Schmidt caught plagiarizing in newspaper column.
Schmidt caught plagiarizing in newspaper column.
In her recent column on bus safety, Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH) warned school children to “never bend down near or under the bus to pick something up that has fallen.” An observant Ohio blog, The Daily Bellwether, noticed that parts of Schmidt’s column were strikingly similar to columns written by former Ohio State Highway Patrol Col. Paul McClellan. The Cincinnati Enquirer confirmed Schmidt’s cut-and-paste plagiarism today:
If Rep. Jean Schmidt’s latest column on school bus safety looked familiar, there’s a good reason why.
Six sentences from her column of last Tuesday appear to be cut and pasted in identical form from a column written in October 2005 by then-Ohio State Highway Patrol Col. Paul McClellan. […]
For example, Schmidt’s column says: “When exiting the bus, care should be taken to check that clothing with drawstrings and book bags with straps do not get caught in the handrails or doors. Additionally, students should never go back for anything left on the bus, and never bend down near or under the bus to pick something up that has fallen.”
McClellan’s column says: “When exiting the bus, care should be taken to check that clothing with drawstrings and book bags with straps do not get caught in the handrails or doors. Additionally, students should never go back for anything left on the bus, and never bend down near or under the bus to pick something up that has fallen.”
This isn’t the first time Schmidt has been caught passing off other people’s words as her own. In September 2006, Schmidt appropriated passages from Rep. Deborah Pryce’s (R-OH) press releases for a column on Medicare.
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Yawn.
September 7th, 2007 at 12:45 pmHasn’t that thing been called back to hell yet?
September 7th, 2007 at 12:45 pmNo! An intellectually lazy republican? Coudn’t be!
September 7th, 2007 at 12:46 pmIs it a lesser plagiarism when “everbody’s doing it”?
September 7th, 2007 at 12:48 pmWhen you are used to getting talking points everyday, you tend to get lazy, I guess.
September 7th, 2007 at 12:49 pmFirst troll to mention Joe Biden wins a free subscription to the Limbaugh Letter
September 7th, 2007 at 12:50 pm#8 - that would be me!!! AT least Schmidt is not running for President. She’s just a right-wing attack dog. Republicans know better than to let attack dogs run for President. With Hillary leading the polls, Democrats cannot say the same.
September 7th, 2007 at 12:52 pmIt’s a small part of a child safety column TP, not a novel or research paper. This is a junk post that falls below your already low standards.
September 7th, 2007 at 12:52 pmWe already knew that Schmidt was a hack. She lifted the persona and character of a famous tv and film actress.
Jean Schmidt give Margaret Hamilton her shtick back.
-GSD
September 7th, 2007 at 12:54 pmAs if half those rethugs could write anything original.
Between lobbiests and the RNC, sounds like an easy job. Just chat up some good homophobe on even year summers, and you’re gtg!
September 7th, 2007 at 12:54 pmI guess the republicans aren’t willing to hold their elected officals to the same standards that 4th graders are held to. That explains a lot.
September 7th, 2007 at 12:54 pmSorry, #9. You didn’t mention Biden by name. Thanks for playing.
September 7th, 2007 at 12:55 pmSix sentences from her column of last Tuesday appear to be cut and pasted in identical form from a column written in October 2005 by then-Ohio State Highway Patrol Col. Paul McClellan.
Who know that Rep. Schmidt would be related to Jake D.?
September 7th, 2007 at 12:55 pmNot I.
the kind of people who refuse to take personal responsibility
September 7th, 2007 at 12:56 pmare the same kind who refuse to give anyone credit where due…
…
Here come the Republican trolls. They stood up for Mark Foley, Larry Craig, Bob Allen, et al, when they got caught being naughty nasty boys. Of course they’re going to stand up for Mean Jean when she plagiarizes in a newspaper column.
September 7th, 2007 at 12:57 pmYawn.
Comment by Ringo
Yeah, that was my reaction also. So another rethuglican is caught doing something unethical. Geez where have we seen that before?
