ZOT: Teacher shouldn't promote cruel race on school time

Vero Beach Press ^ | March 1, 2007 | Margery Glickman

[vigilante2]

IBTZ

[Tijeras_Slim]

Thank you for confirming that I do, no matter how small and inconsequential, have a life.

[SlowBoat407]

[chesley]

I've got nothing against the Iditarod, but there is a point, here. Too many teachers, in my experience, go traipsing around the world taking kids on "field trips" to places like Memphis, New York, and Pittsburgh.

While my daughter missed the Pittsburgh one, she went on the other two, against my wishes but my wife overruled me. In New York, the supervision was so bad that she slipped away with another girl, entered a warehouse that some old chinese lady invited her to, and purchased some black market purse, Prada, I think, for her mother.

That's the reason she didn't go to Pittsburgh.

[WakeUpAndVote]

Your banter has angered the VK element!

[Sarajevo]

ZOT!

[A.Hun]

[Lucky9teen]

[glock rocks]

[r9etb]

Whackadoodledoooo!!!!!

[Fierce Allegiance]

Iditarod related ping

The race start tomorrow!

[Poser]

Ha! IB4TZ!

[Poser]

Patches, the horrifying viking kitty says, "There too much snow to bother zotting anybody."

[roaddog727]

ZOT-WANKER!

[cyclotic]

Per the rules, if a dog dies, the muscher must bring the body to the next check point where a vet does a Necropsy (I think that's a brief autopsy) delaying hte musher for several hours. If there is any sign of abuse, themushed is disqualified.

Last year, one dog died of an undiagnosed heart malfunction. The year before, the one dog that died left the musher in tears.

This lady is an idiot.

I've met two Iditarod veterans. One of whom my kids also met his dogs. They are extremely well taken care of.

[Danae]

IATZ

Those dogs are not only WELL cared for, but are VERYVErY valuable. Not just in dollars but in all of the Man Hours that is required to train them, feed them, care for their needs AND to race them. Mushers LOVE those critters, if they didn't they wouold NOT be doing this. And certainly the dogs would not perform well for them..

Just another Bleeding herat Liberal lookin for a cause to make up.

Dork.

[Mr. Silverback]

First off, Cub Scouting rocks! Greetings from the Blackhawk Council.

Second, necropsy is the term for a post-mortem on an animal. The only difference between an autopsy and a necropsy is that the subject in a necropsy isn't human.

[ilovew]

IBTZ? The kitties don't care about the dogs...

[cyclotic]

Thanks, I wasn't sure what it was and didn't feel like spending the time to look it up.

I gotta change my tagline. One of my sons does the Crossover gig next Saturday.

But yes, Cub Scouts rocks! The problem is with that lie about one hour a week. Worse yet, I was never recruited, like an idiot, I volunteered.

Den Leader, Asst. Den Leader, Asst. Cubmaster and all that goes with that. My wife WAS volunteered to be our Treasurer and is the general "keep the leader in line" coordinator.