And vice versa. I won't say the Republicans are 100% perfect in this, but I also feel that any president who starts his term by saying "I won. So I think on that one, I trump you." can't really claim a huge mantle of "bi-partisanship." Most of the stuff the Dems have been pushing have been expansions of government, and they have not been willing to compromise on that at all. He's still not admitting that his policies are a large part of his problem, just that he hasn't "explained them well enough."
Remember what the libs said in '08? Elections have consequences. This is a big one and the people have spoken. They don't like the direction things have been going, and the majority want a change.
Ummm... That happens naturally. My grandmother's house before she sold it in the 70s. had a well that in order to use drink it you had to light the tap on fire first. After it finished, you could then drink it. Lots of fun. So, it's not just because of evil corporations. Unless you consider Mother Nature one of those evil corps.
I'm not so sure I agree. By that logic, I pay for a voice line in my house, plus DSL. Should I get phone free with DSL? After all, it's all just data. Voice = text = data. They are all the same, and yet we have traditionally paid different rates for them. I have more issues with cable companies and the outrageous fees they charge for so called premium channels that they still play commercials on!
Sick of it all, but I'm not about to give up my DirecTV... So I guess I'm just a hypocrite.:)
Jesus, what a stupid idiot. I won't go into all the different ways this story is full of idiocy, most of the previous posters have covered that all very well. But seriously, if no one at CNET is looking to fire this moron, then the whole site can just go away. I don't think I'll bother reading anything more from them, since they apparently hire trained monkeys to write there reports.
I'm guessing there are age discrimination laws against that.
Actually, judges in PA must retire at 72. No exemptions. Forced retirement happens quite often in the real world, it's just in Washington that the crypt keepers can keep in power until the plug is pulled. See Robert Byrd, 102 years old and has been in power in Washington for 50 years. That's wrong. Maybe if they couldn't hold on to power for a 1/2 a century some of these people might be a little bit more in tune with who and what Americans really are.
It's a joke. Who cares? Specter was pretty much a lock on most votes for the Democrats anyway. He was just a way for them to get a Republican to vote with them and then scream about how great they are at "bipartisanship." LOOK! A REPUBLICAN SUPPORTS US! Ignore all the others that stand by their principles. He's been pretty much a schmuck who basically votes to please Philly and Pittsburgh. The rest of us he thinks can all go hang.
He's 79. Have you ever noticed politicians all want you and me to retire by 72 at the latest? But they're supposed to keep getting into office until they're dead? And in some cases afterward? We need to have an age limit on politicians and judges. Over 70 and they should ALL be forced out of office. That's a law that really needs to be passed.
If he was that, he would have arrested them for probable cause. Instead he just let them know that the rest of the world didn't need to hear about their activities.
Incorrect. Which is the polite way of saying, "You've got your head up your ass." The rules are stated. The rules are clear. If you choose to break them, do not come crying when you are punished for that offense. Don't like the rules? Work to change them. But break them at your own peril. As educators, by law, these people are "in loco parentis" to the children under their care. As such, they DO have the right to set these rules. And by the way, if she had just admitted to the breaking of the rules, there would most likely not have been any other actions than a suspension or detention.
As for your friends, if your college has rules regarding cell phone usage and your break them, you may be told to leave. If you choose not to do it you may very well be having a discussion with the cops. For the exact same charge probably, although they might tag on defiant trespass for your refusal to leave. For that matter, go to the opera and start talking on your phone during the performance, then refuse to leave and say you didn't do it, and see if the cops don't end up being called. The school didn't have that option with the child, since they couldn't by law just throw her out the door. They tried to get her out of the school by calling parents. She impeded that. She did everything she could to circumvent a simple rule.
By the way, where do you get "years of abuse and neglect?" Nothing I see about that in all of this. Or is it just that when anyone breaks the rules, they must be victims? Because we all know that people that are arrested must all be victims, right?
And your vibe would be wrong. I personally do not agree with the rule that this girl is accused of violating. However, there is both a right and a wrong way to vent your problems with it. Had she for instance just admitted she had the phone, and then fought either legally or through the school board to get it changed, that's great. That I can be 110% behind. However, after breaking the rule to then repeatedly lie about it, which she should have known was going to get found out, was not only stupid, but totally destroyed any credibility she may have. As for telling authority to "fuck off," I don't think that is the proper way to handle the issue. If it were, I would just tell the IRS to "fuck off" because I don't agree with personal income tax. Guts to stand up to authority isn't the issue. Had she had guts to stand up to authority, she would have simply admitted she had the phone and then worked to fix things. Hiding, lying, refusing to tell them how to contact parents, etc., isn't having the guts to start up to authority. It's a spoiled little shit figuring that because she's a kid she can do whatever she wants and never have to pay a price.
Freedom comes with responsibility, without responsibility it's not freedom it is anarchy.
