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Government is what we pay for, to alienate our kids from us?

Is this the Proper Role of Government and OUR employees?  Yes, another case of our public servants decreeing that they are our Public Masters; from The Blaze (reformatted, emphasis mine):

Cassidy Vines was so horrified by what a teacher in Texas allegedly told her that she is planning on home-schooling her daughter after Christmas break. Vines told Glenn Beck on Monday that she recently began noticing a change in her daughter’s behavior. Her daughter — who is in kindergarten — started to “snap” at her when she corrected her homework, saying “I’m her mommy, not her teacher.”  Vines said a few days after her daughter first snapped at her, she started pronouncing a word incorrectly. Vines corrected her daughter “in the most gentle way possible,” but she said her daughter broke down crying, saying “that’s how she was taught, and I can’t tell her something different because I’m a mommy, not a teacher.”  Vines said she was horrified and asked, “Is somebody telling you this at school?”

“She said, ‘Yes, I’m only allowed to learn from my teacher,’” Vines remarked.

Yeah, I got that from my kids when they were in school, too – and trust me, having two STEM degrees, I knew the subject matter in which I was trying to help my kids far better than the teachers did.  “THIS is the way my teacher wants me to do it!”; tough noogies – I’m your Dad and until you do it this way (which you WILL see is simpler, faster, and less prone for mistakes), you aren’t moving from chair”.

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This from Instapundit (the rest is behind the Wall Street Journal paywall) (emphasis mine):

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Number of College Students Taking Remedial Courses Explodes. “The number of college students taking at least one remedial course rose to 2.7 million in the 2011-2012 academic year from 1.04 million in 1999-2000, federal data show. During the same span, the amount of federal grants spent by undergraduates enrolled in at least one remedial course rose 380%, after inflation, Education Department figures show. There was also a drastic rise in remedial students taking on student debt. . . . Now, the high dropout rate among remedial-education students—along with a sharp rise in student debt—is fueling debate about whether the government should be more stringent in awarding student aid. Critics—ranging from some think-tank academics and conservatives to a trustee of a community-college system in Texas—say aid should be targeted toward students who are better-prepared.” These are students who shouldn’t be in college. Colleges are letting them in because they want their money.

The above is about student debt – my emphasis is on asking the question “What about the student education? WHY are so many students leaving mostly government high schools SO unprepared for college level work?”  It can’t be that Gruber word: stupidity, right?

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These are part of our highest level of lawmakers – the Congressional Black Caucus.  One would expect that they would take the time to do what we pay them for – read the bills before voting on them.  Fat chance of that happening if you have EVER read their remarks concerning one bill or another – some are simply clueless about them or on other things (like Congressman Hank “we’ll tip over Guam if we put more troops there” Johnson) like this (reformatted, emphasis mine):

Congressional Black Caucus denounces Ferguson grand jury

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus on Monday called the grand jury decision not to indict Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson a “slap in the face” for those seeking justice for the death of Michael Brown.  “The Ferguson grand jury’s decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown is a miscarriage of justice,” CBC Chair Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio) said in a statement released after the decision was announced late Monday evening in Missouri. “It is a slap in the face to Americans nationwide who continue to hope and believe that justice will prevail.”

The evidence given to the grand jury in Ferguson was just released today and somewhere I have bookmarked a post that says 60 witnesses and 4,900+ pages of testimony.  To my knowledge, there is no mechanism that automatically sends such evidence to black CongressCritters in cases where other blacks die in confrontations with whites (regardless of the circumstances) ahead of decisions.

Thus, when did CongressCritter Fudge have the time to read (or

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For Immediate Release

New Hampshire Right to Life
(603) 626-7950

New Hampshire Right to Life Announces New President

Merrimack, N.H. — The Board of Trustees of New Hampshire Right to Life is happy to announce the election of a new President for the organization. During its November board meeting, NHRTL trustees unanimously voted for Jane Cormier to serve as incoming President of the organization. While serving as a former representative in the NH State House for Belknap District 8, Ms. Cormier actively stood for life and small government issues. Ms. Cormier was the prime sponsor on HB483, a bill supporting informed consent requirements for abortions performed in New Hampshire. She also vigorously supported other life-affirming legislative bills and is well-known throughout the state as a dynamic and passionate speaker.

