Arlington TX School District eats crow over field trip to Bush speech after nixing Obama event

[marmar]

from thinkprogress:



School cancels controversial field trip to Bush speech.

Last week, the Arlington Independent School District in Texas decided not to show President Obama’s address to students because it reportedly didn’t want to interrupt its regularly scheduled lesson plans. However, the district did determine that it would be worthwhile to bus 600 fifth-graders off-campus on Sept. 21 to hear President Bush speak. After facing criticism for having a “blatant double standard,” the school district has canceled the Bush field trip:

On Monday morning, McCullough announced that he has changed his mind about allowing students to attend the Super Bowl event, which he said has become a “local and national issue and a distraction for the AISD.”

“I have informed the North Texas Super Bowl XLV host committee that the AISD will not participate in the kickoff event on Sept. 21 in order to maintain our focus on instruction,” McCullough wrote.

Last week, McCullough issued an apology for his actions, saying, “In retrospect, I can see how the district’s decisions concerning these two events could be seen as favoring one event over another.”


http://thinkprogress.org/2009/09/14/bush-trip-cancel/

[DFW]

1. "In retrospect??????"

"In retrospect," I guess he finds out, at the end of the week, that he should have changed his underwear at least once, too.

[Turbineguy]

2. In retrospect

that crow wasn't all that tasty either.

[JBoy]

3. In what retrospect, Charlie?

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Should we call that a PALINISM?

Good one by the way

[Jazzgirl]

5. Really good Palinism as noted below.

I live here and was livid when I heard this shit about not listening to President Obama's speech but busing kids to hear *shrub. Glad this jerk came to his senses but I still am trying to figure out where I want to retire now.

[OutNow]

8. Where to retire? Oregon

I lived and worked in Texas for 25 years; 11 years in DFW and the rest in Round Rock. When my wife and I retired 3 years ago we moved to Oregon primarily because that's where our grandson lives.

But I love living in Eugene. It's set up well for retired people. No sales tax, but high income tax with exemptions for social security. Our mayor in Eugene is a former Peace Corp volunteer and is a real progressive. Oregon voted for Obama of course, but in Eugene it was 66% to about 30%. My zip code is one of six in the country with the highest percentage of ACLU members.

Lots of great food locally grown and available at neighborhood farmer's markets.

There are many cloudy drizzly days in the winter, but only one or two freezes (much like the DFW area).

Also - no fire ants.

[bettyellen]

6. !

[lolly]

7. Now everyone's unhappy

Hope this idiot is satisfied. As I understood it, the Superbowl Thing was kind of a treat (despite the appearance of Bush) where the kids got to tour the stadium.

If he'd just behaved like a grownup and not kicked up a fuss about Obama's speech, nobody would have cared. But he made an issue of it, and now the kids don't get to go to the stadium, and everybody's pissed. Smooth move.

[MH1]

9. Exactly

I wonder how many parents there are really pissed at this bozo.

[JBoy]

11. And they'll blame it on Obama.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

10. How to do it.

http://www.crowbusters.com/recipes.htm





It will come as little surprise to anyone that even the biggest crow doesn't make much of a meal. However, the fact that it is often possible to take large numbers at a time can compensate for this. Since a morning shoot can easily net from 10 to 100 birds, you want to limit the amount of time necessary to clean each bird. Put out of your head any idea of plucking a crow like you would a goose or duck. Besides the breast meat, there just isn't enough edible meat on a crow to make it worthwhile. Using the technique described below, you can extract the best meat of a crow within a minute or two with very little mess.

1. Lay the crow on it's back in front of you with it's head pointed to the right.

2. Take a finger and locate where the breast bone meets the upper abdomen.

3. With a sharp knife, make a cut across the crow (wing to wing) below the breast bone. Don't be concerned about cutting toodeep, no edible meat will be damaged with this cut.

4. Holding the birds feet with your left hand, place 2 or 3 fingers under the skin where the cut was made and pull in opposite directions. The skinless breast meat should now be exposed.

5. Take the knife again and separate each breast half away from the bone starting in the middle and working outward. You should end up with 2 lime sized pieces of crow breast. Discard the remains properly.

The meat can now be frozen, marinated or freshly prepared.