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A court ruling has opened the door for Florida public-school students to challenge rules on reciting the pledge of allegiance.
Friday, July 25, 2008
A former Palm Beach County high school student's desire not to stand during the pledge of allegiance was supported by a federal appeals court this week though the court wouldn't go as far as to say that means every student in Florida is exempt from standing during the school-day ritual.
But the ruling by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta could trigger more lawsuits if other students are forced to stand for the pledge or punished if they do not, said Randall Marshall, an American Civil Liberties Union attorney who represented Cameron Frazier.
What's different about Cameron Frazier than any other student in the state of Florida? Marshall said.
Frazier was a junior at Boynton Beach High in 2005 when he refused to stand during the pledge and spent the rest of the day in the office after his teacher berated him for his disrespect, according to the original lawsuit.
Frazier did not have his parents' permission to abstain, but the teenager said he had not stood for the pledge since the sixth grade.
The appeals court upheld another Florida law that requires kids to get permission from their parents before abstaining from the pledge, reversing a lower court's ruling on that matter.
In a prepared statement, Florida Education Commissioner Eric Smith said the state Department of Education was pleased that the court 'recognized the balance between the exercise of free speech and parents' right to direct and oversee their child's education and civic values.
The department and the state Board of Education, along with Frazier's teacher, other school employees and the Palm Beach County school district, were the defendants in the original case. Frazier settled with the district in 2006 but pursued his case against the state.
In 2006, a federal judge ruled that the state law requiring civilians to stand during the pledge, and another requiring students to get written parental permission to avoid participating, were unconstitutional. The state appealed.
In his statement, Smith wrote that the state Board of Education and Department of Education were seeking to defend the constitutionality of the statute.
South Florida teachers who learned of the ruling Thursday had mixed reactions.
Ron Beasley, a teacher at W.R. Thomas Middle School near Tamiami and a retired Army Airborne Ranger, said he had no problems with his students sitting during the pledge, as long as they discussed it with him first.
If a kid has told me that he or she doesn't believe in acknowledging the flag or it's a religious issue, I don't push it, he said. But for the other kids who have not expressed some specific objection, it is a matter of respect and patriotism. They should be there for the pledge.
The pledge of allegiance must be recited once a day at public schools, according to a 1942 state law.
When the school district settled with Frazier, it also chose to follow federal law, which does not require standing during the pledge or written parental permission to avoid it.
Broward school district spokesman Keith Bromery said students do need to bring in a note from their parents to be exempt from participating in the pledge.
If somebody does not want to do it, it's their right to opt out, Bromery said. They cannot disrupt the procedure.
The Miami-Dade district does not require a note from parents, said Martha Montaner, administrative director for school operations.
The students who choose not to participate, either because of a deep personal conviction or religious reasons, can stay silent or sit down until the activity is over, Montaner said. We give the students the liberty to choose.
Students are not required to stand, she said.
Montaner could not say whether the district's policy would change in light of the ruling.
Frazier, who has not commented publicly about his suit, said he did not want to stand for the pledge because of his personal political beliefs and convictions, the original lawsuit states.
Russian sub sets world record in Lake Baikal dive....
LAKE BAIKAL, Russia - A Russian mini-submarine on Tuesday reached the bottom of Lake Baikal in Siberia, setting a world record for the deepest dive in a lake, the crew told organisers from the vessel.
"Mir-1 is at 1,680 metres" (5,512 feet), a crew member could be heard saying in a radio link-up with a special barge near Olkhon Island that had lowered the Mir-1 and Mir-2 submarines into the waters of the world's deepest lake.
Lake Baikal was previously believed to be a maximum of 1,637 metres deep and scientists say they could find new life-forms in its unexplored depths.
"This is a world record for a submarine diving in fresh water," an expedition organiser was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency.
The scientific expedition was organised by Artur Chilingarov, a pro-Kremlin member of parliament and an Arctic explorer who led the submarine team that planted a Russian flag at the bottom of the North Pole last August.
Scientists plan to collect samples at different depths and hope to document the effects of global warming on the pristine lake, as well as to draw the attention of the government to the need for greater environmental protection.
"We want to study and observe Baikal, preserve it," Chilingarov said on Monday ahead of the dive as he inspected the mini-submarines in the small fishing port of Turka on the mountainous eastern shore of the lake.
The expedition also has a political dimension. Chilingarov said he had "full support" from Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and a flag for the ruling United Russia party could be seen flying proudly from the expedition's barge.
Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world, although not the largest in terms of surface area. Environmental groups warn that increased pollution is threatening the lake, which has more than 800 unique wildlife species.
The lake contains around a fifth of the world's freshwater reserves.
Ahmadinejad: The big powers are going down....
what is scary this stinking ass useless twit of a Muslim actually believes his own bullshit!
Oil rises on sabotage in Nigeria -
Crude prices top $125 a barrel as militants attack a Royal Dutch Shell pipeline.
Again, the Muslims of the world are too blame!
PETA wants military to stop using animals in medical training.....
Bush approves execution of Army private
WASHINGTON DC - President Bush has approved the Army's request to execute a soldier convicted of rape and murder, the White House announced Monday evening.
Pvt. Ronald Gray, seen here in 1988, has been on the military's death row for 20 years.
Pvt. Ronald Gray has been on the military's death row at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, since 1988. His execution would be the first for the U.S. military since 1961, but the White House said it expects further appeals before the sentence is carried out.
Puppy kills 2-month-old......
Tulsa OK police say a puppy attacked and killed a 2-month-old boy.
The parents were home at the time.
The mother is only 17-years-old.
1 out of 2 with HIV in U.S. is black, report says.....
Hey dont fuck the monkeys...
It looks like Barack Obama is narrowing his search for a vice president, and Hillary Clinton ain’t on the list. There are reports that Virginia Governor Tom Kaine is quote “very, very high on the short list” and that he’s told associates he’s had “very serious conversations” with Obama about joining the ticket.
Some of the other names out there are Senators Evan Bayh and Joe Biden, Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius and former Senator Sam Nunn. But no Hillary. She may dream about being on the dream ticket, but that’s apparently about all.
Right after the primaries CNN’s Roland Martin told me the chances of Hillary being on the ticket were slim and none. When one of our bosses told him he needed a second source for that information, Roland said, “There is no second source.” Looks like he knew what he was talking about.
The New York Times says Clinton has told people close to her she thinks there’s little chance Obama will pick her. Here’s a clue: She hasn’t been asked to provide any documents to the committee vetting potential VPs. She’s not campaigning for Obama either.
Hillary Clinton hardly darkened the door of the U.S. Senate for 16 months while she was running for president.
Now all of a sudden her former campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe says she’s been too busy working in the Senate to campaign for the Democrat who won the nomination. He says once she’s done there, though, “she’s going to hit the campaign trail.” Her Senate work didn’t keep her from campaigning for herself almost every day for a year and half.
And what about Bill Clinton? Almost as silent and invisible as his wife.
Honeymoon bride murdered -
A newly-married woman is killed and her husband critically injured while on honeymoon in Antigua.
U.S. providing rocket defenses to Israel, official says - -
WASHINGTON — The United States will provide Israel with the X-band radar system used to detect and track missile launches as part of a package of assistance aimed at beefing up Israeli defenses against missile and rocket attacks, a senior Pentagon official told CNN Tuesday.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the U.S. assistance will include an agreement to facilitate the sharing of U.S. “early warning” launch data and technical and financial help developing defenses against shorter range rockets and mortars.
The help was announced after Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak met with Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday.
Congress -
The U.S. House poised to apologize for slavery......
who cares, I wasn't even born and neither was anyone else.
Let history alone.
Birds of a feather flock together and crap on your car.
A penny saved is a government oversight.
The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right time, but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight, because by then your body and your fat have gotten to be really good friends.
The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement .
He who hesitates is probably right.
Did you ever notice: The Roman Numerals for forty (40) are " XL."
If you think there is good in everybody, you haven't met everybody.
If you can smile when things go wrong , you have someone in mind to blame.
The sole purpose of a child's middle name is so he can tell when he's really in trouble.
There's always a lot to be thankful for if you take time to look for it. For example I am sitting here thinking how nice it is that wrinkles don't hurt .
Did you ever notice: When you put the 2 words "The" and "IRS" together it spells "Theirs."
Aging: Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it.
The older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for.
Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me, I want people to know "why" I look this way.
I've traveled a long way and some of the roads weren't pave d.
When you are dissatisfied and would like to go back to youth, think of Algebra.
You know you are getting old when everything either dries up or leaks.
One of the many things no one tells you about aging is that it is such a nice change from being young.
Ah, being young is beautiful, but being old is comfortable.
First you forget names, then you forget faces . Then you forget to pull up your zipper. It's worse when you forget to pull it down.
