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Arizona, Billerica, Common Sense, Illegal Immigration Law, News shorts, Politics, School lunches, White Sharks
Governor Deval Patrick signed the “health school food bill” which encourages public elementary and secondary schools to carry healthy alternatives, such as fruit and vegetables, to so-called “junk foods”. Those in support of this nanny state bill claim that it will help to fight the war on obesity.
I’d be happy to see the public school system simply fight the war on illiteracy in language, science, mathematics and history (taught with all of our national glory and shame). It used to be that children went to school to be educated and if weight loss was an issue, you sent the kids outside to play or to a fat farm for extra work and discipline.
Compare student output and size between the public school system and that of the private educational providers and it’s easy to see that the government is running yet another failing program – public education.
I wonder if anyone has done a study correlating obesity to home schooling. This latter option is picking up in popularity and with Maria Montessori’s books on education and technique available readily available, I suspect the number of people choosing to opt out of public education will continue to rise.
I’m certain that most of you have heard about the early arrival of great white sharks into New England oceans. The key word is “early”. These sharks have come here for millenia seeking fat, juicy seals for dinner and leaving the lobsters to us humans as a reason for choosing New England as a food delicacy destination.
The key to this event is to stay away from seals. If you see seals, there are most likely seal predators who will easily mistake you for them if you put yourself in the same soup bowl. And for those who need a reminder, never allow your children to get out of your sight or too far out in the ocean water to get back in quickly.
For you adults who like to dwell on sandbars or just beyond them from the shoreline, feel free to pack yourself into an oversized hot dog bun; sharks are highly carb tolerant because they aren’t allowed to play Nintendo or spend hours on Facebook.
The Federal government has won round 1 of the Arizona/Obama immigration battle. But, the fight is far from over. Governor Jan Brewer has appealed and intends this battle to go to the United States Supreme Court as both an immigration issue and a States rights issue.
Governor Brewer has upped the ante by filing a counter-suit against the Federal government for payment of costs directly related to the federal government’s wanton and willful failure to uphold its own laws and to protect the citizens of Arizona. This is not a good thing, because if Arizona wins this counter-suit, we all get to pay the penalty for decades of malfeasance.
Finally, if Governor Brewer really wants to make a statement, as the State Commander-In-Chief of the Arizona National Guard, she’ll order the entire guard to the Arizona border, fully armed with orders to use all means necessary to prevent illegal crossings and drug trafficking. Simultaneously, she should file suit for reimbursement for the cost of such a massive mobilization of state resources. If you are going to pick a fight; why not pick a good one?
Realistically, however, I think Governor Brewer is left with only one option to reduce the problem and reverse the tide of illegal immigration as this debate goes through the courts. And that is to go after businesses and individuals who hire illegal workers, fine them, imprison them and if necessary, confiscate their property on the grounds that the company is benefiting financially through the commission of a felony. This is a case, if challanged, I think has a great chance of succeeding on its merits and because it appears to be out of the federal range of jurisdiction.
On another front, Missouri will become the first state to test the popularity and Constitutionality of President Barak Obama’s health care policy with a statewide ballot proposal to reject the core mandate of that program, which mandates that people pay for health insurance coverage; whether they want it or not.
Missouri is well aware that if the ballot initiative succeeds, it too will find itself as the target of a Federal appeal in the form of a lawsuit. Experts feel that the Missouri challenge is questionable because of the supremacy clause of the Constitution favoring federal law over state law.
However, there is still the Constitutional question whether the federal government can use tax policies to force people to buy something they don’t want or need. People are generally taxed on what they choose to buy or on what they earn – not on what they are forced to purchase by fiat. This is the very sort of tax policy that got King George in a pickle with the colonists, and that fact should not be easily dismissed by Washington politicians and would be Emperors.
Missouri is also vowing to take this fight to the United States Supreme Court as a state’s right issue. Stay tuned.
One last thought: why is it that for all of their whining and complaining about illegal immigration that not one so called conservative group has filed suit against cities for establising and maintaining “sanctuary cities”, and against the federal government for not enforcing the law and punishing those so called sancturary cities who clearly and deliberately flaut the law and against which no federal law enforcement action is taken? Jan Brewer’s fight only goes to half of the problem. What about this other half, and what does their inaction speak to with respect to the sincerity they hold for enforcing the rule of law? Just because one assumes the lable of conservative should not entitle him or her to a free pass at the polls when considering the problems created by a central government that has no respect for any law, except for those laws that can be used or ignored to improve or forward their political agenda.
