tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post8456827388091759082..comments2024-03-26T12:10:51.054-07:00Comments on the lazy farmer: Another day where I do not post photos of corn but rant about issues that no one reading my blog cares aboutbuddeshepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10747323705664619491noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-17477692011689958872014-01-18T19:04:13.402-08:002014-01-18T19:04:13.402-08:00Actually there is of course more to this story. Sh...Actually there is of course more to this story. She quit last year after a meeting with the administrator got a little crazy. She asked the wrong questions which she thought she was supposed to do as a faculty representative to a committee. She was asked to return and got an apology but it was a little difficult since then. I think I have it fairly well documented. It is just a question of if I buddeshepherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10747323705664619491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-26948408845417681012014-01-15T20:53:50.308-08:002014-01-15T20:53:50.308-08:00Well, in all likelihood the school doesn't hav...Well, in all likelihood the school doesn't have liability insurance and the school board is terribly afraid of getting sued by the parents of kids at the school, for fear that having to hire a defense lawyer will itself bankrupt the school. The board members are probably all afraid of personal liability, and that self-interest likely informs every decision they make on maters such as this.<brLeft Bank of the Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04494310302328322830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-64032627161100273312014-01-15T19:51:12.987-08:002014-01-15T19:51:12.987-08:00Politics and the temptation or incentives to be of...Politics and the temptation or incentives to be of service to money (i.e. lawsuits, profit, loss, etc.) beat on us like hail on a pole building roof whether it be non-profits or profit focused organizations of high ethics and standards. It is disappointing. It takes courage to do the right thing.<br /><br />Yes, we can substitute denomination or belief system but sometimes the soup is watered Arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01606166473683076046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-79904269141916048382014-01-15T07:42:20.335-08:002014-01-15T07:42:20.335-08:00Also, it was not so much the event. The event was ...Also, it was not so much the event. The event was important as it shows how times have changed and the depressing effects of political correctness, but the response to a self reported minor infraction and the mean spiritedness in which it was handled is the real issue.buddeshepherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10747323705664619491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-66569546884108638842014-01-15T07:39:50.078-08:002014-01-15T07:39:50.078-08:00To all the various comments the one answer is, it ...To all the various comments the one answer is, it is just depressing to see that nonprofits are really a business. To see that people will not choose belief over threat of a lawsuit and that you are way less important than you think you are.<br />I don't know if it effects my faith as much as it just reminds me that we are alone. We being the sort of people who read and comment on this blog. buddeshepherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10747323705664619491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-46229673251769958732014-01-14T21:28:38.354-08:002014-01-14T21:28:38.354-08:00Having spent a lot of time in dentist chairs and n...Having spent a lot of time in dentist chairs and not really ever having had a dentist I liked or enjoyed, I too am always aware of Marathon Man and a crazy person drilling through my front teeth.<br /><br />My son is good friends with a Mennonite woman and I know her parents (the father is a minister) and that's as close as I've come to a Mennonite church or person of said faith. That Arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01606166473683076046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-84225754008504877322014-01-14T16:27:38.733-08:002014-01-14T16:27:38.733-08:00i'm with Muddy - whats the scoop! nah.. not re...i'm with Muddy - whats the scoop! nah.. not really. i didnt see the whole enchilada earlier. i'm very sorry for this situation. nothing disappoints like church folk, huh? we left one church because they didnt have sunday morning service because of... Christmas. i cried. then we found another church and its all worked out very nicely. give that person close to you a hug from me.Ohiofarmgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02606563929369721111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-50195491458599728182014-01-14T15:56:30.483-08:002014-01-14T15:56:30.483-08:00Just wanted to say keep the faith. Have followed y...Just wanted to say keep the faith. Have followed your blog for about a year and like your random frame of mind. but in your current situation (regardless of what others do) you have to keep the faith. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14007640204553027948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-79932672885943405722014-01-14T09:03:21.386-08:002014-01-14T09:03:21.386-08:00Survival of the fittest rears it's ugly head w...Survival of the fittest rears it's ugly head within the church. Kind of ironic. To the 'powers that be' of which you speak, turning the other cheek doesn't apply to friends or children I guess. Only to one's enemies. Best to consider a friend an enemy if the need arises and avoid the whole issue. In your case, I would suggest you turn the lower cheek and offer it up. There MuddyValleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13561027881611420247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-79151033316415975022014-01-14T06:43:02.249-08:002014-01-14T06:43:02.249-08:00Speaking as a former idiot school kid, I think the...Speaking as a former idiot school kid, I think the world might be a better place if kids were told to stop acting that way. As many times as it takes to get the message through. Ralph Goffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04873610891410100788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-57414886419913521172014-01-14T04:01:18.896-08:002014-01-14T04:01:18.896-08:00The kid, administration and parents should all tha...The kid, administration and parents should all thank this unnamed person for stopping him acting like an idiot in shop class thus preventing potential injury to himself and others. <br />Bring on the corn pictures/pretty funny scandals.collieguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10298533259335227324noreply@blogger.com