Muscatine

Strict enforcement-

of existing laws is the real answer. It's the answer the liberal biased media chooses to ignore. It's the answer that would work.

Parents are the first teachers!

Our kids go to school when they are 5 or 6, and the roots of ''doing the right thing'', are instilled in them long before they reach our public schools.

I'm so tired of having schools blamed for ill behavior in our children.

As parents, step up....take charge, and take responsibility for your children. As they grown older, make them responsible.

There is nothing partisan about this, and shame on any of you who try to blame this on a political party.

Do your damn job as parents, and we wouldn't be experiencing this.

not to mention...

All the other foolish things are kids do, as do many adults.

Just yesterday, I was driving toward town on Isett, and a woman veered over the center line toward me. At first I thought she had to be drunk, and as we got closer (thankful there was not a car in the right lane so I could get over a bit), I realized she was not necessarily drunk, just trying to text (saw the phone, and her furiously typing on it). She was not a teenager, but a woman who appeared to be my age.

There might be a way to safely talk on your phone while driving (wireless headsets, etc), but you cannot text while driving.

So, our chances of being killed by a cell-phone junkie are probably greater than they are of some teenage high-school shooter, but that doesn't answer the question here Bobdog, does it? Instances of high-school shootings might be rare in comparison to other catastrophic events, but does that make you feel safe if you have a child in high-school? We all seem so shocked when these events happen, but they still happen.

Does anyone know what steps are in place here in Muscatine at our high-school and middle-schools to prevent deaths or serious injury should some kid go off?

To try and answer bobdog's question, there are plenty of laws, and our law enforcement officials can enforce them, but it is at home that we should teach our youngsters to respect these laws. It is also at home that we need to educate our older folks on when it's no longer safe for them to drive.

Lil

Nedl...wake up

There are as many ''conservative based media'' as there are liberal. Your choice seems to be to watch and critique those you find too liberal for your taste.

it's all about 50/50. You tend to focus on the negative, and that's not healthy.

Lil