I do want to make a note here. Everyone keeps talking about "the police being called." From my reading of the report and article, they didn't. There is actually a police officer assigned to the school, (in my area, they call them "School Resource Officers"). These officers are assigned to stop problems in the schools such as gang related issues, behavioral problem issues that have to be escalated, and other security related items. It's not like the teacher called the local station and when the cops showed up told them to arrest the kid. The cop was already there, to be used for just this type of situation.
Consequently, the police were involved from the beginning, as is the policy at most schools that have this type of resource available. Having them involved stops the possibility of charges being filed against the teacher or principle for doing their job. This officer actually (according to his own report of course) seemed to be quite professional. He investigated the incident until he determined that she was willfully lying repeatedly to staff. He then repeatedly attempted to contact parental units, and was thwarted by the child.
As for the charge, complain to the legislature. Disorderly conduct is the catch all that is used by all police forces when they don't have something that fits into any other category. I would say it would be construed as disorderly conduct because her repeated actions in covering up her initial violation of the student code violation disrupted work for the teacher, the principle, and the officer. Had she simply come clean at the beginning she probably would not have had nearly the same problems, and most likely would not have been charged at all.
Actually it's adults acting like children, probably because they never got smack down as a child.
Reminds me of a time when I was sitting with an old friend in a coffee house. The friend was a former DEA undercover, who looked about 10 years younger than he was, so they would send him into schools to bust drug dealers. We're having our coffee while the group of teenagers behind us is talking about the pot they scored next door in the alley. After listening to them for about 20 minutes or so, my friend casually leaned over and said, "You know, I don't care if you want to screw with your own mind, but you do realize that everyone here could hear every word you said?" When they replied, "So what?" He pulled out his badge, flashed it, and said, "Cause you never know when they guy next to you works for the DEA. You get one pass, next time be a little brighter."
I had never before seen people piss their pants in public before, but MAN did they move getting the heck out of there.
As a former bail bondsman, I can state 100% yes. Bail is intended to make someone show up. Therefore, there must be a way to stop the person from disappearing. If I have a millionaire and a homeless person both asking for bail, the millionaire is usually a better risk. Even if he runs, I can usually get my money from his possessions (he may flee with some, but houses are a stone bitch to move, so that at least is left behind, as well as his 3 or 4 extra cars, big screen TV, etc. etc.) On the other hand, the homeless man has nothing that keeps him in the town. It's fairly easy for him to pick up stakes and move south for the winder, losing me my money. He doesn't have any possessions that will be left behind for me to sell and recover my cash. He is a substantial risk.
Bail (at least from a bondsman) is an insurance policy. In fact, in my state, you had to be a licensed insurance agent to write bail. I wrote a policy to the court stating that if the person failed to show, I would pay the outrageous sums required. My "fee" was the premium for writing the policy, just like your auto or house insurance payment. If you don't have a fixed address and no job, try to get auto insurance. It's a little difficult isn't it? Especially if your credit is wacked.
I would write bail for a person like this, provided a co-signer could be found that perhaps owned property, definitely had a real job that would be a hassle to disappear from, had long standing ties to the community, etc. But the routine calls I would usually get saying "You gotta get my baby out of jail!" when they have no job, no property, no money. Sorry, not going to happen. Call when someone with something to lose wants to sign on the dotted line.
Bail is actually a public service, since those who provide the bail have removed a person from the jail, where they are eating government food, sleeping in a government bed, and peeing in a government pot, and puts them back out where they can earn a living and continue to pay taxes.
Apparently you did not read the criminal complaint. The student was "known to the security officer" as a problem , and had "negative contacts" with the administrators in the past. Sounds to me like a problem child, who continued to act out, from a broken home, had repeatedly ignored the rules, assuming that she could skate out of all trouble. And since it was school she probably could, but in this case, they decided to file the charges. Finally she is forced to have a little accountability for her actions.
Not only did she lie about her actions, she repeatedly gave false numbers to the school for contacting her parents, and wasted several hours of the school employees time. She ought to be billed by the school district for the amount of time wasted by her.
Treat teenagers like adults they act like adults. Don't and they will always act like little children.
Going with your fridge analogy, why should it be a bad thing for a grocery store to connect to all the fridges it knows about in order to tell them about new products?
We're up to 4 pages by the time I'm reading this so maybe I just missed it and someone else already said it, but why not just put a forward on your work email server to your gmail account? Or if that doesn't work for you, use the gmail POP feature to download the mail from the work server at regular intervals? I have my verizon.net account forwarded to my gmail.net account so that I don't have to check both. No real lag on getting mail from it either.
spouted off the outrage at Bill for "lying" about a BJ, when the whole thing should not have been dragged into courts in the first place..
