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[Peace? That’s An Accident!] contains a video clip from John Rambo, courtesy of
Lavender Darwin.
[Musing About the Undisciplined Brat at the Post Office] contains some more parenting
tips from Lavender Darwin.
[I Resolve Not To Give George Lucas Any More Money!!!] contains a rant from
Lavender Darwin about technological advances outpacing his ability to pay for them.
[1% Bank Tax Email] is from me about a very credible-looking email that is based on
half-truths and political skullduggery.
[Vas Klampies Cereal] is from Lavender Darwin about one of his favorite subjects.
[Trying To Walk On Both Sides] is from me about how Rep. Michele Bachmann and Christine
O’Donnell are trying to walk on both sides of the secular/Godly divide.
[Martini Madness!? Boy Did Someone Send Me the Wrong Mail…] has Lavender Darwin
wondering how he got on that mailing list.
[More on Creepy Plastic Surgery] some more from Lavender Darwin on another one of his
favorite subjects.
Close
to a month ago, I published an article [here] about the Republic (MO) R-III
School Board voting to remove a couple of books from the high school library in
the hope of protecting the innocence of the attending children, but it would
seem that they feel quite differently about protecting innocent girls from
being raped on campus by predatory boys.
In fact, they appear to be quite indignant about it, which should become
clear after watching the following video of a local newscast.
Link: [On KSPR]
Did
you catch that next to the last part? “School
board members and school officials have refused comment about the incident, but
did file a response to the suit, calling it, ‘Frivolous,’ and saying, ‘The
special needs student didn't do enough to protect herself.’”
No,
that report did not go into previously alleged details, which makes the
Republic School Board’s response even more callous. For the [FIRST TIME] she reported being raped
to school officials, not only didn’t they believe her, they forced her to write
a letter of apology to the boy before suspending her for the rest of her
seventh grade year.
The
next time (allegedly) it happened, DNA was obtained, and I hope the stuff is
just starting to hit proverbial fan.
Granted, there may very well be another side to this story, but the way
it has been handled so far is beyond shocking to me.
Alas,
I suppose I shouldn’t be all that surprised.
For back when my first wife and I were going home after treating
ourselves to a night out at the movies in Springfield on New Year’s Eve (1977),
we were stopped by a couple of Republic Police cars as we travelled through
town. Evidently, 25 MPH was too slow to
be going in a 35 MPH zone at around 2 AM with no other cars on the road, and
after determining that I had not been drinking (this was before that started),
one of cops told me that I needed to pay more attention to my driving than I
was to my girlfriend. Oh, there is not a
doubt in my mind that this was another time when our Heavenly Father stepped in
to keep me out of getting into some serious trouble. For I wanted so badly to smart back to that
officer about her being my wife, and that trying to pay as much attention to
her as she would let me had resulted in her being around 5 months pregnant
(with Vicki, our first child) at the time, which would have probably gotten me
thrown in jail for a number of sundry charges.
No,
it is not good to judge a town on a few bad incidents. Besides, Republic actually looks like one of
those fairly small towns that many dream about living in, but when
self-righteousness and pride mix, there will be much more to be brought out
into the light.
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