Another Reason Why The Country Is Going To The Crapper

untbowler · June 11, 2008

Now you can not even cheer at a graduation without fear of being arrested.

:angry:

SUMG · June 11, 2008

Now you can not even cheer at a graduation without fear of being arrested.
Just plain sad Arrested for Celebrating

Should they have been arrested? No.

Should there be a little more decorum at graduation ceremonies? Hell yes. I drove by the last time UNT had graduation, and people were taking in signs to salute the grad that they were there to see. It's a freaking graduation...not American Idol.

Just my two cents.....

LongJim · June 11, 2008

Should there be a little more decorum at graduation ceremonies? Hell yes. I drove by the last time UNT had graduation, and people were taking in signs to salute the grad that they were there to see. It's a freaking graduation...not American Idol.
Just my two cents.....

I COMPLETELY agree. Graduation is a joke wherever you go. Why not just wear Hawaiian shirts, do the conga into the building while "Copacabana" plays, instead of "Pomp and Circumstance", and pass out margaritas as you enter the door? How about acting like an adult and saving the screaming and "WAY TO GO, WILBUR!!" for AFTER THE CEREMONY?

Edited June 11, 2008 by LongJim

Censored by Laurie · June 11, 2008

Why not just wear Hawaiian shirts, do the conga into the building while "Copacabana" plays, instead of "Pomp and Circumstance", and pass out margaritas as you enter the door?

I agree that graduation ought to be a classy afair...but...if it is going to continue to slide as it has...the above idea really doesn't sound too bad

Got5onIt · June 11, 2008

I COMPLETELY agree. Graduation is a joke wherever you go. Why not just wear Hawaiian shirts, do the conga into the building while "Copacabana" plays, instead of "Pomp and Circumstance", and pass out margaritas as you enter the door? How about acting like an adult and saving the screaming and "WAY TO GO, WILBUR!!" for AFTER THE CEREMONY?

You're just jealous because when they called your name, you could hear crickets chirping. I always felt bad for those people. :D

Green Mean · June 11, 2008

I can see both sides of the arguement...for me personally I do think its a bit odd acting as if you are attending American Idol or some TV show. At the same time, for many it may be the first time that someone in their family got a degree or something like that and they cant hold back. A stretch I know but I can see both sides though I prefer to be on the classy and conservative side of this arguement.

LongJim · June 11, 2008

You're just jealous because when they called your name, you could hear crickets chirping. I always felt bad for those people. :D

Yeah, well...that's beside the point... :lol:

UNTflyer · June 11, 2008

My graduation was fun with people cheering for their grad.

One family brought an air horn. another brought cow bells. Another brought party favors and tooted when their grad's name was announced. My family made a deal with the 8 families around them to all cheer when their grad walked. It sounded like I had one of the biggest cheering sections.

It's an emotional day, and asking families to sit and be silent for the hour and a half it takes to announce all the grads is a bit much.

greenminer · June 11, 2008

You have a camp that feels it is a ceremony into the "next level"

and another that feels that you're already there and it's just a big celebration.

I hate those fog horns.

Quoner · June 11, 2008

Bo Jackson's wife graduated from Auburn with my sister and he and his crew had banners, horns, whistles and they all sang the Ray Charles "you got the right one baby" from his Pepsi ad. It was awesome.

What was not awesome was all the other Alabama rednecks deciding this was their invitation to match the noise level when Cletus P. Judd got his degree next.

UNTFan23 · June 11, 2008

Last year in Galesburg, Illinois, five students were denied diplomas from the city's lone public high school after enthusiastic friends or family members cheered for them during commencement. Students could get their diplomas after completing eight hours of public service for the school district.

I'd be livid if this happened to me. But then again, when I graduated I already had turned in my transcript to UNT and had been accepted, so I really could have cared less.

Got5onIt · June 11, 2008

What was not awesome was all the other Alabama rednecks deciding this was their invitation to match the noise level when Cletus P. Judd got his degree next.

LMAO!!!!!

So did they bust out into a group rendition of "Achey Brakey Heart"?

Edited June 11, 2008 by Got5onIt

Quoner · June 11, 2008

LMAO!!!!!
So did they bust out into a group rendition of "Achey Brakey Heart"?

I think it was alternating renditions of Dixie and Song of the South.

I hear this practice is still popular in some parts of Euless today.

FirefightnRick · June 13, 2008

Possibly even a better indication of this nation going to the crapper: News channels are reporting that Anheuser Bush is considering selling Budweiser to a German brewer and the famous Flat Iron building in New York may be purchased by an Italian company. Although, this is an old trend. I remember Mrs. Bairds here in Fort Worth being sold to Bimbo in Mexico? Some Bairds rolled in their graves for sure when that happened.

Rick

Got5onIt · June 13, 2008

Possibly even a better indication of this nation going to the crapper: News channels are reporting that Anheuser Bush is considering selling Budweiser to a German brewer and the famous Flat Iron building in New York may be purchased by an Italian company. Although, this is an old trend. I remember Mrs. Bairds here in Fort Worth being sold to Bimbo in Mexico? Some Bairds rolled in their graves for sure when that happened.
Rick

How about my company, who is a major U.S military defense contractor, being sold to an Italian defense company that is 40% owned by the Italian government?????? Americans will sell their own mothers for the right price. There's only one thing important in this country and if you think it's God, think again.

Green Mean · June 13, 2008

Well I wouldn't be too upset at the Budweiser thing. They did steal their formula from the Czechs.
Then Germany stole the Czechs.
So I guess it just all works out in the end.

Agreed

FirefightnRick · June 13, 2008

This may take the cake though of all time, or at least currently.

Supreme Court sells values down the toilet.

In a blistering dissent, Justice Antonin Scalia said the decision "will make the war harder on us. It will almost certainly cause more Americans to be killed."

"I am deeply disappointed in what I think is a tremendously dangerous and irresponsible ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court. ... The court has conferred upon civilian judges the right to make military decisions. These judges have virtually no training in military matters yet civilian judges, in some of the most liberal district courts in the country, will have an opportunity to determine who is a threat to the United States."
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.

Incredibly disturbing how soon some forget.

Rick

untbowler · June 13, 2008

way to many activist judges on the court right now, very sad in deed.

On a lighter note gotta love the Utah town that banned bikini's as well as passed an ordinance for a natural family in which the mother must stay home to be with the kids.

Gotta love the Nanny state butting in everywhere. <_<

Censored by Laurie · June 13, 2008

This may take the cake though of all time, or at least currently.
Supreme Court sells values down the toilet.
Incredibly disturbing how soon some forget.
Rick

The what...and the why

Quoner · June 13, 2008

This thread is turning into a song-writing retreat for Toby Keith and Daryl Whorley

Eagle1855 · June 13, 2008

LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT BITCHEZ!

UNTflyer · June 13, 2008

The what...and the why

I guess that means we just won't take prisoners from this point forward. On the plus side, the carbon footprint of terrorists will be non-existent after they are gunned down in their caves.