Ms. Cormier also has experience with non-profit sector management and will stand unflinchingly for the right to life from conception through natural death. In addition to writing a popular weekly column for the Weirs Times, Jane has a large network of supporters throughout the Granite State. “We look forward to having Jane become part of NHRTL. We know she will bring a new and fresh perspective to engage in robust dialogue regarding life issues here in NH”, says the NHRTL Political PAC Chair, Darlene Pawlik.

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Sounding more like the Ferguson grand jury may be ready to reveal its decision.  While many are thinking that all hell is going to break loose if Officer Wilson is cleared of wrong doing, I think that with all of the professional grievance mongers have descended up Ferguson for what ever reason (e.g., race relations, pro-Commies, “guess what I did during my Thanksgiving break!”), they are going to riot no matter what – innocent, guilty – it will make no difference.

“A St. Louis area gun shop refused a sale to an African-American woman because, according to the clerk, St. Louis police informed gun stores that Darren Wilson will not be charged,” addictinginfo.com reports. And told them to remove their firearms from the premises in case “protestors” choose to do a little affirmative shopping. “To be clear, this was not an instance of racism (not in the traditional sense, anyway) — the shop was just in the process of removing all guns and ammunition from the premises, allegedly on the order of police.” You didn’t know that? Apparently the media didn’t get the memo. Literally . . .

Did you notice the tractor trailer back there to our loading dock?” the man asked the woman, who responded with an affirmative. “All the guns are already packed in, and we’re taking all the pawns out of here too, just to protect our customers’ merchandise.”

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While I have been reading Session’s words for a while (one of the few Senators making a sustained effort on behalf of American workers knowing the impact that granting Amnesty will bring due to an unnecessary and unwanted dilution of the labor market that already has 92 million people out of the labor force) but have not quoted him much at all.  He does a great job here (emphasis mine):

“President Obama’s executive amnesty violates the laws Congress has passed in order to create and implement laws Congress has refused to pass.  The President is providing an estimated 5 million illegal immigrants with social security numbers, photo IDs and work permits—allowing them to now take jobs directly from struggling Americans during a time of record immigration, low wages, and high joblessness.

This amnesty plan was rejected by the American people’s Congress. 

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So far, VERY quiet.  Have the day off today so I thought that I would call all four of our Federal Representatives (your choice as to whether they represent us or they are the representatives TO us from DC); I called their DC offices rather than a NH one (previous experiences have shown that the NH ones generally refer to Washington in issues like this).

Senator Kelly Ayotte:

Her Press Secretary, Liz,  was not available according to the receptionist that took my call.  She offered to send me to Liz’s vmail.  I did let her know that my previous call (another issue) was never returned.  She then offered to have me talk to the Deputy Press Secretary, Brianna – ended up leaving another voice mail (with my number & email).

Senator Jeanne Shaheen:

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#nhpolitics #Amnesty #ObamaAmnesty #EO #Grok Obama has just declared our Southern border now extends to the tip of South America.

— GraniteGrok (@GraniteGrok) November 21, 2014

Yeah, ain’t this the height of irony.  Obama calls out “Free Entry” (and free access to our welfare system) to those coming in through our Southern border and Mexico (who supplies the majority of its citizens as our illegal aliens) had decided to use a Free Market alternative to slow down immigrants through its borders – ABC 10 news (reformatted, emphasis mine):

SAN DIEGO – If you are a United States citizen and cross the border frequently you may have to pay a fee to go into Mexico.  The National Immigration Institute in Mexico (INAMI) has started a pilot program in which foreigners that enter Mexican territory for more than seven days or they will be involved in paid work, they will have to pay 306 pesos, or about 28 US dollars.

“We are doing what should be done,” said Rudolfo Figueroa, representative of INAMI in Baja California. “Foreigners who enter Mexico have the obligation to register; if they will be in national territory for more than seven days, they have to pay the right of non-residents.”