September 7th, 2007 at 12:57 pmToliver,
“This is a junk post that falls below your already low standards.”
I agree. Your post is junk; however, that is your usual standard.
September 7th, 2007 at 12:58 pmthe kind of people who refuse to take personal responsibility
are the same kind who refuse to give anyone credit where due…
…
Comment by katy
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Don’t be so hard on Martin Luther King jr…He was a great man despite his plagiarism.
http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Martin_Luther_King%2C_Jr._authorship_issues
September 7th, 2007 at 12:58 pm“Yawn.”
Someone stayed up waaaaaaaay too late watching reruns of the Vic Morrow show “Combat.”
September 7th, 2007 at 12:59 pmWhew…Im glad this outrageous behavior has been brought to light; we cant have simple column about child safety being being a forum for plagiarizing. This is big news!
Next to appear at TP: a hitherto unheard-of republican from Nebraska was seen wearing white socks with dark slacks. THE HORROR!
September 7th, 2007 at 1:00 pm“Only cowards cut and paste other people’s work, thinking people don’t.”
SNARK> Heh, heh :-D
September 7th, 2007 at 1:00 pmBut if Clinton had done this during his presidency, these same trolls would have wanted him impeached for it.
September 7th, 2007 at 1:01 pmDon’t be so hard on Martin Luther King jr…He was a great man despite his plagiarism.
Dont forget famous liberal professor Ward Churchill, an artist AND a writer.
September 7th, 2007 at 1:02 pmIt’s not plagiarism to quote from a government manual. TP should pull down this post. It is false.
September 7th, 2007 at 1:04 pm“When exiting the bus, care should be taken to check that clothing with drawstrings and book bags with straps do not get caught in the handrails or doors. Additionally, students should never go back for anything left on the bus, and never bend down near or under the bus to pick something up that has fallen.â€
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The immortal words of the great Highway Patrol Col. Paul McClellan stollen by a lazy RePUKElSCUM wingnut!
I am OUTRAGED!!!….OUTRAGED!!!!
When will this neo-con-FASCIST tyranny end???????????
I want my country back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
September 7th, 2007 at 1:04 pmRingo is siding with Schmidt. yawn.
September 7th, 2007 at 1:07 pmI find the liberals’ bashing of Schmidt to be pure sexism.
September 7th, 2007 at 1:09 pmI am not gay.
September 7th, 2007 at 1:09 pmLove the pic of her
September 7th, 2007 at 1:09 pmWelcome to the dark side ringo.
there aren’t that many rules, just remember to take a bong hit at exactly 7:14 each night, chug your beer whenever someone says “hi bob” on the Bob Newhart show. and blow off work to get high all day on april 20th.
September 7th, 2007 at 1:09 pmPlagiarism is never a big deal to “conservatives.” They have much greater crimes to commit.
September 7th, 2007 at 1:09 pmThe immortal words of the great Highway Patrol Col. Paul McClellan stollen by a lazy RePUKElSCUM wingnut!
I am OUTRAGED!!!….OUTRAGED!!!!
When will this neo-con-FASCIST tyranny end???????????
I want my country back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Ringo — September 7, 2007 @ 1:04 pm
THIS PROVES BUSH IS HITLER!!!!!!!!
September 7th, 2007 at 1:10 pmI find the liberals’ bashing of Schmidt to be pure sexism.
Comment by Gary
Schmidt is a woman?!!?!?!?
September 7th, 2007 at 1:10 pmPlagiarism is a required training course at the Bush School of Gumment
September 7th, 2007 at 1:10 pm“I want my country back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Is that the country of people who think sarcasm is best applied with a jackhammer and dozens of exclamation points?
“Ringo,” please leave comedy (and political commentary) to those who do it well. Please. Please.
September 7th, 2007 at 1:10 pmI guess the republicans aren’t willing to hold their elected officals to the same standards that 4th graders are held to. That explains a lot.
Or democrats for that matter. Webb(D), you listening?
