I read from the Rutherford Institute, that the San Antonio Northside Independent School District is forcing one student, Andrea Hernandez, out of the Magnet program for her refusal to wear an RFID tracking badge.
As the article reads, Ms. Hernandez is the only student out of approximately 4200, who has taken this stand. I shudder with a sinking feeling in my heart that there are 4199 sheeple students and their parents who have no objection to this unlawful and blatant assault on their Constitutional Rights.
American's will one day wake up, too late I fear, to find their freedoms no longer exist.
I believe the NISD knows they are on shaky ground. An effort was made by the administration to have Ms. Hernandez wear the badge, sans the RFID chip, to give the appearance that she agreed to the program. To her credit, she has flatly refused to participate in the charade.
I implore every student as John Jay High School to support Ms. Hernandez. En mass, stand up, walk out and refuse to return until such time as this program and the idea behind it are dead and buried, six feet under.
You have rights, guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States. Rights and freedoms that men and women, for over 232 years, have given their lives to secure for every generation which has come after them. Do not give up a single modicum of freedom for the illusion of security or big brother. Do not let their sacrifices be in vain.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Monday, November 5, 2012
HURRICANE SANDY AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
In the aftermath of yet another natural disaster, Americans are once again being implored by the Red Cross and other Relief Organizations to contribute funds to help their fellow citizens. All well and good. Americans always help their own after devastating events such as this.
My question is, where is their government? Rhetorical question number one. Beyond platitudes, helicopter tours of the impacted cities and towns, the promise of help and the declaration of disaster area's, I see little in the way of assistance to the thousands who have lost nearly everything. Seaside Heights, Mantiloking and Breezy Point, New Jersey being just three of the cities having been devastated by Sandy.
As with Hurricane Katrina and the 2011 Virginia earthquake, Americans will step up and donate billions of dollars. Most of it will be pissed away and five, ten plus years from now; cities, towns and people will still be trying to rebuild and recover their lives. FEMA, will send formaldehyde saturated trailers or tell people that despite millions of dollars in damage incurred by the quake, they don't "qualify" for funds and remain the the feckless, bloated and useless government entity that it is.
While Rome is only partially burning, it's obvious the Federal Government really doesn't care. $50 billion dollars is one of the estimates of Sandy's devastation. In the grand scheme of American dollars, a mere drop in the bucket. Would it be too much to ask that the 537 political hacks who supposedly represent the 330 million, suspend that amount in foreign aid to our "allies" in the War
on Terror, War on Drugs, War on (insert name of effort here) and
instead focus those funds and efforts to help our own citizens? Rhetorical question number two. The money would certainly be better spent and go to those who truly need it.
While I am not a fan of hand outs or the government coming to the rescue every time someone's pier gets washed away or their car destroyed by flooding waters; portions of whole towns burned, flooded tunnels and subway systems, $20 billion dollars in economic damage and $30 billion in property destruction, create an exception.
It's about time our representatives concentrate on the health, well being and recovery of their citizens. Sadly, that is far too much to ask of men and women more concerned and focused on bitter, vitriolic partisanship sniping. The latter, in their small minds, obviously trumping the former, in importance.
My question is, where is their government? Rhetorical question number one. Beyond platitudes, helicopter tours of the impacted cities and towns, the promise of help and the declaration of disaster area's, I see little in the way of assistance to the thousands who have lost nearly everything. Seaside Heights, Mantiloking and Breezy Point, New Jersey being just three of the cities having been devastated by Sandy.
As with Hurricane Katrina and the 2011 Virginia earthquake, Americans will step up and donate billions of dollars. Most of it will be pissed away and five, ten plus years from now; cities, towns and people will still be trying to rebuild and recover their lives. FEMA, will send formaldehyde saturated trailers or tell people that despite millions of dollars in damage incurred by the quake, they don't "qualify" for funds and remain the the feckless, bloated and useless government entity that it is.
While Rome is only partially burning, it's obvious the Federal Government really doesn't care. $50 billion dollars is one of the estimates of Sandy's devastation. In the grand scheme of American dollars, a mere drop in the bucket. Would it be too much to ask that the 537 political hacks who supposedly represent the 330 million, suspend that amount in foreign aid to our "allies"
While I am not a fan of hand outs or the government coming to the rescue every time someone's pier gets washed away or their car destroyed by flooding waters; portions of whole towns burned, flooded tunnels and subway systems, $20 billion dollars in economic damage and $30 billion in property destruction, create an exception.
It's about time our representatives concentrate on the health, well being and recovery of their citizens. Sadly, that is far too much to ask of men and women more concerned and focused on bitter, vitriolic partisanship sniping. The latter, in their small minds, obviously trumping the former, in importance.
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