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Progress With The Board of Education
by Tom McLaughlin
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. Howard Dean Really Hates 'Hate Speech'
Former Vermont governor and failed presidential aspirant Howard Dean has some advice for conservative firebrands targeted by student snowflakes on college campuses. According to Dean, "Hate speech is not protected by the first amendment." He asserted this last week after former New York Times reporter Steven Greenhouse reminded his followers (also via Twitter), "Free Speech Defenders Don't Forget: Ann Coulter once said: My only regret w/ Timothy McVeigh is he did not go to the New York Times building."
But that wasn't the end of Dean's screed. In March, Ann Coulter, in her typically inflammatory way, facetiously said, "I would like to see a little more violence from the innocent Trump supporters set upon by violent leftist hoodlums." This prompted another retort from Dean, who last night asserted, "This is NOT protected speech under the first amendment." Add all this up, Dean contends, and here's the bottom line: "This does not mean she can be prosecuted for saying this but I argue this kind of stuff is grounds for barring her from a University campus."
There's a legitimate argument to be had regarding Coulter's approach to confabulation. But there's no overstating how important it is to protect free speech — one of the cornerstones of a free society. That's why Coulter's remarks — unnecessarily provocative though they may be — shouldn't be, and legally aren't, considered to be promoting violence.
If "hate speech" can be interpreted any way we want, then literally any and all dissent is fair game. Oddly enough, an unlikely politician understands this. Another Vermont renegade, Bernie Sanders, correctly said, "Obviously Ann Coulter's outrageous ― to my mind, off the wall. But you know, people have a right to give their two cents-worth, give a speech, without fear of violence and intimidation." He even offered this challenge to anti-Coulter antagonists: "Ask her the hard questions. Confront her intellectually. Booing people down, or intimidating people, or shutting down events, I don't think that that works in any way."
And here we have yet another strange rift among leftists. Perhaps Sanders and DNC chief Tom Perez can add this to their list of issues to hash out while on their "unity tour," whose only achievement thus far has been highlighting just how divided the party is. ~The Patriot Post
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Former liar-nObama Official Says Bureaucrats
Manipulate Climate Stats to Influence Policy
by Chris White
{dailysignal.com} ~ A former member of the liar-nObama administration claims Washington, D.C., often uses “misleading” news releases about climate data to influence public opinion... Former Energy Department Undersecretary Steven Koonin told The Wall Street Journal Monday that bureaucrats within former President Barack liar-nObama’s administration spun scientific data to manipulate public opinion. “What you saw coming out of the press releases about climate data, climate analysis, was, I’d say, misleading, sometimes just wrong,” Koonin said, referring to elements within the liar-nObama administration he said were responsible for manipulating climate data...http://dailysignal.com/2017/04/24/former-obama-official-says-bureaucrats-manipulate-climate-stats-to-influence-policy/?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningBell&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWmpnMk9XUmpaVE5rTWpNeiIsInQiOiJkc0FzMUhlYWpla01Qcm43TkNaN29ZY0V0RzhjWTM2a0NPSzZSaWRHXC9xXC92NjRaNW1qMXhNUk1jcjF0MVJDcGV0bFE1OFU1cVdoRFFkS01tSlN5Z0RBWDR5dUN2Ump1d2JGNjllWTQ0YlVZZXR4S21xdTJXdEJYcG1vaHdCXC9leSJ9
NSA Blimp Spied in the United States
by Ryan Gallagher
{theintercept.com} ~ To residents of Maryland, catching an occasional glimpse of a huge white blimp floating in the sky is not unusual. For more than a decade, the military has used the state as a proving ground for new airships destined for Afghanistan or Iraq... But less known is that the test flights have sometimes served a more secretive purpose involving National Security Agency surveillance. Back in 2004, a division of the NSA called the National Tactical Integration Office fitted a 62-foot diameter airship called the Hover Hammer with an eavesdropping device, according to a classified document published Monday by The Intercept. The spy equipment on the airship was called Digital Receiver Technology — a proprietary system manufactured by a Maryland-based company of the same name — which can intercept wireless communications, including cellphone calls...https://theintercept.com/2017/04/24/nsa-blimp-spied-in-the-united-states/
.liar-nObama Freed Iranians Who Dealt In Guns, IED’s, Cruises Missile And Nuke Tech
by Rick Wells
{rickwells.us} ~ Mark Levin noticed an enlightening article on Politico that he shared with his audience, detailing some serious criminality of Hussein liar-nObama in his giveaways and favors to the Iranians... When liar-nObama announced the “one time gesture” of releasing Iranian born prisoners who “were not charged with terrorism or any violent offense” last year, they presented it “as a modest trade off for the ‘greater good’ of the Iran nuclear agreement and Tehran’s pledge to free five Americans.” He notes, “They weren’t telling the whole story on January 17th, 2016.” Levin said, “In his Sunday morning address to the American people Friday being his holy day, liar-nObama portrayed the seven men he freed as civilians. The senior official described them as businessmen, awaiting trial or convicted of mere sanctions, related to offenses, violations of the trade embargo.” That wasn’t the whole story. The items involved had military applications in guidance and other systems utilized in cruise missiles and other highly technical military hardware, including satellites. The DOJ also secretly dropped charges and international arrest warrants against fourteen other Iranians...http://rickwells.us/levin-obama-freed-iranians-dealt-guns-ieds-cruises-missile-nuke-tech/
.40 to 60 Teens Flood CA Mass Transit
Train, Robbing, Injuring Passengers
by Philip Hodges
