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No lifeguard? Close beach, family of teen who drowned says
http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/159270325.html ^

Posted on 06/16/2012 6:38:40 AM PDT by dewawi

The family of 16-year-old Chiccena Carpenter, who drowned at Cedar Lake last week, also wants to push for legislation to make sure beaches in Minnesota don't stay open without a lifeguard present.

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To: dewawi
I'm sorry, but judging from the name (”Chiccena” Carpenter), I would guess this is one of “Holder's people.”
41 posted on 06/16/2012 7:56:54 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (Greed + Envy = Liberalism)
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To: Cowboy Bob

42 posted on 06/16/2012 7:59:06 AM PDT by nascarnation (t)
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To: dewawi

“Your child assumed the risk for his life when he went swimming. Case dismissed.”


43 posted on 06/16/2012 8:01:34 AM PDT by Little Ray (FOR the best Conservative in the Primary; AGAINST Obama in the General.)
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To: dewawi

The ninnies among us will always seek safety with the nannies.


44 posted on 06/16/2012 8:04:39 AM PDT by RobinOfKingston (The instinct toward liberalism is located in the part of the brain called the rectal lobe.)
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To: The Free Engineer; dewawi

He was illustrating absurdity with the logical, absurd, result of that absurdity.


45 posted on 06/16/2012 8:04:49 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Government is the religion of the sociopath.)
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To: dewawi
Aren't beaches like, you know, outdoors?
We can't fence off all the beaches, or all of the outdoors, but we can, and probably will if the libs have their way, fence ourselves in.
Then we will only be allowed to venture outside our gated communities with a guardian, travel pass, travel plans, GPS tracker and a curfew.

46 posted on 06/16/2012 8:10:45 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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To: dewawi
Tragic Story... but shouldn't an ADULT be there?? I'm not sure about you... but I doubt I ever swam on a beach with a lifeguard. One of the ponds I used to swim at was call BAP and it was in the woods -- and growing up at my parent's summer cottage, the beaches NEVER had lifeguards.

Sorry family of teen drowned, but enough of having US - the USA - become a nanny. My kids knows that water is dangerous if you horseplay, so they don't.

47 posted on 06/16/2012 8:18:32 AM PDT by ExCTCitizen (If we stay home in November '12, don't blame 0 for tearing up the CONSTITUTION!!)
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To: dewawi

Tragedy, indeed. However, one of the first “insurance policies” a parent should obtain is ensuring their child learns to swim...and well. There is absolutely no excuse for children not knowing how to swim by age 7. It’s easiest when they are ages 3 & 4, before fears begin to set in.

I’ll give you this is a northern state, but this is why the YMCA builds indoor swimming pools, and why the Red Cross certifies swim instructors.

This...it’s someone else’s fault cr@p, is bull$&#% and tiresome.


48 posted on 06/16/2012 8:19:48 AM PDT by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (chirping birds + basket weavers who sit + smile + twiddle their thumbs + toes They're coming to take)
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To: dewawi
The first story I read after googling this girl's name has this in it:

"There's not always equal access to pools," she said.

Why did I already know this would have something to do with it?

49 posted on 06/16/2012 8:30:43 AM PDT by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (chirping birds + basket weavers who sit + smile + twiddle their thumbs + toes They're coming to take)
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To: dewawi

Just damn.

DO. NOT. GIVE. THEM. ANY. IDEAS!!

Even with massive sarcasm. Sarcasm is dead. Events have proven time and again that real life is scarier than, say, The Onion.


50 posted on 06/16/2012 8:31:54 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL

We moved to Long Island, from the Bronx, when I was 10. Prior to moving here, the 3 of us kids were sent to “the country” for the summer to stay w/ our Aunt Jeannie (my name sake) and Uncle John. They decided to get a pool.

Once the pool was in, we ALL HAD TO learn to swim. I can remember it like it was yesterday. I had that “bubble” on and Uncle John standing in the “small section” teaching me. If you couldn’t swim, you were banned to this tiny section, with adult supervision of course (the embarrassment was terrible).

We ALL learned to swim. My Aunt & Uncle were the only ones on the block to have a pool, so all of us kids on the block were always in it.

ONE RULE.....IF AN ADULT WAS NOT ABLE TO SUPERVISE, ONE OF US HAD TO STAY OUT AND KEEP WATCH ON THE REST.

We also had to “implement the rules (which we did not)” of no running around the pool, etc. It’s kind of hard to not run when you’re playing pool tag (another no-no, lol).

And yes....every single one of us got hurt one way or another and we had to keep our mouths shut about it or else play time was OVER!

Morale to my stupid story......NONE OF US DROWNED BECAUSE WE ALL KNEW HOW TO SWIM!


51 posted on 06/16/2012 9:02:29 AM PDT by NoGrayZone (For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothing.)
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To: C210N

and if someone breaks the law and drowns, ticket ‘em!!!!


52 posted on 06/16/2012 10:39:32 AM PDT by Shimmer1 (government health officials seem to have the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

—about 1949 (when I was 8) my sister an dI went to a nearby rock quarry and brought home some wood dynamite boxes from the scrap pile—never found any caps but finally figured out we were getting nitroglycerin headaches from using them as toy furniture——sure wish I still had the boxes—they are worth a good price now-—


53 posted on 06/16/2012 10:55:45 AM PDT by rellimpank (--don't believe anything the media or government says about firearms or explosives--)
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To: C210N
gotta include bathtubs and showers.

Oh...

And lawn sprinklers


54 posted on 06/16/2012 11:09:36 AM PDT by mountn man (Happiness is not a destination, its a way of life.)
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To: Captain7seas
Why not also require a license to get out of bed. It's very dangerous.

LOL! Every time I hear some panty-waist here in New England whine about something (which is 24/7); I ask them why the hell they don't stay at home under the damn bed where you won't have to worry about (insert specific situation here).

55 posted on 06/16/2012 11:14:37 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: NoGrayZone
And yes....every single one of us got hurt one way or another and we had to keep our mouths shut about it or else play time was OVER!

Morale to my stupid story......NONE OF US DROWNED BECAUSE WE ALL KNEW HOW TO SWIM!

Morale to my stupid story......NONE OF US DROWNED BECAUSE WE ALL KNEW WE HAD TO KEEP OUR MOUTHS SHUT ABOUT IT OR ELSE PLAY TIME WAS OVER.

56 posted on 06/16/2012 11:23:52 AM PDT by mountn man (Happiness is not a destination, its a way of life.)
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To: mountn man

I’ll bet people like you played on those METAL monkey bars back when you were younger... :-)


57 posted on 06/16/2012 11:29:19 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: mountn man

I don’t get it. What is your point?


58 posted on 06/16/2012 11:31:11 AM PDT by NoGrayZone (For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothing.)
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To: who knows what evil?
I’ll bet people like you played on those METAL monkey bars back when you were younger... :-)

What do you mean by PLAYED and YOUNGER?

Growing old is mandatory.
Growing up is optional.


59 posted on 06/16/2012 11:37:42 AM PDT by mountn man (Happiness is not a destination, its a way of life.)
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To: who knows what evil?; mountn man
"I’ll bet people like you played on those METAL monkey bars back when you were younger... :-)"

We used to play tag on those as well. Couldn't touch the ground, if you did, you were "it".

Amazing difference between we who grew up in the "it's your own damn fault" versus the coddled.

60 posted on 06/16/2012 11:40:14 AM PDT by NoGrayZone (For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothing.)
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