Looks like Doug is about as liberal as Ted Nugent...
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-9426072.html
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-9415261.html
And these chestnuts from what I assume to be gen-u-ine liberals...
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Article: Citizens have a right to carry guns
Article from:
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
Article date:
January 5, 2005
Author:
Doug Van Gorder,
Picture a young woman walking late at night followed to her car in a parking garage by two men intent on committing your worst fears. Does anyone seriously believe that the police can protect her?
Police protect society at large by bringing to justice rapists, murderers, et al, only after they have committed their crimes. In doing so, they provide deterrence, not protection. Save for the occasional chance appearance of "a cop when you need one," law enforcement is not designed to directly prevent crime against any given individual at any given moment in time. The duty of protecting oneself, therefore, falls squarely on the individual. To hold the police accountable for injury from crime .
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-9426072.html
NEA teacher recruitment policy is racist
Article from:
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
Article date:
November 30, 2004
Author:
Doug Van Gorder,
On Nov. 17. Reg Weaver, the African-American president of the National Education Association, stated, with specific reference to teaching mathematics that "recruiting and retaining more teachers of color can be crucial to ... ensuring all teachers are highly qualified."
Weaver cites findings by the National Collaborative on Diversity in the Teaching Force. Imagine an organization so named, founded on an almost religiously held belief in the benefits of diversity, coming to any other conclusion.
Now imagine a Caucasian defending a recruitment policy that seeks out whites (those who have statistically achieved greater academic success than people of color) on the...
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-9415261.html
And these chestnuts from what I assume to be gen-u-ine liberals...
The merit of a society is measured in how it deals with its most vulnerable members. A friend of mine returned from Moscow last winter and recounted that it was not uncommon to pass the frozen corpses of the homeless on her way to work. Is this really what letter writer Doug Van Gorder (Aug. 29) wants? I'll take Father Bill's Place and all the people who work and volunteer there
I would like to ask Doug Van Gorder if he has an ounce of compassion running through his veins? After reading your letter regarding closing Father Bill's Place, it is obvious to me what the answer is to that question. I have been the director of the Sheila McIntyre House, commonly known as the Quincy Veterans Home, for over four years. This home is owned by Father Bill's Place in conjunction with the Department of Veteran Services. All the men who currently
In response to Doug Van Gorder's 8/29 opinion to close down Father Bill's Place, because, all it does is attract bums'' to Quincy. I wonder if you've ever heard these words before? Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teaming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me.'' You won't find this on a plaque anywhere on the
I just finished reading tonight's editorial page and for the first time in the 15 years that I have lived in Quincy felt an overwhelming need to respond. Doug Van Gorder's letter hit a nerve in his callousness about Father Bill's and the important mission they serve. While I do not personally know anyone who has benefited from the program at Father Bill's I do know of some very successful friends/co-workers who have turned their lives around
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