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	<title>Comments on: California School District Bans Flags, Patriotism, Speech</title>
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		<title>By: floyd</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/california_school_district_bans_flags_patriotism_speech/comment-page-1/#comment-78507</link>
		<dc:creator>floyd</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Apr 2006 16:23:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>according to &quot;wikipedia&quot; which everyone seems to love, california is about one eighth of U.S. population with about one eighth of GDP. what a powerhouse!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>according to "wikipedia" which everyone seems to love, california is about one eighth of U.S. population with about one eighth of GDP. what a powerhouse!!</p>
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		<title>By: floyd</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/california_school_district_bans_flags_patriotism_speech/comment-page-1/#comment-78494</link>
		<dc:creator>floyd</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Apr 2006 05:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ask the people in northern california, oregon, and washington state whether they would be willing to leave the union with southern californians.i think not. how much of that californian economy is government contracts? how much of the rest of california&#039;s economy relies on the other 49 states for support? california benefits from statehood at least as much as it contributes, cut-off from a 49 state &quot;blood supply&quot; california would surely wither and die! actually california is a beautiful place made unpalletable by bad state government, imagine if they tried to run a country!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ask the people in northern california, oregon, and washington state whether they would be willing to leave the union with southern californians.i think not. how much of that californian economy is government contracts? how much of the rest of california's economy relies on the other 49 states for support? california benefits from statehood at least as much as it contributes, cut-off from a 49 state "blood supply" california would surely wither and die! actually california is a beautiful place made unpalletable by bad state government, imagine if they tried to run a country!</p>
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		<title>By: LJD</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/california_school_district_bans_flags_patriotism_speech/comment-page-1/#comment-78290</link>
		<dc:creator>LJD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2006 17:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I almost forgot to quote your link:

&lt;blockquote&gt;To prevent disruption of instruction or school operations, no students may bring or wear items that could be disruptive, including
clothing, face paint, signs, placards, or flags, all of which were contributing factors to last weekâ??s disruptive behavior.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Items that COULD be disruptive amount to just about anything, including the kid&#039;s mouths.  They&#039;re so busy making rules they fail to realize it is THEIR JOB to &#039;prevent disruptive behavior&#039;.  I would also say that giving the kids a free pass has &#039;disrupted instruction and school operations&#039; already.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I almost forgot to quote your link:</p>
<blockquote><p>To prevent disruption of instruction or school operations, no students may bring or wear items that could be disruptive, including<br />
clothing, face paint, signs, placards, or flags, all of which were contributing factors to last weekâ??s disruptive behavior.</p></blockquote>
<p>Items that COULD be disruptive amount to just about anything, including the kid's mouths.  They're so busy making rules they fail to realize it is THEIR JOB to 'prevent disruptive behavior'.  I would also say that giving the kids a free pass has 'disrupted instruction and school operations' already.</p>
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		<title>By: LJD</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/california_school_district_bans_flags_patriotism_speech/comment-page-1/#comment-78286</link>
		<dc:creator>LJD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2006 17:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>...And Ken, you don&#039;t hear so good.  Maybe a smack in that thick skull of yours?

So riddle me this asshat, in what way does the American flag, the symbol of our great and free country where all these Mexicans seem to want to be,  represent a banner or placard?  

How is it offensive, controversial, or in any way inflammatory to students who are receiving a quality education because of the great country it represents? 

What is the problem here, the clothing the kids are wearing, or their behavior?

Are we to expect that the symbol of our nation, and the freedoms of all people, be scarificed because of the BEHAVIOR of a few? 

