Crossing guard told not to wear silly hats




Here is a sappy story that reminds me of a real life Miracle on 34th Street. In the movie, a government official threatens a harmless man with institutionalization for believing that he is Santa Claus. People come to his defense and he is set free!

In real life, Larry Douthwaite, a school crossing guard for 15 years, has worn silly hats to make the children smile. In seems that some odious government official decided that wearing such attire was not “professional” and she did what any strong and empowered woman would do – she wrote a letter complaining to the police chief of the town. Bowing to this government busybody, the police chief sadly told Larry Douthwaite that he could no longer wear his funny hats while working as a school crossing guard.

When the local townspeople heard about this, everyone rallied to Larry’s defense. At a special town meeting last night and hundreds of citizens attended to defend Larry’s right to wear a silly hat. The town council overturned the ruling. Larry Douthwaite is now free to wear his silly hats again!

Comments

  1. Jimmy ZFebruary 25, 2009 at 6:29 PM

    I have tried to play the video a number of times and it keeps coming up "no longer exists."

    ReplyDelete
  2. RAMZPAULFebruary 26, 2009 at 5:56 AM

    Should work now. Youtube was having some server problems. I also ran into that error. But now it seems to be working.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Just CommentsMay 21, 2011 at 1:36 PM

    Yea, great story. Just a regular guy and a regular community, and, of course, a regular wicked witch of the West with her broom stick up her ... Anyway, it's good to know we're back in 'Kansas' again, even if it's only for a short breather.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Violence In Chicago

President Obama was disappointed that the Olympic Committee decided not to choose Chicago as the venue for the 2016 Olympics. As President Obama was formerly a successful “community organizer” in Chicago, this defeat must have been especially disappointing. Part of the reason that Chicago may not have been selected is due to how Violence has stricken much of the city. Just a couple of days ago a Chicago student videotaped a murder of an honor student. http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0929/p02s01-usgn.html (As a side note, it seems to be especially dangers to be a Black honor student. In the stories linked below, all the victims happened to be honor students.) http://www.smmirror.com/volume3/issue23/samohi_honor_student.asp http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article/article?f=/c/a/2005/09/27/BAG4OEUD661.DTL http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-79459073.html http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/01/26/2009-01-26_progun_senatordesignate_gillibrand_shoul.html Link to raw video: http://www.myfox
Read more

Catfish: The TV Show and Lookism

Image
Interesting article about MTV's show Catfish. Jezebel complains that it encourages "Lookism". http://jezebel.com/5964747/meet-the-shallow-looksists-who-fall-in-love-with-internet-liars The Jezebel writer: http://jezebel.com/298206/meet-slut-machine-jezebel-spiritual-leader-no-longer-in-hiding?tag=slut-machine
Read more

Edukation be good in Mississippi

BILOXI, MS (WLOX) - Rebecca and Mark Stabler say their 8-year-old son Gabe has come home from Jeff Davis Elementary in tears every day since school began in August. So, they put a tape recorder in his book bag to hear what goes on in his first grade class. http://www.wlox.com/global/story.asp?s=11726282
Read more