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Five Morgan Hill students sent home for wearing American flag T-shirts

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Five Live Oak High School students' First Amendment rights were challenged Wednesday morning when they were asked to leave school because they donned American flag T-shirts on Cinco de Mayo.

Officials at the school chose not to comment on the situation. [!?!]

The Morgan Hill Unified School District issued this statement: "In an attempt to foster a spirit of cultural awareness and maintain a safe and supportive school environment, the Live Oak High School administration took certain actions earlier today.

The boys were told they must turn their T-shirts inside-out or be sent home. The boys told Rodriguez and Boden that turning their T-shirts inside-out was disrespectful, so their parents opted to take them home.

"I just couldn't believe it," said Dominic's mother Julie Fagerstrom. "It's sad it's come to this,"

A front-desk secretary said Boden was unavailable for any comment on what had happened Wednesday and Rodriguez was busy with testing, the secretary said.

More than 100 students were spotted wearing red, white and green as they were leaving school. Some had the Mexican flag painted on their faces or on their arms.

Live Oak High School even hosted a group of professional baile folklorico dancers, who waved flags and played traditional music from Mexico.

DISGRACE: Bay Area HS Students Banned From Wearing American Flag on Cinco De Mayo

Here is another example of po

... Daniel and his friends were sitting at a table during a free period the vice principal walked over and asked two of the boys to remove the American flag bandannas on their heads and the other three to turn their American flag T-shirts inside out. The boys refused and were ultimately ordered off the school grounds.

While much of California (especially the Bay Area) think differently than the rest of the country, last time I checked, it was still one of the 50 states. And suggesting that Mexican-Americans, might be insulted by seeing an American flag is suggesting that they are somehow less American than the rest of us.

THAT suggestion is insulting and racist.

But the vice principal's actions were mimicked by the Mexican-American students [of course; adults set examples for children] in the School, many of whom said that they were offended that the five students would wear American colors on a Mexican holiday.

"I think they should apologize cause it is a Mexican Heritage Day,"

Annicia Nunez, a Live Oak High student, said. [within video of next post]

How far our country has deteriorated.

This politically correct nonsense has gone way too far. Whats next? Jews have to take of their Jewish Stars on Ash Wednesday? or Christians banned from wearing Crucifixes during Chanukah? Maybe schools will legislate that we're not to wear anything other than Italian flags on Columbus day or Green on St. Patrick's day.

This is The United States of America, we need to teach [perhaps at school?] our children to be proud of their country, no matter the ethnicity. There is absolutely nothing wrong with Mexican-American wearing Mexican flags on Cinco de Mayo or any other day to show pride in their heritage. But at the same time there should never be anything wrong with Americans showing pride in their country.

Ever.

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"There Will Be No Apology"

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Those are the words of the mother of Matt Dariano, one of the five kids at Live Oak High School in the San Francisco Bay Area who were sent home for having the temerity to wear American flag tee shirts on the "Mexican heritage day" of Cinco de Mayo.

"There will not be an apology. Matthew is part Hispanic, OK? He's an American. So, no, there will be no apology from any Dariano."

Guess who else uttered the exact same phrase last year? James Crowley, the white Cambridge cop who arrested black Harvard professor Louis Gates, Jr. and was singled out in a nationally televised press conference by President Obama for "acting stupidly."

On July 23 of last year outside his home, a reporter told Crowley that Gates had asked for an apology from him for his handling of the incident.

"There will be no apology," Crowley replied.
After a beat, the reporter followed up: "Is this now and ever, 'no apology,?"
"Yes," Crowley replied flatly.

The fact is, Americans are increasingly fed up with the racially divisive, politically correct insanity pulsating through the country today.

After years of being pressured and browbeaten by the left-wing PC police about what they can say, do, think, and wear, many Americans have had enough. And they're especially furious with being asked to apologize for things that aren't or shouldn't be in the least bit offensive.

The idea that high school kids anywhere in America would be called the principal's office - let alone that they would be asked whether they should apologize - for wearing clothes bearing the image of the United States flag, is a perfect case in point.

It's the kind of insanity that rankles the sensibilities of millions upon millions of Americans, and has them cheering when someone - whether a Cambridge cop or a Bay Area mother - stands up, refuses to back down, and says, "there will be no apology."



Tom Bevan is the co-founder and Executive Editor of RealClearPolitics.

Another poll shows 2 to 1 Support For New Arizona Legal Residence Law

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Old media editorial pages may rage against the Arizona immigration law, but a solid majority of Americans support it, an IBD/TIPP poll found. Sixty percent back the law, with 40% strongly favoring it, according to preliminary results. Meanwhile, 30% oppose it, with 20% strongly disapproving it. The remaining 10% are unsure.