If a bank president, a CEO of a fortune 500 company, or a school principal did what BillyBob did in the oval office in THEIR offices, they would be removed from their post so fast it would make your head spin. And NOW and the gang would be out there screaming about how great it was that these people where removed. Okay, maybe not the school principal... All I ever asked for was that we hold out President to the same standard that we hold everyone else, from a CEO to an office manager in the most obscure branch office. And instead we got, "IT WAS JUST ABOUT SEX! IT'S PERSONAL! EVERYONE LIES ABOUT IT!" Try that one yourself next time you're fired for employee management fraternization. Bet it doesn't fly very far. (Actually had a boss and about 12 other people shitcanned for that at a company I worked for.)
lie after lie after OBVIOUS lie
Your opinion does not make something fact yet. Screw you.
I'm guessing you imagine yourself to be somewhat wealthy
Not even close. I'm Republican for many reasons, being wealthy ain't one of them. However, I do tend to believe that your absolute worst chance to be wealthy is to allow a government to snatch it all from you and give it away. I also tend to realize that people on welfare usually don't start companies and employ people. People who have worked hard to acquire wealth create them. Maybe it's so that they can get even more filthy rich, but at least while they're doing it they help others feed their families.
examine Obama's plans for the economy
I have. They amount to a grab of wealth from people that have produced it and a redistribution to the lowest common denominator (also known as the Democratic base) as a blanket giveaway for them electing him. It also will have the net effect of lowering my standard of living, since my Union contract does not change if the cost of living rises... Thanks Union! Good thing we keep voting for all those Democrats like you tell us to!
your hate filled crap about Obama consorting with terrorists
Ayers was a founder of the Weather Underground and did in fact participate, plan, and coordinate attacks on US government offices. Yes, the bastard is a terrorist, and should have been fried in old sparky for his treasonous acts against the USA. Instead he's got a comfy job in academia. And yes, he and Obama have been pals for a long, long time. If you associate with scum, then yes, I tend to consider you scum.
being a Muslim
Don't really care about this one, but I wish you would at least look into the facts of the matter that during his early schooling, according to his teachers and classmates, he was in fact a devout practitioner. He may not be any more, but I don't really care what religion a candidate is. That's more what the Dems like to pull out... "Romney is a *GASP* MORMON! Palin belonged to a *GASP* PENTECOSTAL CHURCH! Hide the children!" When you stop making an issue of our faith, maybe we'll stop making an issue of yours (or lack thereof).
you are going to be sadly disappointed come November.
Possibly. I am however happy that at least until the Libs get their way I still live in a country that allows for a free election. Eventually that will end, but for the time being, it is always a possibility that I might end up disappointed.
choice between senility and intelligence
Or... choice between inexperience and character
There I fixed it for you.
and make a conscious choice to be stupid,
Nope... I made the conscious choice NOT to drink the Hopey McChangitude FlavorAi
Good to know that you don't care about people doing illegal things just to TRY to get some dirt (even if they fail). So when we send covert operatives in to dumpster dive and hack into bank records to find out how Joe Biden is owned by the credit card companies (As one of my friends puts it, "You mean the Senator from MBNA?") Or when we dig to find out exactly HOW his house was paid for? Or perhaps dig into personal emails and such to find out exactly how linked Obama and Ayers are? Or Rezko? Will you put some cash in for those operatives as well?
You like this guy because he tried to "get" Sarah Palin. And as I have noted further down, didn't. If this would have been the other way around, you would have been bleating bloody murder about how horrible it was that a Republican would stoop to doing something illegal. Why you might even call it a Watergate! Perhaps this should be called YahooGate? After all, breaking in to email is to me the equivalent of breaking into a private office in a hotel.
One of the e-mails was entitled: "Draft letter to Governor Schwartzenegger / Container Tax".
Of course there is no email screenshot, and this could have been just a note saying "Hey Idiot, I don't like what you did." as a personal note.
"Fw: veep talking pts"
How does this relate to her job as Governor of Alaska? Do all emails between Biden and Obama need to be on government servers so they can be archived as well? And what would have happened if perhaps John had picked some Joe Blow off the street? Who wasn't part of government? Would we have to have given him an email account on a government server so it could be archived and subject to subpoena?
regarding Sean's campaign for Congress. Parnell is the Lt. Governor of Alaska.
And again this is government related how? If anything this shows that she is very conscious of not abusing her position by using a government account to discuss election things. In fact, if she had done it from a work account there would be many MORE questions, since you are not supposed to do any election related work from your government office. That's why some Dems and Reps in PA are facing some possible jail time, since they used staff and offices to raise money and run campaigns.
Again, I ask... Where are the work related emails? If I work for Company A and in my off time write a note to a rep at another firm telling him I dislike/like something that his company has done, I may send it from my home account to his home or office account. Nothing wrong with that. If I work for a company, I may use my private email to talk to Shirley in the steno pool about working for my election campaign for dogcatcher. I certainly would NOT use my company email for that. Nor would I send it to her work address. Get over it. From all the finger pointing you people have tried to slime her with, there is no there there at this point.
