Comments on: Talking Smack in Northfield http://firedoglake.com/2007/07/21/talking-smack-in-northfield/ Firedoglake weblog Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:21:58 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: dweezel http://firedoglake.com/2007/07/21/talking-smack-in-northfield/#comment-840168 dweezel Sun, 22 Jul 2007 21:42:23 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/07/21/talking-smack-in-northfield/#comment-840168 <p>Regardless of the credibility of the article, I think the freedom to use ones body should be fully protected under the constitution. I for one had a health class in high school that included lectures on the use of drugs of all kinds. One day on the way home from school I saw a young man slumped over dead of an overdose in the back seat of a car. I later found out the gentleman was the son af an honest dectective who was building a case against the drug dealers. In later years I thought wow wasn’t it wonderful to have a living laboratory to enhance the lectures in health class. That was 1969. I knew of many dead and imprisioned people due to the use of heroine. When coupled with the democratic inspiried draft of the vietnam era it did wonders to advance the need for LBJ’s great society in my home town. The perfect storm if you will. I can only talk from experience but if I were trying to push a liberal agenda and create a society dependant on government and a few ruling communist elite I would be all for debunking a credible report and fight for the right to use my body as I see fit.</p> Regardless of the credibility of the article, I think the freedom to use ones body should be fully protected under the constitution. I for one had a health class in high school that included lectures on the use of drugs of all kinds. One day on the way home from school I saw a young man slumped over dead of an overdose in the back seat of a car. I later found out the gentleman was the son af an honest dectective who was building a case against the drug dealers. In later years I thought wow wasn’t it wonderful to have a living laboratory to enhance the lectures in health class. That was 1969. I knew of many dead and imprisioned people due to the use of heroine. When coupled with the democratic inspiried draft of the vietnam era it did wonders to advance the need for LBJ’s great society in my home town. The perfect storm if you will. I can only talk from experience but if I were trying to push a liberal agenda and create a society dependant on government and a few ruling communist elite I would be all for debunking a credible report and fight for the right to use my body as I see fit.

]]> By: Will Divide http://firedoglake.com/2007/07/21/talking-smack-in-northfield/#comment-839583 Will Divide Sun, 22 Jul 2007 13:52:17 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/07/21/talking-smack-in-northfield/#comment-839583 <p>Glad to see that dolt Kersten’s getting some deserved attention here. I’m surprised the Sadly, No! gang don’t have her on speed dial.</p> <p>And, oh, Oklahoma Kiddo (@ #20) remember, when in school, the principal is your PAL.</p> Glad to see that dolt Kersten’s getting some deserved attention here. I’m surprised the Sadly, No! gang don’t have her on speed dial.

And, oh, Oklahoma Kiddo (@ #20) remember, when in school, the principal is your PAL.

]]> By: MO http://firedoglake.com/2007/07/21/talking-smack-in-northfield/#comment-839542 MO Sun, 22 Jul 2007 12:42:06 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/07/21/talking-smack-in-northfield/#comment-839542 <p>Katherine Kersten is a 10th rate Anne Coulter. She imagines herself to be a profound historian and moralist who lectures us godless liberals about not hating gays, women, teachers etc. enough. She endlessly lectures about the horrors of public schools and the superiority of private academies where they teach Locke, Adam Smith and Plato to rich white boys. It’s not surprising she’d latch onto this story.</p> <p>What with all the financial problems at the Strib, why haven’t they gotten rid of this waste of column space.</p> Katherine Kersten is a 10th rate Anne Coulter. She imagines herself to be a profound historian and moralist who lectures us godless liberals about not hating gays, women, teachers etc. enough. She endlessly lectures about the horrors of public schools and the superiority of private academies where they teach Locke, Adam Smith and Plato to rich white boys. It’s not surprising she’d latch onto this story.

What with all the financial problems at the Strib, why haven’t they gotten rid of this waste of column space.

