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Post by hetuck1 on Jun 16, 2009 20:05:52 GMT -5
buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/92681?fp=1Christ all mighty, please, deliver us from stupid people like the administrators in this story who refuse to let a student graduate for blowing a kiss to a family member. What in God's name is wrong with people these days? I swear......if there was a task force allowed to travel the country and beat the living shit out of some of these dumb SOB's we hear about every day in the news there would be a seriously BIG decline in the population of dumb SOB's.
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Post by Life's too short. on Jun 16, 2009 20:22:57 GMT -5
I completely agree. The level of stupidity in this country has hit absolutely epidemic proportions. We're in dire need of some kind of disaster that thins the herd, but allows people with half a brain to find safety. I can barely take it day to day with the people I encounter just out on the street. How can they even make it through a bath without drowning??
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Post by bcsbbad on Jun 16, 2009 20:43:31 GMT -5
It was the "silly string and beach balls" that did it. Just another reason I left Maine ;d ;d ;d ;d
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Post by bigdawgs on Jun 16, 2009 20:49:18 GMT -5
What about the idiots at one school district in California. Apparently somehow classes were let out 5 minutes earlier that allowed for 34 consecutive days this past school year. So now the School Board is directing that all the students attend school for 34 complete days this summer. Forget about any and all of the vacations that parents had planned with their kids. How frigging stupid is this? And the mistake was a clerical assistant at the school, not any student or parent (or teacher for that matter).
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Post by mauigator on Jun 16, 2009 22:27:45 GMT -5
34 school days to make up for 2.83333333333333 school hours? And they wonder why they're (state,county/district etc.) are losing money?
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Post by bigdawgs on Jun 16, 2009 22:32:56 GMT -5
You got it. They had one of the school board folks on TV this morning and she was one who opposed it and thinks it is so stupid. Parents are fuming. Just dumber than dirt.
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Post by athens on Jun 17, 2009 7:05:21 GMT -5
Whatever happened to common sense? Too many stupid people these days...
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Post by Wolferuns on Jun 17, 2009 7:51:44 GMT -5
Whatever happened to common sense? Too many stupid people these days... The Death of Common Sense By Lori Borgman -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Three yards of black fabric enshroud my computer terminal. I am mourning the passing of an old friend by the name of Common Sense. His obituary reads as follows: Common Sense, aka C.S., lived a long life, but died from heart failure at the brink of the millennium. No one really knows how old he was, his birth records were long ago entangled in miles and miles of bureaucratic red tape. Known affectionately to close friends as Horse Sense and Sound Thinking, he selflessly devoted himself to a life of service in homes, schools, hospitals and offices, helping folks get jobs done without a lot of fanfare, whooping and hollering. Rules and regulations and petty, frivolous lawsuits held no power over C.S. A most reliable sage, he was credited with cultivating the ability to know when to come in out of the rain, the discovery that the early bird gets the worm and how to take the bitter with the sweet. C.S. also developed sound financial policies (don't spend more than you earn), reliable parenting strategies (the adult is in charge, not the kid) and prudent dietary plans (offset eggs and bacon with a little fiber and orange juice). A veteran of the Industrial Revolution, the Great Depression, the Technological Revolution and the Smoking Crusades, C.S. survived sundry cultural and educational trends including disco, the men's movement, body piercing, whole language and new math. C.S.'s health began declining in the late 1960s when he became infected with the If-It-Feels-Good, Do-It virus. In the following decades his waning strength proved no match for the ravages of overbearing federal and state rules and regulations and an oppressive tax code. C.S. was sapped of strength and the will to live as the Ten Commandments became contraband, criminals received better treatment than victims and judges stuck their noses in everything from Boy Scouts to professional baseball and golf. His deterioration accelerated as schools implemented zero-tolerance policies. Reports of 6-year-old boys charged with sexual harassment for kissing classmates, a teen suspended for taking a swig of Scope mouthwash after lunch, girls suspended for possessing Midol and an honor student expelled for having a table knife in her school lunch were more than his heart could endure. As the end neared, doctors say C.S. drifted in and out of logic but was kept informed of developments regarding regulations on low-flow toilets and mandatory air bags. Finally, upon hearing about a government plan to ban inhalers from 14 million asthmatics due to a trace of a pollutant that may be harmful to the environment, C.S. breathed his last. Services will be at Whispering Pines Cemetery. C.S. was preceded in death by his wife, Discretion; one daughter, Responsibility; and one son, Reason. He is survived by two step-brothers, Half-Wit and Dim-Wit. Memorial Contributions may be sent to the Institute for Rational Thought. Farewell, Common Sense. May you rest in peace.
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Post by athens on Jun 17, 2009 7:54:29 GMT -5
Nice wolfe
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Post by hetuck1 on Jun 17, 2009 12:08:18 GMT -5
Good find, Wolfe! Once the bill is passed and ratified and the Common Sense Agency (CSA) is established I'll be the first to apply and arm myself with a rubber hose, mallet and a night stick. I ought to be about to accomplish something with those. If not I'll have a baseball bat waiting in my patrol vehicle:)
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Post by Life's too short. on Jun 17, 2009 12:11:51 GMT -5
What about the idiots at one school district in California. Apparently somehow classes were let out 5 minutes earlier that allowed for 34 consecutive days this past school year. So now the School Board is directing that all the students attend school for 34 complete days this summer. Forget about any and all of the vacations that parents had planned with their kids. How frigging stupid is this? And the mistake was a clerical assistant at the school, not any student or parent (or teacher for that matter). That's actually not the district requiring it, it's the state government of California, and we already knew what kind of idiots are running around that place. They're saying if the entire days aren't made up, the school will have $7 million in funding withheld.
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Post by maestro on Jun 17, 2009 12:37:53 GMT -5
Wow, unbelievable.
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Post by michiganalumni on Jun 17, 2009 12:39:50 GMT -5
I think I wanna puke. This is just ridiculous!
Denying a student his diploma for blowing a kiss?
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