And lets face it... NO politician ever bothered to worry if something was "slimy." Slime is where they live, especially the ones that come out of the Chicago Democratic machine. They just would make sure they did it in a way that couldn't be traced to them... Like using someone's son so it could be written off as a "youthful indiscretion." Unless they're holding it for an October surprise (always a possibility with the Democratic smear machine), they would have had it out in the public already, and the MSM would have made sure it got wide distribution.
OK, you're a freak. I didn't want to say it, but hey, you asked for it.
but why the fuck would you want to own a gun?
Because I believe that it is sometimes necessary for people to protect themselves and their loved ones from people that wish to do them harm. The police cannot be everywhere, and I do not believe that "restitution" is a result that makes someone whole after a violent attack.
Hell, why not keep some bottles of poison in the kitchen,
As has been noted there are probably several under your kitchen counter, and I have a friend who is ex special forces that could probably use most of those chemicals to make everything from a large explosive to a chemical weapon.
and put land mines in the garden while you're at it.
Because it makes it too difficult to use the rototiller, and at the price of vegetables these days I'm willing to have a little less safety to save the money.:) Actually though because it is not a necessity. If it was a post apocalyptic world, I might be considering it, since my freedom would be in even more danger.
Hey, put spikes on the front of your car!
Love too, but those dang inspection rules say I can't have anything that might catch on a passerby.
Are you actually so paranoid (or macho) that owning something designed to kill people sounds like a good idea?
No, I'm realistic enough to realize that there are only so many police in this town of 100K people, and a good chunk of them are always over on the east side where the poorest people live. I've personally seen it take over an hour for cops to respond to a domestic violence call. I made the call, and the domestic violence was taking place on top of a cliff for heavens sake, and they STILL didn't show up until over an hour after he forced her into the car and took off.
Do they give you an erection?
No more so than a cool LCD screen does, or a nice car, or a nifty computer. They are a tool, and an incredible piece of machinery. They deserve respect which they usually don't get. I also own several swords from when I was studying Japanese live blade cutting. They're in my house too, and swords are definitely made only to kill something. Should I be ashamed of owning them? I think not. As a funny aside, although I carry a sidearm occasionally, I've actually only used the sword in defense. Coming home from class one night my friend (and landlords son) and I noticed some strange characters walk up the sidewalk to my house. We followed and asked them what they were doing there. When the woman replied they lived there, and we saw the male character standing off to the side of the door getting ready to do a home invasion, we both instantly dropped out bags and drew steel. Scared the crap out of my GF when she answered the door to see us holding 26" steel blades on the goblins. At least she listened when I yelled to her to close the door. The woman looked at the guy and said, "N*er you gonna get us killed!" and both took off across the lawn at a high rate of speed. Never saw either of them in our neighborhood again.
So youtube are removing videos of boyz in da hood waving guns around saying "I'm gonna fuck you up". Not a real loss.
I'll agree here, although I hope that they prosecute these people. Of course, with how the justice systems in most countries work, they won't even bother to prosecute even though it's definitely a crime. Here it's called terroristic threats.
Perhaps if they could then physically remove the individual little twat from society
2 agreements... I'm getting scared!
and put them in a nice home or something while they l
Oh but officer, this 9mm is for foxes, dontcherknow.
Funny you should bring that one up. My landlord just purchased a nice.45 cal a couple of weeks ago (tritium night sights, grip squeeze integral laser site, beautiful tool) because he got tired the second time he had to run from a bear while working on his farm outside of town. He said "when you look back and see something that big running after you, and catching up, and you're praying you left the RV door unlocked so you can get in quickly, you start thinking it might be wise to carry something big enough to put him down."
When I was doing guard work, we were told in our firearms course to always refer to our sidearms as either sidearms or firearms or tools. Never a weapon. Only bad guys have weapons. Good guys have tools.
Because I'm sick and tired of watching TV on a 20 year old tube set while people I personally know who live on welfare and SSI have a god damn LCD HDTV. Or maybe because until this year, that same person had 3 DIFFERENT computers that were all more powerful than my single computer, with 3 LCD monitors, while I was using a 12 year old tube monitor that you had to whack up against the side of to get it to work.
Maybe it's because I don't get any help when I'm in trouble, but I see people who just get to waltz right in and get whatever they need. When I was unemployed, I still worked part time for a book store. I made too much money at 15 hrs a week at $7/hr. to qualify for the local "free clinic" but they sure do love to ask me for donations.
Maybe it's because I'm doing beans and rice and rice and beans trying to pay off debts that I accumulated while I was unemployed, yet I see people paying with their access card for soda, drink mixes, gatorade, bottled water, steak, and premade subs in the same store I'm shopping. Maybe it's because I'm tired of people saying I'm damn GREEDY because I want to have what you liberals call the MINIMUM for welfare recipients! Screw you, and screw your welfare loving politics. I don't get a bunch of cash from the government to survive, WHY SHOULD ANYONE ELSE?
