State: Be sensitive to National Guard children (Maine)

Portland Press Herald (Maine) ^ | David Hench

[NewHampshireDuo]

Maine surely can't be the only State where children and families of guard members have been subjected to the above. Anyone heard of any schools in other states doing this?

[camle]

instead of saying "be sensitive" why not state that the classroom is not a soapbox for the teacher's political viewpoints? they're there to teach, not indoctrinate.

[drjoe]

"It may simply have been someone expressing an opinion who may not even have known a Guard member's child was in the classroom."

What the hell difference does THAT make. These people are hired to teach and not give their own half-baked opinions about US foreign policy. Fire them all and make an example of them.

[Mr. Mojo]

If some pansy-ass lefty (male) sent my little girl home crying after bashing her dad's profession and honor, I'd march on over the to school and put his head right through the chalkboard.

[Hodar]

What would happen to a teacher who said that homosexuality is unethical; and any child's parents who are gay are unethical?

He/she would be immediately fired for humiliating a child in class (ie. child abuse). But, in the case of condemning our country's finest; they are simply told to keep it down??!?

I think some good ol' knee-capping needs to be done.
Where's Tawnya Harding's husband when you need him?

[talleyman]

Names, please...

[Conspiracy Guy]

I certainly don't believe anybody has done this maliciously," Rogers said. "It may simply have been someone expressing an opinion who may not even have known a Guard member's child was in the classroom."

What a cop out. What if it had been a racial slur instead? Somebody would be suspended or worse. Is Rogers a democrat or republican.

[pikachu]

If some pansy-ass lefty (male) sent my little girl home crying after bashing her dad's profession and honor, I'd march on over the to school and put his head right through the chalkboard.

Nah, it would be better to simply make that idiot teacher pay for your therapy to recover from such a horrendous personal attack. Get a shrink in the reserves to prescribe a house, a new poor, home tutors, and a few Ferraris to make your selfesteem recover. Bankrupt a few of these jerks, take away their treaching certifications, and make them pay financially and they will get the message. And thena fter they declare bankruptcy, you can see if they accidently walk into a baseball bat one night.

[NewHampshireDuo]

Maine has turned into a bastion of the Democrat left in many parts of the State. So, a homosexual comment is PC and any dissent would cause the Left to seethe, but American military bashing is probably considered no big deal by many. We're thinking of retiring to Maine. I love the State, hate their politics, but feel that if more conservatives would move in, maybe we could make a difference (I can dream...)

[goodnesswins]

Yes...I'm kind of interested in the "names" also...

[JimVT]

a few insensitive staff members at Maine schools recently made comments that have caused concern and anxiety for the children of National Guard members

Hey, Teach....what's the problem?

My daddy is only going to war so more Somalis can take over Lewiston.

[JimVT]

a few insensitive staff members at Maine schools recently made comments that have caused concern and anxiety for the children of National Guard members

Hey, Teach....what's the problem?

My daddy is only going to war so more Somalis can take over Lewiston.

[martin_fierro]

So what else is new? Democrats booed the Boy Scouts at their convention:

The Democrats Booed the Boy Sscouts

At the Democrats' request, the Los Angeles Council of Boy
Scouts sent six Eagle Scouts and an adult leader to
participate in the opening ceremony of the Democratic
National Convention.

You may already see where this is going. Earlier this year,
the Supreme Court upheld the right of the Boy Scouts of
America to bar gays from becoming scout leaders in their
organization. It's the right of a private organization to do 
so.

Convention attendee Gloria Johnson, a delegate from
California, mustered her colleagues. They grabbed poster
boards and markers and made signs that read "We Support Gay
Boy Scouts." 

While the Scouts took part in the opening ceremony, the
delegates, seated at the front of the hall, waved their
signs and booed. 

The scouts were shocked at the rude reception. DNC spokesman 
Rick Hess tiptoed around the issue, saying that the party is 
committed to gay rights but most Democrats also support the work of the Scouts.

It's sort of reminiscent of the New York state Democratic
Convention, where participants jeered and spat upon police
officers as they entered the convention hall.

That's right, the Democrat delegates couldn't even extend a
friendly welcome to a group of Boy Scouts who were there as
guests of the convention's organizers. Their crusade to take
away the freedoms of private organizations took
precedence.

[FoundersRWatching]

and phone numbers, and e-mail addresses!!!!! Then post them here. Let's see how the harassers like being harassed!!

[davisfh]

Tanya's husband is still nursing a hubcap wound to the old noggin. He's probably not available for kneecapping at this time.

I agree with you though. I no longer have school age children but if I did, I'd simply go to the school and beat the crap out of the offender. They'd probably haul me off to jail and when they finally let me out, I'd do it again. And like old Red Ryder used to say, "I'm a peacable man." (but just don't screw with me or mine.)

[drjoe]

[Maj. Peter Rogers, spokesman for the Maine National Guard. He would not identify the schools... ... ]

The person to ask who and where they are. Probably some PR flack - Oh excuse me - probably a liberal PR flack.

[mel]

Absolutely, these people have no place in a classroom

[Nebr FAL owner]

I agree some good ol'fashioned kneecapping is called for IRA style ie 9mm thru the knee back to front or Ulster defnse with a Back & Decker front to back take your pick=8^)

[GailA]

In a related matter, WABI reports that the National Guard instructed soldiers to meet with school personnel prior to deploying to inform them of the deployment and let them know that the children of soldiers may have some special emotional issues to deal with as a result. In response, according to the report, school personnel were less than cooperative, telling the soldiers, in effect, "That's your problem." WND

Fox News article said it was MORE than 1 city.

The complaints have been filed at Guard Family Assistance Centers in the cities of Augusta, Bangor, Calais, Caribou and Portland, and prompted the state's top educator to fire off a letter to superintendents and principals. Fox

[pechuna]

Send these commie bastard teachers to Iraq, too.