State Legislators Debate A State Registry For Kids

A Michigan State Representative Stephanie Chang, a Detroit

Rep Stephanie Chang (D)

Democrat, proposed legislation Friday to create a state registry of homes chooled students following the deaths of two Detroit children who were found in a freezer.

The law would require visits with children at least twice per year by someone such as a licensed social worker or law enforcement officer.

 The bill would also require that parents who want to homeschool their children provide their names and ages, along with the name and address of a parent or guardian, to the superintendent of the school district in which they reside.

Chang used the  case of Stoni Ann Blair and Stephen Gage Berry as a reason for planning the legislation. Investigators believe Stephen was 9 when he died in August 2012 and that Stoni was 13 when she died the following May. Their mother, who is accused of torturing and killing them and then stuffing their bodies in the freezer, had said she homeschooled them.

Senator Phil Pavlov (R)

“We all failed Stoni and Stephen because Michigan does not maintain a list of homeschooled children and so we have no way to identify and then protect any child who could be at risk for abuse,” Chang said. “Most homeschool parents have their child’s best interest in mind, and many do a fine job homeschooling, but with Stephen and Stoni, that wasn’t the case.”

She said the state must ensure that every child is accounted for.

Gov. Rick Snyder did not embrace the concept of a homeschool registry.

Today Senator Phil Pavlov, (R) St. Clair County,  made it clear that her bill would never leave committee as he wrote a letter to Michigan home school parents and posted it on his legislative web page. 

Dear Parents,
 Stoni Ann Blair and Stephen Gage Berry were precious children with limitless potential, and their senseless deaths at the hands of their mother have shocked and saddened the entire state of Michigan.
 Mitchelle Blair, the Detroit woman accused of killing Stoni and Stephen and then hiding their bodies, is a murderer who deserves, at best, to spend the rest of her life in prison.
 This tragic situation is not, and never was, however, a homeschooling problem.
 That’s why I am so dismayed by the introduction of a new bill in the state House of Representatives to exploit Stoni and Stephen’s tragic deaths as an excuse to impose new regulations on loving, committed, and law-abiding Michigan families.
 Let’s be clear-this legislation would not have stopped Ms. Blair from killing her children. Blair was willing to break every law on the books, and routinely and effectively lied for years to hide her crimes.
 Instead, the new bill is a transparent attempt by some in Lansing to bully, threaten, and intimidate parents who choose not to send their children to traditional public schools. The legislation would force every homeschooling family to register with local officials and to open their homes twice yearly for police inspections, to prove that they have not murdered their own children.
 Parents have rights. Parents deserve choices. And parents deserve so much better from Lansing.
 As the Chairman of the Senate Education Committee I wanted to write you today to assure you that this anti-parent legislation will not see the light of day in my Committee.
 Parents who choose homeschooling as the best education option for their children lovingly pour themselves into their kids, and they get great results. Homeschooled children are among the most successful in the state, go on to attend colleges and universities, get and keep great jobs, and help lead our communities.
 Every child learns differently, and no one understands the needs of a child like his or her parents. That’s why when it comes to making education decisions for their children, or for choosing the kind of education that will work best, Lansing should trust parents, not bully them.
 Sincerely,
 Senator Phil Pavlov
Chairman, Senate Education Committee

Phil Pavlov has announced that he will be running for Candice Miller's Congressional Seat in the 10th District. 

Pelosi On Hillary: Qualifications Don't Matter, Vote For Her Because She Is A Woman

If you were to ask any voter what they wanted in a president, most would say experience, leadership skills, and a proven

Nancy Pelosi Embraces Hillary Clinton

track record would undoubtedly be among the answers. But if you were to ask House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, her answer would be a simple one: the next president should be a woman.

In a press conference last week, Pelosi was asked if Hillary Clinton’s vote for the Iraq War should disqualify her from the White House, seeing as how Pelosi had characterized that war as a “grotesque mistake.”

“I don’t think a vote on a war 13 years ago…I mean this was wrong all around,” Pelosi said after stuttering around in an attempt to avoid the question. “That was then, this is now. We go forward. And I do not think that Hillary Clinton took on that, nor did I think the vote John Kerry took on it disqualifies him for being president.”

Pelosi could have left it at that and been content to wallow in her usual stench of hypocrisy. But no, she is apparently a banner member of the Clinton campaign, and she felt it was her duty to start stumping for Hillary. And since there is very little to say about Clinton in terms of her accomplishments, Pelosi turned to the only trait she has that seems to matter.

“What’s important is what it would mean to elect a woman president of the United States,” she said

What about these women Nancy as they at least have accomplishments and leadership experience?  Condoleeza Rice, Michelle Bachmann, Sarah Palin, Carly Fiorina...

Lincoln's Funeral 150 Years Ago Today

This past Wednesday marked the 150th year of Abraham Lincoln's death.  Today marks the 150th year since Lincoln's death.  Below are actual photos from Lincoln's funeral 

Look at the picture of Abraham Lincoln's funeral march in NYC. In a window on the 2nd floor, there are two boys. One was Theodore Roosevelt who would later become the president of the United States. The other was his younger brother Elliot Roosevelt whose daughter Eleanor would become the wife of Franklin Roosevelt and first lady of the united states. Elliot and Franklin were distant cousins therefore Franklin is a distant cousin of his wife.