]]> By: Wordsmith http://firedoglake.com/2007/07/21/talking-smack-in-northfield/#comment-839207 Wordsmith Sun, 22 Jul 2007 04:44:20 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/07/21/talking-smack-in-northfield/#comment-839207 <p>OT….</p> <p>Happen to catch this whilst wandering thru ‘the toobes’.</p> <p><a href="http://www.mittromney.com/News/In-The-News/Yankee_Governor">‘Yankee Governor With Southern Values’ Backs Military And Attacks ‘Hillarycare’</a></p> <p>“<b>‘There is a war being waged by the terrorists. And as long as we have a Republican president, we’re going to have a war on terrorists</b>,’ [Romney] said.”</p> <p>Endless war and, of course, soc*al*sm.</p> <p>~~~<em>ModNote: edited for content to clear filters.</em>~~~</p> OT….

Happen to catch this whilst wandering thru ‘the toobes’.

‘Yankee Governor With Southern Values’ Backs Military And Attacks ‘Hillarycare’

“‘There is a war being waged by the terrorists. And as long as we have a Republican president, we’re going to have a war on terrorists,’ [Romney] said.”

Endless war and, of course, soc*al*sm.

~~~ModNote: edited for content to clear filters.~~~

]]> By: cherish http://firedoglake.com/2007/07/21/talking-smack-in-northfield/#comment-839126 cherish Sun, 22 Jul 2007 03:57:10 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/07/21/talking-smack-in-northfield/#comment-839126 <p>Okay, subtract the police force from that question about the class action suit.</p> Okay, subtract the police force from that question about the class action suit.

]]> By: techno http://firedoglake.com/2007/07/21/talking-smack-in-northfield/#comment-839041 techno Sun, 22 Jul 2007 03:18:00 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/07/21/talking-smack-in-northfield/#comment-839041 <p>Hey, I LIVE in Northfield.</p> <p>I think the police chief and his evil sidekick should both be fired and escorted to the edge of town.</p> <p>This town is like freaking Brigadoon. When I first moved here, I found such polite children it actually spooked me at first. The two colleges are wonderful places for different reasons.</p> <p>So here we have a bored police chief who has been trained by his peers that any lie is OK so long as it is about drugs. 25 or 250 druggies–what possible difference can it make to the bigger story. And what is the story?–that the chief and Sancho Panza are so bored, they must MAKE UP crime to get attention.</p> <p>I know that compared to the lies about Iraq, for example, these are pretty harmless. But considering the great effort the colleges make to make parents comfortable that their $40,000 a year student is safe with them, this is a disaster.</p> <p>It just unbelievable.</p> Hey, I LIVE in Northfield.

I think the police chief and his evil sidekick should both be fired and escorted to the edge of town.

This town is like freaking Brigadoon. When I first moved here, I found such polite children it actually spooked me at first. The two colleges are wonderful places for different reasons.

So here we have a bored police chief who has been trained by his peers that any lie is OK so long as it is about drugs. 25 or 250 druggies–what possible difference can it make to the bigger story. And what is the story?–that the chief and Sancho Panza are so bored, they must MAKE UP crime to get attention.

I know that compared to the lies about Iraq, for example, these are pretty harmless. But considering the great effort the colleges make to make parents comfortable that their $40,000 a year student is safe with them, this is a disaster.

It just unbelievable.

]]> By: cherish http://firedoglake.com/2007/07/21/talking-smack-in-northfield/#comment-839015 cherish Sun, 22 Jul 2007 03:03:42 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/07/21/talking-smack-in-northfield/#comment-839015 <p>Can the school district of Northfield — parents, hospital and police force included — file a class action suit against the Star-Tribune, naming Smith’s article as libel and slander, holding Smith and the paper equally accountable?</p> Can the school district of Northfield — parents, hospital and police force included — file a class action suit against the Star-Tribune, naming Smith’s article as libel and slander, holding Smith and the paper equally accountable?

