Alright I feel like doing one of me “In the News” Rants. What I do in these is I go to sites like Fox news, CNN, MSN, and local websites and see what kind of things are going on in the world and comment on them. Usually I look for Ironic things or something that is just worth talking about. The actual stories are in italics so enjoy.
Atlanta School Board Unanimously Bans Saggy Pants
ATLANTA — The Atlanta school board voted unanimously Monday night to ban students from wearing sagging pants that expose underwear — a youthful fashion statement deemed to defy classroom decorum.
The 8-0 vote, with one member absent, actually clarified an existing rule in the student handbook requiring that dress "be modest and of appropriate length and fit," said Jim Manguno, spokesman for the district of almost 50,000 students.
It calls for inserting the words "sagging shorts or trousers" in a section forbidding "extremely tight clothing or baggy oversize clothing," Manguno said.
It will still be up to the principals of the district's 96 schools to determine when there is a violation and what to do about it, he said.
The response likely would progress from a warning up to a hearing before a student judicial panel for repeated violations.
Now I have a question about this. Why didn’t this happen a while ago? Oh wait I got an even better question. Why does this even need to happen? You would imagine these kids would have the decency and some class to dress appropriately. I’m not going to go and say that the students should come in with a suit, but dress in a way where people are going to respect you. No one is going to respect some kid who is going down the street with his ass showing and people are supposed to see them walk by and think “this is the future of our country.” Now some people may look and think “well your 22 so you don’t know how that is.” Let’s get one thing straight. I am only 22 years old, which means I am about 4 years removed from high school, so I’m not exactly out of touch with this. However, even back then when I was in high school I thought the kids who dressed like that were retarded then and I still think they are retarded. What’s even funnier is I went to a private school where there was a uniform, but when some people got the chance to dress like they got their clothes from some dump they did.
Alright I know I said I was going to do this whole in the news thing, but I want to talk about something else. My rant, my rules so I don’t have to show any kind of order in it if I don’t want to. Today I went down to the mall with my friend and I just wanted to get a hoodie. It is annoying when every shirt you have makes you look some walking advertisement. Every shirt says Nike, GAP, Calvin Klein and all kinds of stuff. All I want was a solid color sweat shirt, but those were nowhere to be seen. I was looking in there for 2-3 hours trying to find the right one. In due time I found one and it was a Tommy Hilfiger zipper hoodie. This thing only had a small logo on the shirt which is barely noticeable. Anyways I look at the price… and am shocked when I see this sweatshirt is 110 dollars. Luckily it was on sale so I got 30 dollars off. So the shirt would cost me 80 dollars. After looking around this long and then seeing how damn comfortable it was I just said fuck it and bought the sweatshirt. Although I do admit it is an awesome hoodie. Like this thing makes those Aeropostle hoodies feel like sandpaper. So I spent 80 bucks on a hoodie. I’m not going to comment on what else I bought though because it has nothing to do with that.
Students Rebuked Over Virginia Tech Shooting Victim Halloween Costumes
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Photos of two Penn State students dressed up as victims of the Virginia Tech massacre for Halloween prompted a rebuke from the university this week.
The pictures, which show the students wearing Virginia Tech shirts covered in bullet holes and fake blood, recently surfaced on Facebook.com, a social networking site. The students were not disciplined, but Penn State condemned the actions in a letter sent to Virginia Tech officials.
"We're appalled that these individuals would display this level of insensitivity and lack of common decency by dressing up in this manner," the statement said. "The fact that one of the individuals is actually from Virginia makes it even more difficult to understand."
A Penn State spokeswoman, Lisa Powers, said the school has identified the students in the photos, but would not release their names.
The students will not face university discipline, Powers said. Punishment would violate their free-speech rights, she added.
Penn State students were among many across the country who raised money and held memorial services to commemorate the victims of the April 16 shootings, in which Virginia Tech student Seung-Hui Cho fatally shot 32 people before killing himself. The rampage prompted universities nationwide to re-evaluate their emergency response plans.
Why are people so damn stupid? I remember a few months ago there was a guy who was going around dressing up like Osama around the same area where the president was and he was doing it as a “joke.” This idiot who did this is just as stupid. What pisses me off more is the photo you will see in this link: http://www.foxnews.com/images/329998/0_21_120807_VaTech_PennState.jpg
Please let me know why the hell they censored out this girls face. Someone who is this dumb and ignorant to what is going on should have their face shown so people can see the girl who lacks common sense. I’m trying hard to understand why you would joke around about a school massacre like that especially when it only happened a few months ago.
Nun Repeats Curse Words in Telling Students Not to Use Them
GROSSE POINTE PARK, Mich. — Sister Kathy Avery won't put up with swearing on the playground at her school, and she's not above repeating the offending language to make sure everyone understands which words she won't tolerate.