Long ago when men cursed and beat the ground with sticks, it was called witchcraft. Today, it's called golf
Lord,
Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth...AMEN..!!
Boyfriend of woman stuck to toilet gets probation.....
NESS CITY, Kan. - A man whose girlfriend sat on a toilet for so long that the seat adhered to her body will spend six months on probation.
Kory McFarren pleaded no contest last month to a misdemeanor count of mistreatment of a dependent adult. A judge sentenced him Tuesday to six months in jail but granted the probation after the victim, Pam Babcock, asked for leniency.
"She didn't believe that her circumstances were his fault," Ness County Attorney Craig Crosswhite said.
Babcock's plight became known in February when McFarren called the Ness County sheriff, expressing concern about his live-in girlfriend. When authorities arrived, they found Babcock physically stuck to the toilet.
McFarren told police Babcock had refused to come out of the bathroom for two years. Medical personnel estimated she'd been sitting on the toilet for at least a month and said the seat had adhered to sores on her body.
She is now under the protection of a guardian who was appointed through the legal department at the hospital where she received treatment.
Also Tuesday, McFarren was sentenced to six months in jail for an unrelated charge of lewd and lascivious behavior for exposing himself to a teenage neighbor in March.
U.S. House of Representatives apologizes for treatment of blacks....
My Take -
I wouldn't apologize even if I accidently on purpose shit on your face.
Why Didn't Ron Paul Leave a Dollar under my pillow Mommy?
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America versus Islam: A Call to Arms
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What type of Republican are you?
I think there are basically seven types of Republicans.
Please feel free to add more if you think I have missed some.
Are you the corrupt Republican type? See: Sen. Ted Stevens, (R-Alaska); Rep. Duke Cunningham (R-Calif.); Rep. Rick Renzi (R-Arizona) etc.
Are you the closet homosexual Republican type? See: Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho); Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky); Rep. Mark Foley (R-Florida) etc.
Are you the God Fearing, screw reality, there is no such thing as evolution, and oh yeah, science is stupid and also the gays threaten my marriage Republican type? See: Sen. Tom Inhofe, (R-Oklahoma); Sen. Deb Murkowski (R-Alaska); Rep. Tom Delay (R-Texas) etc.
Are you the Chicken Hawk type of Republican? See Dick Cheney, (VP, USA); Also, refer to every single aforementioned Republican politician along with around 200 other draft dodging, deferment taking Republican politicians.
Are you just a plain stupid incompetent type Republican? See: Alberto Gonzalez, (US AG); Michael Brown, (Director, FEMA); John Ashcroft, (US AG); Donald Rumsfeld, (SECDEF); and oh yeah, George Bush.
Are you a gun nut Republican that can’t shoot straight? See: Dick Cheney, (VP, USA); Ted Nugent (Nutcase-Michigan)
Or are you a typical, uninformed, ignorant Fox News watching, too stupid to form your own views type of Republican? See: Around half the voters in America.
Young Chuck, moved to Texas and bought a Donkey from a farmer for $100.00. The farmer agreed to deliver the Donkey the next day. The next day he drove up and said, 'Sorry son, but I have some bad news, the donkey died.'
Chuck replied,
'Well, then just give me my money back.'
The farmer said,
'Can't do that. I went and spent it already.'
Chuck said,
'Ok, then, just bring me the dead donkey.'
The farmer asked,
'What ya gonna do with him?
Chuck said,
'I'm going to raffle him off.'
The farmer said,
You can't raffle off a dead donkey!'
Chuck said,
'Sure I can Watch me.. I just won't tell anybody he's dead.'
A month later, the farmer met up with Chuck and asked, 'What happened with that dead donkey?'
Chuck said,
'I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at two dollars each and made a profit of $898.00.'
The farmer said,
'Didn't anyone complain?'
Chuck said,
'Just the guy who won. So I gave him his two dollars back.'
Chuck now works for the government
FDA finds salmonella strain at second Mexican farm.....
It's a conspiracy by these filthy beaners to kill Americans.,
Lets nuke Mexico.
I have the tool that will definately give you your pleasure!
IS OBAMA THE ANTI-CHRIST ?????
Mayor of Phoenix vs Sheriff Joe
So the Phoenix mayor is inviting national media to see how harsh the Joe is to
Ilegal's from south of the boarder. Mr. Mayor Gordon, are you just plain stupid, the legal Mexican population knows that all the grief is from Ilegal's
It wont help you gain the next election vote.
