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School Suspends Boy For Wearing Anti-Obama Shirt

September 23, 2008 at 9:26 pm · Comments (6)
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A fifth grader in Colorado was suspended from school because he refused to take off the shirt he was wearing. The shirt read “Obama is a terrorist’s best friend”. The child’s father stated that the school has violated his son’s First Amendment rights and they are suing. The 11 year old child, Daxx Dalton, who attends Aurora Frontier School in Aurora, Colorado wore the home-made shirt on a day when the students had been asked to show their patriotism by wearing red, white and blue. He was given a choice of either turning the shirt inside out or being suspended, and he chose suspension. The boy claims his right to freedom of speech has been taken away.


Obama T-shirt

I personally don’t believe that his rights were violated in any way, shape, or form. I don’t think that the shirt he wore was appropriate for elementary school. Maybe if he was in high school. I also think the child’s views are influenced way too much by his father. I agree with the fact that everyone is entitles to Freedom Of Speech, but there is an appropriate time and place. He could have just worn a shirt saying “don’t vote for Obama” or something to that affect, but the statement he made with that t-shirt was downright ugly and nasty. If I was the parent of a child that goes to that school, and they had not suspended this kid, I think I’d be pretty upset. I personally don’t think children should be exposed to that type of ugliness, but I especially disagree with it being exposed to them in their own school.

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Commenters: Charity, Erica, Julie, Winnie


Getting Back To Normal

September 23, 2008 at 5:16 pm · Comments (1)
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Well life is starting to get back to normal. Sometimes you take things for granted, like just being able to chill in the comfort of your own home. My parents, myself, and my grandmother were all very lucky. My grandma’s home is still without electricity, my mom’s lights came on about an hour before they got home on Sunday, and mine had been on for about 2 days before we came home. The city itself has taken a real butt kicking from Ike, and it’s going to take a long, long time to get up and running like normal. It’s weird though, to see one building completely destroyed and then right next to it sits a building that was left completely intact. It seems Ike was selective. My apartment building was untouched. The one directly next to mine with only a sidewalk separating the buildings, was really screwed up. Another building in my complex caught fire, and a couple more were pretty damaged. What was once a nice apartment complex now looks pretty crappy. :(

I almost got into a really bad wreck Sunday night coming home from getting dinner. There are hardly no street lights on, because there is no electricity in most parts of the city, and the traffic lights aren’t working either. Everyone knows when you come to a traffic light that isn’t working you are to treat it like a 4-way stop. Well, since it was nearly pitch black outside I really didn’t even see the traffic light and almost hit another SUV that was crossing the street. It was pretty scary, and I’m thankful that my breaks work so well.

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Commenters: Julie