The responses show a public increasingly frustrated with the response by local, state and federal authorities and welcoming solutions — like Arizona's law — that return us to the days of laws being enforced rather than selectively ignored for political gain...

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Obama Won't Enforce Existing Immigration Laws

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President Obama criticized Arizona's new immigration law, saying it was caused by inaction in Washington—specifically, the unwillingness of Congress to pass an amnesty law. He's right about the geographic location of the problem, but not about how to start fixing it.

The chief culprit right now is the President himself, not Congress. While there are numerous changes to the law that could be made, the most urgent task before us is to enforce the laws already on the books.

The administration has repeatedly made it clear it intends to blackmail America into amnesty by refusing to do anything about our uncontrolled borders until 'comprehensive' reform is passed which includes it...

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Study: By 12 to 1, ABC, CBS, and NBC Rip Arizona's Immigration Law

[Meanwhile, in our professional media...]

When political scientists compare populism and elitism, they could certainly find a test case in the new Arizona law on immigration enforcement. While Rasmussen found 70 percent of Arizonans favored the crackdown on illegal aliens, and new national media polls found majority support as well, ABC, CBS, and NBC denounced the popular will as short-sighted and discriminatory.

From April 23 to May 3, the top three television networks offered viewers 50 stories and interview segments on their morning and evening news programs. The tone was strongly hostile to the law and promotional to the "growing storm" of left-wing protesters: 37 stories (or 74 percent) were negative, 10 were neutral, and only three were positive toward the Arizona law's passage -- 12 negative stories for every one that leaned positive.

Stories were much kinder and sympathetic to illegal aliens than they were to police officers. Cops were potential abusers of power. Entering the country illegally was not an abuse of power. It was portrayed as an honorable step by the powerless.

The soundbite count was also slanted, with 92 quotes against the law and only 52 in favor. The pro-law numbers, however, included many soundbites of Arizona public officials defending themselves against liberal charges that they were racists or in favor of racial profiling...

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Arizona Immigration Law Identical to Federal Laws Requiring Alien Documentation,

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One of the men who helped write Arizona’s new immigration law said he’s confident it will withstand legal challenges, because the law literally copies federal statute. Kobach is a constitutional law professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and served as chief adviser to former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft on immigration law and border security.

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New clashes as Greece OKs austerity bill

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Athens, Greece - Protesters clashed with police outside Greece's parliament on Thursday after lawmakers passed a new austerity bill that will secure vital loan aid for the near-bankrupt country. Riot police in Athens fired tear gas to drive off stone-throwing youths.

Tens of thousands took to the streets, a day after extensive rioting marred a protest during a nationwide general strike against the new cutbacks. Lawmakers approved the austerity bill in a 172-121 vote allowing Greece to tap into euro110 billion ($140 billion) in bailout loans...

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Greek Prime Minister Calls Bank Workers' Riot Deaths 'Murder'

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Athens, Greece -- The Greek prime minister has denounced what he called the ''murder'' of three bank workers killed when the building they were in was torched during protests in Athens against harsh new austerity measures.

Prime Minister George Papandreou vowed Wednesday that those responsible for the deaths would be found and brought to justice...

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Greece's Abyss

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Socialism: The left has falsely demonized Tea Party protests in the U.S. as violent. But it ignores real violence in Greece, where leftists and anarchists have rioted and even murdered to fight cuts in their welfare state.

A week ago, the European Union and the U.S.-backed International Monetary Fund came through with $146 billion to bail out the biggest spendthrift in Europe. Greece didn't deserve it.

For years it lied about its finances and when the truth finally spilled out, its deficit as a share of GDP stood at 13.6% (vs. the 3% required of EU members)...

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The Greek Unions -- And Ours

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One lesson of Greece is that once the markets stop believing a debt-riddled government, they can turn on it quickly and savagely. It's best not to get anywhere close to that point.

By the calculations of Jagadeesh Gokhale of the Cato Institute, Greece's debt is 875 percent of its GDP when pension obligations are included. Sounds outlandish.

But the figure for the U.S., including programs like Medicare and Social Security, is 500 percent.

The worst thing we could do is to add to the burden with an onerous new spending program, pushed by the unions and justified with Greek-style budgetary math. Of course, that's a working definition of Obamacare.

In Greek tragedy, the hero always realizes his own flaw or mistake too late. Something for retiring public-sector-union honcho Andy Stern to contemplate as he takes his seat -- amazingly enough -- on Pres. Barack Obama's debt commission...

[Would read like a comedic tragedy if it weren't reality - which removes the comedy part.]

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Most Americans Still Want More Offshore Oil Drilling

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Most U.S. voters still favor offshore oil drilling, but support has fallen dramatically following the oil rig explosion and major oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 58% of voters believe offshore oil drilling should be allowed....

