High school project considered potential threat to Bush

It's because of high school kids like this that Bush can't walk the
streets of the country he governs.

It's because of terrorists like this kid that the President of the
United States is virtual prisoner inside his own country. He goes
nowhere unless it is inside a bomb-proof vehicle surrounded by an
army. Sad. So sad.

It's time for Americans to just throw in the towel and line up for
brain implants and tracking chips. You're all guilty (of something).
Make it easy for the state and just confess your crimes - and your
thoughts about crimes.

If your not with the state, then you are the enemy.

At least Wal-Mart was acting like a good citizen of the FatherLand and
turned in this terrorist.

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http://www.alternet.org/story/26503/

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After a Wal-Mart employee turned in a high school student's anti-Bush
poster to the police, the Secret Service came calling.
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Selina Jarvis is the chair of the social studies department at
Currituck County High School in North Carolina, and she is not used to
having the Secret Service question her or one of her
students. But that's what happened on September 20.

Jarvis had assigned her senior civics and economics class "to take
photographs to illustrate their rights in the Bill of Rights," she
says. One student "had taken a photo of George Bush out
of a magazine and tacked the picture to a wall with a red thumb tack
through his head. Then he made a thumb's-down sign with his own hand
next to the President's picture, and he had a photo
taken of that, and he pasted it on a poster."

According to Jarvis, the student, who remains anonymous, was just
doing his assignment, illustrating the right to dissent. But over at
the Kitty Hawk Wal-Mart, where the student took his
film to be developed, this right is evidently suspect.

An employee in that Wal-Mart photo department called the Kitty Hawk
police on the student. And the Kitty Hawk police turned the matter
over to the Secret Service. On Tuesday, September
20, the Secret Service came to Currituck High.

"At 1:35, the student came to me and told me that the Secret Service
had taken his poster," Jarvis says. "I didn't believe him at first.
But they had come into my room when I wasn't there
and had taken his poster, which was in a stack with all the others."

She says the student was upset. "He was nervous, he was scared, and
his parents were out of town on business," says Jarvis. She, too, had
to talk to the Secret Service.

"Halfway through my afternoon class, the assistant principal got me
out of class and took me to the office conference room," she says.
"Two men from the Secret Service were there. They asked me what I knew
about the student. I told them he was a great kid, that he was in the
homecoming
court, and that he'd never been in any trouble."

Then they got down to his poster.

"They asked me, didn't I think that it was suspicious," she recalls.
"I said no, it was a Bill of Rights project!"

At the end of the meeting, they told her the incident "would be
interpreted by the U.S. attorney, who would decide whether the student
could be indicted," she says.

The student was not indicted, and the Secret Service did not pursue
the case further.

"I blame Wal-Mart more than anybody," she says. "I was really
disgusted with them. But everyone was using poor judgment, from
Wal-Mart up to the Secret Service."

When contacted, an employee in the photo department at the Wal-Mart in
Kitty Hawk said, "You have to call either the home office or the
authorities to get any information about that."

Jacquie Young, a spokesperson for Wal-Mart at company headquarters,
did not provide comment within a 24-hour period.

Sharon Davenport of the Kitty Hawk Police Department said, "We just
handed it over" to the Secret Service. "No investigative report was
filed." Jonathan Scherry, spokesman for the Secret Service in
Washington, D.C., said, "We certainly respect artistic freedom, but we
also have the responsibility to look into incidents when necessary. In
this case, it was brought to our attention from a private citizen, a
photo lab employee."

Jarvis uses one word to describe the whole incident: "ridiculous."

See also:

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/ncw...-9246644c.html
http://www.wfmynews2.com/news/articl...?storyid=48862
http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=3894109&nav=23ii

On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 21:26:46 -0400, The USA Is going insane
wrote:



Jarvis had assigned her senior civics and economics class "to take
photographs to illustrate their rights in the Bill of Rights," she
says. One student "had taken a photo of George Bush out
of a magazine and tacked the picture to a wall with a red thumb tack
through his head. Then he made a thumb's-down sign with his own hand
next to the President's picture, and he had a photo
taken of that, and he pasted it on a poster."

the student took his
film to be developed, this right is evidently suspect.