September 7th, 2007 at 1:11 pmHer columns are probably compiled by a computer bot that trolls the net for crap that is easy to steal
September 7th, 2007 at 1:12 pmI find the liberals’ bashing of Schmidt to be pure sexism.
Comment by Gary
Are you sure she’s a woman? Look at the picture. She looks like a male republcan in a public restoom….
September 7th, 2007 at 1:12 pm“Love the pic of her”
It reminds me somewhat of the planet destroyer from “The Doomsday Machine” episode of Star Trek, except that the only thing it destroys is my remaining faith in the human race.
September 7th, 2007 at 1:13 pmWatch out Ringo
Her computer bot may steal your crap for one of her columns
September 7th, 2007 at 1:13 pmIt looks like she tried to eat the microphone but it was tooooo hard
September 7th, 2007 at 1:14 pmI remember the time one of the regular trolls here decided to explain their philosophy… by plagiarizing Rorschach from the Watchmen comic, nearly verbatim. And he never even admitted it, even when caught red-handed.
Fun times, fun times.
September 7th, 2007 at 1:14 pmSchmidt is a woman?!!?!?!?
Comment by Bobwurst — September 7, 2007 @ 1:10 pm
at best, i could agree that she is “female”…
September 7th, 2007 at 1:15 pm…
I especially like her outfit. Is that the confederate flag redone in a sexy moo moo
September 7th, 2007 at 1:15 pmremember the time one of the regular trolls here decided to explain their philosophy… by plagiarizing Rorschach from the Watchmen comic, nearly verbatim. And he never even admitted it, even when caught red-handed.
Fun times, fun times.
Comment by Luis M
Yeah…and remember when jake plagiaized that korean war veteran’s bio and got busted?
September 7th, 2007 at 1:16 pmCaption:
Jean Schmidt prepares to bite O’Reilly’s falafel thing.
September 7th, 2007 at 1:17 pmShe is female all right, one of the reasons that the lib males here are so scared of her.
Now if Schmidt were a transgender interpretive dancer, the libs would be drooling over her pic.
September 7th, 2007 at 1:17 pmThe title of the picture when you rollover is schmidtdress3.jpg
I wonder what the other two dresses look like.
September 7th, 2007 at 1:17 pmI remember the time one of the regular trolls […]… by plagiarizing […]
Comment by Luis M — September 7, 2007 @ 1:14 pm
sounds like frankj… NEVER sources what it cutsnpastes…
September 7th, 2007 at 1:17 pm…
She looks as crazed as some of the trolls that come here! Yikes!
September 7th, 2007 at 1:18 pmIs it really plagiarism if it states “According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol…�
September 7th, 2007 at 1:18 pmYeah, maybe she plagiarized, but… she’s so nice.
And nice-lookin’, too.
September 7th, 2007 at 1:18 pmSchmidt bites O’Reilly’s falafel thing but it’s too soapy
September 7th, 2007 at 1:19 pmMargret,
you may be on to something, is it firehead or imamoronwhopostspointlessrants?
September 7th, 2007 at 1:19 pmUn-American POS’s clueless enough to vote for this… person, don’t care about things like this. All that matters to some is that there is a little (R) behind her name at the ballot box. It’s those types of sheeple that we can thank for the totally screwed up mess we’re ALL in now.
September 7th, 2007 at 1:19 pm51
Still needs quotes or a source if exact words are used. If it’s re-worded then no.
September 7th, 2007 at 1:20 pmJean Schmidt should be impeached and tossed down the nearest well!
B!TCH!!!!!!!!!
(how am I doing?)
Fine, just fine.
Now get yourself an American flag, run outside and burn it in front of a soldier and then spit on him when youre done.
Do it right and you gain official acceptance into the modern DFL. Congrats.
September 7th, 2007 at 1:22 pm(how am I doing?)
Comment by Ringo
you’re doing ok for a beginner, you still need to put some logic in your post, but at least you’re heading in the right direction. now try pIt will be easier if you try it wish something more serious, like pointing that bush lied about the WMD.
ps hi bob
September 7th, 2007 at 1:23 pmCaption
Large black ball emerges from Schmidt’s mouth during speech
September 7th, 2007 at 1:23 pmis it firehead or imamoronwhopostspointlessrants?