When the average american on welfare doesn't have 2 tv's and a newer car than I own, cable/satellite, free food, maybe I'd be more willing to say let's give more. But when the average welfare mamma lives better than I do, and I work for a damn living, yeah, I get a little GREEDY. And as for detriment of others, it's not fair that I have to pay for my own food and shelter, but someone else gets it for free. You see, I get punished by you shitheads because I WORK. Which is why socialism and communism always eventually fails.
Oh and speaking of your corporate whorehouse... Check out where the former CEO's of Fannie and Freddie work now? That's right, their driving the bus of HOPE and CHANGE.
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No one remembers this from Isaac Asimov's Robots of Dawn? Seriously?
And vice versa. I won't say the Republicans are 100% perfect in this, but I also feel that any president who starts his term by saying "I won. So I think on that one, I trump you." can't really claim a huge mantle of "bi-partisanship." Most of the stuff the Dems have been pushing have been expansions of government, and they have not been willing to compromise on that at all. He's still not admitting that his policies are a large part of his problem, just that he hasn't "explained them well enough."
Remember what the libs said in '08? Elections have consequences. This is a big one and the people have spoken. They don't like the direction things have been going, and the majority want a change.
Odd how Obama seems to be becoming Bush, isn't it?
Actually, Obama is pretty much everything that the leftists accused Bush of being, but on steroids. Welcome to the true New World Order.
Ummm... That happens naturally. My grandmother's house before she sold it in the 70s. had a well that in order to use drink it you had to light the tap on fire first. After it finished, you could then drink it. Lots of fun. So, it's not just because of evil corporations. Unless you consider Mother Nature one of those evil corps.
I'm not so sure I agree. By that logic, I pay for a voice line in my house, plus DSL. Should I get phone free with DSL? After all, it's all just data. Voice = text = data. They are all the same, and yet we have traditionally paid different rates for them. I have more issues with cable companies and the outrageous fees they charge for so called premium channels that they still play commercials on!
Sick of it all, but I'm not about to give up my DirecTV... So I guess I'm just a hypocrite. :)
Jesus, what a stupid idiot. I won't go into all the different ways this story is full of idiocy, most of the previous posters have covered that all very well. But seriously, if no one at CNET is looking to fire this moron, then the whole site can just go away. I don't think I'll bother reading anything more from them, since they apparently hire trained monkeys to write there reports.
I'm guessing there are age discrimination laws against that.
Actually, judges in PA must retire at 72. No exemptions. Forced retirement happens quite often in the real world, it's just in Washington that the crypt keepers can keep in power until the plug is pulled. See Robert Byrd, 102 years old and has been in power in Washington for 50 years. That's wrong. Maybe if they couldn't hold on to power for a 1/2 a century some of these people might be a little bit more in tune with who and what Americans really are.
It's a joke. Who cares? Specter was pretty much a lock on most votes for the Democrats anyway. He was just a way for them to get a Republican to vote with them and then scream about how great they are at "bipartisanship." LOOK! A REPUBLICAN SUPPORTS US! Ignore all the others that stand by their principles. He's been pretty much a schmuck who basically votes to please Philly and Pittsburgh. The rest of us he thinks can all go hang.
He's 79. Have you ever noticed politicians all want you and me to retire by 72 at the latest? But they're supposed to keep getting into office until they're dead? And in some cases afterward? We need to have an age limit on politicians and judges. Over 70 and they should ALL be forced out of office. That's a law that really needs to be passed.
If he was that, he would have arrested them for probable cause. Instead he just let them know that the rest of the world didn't need to hear about their activities.
Incorrect. Which is the polite way of saying, "You've got your head up your ass." The rules are stated. The rules are clear. If you choose to break them, do not come crying when you are punished for that offense. Don't like the rules? Work to change them. But break them at your own peril. As educators, by law, these people are "in loco parentis" to the children under their care. As such, they DO have the right to set these rules. And by the way, if she had just admitted to the breaking of the rules, there would most likely not have been any other actions than a suspension or detention.
As for your friends, if your college has rules regarding cell phone usage and your break them, you may be told to leave. If you choose not to do it you may very well be having a discussion with the cops. For the exact same charge probably, although they might tag on defiant trespass for your refusal to leave. For that matter, go to the opera and start talking on your phone during the performance, then refuse to leave and say you didn't do it, and see if the cops don't end up being called. The school didn't have that option with the child, since they couldn't by law just throw her out the door. They tried to get her out of the school by calling parents. She impeded that. She did everything she could to circumvent a simple rule.
By the way, where do you get "years of abuse and neglect?" Nothing I see about that in all of this. Or is it just that when anyone breaks the rules, they must be victims? Because we all know that people that are arrested must all be victims, right?
