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A Violation of Civil Rights

2009-11-14T01:10:54Z

Nov. 7, 2009

U.S. Dept. of Education
Office for Civil Rights

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Problems progressives in public education cause or make worse.

1. You can not force young males to accept life styles that conflict with their genetic makeup. This can lead to psychological harm and eventually violence.

2. You can not teach young males not to defend themselves. One who can not or will not defend themselves will not defend others.

3, The concept of self-esteem is not something you can give or teach as put forth by public education. Self-esteem comes from personal accomplishment. Which, public education has diminished in the class room and on the playing field.

4 "To raise a child in a society without consequences is not in the best interest of the child or society." (related to No. 3.) Problems progressives in public education cause or make worse.

5. Public education must stop the practice of punishment for young males that belong to the Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, ROTC or like organizations. And, stop any policies that hinder or restrict like organizations at each and every educational level. And at the same time allow and finance race/segregation based political organizations like The Race.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on his "Listening and Learning Tour"

Photo and caption courtesy ed.gov.

Most of the serious problems on campus is caused or made worse by progressives in public education.
*In the past kids could get a pack of smokes pretty easy. However, it was next to impossible to get beer, drugs or guns. Today it is slightly more difficult to get a pack of smokes. However, beer, drugs and guns are easily obtainable. In the past kids did not care if you were gay, straight or somewhere in between. According to public education, today it is a crisis at every level of a kids life. If kids have civil rights, they have a right to be kids. The progressive education system is a serious violation of those rights.

Sincerely,

Lightfoot Letters

cc: Frank Wells - California Teachers Association
* Previously published

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A Corn of Maddow....

2009-11-12T19:59:32Z

Sept. 29, 2009

Rachel Maddow
MSNBC

Ms. Maddow,

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You contend that ACORN is not under investigation in 14 States. The prostitution tapes are staged. Voter registration fraud never happened. ACORN books have always been open to the public. There is no political campaigning by ACORN. ACORN helps all citizens not just the minorities  They are not a front for the Democrat Party. President Obama never served as their legal council or in any other capacity. It is only a 'vast right wing big business conspiracy' to keep poor people poor and on and on and on. Let's say, you are right on all counts and ACORN is pure as Snow White on Sunday.

You seriously miss the main point.
US Constitution Article I, Sec. 8 denies the federal government the authority to establish or fund ACORN or any like organizations.
Amend.IX, X - The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people. This does not leave much to interpret. It seems clear to me that the Several States, Counties, Cities or private business like Bank of America could fund ACORN or like organizations. Amend. X reiterates that no authority exists for the Federal Government to create nor fund with 'tax' monies organizations like ACORN. And, the Su. Ct. has no authority, to decide or create that, which does not exist.

This is the most important point. In fact, it is the only point. Good intentions must be within Constitution boundaries. If not, there is no 'rule of law' and this is just a exercise in futility among friends.

Lightfoot Letters

ps: The commerce clause does not give the Federal Government unbridled authority.To argue that point means Article I, Sec. 8. the IX and X Amend.s have no applicable meaning.

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The OBAMA CHRONICLES Sept 20, 2009

2009-09-22T00:39:02Z

The OBAMA CHRONICLES
To AYER is to be WRIGHT

Poster by Shepard Fairey -Arrested on two outstanding warrants Feb. 7, 2009

Sept. 20, 2009
President Obama says he is not paying attention, or very little attention to the ACORN saga. That is a problem. ACORN is a corrupt racist front organization for the Democrat Party. The current president is a Democrat. The current president is a former lawyer representing ACORN. The current presidents' men gave $800.000.00 to ACORN. The current president was endorsed by ACORN. ACORN faces investigations into its dealings in 14 states.
The current president has plenty of time to concern himself with my personal insurance status. However, the current president has no time, nor interest in a corrupt racist organization that wastes millions and millions of tax payer dollars. This is the same president (and congress) that will stop abuse, waste and fraud in social security, prescription drugs and medicare. This is the current president and congress (and past president and congress) that knew that ACORN was a corrupt racist front organization for the Democrat Party.
This is a problem.

Additional info: The Bigger Scandal: Catholic Church Funding of ACORN

House Republican Leader John Boehner's chart courtesy: Alfred the Ordinary

Aug.8, 2009

I have come to believe that we have elected a president that is a authoritarian socialist, (not liberal) like most of the media from Hollywood to the New York Times, He is a good speaker with many authoritarian socialist ideas without any detailed plans...only ideas. Having no plans, only ideas, may turn out to be a good thing.

