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The Great Himalayan Watershed: A review of the politics of water …
It was this, more than anything else, that turned the notorious ‘land of famine’ of the 1850–1950 period into a crucial grain-surplus area, and contributed mightily to improving per capita food supplies for a national population that … In the United States, for instance, the Ogallala Aquifer—which lies beneath portions of western South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, and eastern Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico—is being depleted at roughly the same rate. … read more…
Mexicasa: managing expectations | Oklahoma City Restaurants
People like us who fondly remember Tom and Jerry’s (see our past review of T&J’s) might visit looking for a fine-dining twist on Mexican food, the way Iron Starr has worked on barbecue. After all, Tom and Jerry still have their name and … read more…
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I just had the grandest wedding last January of this year. It was the most splendid day of my life, a dream come true indeed. I am wed to the most bubbly guy on earth Patrick and it didn’t take us lon… read more…
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If you can eat it, drink it, or order lunch or dinner at it, local foodies are blogging about it. From doughnuts and veggie burgers to lunch spots and underground supper clubs, they’ll fill you up with more food facts than you can wave a fork at. Kansas City has a food blogger for every taste, from mild to spicy. read more…
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Resolved Question: True court cases, funny, but crazy. lol?
Sorry it so long, but well worth it. Courts gone mad. lol
>>>Time once again to review the winners of the Annual
>>>
>>>”Stella Awards.”
>>>
>>>The Stella Awards are named after 81 year-old Stella Liebeck who spilled
>>>hot coffee on herself and successfully sued McDonald’s (in NM). That
>>>case inspired the Stella Awards for the most frivolous, ridiculous,
>>>successful lawsuits in the United States. According to reliable legal
>>>analysists, for every idiot who wins a case, thousands of other
>>>imbeciles don’t make it that far. We can thank our lucky stars for that,
>>>because it’s you and me who end up paying for these mental midgets
>>>awards as companies pass the cost on to the consumers.
>>>
>>>When I was growing up, my folks told me that if I did something stupid,
>>>I’d have no one to blame but myself. I guess the Stella awards prove my
>>>folks, and every other law-abiding, intelligent person who takes
>>>responsibility for his or her own actions, dead wrong! AND I firmly
>>>believe that everyone on these juries should be locked up and the keys
>>>thrown away!!
>>>
>>>
>>>Here are this year’s winners:
>>>
>>>5th Place (tie):
>>>Kathleen Robertson of Austin, Texas, was awarded $80,000 by a jury of
>>>her peers after breaking her ankle tripping over a toddler who was
>>>running inside a furniture store. The owners of the store were
>>>understandably surprised at the verdict, considering the misbehaving
>>>little toddler was Ms. Robertson’s son.
>>>
>>>5th Place (tie):
>>>19-year-old Carl Truman of Los Angeles won $74,000 and medical expenses
>>>when his neighbour ran over his hand with a Honda Accord. Mr. Truman
>>>apparently didn’t notice there was someone at the wheel of the car when
>>>he was trying to steal his neighbour’s hubcaps.
>>>
>>>5th Place (tie):
>>>Terrence Dickson of Bristol, Pennsylvania, was leaving a house he had
>>>just finished robbing by way of the garage. He was not able to get the
>>>garage door to go up since the automatic door opener was malfunctioning.
>>>He couldn’t re-enter the house because the door connecting the house and
>>>garage locked when he pulled it shut. The family was on vacation, and
>>>Mr. Dickson found himself locked in the garage for eight days. He
>>>subsisted on a case of Pepsi he found, and a large bag of dry dog food.
>>>He sued the homeowner’s insurance claiming the situation caused him
>>>undue mental anguish.
>>>
>>>The jury agreed, to the tune of $500,000. This is so outrageous
>>>that it should have been 2nd Place!
>>>
>>>4th Place:
>>>Jerry Williams of Little Rock, Arkansas, was awarded $14,500. and
>>>medical expenses after being bitten on the buttocks by his next door
>>>neighbour’s beagle. The beagle was on a chain in its owner’s fenced
>>>yard. The award was less than sought because the jury felt the dog might
>>>have been just a little provoked at the time by Mr. Williams who had
>>>climbed over the fence into the yard and was shooting it repeatedly with
>>>a pellet gun.
>>>
>>>3rd Place:
>>>A Philadelphia restaurant was ordered to pay Amber Carson of Lancaster,
>>>Pennsylvania, $113,500. after she slipped on a soft drink and broke her
>>>coccyx (tailbone). The beverage was on the floor because Ms. Carson had
>>>thrown it at her boyfriend 30 seconds earlier during an argument.
>>>
>>>2nd Place:
>>>Kara Walton of Claymont, Delaware, successfully sued the owner of a
>>>night club in a neighbouring city when she fell from the bathroom window
>>>to the floor and knocked out her two front teeth. This occurred while
>>>Ms. Walton was trying to sneak through the window in the ladies room to
>>>avoid paying the $3.50 cover charge. She was awarded $12,000 and dental
>>>expenses.