And your vibe would be wrong. I personally do not agree with the rule that this girl is accused of violating. However, there is both a right and a wrong way to vent your problems with it. Had she for instance just admitted she had the phone, and then fought either legally or through the school board to get it changed, that's great. That I can be 110% behind. However, after breaking the rule to then repeatedly lie about it, which she should have known was going to get found out, was not only stupid, but totally destroyed any credibility she may have. As for telling authority to "fuck off," I don't think that is the proper way to handle the issue. If it were, I would just tell the IRS to "fuck off" because I don't agree with personal income tax. Guts to stand up to authority isn't the issue. Had she had guts to stand up to authority, she would have simply admitted she had the phone and then worked to fix things. Hiding, lying, refusing to tell them how to contact parents, etc., isn't having the guts to start up to authority. It's a spoiled little shit figuring that because she's a kid she can do whatever she wants and never have to pay a price.
Freedom comes with responsibility, without responsibility it's not freedom it is anarchy.
I do want to make a note here. Everyone keeps talking about "the police being called." From my reading of the report and article, they didn't. There is actually a police officer assigned to the school, (in my area, they call them "School Resource Officers"). These officers are assigned to stop problems in the schools such as gang related issues, behavioral problem issues that have to be escalated, and other security related items. It's not like the teacher called the local station and when the cops showed up told them to arrest the kid. The cop was already there, to be used for just this type of situation.
Consequently, the police were involved from the beginning, as is the policy at most schools that have this type of resource available. Having them involved stops the possibility of charges being filed against the teacher or principle for doing their job. This officer actually (according to his own report of course) seemed to be quite professional. He investigated the incident until he determined that she was willfully lying repeatedly to staff. He then repeatedly attempted to contact parental units, and was thwarted by the child.
As for the charge, complain to the legislature. Disorderly conduct is the catch all that is used by all police forces when they don't have something that fits into any other category. I would say it would be construed as disorderly conduct because her repeated actions in covering up her initial violation of the student code violation disrupted work for the teacher, the principle, and the officer. Had she simply come clean at the beginning she probably would not have had nearly the same problems, and most likely would not have been charged at all.
Actually it's adults acting like children, probably because they never got smack down as a child.
Reminds me of a time when I was sitting with an old friend in a coffee house. The friend was a former DEA undercover, who looked about 10 years younger than he was, so they would send him into schools to bust drug dealers. We're having our coffee while the group of teenagers behind us is talking about the pot they scored next door in the alley. After listening to them for about 20 minutes or so, my friend casually leaned over and said, "You know, I don't care if you want to screw with your own mind, but you do realize that everyone here could hear every word you said?" When they replied, "So what?" He pulled out his badge, flashed it, and said, "Cause you never know when they guy next to you works for the DEA. You get one pass, next time be a little brighter."
I had never before seen people piss their pants in public before, but MAN did they move getting the heck out of there.
As a former bail bondsman, I can state 100% yes. Bail is intended to make someone show up. Therefore, there must be a way to stop the person from disappearing. If I have a millionaire and a homeless person both asking for bail, the millionaire is usually a better risk. Even if he runs, I can usually get my money from his possessions (he may flee with some, but houses are a stone bitch to move, so that at least is left behind, as well as his 3 or 4 extra cars, big screen TV, etc. etc.) On the other hand, the homeless man has nothing that keeps him in the town. It's fairly easy for him to pick up stakes and move south for the winder, losing me my money. He doesn't have any possessions that will be left behind for me to sell and recover my cash. He is a substantial risk.
Bail (at least from a bondsman) is an insurance policy. In fact, in my state, you had to be a licensed insurance agent to write bail. I wrote a policy to the court stating that if the person failed to show, I would pay the outrageous sums required. My "fee" was the premium for writing the policy, just like your auto or house insurance payment. If you don't have a fixed address and no job, try to get auto insurance. It's a little difficult isn't it? Especially if your credit is wacked.
I would write bail for a person like this, provided a co-signer could be found that perhaps owned property, definitely had a real job that would be a hassle to disappear from, had long standing ties to the community, etc. But the routine calls I would usually get saying "You gotta get my baby out of jail!" when they have no job, no property, no money. Sorry, not going to happen. Call when someone with something to lose wants to sign on the dotted line.
Bail is actually a public service, since those who provide the bail have removed a person from the jail, where they are eating government food, sleeping in a government bed, and peeing in a government pot, and puts them back out where they can earn a living and continue to pay taxes.
Apparently you did not read the criminal complaint. The student was "known to the security officer" as a problem , and had "negative contacts" with the administrators in the past. Sounds to me like a problem child, who continued to act out, from a broken home, had repeatedly ignored the rules, assuming that she could skate out of all trouble. And since it was school she probably could, but in this case, they decided to file the charges. Finally she is forced to have a little accountability for her actions.
Not only did she lie about her actions, she repeatedly gave false numbers to the school for contacting her parents, and wasted several hours of the school employees time. She ought to be billed by the school district for the amount of time wasted by her.
Treat teenagers like adults they act like adults. Don't and they will always act like little children.
We're up to 4 pages by the time I'm reading this so maybe I just missed it and someone else already said it, but why not just put a forward on your work email server to your gmail account? Or if that doesn't work for you, use the gmail POP feature to download the mail from the work server at regular intervals? I have my verizon.net account forwarded to my gmail.net account so that I don't have to check both. No real lag on getting mail from it either.