]]> By: Oklahoma kiddo http://firedoglake.com/2007/07/21/talking-smack-in-northfield/#comment-838875 Oklahoma kiddo Sun, 22 Jul 2007 01:37:25 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/07/21/talking-smack-in-northfield/#comment-838875 <p><a href="#comment-838857"><em>Hypatia @ 65</em></a></p> <blockquote><p>OKK, you are a hero. I am way too old to change careers, but even if that weren’t so, public school teacher would not even make the top 50.</p> <p>Teachers here (west central Florida) are squeezed every which way: state and federal (testing), superintendent, school board, and perhaps the worst way is parents, whose children NEVER misbehave, act out, obey no instructions, run away from school, or attack other children. . . or adults, for that matter. We’ve had elementary school-age children arrested because teachers cannot even think of touching an out-of-control child. </p> <p>Hope is hard to retain. OKK, you give me a shred.</p></blockquote> <p>;0) I used to live in Williston and work in Gainesville for U of F in plant pathology. I gotta go. Long drive tonight. ;0)</p> Hypatia @ 65

OKK, you are a hero. I am way too old to change careers, but even if that weren’t so, public school teacher would not even make the top 50.

Teachers here (west central Florida) are squeezed every which way: state and federal (testing), superintendent, school board, and perhaps the worst way is parents, whose children NEVER misbehave, act out, obey no instructions, run away from school, or attack other children. . . or adults, for that matter. We’ve had elementary school-age children arrested because teachers cannot even think of touching an out-of-control child.

Hope is hard to retain. OKK, you give me a shred.

;0) I used to live in Williston and work in Gainesville for U of F in plant pathology. I gotta go. Long drive tonight. ;0)

]]> By: Oklahoma kiddo http://firedoglake.com/2007/07/21/talking-smack-in-northfield/#comment-838864 Oklahoma kiddo Sun, 22 Jul 2007 01:33:23 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/07/21/talking-smack-in-northfield/#comment-838864 <p><a href="#comment-838852"><em>Albatross @ 64</em></a></p> <blockquote><p><a href="#comment-838607"><em>Oklahoma kiddo @ 20</em></a></p> <blockquote><p>Every year I have about four or five ‘problem students’ out of every 30 kids….mom and pop don’t want to hear this, and so they go running to the principle</p></blockquote> <p>I hope you’re not teaching spelling or I’ll have to report you to your principal…</p></blockquote> <p>I call it a typo. I don’t proof. That’s one of my failures. Have a good night. ;0)</p> Albatross @ 64

Oklahoma kiddo @ 20

Every year I have about four or five ‘problem students’ out of every 30 kids….mom and pop don’t want to hear this, and so they go running to the principle

I hope you’re not teaching spelling or I’ll have to report you to your principal…

I call it a typo. I don’t proof. That’s one of my failures. Have a good night. ;0)

]]> By: Hypatia http://firedoglake.com/2007/07/21/talking-smack-in-northfield/#comment-838857 Hypatia Sun, 22 Jul 2007 01:27:46 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/07/21/talking-smack-in-northfield/#comment-838857 <p>OKK, you are a hero. I am way too old to change careers, but even if that weren’t so, public school teacher would not even make the top 50.</p> <p>Teachers here (west central Florida) are squeezed every which way: state and federal (testing), superintendent, school board, and perhaps the worst way is parents, whose children NEVER misbehave, act out, obey no instructions, run away from school, or attack other children. . . or adults, for that matter. We’ve had elementary school-age children arrested because teachers cannot even think of touching an out-of-control child. </p> <p>Hope is hard to retain. OKK, you give me a shred.</p> OKK, you are a hero. I am way too old to change careers, but even if that weren’t so, public school teacher would not even make the top 50.

Teachers here (west central Florida) are squeezed every which way: state and federal (testing), superintendent, school board, and perhaps the worst way is parents, whose children NEVER misbehave, act out, obey no instructions, run away from school, or attack other children. . . or adults, for that matter. We’ve had elementary school-age children arrested because teachers cannot even think of touching an out-of-control child.

Hope is hard to retain. OKK, you give me a shred.

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