So now even camoflage clothing is offensive!  What next, no burritos in the lunch room? Get a grip, dude!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>...And Ken, you don't hear so good.  Maybe a smack in that thick skull of yours?</p>
<p>So riddle me this asshat, in what way does the American flag, the symbol of our great and free country where all these Mexicans seem to want to be,  represent a banner or placard?  </p>
<p>How is it offensive, controversial, or in any way inflammatory to students who are receiving a quality education because of the great country it represents? </p>
<p>What is the problem here, the clothing the kids are wearing, or their behavior?</p>
<p>Are we to expect that the symbol of our nation, and the freedoms of all people, be scarificed because of the BEHAVIOR of a few? </p>
<p>So now even camoflage clothing is offensive!  What next, no burritos in the lunch room? Get a grip, dude!</p>
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		<title>By: ken</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/california_school_district_bans_flags_patriotism_speech/comment-page-1/#comment-78277</link>
		<dc:creator>ken</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2006 15:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The comments by conservatives here are convincing proof that they cannot read. I gave you the link and either you could not read it or read it and did not understand it. 

Conservatives who want to take their political battle into the schools to the point of violence are total jerks. They are jerks anyway, but this is even more despicable than what we usually see.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The comments by conservatives here are convincing proof that they cannot read. I gave you the link and either you could not read it or read it and did not understand it. </p>
<p>Conservatives who want to take their political battle into the schools to the point of violence are total jerks. They are jerks anyway, but this is even more despicable than what we usually see.</p>
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		<title>By: Herb</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/california_school_district_bans_flags_patriotism_speech/comment-page-1/#comment-78274</link>
		<dc:creator>Herb</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2006 15:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jacob

Anjin:
You know what you can do with your money, economy and your loony thoughts? You can stick it , YOU KNOW WHERE.

You people should decide to join the human race and it would also be well for to join the US, if you have the ability to forget your crazy, loony and extremists ways. 

Guys Like you are really something ales, You don&#039;t like America, so why do you stay here. Perhaps you can join your Anti American Islamst friends and go live there.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jacob</p>
<p>Anjin:<br />
You know what you can do with your money, economy and your loony thoughts? You can stick it , YOU KNOW WHERE.</p>
<p>You people should decide to join the human race and it would also be well for to join the US, if you have the ability to forget your crazy, loony and extremists ways. </p>
<p>Guys Like you are really something ales, You don't like America, so why do you stay here. Perhaps you can join your Anti American Islamst friends and go live there.</p>
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		<title>By: jacob</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/california_school_district_bans_flags_patriotism_speech/comment-page-1/#comment-78261</link>
		<dc:creator>jacob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2006 12:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just a quick dip into the drivel.
&lt;i&gt;What do you expect from the American hating liberals .....An American flag flying over an American schoolyard is now considered a cause of divisiveness. How utterly pathetic.
Well, if the left wing bums from the ACLU .......The ACLU are total communists. Whatever they oppose, patriots should support.
For a school..... to ban the flying of our national flag is beyond the pale&lt;/i&gt;

BTW, do you think christians love the flag above jesus? Newsflash the shroud of Turin was discovered to be concealing an image of the stars and stripes. Proof at last that we are a christian nation.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just a quick dip into the drivel.<br />
<i>What do you expect from the American hating liberals .....An American flag flying over an American schoolyard is now considered a cause of divisiveness. How utterly pathetic.<br />
Well, if the left wing bums from the ACLU .......The ACLU are total communists. Whatever they oppose, patriots should support.<br />
For a school..... to ban the flying of our national flag is beyond the pale</i></p>
<p>BTW, do you think christians love the flag above jesus? Newsflash the shroud of Turin was discovered to be concealing an image of the stars and stripes. Proof at last that we are a christian nation.</p>
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		<title>By: McGehee</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/california_school_district_bans_flags_patriotism_speech/comment-page-1/#comment-78259</link>
		<dc:creator>McGehee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2006 12:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Donâ��t think the folks back home with you in Pigâ��s Knuckle can make it without us.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Dare us to try. &lt;i&gt;Please&lt;/i&gt; dare us to try.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Donâ��t think the folks back home with you in Pigâ��s Knuckle can make it without us.</p></blockquote>
<p>Dare us to try. <i>Please</i> dare us to try.</p>
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		<title>By: LJD</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/california_school_district_bans_flags_patriotism_speech/comment-page-1/#comment-78254</link>
		<dc:creator>LJD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2006 11:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I would add that any &#039;student&#039; that feels assaulted by the image of our flag in the place where it provides their education, ought to be expelled.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would add that any 'student' that feels assaulted by the image of our flag in the place where it provides their education, ought to be expelled.</p>
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		<title>By: LJD</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/california_school_district_bans_flags_patriotism_speech/comment-page-1/#comment-78253</link>
		<dc:creator>LJD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2006 11:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What happened to all of out unbending advocates of free speech?  Oh, it only applies to bloody combat boots, coffins, and interrupting funerals and sessions of Congress.