>>>
>>>And drum roll please………..
>>>
>>>1st Place:
>>>
>>>This year’s runaway winner was Mrs. Merv Grazinski of Oklahoma City,
>>>Oklahoma.
>>>
>>>(This one sounds eerily familiar, like an urban legend, but it is a
>>>mater of public record in 2005 at the Superior Court in Oklahoma City.
>>>And it just goes to show that you can’t protect stupid people from
>>>themselves.)
>>>
>>>
>>>Mrs. Grazinski purchased a brand new 32-foot Winnebago motor home. On
>>>her first trip home, (from an OU football game), having driven onto the
>>>freeway, she set the cruise control at 70 mph and calmly left the
>>>driver’s seat to go into the back & make herself a sandwich. Not
>>>surprisingly, the RV left the freeway, crashed and overturned.
>>>Mrs.Grazinski sued Winnebago for not advising her in the owner’s manual
>>>that she couldn’t actually do this. The jury awarded her $1,750,000 plus
>>>a new motor home.
>>>
>>>The Winnebago company actually changed their vehicle operating manuals
>>>on the basis of this suit, just in case there were any other complete
>>>morons in the world!
Lets all hurt ourselves, then sue someone else. Lol
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Resolved Question: Are they an integral part of the problem?
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DHS employee: Department not enforcing illegal immigration reporting laws
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— CNHI News Service
OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma Department of Human Services employee says state human services officials are ignoring the policy to report potential illegal immigrants to the federal immigration agency.
Steve Thomas, social worker II in the agency’s Oklahoma County Rockwell office, testified before members of Oklahoma House of Representatives’ Revenue and Taxation Committee during an interim study on state immigration reform Tuesday.
“There’s got to be an incentive not to come (to the United States) … we’re not doing anything about it,” said Thomas, who is up for retirement in November from the department. “We need to ask for identity, we need to ask for citizenship. ”
Thomas said he reviews the eligibility requirements to determine if a person qualifies to a few programs, including food stamps. He said for food stamps the person must be a citizen or an alien who has lived in the state at least five years. He looks at the income level and citizenship status of those coming into the agency, but he does not question the answers.
“If they want to say they’re citizens we go with it,” he said. Thomas works as a social worker II, which he said “means I’ve been there a long time and haven’t been promoted.” He told legislators he was put in front of a civil rights board that told him he had scared a person by revealing the reporting requirements for illegal aliens and that was deterring the person from seeking assistance. Thomas said by law he is supposed to submit a memo to the state office with information on possible illegal immigrants and the state office can then determine whether or not to report the case to the feds.
“There are no workers sending memos,” he said.
“Illegal immigrants are not eligible for public assistance,” according to a statement from the Department of Human Services, which goes on to say illegal immigrants “know they are not eligible and rarely apply.”
Thomas was one of several people who testified at Tuesday’s interim study. Jack Martin, special projects director for the non-profit agency Federation for American Immigration Reform, urged legislators to pass legislation that turns off jobs to people here illegally.
It would be a “Field of Dreams in reverse. Turn off the jobs, then they won’t come,” he said.
State Rep. Randy Terrill, R-Moore, conducted the study and said he will reintroduce a bill to penalize businesses that hire undocumented workers.
“The second that I do so, you are going to hear a cry in the business community,” because they think it will take too much time to verify citizenship, he said.
Martin said there is a computer program companies can use that can detect whether a person is legal in the country. He said it takes a matter of minutes to enter the information into the system and may take a day or two to receive the results.
Martin estimates there were about 83,000 illegal aliens in Oklahoma in 2005 who cost the state about $207 million in annual public education, emergency medical and incarceration costs. Education makes up the biggest portion of the pie, with an estimated $161.1 million of the $207 million. He estimates there are about 10,325 illegal alien students and about 14,455 U.S.-born children of illegal aliens in Oklahoma public schools in 2004.
The estimates are derived from other population estimates from the U.S. Census data calculating the rising population and the foreign-born population.
“No one knows how many illegal aliens there are,” Martin said.
He also spoke about anchor babies, which are children born in the United States to parents illegally living in the country. For some people, he said, having a U.S.-born child means parents can collect benefits for the child.
According to DHS policy, workers are required to report if a person admits illegal aliens are present in the household and there are documents that appear to be forged or the person presents a formal order of deportation or removal.
Terry Bryce, chief of staff for the Women, Infants and Children Supplemental Nutrition Program through the Oklahoma State Department of Health, also testified for the study. He said employees in the program do not track the citizenship status of those who come in because the only criterion is residency. The program is funded 100 percent by the federal government and they hand down the laws, he said.
Bryce did say not having the programs for residents would be detrimental.
