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Soldier suspended from school (Eagle Scout, Honors Student Had Pocket Knife Locked in Car)
WTEN - Albany, NY ^
| 10/8/2009
| MARK O'BRIEN
Posted on 10/09/2009 7:48:04 AM PDT by ReagansRaiders
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Matthew is my godson (hence why I included Virginia as a Topic here) and this is INSANE what they are doing to him!!!
To: ReagansRaiders
Me and my friends used to carry a pocket knife with us to school every day. Helped out in Ag classes and in shop too. This is insanity. I hope your godson gets through this.
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posted on
10/09/2009 7:52:28 AM PDT
by
RKV
(He who has the guns makes the rules)
To: ReagansRaiders
Correction:
School officials are insane
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posted on
10/09/2009 7:53:17 AM PDT
by
TYVets
(Let’s Roll!!! The leadership of the GOP has no spine and no guts, but we conservatives do)
To: ReagansRaiders
Sad. I hope Matthew now understands the use of the word, “No.” when an authority asks to search his car.
Followed by, “Get a warrant. I’ll wait.”
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posted on
10/09/2009 7:53:21 AM PDT
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(FreepMail me if you want on the Bourbon ping list!)
To: ReagansRaiders
This is insane. What a joke.
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posted on
10/09/2009 7:53:32 AM PDT
by
Frantzie
(Do we want ACORN running America's health care?)
To: ReagansRaiders
It’s kind of late now, but ditch the public school. Whatever it takes.
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posted on
10/09/2009 7:53:32 AM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics.)
To: ReagansRaiders
Insane. Yes, that was my first thought as well. The people who would do this to a young man are simply Stalinistic.
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posted on
10/09/2009 7:53:47 AM PDT
by
sand lake bar
(Government leftists beware: "I have five dollars for each of you")
To: ReagansRaiders
I'm speechless. What is wrong with these people? ...seems they don't have an ounce of common sense. IMO they don't have enough to do so they justify themselves by making mountains out of mole hills.
In this case it could be simply that he was a boy scout.
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posted on
10/09/2009 7:54:55 AM PDT
by
Banjoguy
(Barack H. Obama and the Democrats are enemies of American way of Life.)
To: ReagansRaiders
Perhaps the school district needs to hear how America feels about this.
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posted on
10/09/2009 7:55:16 AM PDT
by
WVNan
( (Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.: Sun Tzu))
To: ReagansRaiders
So many school officials should not be school officials.
May the fleas of a thousand camels infest them.
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posted on
10/09/2009 7:55:46 AM PDT
by
wastedyears
(If I don't have a right to play defense, then I'll go on offense. - FReeper Enterprise)
To: ReagansRaiders
Unbelievable,
It's not like he had a railroad-tie in his car/p>
To: ReagansRaiders
Don’t be offended, but to me this is just another example of why the public schools must be abandoned by all thinking people.
To: ReagansRaiders
1) Buy 50 cheap knives
2) Wait for a hot day
3) Go to the parking lot and find cars with any windows cracked open to prevent heat buildup
4) Insert knife, letting it fall into plain sight inside the car
5) Notify police that a large number of students and administrators are in violation
6) Repeat as necessary
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posted on
10/09/2009 7:56:50 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Play the Race Card -- lose the game.)
To: ReagansRaiders
Inexcusable. Zero-tolerance started out as a “good idea”, and the unintended consequences have been atrocious. Tell him this will probably actually help him get into Hudson High - they like the “be prepared” types! And tell him there’s one reserve Colonel proud of his preparedness and his attitude.
Colonel, USAFR
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posted on
10/09/2009 7:57:03 AM PDT
by
jagusafr
(Kill the red lizard, Lord! - nod to C.S. Lewis)
To: ReagansRaiders
This makes me VERY angry. I hope they sue the socks off that damn district.
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posted on
10/09/2009 7:57:28 AM PDT
by
Leg Olam
(Make yourselves sheep, and the wolves will eat you. - Benjamin Franklin)
To: ReagansRaiders
You should have taught your Grandson to never, ever, EVER, under ANY circumstances give ANYONE permission to search his vehicle, his person, or anything else that belongs to him.
Ever.
Period.
L
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posted on
10/09/2009 7:57:29 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
To: ReagansRaiders
He is everything that a liberal despises - honorable, accomplished and hard working.
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posted on
10/09/2009 7:57:44 AM PDT
by
skeeter
(Pterocarya fraxinifolia)
To: ReagansRaiders
These people voted for Obama.
They’re the same kind of idiots that see a Swiss Army knife as a weapon yet will overlook the fact that kids in their school are doing heroin, getting high at lunch, popping pills and spreading VD like prostitutes welcoming the navy to port.
I know these kinds of school officials. I read about the chronic drug use in suburban schools here and they instead crack down on kids having out of date or missing parking permits.
To: ReagansRaiders
School policy does not trump the Constitution and only a lawsuit will teach these propeller heads to back off.
To: jagusafr
Zero-tolerance started out as a good idea, Actually it didn't. "Zero tolerance" is a crutch for idiots.
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posted on
10/09/2009 7:58:35 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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