Ramblings for readers, who enjoy a person rambling on about nothing, or something, depending the mood of the person rambling, or the mood of the reader who finds something worth reading about, or possibly rambling on about themselves in a comment to the rambling... I could go on, but I think I have made my point!
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Vannoy (Update)
The scoop from Beaver Falls High School is that Mr. Vannoy returned to school Monday (1/30/2006) after national media attention for wearing a Bronco's jersey to his high school in "Steeler country".
He apparently received a "massage chair" from John Elway, whose number was on the jersey Mr. Vannoy wore, which by the way is the same number that Ben Roethlisberger, current QB of the Steelers, wears. I wonder if that was on purpose or if it was coincidental? I heard from another source that the Mr. Vannoy's mother says the chair doesn't match the living room. :-)
Anyway, the Friday before he returned to school the principal of the high school gathered all of the students in a group and explained that Mr. Vannoy would be returning on Monday. They were told to not to even "look at him funny", let alone touch him, or they would be expelled!... Not placed in detention, or suspended for a few days... Expelled... i.e. kicked out of the school! They were also told to not hold a protest or rally for Mr. Kelly (the teacher), or to wear shirts or buttons mentioning Mr. Kelly or anything like that.
For the these last two days in school, Josh has been escorted by a police man through the school, and two teachers. During lunch they put extra staff (teachers) in the lunch room while Mr. Vannoy was eating. It sounded to me like the school officials feel our school is full of a bunch of hooligans that would want to hurt Mr. Vannoy...
Which begs a very interesting question? If the teacher was the one who was wrong, and Mr. Vannoy is the victim, why are they protecting Josh from harm? Are they afraid that more paper would be thrown at him? I mean, if the teacher was truly as bad as the newspapers portrayed him, then Mr. Vannoy shouldn't have anything to fear, he should be respected for bringing to light a terrible problem within the school. Josh could be rallying the students, parents and school officials to be up in arms against this bad teacher... Instead the school had to quash a rally in support of Mr. Kelly because the students and I assume parents don't want to see Mr. Kelly let go... Reality often tells a better story than the newspapers!
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You asked about what I didn't like about Bush's speech. I don't think he's stupid by any means, although I don't agree with most of his positions, and I don't trust him or his administration as far as I can throw them. I think they're power hungry and that they're attempting to get too much power into the executive branch. I don't like the domestic spying/surveillance program and don't buy the rational for it either. Sure, we might gain some information, but if you take that argument to its logical conclusion, we would be much safer if we suspended all civil liberties and privacy protections and let the government nose around willy-nilly. I don't like Bush's insistence on maintaining tax cuts that clearly haven't worked to stimulate the economy. And mostly, I don't trust anyone that certain in their actions/beliefs. Confidence is one thing, and certainly a desirable quality. But in Bush I see an unwillingness to consider options not his own, and an unwillingness to admit error, even in the face of massive evidence to the contrary. Unfortuantely, 51% of the country disagreed with me last year, so I resort to petty cheap shots in a blog that as far as I can tell, exactly one person has read. Thanks, by the way.
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