Comment by Bobwurst — September 7, 2007 @ 1:19 pm
Hmm, maybe the second one, but then again maybe it’s M A/ V V? That troll usually sounds wild-eyed and generally unhinged.
September 7th, 2007 at 1:25 pmAnd that hag still holds office because…….? Her district must be full of mental challenged dolts.
September 7th, 2007 at 1:27 pmI think you may be right margaret, from the pic it looks like schmidt is spewing all caps, bolded, and she’s building to a !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
September 7th, 2007 at 1:28 pmHer district must be full of mental challenged dolts.
Yes it is, but the republicans outnumber them and so Schmidt gets elected.
September 7th, 2007 at 1:29 pmDo violent mood swings run in your family Ringo?
September 7th, 2007 at 1:36 pmI hope she’s sued for copyright infringement. Aren’t Republicans the ones who always shout, “enforce the laws on the books.”
September 7th, 2007 at 1:41 pmIt reminds me somewhat of the planet destroyer from “The Doomsday Machine†episode of Star Trek, except that the only thing it destroys is my remaining faith in the human race.
Comment by Bernard Quatermass
That was my favorite episode. It was like a reverse cornacopia. Seems it didn’t re-run as much as most episodes did.
September 7th, 2007 at 1:41 pmDo violent mood swings run in your family Ringo?
Comment by hellinabucket
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I come from a family of Leftists….They’re not violent but they are moody.
September 7th, 2007 at 1:41 pmAmazing to me that these people once earned college degrees and likely other credentials, just to end up being robots.
September 7th, 2007 at 1:42 pmThis is no different than President Chimpy McHitler lying about WMD in order to fool us into an imperialist war of greed and aggression against an innocent and harmless country!
Jean Schmidt and George Bush and Dick Cheney should all be tried for treason and then sent to HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Ringo — September 7, 2007 @ 1:33 pm
Do violent mood swings run in your family Ringo?
Comment by hellinabucket — September 7, 2007 @ 1:36 pm
Correction, Do violent mood swings run in your family, Jake D(ermot)?
September 7th, 2007 at 1:42 pmI come from a family of Leftists….They’re not violent but they are moody.
Comment by Ringo — September 7, 2007 @ 1:41 pm
And clearly, one of them dropped you on your head early on.
September 7th, 2007 at 1:43 pmSeriously, if this story is even the vaguest bit interesting to you, you need to get a life. Plagiarism on a piece about bus safety? Who TF cares.
September 7th, 2007 at 1:44 pmJean likes stupid little white poodles too.
September 7th, 2007 at 1:45 pmIt’s a child safety column you gloids. A .gov link is not a private enterprise. A CPR cut and paste would likewise be a non-event.
http://webpages.acs.ttu.edu/ charshey/ pics/ ThisThreadSucks.jpg
September 7th, 2007 at 1:46 pmThis is all about RepubliSCUM fear-mongering.
Jean Schmidt is trying to scare our kids from taking the bus so that they won’t go to school and get an education.
She wants are kids to be stupid so that they will grow up to vote for RePUKElians!!!!!!
September 7th, 2007 at 1:51 pmRingo is full of Schmidt.
September 7th, 2007 at 1:58 pmThis is all about RepubliSCUM fear-mongering.
Jean Schmidt is trying to scare our kids from taking the bus so that they won’t go to school and get an education.
She wants are kids to be stupid so that they will grow up to vote for RePUKElians!!!!!!
Comment by Ringo
Ringo- I think you’ll make a fine leftie. 9/11 was an inside job, you know. These next few days will be a good time to post that all over the liberal blogs. Go get ‘em.
September 7th, 2007 at 1:58 pmKeep working it ringo, you still need logic, facts and commonsense, other than that you’re doing fine. You might want to change your screename to john though, he was the real leftie. ringo was a stooge.
