en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/377185 Comments by beezdotcom http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/local_news/12-year-old-missing-from-york-county#IDComment361009364 The update to the article mentioned a disagreement about grades. I hope hope HOPE that he is just hiding out somewhere in anger, and that he is found soon. To that end, I hope they are looking again in the house - in closets, under beds, under the house, etc., just in case he has not gone far. Tue, 15 May 2012 19:56:20 +0000 http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/local_news/12-year-old-missing-from-york-county#IDComment361009364 http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/virginia/tsa-finds-loaded-gun-in-ric-airport#IDComment225917528 If you travel a lot, it can be as simple as grabbing the wrong bag. You know you packed it right - but since you grabbed your other travel bag by mistake, it's NOT packed like you thought it was. I don't carry a gun, but I carry other equipment that I usually try NOT to carry through a security checkpoint...and I have made a similar mistake before. The difference is that people don't tend to freak out about that equipment as much as a gun - largely because many of those people have never even seen a gun before. Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:39:10 +0000 http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/virginia/tsa-finds-loaded-gun-in-ric-airport#IDComment225917528 http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/local_news/parents-speak-against-h.s.-change#IDComment106184926 What? Opposition? But the phone message left by the school board indicated overwhelming support by parents and staff from both York and Bruton! Shocked, I tell ya...shocked!! The supporters of these schedules simply can't fathom why anyone would oppose them - after all, this is what college looks like, how can you be opposed to that?? However, some aspects of high school that people take for granted are not to be found in college - and, college offers different freedoms not afforded in high school to continue other familiar activities. (Chief among these is that as a legal adult, a college student can make their OWN decisions about workload, driving to class, choosing to participate in extracurricular activities at hours not feasible for a high school freshman, choosing to punt a class if the workload is too much, etc.) Also forgotten in the "4x4 hybrid" high school schedule is the need for students to be well-rounded to even get IN to college in the first place - and the people who love this schedule do not seem to be concerned about the impact on the arts, on SOL test dates, students in AP classes, on students who will be continuing math or foreign language in college. Oh, sure, there are supposed to be exceptions for many of these things - which will either happen, and make 4x4 implementation across the board even MORE difficult - or WON'T happen, which will wreak havoc upon college bound students. How does it make sense to gap math or a foreign language for an entire semester - and if students DON'T gap these classes, what is the plan for students who "run out of classes"? Are they really just supposed to not take any more classes in such a subject until college? The worst part of this "4x4 hybrid" schedule is the 'cramdown" approach. If it is so much better, why is it meeting such opposition? Why can't it sell itself? The "people fear change" argument doesn't really hold here - but people do fear change if all of the potential consequences haven't been explicitly addressed. Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:37:35 +0000 http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/local_news/parents-speak-against-h.s.-change#IDComment106184926 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/vjackson/2010/06/09/im-mad-at-christians/#IDComment85797404 The "freedom from religion" crowd has been extremely successful in perpetuating the template that Christians are TRYING to establish a theocratic government. Apparently, you have bought into it as well. Fri, 9 Jul 2010 14:23:36 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/vjackson/2010/06/09/im-mad-at-christians/#IDComment85797404 http://biggovernment.com/jjmnolte/2010/07/07/after-facing-the-very-worst-of-our-healthcare-system-i-still-oppose-obamacare/#IDComment85521075 John, Well done on learning the lessons on American healthcare. Yes, it sucks - and the only thing that sucks worse is EVERYTHING ELSE. At least in the American system, you still have the freedom to learn the lesson that DOCTORS AND NURSES ARE HUMAN, and that you, the consumer, ARE NOT AS STUPID AND HELPLESS as we have been conditioned to believe. In a government-run system, inevitably government becomes god, and challenging the status quo punishes the patient. I learned this lesson when helping my mother through a number of health issues and surgeries. I advocated for her until she finally learned that she, too, could advocate for herself. She is alive and healthy today because we learned these lessons in THIS country, and not a country where she was not age-eligible to have some of these procedures done. Thu, 8 Jul 2010 14:15:56 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/jjmnolte/2010/07/07/after-facing-the-very-worst-of-our-healthcare-system-i-still-oppose-obamacare/#IDComment85521075 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.e509b6e9e1f2018a580beb4ed30e3ddd.d1&show_article=1#IDComment64935102 The 0bama White House is indeed puzzled - and not that this would be perceived as a snub; they KNOW that. What is puzzling them is that anyone, ANYONE could doubt their oh-so-lofty goals, their oh-so-genius intellect, and their oh-so-worthy efforts. It is ever thus with egomaniacs. Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:18:13 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.e509b6e9e1f2018a580beb4ed30e3ddd.d1&show_article=1#IDComment64935102 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.e509b6e9e1f2018a580beb4ed30e3ddd.d1&show_article=1#IDComment64934573 ...and Hillary is letting him do it to himself, thinking somehow that SHE will be able to swoop in for 2012. Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:13:10 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.e509b6e9e1f2018a580beb4ed30e3ddd.d1&show_article=1#IDComment64934573 http://biggovernment.com/kolson/2010/03/16/braceletgate-update-left-white-house-actually-react-to-silly-doubtful-theory/#IDComment62460378 It's called an "object lesson". Now, go back and report to your dark overlords. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:31:31 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/kolson/2010/03/16/braceletgate-update-left-white-house-actually-react-to-silly-doubtful-theory/#IDComment62460378 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9EFRU0O2&show_article=1#IDComment62459682 Statement: He was being ironic - "I've got a lot of issues....and I've got a young man that I killed." That's sounds like something I would have said - and I would have said it to the questioner in such a sarcastic tone of voice that it would have been obvious that the last part was the MOST disturbing part of it to me. I would have been in no mood to face the media, either. I know the jogger probably wouldn't expect a plane to land on him - but given the number of people hit by cars and trains while 'lost in iPodland', and the number of beach buggies that have been running over sunbathers - well, a bit more caution never hurts. As for the people telling the pilot to "ditch in the water"...ever been in the water in an overturned aircraft (which frequently happens in ditchings)? Unless you know the pilot saw the jogger and aimed for him, don't fault his choice. It's the one I would recommend for him every time. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:26:23 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9EFRU0O2&show_article=1#IDComment62459682 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/chuckw/2009/12/16/dear-media-matters-keep-your-dirty-hands-off-the-gay-community-and-our-kids/#IDComment47467506 Charles, I very much appreciate your perspective on this. Reasonable Christian conservatives like myself recognize the difference between philosophical arguments about homosexuality, and legal strictures against/for it. (Realize that the nurture or nature arguments about homosexuality don't hold much relevance with me, since society seems to have little problem judging other behaviors that may have genetic roots - but interesting that they all deal with various appetites: sexual, nutritional, chemical, material...) While I obviously disagree with many of your views, we do seem to share the viewpoint that the overt focus by the left fringe on promoting radically promiscuous agendas helps NOBODY. It's hard to have an elevated discussion on the larger rights questions while those issues are dangling in our faces (pardon the expression). (We probably diverge on the gay marriage issue, but likely mainly on which way to follow the logic argument. My thoughts are simply "Either we follow the thousands of years of tradition WRT state sanctioning of marriage - or get the state out of the marriage business altogether - which would seem to be the more libertarian approach. Meanwhile, for benefits purposes, we expand the legal definition of a household to include more than just one narrow additional slice of the population.") Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:00:12 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/chuckw/2009/12/16/dear-media-matters-keep-your-dirty-hands-off-the-gay-community-and-our-kids/#IDComment47467506 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2009/10/29/natalie-portman-from-vegetarian-to-vegan-activist/#IDComment41153654 A bigger cause of heart attacks, impotence and strokes is stressing out over useless things - like which animals are eating which animals (be that bears eating fish, tigers eating antelope, or People Eating Tasty Animals). Try not to negate all your healthy tofu. