From: Ed (mojoedd@bellsouth.net)
Date: Sat May 07 2005 - 21:39:18 PDT
Being one of the resident "Old Farts" here on the list I will say in few
words what it was like and what it is now like. When I was in school I'
along with tons of other students, took my Dad's M-1 Garand to school
several times for show and tell. The chamber had to be clear and the
bolt had to be locked to the rear but other than that no problems. I
brought a couple of full enblock clips with REAL LIVE ammo loaded in
them. I also had his bayonet on the rifle in the scabbard, again no
problems. Most all of us kids had "easy rider rifle racks" in the rear
windows of our pickups, again with no problems. I never heard of anyone
getting shot at school. I never heard of anyone having their weapon
stolen from the UNLOCKED trucks in the school parking lot. We NEVER had
Police Officers stationed in the schools.
There are many reasons for the state of our country today but as far as
I'm concerned the basic problem is the TOTAL LACK OF DISCIPLINE at home
or at school. If my kids were growing up today I'm quite certain that I
would be in jail. I had three wonderful Daughters that are all grown
and have given me eight equally wonderful Grandkids. I used the paddle
when it was called for. All three Daughters are doing fine, no mental
problems, (well maybe one but then it's her husband and she loves him)!
:-) They are all respectful of my wife and me. They are respectful of
other adults, yes sir, no sir, yes ma am, no ma am are always used when
speaking to their elders. Their children are as respectful as they are.
They were taught these things from birth and still hold them near and
dear. They worship God. They pray. They love their country and their
parents and their family. They respect people. They respect their
parents. They say what they mean and mean what they say.
If the entire country wasn't so uptight about being "politically
correct" and not being out of style the world would be a much better
place. If the rule of spare the rod and spoil the child were still
respected the world would indeed be a better place. Time outs just
don't do it people. Never have, never will. I have witnessed, along
with my wife, a 5 or 6 year old boy in K-Mart cussing his Mother out
with four letter words that I would have died before using them in front
of my Mother. If I didn't die and made it away from her alive I would
have been dead when I got home! THE MOTHER SAID, "NOW SON I TOLD YOU
NOT TO USE LANGUAGE LIKE THAT IN PUBLIC"!!!!!!!! IN PUBLIC???? Things
like that tell me all I need to know about why the world is going down
the tubes.
Sorry to use so much band width but I had better stop now because if I
go any further I'll tie up several megs!
Best Regards,
Ed
Floyd Petri wrote:
> Well Bruce it sounds like you have a handle on it. Keep up the good
> work. I have a 1959 Daimler Ferret Armored Car that is registered as a
> passenger car that I drove a lot. It has a dummy .30 Browning in the
> turret. I have been told don't bring it on school property or they will
> call the law and have me arrested. Down here in the Deep South a lot of
> the schools have zero tolerance for anything they just don't happen to
> like. It is more like a medieval fiefdom than a 21st Century School. A
> 10th grader recently rode by after school and off school property and
> "Mooned" a teacher and was arrested and suspended. This is in a town
> population 285. Had to call the Sheriff 15 miles away to come hunt him
> down because we don't have a police force here.
>
> Floyd
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Kalin" <convoy@mtaofnj.us>
> To: "Floyd Petri" <fpetri@eastex.net>
> Cc: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2005 9:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [MV] Vietnam History Day - Huey Landing
>
>
>> Floyd,
>>
>> As incredibly strict as New Jersey is with all types of weapons, the
>> school district and the police department work very closely together
>> to not only insure student safety, but also to insure student
>> education. I don't think this type of presentation has been done
>> anywhere else in the country, which is unfortunate, because there are
>> so many of us that would be willing to do the same thing that was just
>> done here.
>>
>> The bottom line is, it takes a lot of pre planning, with everyone from
>> the janitor to the mayor, the police chief, the State Air Guard, the
>> school board, etc. Even the Guard has to do get a lot of pre
>> approvals, including landing permits, flight plans, etc. More
>> importantly, you have to have willing, and cooperative people on all
>> of these levels to pull it off. Any snag along the way, at any of
>> these points and the entire event could have been side tracked.
>>
>> I can't wait for next year, as each year the classes get larger, and
>> the event gets larger, too.
>>
>> Bruce
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Floyd Petri wrote:
>>
>>> I think that it is great what you did for Vietnam History Day but I
>>> am confused about something. How did you get the School Nazis to
>>> permit any weapons of any kind on school property? I thought zero
>>> tolerance would even arrest the Russians if they invaded since
>>> schools no longer have any common sense and spend more time killing
>>> God than teaching history unless it is Black History or Muslim
>>> History. I live in the sticks and if a kid forgets to remove his
>>> rifle from hanging in the rear window of the pickup before he comes
>>> to school he is arrested.
>>>
>>> Floyd
>>> Viet Vet
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Kalin" <convoy@mtaofnj.us>
>>> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>>> Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2005 8:50 PM
>>> Subject: [MV] Vietnam History Day - Huey Landing
>>>
>>>
>>>> Here's a link to how I spent Friday, May 6, 2005.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.eastcoastconvoy.com/Vietnam%20Day%202005.html
>>>>
>>>> Sorry for the omission of several names, and a group of photos. I
>>>> was trying to get the photos edited and published as quickly as
>>>> possible and wound up deleting the photos of Lou Cavaluzi's really
>>>> great display of working radios. He set up communications with his
>>>> home station 20 miles away, which was graciously manned by his ham
>>>> operator wife, Meg. Meg, as well as all the other presenters took
>>>> the day off from work to assist in this endeavor. The students were
>>>> fascinated, as they spoke to Meg on the 35 year old military radios.
>>>>
>>>> In addition, Lou helped set up truck to truck communications with
>>>> several of the display vehicles that had operational radios.
>>>>
>>>> My thanks to all who helped make this day a resounding success for
>>>> the lucky students of Southern Regional High School.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Bruce Kalin
>>>> Convoy coordinator
>>>> Coordinator@eastcoastconvoy.com
>>>> http://www.EastCoastConvoy.com
>>>> USMC MTA, MVPA, MTA NJ, NCMVPA
>>>>
>>>>
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>>
>> --
>> Bruce Kalin
>> Convoy coordinator
>> Coordinator@eastcoastconvoy.com
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>> USMC MTA, MVPA, MTA NJ, NCMVPA
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