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544
Paul Hsieh, "The Dangerous Synergy Between The Nanny State And Universal Health Care,"
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546
"Nanny State: Spoiled Milkshakes,"
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548
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549
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550
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551
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C H A P T E R TWENTY-FOUR

553
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555
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556
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557
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558
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559
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560
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561
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562
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563
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564
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565
"In-school arrests fuel nationwide debate over when to involve police,"
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566
Annette Fuentes,
Lockdown High: When the Schoolhouse Becomes a Jailhouse
(Verso, 2010)
567
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568
Shaun Chaiyabhat, "Nurse refuses student inhaler during asthma attack,"
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569
Howard Portnoy, "8-year-old ordered to remove numbered football jersey by school,"
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570
Howard Portnoy, "School disciplines 10-year-old for gun-shaped pizza slice,"
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571
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.
572
Howard Portnoy, "HS valedictorian denied diploma after saying word 'hell' in graduation speech,"
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(Aug. 23, 2012),
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573
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574
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.
575
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(Sept. 7, 2012),
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.
576
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.
577
"Texas School District Reportedly Threatening Students Who Refuse Tracking ID, Can't Vote For Homecoming,"
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(Oct. 8, 2012),
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. com/2012/10/08/texas-school-district-rep_n_1949415.html?utm_hp_ref=teen.
578
David Rosen, "Big Brother invades our classrooms,"
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579
David Rosen, "Big Brother invades our classrooms,"
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(Oct. 8,2012),
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. com/2012/10/08/big_brother_invades_our_classrooms/.
580
David Rosen, "Big Brother invades our classrooms,"
Salon
(Oct. 8,2012),
http://www.salon
. com/2012/10/08/big_brother_invades_our_classrooms/.
581
David Rosen, "Big Brother invades our classrooms,"
Salon
(Oct. 8,2012),
http://www.salon
. com/2012/10/08/big_brother_invades_our_classrooms/.
582
David Rosen, "Big Brother invades our classrooms,"
Salon
(Oct. 8,2012),
http://www.salon
. com/2012/10/08/big_brother_invades_our_classrooms/.
583
David Rosen, "Big Brother invades our classrooms,"
Salon
(Oct. 8,2012),
http://www.salon
. com/2012/10/08/big_brother_invades_our_classrooms/.
584
Bruce Levine, "Why Are Americans So Easy to Manipulate and Control?"
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585
Hunter S. Thompson,
Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century
(Simon & Schuster, 2003), p. xxii.

C H A P T E R TWENTY-FIVE

586
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588
Jerry Markon, "Violent crime in U.S. on the decline,"
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589
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590
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591
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592
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593
Joe Weisenthal, "This Investor Presentation For A Private Prison Is One Of The Creepiest Presentations We've Ever Seen,"
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(March 12, 2012),
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. businessinsider.com/the-private-prison-business-2012-3#-6.
594
Joe Weisenthal, "This Investor Presentation For A Private Prison Is One Of The Creepiest Presentations We've Ever Seen,"
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595
Alan Prendergast, "ACLU, faith groups urge governors not to sell out to private prison giant,"
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(March 5, 2012),
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596
Kevin Johnson, "Private purchasing of prisons locks in occupancy rates,"
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(March 8, 2012),
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597
Kevin Johnson, "Private purchasing of prisons locks in occupancy rates,"
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