Did A Facebook Post Remove Rep Gamrat From Republican Caucus Or Is It Because She Leads In Poll For Next RNC Committee Woman?

Rep Cindy Gamrat (R)

A benign Facebook post has cause Speaker of the House Keven Cotter (R) to remove freshman Republican Representative Cindy Gamrat from the Republican Caucus.  

Could this move actually be in retaliation by establishment Republican's that are trying to remove the majority conservative base from the party?  There is a movement to weed out pro-traditional marriage and anti-abortion members from the party.   In addition the party establishment is working to make the party more secular.  For it is money rather than morals that a group in the establishment faction is more concerned about. 

Could this also be retaliation as Cindy Gamrat currently leads in polls to be the next Michigan Republican National Committeewoman?

Rocky Razckowski

Former Majority House Leader Rocky Raczkowski came out strongly in Representative Cindy Gamrat's defense "As a former Majority Leader in the House, I do NOT understand how this post has terminated State Rep Cindy A. Gamrat membership in the republican Caucus. Speaker Cotter should reinstate Gamrat now, unless we are missing some huge violation!"

Candid Story and Thoughts on Racism and Cops

By now the entire nation has seen the video of Walter Scott

Will Stack

being wrongfully shot and killed by Officer Michael Slager. Officer Slager made a series of bad choices that killed Walter Scott.


Now the question is, if Scott simply followed directions and didn’t run away would he probably be alive right now?

A video of a young black man recounting his experience with a white police officer during a traffic stop is going viral on social media in the wake of more outrage over the shooting of an unarmed black man in South Carolina.

Army National Guardsman Will Stack, 22, said Wednesday that there were “no problems” being pulled over for “improper use of the median” when he turned left out of the Lexington County Courthouse in South Carolina.

 Will Stack made a video to let us know that if you are polite and do not make yourself look threatening to an officer doing his job, you may very well end up having a positive outcome.

“People need to understand that not all officers are crooked,” Stack said. “Not all officers are racist bad people, and not all people who get shot or tased or arrested by officers are innocent victims.”

“Just because you’re black doesn’t mean you’re a victim. Just because you’re white doesn’t mean you’re a racist. Just because you’re a cop doesn’t mean you’re a bad person. This world really needs to stop putting labels on people and things and see them as who they are. People. Doing Jobs. Doing things. Ignorance has no color. God doesn’t see color. Why should we?” 

He nails it.

Bill limits people to bathrooms based on biological sex

Sad that a law, which common sense should cover, needs to

be passed to protect the public. 

Transgender activists and progressive groups say they're appalled with a proposed Nevada law forcing students to use bathrooms corresponding to their biological sex.

Republican Assemblywoman Vicki Dooling is sponsoring AB375, which was discussed Friday in the Assembly Judiciary Committee.

The bill would require students in public schools to use locker rooms and restrooms based on their sex at birth.

Harry Reid Lied, Eye Injury From Brother Not A Workout

Yesterday Larry Reid the prime suspect in Senator Harry Reid's eye injury was arrested after a brief

Larry Reid

altercation with police.

According to The Tatler and Power Line Blog Larry Reid is prime suspect in his brother’s beating.

On Monday I got a phone call from a man named Easton Elliott. We talked briefly on Monday, and have had additional telephone conversations since then. Elliott* is a businessman who lives in the Las Vegas area, and he thinks he knows what really happened to Harry Reid. This is the story as he related it to me:

Elliott spent a portion of last New Year’s Eve at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in Henderson, Nevada. His AA group has meetings every hour on New Year’s Eve, along with a pot luck supper. There were approximately 20 people present at the meeting during the events described below.

Some time between 10:00 and 11:30 p.m., a man entered the meeting. His appearance was striking: there was blood on his clothing, beginning around his midsection. His left hand was swollen. He appeared to be somewhat intoxicated and was visibly agitated. He introduced himself as “Larry.”

In a group discussion that was heard by a number of people, Larry said that he had just had a fight with a family member. Larry said he had been at a family get-together, and he didn’t remember much about the fight because he had blacked out. When he came to, he was rolling on the ground, fighting with a family member, and his clothes were bloody. Now, he said, he was frightened that the Secret Service would come after him.

Larry Reid was arrested about 12:30 p.m. Monday on U.S. Highway 95 near the edge of Boulder City city limits. (Daily Mail)

Harry Reid’s brother was arrested this week on drunk and disorderly conduct… Oh, and he hit a cop.
The Daily Mail reported:

Senator Harry Reid’s 73-year-old brother has been arrested and charged with driving drunk and

Harry Reid

hitting a police officer.

Larry Reid was arrested for DUI about 12:40 p.m. between Boulder City and Searchlight in Nevada.

Mr. Reid was also charged with battery of a police officer, driving across a median, resisting arrest, not wearing a seat belt and possession of a gun while under the influence of alcohol.

A trooper saw Larry Reid’s Lexus SUV in the dirt median with the engine still running, Patrol spokesman Trooper Loy Hixson said.

The Nevada Senator’s office released a statement confirming that Larry Reid is the Democrat’s brother, saying only that it is ‘a private matter.’