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This is the America for which Republicans are nostalgic. Scuba Jan 2014 #1
This story crosses party lines. There are a lot of people on both sides of the aisle... Lochloosa Jan 2014 #8
So true. madfloridian Jan 2014 #9
That is exactly correct. Enthusiast Feb 2014 #25
Thanks for keeping us up to date sharp_stick Jan 2014 #2
I don't think so. The outcry would have been too great. madfloridian Jan 2014 #3
Wow. HappyMe Jan 2014 #4
The video at the White House Boys site is great, but I can't view it in IE9 for some reason. madfloridian Jan 2014 #5
The White House is a stain on Florida that has yet to be recitfied. Maybe one day.... Lochloosa Jan 2014 #6
This comment makes me sad because daredtowork Feb 2015 #27
Then the State official belongs in jail too dickthegrouch Jan 2014 #7
So we still have the question: how did the boys get from "not enough to hurt them" to 50 unmarked jwirr Jan 2014 #10
Excellent question. madfloridian Jan 2014 #11
they all named Twidwell riverwalker Jan 2014 #12
K&R FloriTexan Jan 2014 #13
+1 jsr Jan 2014 #14
200 testified about him. madfloridian Jan 2014 #15
Lawyer who tried to stop the dig, indicted for bank fraud riverwalker Jan 2014 #16
"Dig will hamper tourism" riverwalker Jan 2014 #17
USF also did a lot of great research on the Gulf oil spill madfloridian Jan 2014 #19
Florida & Texas are to us what Saudi and Afghanistan are to the Muslim world yurbud Jan 2014 #18
Stories like these make me wonder how many we don't know about. malthaussen Jan 2014 #20
I know what you mean. madfloridian Jan 2014 #21
"They called it Final Disciplinary Action." madfloridian Jan 2014 #22
How can you "hit kids eight to 10 times per infraction with a thick leather strap" without harming uppityperson Jan 2014 #23
"Fifty-five Bodies, and Zero Trials, at the Florida School for Boys" The New Yorker madfloridian Jan 2014 #24
corporal punishment d_r Feb 2014 #26
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