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Filed under: Development/Milestones: Babies, Day Care & Education
You know, I've read a ton of parenting advice books, and for the life of me I've never seen one that contained a
section urging parents to warn their kids NOT to joke about killing the President of the United States. Perhaps that
explains this story from Rhode Island, in which an unnamed seventh-grader was asked to describe his perfect day in an
essay. His idea of perfection? The annihilation of George W. Bush, Oprah Winfrey, and executives from Wal-Mart and
Coca-Cola. The boy has been temporarily suspended from school as a mental health precaution, but was not arrested for
threatening the President, as his threat wasn't specific enough to constitute a criminal offense.I would love 10 minutes inside this child's head to find out how Oprah made it on that list. After watching her takedown of James Frey, I'd think she'd be someone you'd want to have working for you, not against you. (Besides, I'm sure Oprah's SWAT team of trained assassins can take out any potential threat with less than 24 hours' notice.) Secretly, I have to wonder if the Secret Service was more concerned about the Queen of Daytime TV than about their reputed boss. Hmm...does this kid know something we don't know?!
(Oh, and it's my duty to remind all commenters that threatening the life of the President is a felony. Just putting that out there...)
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
2-02-2006 @ 11:35PM
VenturaMom said...I thought gal-pal Gail was Oprah's trained assassin.
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2-02-2006 @ 11:35PM
VenturaMom said...I thought gal-pal Gail was Oprah's trained assassin.
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2-03-2006 @ 3:33AM
Ann Adams said...The anger and despair among kids is frightening and I hope that child receives the help he needs.
On a related note, would someone please tell Ann Coulter that it's also illegal to suggest poisoning a Supreme Court Justice?
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2-03-2006 @ 9:28AM
Laura Snow said...Power to the kid! I want Bush dead too.. No, I could never take it into my own hands but if someone took it into theirs, I'd be a happy camper! Now Oprah.. come on! She's nice!
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2-03-2006 @ 10:16AM
vanessa Steck said...Give the kid props! Oh, and also some therapy...
But you know why Oprah pisses me off? Because she has ALL THIS POWER and she fails to use it for good. She uses it for pointlessness like telling us how to lose weight, yadayadayada. She needs to use it to MOBOLIZE. If Oprah told people to do it, I think we could have the Prez impeached in under a week.
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