Thread: SCHOOL --1957 vs. 2007

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SCHOOL --1957 vs. 2007

Scenario : Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls into school parking lot with shotgun in gun rack.
1957 - Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.
2007 - School goes into lock down, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counsellors called in for traumatized students a nd teachers.

Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fistfight after school.
1957 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up buddies.
2007 - Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Johnny and Mark. Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it.

Scenario: Jeffrey won't be still in class, disrupts other students.
1957 - Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by the Principal. Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.
2007 - Jeffrey given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. Tested for ADD. School gets extra money from state because Jeffrey has a disability.

Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his neighbour's car and his Dad gives him a whipping with his belt.
1957 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman.
2 007 - Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy removed to foster care and joins a gang. State psychologist tells Billy's sister that she remembers being abused herself and their dad goes to prison. Billy's mom has affair with psychologist.

Scenario: Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school .
1957 - Mark shares aspirin with Principal out on the smoking dock.
2007 - Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons.

Scenario : Pedro fails high school English.
1957 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college.
2007 - Pedro's cause is taken up by state. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation is racist. ACLU files class action lawsuit against state school system and Pedro's English teacher. English banned from core curriculum. Pedro given diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.

Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from 4th of July, puts them in a model airplane pain t bottle, blows up a red ant bed.
1957 - Ants die.
2007 - BATF, Homeland Security, FBI called. Johnny charged with domestic terrorism, FBI investigates parents, siblings removed from home, computers confiscated, Johnny's Dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.

Scenario: Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary hugs him to comfort him.
1957 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.
2007 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison. Johnny undergoes 5 years of therapy

Ain't liberals grand?

Unfortunately, it's all very true.... No wonder we all wish it was the sixties again!!!!!

That would be funny if it weren't true

Originally Posted by NTFDAY

Ain't liberals grand?

I don't believe just the liberals have been in control for 50 years.....And even if they were....we all just sat back and let it happen!!!! Almost starting to look like we got everything we didn't want just because we didn't pay attention.... Way to late for blaming one political faction or the other, that's going to be about as productive as waiting for the government to fix it!!!!!

The people allowed it all to happen, only the people can fix it.....

The "Liberals" have been in control since FDR. It's who controls the Congress, not necessarily who controls the White House. The Congress controls the purse strings and we have slowly allowed them to put this country in the mess it is in today.

Thank you Dave.

Originally Posted by NTFDAY

The "Liberals" have been in control since FDR. It's who controls the Congress, not necessarily who controls the White House. The Congress controls the purse strings and we have slowly allowed them to put this country in the mess it is in today.

Well, if you call all the democrats liberals....then they just came back into power last November....


But anyway, fine, it's all the liberals fault.....


Too bad the blame game doesn't fix a dang thing!!!! That's just copping out and playing the politics game anyhow..... doesn't fix anything, but as long as the other guy did it then it's not my fault and I don't have to help fix it.... Politicians did not cause the problem....

THEY ARE THE PROBLEM!!!!!!

The sooner we all quit pointing fingers and feeling all self-righteous cuz "the other guys" screwed everything up then maybe, just maybe people will become willing to do what they have to do to FIX the problem....

The two power party system has failed miserably because people just plain sat back and let others control their and the country's destiny!!!! Thinking the system can, or even wants to, fix itself is nothing but a pipe dream.... When things go wrong it's always easier to point fingers and cast blame then to actually do something about it.... If you're not part of the solution then you must be part of the problem.......

Dave if i lived closer to you i would buy you a beer.

Guys (gals), let's try to keep this thread lite, my post was not for political purposes, but to lighten up the mood.

You want to talk politics, take it offline.



Bill S.

Originally Posted by jyardgirl

Dave if i lived closer to you i would buy you a beer.

ummmm. thanks but make mine coffee. Gave up on that barley pop many, many years ago!!!!! Got tired of going to jail!!!!!!

OK Bill.... That's all that politics are is talk anyway.....

Should planning the revolution go in the lounge or?????????

Sorry Bill, just couldn't pass up the opportunity. It's all Denny's fault anyway, he set me up for it!!!!! Just had to do it.....

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

OK Bill.... That's all that politics are is talk anyway.....

Should planning the revolution go in the lounge or?????????

Sorry Bill, just couldn't pass up the opportunity. It's all Denny's fault anyway, he set me up for it!!!!! Just had to do it.....

If you have a good plan, I'm all ears.