Posts Tagged ‘Politics of fear’

Zero Tolerance, Zero Common Sense

February 15, 2009

Can you say Stupid is as stupid does? I knew ya could! 😀

Here we go again. In yet another case of over reactive, one-size-fits-all, “zero-tolerance,” zero-common sense enforcement, Marie Morrow, an honors student and drill-team commander in the Young Marines, was recently expelled from school. Her crime? She left three rifle-shaped drill team props in the back of her car at Cherokee Trail High School in Aurora, Colo. Colorado law mandates expulsion for any student found with a “dangerous weapon” on school grounds, which includes “a firearm facsimile that could reasonably be mistaken for an actual firearm.”

The non-operative rifle props are used during drill routines, where the facsimiles are spun and tossed. The props are made of wood and plastic, are heavily duct-taped and, of course, cannot function and were never intended to. Morrow had brought them to school because she was preparing for a competition at the Air Force Academy in April and planned to attend a practice right after school.

update: I saw on the news that she has been allowed to return to school. Still, the expulsion, based upon total bullshit, could have an effect later in her life for security clearances.

Colorado Amendment 59

October 21, 2008

Penn R. Pfiffner sent the following about the wolf in sheeps clothing known as Colorado Amendment 59.

Amendment 59 is not really about Education funding.  It’s an attack on TABOR.  But many of your contacts don’t yet know it.  Please alert them that Amendment 59 is likely to be the biggest tax increase in Colorado history.  Organizations that want more taxes are outspending taxpayer advocates by 200-to-1.

The only hope is getting the word out through you.
Please let your friends, family and colleagues know that you oppose Amendment 59 and ask them to vote against it.  The reasons are simple:
–  citizens should not throw away the controls that they put on government,
–  citizens should make politicians come to them with specific proposals, not just give politicians a blank check,
–  citizens need the $600 to $800 per family in TABOR refunds returned each year when there were surplus tax collections,
–  Amendment 59 is not designed to save money for a real rainy day fund, nor will it solve a constitutional knot.
For a more complete explanation, see the attached single sheet of facts.
Thank you for helping defeat this monstrosity.
Penn R. Pfiffner

Open Letter To Environmentalists « Bob’s Bites

May 4, 2008

Open Letter To Environmentalists « Bob’s Bites

Bob found another good story here. Click the link, and read all about it!