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2003-08-27 Home Front

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Posted by Frank Martin 2003-08-27 12:07:58 PM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Pets go with it being an elementary school, I think.

High schools get pics of the twins?

Posted by Chuck Simmins 2003-8-27 12:37:42 PM|| [http://blog.simmins.org] 2003-8-27 12:37:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Not that I have a problem with George W. Bush, or Ronald Reagan or anything but when did we start naming schools, airports and carriers after living people?

Posted by Yank 2003-8-27 12:39:19 PM|| 2003-8-27 12:39:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 I agree, I think its just creepy to name stuff after living people( and naming anything after Bob Byrd is just a double helping of wierd). I just posted it cause I thought it was, well, just wierd. I can't see a school board of any political stripe approving such a thing. Did they think they would be showered with goodies for this little honor? hardly. Unless its an underhanded attempt by the teachers union to ensure that this school becomes a stage for how education is "failing the students", I just dont see the logic or the point to it.

Posted by Frank Martin 2003-8-27 2:08:57 PM|| 2003-8-27 2:08:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Eh, I don't think Reagan counts. He's non compos mentis; it's almost like being dead. Of course, this is sort of like the early Julio-Claudians waiting until people were dead to declare them gods (at least in Rome - the provinces were another story). After "Little Boots", all that went out the window...

Posted by Mitch H. 2003-8-27 2:11:44 PM|| 2003-8-27 2:11:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Can you imagine anyone driving around with a bumper sticker that says"
"My daughter is an honor student at William Jefferson Clinton High School"

Posted by Frank Martin 2003-8-27 2:42:03 PM|| 2003-8-27 2:42:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Can you imagine anyone driving around with a bumper sticker that says" "My daughter is an honor student at William Jefferson Clinton High School"

If I saw that bumper sticker, I would wonder how she earned her honors.

Posted by Tibor 2003-8-27 2:46:20 PM|| 2003-8-27 2:46:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Self-aggrandizement is getting to be more and more common in general. Some honors should always be post-mortem: "Death before honor!"

Posted by Tresho 2003-8-27 4:12:33 PM|| 2003-8-27 4:12:33 PM|| Front Page Top

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