Teach 'Em How to Fish » Politics http://ewarkentin.edublogs.org Lifelong learning, growing, and empowering others Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:18:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Halp us, Jon Carry… http://ewarkentin.edublogs.org/2006/11/12/halp-us-jon-carry/ http://ewarkentin.edublogs.org/2006/11/12/halp-us-jon-carry/#comments Mon, 13 Nov 2006 02:35:51 +0000 Ed Warkentin http://ewarkentin.edublogs.org/2006/11/12/halp-us-jon-carry/ In the last couple weeks of the recent election, this picture, and John Kerry’s careless, bad joke about the troops…er…Bush was a hot news item.


As a teacher, it was a bit funny to see spelling conventions used as a crucial part of a joke (the soldiers’ joke in response to Kerry, I mean).

Here’s some more info about the whole story, from the Minneapolis-St. Paul StarTribune.

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Developments since that time: Some teams/colleges have been able to get the blessing of the specific tribe that they are names after (Fighting Sioux, for example).

This story really takes the cake, though. Apparently, the McMurry University in Abilene, Texas, has decided to drop its mascot completely! All the cheerleaders and fans can yell is “Go Team!”

Listen to the story. it’s pretty amusing.

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