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To: KLP who wrote (11431)	10/9/2003 2:29:26 AM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793778

Gee, you would think that article was written by newsmax.com :) I expect we will see something similar in lockstep from the LA Times as they try and rescue their tarnished reputation.

To: KLP who wrote (11431)	10/9/2003 4:00:57 AM
From: KyrosL	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793778

Schwarzenegger is indistinguishable from Clark in most positions. When everything is said and done he may even turn out to be to the left of Clark. No wonder the Kennedys, and many other Democrats, like Buffett, love him.

To: KLP who wrote (11431)	10/10/2003 2:20:02 AM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793778

This has been all over the local Houston news. More silliness from the "zero tolerance" policies in schools. story.news.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------- Teenager In Trouble In Inhaler Incident Wed Oct 8, 6:55 PM ET Add Local - KPRC Click2Houston.com to My Yahoo! A teenager was disciplined for sharing medication used to treat asthma, but he said it saved his girlfriend's life, News2Houston reported Wednesday. Andra Ferguson and her boyfriend, Brandon Kivi, both 15, use the same type of asthma medicine, Albuterol Inhalation Aerosol. Ferguson said she forgot to bring her medication to their school, Caney Creek High School, on Sept. 24. When she had trouble breathing, she went to the nurse's office. Out of concern, Kivi let her use his inhaler. "I was trying to save her life. I didn't want her to die on me right there because the nurse's office (doesn't) have breathing machines," Kivi said. "It made a big difference. It did save my life. It was a Good Samaritan act," Ferguson said. But the school nurse said it was a violation of the district's no-tolerance drug policy, and reported Kivi to the campus police. The next day, he was arrested and accused of delivering a dangerous drug. Kivi was also suspended from school for three days. He could face expulsion and sent to juvenile detention on juvenile drug charges. The mothers of both teenagers are angry. "My son will not go to jail. This is ridiculous," said Theresa Hock, Kivi's mother. "I believe he shouldn't be punished at all because he was helping her. She was in distress." "If he hadn't helped her, she would have passed out or died or something because her asthma's been really bad this year," said Sandra Ferguson, Andra's mother. The school principal said he couldn't do anything about it since Kivi not only broke school rules, but also allegedly violated state law. "It's simply a matter that it's classified as a dangerous drug. It's an inhaler form, but yet, if it had been in pill form or any other, it's still classified as a dangerous drug," said Greg Poole, the Caney Creek principal. "Would Caney Creek had want Andra to have died rather than my son to help her?" Hock said. Poole said the nurse never considered Andra to be in a life-threatening situation. The school district will hold a hearing on the matter Friday.