{"id":88833,"date":"2024-12-03T11:10:05","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T17:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=88833"},"modified":"2024-12-03T11:10:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T17:10:06","slug":"your-tax-dollars-at-work-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=88833","title":{"rendered":"Your Tax Dollars At Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I consider Dennis Prager, if not a friend in the classic sense, at least a good acquaintance.<\/p>\n

Most decent people wish him all the best in his apparently extended recovery.\u00a0 If your worldview calls for prayers, they’re being welcomed.<\/p>\n

I specified “decent” people because…<\/p>\n

…well…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1861905195321720868\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Lakeville schools’ response was predictable enough:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alpha News contacted District 196 for a response, and Communications Director Janet Swiecichowski provided the following statement:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDistrict 196 is aware of the post. The employee\u2019s post does not reflect the values or opinions of the district. The district is reviewing the matter, but we cannot comment on personnel matters.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Now, I’m not one of those people who tries to destroy the lives of disagreeable, venal people.\u00a0 I don’t want her getting fired – partly because that’s kinda bitchy, and partly because there’s some moral symmetry to the social consequences that should <\/em>follow this sort of tantrum.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

I love dishing up those consequences, personally.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I consider Dennis Prager, if not a friend in the classic sense, at least a good acquaintance. Most decent people wish him all the best in his apparently extended recovery.\u00a0 If your worldview calls for prayers, they’re being welcomed. I specified “decent” people because… …well… Lakeville schools’ response was predictable enough: Now, I’m not one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,129],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liberal-tyranny","category-unions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88833"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88834,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88833\/revisions\/88834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}