Aug. 11, 2009 - Regarding racism in Obama Care

Democrats, for the most part are racist. Selling race based public policy is what they do best. Im only suprised when others are suprised when they propose a new race based policy or program.

Aug. 27, 2009

The Liberal Lion, Winston Churchill was committed to free trade, free markets, basic social legislation on behalf of working people and the very poor, restrained government spending, moderate and measured constitutional reform and a government that interfered as little as possible in the lives of british subjects.Walter Russell Mead, Foreign Affairs, May 2002 Many are confused. Uncle Teddy was not Churchill. He was a statist with a history of supporting authoritarian socialist programs just like most Democrats (Obama) and many Republicans. As a liberal myself, lion of the senate, liberal lion ect., insults me and Winston Churchill.

Sept.1, 2009

"the lack of lobbying rules as an example of the Obama administration "saying one thing while doing another." I'm always amazed when others are amazed when politicians act like politicians. I'm even more amazed that so many of us keep voteing for the same Democrats and Republicans. Possibly, it is time to think more 'Libertarian,'

Sept. 3, 2009 Reg Obama push for health care.

US Constitution Article I, Sec. 8 denies the federal government the authority to establish entities such as Medicare, Social Scurity, and other forms of socialized medicine. Note, the VA is a contract for services, between the Federal Government and each citizen that serves. Not in the same category as other programs like Social Security, Medicare or the Dept of Education. Amend. X - The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people. This does not leave much to interpret. It seems clear to me that the Several States, Counties or Cities could have health care programs and they do for public employeesand the poor. The 10th Amend.reiterates that no authority exists for the Federal Government to create mandatory social security programs, health insurance or public relations programs like the Dept. of Education and the Su. Ct. has no authority,to decide or create that, which does not exist. This is the most important point. In fact, it is the only point.

Sept. 5, 2009 reg. Van Jones appointed by Obama. I think one big reason the President and the support for health care reform is slipping in the polls is the people he has selected to positions of power and his personal associations. Listening to Van Jones is just as bad as listening to Mark Levin. They both have petty, narrow minded, personal agendas. Neither have the welfare of the President, his agenda or the people on their to do list. Only, the James Carvell clone, Mark Levin is not in the government. I was one who believed, at one time, the President was going to clean house. Not, dirty up the place with more nut balls than we already have.

Oct. 10, 2008

..I have always had suspicions that groups like ACORN were nothing more than front groups for the political parties. I thought their worst sin was diverting tax dollars or donations for political cause and purpose.

The NEA (National Endowment for the Arts) pushes the White House agenda which is as corrupt as ACORN using tax dollars for political campaigns. NEA officials are more forthcoming than ACORN. The Federal Government pays and the NEA artists do the work to make a better world for us all. The conflict is their better world is partisan politics.

US Constitution Article I, Sec. 8, Amend. IX, X denies the federal government the authority to establish or fund ACORN, NEA or any like organizations. President Obama by his will to fine citizens without due process ( Amend. IV), to openly reap the benefits of corruption, has ignited a resistant to Federal Control not seen since the Civil War or the depression days of FDR. This problem will not go away for the President even if ACORN does. The tentacles of corruption will cause even the NEA (National Endowment for the Arts) to be investigated and all other like organizations.

The small acorn (ACORN) that turned into a giant oak (Article I, Sec. 8, Amend. IX, X IV) that could bring down a presidency.

ref: washington times, cnn

The Obama Chronicles is a series of posts, published in part, or whole, print or web.Daily Pilot, LA Times, Wash. Times, Sac.Bee, ADN,Huff

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Some fear GOP is being carried to the extreme..

2009-09-19T20:00:59Z

Sept 14, 2009

Letters to the Editor
Los Angeles Times

"Some fear GOP is being carried to the extreme" By Peter Wallsten, LATimes, Sept. 14, 2009

The events that I have attended were protesting high tax, and the Republican Party. I do not remember a Democrat being mentioned. There was only about 15 thousand people at the events. Possibly too few citizens for the media to count??

Libertarian Party headquarters staff and interns joined the 9/12 Tea Party March on Washington with "Republicans Equal Big Government" signs. $400 billion Medicare drugs, $700 billion bank bailout, $3 trillion budgets, $1 trillion war" Again, possibly just too few citizens for the media to count. LP Staff Photo

My opinion is the main stream media is disperate to portray these protests as a Repblican Party events. The question is why. Both major parties are corrupt and in the spirit of going 'Green' both need to be recycled.

