Comments on: Supreme Court rejects school strip search

By: barga

barga — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:38:48 +0000

most of us who discuss constitutional law and the like call him that

By: Sage

Sage — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:18:03 +0000

LOL Interesting take on Thomas.

By: barga

barga — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:13:25 +0000

He always is
the token black dude and yet acts like a rich white GOP

By: Sage

Sage — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:12:45 +0000

Hey there. Thomas was, in my opinion, sooooooooooo wrong.

By: barga

barga — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:06:24 +0000

Still can not believe that Thomas said it was cool

By: Sage

Sage — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:28:58 +0000

Hi terri, welcome back! I hope you had a great vacation.

I agree that we’ve become a nation of skeptics and we tend to think people are guilty until proved innocent.

By: taoofterri

taoofterri — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:52:45 +0000

Sadly, Sage, I think the collective assumption leans in the direction of guilt, whether there is reasonable cause or not. Not much different than the 13-year Illinois girl who received detention for hugging her friends good-bye (public displays of affection are in “poor taste”). Try walking out of Walmart without being required to show your receipt if you have an item in your basket that you’ve just purchased, but the clerk was unable to get it securely in a bag. Or try smiling at and saying “hello” to a two-year old in a grocery cart who’s been staring at you intently for several minutes, only to have the mother give you a dirty look and quickly leave the grocery aisle.

Our collective and individual psyches are reacting to the cries of danger, doom and gloom we are fed on a daily basis.

I’ve been on vacation and just catching up on your posts. Good ones.

By: Desert Sage

Desert Sage — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:25:27 +0000

Seemingly the death of common sense.

When I’ve spoken with my teacher friends, I’m amazed at how out of control the primary and secondary education has become. Little discipline, drugs, violence against teachers, etc.

The lunatics appear on both sides sometimes…