Freedom to endorse our country- naw, the flag represents &#039;gang colors&#039;!  WTF?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What happened to all of out unbending advocates of free speech?  Oh, it only applies to bloody combat boots, coffins, and interrupting funerals and sessions of Congress.</p>
<p>Freedom to endorse our country- naw, the flag represents 'gang colors'!  WTF?</p>
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		<title>By: anjin-san</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/california_school_district_bans_flags_patriotism_speech/comment-page-1/#comment-78245</link>
		<dc:creator>anjin-san</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2006 05:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sorry Herb, but  us wackos out in Calif. are about 25% of America&#039;s economy.  Don&#039;t think the folks back home with you in Pig&#039;s Knuckle can make it without us.

As for your comment about earthquakes and other disasters, the really pathetic thing about you Herb, is that you actually seem to enjoy seeing people suffer just because they disagree with your politics. What a mean spirited, small minded piece of crap you really are.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry Herb, but  us wackos out in Calif. are about 25% of America's economy.  Don't think the folks back home with you in Pig's Knuckle can make it without us.</p>
<p>As for your comment about earthquakes and other disasters, the really pathetic thing about you Herb, is that you actually seem to enjoy seeing people suffer just because they disagree with your politics. What a mean spirited, small minded piece of crap you really are.</p>
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		<title>By: jacob</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/california_school_district_bans_flags_patriotism_speech/comment-page-1/#comment-78240</link>
		<dc:creator>jacob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2006 03:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;b&gt;patrick said,&lt;i&gt;I would have made a point of making certain that my son wore his favorite T-shirt with a US flag on the front.&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/b&gt;for this masterpiece I have had the glad rag printed on  toilet paper in a show of support.

&lt;b&gt;wait pat isn&#039;t done&lt;i&gt;I suggest they leave this country and go somewhere where someone actually gives a damn. And that also goes for Mr. Noonan.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;  pat maybe you should be the one leaving. I have to say I won&#039;t miss you when you&#039;re gone.

&lt;b&gt;and let&#039;s not leave herb out &lt;i&gt; expect from such a left wing State as California. Why is it that all the Kooks live out there&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; that&#039;s us and I would have to agree who but Kooks could have ever given that senile old bastard reagan an entry into the national political arena.

