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Paul Bahre May 11, 2013 at 10:55 am
I don't know about the behavior problems but it becomes an excuse to give the children amphetamines…Read More which increases performance in school. Since we live in a school district where performance is everything, you get a lot of parents lining up for the smart pills. As these pills will help anyone get their school work done and will help anyone concentrate. Look even the MLB has noticed an increase in ADHD:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3822193
bob May 10, 2013 at 12:17 pm
i have adhd and i do beleive that schools do use that as a excuse for behavior problems.
Paul Bahre April 2, 2013 at 11:08 pm
1. Russia is not a communist state. It's a Nationalist nominal democracy / dictatorship. There is…Read More private ownership there the economy there is solidly capitalistic. China is Communist in government but with a capitalist economy. North Korea is nominally a Communist state but in actuality it's a dynastic dictatorship run by one family. Now it's in China's best interest to have a peaceful pacific rim. China is making money hand over fist and it's all because of his inexhaustible labor supply. If a nuclear war hit the Korean peninsula it would be bad for China because it would rock some of China's major trading partners. I don't think China and Russia want to wipe the US off the map. They like having us around just just don't want us to be the only major super power around.
Peter Dinella April 2, 2013 at 07:04 pm
More of the same from communist nations that only wish for our ultimate demise.
What do they, the…Read More main communist countries (Russia and China), see in the US now? An incredibly weak and ineffective national leader with 3+ more years left. A country bogged down in "going nowhere wars." A country moving toward fiscal collapse. A country that has China as its greatest "stockholder." A country with citizens looking for the gov't to provide them with everything. A country with citizens with have incredibly poor historical perspective (see some of the above comments in this blog).
Do you really think Russia and China (who recently met and did nice/nice with each other) are going to let this golden opportunity pass without taking advantage of it?
What a great time for a our historical enemies to get us bogged down in a war with North Korea? If we do, wait and see when China make moves on Taiwan. Russia will expedite its military growth and instigate Iranian militancy toward Israel a US ally in the Mideast. That's only the beginning.
Paul Bahre April 2, 2013 at 03:20 pm
Joe,
1. We are not in Iran. 2. We are not fighting in N. Africa. 3. We are in Afghanistan but we…Read More are in the process of pulling out and will be leaving some support there. DHS and Drug Cartels are a matter of Border security and have nothing to bellicose threats from North Korea.
Christy March 31, 2013 at 09:25 pm
I would like to thank my wonderful friends who are helping us out during my recovery from major…Read More surgery 2 weeks ago. From prayers and get well cards to watching and entertaining our son, to bringing over delicious meals... I'm so appreciative and grateful for the caring support, it means the world to me. Thank you! Christy M.
Sharon L. Thomason March 30, 2013 at 02:11 pm
Thanks to all of our friends, neighbors, and community for so many acts of kindness this past month:…Read More caring for our dog, cards, memorial donations, meals, and even setting up our home for shiva. Thank you!!
Annie Wallack March 30, 2013 at 01:01 pm
Thanks to all my family, friends and neighbors for their prayers, cards, calls, visits, meals and…Read More other kindnesses while i recover from my surgery. I love you.
Dan Whelan April 1, 2013 at 03:12 pm
The biggest thing out of this info is that it is made 100% clear to all of us that Adam did not have…Read More restricted access to the weapons. At the root of it, then, is a thoughtless, negligent gunowner that did not safely secure her weapons from unauthorized user. that's the root cause failure here. With safe storage no other issues would have mattered. Had his mother survived, she should and would have faced serious criminal charges for abetting this nightmare. Adam's mental state certainly could have been aided by a better medical system and care, but with out access to the weapons, his rampage would not have been able to start. So, the knee jerk reaction is to take guns away from law abiding citizens instead of insuring safe storage of said legally aquired guns.
Joe April 1, 2013 at 12:15 am
Peter I understand your thought process, but the answer is because we live in a free society. This…Read More occurred because we have liberty and freedom. The issue is that after 25 years of school shootings in Gun Free Zones, there should have been armed security. Force the glory killers to find another location for their evil deeds.
Isnt a shame that Lanza learned over two years how and where to do this based on previous situations, yet sane adults have lacked the same ability to learn from previous situations on how to deter these.
When the true result of what had happened came to light I can tell you that I sat in front of the TV crying for the loss of the children that age, and also screaming at the TV, "when will you blank liberals learn?"
I'm not a mass murderer, but we now that he chose this location for body count, so if a nut job saw that opportunity, then it was adults who didnt want to believe it could happen there and rolled the dice with the lives of the children there... all in the name of Utopian gun free zones because these are "places of learning and peace."
He makes me sick, his mother makes me sick, and people that still want Gun Free Zones even now make me sick
Wyatt March 28, 2013 at 09:41 pm
Defending Adams right to an opinion from who? Did anyone suggest he doesn't have such a right?
Nanci Wylde March 28, 2013 at 03:15 pm
Make a contribution to four not for profit charitable organizations that I have been involved with.…Read More Pay down my debt. Invest wisely. Take my mother to Sweden, England and Canada.
Buy a year-tround home in Wellfleet, Truro or Provincetown.
Laura Fetridge May 6, 2013 at 04:22 pm
paid out of pocket by those who care about keeping our education system strong
Paul Bahre April 16, 2013 at 09:40 am
As a guy who rides on 2 wheels more than he drives with 4 I can tell you I have come to expect bad…Read More behavior from everyone with 4 wheels and man do I see some bad behavior on the road. Seems to me the bigger the SUV the more entitled the person behind the wheel feels. They tend to cut off cars traveling down main roads from side streets with out ever looking. Their SUV (Cages) seem to be an extension of their living room because they rarely ever even look around on the road to see where they are going. Most of these huge cages are only carrying one person in them. What a waste of money and gas. I one plea here is: "People pay attention to what you are doing on the roadways." It's more than you out there.
Paul Bahre April 16, 2013 at 09:46 am
That should be National Bicycle Month not National Bike Month. Motorcycles are called…Read More "Bikes" too so you have to differentiate between the two. Growing up in Simsbury I used to ride both types of bikes all over town. Now I pretty much stick to the motorized version.
shara mulholland April 10, 2013 at 05:03 pm
Really? So they can start banning sports because of injuries.
Just my opinion April 10, 2013 at 11:22 am
One big issue is even though my child plays school sports she plays travel sports so an injury from…Read More travel might not be recorded as travel and go under school making the study wrong. Many children play outside of school how would they make sure they have proper data. Maybe they should document something that they can be sure that the info they use is correct.
Mike Atkins April 8, 2013 at 07:45 am
@Sean, irrelevant, only because parents think their child is the next great athlete and are willing…Read More to pay the thousands of dollars to get them a spot on a team. Typically many of those child athletes would have a difficult time making the HS team without Daddy's money.
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