Do us all a favior and quit trying to be Bill Clinton ("is is is") Illegal vs legal. Law abiding vs law breaker / commit an illegal act/ abide by the law.
Public officals take an oath to uphold the law. Mayor Phil is your word no good.
Fox news poll on handling illegal imigration. Sheriff Joe 80% approvial, Mayor Phil 27%.
The Mayor of Phoenix has lost sight of his job, his lack of even a nutrual stance is in violation of his mayor's oath.
You should try a guy in his 50s......I've been told mine tastes like candy.
LOL ILLEGALS
I dont really mind the illegals. They're kind of underfoot like a house with too many cats, but its part of living in the southwest. But as long as they crap out at least one good looking female in their lifetime. I love those sexy latinas with those big booties and short shorts! I gotta think about something when I poke at my wife!
NATO must send more troops to Afghanistan, Canada says...
why should anyone send troops anywhere, the U.S. likes being the world policeman.
Schwarzenegger poised to cut jobs and pay for state workers...
many now will earn minimum wage -
ah this teaches your stinking Liberals....
this is all caused by these Illegals and the massive cost burden to the taxpayer.
you get what you deserve.
scientists say the Big One will come soon to southern California
girls you can feel the big one right here right now from me
I need my balls licked and my cock sucked, come on ladies, get a big one, and a full jizz load.
Its great to be a White Liberal Democrate!
Most Hispanics dont know that when the police pull us over they wash our windows, check our oil, air up our tires, and let us off with a verbal warning and a smile.
Exxon-Mobile makes $1,500.00 per second profit.
Yeah, right and the Arabs are to blame for high gasoline prices - WTF - How dumb does Congress, The Whit House, The Democratic Party, The Republican Party, and The Oil Companies think the average America is?
Do you feel something big coming?
My boyfriend asks me that eveytime he bends me over.
It's so cute when he says it.
Any other questions?
Anyone"
Come on you want to know more....
RE do you feel something big coming?
My girlfriend felt something big coming last night !!!!!!!!!!!
RE re, do you feel something big coming?
Hey Philadelphia, yea she did but it was me
your girlfriend felt last night.......
Guys do get pains all the time.....we call them "women."
It's hard to keep up....
...with all the idiots on the Phoenix AZ CL RnR Board without a freakin program, what a waste.
Phoenix News reporting that:
Child Molester (Hispanic) on the loose.
Child Molester (White) apprehended.
Infant Death under Suspicious Circumstances (Hispanic).
Pedophile at Large in School District (Hispanic).
Stabbing Death (White/Skin Head).
Elderly Woman Beaten to Death (probably Mexican Illegal).
I'M GONNA SMACK A BURRITO OUT OF A MEXICAN'S HAND .......
anyone want to join me?
Nancy Pelosi is the biggest whore in Congress!
California judge rules early cell phone termination fees illegal.........
In one of the most significant legal rulings in the tech industry this year, a Superior Court judge in California has ruled that the practice of charging consumers a fee for ending their cell phone contract early is illegal and violates state law.
The preliminary, tentative judgment orders Sprint Nextel to pay customers $18.2 million in reimbursements and, more importantly, orders Sprint to stop trying to collect another $54.7 million from California customers (some 2 million customers total) who have canceled their contracts but refused or failed to pay the termination fee.
While an appeal is inevitable, the ruling could have massive fallout throughout the industry. Without the threat of levying early termination fees, the cellular carriers lose the power that's enabled them to lock customers into contracts for multiple years at a time. And while those contracts can be heinously long, they also let the carriers offer cell phone hardware at reduced (subsidized) prices. AT&T's two-year contract is the only reason the iPhone 3G costs $199. If subsidies vanish, what happens to hardware lock-in? Could an era of expensive, but unlocked, hardware be just around the corner? It's highly probable.
Of course, the carriers aren't going to take this lying down. Early termination fees are seen as critical to business, so carriers are expected to look for ways to reclassify the fees (such as by calling them "rates," part of the arcane set of laws that covers the telecommunications industry). The industry is also pushing for the federal government to step in and claim oversight over the early termination fee issue, which would invalidate any state ruling. The FCC is generally more tolerant of such fees, though Chairman Kevin Martin has proposed a plan whereby the fees are decreased the closer you are to the end of your contract.
The FCC may also buy the argument that, since carriers are nationally based (and consumers can use their phones anywhere in the country), that a single policy should apply across the nation, rather than creating a patchwork of legislation that could lead to confusion and chaos caused by having 50 different policies.
re, IS OBAMA THE ANTI-CHRIST??
