Comments on: In a More Nearly Perfect World http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/02/05/in-a-more-nearly-perfect-world/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:19:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jim Shawley http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/02/05/in-a-more-nearly-perfect-world/comment-page-1/#comment-323123 Jim Shawley Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:50:14 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=7629#comment-323123 Homefront: Back in the day, the skool district where we lived saw fit to start random whiz quizzes for any and all high schoolers (and later middle schoolers) who chose to participate in any kind of extracurricular activities (football, b-ball, cheerleading, chess club, SADD, &c). If you were a student who showed up when the bell rang, and left when it rang again, you could indulge in any and everything out there, yet ne'er a thing to be done. I raised a bit of a stink (y'know, the 4th, 5th and 14th--SCOTUS had not yet decided on the Potawotami School District case yet), printed up a few broadsides, passed them out as folks showed up (which made me less than popular with the good people who were charged with caring for the minds of our younger generation), and stirred the pot at other sundry times, suggesting the 14th not only protected equally, but required random testing of all parties in the school district equally, to include the superintendent, and the farmers who comprised the school board. They did not love me. All that to say, Yeah, kids do drugs, teachers don't. Trust us. So say those who are experts. Malarkey. I say, test only for cause. No random tests at all. Of course, what do I know? Homefront:

Back in the day, the skool district where we lived saw fit to start random whiz quizzes for any and all high schoolers (and later middle schoolers) who chose to participate in any kind of extracurricular activities (football, b-ball, cheerleading, chess club, SADD, &c). If you were a student who showed up when the bell rang, and left when it rang again, you could indulge in any and everything out there, yet ne’er a thing to be done.

I raised a bit of a stink (y’know, the 4th, 5th and 14th–SCOTUS had not yet decided on the Potawotami School District case yet), printed up a few broadsides, passed them out as folks showed up (which made me less than popular with the good people who were charged with caring for the minds of our younger generation), and stirred the pot at other sundry times, suggesting the 14th not only protected equally, but required random testing of all parties in the school district equally, to include the superintendent, and the farmers who comprised the school board. They did not love me.

All that to say, Yeah, kids do drugs, teachers don’t. Trust us. So say those who are experts.

Malarkey.

I say, test only for cause. No random tests at all. Of course, what do I know?

]]> By: Jim Collins http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/02/05/in-a-more-nearly-perfect-world/comment-page-1/#comment-322872 Jim Collins Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:11:26 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=7629#comment-322872 Wouldn't work. See the problem is that too many states are making MJ legal for people with certain medical conditions. I don't know or care if MJ helps people with these conditions, my concern is that sooner or later the medical assistance programs associated with Welfare are going to have to PAY for the MJ. Wouldn’t work. See the problem is that too many states are making MJ legal for people with certain medical conditions. I don’t know or care if MJ helps people with these conditions, my concern is that sooner or later the medical assistance programs associated with Welfare are going to have to PAY for the MJ.

]]> By: Amy http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/02/05/in-a-more-nearly-perfect-world/comment-page-1/#comment-322757 Amy Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:37:59 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=7629#comment-322757 Having seen California's assistance programs enable drug use in one of my relatives, I would be very supportive of this kind of legislation. It almost certainly is not the case that a majority of welfare recipients engage in this behavior, but where such behavior is present, the government affects more harm than good with its assistance, and taxpayers have every right to attach conditions to these benefits. Having seen California’s assistance programs enable drug use in one of my relatives, I would be very supportive of this kind of legislation. It almost certainly is not the case that a majority of welfare recipients engage in this behavior, but where such behavior is present, the government affects more harm than good with its assistance, and taxpayers have every right to attach conditions to these benefits.

]]> By: virgil xenophon http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/02/05/in-a-more-nearly-perfect-world/comment-page-1/#comment-322530 virgil xenophon Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:03:02 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=7629#comment-322530 "Humble Offerings?" I thought only Humble1310 could make those here...... (Could.Not.Resist...) “Humble Offerings?” I thought only Humble1310 could make those here……

(Could.Not.Resist…)

]]> By: lex http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/02/05/in-a-more-nearly-perfect-world/comment-page-1/#comment-322488 lex Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:01:14 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=7629#comment-322488 The spam filter is the <em>god-in-the-machine</em> of the WordPress system. Make humble offerings, maybe it will go away :-) The spam filter is the god-in-the-machine of the WordPress system.

Make humble offerings, maybe it will go away :-)

]]> By: Scott http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/02/05/in-a-more-nearly-perfect-world/comment-page-1/#comment-322468 Scott Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:24:41 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=7629#comment-322468 OK, I understand posts with three embedded links getting moderated, but <strong> this</strong> one? OK, I understand posts with three embedded links getting moderated, but this one?

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