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Wow! Two posts in one day! Anyway, this story is about a teacher who has been arrested for saying inappropriate things (possible death threats) in an online forum. His posting contained spelling and gramatical errors.

JS Online: Teacher arrested in Web posting Larsen, the Oak Creek superintendent, said she talked with Buss before his arrest Thursday. She declined to say whether Buss disclosed his motivation for the posting. “It’s very disappointing,” Larsen said. “It’s not something you would expect a teacher to do. This does not reflect on the quality of teachers in our schools.”

Well, actually, Ms. Larsen, this does reflect on the quality of teachers in our schools. In fact, it reflects badly on the quality of said teachers.

I would not want to generalize about school superintendents based upon the example of Ms. Larsen, but if the quote is accurate, her use of language does not reflect well upon the quality of school administrators.

Media Mythbusters Blog » Blog Archive » Another Media Account Disputed While many people, including myself and most of my Soldiers, were at first apprehensive about working with these forces, we eventually realized that what occurred is what we had hoped for the entire time—the people grew tired of the violence and wanted to help the security forces rid the area of the enemy.

I think another aspect to this is the “strong horse” mentality that OBL talks about. As long as the Americans were sounding like we would cut and run, few local Iraqis would risk collaborating with us. Once we showed our determination to stand for stabilization, support for us became legitimate. This isn’t all that hard to understand. How many people have watched mob/gangster movies where the same mentality is portrayed?