The Des Moines Register reports
School officials in Atlantic forced five teenage girls to take off their clothing for a search after a classmate reported $100 missing from her purse, according to the girls' families and two lawyers.
The classmate and a female counselor stood watch in the girls' locker room at Atlantic High School as the five girls removed their clothing, lifted up their underwear, and in one case took off all her clothing, according to lawyers Ed Noethe of Council Bluffs and Matt Hudson of Harlan.
Strip-searching is illegal in Iowa schools
And the kicker: "I guess I really can't comment on that because of confidentiality of those involved," Crozier [interim superintendent] said.
He's only concerned with confidentiality after he abused 5 girls.
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Friday, September 4, 2009
Lawyers, what are they good for?
The Hawkeye reports of a man wrongly convicted of a crime finally freed.
Two "only one" cops helped to convict him but the worst part was that two attorneys sat on their ass-ends and did nothing to free an innocent man. They knew he was innocent but did nothing for a year.
From the AP article: "Two attorneys revealed last year that their former client, Andrew Wilson, admitted committing the crime that sent Logan to prison. But they said attorney-client privilege had kept them from coming forward."
Maybe Shakespeare was right.
Two "only one" cops helped to convict him but the worst part was that two attorneys sat on their ass-ends and did nothing to free an innocent man. They knew he was innocent but did nothing for a year.
From the AP article: "Two attorneys revealed last year that their former client, Andrew Wilson, admitted committing the crime that sent Logan to prison. But they said attorney-client privilege had kept them from coming forward."
Maybe Shakespeare was right.
Last Man Out
World War II veteran Glenn McDole, one of the last living survivors of the Palawan massacre, passed away Thursday.
The Des Moines Register has a good write up on this man. Please give it a read.
His story Last Man Out by Bob Wilbanks describes his escape from the Japanese at Palawan. From the Register: "McDole was one of 11 prisoners of war who escaped death in a massacre on Palawan Island in the Philippines in December 1944. About 140 soldiers were killed when the Japanese herded them into trenches, dumped gasoline on them and set them on fire."
A podcast of an interview with Mr. McDole on Jan Mickelson's radio program from WHO is here. Or download an mp3. It's in the second hour, but give Jan's whole show a listen to.
Update: the intro to the interview starts at about 38 minutes in. I was in the car listening and got the times messed up (sorry).
The Des Moines Register has a good write up on this man. Please give it a read.
His story Last Man Out by Bob Wilbanks describes his escape from the Japanese at Palawan. From the Register: "McDole was one of 11 prisoners of war who escaped death in a massacre on Palawan Island in the Philippines in December 1944. About 140 soldiers were killed when the Japanese herded them into trenches, dumped gasoline on them and set them on fire."
A podcast of an interview with Mr. McDole on Jan Mickelson's radio program from WHO is here. Or download an mp3. It's in the second hour, but give Jan's whole show a listen to.
Update: the intro to the interview starts at about 38 minutes in. I was in the car listening and got the times messed up (sorry).
Thursday, September 3, 2009
"I Pledge..." - I puke
Spike from Burlington Derailed reports that children from Farmington, Utah were shown the video of the blathering idiots and their "I Pledge" allegiance to Barack Obama.
The video has been out for a while but with Obama's address to school children scheduled for next week (as reported by Mike Vanderboegh over at Sipsey Street Irregulars), it doesn't make it any less disgusting.
I could make an analogy has to how disgusting, but I promised the wife this would be a PG-13 blog.
The video has been out for a while but with Obama's address to school children scheduled for next week (as reported by Mike Vanderboegh over at Sipsey Street Irregulars), it doesn't make it any less disgusting.
I could make an analogy has to how disgusting, but I promised the wife this would be a PG-13 blog.
When telling the truth gets you in trouble
Bob Vander Plaats is a Sioux City business man who is campaigning for the Republican nomination for governor here in Iowa. He made mention that Obama "has been really, really good for two industries — guns and ammunition.”
Well, the democrats aren't too happy for him speaking the truth. At The Iowa Independent Iowa Democratic Party Chair Michael Kiernan called the comment “outrageous, irresponsible and very dangerous.”