September 7th, 2007 at 2:04 pmWasn’t Ringo the dumb one of the group?
September 7th, 2007 at 2:05 pmCaption:
“Give me those slippers!”
September 7th, 2007 at 2:09 pmHows that?
Comment by Ringo — September 7, 2007 @ 2:07 pm
Try harder, Jake D(ermot).
September 7th, 2007 at 2:10 pmAlmost there, Ringo. Always add exclamation points at the end of sentences for effect. All caps every once in a while too if the mods let you get away with it. Might want to start taking your mock pent-up anger on any trolls who disagree with your newfound positions.
So far so good, though.
September 7th, 2007 at 2:11 pmRingo,
the problem is you’ve traded right wing trollling points for left wing trolling points. the left-wing trollers are either ignored or mocked too. why not try easing into it: ask why bush ignored the august 6 nie, or why cheney old company is getting so many no bid contracts when he is going to profit from them. You could also explore the destruction of the constitution, but that may be too big a step. Why don’t you just lean back a for a minute, put on a dead tape from your favorite show, pack your bong and take a long slow toke. that’s it, now hold it, don’t cough, hold it, hold it, ok, let it out. there, don’t you feel better now?
September 7th, 2007 at 2:14 pmHows that?
Comment by Ringo
Doing good.
September 7th, 2007 at 2:14 pmMr. P should attack you any time now, then you know you’ve got it down.
hellinabucket,
September 7th, 2007 at 2:16 pmyeah, ringo was the dumb one, john was the political one, paul was the bubblegum one, and george, he was just plain dreamy….
Comment by Bobwurst — September 7, 2007
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Can I still listen to Merle Haggard?
September 7th, 2007 at 2:18 pmAww Mom.
September 7th, 2007 at 2:20 pmBobwurst hit the nail on the head. Trolling the extremes.
dreamy, that was funny.
September 7th, 2007 at 2:21 pmComment by Bobwurst — September 7, 2007
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Can I still listen to Merle Haggard?
Comment by Ringo
Yes you can ringo, yes you can. the dead covered momma tried, the new riders covered working man’s blues, and the flying burrito brothers did a bunch of merle’s songs. You should probably hide your garth brooks cds, and for the love of god, no toby kieth! but real country is acceptable.
September 7th, 2007 at 2:21 pmthanks hellinabucket,
it’s nice to see folks getting along for a change. thanks for the fun ringo.
September 7th, 2007 at 2:24 pmReal country has always been acceptable. Love momma tried.
September 7th, 2007 at 2:25 pmTen to one she did not even write it herself. One of her toadies did and she edited a bit and signed off on it. LOL
September 7th, 2007 at 2:26 pmBobwurst,
But my favorite Merle Song is ‘Fighting Side of Me’ :
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Fightin Side of Me
by Merle Haggard
Merle Haggard, Fightin’ Side of Me Lyrics
Looking for Merle Haggard tabs and chords? Browse alphabet (above)
Artist: Haggard Merle
Song: Fightin’ Side of Me
Album: For the Record: 43 Legendary Hits Buy Merle Haggard Sheet Music
Buy Merle Haggard CDs
I hear people talkin’ bad,
About the way we have to live here in this country,
Harpin’ on the wars we fight,
An’ gripin’ ’bout the way things oughta be.
An’ I don’t mind ‘em switchin’ sides,
An’ standin’ up for things they believe in.
When they’re runnin’ down my country, man,
They’re walkin’ on the fightin’ side of me.
Yeah, walkin’ on the fightin’ side of me.
Runnin’ down the way of life,
Our fightin’ men have fought and died to keep.
If you don’t love it, leave it:
Let this song I’m singin’ be a warnin’.
If you’re runnin’ down my country, man,
You’re walkin’ on the fightin’ side of me.
I read about some squirrely guy,
Who claims, he just don’t believe in fightin’.
An’ I wonder just how long,
The rest of us can count on bein’ free.
They love our milk an’ honey,
But they preach about some other way of livin’.
When they’re runnin’ down my country, hoss,
They’re walkin’ on the fightin’ side of me.