An employee in that Wal-Mart photo department called the Kitty Hawk
police on the student. And the Kitty Hawk police turned the matter
over to the Secret Service. On Tuesday, September
20, the Secret Service came to Currituck High.



This has to be one reason digital photography is taking over from
film. The isn't the first time Walmart has turned people in to the
police over a photograph.

The USA Is going insane wrote:

It's because of high school kids like this that Bush can't walk the
streets of the country he governs.

snip

Shrub could walk pretty much anywhere except the more right wing parts
of Idaho. Who else would want Cheesy as president?

Jarvis uses one word to describe the whole incident:
"ridiculous."

Except to indicate that the politicalization of the public schools
continues unabaited.

Jarvis uses one word to describe the whole incident:
"ridiculous."

Except to indicate that the politicalization of the public
schools continues unabaited.


Very true. Consider the following about this assignment.

" One student "had taken a photo of George Bush out
of a magazine and tacked the picture to a wall with a red
thumb tack through his head. Then he made a thumb's-down
sign with his own hand next to the President's picture,
and he had a photo taken of that, and he pasted it on a
poster. "

Can you imagine a student doing such a project for a class assignment?
What nonsence. It is no wonder that every other country in the 1st
world spends less money on education while achieving much better
results. Allowing the educational establishment in this country to
continue in their acquisition of political power will achieve nothing
but the guaranteed dumbing down of public education.

Notice that Kennedy, Kerry, Hillary, and the rest of the congressional
uber-left continue to oppose school vouchers. (But still made sure
that their own kids attend - or attended - private schools).

For one, earlier poster, your conclusion is too sweeping for such a
teeny example. Second, the student's project sounded rather minimalist &
clever, but we do not know his ultimate grade on it, do we. Third, the
politicians you list are hardly "uber-left". They are barely centrist.
But obviously you enjoy repeating The Big Lie. However, the nation is,
slowly, waking up to lies like yours. You lose.

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Notice that Kennedy, Kerry, Hillary, and the rest of the
congressional uber-left continue to oppose school vouchers.
(But still made sure that their own kids attend - or
attended - private schools).

Third, the politicians you list are hardly "uber-left".
They are barely centrist.

That one idiotic sentence destroyed your entire rebuttal. Or did you
mean to include that 'centrist' claim as some sort of joke?

Third, the politicians you list are hardly "uber-left". They
are barely centrist.

Har! Thanks for the laugh. I guess that means that the liberal
Advocacy Organization, Americans for Democratic Action, had it wrong
when they gave their highest ratings to a couple of political
moderates.

ADA Today Vol. 60. No.1. April 2005 p. 16
Hillary Clinton Liberal Quotent (LQ) Rating: 95 (out of 100)
Edward Kennedy Liberal Quotent (LQ) Rating: 100 (out of 100)

http://www.adaction.org/ADATodayVR2004.pdf

From the newsletter:

"Liberal Quotient (LQ) is the rating of a Member of Congress determined
by the percentage of votes cast in support of liberal policies,
measured against the number of votes counted."
"The votes selected cover the full spectrum of domestic, foreign,
economic, military, environmental and social issues."
"We often chose procedural votes, amendments, motions to table, or
votes on rules for debate. These votes can reveal true attitudes
obscured in final votes."


But obviously you enjoy repeating The Big Lie. However, the
nation is,slowly, waking up to lies like yours. You lose.

And if you are the current truth meter then we are evidently screwed.

Postman's Holiday wrote:
Third, the politicians you list are hardly "uber-left". They
are barely centrist.

Har! Thanks for the laugh. I guess that means that the liberal
Advocacy Organization, Americans for Democratic Action, had it wrong
when they gave their highest ratings to a couple of political
moderates.

ADA Today Vol. 60. No.1. April 2005 p. 16
Hillary Clinton Liberal Quotent (LQ) Rating: 95 (out of 100)
Edward Kennedy Liberal Quotent (LQ) Rating: 100 (out of 100)

http://www.adaction.org/ADATodayVR2004.pdf

From the newsletter:

"Liberal Quotient (LQ) is the rating of a Member of Congress determined
by the percentage of votes cast in support of liberal policies,
measured against the number of votes counted."

That just shows you what makes it to the floor these days. You will probably
not find uber-left in Congress.

miguel
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