{eaglerising.com} ~ According to police, witnesses reported that anywhere from 40 to 60 people – believed to be minors – flooded an Oakland, California Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station Saturday night... jumped the fare gates, and basically took over a train car, injuring and robbing people. “We are in the process of pulling all surveillance video and we will share with Oakland police, Oakland Unified School District and Oakland Housing Authority to see if they can help identify the minors,” she said. “We have had success with sharing images of juveniles with this group and identifying and making arrests in the past.”...http://eaglerising.com/43086/40-to-60-teens-flood-ca-mass-transit-train-robbing-injuring-passengers/
.Hamas: The New Charter That Isn't
Hamas has finally woken up to the power of lies. Like the PLO, Hamas
Hamas has finally woken up to the power of lies. Like the PLO, Hamas
has learned that in this instance, words are more important than actions
by Bassam Tawil
by Bassam Tawil
{gatestoneinstitute.org} ~ Yasser Arafat may have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, but his PLO officials and he really deserve the prize for the art of deception. For decades now, the PLO has spearheaded one of history's biggest scams... and now it seems that Hamas, the Palestinian Muslim Brotherhood movement, is about to join the bandwagon. According to unconfirmed reports in the Arab media, Hamas is about to publish a "political document" in which it "accepts" the "two-state solution." The purported document is already being hailed by some Western and Israeli analysts and Hamas apologists as a sign of the radical Islamic movement's march toward moderation and pragmatism. It is worthwhile to note that, contrary to what is being published in many media outlets, Hamas is NOT changing its Charter, which explicitly calls for the elimination of Israel...https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/10213/hamas-new-charter
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Progress With The Board of Education
by Tom McLaughlin
{tommclaughlin.blogspot.com} ~Never have I been paddled, which is the method of corporal punishment still legal in nineteen states. I have, however, been slapped many times — by several teachers and by one principal. Those who have gotten the paddle, the "board of education," the method most common in those states, claim paddles with holes in them hurt more. I wouldn’t know, but I’ll take their word for it.
I think it was in fifth grade at St. William’s School in Tewksbury, Massachusetts that a spring storm delivered three inches of snow perfect for snowballs — and just before recess. Our principal, Mother Edward Mary, anticipated trouble. Prior to the bell for outdoor recess to begin, she announced over the intercom that there will be no throwing of snowballs. Then she stood at a 2nd floor window overlooking the playground with binoculars to identify violators. In twenty minutes, she’d written a long list, and my name was on it.
Allowing time for us to return to our classrooms and put our boots and jackets away, she got on the intercom again to say, “The following boys will report to the cafeteria immediately: “Albert Brackett, Joseph Hedstrom, Thomas McLaughlin…” and about twenty others. All the classroom doors opened into the hallways and two dozen grim-faced boys filed silently down the stairs to the basement cafeteria where Mother Edward Mary told us to line up against the wall. “I told you not to throw snowballs,” she said. She approached the first boy, put the curled index finger of her left hand under his chin to lift his face to her, then slapped it — a stinging blow — with her right. She did the same to the second boy, and so on down the line. I was near the end.
When she was done, I tried hard not to look at Al Brackett because if our eyes met, I knew we would both start laughing. It wasn’t that the slap didn’t hurt, because it did. It was the exhilaration of perpetrating a shared bit of mischief and enduring the consequence collectively. It’s what we did back then, when boys would still be boys. It’s one way we bonded. Mother Superior — that was her other title — did what principals did. She was the school’s leader and insisted that rules be taken seriously. We all got that — no hard feelings. Our parents treated us the same way and none of it diminished our self-esteem. The adults were in charge, and there was security in that.
From St. William’s School, some of us went on to Keith Academy in nearby Lowell where we had Xaverian Brothers as teachers. Strong as Mother Edward Mary was, most of them were stronger. I can attest that they hit considerably harder and only once can I say that I didn’t deserve it. Every other time, more than a dozen, I had it coming. Brother Dennis hit hardest, but we all liked him. He was fair, and he liked us too. He never said it, but we knew. I think he saw himself in us.
Most of my friends went to public school and corporal punishment was common there too. One of the most respected men at Tewksbury High School was Joe Crotty. He was assistant principal in charge of discipline and my friends were frequent visitors to his office. If he closed the door, they’d get a thrashing, but they didn’t take it personally either. They all liked Joe. He had a job to do and he was fair. He liked them too and they knew it.
I suspect it’s much the same way in those nineteen states still allowing people like Mother Edward Mary, Brother Dennis, and Joe Crotty to do their jobs without threat of lawsuits. According to people calling in to a recent Laura Ingraham Show, students who misbehave were offered a choice: suspension or paddling. Most callers chose paddling because they could “get it over with quickly.” Others said they misbehaved because they wanted a few days off under suspension.
My first teaching job was a two-year stint at a private school for juvenile delinquents in Lowell They had been re-diagnosed under the new special ed law as “emotionally disturbed.” I never hit any of them, but I did have to forcibly remove some from my classroom when they refused to leave on their own. The age range was 14-18 and some were my size or bigger. If the big ones resisted there was a ruckus, but I always managed to deliver them to Dr. Herrmann’s office down the hall. He was a former running back at Kansas State. He would take them inside and close the door, just like Joe Crotty did.
That was in the mid 1970s and most states have “progressed” since then, banning corporal punishment. Schools are much better now, don’t you think?
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