But that’s down 14 points from 72% just after President Obama’s announcement at the end of March that he was lifting the ban on [some few, small, deep-water-only] offshore drilling for the first time in years....

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U.S. has little choice but to drill offshore

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If the oil spill off the Louisiana coast leads to a federal ban on ultra-deepwater drilling and production [the only kind Obama's March 'opening up' opened up] it could cripple an increasingly important source of America's domestic oil supply.

So far, the Obama administration hasn't imposed any ban, temporary or longer term, on existing ultra-deepwater operations, but it's delayed new exploration in deep water of the Mid-Atlantic coastline and the eastern Gulf Coast off Florida...

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Evidence Mounts for Taliban Role in Car Bomb Plot

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American officials said Wednesday that it was very likely that a radical group once thought unable to attack the United States had played a role in the bombing attempt in Times Square, elevating concerns about whether other militant groups could deliver at least a glancing blow on American soil.

Officials said that after two days of intense questioning of the bombing suspect, Faisal Shahzad, evidence was mounting that the group, the Pakistani Taliban, had helped inspire and train Mr. Shahzad in the months before he attempted to murder citizens of New York...

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Obama FREEZES Budget for Program Designed to STOP Terrorists from Getting U.S. Visas

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Four months after the attempted Christmas Day bombing of Northwest Flight 253 over Detroit and nine years after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, only 14 of the 57 U.S. consulates identified as being at “high risk” for potentially providing visas to terrorists have been furnished with units of the Department of Homeland Security’s Visa Security Program (VSP).

President Barack Obama, meanwhile, is planning to freeze the program’s budget for fiscal 2011...

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N.Y. bomb suspect's background shows privilege [Again]

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The Pakistani-American accused of trying to explode a bomb in Times Square was able to move easily between the two countries and came from a family of wealth and privilege. Relatives and friends in Pakistan said Wednesday that Faisal Shahzad showed no sign of radicalization before he left for the United States at age 18 to study, and that he and his family were not religious.

''When he was here, he was not religious-minded. But he was when he came back from the United States,''

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Shahzad's Motive 'Unclear' to CBS, Cites Money Pressure Since He 'Hasn't Realized Any American Dream'

[More professional coverage...]

Botched bomber Faisal Shahzad's failure to achieve the “American dream” may have been an important motive for his terrorist act, CBS's Bob Orr contended Wednesday night in a story in which he declared:

“Shahzad's motive also remains unclear."

How about the hypothesis Shahzad became a U.S. citizen as a ruse to make it easier to carry out his Islamic jihad – and so quitting his job, moving his family to Pakistan and not paying his mortgage were not what drove him to terrorism, but were what he did to get training and rid himself of encumbrances?

Nah, that can't be it.

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Suspect’s Gun Proved Easy to Obtain

The mammoth clock-to-wire-to-gasoline-to-propane car bomb that the authorities said Faisal Shahzad hoped would claim many lives in Times Square has been analyzed, diagrammed, prodded and examined.

But not long before his arrest, Mr. Shahzad was also equipped with a less-eccentric — and yet more dependably lethal — weapon. And he owned it legally...

[Your eyes aren't deceiving: the man planted a 'mammoth' bomb in the middle of times square - and these idiots are actually trying to paint his legal gun possession as the greater {more dependable} threat?!?

Yet another sample of why so many now use 'liberal' and 'delusion' together so frequently.]

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Who Says There’s No Good News — ‘Bill Moyers Journal’ Is Finally Off the Air

Bill Moyers Journal has shuffled off the air and into the archives of PBS and the Paley Center for Media. From a story in the Columbia Journalism Review: In 1948, when he was fourteen years old, Bill Moyers heard Lyndon Johnson give a rousing speech at a courthouse in Marshall, Texas. Without a megaphone or a loudspeaker, LBJ mesmerized the crowd.

“I remember the sheer presence of the man,”

Moyers has recalled.

Years later, through a different medium—television—Moyers would achieve a similar kind of power, and routinely abuse it...

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Look what cable news channel Obama's own Justice Dept. chooses to watch when Big News breaks

Your midweek sweet smile: Here is President Obama's Attorney Gen. Eric Holder offering more details about the capture and interrogation of Faisal Shahzad, the accused Times Square bomber, from the secure confines of the briefing room of Holder's own Justice Department in Washington.

The briefing room's main TV's are tuned to the top-rated cable news channel.

Trouble is, that's the dreaded Fox News Channel that Obama aides including David Axelrod so weirdly picked a fight with last fall... [snip]

And those ratings ultimately showed that something on the order of a third of that network's viewers are, like Atty. Gen. Holder, Democrats who clearly want fair and balanced news.

Now, that's bipartisanship to believe in.

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