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Stuck on Stupid: Rhode Island School Bans Hat Because of Toy Soldiers

June 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment

I’m not fan of so called “zero tolerance” policies for the simple reason zero tolerance usually means zero common sense. Take the case of 8 year old David Morales who was given an assignment a to make a hat for a project at the Tiogue School in Coventry, Rhode Island last week. David decided to [...]

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Poll Question: Who Won The Final Presidential Debate?

October 15, 2008 By 5 Comments

Overall I thought this was John McCain’s best debate. Unfortunately, I don’t think it was a game changer. In fact I think the plumber, Joe Wurzelbacher, was the only real winner. A couple of quick points: 1) The Secret Service says they have yet to find anyone who can backup that Scranton ‘Kill Him’ Report. [...]

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Is it me?

April 5, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Is it me or has the world gone nuts? I picked up my local paper this morning and there was front page story on two 13 year olds being arrested for threatening to shoot a public school teacher. I’ll be the first one to admit I had more than a few disagreements with my teachers [...]

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