Bush Admin To Host Conference On School Violence

[truthpusher]

http://wcbstv.com/politics/politicsnational_story_275200815.html

Oct 2, 2006 7:50 pm US/Eastern

Bush Admin To Host Conference On School Violence

(AP) RENO, Nev. The Bush administration will host a conference next week to discuss the recent string of school violence across the country, the White House said Monday.

Presidential spokeswoman Dana Perino said the conference will bring together education and law enforcement officials to talk about the nature of the problem and federal action that can help communities prevent violence and deal with its aftermath.

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"The president is deeply saddened and troubled by the recent school violence and shootings that have taken place in different communities across America," Perino said. "It breaks America's collective heart when innocent children who are at school to learn are violently taken hostage and cut down in their own schools."

Perino said the conference was still in the planning stages, so a specific date, location and other details were not ready to be announced. It was not clear whether President Bush would attend.

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link: http://wcbstv.com/politics/politicsnational_story_275200815.html

[Deep13]

1. ...where he will answer questions written by Rove...

...and presented to him by students coerced into reading them.

[wholetruth00]

16. Is it true that the Bush admin. cut funds for prevention of school violenc

programs? Bush wanted to eliminate all funds?

[silverweb]

2. Does that mean cut funds will be reinstated?

And _georgie will completely quit trying to eliminate _said funds_, as he has been doing for five years?

Huh, huh, huh??

[Earth_First]

3. What's not to understand?

The very same folks who decry the violence are the same individuals perpetrating violence the world over.

on edit: spell check

[Megahurtz]

4. You're an excellent example.

:sarcasm:

[Doremus]

5. Will they admit how Raygun gleefully dismantled mental health programs?

And threw all the patients into the streets?

And how millions of Americans have no access to mental health care because they have no insurance? And that even those WITH insurance often have very little health care benefits?


Didn't think so. I'm sure their conference will be replete with information our 'declining moral values' though.

Disgusting pigs. Every single last one.

[Eurobabe]

6. Oh that's rich, Mr. 'Can't control Iraq violence?'

[Jcrowley]

7. Betcha'

Neil gets some government funded programs out of this.

It'll be called "The American School Anti-Violence Peacetime Initiative Program" and there will be lots of guards and razor wire.

[mod mom]

8. Shouldn't they be kept away from the kids?

[Anakin Skywalker]

9. Watch for a List of Blames

from the Bushies. "Evil Hollywood", "godless libruls", etc. the usual favorite targets of rightwingers.

[gratuitous]

10. Just like the Waco conference licked the economy into shape

Remember George's big Waco summit? Ran the gamut of economic philosophy from A to A, it did. And although George couldn't be bothered to sit in on the whole day's worth of meetings, he promised, cross-his-heart-and-hope-to-die that he would read over the transcripts of what happened, and come up with a whole economic program of innovative ideas like, uh, cutting taxes on him and his friends.

I imagine this "conference" will be more of the same, with experts ranging from frothing-at-the-mouth-lock-all-the-little-bastards-up types to wild-eyed-lock-all-the-little-bastards-up types. Out of this, George will ignore everything except what he wants to do, if anything.

By the way, does the Lancaster County shooting qualify as a terrorist attack? Just asking.

[katinmn]

11. Guns don't kill Amish school girls

Deranged men with guns kill Amish school girls.

[LiberalEsto]

12. This is the same Misadministration

that wants all the data on your schoolchildren so it can sic the military recruiters on them the minute they graduate. So they can be shipped off to Iraq as cannon fodder.

[Skittles]

13. bush inc start unnecessary wars and support torture

they have no credibility whatsoever to address school violence

[mahatmakanejeeves]

14. Put someone with hands-on experience in charge.

Mark Foley.

[daleo]

15. They will call for more prayer in the schools

That will be the meme.

[NVMojo]

17. Bush Organizing School Violence Summit

RENO, Nev. (AP) - The Bush administration, alarmed by recent attacks at public schools across the country, is bringing education and law enforcement experts together for a conference on coming to grips with the problem.

The goal would be to discuss the nature of the problem and federal action that can help communities prevent violence and deal with its aftermath, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino told reporters as President Bush made a campaign tour here Monday.

Three schools have been hit by deadly attacks in the past week. A gunman killed himself and five girls Monday at a one-room Amish schoolhouse in Pennsylvania; on Friday a 15-year-old Wisconsin student shot and killed his principal; and last Wednesday a man took six girls hostage in Colorado, sexually assaulting them before fatally shooting one girl and killing himself.

"The president is deeply saddened and troubled by the recent school violence and shootings that have taken place in different communities across America," Perino said. "It breaks America's collective heart when innocent children who are at school to learn are violently taken hostage and cut down in their own schools."

more...

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/bw-wh/2006/oct/03/100306051.html

[Systematic Chaos]

18. Don't forget to attend the "Barbed Wire 101" seminar!

And at 3 there will be a fascinating symposium on the use of attack dogs and pepper spray!

:eyes:

[Ian David]

19. Gotta keep 'em alive long enough to die in Iran or Venezuela! n/t

[montanacowboy]

20. HYPOCRITS

Now they will posture and strut and show everyone how they will protect the children - liars and scumbags - They cut the funding for school violence, let no one forget that

and in addition - the violence in this country simply reflects the violence our so called "leaders" project - attacking innocent countries and killing thousands of people for no good reason; torturing people at will; stealing other countries resources; bullying the world, our way or the highway or else we will nuke you

WHAT THE HELL DO WE EXPECT? WE ARE THE VIOLENT BULLIES OF THE WORLD, OUR DERANGED CITIZENS TAKE THEIR CUE FROM THE SICKOS IN THE WHITE HOUSE

[saigon68]

28. DERANGED CITIZENS TAKE THEIR CUE FROM THE SICKOS IN THE WHITE HOUSE

LOOKS LIKE IT TO ME

[louis-t]

21. Title makes it sound like he's in favor of it.

"Gotta fight 'em here so we don't have to ..."

[Tempest]

22. He can start by restoring all the cuts to school security he made

http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/10/02/schoolsafety.funding.ap/

Since 2001, federal funding for a grant program that helps U.S. schools pay for programs to prevent substance abuse and violence has declined significantly.

Funding was $439.2 million in 2001 but has fallen to $346.5 million this year, with $310 million recommended for 2007.

[no_hypocrisy]

23. I know what * will suggest to fix the problem:

1. School vouchers
2. Mandated christian prayer in the classroom
3. Mandated Bible study in the schools
4. Ten Commandments tablets next to every flag in every classroom

[paparush]

24. Well, he IS the Education President...

:puke:
:puke:
:puke:

[Rocknrule]

25. Get ready for the "War on school shootings" people

[triguy46]

26. He might introduce the Oklahoma plan....

A few years ago one of our fine legislators introduced a bill to allow teachers to wear handguns in the classroom. In this bizarro world, I fully expect that more guns will be the answer suggested.

[apnu]

27. Yeah, cuz that would have worked in PA with the Amish who are non-violent

We are lead by the dumbest people on earth.