Since I can't delete my account, I thought I'd let this be known in this forum on the slight chance that anyone would notice -- because if I've had enough, others probably have had enough, too. I've had enough of socialist geekboys who mod everything they disagree with as either Flamebait or Troll. It's not funny any longer. You simply can't take criticism even as you pretend that you are more mature than those you disagree with. Can't you see that that's just an extension of the masturbatory universe you've created for yourself? You act as if you were still 15, angry because no girls will touch your penis, nursing passive-aggressive tendencies, and rant that your political enemies are somehow beneath you.

And the best I can hope for in response from those of your ilk is a snarky, sarcastic, 21st century version of: "I know you are but what am I?!"

At least for me, I'll get my news elsewhere. What a rotten site this is sometimes.

It was an arm of the government, that very government that the Left wants to see grow bigger and Bigger and BIGGER every year, that refused to be compassionate and waive a fee in a time of distress.

And some of you want to blame the Right for this? Seriously, put the Kool-Aid down and open your eyes!

If there is a coming revolution, those buzzards need to be up against the wall, too.

"This is a voice that has earned the right to be listened to."

The military earns this right by its members being killed or maimed to protect their country, while the academic left earns this right by publishing papers cloaked in double-talk, rousing their students to protest some issue that they've helped to blow out of proportion, and yelling at anyone who dares to disagree with their views, their opportunity for tenure, or their parking space privileges.

http://www.irshadmanji.com/reformist-quran

I've bought one but have not read it yet. A free PDF is also available.

I mean no disrespect to parents trying to raise a child who legitimately has ADHD or to teachers trying to teach such a child, but the idea of:

1) Segregating students by age
2) Expecting them sit all day

may work for girls, but it doesn't work for boys. I can remember clearly my first grade teacher (in the late 70s) talking with another teacher about which of us were quiet (=good) and which were loud (=bad). And she went through _each student by name as we were forced to listen_. And guess who was good? Nearly all of the girls and a minority of boys, the ones who were quiet by disposition. Why? Because those of us who were normal didn't want to sit still and be quiet all day.

As for age segregation, if boys see older boys modeling good behavior, they tend to do so as well, either because they 'want to grow up to be like them' or they know they'll get smacked if they don't.

Now, take an extreme version of a 'bad' kid coupled with the willingness to drug said kid for the sake of classroom harmony, and you have an obvious explanation for this report.

Can't the military afford a sedan?

I'm with you. It used to be the norm that there were vineyards as far north as Sweden. It seems that that will be the norm again soon. Our choices are to adapt or die, not to whine and go all 'Chicken Little' when faced with the unavoidable.