Go Home Already: Shouts and Murmurs
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>> Washington, D.C. filed its brief today to the U.S. Supreme Court defending the city's ban on handguns. [WaPo]
>> A contingent of D.C. schools activists and parents is urging community members to boycott public meetings set for later this month on the proposed shutdown of 23 public schools. [Examiner]
>> Women in D.C. are more likely to die of breast cancer than women anywhere else in the country. [The Afro American Newspaper]
>> Nationals right-hander Luis Ayala was hit in the left forearm by a shotgun pellet during a hunting trip but is expected to be able to participate when spring training begins next month. [AP]
>> Police have two suspects in custody for allegedly stealing a sport utility vehicle and trying to ram a Prince George's County police cruiser. The investigation prompted police to close Route 210. Vehicles couldn't access southbound Interstates 495/95 to get to the Woodrow Wilson Bridge. [WTOP]
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I got the oddest feeling from that picture. Then it dawned on me: the Seventh Ring of Hell is where those who commit suicide have been turned into trees. And after having a jumbo slice, damned if you don't want to kill yourself.
Re: Boycotting school closing meetings
Yes...because doing nothing is a great way to have a say in the process.
And let me just check back in...isn't Adrian Fenty the guy (the rest of) DC voted in in a landslide? Oh, how the bloom goes off the rose.
I still do not understand the anger at the 23 separate meetings. If you actually wanted to hear about your son or daughter's education, this would be the ideal situation. You can go in and hear what was happening and ask your questions without the whole time being taken up by people at other schools with their different questions or an organized protest movement that is just against change.
I guess that is the point - the organized protesters cannot monopolize 23 separate meetings since they are not in the majority and so they are fighting it. In the end it should be about the kids and clearly the current system is not working and so change is needed.
I agree with Timfry. Maybe the specific school's parents will actually get the chance to ask questions and voice concerns, without all of the grandstanding loud mouths with other agendas and axes to grind.
D.C.: District of Columbia, or Dumb City, talk amongst yourselves.