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Penn State trustees fire football coach Joe Paterno and PSU president Spanier
AP/Newser.com ^ | Nov. 9, 2011 | Genaro C. Armas

Posted on 11/09/2011 7:30:27 PM PST by Colofornian

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To: Twink

Paterno and Penn State will be the newest scapegoat and the real problems won’t ever be addressed.


Paterno knew children were being raped and did nothing to stop it or bring Sandusky to justice. Why do you call him a scapegoat? The coverup IS the problem. You can’t claim ignorance about this now.


521 posted on 11/10/2011 12:48:57 AM PST by little jeremiah (We will have to go through hell to get out of hell.)
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To: MEG33; Havisham; Twink

Thank you so much for the link. I looked for it, but didn’t see it.

http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2011/1107/espn_e_Sandusky-Grand-Jury-Presentment.pdf

RE: Sandusky...all it takes is one.

The truth about this sordid incident is most useful should there be people who are interested in the truth.

Yes...I’m looking at you, Twink. ;o)


522 posted on 11/10/2011 12:54:11 AM PST by dixiechick2000 (Proud barbarian TEA Party SOB and, apparently, an evil Capitalist.)
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To: Pharmboy; All

OMG do you hear yourself? Wtf is the matter with you?! The students are NOT the victims. It’s not about sex abuse, molestation, or sex with minors, you braindead fans. It’s CHILD RAPE. It was eyewitnessed. It was ignored by EVERYONE IN AUTHORITY at Penn State. More rapes. Is it sinking in.


523 posted on 11/10/2011 12:56:42 AM PST by Havisham
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To: free me

Yet, would it have ever been known without McCreary reporting it as he did? Had he pulled Sandusky off no one would have believed him over the coach.


524 posted on 11/10/2011 1:02:30 AM PST by Havisham
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To: little jeremiah

“What has happened! Why is the disgusting rape of little boys no big deal?”

IMO, the problem is that we as a people, even many Conservatives in name only, have devolved to the point that as long as we get what we want, others can suffer.

“So some little kid got sodomized... Penn State is playing this weekend and we’re having a party/BBQ at my place. Doesn’t hurt me...and besides, all those people are gonna be hurt just because of one little kid? Come on! we are talking hundreds of millions of dollars here, thousands of jobs and a Football Dynasty! You wanna put one little kid over all that????”

Any person with a gram of morality and decency would deck the idiot saying that but there are so many saying and thinking that exact thing right now, it shows you that America is pretty much toast. And we got that way because liberals incrementalized that very philosophy into mainstream consciousness.

Note the above was the EXACT rationalle given in defense by Hollywood RE Polanski. I just changed the words to fit this situation. The overal excuse is one and the same.

And until Conservatives and Liberals alike will stop living in fear/denial and openly and loudly admit that man on boy pedo is a homosexual occurance, we cannot even begin to address the situation effectively.


525 posted on 11/10/2011 1:22:36 AM PST by Norm Lenhart (Chief Druid of Trollhenge: Cult of Palin)
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To: didi

http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2011/1107/espn_e_Sandusky-Grand-Jury-Presentment.pdf

Grand Jury

I read it and wonder how many more victims there are of unreported incidents of child molestation/rape.

Sandusky had a lot of years and opportunities.


526 posted on 11/10/2011 1:26:25 AM PST by MEG33 (God Bless Our Military Men And Women)
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To: MEG33

I hope all those kids get the deed to all those assets. His, anyone involved and all those of the ‘college’. And I don’t even care if a bunch of liars join any suit in a class action to be honest. Let the havok serve as an example to the rest. It’s about time their chickens roost and it’s beautiful irony that their liberal philosophy (protecting the gay pedo) will result in their grand explosion.


527 posted on 11/10/2011 1:38:38 AM PST by Norm Lenhart (Chief Druid of Trollhenge: Cult of Palin)
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To: Free Vulcan

Since Paterno was McQueary’s boss the law can be interpreted that Paterno was the one obligated to report. It doesn’t have to go to the very top of the chain of command before someone calls the cops.


528 posted on 11/10/2011 1:38:51 AM PST by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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To: Colofornian

Amazing that these guys were so arrogant they didn’t resign!


529 posted on 11/10/2011 1:38:51 AM PST by fortheDeclaration (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. Burke)
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To: dfwgator
I think the new coach will fire him.

I hope his daddy will be able to find him a new job.

530 posted on 11/10/2011 1:40:24 AM PST by fortheDeclaration (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. Burke)
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To: kingu
Yes, instead he called his father?

And the father advises him to leave the building and come home?

No one calls the police?

531 posted on 11/10/2011 1:44:04 AM PST by fortheDeclaration (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. Burke)
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To: rsflynn

It was overdue! Both men, if they had any self-respect would have resigned on their own.


532 posted on 11/10/2011 1:45:24 AM PST by fortheDeclaration (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. Burke)
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To: LeonardFMason
He is under charges, Paterno wasn't.

Paterno had the arrogrance to think he could dictate his own terms in leaving.

He was the most powerful man at Penn State and did nothing for 10 years about these crimes.

533 posted on 11/10/2011 1:48:50 AM PST by fortheDeclaration (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. Burke)
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To: free me

No one is absolving McQueary of anything, (or his nitwit father), but that doesn’t absolve Paterno either.


534 posted on 11/10/2011 1:50:14 AM PST by fortheDeclaration (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. Burke)
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To: LeonardFMason
Pedophilia is in a category of it's own
535 posted on 11/10/2011 1:51:51 AM PST by fortheDeclaration (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. Burke)
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To: Round 9

Not for the want of trying!


536 posted on 11/10/2011 1:52:18 AM PST by fortheDeclaration (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. Burke)
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To: Eric Blair 2084
The janitor now has dementia.

It was claimed the other janitor's who he told urged him not to report it for fear of losing their jobs.

I believe that this is not going to be limited to one man.

537 posted on 11/10/2011 1:54:59 AM PST by fortheDeclaration (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. Burke)
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To: LeonardFMason

No, they are in a meltdown because other men did nothing to protect those children.


538 posted on 11/10/2011 1:58:37 AM PST by fortheDeclaration (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. Burke)
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To: Teacher317
Indictments have been filed.

The grand jury testimony is very clear, Paterno knew about what was happening.

The Grad student SAW the act.

None of this is alleged, these are from their own lips.

The FACT that nothing was done for 9 years is what this is about.

539 posted on 11/10/2011 2:01:26 AM PST by fortheDeclaration (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. Burke)
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To: flintsilver7
He knew that a former asst. was in the shower with a ten old boy and did nothing but report to an AD.

He ignored it for 10 years.

And still no one knows who that boy was!

We don't know if he is even alive!

540 posted on 11/10/2011 2:04:14 AM PST by fortheDeclaration (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. Burke)
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