This is one of the craziest things I have ever heard. I don't know how old this child is but seriously she just put him on a plane by himself with a note? What is wrong with people today? I hope they give her some jail time or something. This is unacceptable.
I was appauled when I heard about this situation. From what I understand the woman didnt contact any support group or organization to seek help. I for one hope they throw the book at her.
A child is not a camera, or a defective video game. You just don't give them back. I understand that raising a child is not easy. I know that sometimes there are hardships you must face, but that does not excuse this woman's actions. How is a child supposed to behave when everyone around him gives up on him? She accepted certain responsibilities that in my opinion make this unacceptable! What do you think?
The GOP today is far from the GOP just a couple of years ago and this is in large part due to the tea party movement. Whether the changes are genuine or not is for another discussion.
While the tea party won't have any candidates on the ticket this November and in 2012 what there will be is tea party backed republican candidates that have conservative roots and ideology. (Personal Liberty, Smaller Government, Fiscal Responsibility even if that means saying goodbye to government and union jobs.)
For me, I certainly associate myself more so with the tea party movement than I do with the GOP. The media has painted these people as crazy, racists, hate mongers which is grossly inaccurate. I've attended three different tea party events including a march on Washington and the majority of the tea party attendees are very well educated on the issues and intelligence in general. Of course there is a very small percentage of people that are ignorant or belligerent which does nothing for the movement or their credibility.
Example: Knoxville Tea Party; there was one late teen girl who yelled out this is America not Amexico which was just plain ignorant and uncalled for. (That was the only outburst I heard that I thought was uncalled for.)
House Call on DC: There was a handful (About five people) who yelled and scorned members of congress in a unprofessional manor which I didn't approve of. However, when thousands upon thousands of people gather you will get a few bad apples.
Our trip to DC. (Mom and I) http://www.flickr.com/photos/jealousbrother/sets/72157622626266259/
Just curious what some of you think. If you are a conservative also just curious as to which party you believe you are more affiliated with, or identify with the most.
While I believe Mr. Stupak feared this November's election I do not believe it is for the reason most may believe. I do not believe he feared the ridiculous Tea Party. All polls to date showed Stupak ahead of both his democratic rival and even those he may have faced on the republican side in the fall. I do believe he feared the radicals on both sides who were either anti-abortionists or health care reform haters. Constant harassment from these people, including vulgar and threatening phone calls to his office and home were taking a toll. I would prefer that he had braved it out and ran anyway, but it's easy for someone who has no children or a spouse to say what they would do in a case like this. As we know that he is married with a child it's not so easy to think what one would do with the same circumstances. Especially considering that the death threats he has received have even included both his wife and only surviving son. After the death of his son Bart Jr., it's not hard to imagine how one would want to protect the family he still has left. It's truly sad when anti-abortionist radicals and anti-health care attackers force a genuinely good man out of office. We all have to make hard decisions, even some that we don't always agree with simply because it's for the better of everyone involved. It's called compromising. We all do it. It's just a shame that Tea Party activist hypocrites and others used it as a basis to attack a good man.
Every year Unions lose face with both the public they claim to serve and the businesses that do not really need them. The Unions of this country will eventually go the way of the dodo in my opinion. Corporations and even small businesses are wising up and realizing they do more harm than good. This reason, and this reason alone is why I choose corporations over unions, because in the end it will be the corporations that are left to continue "bribing" our elected officials. Let's not pussy-foot around this subject. "Campaign contributions", as they like to call them, are nothing more than a legal tool with which to bribe our statesmen and stateswomen into doing whatever their business wants them do when it comes time to voting. I believe they should be outlawed, and private contributions should have some kind of cap!!
The statement you typed may not directly say "slavery", but it certainly eludes to it in my opinion. One does not have to mention the word itself in order to realize that the Civil War was for the most part fought over this particular subject. I think this was just a mistake, and nothing more. The media has always had a nasty habit of blowing things out of proportion simply to boost ratings, and that's exactly what they've done here.
"WHEREAS, this defining chapter in Virginia's history should not be forgotten, but instead should be studied, understood and remembered by all Virginians, both in the context of the time in which it took place, but also in the context of the time in which we live, and this study and remembrance takes on particular importance as the Commonwealth prepares to welcome the nation and the world to visit Virginia for the Sesquicentennial Anniversary of the Civil War, a four-year period in which the exploration of our history can benefit all;"
This is a direct quote from the original proclamation. This paragraph says quite a bit in my opinion.
While the tea party won't have any candidates on the ticket this November and in 2012 what there will be is tea party backed republican candidates that have conservative roots and ideology. (Personal Liberty, Smaller Government, Fiscal Responsibility even if that means saying goodbye to government and union jobs.)
For me, I certainly associate myself more so with the tea party movement than I do with the GOP. The media has painted these people as crazy, racists, hate mongers which is grossly inaccurate. I've attended three different tea party events including a march on Washington and the majority of the tea party attendees are very well educated on the issues and intelligence in general. Of course there is a very small percentage of people that are ignorant or belligerent which does nothing for the movement or their credibility.
Example: Knoxville Tea Party; there was one late teen girl who yelled out this is America not Amexico which was just plain ignorant and uncalled for. (That was the only outburst I heard that I thought was uncalled for.)
House Call on DC: There was a handful (About five people) who yelled and scorned members of congress in a unprofessional manor which I didn't approve of. However, when thousands upon thousands of people gather you will get a few bad apples.
Our trip to DC. (Mom and I) http://www.flickr.com/photos/jealousbrother/sets/72157622626266259/
This is a direct quote from the original proclamation. This paragraph says quite a bit in my opinion.