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Conservative Review has a quick list of the lies implicit / explicit / omission by Obama last night:

Lie #1: Every President has Taken Executive Action on Immigration: No other president has ever issued an amnesty of anywhere near this scope, created it out of thin air, or built it upon a prior executive action instead of a statute…

Lie #2: Illegal Immigrant Crossings are Down: Actually, this is the third straight year that border crossings have gone up, not to mention the entirely new wave from Central America…

Lie #3: It does not grant citizenship or the right to stay here permanently: Under the royal edict, the work permits can be renewed every three years, and most likely, they will be renewed at the same 99.5% acceptance rate as DACA applications…

Lie #4: Only 5 Million: Make no mistake about it.  Obama’s illegal amnesty will not just apply to 5 million individuals.  It will apply by default to all 12-20 million illegals in the country as well as the millions more who will now come here to enjoy the permanent cessation of borders and sovereignty…

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Jim Geraghty over at the Campaign Spot has a great observation:

Perhaps the most galling line in last night’s speech:

I know some of the critics of this action call it amnesty. Well, it’s not. Amnesty is the immigration system we have today — millions of people who live here without paying their taxes or playing by the rules.

Yes, but before last night, they feared deportation. Which is the opposite of an amnesty!

And now, with Obama’s edict, they don’t have to worry about deportations AT ALL.  For all of the bluff of “heightened deportations”,

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The one thing about Progressives and Big Government types – they can’t seem to want to let go of 19th century technology – trains.  They get all goose-bumply every time it seems to come up and provide yet another opportunity to spend other peoples’ money to advance their fascination to relegate the many for paying for the few “privileged”.  Oh sure, they have lots of excuses and obfuscations – they’ll wax eloquently about “working while riding”, Green transportation, evil cars, emissions, economy, and oh yeah, the economy.

Always the economic benefit but none of them can refute one Important Fact – NONE of them wants to pay full boat themselves for the cost of it – and how can it stimulate the economy when it can’t even pay for its own existence??  In today’s UL is an article talking about the options that are making these old fashioned tech fanboys and girls – and it summarizes it well be asking “Who REALLY pays?” (reformatted, emphasis mine):

The Manchester Regional option calls for $246 million in total capital costs, with half that coming from federal grants and another $51 million coming from the value of MTBA supplying the trains and track rights. Calculations show about $7 million beyond ticket and advertising revenues would be needed annually to pay the debt service and the remaining operating costs.  By comparison, the Nashua Minimum scenario would cost $120 million in capital costs or $39 million after federal and MBTA contributions. That would leave a $4 million yearly gap to bridge.  The Concord Intercity option would cost $256 million, or $128 million after federal funds. The Concord option would not get any MBTA contributions, so $15 million a year would be needed beyond ticket and advertising revenue.

Put another way, that annual cost that still would need to be funded breaks down to $10 per estimated rider per one-way trip under the Manchester option, $22 for the Nashua alternative and $61 for the Concord option, according to the study.

Get that? 

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This recent election saw more elected Republicans voted into office, top to bottom, than any time since Herbert Hoover.  Each and every poll that I have seen said why – just like in 2010 only louder and more angrily – stop Obama. They kicked the Dems out of more state legislatures and governerships than ever, sending the message that the electorate wanted the Dems stopped at the State level.  They strengthened the majority in the US House for the Republicans and gave them a majority in the US Senate.  The message?   Stop Obama and his policies.  Period.  Full Stop.  No Excuses.  We are tired of the “dense pack” efforts to fundamentally transform America via  the use of Alinsky’s Rule #8:

RULE 8: “Keep the pressure on. Never let up.” Keep trying new things to keep the opposition off balance. As the opposition masters one approach, hit them from the flank with something new. (Attack, attack, attack from all sides, never giving the reeling organization a chance to rest, regroup, recover and re-strategize.)

The base has had it – and sent a message to “do what it takes“.  We sent you there to do one and only one job.  Period.  Stop the dissembling of America.  Stop the Progressives from turning us into Europe (or worse).  Return to Constitutional order and bounds. We gave you more than enough ammo – get to work and we will accept no excuses.

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