Yeah, walkin’ on the fightin’ side of me.
Runnin’ down the way of life,
Our fightin’ men have fought and died to keep.
If you don’t love it, leave it:
Let this song I’m singin’ be a warnin’.
If you’re runnin’ down my country, man,
You’re walkin’ on the fightin’ side of me.
Yeah, walkin’ on the fightin’ side of me.
Runnin’ down the way of life,
Our fightin’ men have fought and died to keep.
If you don’t love it, leave it:
Let this song I’m singin’ be a warnin’.
If you’re runnin’ down my country, man,
You’re walkin’ on the fightin’ side of me.
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http://www.cowboylyrics.com/ lyrics/ haggard-merle/ fightin-side-of-me-496.html
September 7th, 2007 at 2:28 pmSince we’ve strayed this far off the track, does anyone else listent to music from wolfgangs’ vault?
http://concerts.wolfgangsvault.com/ ConcertDetail.aspx?id=20050393|4633
I think the story is that some dotcom billionare bought up Bill Graham’s estate for the old concert posters and found this treasure trove of taped concerts from his venues, (fillmore east, west, winterland, among others) and he’s putting them up on the internets and you can stream them for free. It’s an amazing collection. I’m listening to merle right now from a concert that he recorded back in 82 at the grand ole opry. (thanks for the idea ringo).
If you have the time and inclination, i highly recomend it.
September 7th, 2007 at 2:30 pmLet’s see — comment threads almost as productive as Eschaton’s, ever more misleading headlines, and now a gripe about plagiarism in a PSA column.
I’m done with Think Progress.
September 7th, 2007 at 2:34 pmIf you have the time and inclination, i highly recomend it.
Comment by Bobwurst
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Thanks, I will.
September 7th, 2007 at 2:37 pmThanks for the link Bowurst. It looks like hours of good fun.
September 7th, 2007 at 2:38 pmJean Schmidt = MORON = CUA!
September 7th, 2007 at 2:39 pmRe 98
nteresting ringo, I like that song too. I was a big fan of “ramblin fever” back when I was hitchhiking. did you hear his protest song about the iraq war? it’s called “rebuild America first” and it’s on his Chicago Wind CD. I tried to find the lyrics to it, but couldn’t scrounge them up.
September 7th, 2007 at 2:41 pmI’m done with Think Progress.
Comment by Hamilton Lovecraft — September 7, 2007 @ 2:34 pm
Buh-bye…make sure you keep that promise…
September 7th, 2007 at 2:41 pmSchmidt a moron? isn’t that a little harsh on the morons?
September 7th, 2007 at 2:42 pmSorry morons!!! My bad…
September 7th, 2007 at 2:43 pmI’m done with Think Progress.
Comment by Hamilton Lovecraft
September 7th, 2007 at 2:43 pmYeah, I can see why you’d leave, after all the thought you’ve put into the conversation…
I think just calling her what she is is all we need to do here, as I said in #16 post, she is “a Repug Talking Point Whoreâ€, no more, no less.
Comment by upside00 — September 7, 2007 @ 2:46 pm
Ohhh..no…way…She is so much less!!!
September 7th, 2007 at 2:50 pmSchmidt looks like she is set to spew some serious venom in that pic. Not surprising about the plagiarizing.
September 7th, 2007 at 2:53 pmThis just goes to show, as has been proven countless times, that any idiot can get elected to Congress. Thus, being a congressperson is in itself not really a mark of distinction: it could be, as it is in most cases, that your campaign advisors convinced a bunch of rubes about as shitbrained as you to vote for you. It’s what you say and do in office that matters. Jean Shit is a perfect example of congressional mediocrity.
September 7th, 2007 at 3:01 pmBumper sticker for her District “I don’t do Schmidt†It works on so many levels. Followed by “Had enough of this Schmidt?â€. And even “She’s too ugly for Congress.â€
Hope to see one of those on a bumper when I drive thru her state.