If a bank president, a CEO of a fortune 500 company, or a school principal did what BillyBob did in the oval office in THEIR offices, they would be removed from their post so fast it would make your head spin. And NOW and the gang would be out there screaming about how great it was that these people where removed. Okay, maybe not the school principal... All I ever asked for was that we hold out President to the same standard that we hold everyone else, from a CEO to an office manager in the most obscure branch office. And instead we got, "IT WAS JUST ABOUT SEX! IT'S PERSONAL! EVERYONE LIES ABOUT IT!" Try that one yourself next time you're fired for employee management fraternization. Bet it doesn't fly very far. (Actually had a boss and about 12 other people shitcanned for that at a company I worked for.)
Your opinion does not make something fact yet. Screw you.
Not even close. I'm Republican for many reasons, being wealthy ain't one of them. However, I do tend to believe that your absolute worst chance to be wealthy is to allow a government to snatch it all from you and give it away. I also tend to realize that people on welfare usually don't start companies and employ people. People who have worked hard to acquire wealth create them. Maybe it's so that they can get even more filthy rich, but at least while they're doing it they help others feed their families.
I have. They amount to a grab of wealth from people that have produced it and a redistribution to the lowest common denominator (also known as the Democratic base) as a blanket giveaway for them electing him. It also will have the net effect of lowering my standard of living, since my Union contract does not change if the cost of living rises... Thanks Union! Good thing we keep voting for all those Democrats like you tell us to!
Ayers was a founder of the Weather Underground and did in fact participate, plan, and coordinate attacks on US government offices. Yes, the bastard is a terrorist, and should have been fried in old sparky for his treasonous acts against the USA. Instead he's got a comfy job in academia. And yes, he and Obama have been pals for a long, long time. If you associate with scum, then yes, I tend to consider you scum.
Don't really care about this one, but I wish you would at least look into the facts of the matter that during his early schooling, according to his teachers and classmates, he was in fact a devout practitioner. He may not be any more, but I don't really care what religion a candidate is. That's more what the Dems like to pull out... "Romney is a *GASP* MORMON! Palin belonged to a *GASP* PENTECOSTAL CHURCH! Hide the children!" When you stop making an issue of our faith, maybe we'll stop making an issue of yours (or lack thereof).
Possibly. I am however happy that at least until the Libs get their way I still live in a country that allows for a free election. Eventually that will end, but for the time being, it is always a possibility that I might end up disappointed.
Or... choice between inexperience and character
There I fixed it for you.
Nope... I made the conscious choice NOT to drink the Hopey McChangitude FlavorAi
Good to know that you don't care about people doing illegal things just to TRY to get some dirt (even if they fail). So when we send covert operatives in to dumpster dive and hack into bank records to find out how Joe Biden is owned by the credit card companies (As one of my friends puts it, "You mean the Senator from MBNA?") Or when we dig to find out exactly HOW his house was paid for? Or perhaps dig into personal emails and such to find out exactly how linked Obama and Ayers are? Or Rezko? Will you put some cash in for those operatives as well?
You like this guy because he tried to "get" Sarah Palin. And as I have noted further down, didn't. If this would have been the other way around, you would have been bleating bloody murder about how horrible it was that a Republican would stoop to doing something illegal. Why you might even call it a Watergate! Perhaps this should be called YahooGate? After all, breaking in to email is to me the equivalent of breaking into a private office in a hotel.
Of course there is no email screenshot, and this could have been just a note saying "Hey Idiot, I don't like what you did." as a personal note.
How does this relate to her job as Governor of Alaska? Do all emails between Biden and Obama need to be on government servers so they can be archived as well? And what would have happened if perhaps John had picked some Joe Blow off the street? Who wasn't part of government? Would we have to have given him an email account on a government server so it could be archived and subject to subpoena?
And again this is government related how? If anything this shows that she is very conscious of not abusing her position by using a government account to discuss election things. In fact, if she had done it from a work account there would be many MORE questions, since you are not supposed to do any election related work from your government office. That's why some Dems and Reps in PA are facing some possible jail time, since they used staff and offices to raise money and run campaigns.
Again, I ask... Where are the work related emails? If I work for Company A and in my off time write a note to a rep at another firm telling him I dislike/like something that his company has done, I may send it from my home account to his home or office account. Nothing wrong with that. If I work for a company, I may use my private email to talk to Shirley in the steno pool about working for my election campaign for dogcatcher. I certainly would NOT use my company email for that. Nor would I send it to her work address. Get over it. From all the finger pointing you people have tried to slime her with, there is no there there at this point.
