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MelissaWV
05-21-2010, 05:18 PM
...and it'll probably sink, but there are other things going on.

On the illegal immigration front:


...after a second-grade girl in a suburban Maryland school quizzed Michelle Obama about whether the president would be deporting her mother because she "doesn't have papers" documenting her U.S. citizenship, officials with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that they would not be trying to locate the parent in question. They have also announced that they will not deport the girl's mother if she were to surface.


A top Department of Homeland Security official reportedly said his agency will not necessarily process illegal immigrants referred to them by Arizona authorities....

"ICE has the legal discretion to accept or not to accept persons delivered to it by non-federal personnel," [Judge Andrew] Napolitano said. "It also has the discretion to deport or not to deport persons delivered to it by any government agents, even its own."


...broaching another highly sensitive issue, Calderon urged Congress to restore a ban on assault weapons, saying easy access to high-powered weapons is contributing to drug-related violence along the border.

Calderon also took up the Arizona law in a meeting Wednesday with President Barack Obama, who referred to the law as a "misdirected expression of frustration."

The Mexican leader said his country was doing its best, by promoting more jobs and opportunities at home, to reduce the flow of immigrants to the United States.

On the education front:


The Texas State Board of Education adopted new social studies and history guidelines Friday for classrooms in an ideological debate over academic standards that has drawn intense scrutiny.

The board gave the curriculum a more conservative bent by dictating how political events and figures will be taught to some 4.8 million primary and high school students in Texas and beyond for the next decade.

The standards also will be used by textbook publishers who often develop materials for other states based on those approved in Texas.

The board took separate votes on standards for high schools and kindergarten through eighth grades. The final vote was 9-5 on each set of standards.

The debate has brought national attention, including testimony from educators, civil rights leaders and a former U.S. education secretary.

During the monthslong process of creating the guidelines, conservatives have successfully strengthened the requirements on teaching the Judeo-Christian influences of the nation's Founding Fathers and attempted to water down rationale for the separation of church and state.

The standards will refer to the U.S. government as a "constitutional republic," rather than "democratic," and students will be required to study the decline in the value of the U.S. dollar, including the abandonment of the gold standard.

Conservatives say the Texas history curriculum has been unfairly skewed to the left after years of Democrats controlling the board.

Educators have blasted the proposed curriculum for politicizing education. Teachers also have said the document is too long and will force students to memorize lists of names rather than thinking critically.

In Science:


Scientists announced a bold step Thursday in the enduring quest to create artificial life. They've produced a living cell powered by manmade DNA. While such work can evoke images of Frankenstein-like scientific tinkering, it also is exciting hopes that it could eventually lead to new fuels, better ways to clean polluted water, faster vaccine production and more.

On the "Potential False Flag" front:


Times Square bombing suspect's story parallels Pakistani novels

Americans who are searching for an explanation for the attempted bombing of New York's Times Square this month should pick up two recent and critically acclaimed novels by Pakistani authors, which tell how the events that followed 9-11 made Pakistani New Yorkers feel alienated and angry.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20100521/wl_mcclatchy/3512506;_ylt=AtPxvt6lGDr64mMi5PNEnBOMwfIE;_ylu=X3o DMTMzOXUyOXRzBGFzc2V0A21jY2xhdGNoeS8yMDEwMDUyMS8zN TEyNTA2BGNjb2RlA21vc3Rwb3B1bGFyBGNwb3MDNgRwb3MDNgR zZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3JpZXMEc2xrA3RpbWVzc3F1YXJlYg--

And so on.

There... I feel a little better :)

Paulitical Correctness
05-21-2010, 05:24 PM
Ctrl + F, Rand.

GASP!

WaltM
05-21-2010, 05:39 PM
why science got no front?

MelissaWV
05-21-2010, 05:42 PM
why science got no front?

For variety's sake :p

RM918
05-21-2010, 06:13 PM
What's the point of the law if they refuse to enforce it? Either enforce it or get rid of it.

pcosmar
05-21-2010, 06:38 PM
What's the point of the law if they refuse to enforce it? Either enforce it or get rid of it.

I am guessing you are referring to Immigration Laws.
So,
It is not in their interest to enforce them. They can use the issue to push for National ID, The NAU, Random checkpoints, indefinite detention, and several other UnConstitutional adventures.

It is a crisis to be exploited.
:(

Kotin
05-21-2010, 06:51 PM
Well played.