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| 1958 vs 2008 I thought about putting this in funnybone but I couldn't cause it ain't funny ![]() Subj: 1958 vs 2008 > > > Sad but true........ > > Scenario: Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls into > school parking with a shotgun in his gun rack. > > 1958 - Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun, goes > to his car and gets his own shotgun to show Jack. > > 2008 - School goes into lock down, FBI called, Jack hauled off > to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called > in for traumatized students and teachers. > > Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fistfight after school. > > 1958 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and > end up buddies. > > 2008 - Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Johnny and > Mark. Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny > started it. > > Scenario: Jeffrey won't be still in class, disrupts other > students. > > > 1958 - Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by the > Principal. Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt > class again. > > 2008 - Jeffrey given huge doses of Ritalin; becomes a zombie; > tested for ADD. School gets extra money from state because > Jeffrey has a disability. > > Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his neighbor's car and his > Dad gives him a whipping with his belt. > > 1958 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to > college, and becomes a successful businessman. > > 2008 - Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy removed to > foster care and joins a gang. Billy's sister tells State > psychologist that she remembers being abused herself and their > dad goes to prison. Billy's mom has affair with psychologist. > > Scenario: Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school. > > > 1958 - Mark shares aspirin with Principal out on the smoking > dock. > > 2008 - Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug > violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons. > > Scenario: Pedro fails high school English. > > 1958 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, and goes to > college. > > 2008 - Pedro's cause is taken up by state. NewspapeBLr articles > appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a > requirement for graduation is racist. ACLU files class action > lawsuit against state school system and Pedro's English teacher. > English banned from core curriculum. Pedro is given a diploma > anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot > speak English. > > Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from 4th of > July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle and blows up a > red ant bed. > > 1958 - Ants die. > > 2008 - BATF, Homeland Security, FBI called. Johnny charged with > domestic terrorism, FBI investigates parents, siblings removed > from home, computers confiscated. Johnny's Dad goes on a terror > watch list and is never allowed to fly again. > > Scenario: Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes > his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary hugs him > to comfort him. > > 1958 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing. > > 2008 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her > job. She faces 3 years in State Prison. Johnny undergoes 5 years > of therapy. > >
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| That's because you are one of those who believes everything you read in your e-mail. And that's just funny to me.
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| majority rules wordy....geez you're grouchy today!
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__________________ "The Republican Party has shown beyond all doubt that it holds the U.S. Constitution in total contempt. Today, the Republican Party stands for unaccountable executive power. To re-elect such a party is to murder liberty in America." - Paul Roberts, formerAssistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan Administration earning fame as the "Father of Reaganomics" |
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Wordie its true...You are just too young to have lived in the simple times when common sense was usually the norm. ![]()
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| He is kind of a young whippersnapper, now, isn't he? I remember recess was on blacktop with painted lines for baseball or kickball. Now the little brats have manicured lawns.
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| I agree with you both. Wordy, good call. I'd rep you if I could but it won't let me. And KC Muffin, I will always dream of the snipe hunting that could've been... ![]() I remember walking from my grandmothers house on 7th Street down to the C-Mart on Earp to play video games when I was 7 or 8 years old, by myself. Would you feel safe letting your kids do that today?
__________________ If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen. -Samuel Adams |
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If I got sent to the principal's office, I got a belt at home too. we used fists and not guns to settle matters. I broke several windows playing baseball or throwing newspapers, and paid my own money to fix each. Other parents disciplined me when I was out of line. The police never came - no-one I knew ever went to jail - other than BB rifles, we never carried a weapon. We all grew up with a sense of family, respect and values. I can't say that for much of our community in 2008. Why? Because we've become so focused on our 'rights' that we've lost our community of people.
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