The principal of St. Clare of Montefalco Catholic School had students stay after a Mass last month and informed the fifth- through eighth-graders that she has a zero-tolerance policy for cursing.
Just in case anyone wasn't sure what she was talking about, Avery read off a list of the very words and phrases that she was banning.
"It got a little quiet in church" during her talk, she told the Detroit Free Press.
Some parents were shocked, but others applauded, the newspaper said.
"In a way you would think a nun would shy away from something like that, but she's very open with the children, very clear in her messages," said Margaret Roache, chairperson of the school commission.
Roache's sixth-grade son was there when Avery read the list of banned words.
"When I asked him to give me a sample of it, he said 'Oh, no, I can't say it!"' Roache said. "I thought it was great."
A representative of the Archdiocese of Detroit declined to comment Sunday.
Cuss words aren't the only things that set Avery off. She's also banned the words "stupid" and "boring."
I only got one quick thing so say about this and that is: Is this really newsworthy?
Fan Falls to His Death During Football Game
SAN FRANCISCO — A fan fell to his death from a high wall at Monster Park during the game between the San Francisco 49ers and Minnesota Vikings on Sunday.
A team spokeswoman says the fan was sitting on a wall on the concourse level of the park when he fell about 20 feet.
Team vice president Lisa Lang says paramedics responded immediately and treated the fan, but he died about 30 minutes later.
Police say the man was 31 years old, and that they are treating the incident as an accident. Authorities did not release any more details about the man.
So this guy was sitting a wall in which behind it was a 20 foot drop onto concrete. Why would you sit on this wall or do whatever you were doing when you could easily fall to your death? The guy decided to act all happy and lean back on this wall and then he fell to his death and quite frankly, I don’t feel bad for him. However this also got me thinking about something else. The Red Sox put those seats on the green monster a few years ago and I see people lean forward on that thing so often. I swear it is only a matter of time before some idiot leans forward trying to catch a ball and then falls 60 feet to his death. My only concern on that is if the Sox are winning I hope it is already passed the 5th inning because they will probably call the game instead of just scraping his dead ass off the field and continuing.
Alright so that really seems like it for the stuff that is going on in the news. Ok there are a few more things but I am getting tired and want to go to bed. Anyways you get another rant and I hope you are all happy.
Cornerback DeAngelo Hall, who played with Vick at Virginia Tech and in Atlanta, ran onto the field holding up a poster of Vick and played the game with "MV7" written on the shade under both eyes.
Late in the first quarter, receiver Roddy White pulled up his jersey after hauling in a 33-yard touchdown pass from Chris Redman, revealing a black shirt with the words "Free Mike Vick" in white letters.
"That was homemade. I did that myself," White said. "It ain't too much to say, you know. The team misses him and we really need him this season. There ain't too much more to say about it."
White appeared to be fighting his emotions.
Asked if the day had been emotional, White said simply "Yeah," before ending the interview.
Hall said the players wanted to show they were thinking of Vick as more than a football player.
"We did that for the simple fact we wanted to let him know we're still thinking about him," Hall said. "That was my personal thing for doing it.
"I don't want to say this franchise doesn't want to acknowledge the situation, but that's kind of the way you feel. All his pictures all gone, no more jerseys, no more nothing. We just wanted to let him know we're still thinking about him. We care about him as a human being, not just as a football player and as a running quarterback."
Vick was sentenced to 23 months in federal prison earlier Monday on his guilty plea to dogfighting changes. He will miss at least two full seasons while serving his time and is unlikely to play again for the Falcons.
Hall said he wanted to send "a tribute to Mike" but wanted to avoid any thought the Vick sentencing affected the team's play.
"We had a game to play and we had to do what we needed to do and it didn't have anything to do with Mike," Hall said. "Mike took the blame for the losses when he was here, and he didn't throw the way y'all wanted him to throw or didn't complete as many passes.
"We're still blaming him for losses we're getting as a team and he's not even here to play. It's a catch-22 he can't win. I just wanted to let him know we're still thinking about him and we still love him."
Now this is fucking retarded. You are seriousely going to tell me, that even after was convicted his teammates are going to go and support him? Oh wait I'm sorry former teammates. This is the problem with the NFL and with sports in general. No matter what a guy does, there seem to always be these teammates who come up and support him and make excuses for him. Shortly after Vick was accused of the dog fighting crimes, you had Clinton Portis come up and say it's not a big deal. Even if that is something you do believe, keep your mouth shut about it. Now we see Vicks teammates trying to act like he is the victim in this situtaion. No he is not the victim he knew what he was doing and now he is going to spend 23 months in jail because of it. Alright this is all I am going to say and now I am closing out this rant.
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