Comment by hellinabucket — September 7, 2007 @ 2:52 pm
How ’bout “The Murtha Of All Schmidt”
September 7th, 2007 at 3:03 pmBobwurst,
Do you know the Merle Haggard song “My own Kind of Hat” ?
It’s a good one:
Cowboys and outlaws, right guys and southpaws,
September 7th, 2007 at 3:04 pmGood dogs and all kinds of cats.
Dirt roads and white lines and all kinds of stop signs,
But I stand right here where I’m at,
‘Cause I wear My Own Kind Of Hat.
There’s two kind of lovers and two kind of brothers,
And two kind of babies to hold.
There’s two kind of cherries and two kind of fairies,
And two kind of mothers I’m told, and told
Cowboys and outlaws, right guys and southpaws,
Good dogs and all kinds of cats.
Dirt roads and white lines and all kinds of stop signs,
But I stand right here where I’m at,
‘Cause I wear My Own Kind Of Hat.
There’s two kind of brothers and two kind of lovers,
And two kind of babies to hold.
There’s two kind of cherries and two kind of fairies,
And two kind of mothers I’m told, and told
Cowboys and outlaws, right guys and southpaws,
Good dogs and all kinds of cats.
Dirt roads and white lines and all kinds of stop signs,
But I stand right here where I’m at,
‘Cause I wear My Own Kind Of Hat.
She got elected to congress so she could deal with issues the local school board deals with, what a waste of skin.
September 7th, 2007 at 3:06 pmGood words Ringo.
September 7th, 2007 at 3:07 pmLet’s see — comment threads almost as productive as Eschaton’s, ever more misleading headlines, and now a gripe about plagiarism in a PSA column.
I’m done with Think Progress.
Comment by Hamilton Lovecraft — September 7, 2007 @ 2:34 pm
Nooo. Please don’t go! Your thought induced, intelligent responses added so much intellict to these threads.
September 7th, 2007 at 3:07 pmWait…
Besides just now, when have you ever posted?
BoBwurst: been listening to Wolfgang’s vault for some time… wish it wasn’t streaming flash… otherwise I’d have one hell of a concert collection… gotta check out Peter Frampton’s session gig on that deal… awesome
September 7th, 2007 at 3:14 pmthat’s very interesting, ringo @ 12:58 pm… i hadn’t heard of that…
this, from the wiki link, is noteable:
Boston University decided not to revoke his doctorate, which provoked another controversy, saying that although King acted improperly, his dissertation still “makes an intelligent contribution to scholarship”. (Radin, 1991) Other newspaper editorials defended King, saying he was still a great man regardless of his actions. Some articles questioned why the plagiarism went unnoticed.
couldn’t get away with it these days… and shouldn’t…
September 7th, 2007 at 3:26 pmthere really is no good excuse today…
…
If she’s like virtually all other members of Congress, Schmidt has these things written for her by junior staff, usually not-too-smart twenty-somethings. Almost all Congressmen are plagiarists in that sense. People of normal intelligence probably suspect as much, but aren’t too bothered, because it’s obviously trivial PR only tenuously related to the main work of Congress. Schmidt’s special problem is that her staffers evidently are too stupid to even minimally rephrase what they’re copying. Take it as a sign that her office may also do bad work on more important matters.
September 7th, 2007 at 3:30 pmand george, he was just plain dreamy….
Comment by Bobwurst — September 7, 2007 @ 2:16 pm
that’s what i always thought too… always my fave…
September 7th, 2007 at 3:34 pmand, he and i share the same birthdate… 10 yrs different…
…
…
… and the flying burrito brothers …
Comment by Bobwurst — September 7, 2007 @ 2:21 pm
graham parsons… R.I.P. … LOVED the burrito brothers…
and getting hooked on emmylou harris…
listened to all the others you mentioned in that post…
September 7th, 2007 at 3:44 pmmemories… heh…
…
and again…
… does anyone else listent to music from wolfgangs’ vault? …
http://concerts.wolfgangsvault.com/
Comment by Bobwurst — September 7, 2007 @ 2:30 pm
thanks for that!
