That would be inhumane. A shotgun, 12 or 16 ga., might kill them. Just shoot them in the knee with a .22 pistol. They won't break in another home again.

Yes, 2 days in a row now.

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exactly!!

YIKES!!! C, U da man........... errr..woman.

If ya all catch the little bugger, tie him up and blindfold him. Throw him in the trunk of your car and drive north out into the country, maybe 30 or 40 miles.. Find a remote, dark spot and let him out of the trunk. Release him and drive off.

I've done this with a few pesky squirrels and none of them have ever come back.

I came out to leave this morning and found a large pocket knife at the rear door of my truck which was not there at 10pm last evening It was obvious that someone was fooling around.

That's ridiculous! Whether or not you think teachers do a good job with the 3 R's, teaching kids honesty and respect is the job of the parents! Teachers spend (by your numbers) only 1,080 hours a year with kids (180 days X 6 hours/day). Parents should be spending the rest of the time teaching right and wrong.

It's not the teachers responsibility to teach kids not to steal. That and the teaching of other moral values and character are the responsibility of the parents. It is the responsibility of the school system and the teachers to teach reading, writing and arithmetic. Nothing else. But you are on to something, slightly. Our school system and teachers are not as much concerned with teaching the basics but have intruded into the parents responsibility of teaching kids proper values. The school system today is more into social engineering and teaching homosexuality and other far let liberal agendas and values. I want the state and the school system to butt out and teach nothing but the the aforementioned, not indoctrinate kids with revisionist history and social agendas. Remember your kids aren't your kids any longer, they are property of the state. The state tells you what to feed them, what vaccinations your kids must have, it;s ok to be gay.........etc etc.

Reds, it is okay to be gay.

Maybe so, but I don't need a teacher teaching kids those types of values. That's not their job. Reading. Writing. Arithmetic is, get it?

Do you ever wonder why Asian school kids are much smarter than American kids in mathematics and science and many times possess better reading skills and often speak better english than American kids? It's their culture. They concentrate on the reading, writing and arithmetic not social issues. Right now I can find a 2nd grade girl from the middle east whom I know of that possess the reading, language and social skills far beyond that of most high school graduates in this area. American kids don't need to be taught in school that it's ok to have two daddies. This is why they are so successful and why China is creating more engineers than any other country on the planet.

Once we figure this out we might start having a brighter economy and future in this country. I doubt if we ever will do so as there has been a conscious effort in this country to dumb school kids down and attack issues of moral character and religion.

{Sarcasm On} It's much more important be PC in this country than successful. {Scarcasm Off}

Nothing despicable about what I have said at all. The school is there to educate all, not to indoctrinate and pursue social engineering.

At least you were able to comprehend my point about parental involvement in their kids education although you failed to acknowledge that other cultures do not embrace left wing ideology in their education systems. Such formula produces the results I believe should be achieved in American schools. It's not the duty or responsibility of schools to teach such issues, that belongs to the family.

Yet you would suggest that those taxpayers who do not adapt to your beliefs get out of the school system and go elsewhere. I would say that's a pretty despicable and intolerant comment itself. I would suggest that many whom have been educated in the manner you advocate do not see the world as it truly is. Our government and school system have failed us. They see the world in a rather naive and delusional manner.

Paul what you have not comprehended is that you seem to be off topic and I do not wish to purse this further. Maybe in another time and place. I am also fairly certain that you would not be as outraged if someones religious beliefs of church was attacked.

I would suggest that if you wish the public schools teach other than reading, writing, arithmetic, American and world history and willing to knock out the social engineering classes that maybe you might endeavor to open up some type of business in which parents who seek such education could send their kids after hours. I wonder how successful such a concern would be. Not very, I suspect.

As for pulling my kids out of school and heading to private schools, that would be perfectly acceptable with me if the county, state and federal government would absolve me annually of any and all taxes paid into the public school system.

I find this rather funny as in 9th grade I was in an advanced algebra class. I was in an accident and out of school for a month. Most of my teacher in junior high I found to be rather odd or stupid and not good teachers at all and unwilling to help. (Not much better in HS either) In this class I seemed to be lagging about 6 weeks behind. While home a senior from Cardinal Gibbons High tutored me. When I returned to school I was well ahead of the class and often corrected the teachers mistakes.

Reds, agreed, end of story. I only took offense to your comment about gays and what appeared to me to be your insults to my intelligence. I love to have logical, rational discussions, about matters of all kinds, I just got annoyed at your tone.

Let's see if in the future if we can discuss the policy and not the person. Agreed?

I was discussing policy all along and I have said nothing to insult your intelligence, you've done that to yourself quite nicely

Glad you understand that part of being a bigot is the intolerance of another's political or moral beliefs. You more than qualify. Keep playing the race and bigotry card. Again your comments are completely off topic regarding this story