And lets face it... NO politician ever bothered to worry if something was "slimy." Slime is where they live, especially the ones that come out of the Chicago Democratic machine. They just would make sure they did it in a way that couldn't be traced to them... Like using someone's son so it could be written off as a "youthful indiscretion." Unless they're holding it for an October surprise (always a possibility with the Democratic smear machine), they would have had it out in the public already, and the MSM would have made sure it got wide distribution.
Hey, don't talk about Teddy that way! You might upset the libdems on /.
OK, you're a freak. I didn't want to say it, but hey, you asked for it.
Because I believe that it is sometimes necessary for people to protect themselves and their loved ones from people that wish to do them harm. The police cannot be everywhere, and I do not believe that "restitution" is a result that makes someone whole after a violent attack.
As has been noted there are probably several under your kitchen counter, and I have a friend who is ex special forces that could probably use most of those chemicals to make everything from a large explosive to a chemical weapon.
Because it makes it too difficult to use the rototiller, and at the price of vegetables these days I'm willing to have a little less safety to save the money. :) Actually though because it is not a necessity. If it was a post apocalyptic world, I might be considering it, since my freedom would be in even more danger.
Love too, but those dang inspection rules say I can't have anything that might catch on a passerby.
No, I'm realistic enough to realize that there are only so many police in this town of 100K people, and a good chunk of them are always over on the east side where the poorest people live. I've personally seen it take over an hour for cops to respond to a domestic violence call. I made the call, and the domestic violence was taking place on top of a cliff for heavens sake, and they STILL didn't show up until over an hour after he forced her into the car and took off.
No more so than a cool LCD screen does, or a nice car, or a nifty computer. They are a tool, and an incredible piece of machinery. They deserve respect which they usually don't get. I also own several swords from when I was studying Japanese live blade cutting. They're in my house too, and swords are definitely made only to kill something. Should I be ashamed of owning them? I think not. As a funny aside, although I carry a sidearm occasionally, I've actually only used the sword in defense. Coming home from class one night my friend (and landlords son) and I noticed some strange characters walk up the sidewalk to my house. We followed and asked them what they were doing there. When the woman replied they lived there, and we saw the male character standing off to the side of the door getting ready to do a home invasion, we both instantly dropped out bags and drew steel. Scared the crap out of my GF when she answered the door to see us holding 26" steel blades on the goblins. At least she listened when I yelled to her to close the door. The woman looked at the guy and said, "N*er you gonna get us killed!" and both took off across the lawn at a high rate of speed. Never saw either of them in our neighborhood again.
I'll agree here, although I hope that they prosecute these people. Of course, with how the justice systems in most countries work, they won't even bother to prosecute even though it's definitely a crime. Here it's called terroristic threats.
2 agreements... I'm getting scared!
Funny you should bring that one up. My landlord just purchased a nice .45 cal a couple of weeks ago (tritium night sights, grip squeeze integral laser site, beautiful tool) because he got tired the second time he had to run from a bear while working on his farm outside of town. He said "when you look back and see something that big running after you, and catching up, and you're praying you left the RV door unlocked so you can get in quickly, you start thinking it might be wise to carry something big enough to put him down."
When I was doing guard work, we were told in our firearms course to always refer to our sidearms as either sidearms or firearms or tools. Never a weapon. Only bad guys have weapons. Good guys have tools.
I'm hurt... Don't forget us in PA too! And for that matter KY. :)
Because I'm sick and tired of watching TV on a 20 year old tube set while people I personally know who live on welfare and SSI have a god damn LCD HDTV. Or maybe because until this year, that same person had 3 DIFFERENT computers that were all more powerful than my single computer, with 3 LCD monitors, while I was using a 12 year old tube monitor that you had to whack up against the side of to get it to work.
Maybe it's because I don't get any help when I'm in trouble, but I see people who just get to waltz right in and get whatever they need. When I was unemployed, I still worked part time for a book store. I made too much money at 15 hrs a week at $7/hr. to qualify for the local "free clinic" but they sure do love to ask me for donations.
Maybe it's because I'm doing beans and rice and rice and beans trying to pay off debts that I accumulated while I was unemployed, yet I see people paying with their access card for soda, drink mixes, gatorade, bottled water, steak, and premade subs in the same store I'm shopping. Maybe it's because I'm tired of people saying I'm damn GREEDY because I want to have what you liberals call the MINIMUM for welfare recipients! Screw you, and screw your welfare loving politics. I don't get a bunch of cash from the government to survive, WHY SHOULD ANYONE ELSE?
When the average american on welfare doesn't have 2 tv's and a newer car than I own, cable/satellite, free food, maybe I'd be more willing to say let's give more. But when the average welfare mamma lives better than I do, and I work for a damn living, yeah, I get a little GREEDY. And as for detriment of others, it's not fair that I have to pay for my own food and shelter, but someone else gets it for free. You see, I get punished by you shitheads because I WORK. Which is why socialism and communism always eventually fails.
Oh and speaking of your corporate whorehouse... Check out where the former CEO's of Fannie and Freddie work now? That's right, their driving the bus of HOPE and CHANGE.