September 7th, 2007 at 3:52 pm…
graham parsons… R.I.P. … LOVED the burrito brothers…
and getting hooked on emmylou harris… by Katy
OH YEA!! Ever hear the Duets album by Emmy and especially the song she does with Graham. Knocks me out.
And her “Boulder to Birmingham” is maybe the best song ever written. Especially when sung at Red Rocks with a full moon and 10,000 people singing along! YUMM
September 7th, 2007 at 4:19 pmmy bad - i meant to correct myself earlier…
it’s g-r-a-m, american version, i guess…
ANYthing with emmylou… sigh…
September 7th, 2007 at 5:36 pm…
Ringo: In your case, it’s called an Asshat.
September 7th, 2007 at 6:49 pmI am certainly not a Jean Schmidt supporter, but good advice is good advice. Maybe it was the first time someone heard it. I think this criticism is very petty.
September 7th, 2007 at 8:50 pmIf I had to write about bus safety (yawn), I might copy down a few good points from whatever (ho hum) library book I could find on the subje…. *zzzzzzz.
September 7th, 2007 at 9:32 pmEr… repeating safety messages is plagiarism ?
September 7th, 2007 at 10:03 pmYou want to get cracking on the 4.8 billion cases of that happening with statements by the surgeon general now or what ?
What else would you expect from a pathetic cunt?
September 8th, 2007 at 12:35 amActually, if I had my say, I’d say that the rule should be that when exiting the bus, care should be taken to check that clothing with drawstrings and book bags with straps do not get caught in the handrails or doors. Additionally, students should never go back for anything left on the bus, and never bend down near or under the bus to pick something up that has fallen.
September 8th, 2007 at 1:08 amMean Jean the Plagiarizing Machine! (R-OH)
September 8th, 2007 at 1:31 amOk, first off, I dislike Schmidt as much as the next liberal democrat.
But, the sentences that she is being accused of lifting from McClellan, also appeared in a 1998 article by Colonel Kenneth B. Marshall, Superintendent, Ohio State Highway Patrol.
http://www.statepatrol.ohio.gov/colcolumn/1998/0998MESS.HTML
And I bet he lifted them from someplace else. These tips smack of basic recommendations provided in safety lists for decades. In fact, I think I recall some of them from my bus riding days, 30 years ago…
September 8th, 2007 at 3:39 amEr… repeating safety messages is plagiarism ?
You want to get cracking on the 4.8 billion cases of that happening with statements by the surgeon general now or what ?
Comment by Kilo — September 7, 2007 @ 10:03 pm
No, but trying to pretend they’re your own words (when clearly they’re not) is plagiarism. All she had to do was say something like, “According to the State Secretary of Education, children exiting…”. Instead, she tried to make it look the words were her own original ones. That is plagiarism.
September 8th, 2007 at 5:24 amWhat are you fkn slow ?
September 8th, 2007 at 6:18 amWhy would anyone do anything other than repeat precisely what the authorities want children told about road safety ?
You would be happier if she came up with her own statements would you ?
You even think that was what was being attempted apparently. That a government official was expanding their literary career with a road safety message. FFS use you brain idiot.
Here’s the one guy who saw Bush continuing to read my pet goat on 9/11 and had a problem with that because he may have breached copyright laws on public use.
September 8th, 2007 at 6:20 am“She is female all right, one of the reasons that the lib males here are so scared of her.
Now if Schmidt were a transgender interpretive dancer, the libs would be drooling over her pic.”
I am going to use this in a class I am teaching on “Why Just Saying Scattered Random Things in an Attempt to be Cutting and Sardonic Doesn’t Work Real Well.” Hope that’s okay.
It’s a graduate course.
September 8th, 2007 at 2:52 pmNow if Schmidt were a transgender interpretive dancer, the libs would be drooling over her pic.
Comment by Vildar — September 7, 2007 @ 1:17 pm
No libs/progs I know of drool over your rightwing transgender idol Ann Coulter.
September 9th, 2007 at 11:23 pm