SO WHY IS EVERYBODY SO UPSET ABOUT ARIZONA???

 

Simple solutions to not so complex problems!

In 2007, Missouri placed on the ballot a proposed constitutional amendment designating English as the Official language of Missouri.  Nearly 90% voting in favor!  English became the official language for ALL governmental proceeding in Missouri.  It also means no individual has the right to demand government services in a language OTHER than English.

In 2008 a measure was passed that requires our Highway Patrol and other law enforcement officials to verify the immigration status of any person arrested, and inform federal authorities if the person is found to be here illegally.  It allows Missouri law enforcement offices to receive training to enforce federal immigration laws.  The bill makes it clear that illegal immigrants will NOT have access to taxpayers benefits such as food stamps and health care through Missouri HealthNET. 

In 2009 a measure was passed that ensures Missouri's public institutions of higher education do NOT award financial aid to individuals who are here illegally.  The law also requires all post-secondary institutions of higher education to annually certify to the Missouri Dept. of Higher Education that they have NOT knowingly awarded financial aid to students who are unlawfully present in the United States.

So while Arizona has made national news for its new law, it is important to remember Missouri has been proactive in addressing this growing problem.

Missouri has sent a clear message that illegal immigrants are NOT welcome in our state and they are certainly NOT welcome to receive public benefits at the cost of Missouri taxpayers!

Article in "The Ozarks Sentinel" Editorial Opinion - Nita Jane Ayres, May 13, 2010

 

 

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For Your Consideration

Reference your editorial on June 2, Releasing Inmates Early Can Lead to Tragedy, as One Family Here has Learned.

 

I love your justification. "The board presumably made the best decision it could make based on the inmate's record, seriousness of offense, time served, disciplinary actions taken while imprisoned and programs completed while incarcerated."

What were they thinking? What are you thinking "seriousness of offense?" He killed a woman. He did not kill out of temper or fear. He killed her because he did not want her to testify in court. He killed her because he wanted her quiet and the only way to ensure that was to make her dead. He should have been executed. He should have been killed in the same manner in which he killed.

Look at reality. Beginning at 17-years he lived among animals for 33 years and you think there is anyway he can get along in society when he is 50-years-old? For 33 years he lives in a world kill or be killed, take what you want prison guards making decisions for him. What have you been smoking?

 

How about he moves next door to you and your family or the families of those decision makers?

 

The judicial system in this country is a joke. Life in prison should mean life in prison. The death penalty should mean death.

 

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FREE - Chris Anderson

I read a book entitled FREE. The author makes the case that in many instances businesses can profit more from giving things away than they can by charging for them. Below is an example. I thought GACS might be appreciate a benefit similar to UC Berkeley.

 

How Can a University Education Be Free?

Chris Anderson

FREE The Future of a Radical Price.

You don't have to enroll at UC Berkeley to watch Richard A Muller deliver his popular "Physics for Future Presidents" lectures. They're on YouTube, along with talks from more than a hundred other Berkeley professors that have been collectively watched more than 2 million times. And Berkeley is not alone: Stanford and MIT also release lectures on YouTube, and MIT's "OpenCourseWare" initiative has put virtually all of the university's class curriculum online, from lecture notes to assignments and demonstration videos. It can cost $35,000 a year to attend these universities and take these classes. Why are they giving them away?

Lectures aren't a university education. Aside from the small matter of a degree, which you can't get via YouTube, a college education is more than lectures and readings. Tuition buys direct proximity to ask questions, share ideas, and solicit feedback from academics like Muller. It's access to the network of other students and the idea exchange, help, and relationships this provides. For universities, free content is marketing. Top students get their pick of schools. Sampling the mind-blowing fare of a particular program or professor can win them over.

Create demand for expertise. To date, one of Muller's lectures has garnered 200,000 views. That's three times the capacity of the football stadium at UC Berkeley. After becoming a Web celeb of sorts, Muller secured a book deal to write a popular hardback version of the textbook he penned for his class. Released in the summer of 2008, Physics for Future Presidents was widely reviewed atop one of Amazon's best-seller lists. It's easy to see just how good Free has been to Professor Muller.

 

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