&lt;b&gt;of course herb isn&#039;t done either &lt;i&gt;earthquakes, floods, landslides and is the home of most of the loony people in the world. They deserve each other and would be doing all the US a service if they just got of of the US&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;  I agree it would be a fine idea to secede probably take OR and WA with us. We&#039;re the 5th or 6th largest GNP in world. What would you assholes do without  our money, research, universities and let&#039;s not forget all the bomb making crap out here. Maybe we&#039;ll ship that back to you won&#039;t do you any good since it is likely you&#039;d have to hire terrorists to learn to use it anyway.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>patrick said,<i>I would have made a point of making certain that my son wore his favorite T-shirt with a US flag on the front.</i> </b>for this masterpiece I have had the glad rag printed on  toilet paper in a show of support.</p>
<p><b>wait pat isn't done<i>I suggest they leave this country and go somewhere where someone actually gives a damn. And that also goes for Mr. Noonan.</i></b>  pat maybe you should be the one leaving. I have to say I won't miss you when you're gone.</p>
<p><b>and let's not leave herb out <i> expect from such a left wing State as California. Why is it that all the Kooks live out there</i></b> that's us and I would have to agree who but Kooks could have ever given that senile old bastard reagan an entry into the national political arena.</p>
<p><b>of course herb isn't done either <i>earthquakes, floods, landslides and is the home of most of the loony people in the world. They deserve each other and would be doing all the US a service if they just got of of the US</i></b>  I agree it would be a fine idea to secede probably take OR and WA with us. We're the 5th or 6th largest GNP in world. What would you assholes do without  our money, research, universities and let's not forget all the bomb making crap out here. Maybe we'll ship that back to you won't do you any good since it is likely you'd have to hire terrorists to learn to use it anyway.</p>
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		<title>By: Herb</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/california_school_district_bans_flags_patriotism_speech/comment-page-1/#comment-78237</link>
		<dc:creator>Herb</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2006 03:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, what more would one expect from such a left wing State as California. Why is it that all the Kooks live out there where being most anything contrary to the norms of human existence are standard for them. If you want a true left wing extremist view on anything, all you have to do is look at the left coast. 

It&#039;s no wonder that they have the earthquakes, floods, landslides and is the home of most of the loony people in the world. They deserve each other and would be doing all the US a service if they just got of of the US, land, kooky people and all.

If you don&#039;t know what I am saying, look at Ken, he&#039;s the prime example.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, what more would one expect from such a left wing State as California. Why is it that all the Kooks live out there where being most anything contrary to the norms of human existence are standard for them. If you want a true left wing extremist view on anything, all you have to do is look at the left coast. </p>
<p>It's no wonder that they have the earthquakes, floods, landslides and is the home of most of the loony people in the world. They deserve each other and would be doing all the US a service if they just got of of the US, land, kooky people and all.</p>
<p>If you don't know what I am saying, look at Ken, he's the prime example.</p>
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		<title>By: Patrick T. McGuire</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/california_school_district_bans_flags_patriotism_speech/comment-page-1/#comment-78227</link>
		<dc:creator>Patrick T. McGuire</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2006 00:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&gt;

Ken, I read the document from you link, for which I thank you. Mr. Noonan is a very fortunate man that my son doesn&#039;t attend his school because, if he did, I would have made a point of making certain that my son wore his favorite T-shirt with a US flag on the front.

Mr. Noonan prevents US students from expressing their patriotism in the name of &quot;healing&quot;!!! If anyone needs healing from this incident, I suggest they leave this country and go somewhere where someone actually gives a damn. And that also goes for Mr. Noonan.</description>
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<p>Ken, I read the document from you link, for which I thank you. Mr. Noonan is a very fortunate man that my son doesn't attend his school because, if he did, I would have made a point of making certain that my son wore his favorite T-shirt with a US flag on the front.</p>
<p>Mr. Noonan prevents US students from expressing their patriotism in the name of "healing"!!! If anyone needs healing from this incident, I suggest they leave this country and go somewhere where someone actually gives a damn. And that also goes for Mr. Noonan.</p>
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		<title>By: ken</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/california_school_district_bans_flags_patriotism_speech/comment-page-1/#comment-78221</link>
		<dc:creator>ken</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Apr 2006 22:28:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here is the link. I invite any conservative to read it. You might want to educate yourself  on this topic before you continue to make even greater fools of yourselves. 

http://www.oside.k12.ca.us/pdf/newsrelease/noonan_ltr_parents_eng_033106.pdf</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here is the link. I invite any conservative to read it. You might want to educate yourself  on this topic before you continue to make even greater fools of yourselves. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.oside.k12.ca.us/pdf/newsrelease/noonan_ltr_parents_eng_033106.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.oside.k12.ca.us/pdf/newsrelease/noonan_ltr_parents_eng_033106.pdf</a></p>
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