Students Caught in Immigration Crossfire

Students Caught in Immigration Crossfire as condemnation is rained on Arizona by people incapable of reading 10 pages. Of course actually reading something might challenge preconceived notions and expose the criticism for the mindless, knee-jerk overreaction that is quickly becoming the hallmark of this administration and its allies.

FOXNews.com - Holder Admits to Not Reading Arizona's Immigration Law Despite Criticizing It

FOXNews.com - Holder Admits to Not Reading Arizona's Immigration Law Despite Criticizing It

"'I have not had a chance to -- I've glanced at it,' Holder said at a House Judiciary Committee hearing when asked had he read the state law cracking down on illegal immigrants."

However I do understand that it is on his "to do" list. You know, along with the Constitution.



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Libya Wins Seat on UN Human Rights Council

Libya winning a seat on the UN Human Rights Council is kind of like, oh I don't know, electing Iran to a UN Commission on the Status of Women.

Really, how much of a joke does the UN have to become before we withdraw our membership and our cash, kick them out of their East Side digs, and turn the buildings over to Mayor Bloomberg's developer buddies to turn them into condos. Let them move to the Hague where we can ignore them along with the World Court.



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Pay As They Go… With Your Money

Remember PAYGO? Congress promised not to add to the deficit with any new spending. This article gives us an idea of just what politicians promises are worth.

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FOXNews.com - Illinois School Nixes Basketball Team's Trip to Arizona Over Immigration Law

What is truly hysterical is that the school claims that the decision is not a political statement but rather a question of safety. How many people actually believe that? Um, that would be ZERO. The truth is that some educational bureaucrat had a political ax to grind and if he had to grind it on the dreams and aspirations of students he feigns such concern for, no matter how hard they worked to achieve them, so be it.

FOXNews.com - Illinois School Nixes Basketball Team's Trip to Arizona Over Immigration Law


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Detention for Candy

The story below makes me think of what would have happened in my house when I was growing up if a similar situation were to arise. I too would have come home afraid to tell my mom that I was getting a weeks detention for breaking a rule except in my case, and in many of my contemporaries, I suspect, it wouldn't have mattered what the rule was, breaking it was grounds for a concurrent sentence at home. If she felt that the punishment was a little harsh or did not fit the crime, she would not tell me. She would take it up, if at all neccesary, with the teacher privately. However the incident described in this story was no where near the point that would raise my mothers ire at the teacher or the school but even if it was I would never have known it, not even today. Parents and teachers are too often adversaries rather than teamates these days, often in a competition to see who can be more popular with the kids, who can be the better buddy. Was one week detention too harsh? I don't think so, assuming the rule and the consequences for breaking it were known by the students. Consequences mean nothing if not applied and they only become unfair when not applied eqauly to all.

FOXNews.com - Student Gets Detention for Possessing Piece of Candy

FOXNews.com - Student Gets Detention for Possessing Piece of Candy

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