The way the fools of the world are falling at his feet, one would think so!!
Criticizing a persons spelling. Pathetic if you ask me.
If a person has nothing better to do than sit around and read posts, then respond only on a person's spelling capabilities they are pathetic. Sometimes during a stressful time one may neglect to take the time to correct spelling errors. Get over it. It doesn't mean I am uneducated. Just a little sloppy sometimes.
a message from our founding fathers...to sheeple
All rise..... those of us whom you call the Founding Fathers have assembled in Continental heaven to assess the condition of the republic we bequeathed to you. It's true America has become the wealthiest, most powerful nation on earth. But so was the British Empire in 1776.
NASA says Mars craft "touched and tasted" water....
LOS ANGELES - NASA scientists said on Thursday they had definitive proof that water exists on Mars after further tests on ice found on the planet in June by the Phoenix Mars Lander.
"We have water," said William Boynton, lead scientist for the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer instrument on Phoenix.
"We've seen evidence for this water ice before in observations by the Mars Odyssey orbiter and in disappearing chunks observed by Phoenix last month, but this is the first time Martian water has been touched and tasted," he said, referring to the craft's instruments.
NASA on Thursday also extended the mission of the Phoenix Mars Lander by five weeks, saying its work was moving beyond the search for water to exploring whether the red planet was ever capable of sustaining life.
"We are extending the mission through September 30," Michael Meyer, chief scientist for NASA's Mars exploration program, told a televised news conference.
The extension will add about $2 million to the $420 million cost of landing Phoenix on May 25 for what was a scheduled three-month mission, Meyer said.
Phoenix is the latest NASA bid to discover whether water -- a crucial ingredient for life -- ever flowed on Mars and whether life, even in the form of mere microbes, exists or ever existed there.
Phoenix touched down in May on an ice sheet and samples of the ice were seen melting away in photographs taken by the lander's instruments in June.
Boynton said that water was positively identified after the lander's robotic arm delivered a soil sample on Wednesday to an instrument that identifies vapors produced by heating.
Mission scientists said the extension would give time for more analysis of Martian samples. They plan to dig two additional trenches -- dubbed "cupboard" and "neverland" -- using the robotic arm on the Phoenix craft.
"We hope to be able to answer the question of whether this was a habitable zone on Mars. It will be for future missions to find if anyone is home on this environment," Phoenix principal investigator Peter Smith told the news conference.
Mission scientists said in June that Martian soil was more alkaline than expected and had traces of magnesium, sodium, potassium and other elements. They described the findings as a "huge step forward."
Meyer said the scientific proof of the existence of water meant that Phoenix could "move from looking for water to seeing whether there were habitats for life.
"We are moving towards understanding whether there were or could be places on Mars that are habitable," Meyer said.
On July 29th 2008 A Strong earthquake hit Southern California....
All I want to know is how many Mexicans died?
They gave me a Rewards Card several years ago. The last time I used it was 2-years ago to buy a TV, it worked fine. The card is tied to your email account, even though it has a rewards member number.
However I didn't know it was tied to an email address. Thus I went to use the card and they informed me of the problem. Best Buy claimed they transferred all the points to the new card - that's bullshit.
Every 1,000 dollars is worth a $20 coupon. I am looking to buy a video camera and they can't find all the points I spent over the last two years.
Make things worse the customer service rep is out sourced to Mexico. The idiots don't even speak English.
So Best Buy I will purchase my Video camera online and not at your store.
I hate Nigerian con artist spammers ... burn these useless identity theft fuckers at the stake!
Christianity
My favorite part in the bible is when God turned the faggots into pillars of salt.
Nolo Contrende...
I'm not a lawyer, but I work with civil law in a variety of ways.
Basically, civil law is citizen against citizen. Criminal law is state against citizen.
With civil law, you can not be found guilty (i.e., you will not be imprisoned or penalized by the state in any way). With civil law, you are found responsible (which means you are financially responsible for damages you may have caused/debts you may have incurred to an individual, group or company).
With criminal law, you are not responsible; you're either guilty or not guilty. If you're guilty, the state can imprison you or penalize you monetarilly (depending on what you're guilty of).
This was on the Farm and Garden Board, Phoenix Arizona craigslist board ...
air conditioned dog house with porch, will stay a cool 65 degrees when running
Nice Post...
Thank you very much, It’s work for me.
Works great! Thanks. :)
I appreciate your thought
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