Posted on 07/14/2012 3:17:10 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
The embattled members of Penn State's Board of Trustees quietly have decided to leave Joe Paterno's statue standing -- at least for now and, some hope, forever, according to sources with firsthand knowledge of the trustees' private discussions this week.
The trustees' reluctance to remove the statue is motivated, in part, by a desire not to offend alumni and students who adore the late coach despite the damning findings of his role in the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse cover-up detailed in the Freeh report, the sources said. Some trustees also said in interviews they want to resist being pressured by the media into a sudden decision about such an emotionally charged issue.
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Reno had at least three cases in Florida. The lady was out of control.
“I just cant believemI am on FreeRepiblic anymore. What does football have to do with what happened.”
Joe Paterno the ***football*** coach and his co-conspirators Spanier, Curley, and Shultz made the conscious decision to let the raping of young boys in the ***football*** showers continue so that the ***football*** program could prosper.
I just cant believemI you are on FreeRepiblic, either.
I cant believe I am on a Conservative forum. Yep, you have identified a modern American conundrum. Lots of conservatives are conservative until their issue of choice comes up. Then they demand more and more and more government.”
Interesting the mental gymnastics you have to do to read all these posts and somehow conjure up a charge of demanding more government.
No, you got it all wrong. Conservatism 101: American conservatism includes support for tradition, law-and-order, Christianity, anti-communism, and a defense of “Western civilization from the challenges of modernist culture and totalitarian governments.”
Demanding a just reponse to the despicable events at Penn St is not “more government”, rather it is enacting law-and-order.
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