UPDATE: There has been an online petition started regarding this issue. Please sign it at: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/letleannawalk/index.html.
I am really upset about a story that I just came across on CNN.com. The story states that a young lady named Leanna Elizalde, who has been battling cancer will not be able to take part in the graduation ceremony with the rest of her class. Because of the cancer treatments, she is behind in a couple of classes and will finish them this summer. So the school says she cannot even walk across the stage with her class. She is not asking for a diploma that she hasn’t earned, she is going to earn it, and is willing to wait for it. She would just like to be able to participate in the ceremony with her class.
I think that her school not allowing her to participate is one of the most cold hearted things that I have heard in a long time. When I graduated from high school, which was not that many years ago, we had students walk across the stage with us who would never earn a diploma, but no one wanted to hurt their self-esteem. They didn’t have cancer, they just didn’t care. This girl needs to be allowed to participate, and the cold hearted people that are refusing, have no place in the educational system.
The video from CNN.com can be found here: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/06/04/cancer.student.graduation.kxtv
Categorized in Current Events, News and Opinion
The first post of the morning will always be an open thred. You can post comments about any topic that you like here. Just please keep the discussion clean.
Categorized in Open Thread
UPDATE: CNN now also is projecting Barack Obama as the winner of the Democratic nomination!
The AP is reporting now that Obama has 2123 delegates. This puts him over the top of the 2118 needed for the nomination and should now be considered the presumptive nominee for President.
Congratulations to Barack Obama tonight as he makes history as the first African-American to lead a major party ticket for President of the United States.
I will be posting throughout the night as new stories develop.
Also, now that we have presumptive nominees for both parties I will begin making comparisons on the issues and developing a scorecard on this site over the next couple of the days. At the conclusion, I will announce who I intend to support for President.
Categorized in Current Events, Election 2008, History, News, Politics, democrat and obama
The following post on the blog at BarackObama.com, Obama now needs just 27.5 delegates to make it official. This may be a conservative estimate given that the AP has already declared him the nominee. I am of the opinion that the race will be over tonight. Keep it here for the latest information that we can find.
Here is the link to the blog post: http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/samgrahamfelsen/gGByq8
Categorized in Election 2008, Politics, democrat and obama
The Associated Press is now reporting that according to their count, Barack Obama has clinched the Democratic nomination for President. *UPDATE* CNN is now reporting that Clinton is prepared to accept the VP nomination.
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Categorized in Election 2008, Politics, democrat and obama
As you can see, this is my first post here. Let me begin by saying welcome, and thank you for taking the time to read my blog. I hope that people will be interested in what I have to say and that some discussions will ensue.
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