howard Dean himself, while she's on the clock, I fire her.

[MEGoody]

Of course they said they fired her because it was obscene.

It is obscene and no bus driver should flip off anyone while in the bus, especially when children are on board.