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Never fear Deb, If it make more sense, he actually attended Lewiston High School. He may have a UI degree though. His comment seems to reference a college level professor though he has step-children in Moscow schools currently. He did have a position at the University in a Native American Studies department (something like that?) after his volunteer DJ position with Radio Free Moscow and prior to his current position at Walmart.<BR>
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> <BR>> Message: 2<BR>> Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 19:16:49 -0800<BR>> From: "deb" <debismith@moscow.com><BR>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Say What? (local/recent)<BR>> To: "Tom Hansen" <thansen@moscow.com>, "Moscow Vision 2020"<BR>> <vision2020@moscow.com><BR>> Message-ID: <40477DB2795D4D80ACBEDA9E419C93BB@smithPC><BR>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";<BR>> reply-type=original<BR>> <BR>> Oh, my. In his attack on MHS Mr. Velarde doesn't say which schools he <BR>> attended. Sadly, those schools failed to educate him in writing, grammar, <BR>> spelling, critical thinking, and tolerance. While I am not the grammar <BR>> police (having some failings myself in that area), this set me off! Having <BR>> four MHS graduates in my family, none of whom suffer from the aforementioned <BR>> difficulties, I would be surprised if he attended MHS. Of course, with this <BR>> sort of "You cain't teach me nuthin' 'cause I aint lissinen" attitude, he <BR>> could have a legitimate grudge against a school system that insists one <BR>> learn things. After all the papers, math homework, exams, and sports we <BR>> helped (well, nagged) our children to complete, I know full well about that <BR>> insistence on learning.<BR>> <BR>> I do see Mr. Velarde's behavior fairly often in those who have a "hobby <BR>> horse" or a soap box they feel they must occupy. They are so needing to rant <BR>> that, missing the opportunity to actually make a point, they instead become <BR>> parodies of themselves.<BR>> <BR>> Tom, you showed great fortitude in not commenting on Mr. Velarde's foolish, <BR>> simple minded, ill defined, poorly written piece. You are a better person <BR>> than I, as I just had to comment. Not only do I support MHS, I support <BR>> proper spelling and grammar. "My wife and I's" indeed? And this would scare <BR>> liberals exactly how? And referencing Nazis is just the iceing on the mud <BR>> pie.....EEEWWWW! The good news is, with supporters like this, the right <BR>> wing-nuts are doomed....there cannot possibly that many complete dolts in <BR>> the US who buy into this sort of ridiculous "stupidity by choice".<BR>> Debi R-S<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ----- Original Message ----- <BR>> From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen@moscow.com><BR>> To: "Moscow Vision 2020" <vision2020@moscow.com><BR>> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 5:42 AM<BR>> Subject: [Vision2020] Say What? (local/recent)<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> > "Why would people want their income tax, which supports education, to fund<BR>> > certain past and present teachers at Moscow High School? I personally had<BR>> > a current teacher who stated to me when we were undergraduates that they<BR>> > were going on forien exchange. Why? Because they were fed up with the<BR>> > United States and had to get out of the country for a while. One former<BR>> > teacher used their distinguished speaker position at the high school's<BR>> > graduation as a pulpit to cast their political ideologies. They also<BR>> > bragged that MHS was the only school in the state to have a Gay-Straight<BR>> > Alliance club. Glad to know that my wife and I's tax dollars are going<BR>> > toward this skewed form of teaching!<BR>> ><BR>> > On a positive note you seem to have begun to scare the idiotic, pseudo-<BR>> > liberal, NAZI contingent up here!"<BR>> ><BR>> > - David Anthony Velarde<BR>> ><BR>> > http://www.facebook.com/pages/ILikeIke/112506065442567?ref=ts<BR>> ><BR>> > --------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>> ><BR>> > I would add some colorful, humor-based comment here, but I feel that Mr.<BR>> > Velarde's comments pretty much speak for themselves.<BR>> ><BR>> > Seeya round town, Moscow.<BR>> ><BR>> > Tom Hansen<BR>> > Moscow, Idaho<BR>> ><BR>> > "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change<BR>> > and the Realist adjusts his sails."<BR>> ><BR>> > - Unknown<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > =======================================================<BR>> > List services made available by First Step Internet,<BR>> > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<BR>> > http://www.fsr.net<BR>> > mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>> > =======================================================<BR>> <BR><BR><BR> <br /><hr />The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. <a href='http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_3' target='_new'>Get started.</a></body>
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