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:12:06 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2009/10/29/natalie-portman-from-vegetarian-to-vegan-activist/#IDComment41153654 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2009/10/29/cair-seeks-hbo-apology-for-curb-episode-mocking-jesus/#IDComment41152912 Generalize, much? Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:04:31 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2009/10/29/cair-seeks-hbo-apology-for-curb-episode-mocking-jesus/#IDComment41152912 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9BKU4HG0#IDComment41152025 Bwahahahahaha! Thanks, Sting...laughter IS the best medicine. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:54:32 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9BKU4HG0#IDComment41152025 http://biggovernment.com/capitolconfidential/2009/10/23/journalist-speaks-his-own-truth-to-those-out-of-power/#IDComment40273114 These liberals just don't get it....the LAST thing I want is for any harm to come to 0bama. I want him to live a long, long life of basking in his discredited policies, instead of becoming a martyr to promote them. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:50:52 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/capitolconfidential/2009/10/23/journalist-speaks-his-own-truth-to-those-out-of-power/#IDComment40273114 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9BAVF200#IDComment38775262 I think he was simply agreeing that they have the right to hate whomever they choose. Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:32:06 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9BAVF200#IDComment38775262 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9BAVF200#IDComment38715923 Hmmm....so, was there already a rule in place that says a forfeit results in a ban, instead of merely a loss? Can't someone just forfeit, whatever the reason? Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:16:12 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9BAVF200#IDComment38715923 http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/crime/local_wavy_yorkcounty_youth_pastor_arrested_20090813#IDComment30788908 Well, you said it a little better than you did on the other site. Just understand: I'm not saying Jack COULDN'T do something like this, because ALL people are sinners, and you can't completely know what someone is capable of. I also agree that you should always do your utmost to avoid placing yourself in any situation where your own weaknesses can prevail - or give anyone the impression that it could. However, there is a big difference between "acknowledging the possbility", and "expecting this outcome". I place myself in the first category...shame on anyone who has silently been in the second category for any length of time. To see SOME of the posters (not necessarily you), they have been waiting a long time for a big "I TOLD YOU SO" moment. Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:28:53 +0000 http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/crime/local_wavy_yorkcounty_youth_pastor_arrested_20090813#IDComment30788908 http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/crime/local_wavy_yorkcounty_youth_pastor_arrested_20090813#IDComment30788235 I'm just curious - did you make the complaints? Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:20:37 +0000 http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/crime/local_wavy_yorkcounty_youth_pastor_arrested_20090813#IDComment30788235 http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/crime/local_wavy_yorkcounty_youth_pastor_arrested_20090813#IDComment30703856 Well, folks needn't worry about accountability in this case...I'm sure he has already been placed on administrative leave and kept from contact with the youth, and will be fired if convicted, regardless of jail time. If he is found innocent, though (which occasionally happens), I doubt that will matter much to the folks who have already made up their minds. Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:04:34 +0000 http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/crime/local_wavy_yorkcounty_youth_pastor_arrested_20090813#IDComment30703856 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.bb0f8bd9f9a24eb5a0082fb24fdc040a.771#IDComment30535032 C'mon. Why are we so hung up on the particulars of a swimsuit? Make sure that faces are shown on the government IDs, and then I don't care what else anyone wears. I'd rather vigorously assert the rights for everyone ELSE to behave as they choose - these are usually the first rights abridged to "avoid offense". I can think of a few friends with severe scarring who might benefit from wearing such a swimsuit - the sanitary argument doesn't hold, since you can't really tell who is already wearing a bloody napkin or peeing in the pool. Besides, if you want to keep the Muslims out of the pool, just allow nude swimming. Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:54:02 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.bb0f8bd9f9a24eb5a0082fb24fdc040a.771#IDComment30535032