Why did SAN Francisco kick the ROTC program out of their public schools?
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I would bet that our "freedom loving" ACLU is in on it, but I'm not sure.  It sounds like the ACLU.\n\nSue the Boy Scouts.  Defend NAMBLA.  Sue ROTC.  Kick God out of the public square.  Kick God out of education.\n\nBlame Christians for the demise of the US.
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The easy answer: You don't.  ROTC isn't a club or something students can start at all.  ROTC is a government sanctioned legal comissioning source for reserve officers (many of whom go straight to active duty anyway).  As such it takes LOTS of preparation to create and stand up an ROTC program.  If ROTC isn't available at your school, check with neighboring institutions.  ROTC dets have what is called a "cross-town" program where students at a nearby school without a ROTC det can take classes with an already existing det.
216306
Like most others, I also believe that the walkout was more of a spectacle than a protest. I agree that seeing teenagers get involved is refreshing, but it is naive to think that they were outraged at this new bill. I am as outraged as any other Hispanic/Latino about what the holds for the future or all Hispanics and Latinos. I remember when Pete Wilson, back in 1994/1995 attempted to enact proposition 187. Similar protests from high school and middle school students occurred back then too. I witnessed one attempted walkout when I was in the eighth grade in a middle school in Hollywood. I know for a fact that those students were not propelled to walk out because of outrage from Prop 187, they walked out because the chose not to go to class.  Most students have been misinformed about the details of the bill and others don't care enough to find out what it is. There are better ways to do things and I believe school walk-outs are detrimental to the cause. The only thing it proves to the larger conservative and neo conservative society is that Hispanics and Latinos are bunch of ignorant and emotional juvenile delinquents.
366508
They should loose tax dollars!! I'd pull my child out of the school, and enroll him in a private school. The act that you speak of happened in CA. The principal should have his noggin re-adjusted, what the hell was he thinking? I incenses me to no end that that inept SOB, let it occur. It is grossly disrespectful, and an open act of provocation. That's not what my family, nor myself, served for. I would expel those responsible for the remainder of the year. I remain, ALL AMERICAN, ALL THE TIME!  VIVA LA MIGRA!\nJester that "piece of cloth" represents everything I believe in. All gave some, some gave all for Old Glory. To disrespect the US flag, is to disrespect all who love it, salute it, and revere it.
980383
No its not justified and it was chose not for secuity reasons, as there are a number of other priosns available on military bases, but so that it remains out of the jurdistiction of us district and state courts for the purposes of addressing inmate grievances via Habis Corpus and 42USC 1983 claims
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Because you are complete idiot. Even when I was 13 and the pathetic recruiters came to the high school, I knew it would be a bad choice. I did not need to expose myself to the nonsense to realize that the whole system is a farce. I mean why are they going to teach me to fire a gun for? Ummmm.... obviously to make someone die. Not a good thing. Why are they offering me money for? There must be other get rich quick plans out there. Not a good thing. Why am I going to be fighting for anyways? Unintellegent testosterone fueled human wastes say so. \nAs I got older they tell me to support the troops. I have to, they take out an absurd amount of money from my hard earned check a week. Then I read and see that former service personell kill their kids, wife, themselves and I think "Hey, I want my money back, with the highest amount of interest compounded daily as allowed by the law(that I paid for as well to pass). Then I hear you stupid chumps complain about your decision and I say to you- "Where is my money?"
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They are a proprietary school (for profit) more interested in getting a students money than providing a quality education.  It's not a well respected degree by employers.
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Lots of reasons. Mainly though, the people that control the curriculum in public schools do NOT want you to be able to protect yourself. That makes you easier to control, and force into complying with situations which you wouldn't tolerate if you had the ability to resist.
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we are not taught how to be active in civic issues and there is alot of negative press about those who are they are referred to as dissenters which if you notice is only used to describe progressive minded people and terrorists in mainstream media look at the mainstream media coverage of the student walk outs all these idiots I walked out cuz she did brown pride hoorah but what we don't see is the hundereds of young people organizing on their own and meeting after school hours to empower themselves or hear the testimony of all the young people who met in L.a. from as far away as riverside and orange county talking about their parents or themselves that might be stigmatized as criminals by racist legislation or how they have had recuiters from 4 year universities like berekely ask them to attend their school but even if they could find a way to fund their education they would not be allowed to attend, or students who calmly walked out only to be confronted by policemen in riot gear pointing guns at them and the substitute teacher and other staff members who walked out with the students We allow ourselves to be manipulated because it is easier to hate and harder to care and it takes effort to find progressive or independent news sources or research the truth for ourselves and to easy to turn on the idiot box and be spoon fed pop culture the good bad and the ugly
756954
Because people were crying "racism". Because the students of California are being dumbed down. \nSimple as that.\n.
778084
In Missouri, it was called "Proposition 2", which was allegedly for "stem cell research".  The private "for-profit" Stowers Institute provided nearly all the campaign funding for the misleading Prop 2 and the Stowers will reap much of the benefits from our taxes.  \n\nProp 2 will not help the sick for many years, if ever.  Also, there are proven dangers to the health of egg donors (women who will not be allowed to sue for any harm to their health, or even death, under the law).\n\nMany voters, including some medical doctors who failed to read and understand Prop 2, and other well-meaning people who were handed Democrat "official" sample ballots that said to vote "Yes" on Prop 2 had no idea of the meaning of the 2100-word text of the proposition or what they were actually voting for.  Time will tell.  There will be a CORRECTLY WORDED proposition on the 2008 ballot to repeal this bad amendment to the Missouri Constitution, which passed by only a 1% margin.
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Two reasons\n\n1. The military feels it gets better folks on a volunteer basis\n\n2. The public would not stand for it at this point.
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I agree for the most part. They are also dumbing down the services by lowering standards. One of the 2 military that were kidnapped and killed had not graduated from high school! He was of Mexican descent.\n\nThey also have a defacto draft by keeping people in the service beyond their ETS date to get out!\n\nI think every republican Congressman or Senator who has a kid military age should make them join. Let a few of their kid's come back in body bags and see how quick this war would end!
324661
No, the military is by choice right now.  Now, if the draft comes around, (pray it doesn't) if they have anything to do with their kids not going, throw them out of office right then.
313505
It transfers funds and power from the teachers unions to local churches. This is the big one. It also punishes the lower income communities through learning and test scores. What is happening is mostly the African American community school districts funds are being transferred to the wealthier school districts. All after school program funding was cut and transferred to the churches to distribute. It's un-constitutional with the separation of Church and State. The document is 1000's of pages, and it will take a staff of lawyers to understand it. Each State also has there version that is attached as riders to the document. This law has to be removed, and real soon.
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Actually, there is a JROTC program for high school, it is like a preparatory course for college ROTC. The daughter of a friend of ours is enrolled in Illinois.\n\nThere is a public military high school in Chicago (Chicago Military Academy high school) which offers JROTC as well as a cadet lifestyle. There is also the Rickover Naval Military High School.
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Dosnt make much of a difference,in my opinion,the Mullas of the Madrassas(religious schools)who preach hatered and brain wash young minds against people of other religions whom they call 'infedils' are the one's to be eliminated....coz they r the one's making Al Zarquai's and Bin Laden's out of young men.The source i.e the mullas need to be eliminated.\nDamn the Mullas....