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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 21, 2012 -> 09:46 AM) It didn't start with Obama or Ronnie. You can go back to the organization of the Fed Bank itself if you really want to. Just look at the $10 bill.

I am trying to think of a season I looked forward too less than this one. Part of it I know is not seeing Mark out there tossing out the first pitch, while he is pitching for another team. A bigger part is just not liking this lineup. About the only thing I am excited about is Robin as manager and I hear they have a new beer vendor along the third base line. He's coming in from Colorado and can really move those trays in the later innings.

Really, there is a job for Manny in MLB!? Wow. I am really beginning to dislike this season.

You have to. I also blame him for the demise of the local video store.

It seems as if the GOP faithful are predicting lower gas prices if we elect a Republican. I like that twist!

I guess the last choice was too subtle . . .

But imagine sitting and taking a dump on his toilet! Way cool.

There is no specific "Right to Privacy" amendment in the Bill of Rights or anywhere else in the constitution. So, I'm wondering along what lines this will be argued. If it is going any higher up, there has to be a constitutional claim.

QUOTE (G&T @ Feb 17, 2012 -> 07:34 PM) No the 4th Amendment applies to criminal investigations. Most of what we call right to privacy seems to be under the 4th, 5th, or 9th each always seem like a stretch to me. You are correct though, perhaps the 5th Amendment would fit better.

I truly hope that no parent would leave him alone with a child.

I know just enough of the Constitution to be dangerous here. Would this case be argued based on the 4th Amendment?

I need a little beach time.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 16, 2012 -> 07:53 PM) The issue here is that a government actor violated her rights in an official capacity. And I am questioning she has that right. Forget motivation for a moment, if a teacher disclosed the relationship out of concern that it is an adult dating a minor child, the same end result would have occurred. I find it hard to believe that a minor child has the right to privacy if they are in a potentially illegal relationship with an adult. Plus, if I am keeping something secret from my mother, and I allow you and others to know, then wait for someone, anyone, to slip so I can sue? That just doesn't seem correct. For that to be avoided anyone with knowledge of her orientation would have to walk up to her and ask who she is open with and who she is keeping it a secret from. That seems wrong to me. The coaches handled this wrong, but there is wrong and there is illegal wrong. This to me is wrong, but should not be illegal. If it was you would be creating a potentially second class of reporting potential sexual abuse. One class for heterosexual relationships in which you can easily report and a second class for homosexual relationships where you have to ask the possible victim if they are fully out, partially out, or keeping it a secret from everyone?

About the same thoughts here with me. I can't believe a person can be open about something and have all of those people be compelled to keep a secret. And who are they suppose to keep the secret from? Should I ask anyone I know anything about who they have told and who they haven't? That seems so stupid. I am thinking about a coworker. If someone said they were thinking of fixing him up with a girlfriend of theirs, I would probably say, that's nice of you. But if someone else said, that's probably not a good idea, he's gay; I don't think that would be wrong. He has never hid his preference.

Sharing with your kids the stories of attending games with your father keeps him alive. It sounds like you were blessed with a great father.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Feb 16, 2012 -> 11:24 AM) No one was asking them to keep the secret. It's not as if the mother came to parent teacher meetings and she asked the teacher to not say anything. They went out of their way to use the fact that the mother did not know as a threat to elicit more information, then carried through on the threat and did tell her mother. That is not asking them to keep a secret. That is the coaches deliberately exposing a secret. By what definition is this a secret? That's what I have a problem with. I'm going to tell you (and many others something) but if you happen to tell someone I didn't want to know, I can then seek damages? Plus, let's say there was a concern about the ages and the legal aspect. Are we suggesting that telling the mom her minor daughter is dating an adult male is ok, but telling the mom her minor daughter is dating an adult woman is wrong? Again, I am not excusing the coaches here, but as these ruling are applied in other cases, there are some concerns.

How do y'all factor in that the group who she did not keep the issue from is the very group that is now being asked to also keep the secret? That doesn't seem right. She was open at school, it would seem unfair to then require that group to also keep the secret. Wouldn't that mean we would have to ask anyone we know to be homosexual who they have told and who they are keeping it a secret from? That's crazy.

http://www.hollywoodusa.co.uk/celebrity-death-sites.htm Some people want to stay in the various hotel rooms where celebrities have died.

^^ x2

When it was mentioned they locked the door I was thinking they were keeping other people out, not keeping her in. I assumed she could have gone over and opened the door and left.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Feb 15, 2012 -> 12:41 PM) Well I think you're full of s*** and saying that to try and make a point, but even if you did call the police, that is entirely different than what the teachers in this case did. I am saying I would not have done what those teachers did. They were wrong. The correct course of action is to report it to the police if you believe something illegal is happening. And since one partner is over 18 and the other under 18, I would call the police and allow them to sort it out. I risk nothing by reporting. I risk my career and reputation is I think that an abusive relationship may be going on and I don't report.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 15, 2012 -> 12:39 PM) They had no such knowledge and it is defensible in Texas. I am not an attorney. I do know what happened in Pennsylvania where having someone tell you they may have witnessed something innappropriate requires you to call the police and insist they investigate. Seems like a simple matter here. Call the police, they say there is no problem, and you and done. If there is abuse, and they do not investigate, I assume you would be free of any blame. Again, if you suspect there may be abuse, why not report it to the police? I do not see any harm.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Feb 15, 2012 -> 12:33 PM) So if you work at a high school, and you hear one of your students is sleeping with an older person, you are going to single that student out, lock him/her in the room, and force him/her to disclose information about said relationship? I would think that would be a much larger risk to your career than ignoring the rumors. No, I'm going to call the police and insist they investigate.

QUOTE (sunofgold @ Feb 14, 2012 -> 09:23 PM) I read in another article that Fukudome has a helicopter swing and will spin around 360 degree sometimes when he strikeouts. Well, I don't remember that but heck at least he will look interesting when he strike out. Now this makes sense to me, he's here to work with Dunn