..parts deleted to respond... Some of the parts are worded and emphasized in such a way as to be racist or at least move someone in that direction. Some of my comments are an attempt to move the language to a more realistic and non-race specific location.
> > 1. We no longer agree to have our taxes spent to support women who > > choose to > > have illegitimate children. With the SECOND illegitimate child, and > > all subsequent > > children, they will get no further financial benefit. They will be > > offered free birth > > control, or free voluntary sterilization, but it will be made clear > > to them that if > > they continue to procreate, there will be no financial gain. > > so basically the problem isn't social benefits, its ILLEGITIMATE children. > Quite frankly, there is nothing intrinscially wrong or costly about > illegitimate children - whats costly is the mother. If this petition was not > made by someone who wants to impose his/her morality on others the word > illegitimate wouldnt' be in here in the first place. > > Not every illegitimate child is a tax burden. > > Besides, what should we do? Let all the "ILLEGITIMATE" children starve to > death because their mother didn't use birth control? I'd amend this to deal with welfare/assistance parents rather than use the term illegitimate. When my mother was a social worker in NH she saw women have child after child just because they got more money for it. If a person is on welfare and needs it then they should be helped out. But those who use welfare or any other assistance as a way to loaf should be cut off. (my mother said those women should have their tubes tied). > > 2. We no longer agree to have our taxes spent to support illegal > > aliens. We demand > > that the current policy of amnesty be rescinded, and that no further > > proposal > > shall ever be brought before either House. > > We should become Xenophobes? > > Actually, for the most part I agree with this - But we should also amend the way we allow imigration. We, as a country need imigrants as much as they need us. New ideas, new blood, etc. > > 4. We demand that our government stop wasting our tax dollars on > > printing > > pamphlets in FOREIGN languages. Our language is English. > > Ah, so we ARE going to become Xenophobes. Actually I agree with this and the next one so far as there are people who are citizens who can not speak any english. I was once on a jury selection for a case where the defendent could not speak english. When I asked if he could read english (he was a livery driver and it was an accident case) I knew that I was out of the jury. Simple question but no one wanted to address it. > > 5. We demand that a prerequisite for becoming a citizen is the > > commitment to > > learn to speak, if not read, the English language. If you want to > > > 7. We demand that our public school students be taught AMERICAN > > history, > > in addition to black history. > > This is bizarre - our students ARE taught american history. Black Americans > are part of American History. D Yes, but the culture of PC now a days is turning out some really strange history classes. One I read about had the children acting as crusade era muslims in all ways (which somehow got passed the religious monitors). Why not civil war or revolutionary war people? Why not frontiersman or the like. History of America first, then history of Europe, Africa, Asia, etc. next. Again, I'm amending their statements as they do show some targeting towards a more racist view (the specific language and emphesis). > > 9. We demand that a person must PROVE a real disability in order to > > be granted > > government aid. We do not agree that drug addiction or alcoholism > > constitutes > > a disability, but a weakness in character and a choice in life that > > WE should not > > have to support > > Since there is evidence to show that addiction has a genetic component they > can disagree to all the science in the world but they are still ignorant. I'm an addict. I have an addictive personality. I can control it. I've cut waaaay back on sugar and almost 100% on chocolate. Being addicted to something is not considered a disability according to law. While it might make someones life uncomfortable if they don't get their 'fix', it does not stop them from living. Being blind, crippled, etc does. > > 11. We demand the abolition of so-called "hate crimes". When a person > > of color > > is murdered by a Caucasian, it is branded as a hate crime, but the > > reverse is > > not given the same consideration. ANY CRIME IS A HATE CRIME. > > Bullshit. If someone kills me BECAUSE i am a jew, thats a hate crime. Agreed in priciple. I'd like it to be more balanced so that if a crime is comited against someone due to their race, religion, etc. its a hate crime. If its just for cash, its not. The difference is that if a straight guy is ever jumped by a bunch of lesbians (oh, the jokes) because hes straight then it should be considered just as much as if a gay guy is jumped by some straights. > > 14. We demand an END to all minority set-asides for small > > businessmen. In this day and age, everyones basically equal and should be given the same footing. > > 16. We demand a mandatory age at which no person should have to pay > > school taxes. The elderly have paid their share, and they need their > > money > > to pay for their medical bills. Elderly support is just good sense as one day you to will be old. > > 17. We demand that the salaries and perks of our elected leaders be > > reformed to > > be more in keeping with what the average citizen makes. We demand > > that the > > salaries of our REALLY important citizens, such as police, firemen, > > school- > > teachers, be raised to a livable wage, I totally agree. I'm not teaching because I could not live on the salary I was getting and that was before being married. ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