Lightfoot Letters

Published in part or whole: Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post

Source: LA Times, AM 640, LP,ABC, FOX,CNN

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Labor Day - Missing

2009-09-08T04:20:15Z

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Labor Day - Lost and Found

2009-09-08T03:11:10Z

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Labor Day - Gardens of Stone

2009-09-08T03:08:18Z

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Labor Day Guard

2009-09-07T23:35:30Z

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The Obama CHRONICLES Sept. 5

2009-09-05T21:00:56Z

The OBAMA CHRONICLES
To AYER is to be WRIGHT

Poster by Shepard Fairey -Arrested on two outstanding warrants Feb. 7, 2009

Aug.8, 2009

Aug. 11, 2009 - Regarding racism in Obama Care

Democrats, for the most part are racist. Selling race based public policy is what they do best. Im only suprised when others are suprised when they propose a new race based policy or program.

Aug. 27, 2009

Sept.1, 2009

Sept. 3, 2009 Reg Obama push for health care.

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"Breakthrough Women" on CNN ?

2009-09-05T18:56:44Z

August 24, 2009

Robin Meade
CNN .com/robin

Thought this might interest you regarding your 'Breakthrough Women' feature on Morning Express.

Dewey Whetsell a longtime commercial fisherman, veteran fire fighter and fire chief, jazz musician, and poet from Alaska penned a very nice retort to all of those who would say Sarah Palin isn't the real deal, a true leader.

"The last 45 of my 66 years I've spent in a commercial fishing town in Alaska. I understand Alaska politics but never understood national politics well until this last year. Here's the breaking point: Neither side of the Palin controversy gets It's not about persona, style, rhetoric, its about doing things. Even Palin supporters never mention the things that I'm about to mention here.

photo by john gress -t

1- Democrats forget when Palin was the Darling of the Democrats, because as soon as Palin took the Governors office away from a fellow Republican and tough SOB, Frank Murkowski, she tore into the Republicans Corrupt Bastards Club (CBC) and sent them packing. Many of them are now residing in State housing and wearing orange jump suits. The Democrats reacted by skipping around the yard, throwing confetti and singing la la la la (well, you know how they are). Name another governor in this country that has ever done anything similar. But while you're thinking, I'll continue.

2- Now with the CBC gone, there were fewer Alaskan politicians to protect the huge, giant oil companies here. So, she constructed and enacted a new system of splitting the oil profits called ACES. Exxon (the biggest corporation in the world) protested and Sarah told them don't let the door hit you in the stern on your way out. They stayed, and Alaska residents went from being merely wealthy to being filthy rich. Of course the other huge international oil companies meekly fell in line. Again, give me the name of any other governor in the country that has done anything similar.

3- The other thing she did when she walked into the governors office is she got the list of State requests for federal funding for projects, known as pork. She went through the list, took 85% of them and placed them in the when-hell-freezes-over stack. She let locals know that if we need something built, well pay for it ourselves. Maybe she figured she could use the money she got from selling the previous governors jet because it was extravagant. Maybe she could use the money she saved by dismissing the governor's cook (remarking that she could cook for her own family), giving back the State vehicle issued to her, maintaining that she already had a car, and dismissing her State provided security force (never mentioning, I imagine, that she's packing heat herself). I'm still waiting to hear the names of those other governors.

4- Now, even with her much-ridiculed gosh and golly mannerism, she also managed to put together a totally new approach to getting a natural gas pipeline built which will be the biggest private construction project in the history of North America. No one else could do it although they tried. If that doesn't impress you, then you're trying too hard to be unimpressed while watching her do things like this while baking up a batch of brownies with her other hand.
5- For 30 years, Exxon held a lease to do exploratory drilling at a place called Point Thompson. They made excuses the entire time why they couldn't start drilling. In truth they were holding it like an investment. No governor for 30 years could make them get started. This summer, she told them she was revoking their lease and kicking them out. They protested and threatened court action. She shrugged and reminded them that she knew the way to the court house. Alaska won again.

6- President Obama wants the nation to be on 25% renewable resources for electricity by 2025. Sarah went to the legislature and submitted her plan for Alaska to be at 50% renewables by 2025. We are already at 25%. I can give you more specifics about things done, as opposed to style and persona . Everybody wants to be cool, sound cool, look cool. But that’s just a cover-up. I'm still waiting to hear from Democrats the names of other governors who can match what mine has done in two and a half years.

Dewey Whetsell is not the only one that would be interested in your thoughts regarding Sara Palin.
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ps: Nore to self; don't hold breath waiting for answer from Robin or CNN.

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