Mr. Kiernan, Obama has been good for gun and ammunition sales. Ask any gun dealer in the state.
At least he didn't call Bob a liar.
Well, the democrats aren't too happy for him speaking the truth. At The Iowa Independent Iowa Democratic Party Chair Michael Kiernan called the comment “outrageous, irresponsible and very dangerous.”
Mr. Kiernan, Obama has been good for gun and ammunition sales. Ask any gun dealer in the state.
At least he didn't call Bob a liar.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
The War on Guns: Bills Don't Allow, People Do
The War on Guns: Bills Don't Allow, People Do
David Codrea links to a World Net Daily article about what Taxechusetts would do in the event of a H1N1 pandemic.
A very similar bill passed in Iowa in 2003 that gave the governor dictatorial powers for 30 days. Among those: a call for mandatory evacuations and confiscation and rationing of anything if the state needs/wants it (Section 3). Or how about forced vaccinations: paragraph 6 of section 5.
Oh, and Section 3 paragraph 5: "5. The state shall pay just compensation to the owner of any product lawfully taken or appropriated by the department for the department’s temporary or permanent use in accordance with this section. The amount of compensation shall be limited to the costs incurred by the owner to procure the item."
How generous!
I contacted my state senator prior to the vote about the bill, but he voted for it anyway. He replied that "we have to do something." (He didn't win re-election) Legislators who were absent were allowed to come in after the bill passed to change their vote to yea.
I don't always understand this state.
David Codrea links to a World Net Daily article about what Taxechusetts would do in the event of a H1N1 pandemic.
A very similar bill passed in Iowa in 2003 that gave the governor dictatorial powers for 30 days. Among those: a call for mandatory evacuations and confiscation and rationing of anything if the state needs/wants it (Section 3). Or how about forced vaccinations: paragraph 6 of section 5.
Oh, and Section 3 paragraph 5: "5. The state shall pay just compensation to the owner of any product lawfully taken or appropriated by the department for the department’s temporary or permanent use in accordance with this section. The amount of compensation shall be limited to the costs incurred by the owner to procure the item."
How generous!
I contacted my state senator prior to the vote about the bill, but he voted for it anyway. He replied that "we have to do something." (He didn't win re-election) Legislators who were absent were allowed to come in after the bill passed to change their vote to yea.
I don't always understand this state.
SE Iowa special election results
In a special election in Southeast Iowa the democrat narrowly won by 107 votes in a district that Obama won by about a thousand last November.
Maybe change is in the air?
Maybe change is in the air?
A Second Chance
After I got the blog back up, David at War on Guns gave me another chance. The response has been more than I expected.
Thanks again, David. If you're in the area, give me a heads up - I owe you one.
Thanks again, David. If you're in the area, give me a heads up - I owe you one.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Police, neighbors worry about realistic BB guns
They're " scary authentic".
Is the improper use of BB guns a problem? Yes.
Do we need a big dose of hyperbole? Probably not.
Finally, at the end: "I think the weapons are neutral. It's not the weapon that is an issue, it's who owns the weapon and is responsible for its use."
Yep
A first impression
David at War on Guns graciously gave me a link to my first couple of posts. Thank you, sir. We've corresponded occasionally over the past year or so and he's posted some things I sent to him. I sent him my latest musings and he replied back if I was posting them.
That's when I realized: Why should I let him do the work I should be doing. And another blog was born.
Then the blog died, gone, kaput. Google never replied back. This place was less than 24 hours old and I couldn't get in and neither could the folks that David sent.
How's that for a good first impression.
To all of you who tried and couldn't get in, I apologize. I probably should have tested for a few days before getting the word out. I hope you come back. To those who got in, thanks for stopping by. All it took was to reset my gmail password and that makes no sense to me.
Again, thanks David.
That's when I realized: Why should I let him do the work I should be doing. And another blog was born.
Then the blog died, gone, kaput. Google never replied back. This place was less than 24 hours old and I couldn't get in and neither could the folks that David sent.
How's that for a good first impression.
To all of you who tried and couldn't get in, I apologize. I probably should have tested for a few days before getting the word out. I hope you come back. To those who got in, thanks for stopping by. All it took was to reset my gmail password and that makes no sense to me.
Again, thanks David.
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