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On 03/09/2013 10:46 PM, Saundra Lund wrote:<br>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">But,
this sensational story certainly <b><u>is</u></b> a
convenient one for some with agendas to seize onto. And,
focusing on the story is perhaps the best example of going
after low hanging fruit that I’ve seen in a bit ;-)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I'm amazed, perplexed, and astonished by how far the politically
correct crowd will go with respect to their apparent belief that
guns are bad, but if I point to an article in a mainstream news
service demonstrating it then I'm "seizing" onto it because of my
"agenda", despite the fact that I don't align politically with
either major political party that are fighting over this particular
issue.<br>
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I guess you could say that I have an anti-PC agenda. It's not my
fault that guns are now the current PC bogeyman.<br>
<br>
Paul.<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Paul Rumelhart<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, March 09, 2013 7:07 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Vision 2020<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Vision2020] School confiscates
third-grader’s cupcakes topped with toy soldiers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">This is
getting a little ridiculous, don't you think?<br>
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Paul<br>
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<h1>School confiscates third-grader’s cupcakes topped with
toy soldiers<o:p></o:p></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="provider"><i>The Daily
Caller</i></span><cite> – Fri, Mar 8, 2013</cite><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="first"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">In the latest
incident of anti-gun hysteria to erupt in a school setting,
officials at an elementary school in small-town Michigan
impounded a third-grader boy’s batch of 30 homemade birthday
cupcakes because they were adorned with green plastic
figurines representing World War Two soldiers.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The school principal branded the military-themed cupcakes
“insensitive” in light of the Sandy Hook Elementary School
shooting, <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/school-confiscates-cupcakes-decorated-with-toy-soldiers.html"
target="_blank">reports</a> Fox News Radio.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>“It disgusted me,” Casey Fountain, the boy’s father, told Fox
News. “It’s vile they lump true American heroes with
psychopathic killers.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Fountain explained that his wife had made the cupcakes. His
son, Hunter, helped decorate them. The following morning,
Fountain’s wife brought the taboo treats to the school’s front
office, where the secretary reportedly remarked favorably on
their appearance.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>“About 15 minutes later the school called my wife and told
her they couldn’t serve the cupcakes because the soldiers had
guns,” Fountain told Fox News. “My wife told them to remove
the soldiers and serve the cupcakes anyway — and I believe she
may have used more colorful language.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>“We’re just taking political correctness too far,” the angry
father added.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In a statement to local media, Schall Elementary School
principal Susan Wright Susan Wright doubled down on her
school’s bold stand against little green men that represent
American soldiers.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>“These are toys that were commonplace in the past,” Wright
said. “However, some parents prohibit all guns as toys. In
light of that difference, the school offered to replace the
soldiers with another item and the soldiers were returned home
with the student.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>“Living in a democratic society entails respect for opposing
opinions,” the principal also said. “In the climate of recent
events in schools we walk a delicate balance in teaching
non-violence in our buildings and trying to ensure a safe,
peaceful atmosphere.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This incident is the latest in a growing line of apparent
overreactions by school officials to things students have
brought to school — or talked about bringing to school, or
eaten at school — that are not anything like real guns.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>At Genoa-Kingston Middle School in northeast Illinois, a
teacher threatened an eighth-grader with suspension if he did
not remove his <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/02/27/junior-high-teacher-tells-kid-to-remove-marines-t-shirt-or-get-suspended/">t-shirt
emblazoned with the interlocking rifles</a> insignia of the
United States Marines. <strong><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/02/27/junior-high-teacher-tells-kid-to-remove-marines-t-shirt-or-get-suspended/">(RELATED:
Junior high teacher tells kid to remove Marines t-shirt or
get suspended)</a></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>At Park Elementary School in Baltimore, Maryland, a student
was suspended for two days because his teacher thought he
shaped a <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/03/02/second-grader-suspended-for-having-breakfast-pastry-shaped-like-a-gun/">strawberry,
pre-baked toaster pastry</a> into something resembling a
gun. <strong><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/03/02/second-grader-suspended-for-having-breakfast-pastry-shaped-like-a-gun/">(RELATED:
Second-grader suspended for having breakfast pastry shaped
like a gun)</a></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>At Poston Butte High School in Arizona, a high school
freshman <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/02/02/high-school-freshman-suspended-for-having-a-picture-of-a-gun/">was
suspended</a> for setting a picture of a gun as the desktop
background on his school-issued computer. <strong><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/02/02/high-school-freshman-suspended-for-having-a-picture-of-a-gun/">(RELATED:
Freshman suspended for picture of gun)</a></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>At D. Newlin Fell School in Philadelphia, school officials
reportedly yelled at a student and then searched her in front
of her class after she was <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/01/24/philadelphia-girl-searched-berated-for-having-a-gun-made-of-paper-at-school/">found
with a paper gun</a> her grandfather had made for her.<strong><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/01/24/philadelphia-girl-searched-berated-for-having-a-gun-made-of-paper-at-school/"> (RELATED:
Paper gun causes panic)</a></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In rural Pennsylvania, a kindergarten girl was <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/01/29/hello-kitty-bubble-gun-comment-lands-5-year-old-in-school-suspension/">suspended
for making a “terroristic threat”</a> after she told another
girl that she planned to shoot her with a pink Hello Kitty toy
gun that bombards targets with soapy bubbles.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>At Roscoe R. Nix Elementary School in Maryland, a
six-year-old boy was suspended for <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/01/03/maryland-school-suspends-six-year-old-boy-for-making-gun-gesture-saying-pow/">making
the universal kid sign for a gun</a>, pointing at another
student and saying “pow.” That boy’s suspension was later
lifted and his name cleared. <strong><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/01/03/maryland-school-suspends-six-year-old-boy-for-making-gun-gesture-saying-pow/">(RELATED:
Pow! You’re suspended, kid)</a></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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