“It would make it very difficult for those individuals to live a healthy lifestyle,” he said.
Patti Davis, executive vice president of the Oklahoma Hospital Association, expressed a similar sentiment related to treating any patient that comes into a hospital. She said hospitals are bound by many state and federal laws where they cannot turn away patients and by federal law it is impossible to know a person’s citizenship status.
“We believe our staff are health givers, not INS enforcers,” she said.
Oklahoma hospitals provided about $515 million in care in 2005 to uninsured or underinsured patients and did not get compensated. The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 freed up about $250 million per year in reimbursements for fiscal years 2005 to 2008 for hospitals and ambulance services, but Davis said it required a verification of citizenship status to receive any reimbursements.
As for Thomas, he believes undocumented individuals seeking DHS programs have a right to know they can be reported to the federal immigration authorities and he wants human services personnel to follow the law.
“I’m coming forth now because it’s wrong, it’s illegal,” he said.
The statement from DHS also said the federal government audits the food stamp program every year and “no deficiencies have been found in certifying illegal immigrants for any public assistance program.”
Jaclyn Houghton is CNHI News Service Oklahoma reporter.
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Resolved Question: How Can 50 States be wrong?
HOW COULD 50 STATES BE WRONG?
Somewhere along the way, the Federal Courts and the Supreme Court have misinterpreted the U.S. Constitution. How could fifty States be wrong?
THIS IS VERY INTERESTING! Be sure to read the last two paragraphs. America’s founders did not intend for there to be a separation of God and state, as shown by the fact that all 50 states acknowledge God in their state constitutions:
Alabama 1901, Preamble. We the people of the State of Alabama, invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish the following Constitution
Alaska 1956, Preamble. We, the people of Alaska, grateful to God and to those who founded our nation and pioneered this great land
Arizona 1911, Preamble. We, the people of the State of Arizona, grateful to Almighty God for our liberties, do ordain this Constitution…
Arkansas 1874, Preamble. We, the people of the State of Arkansas, grateful to Almighty God for the privilege of choosing our own form of government…
California 1879, Preamble. We, the People of the State of California, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom ..
Colorado 1876, Preamble. We, the people of Colorado, with profound reverence for the Supreme Ruler of Universe.
Connecticut 1818, Preamble. The People of Connecticut, acknowledging with gratitude the good Providence of God in permitting them to enjoy .
Delaware 1897, Preamble. Through Divine Goodness all men have, by nature, the rights of worshipping and serving their Creator according to the dictates of their consciences .
Florida 1885, Preamble. We, the people of the State of Florida, grateful to Almighty God for our constitutional liberty .. establish this Constitution…
Georgia 1777, Preamble. We, the people of Georgia, relying upon protection and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish this Constitution…
Hawaii 1959, Preamble. We, the people of Hawaii, Grateful for Divine Guidance … establish this Constitution.
Idaho 1889, Preamble. We, the people of the State of Idaho, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, to secure its blessings.
Illinois 1870, Preamble. We, the people of the State of Illinois, grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy and looking to Him for a blessing on our endeavors.
Indiana 1851, Preamble. We, the People of the State of Indiana, grateful to Almighty God for the free exercise of the right to chose our form of government.
Iowa 1857, Preamble. We, the People of the State of Iowa, grateful to the Supreme Being for the blessings hitherto enjoyed, and feeling our dependence on Him for a continuation of these blessings establish this Constitution
Kansas 1859, Preamble. We, the people of Kansas, grateful to Almighty God for our civil and religious privileges. establish this Constitution.
Kentucky 1891, Preamble. We, the people of the Commonwealth of grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberties…
Louisiana 1921, Preamble. We, the people of the State of Louisiana, grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberties we enjoy.
Maine 1820, Preamble. We the People of Maine. acknowledging with grateful hearts the goodness of the Sovereign Ruler of the Universe in affording us an opportunity … and imploring His aid and direction.
Maryland 1776, Preamble. We, the people of the state of Maryland, grateful to Almighty God for our civil and religious liberty…
Massachusetts 1780, Preamble. We…the people of Massachusetts, acknowledging with grateful hearts, the goodness of the Great Legislator of the Universe .. in the course of His Providence, an opportunity . And devoutly imploring His direction
Michigan 1908, Preamble. We, the people of the State of Michigan, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of freedom establish this Constitution
Minnesota, 1857, Preamble. We, the people of the State of Minnesota, grateful to God for our civil and religious liberty, and desiring to perpetuate its blessings
Mississippi 1890, Preamble. We, the people of Mississippi in convention assembled, grateful to Almighty God, and invoking His blessing on our work.
Missouri 1845, Preamble. We, the people of Missouri, with profound reverence for the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, and grateful for His goodness . establish this Constitution .
Montana 1889, Preamble. We, the people of Montana, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of liberty. establish this Constitution
Nebraska 1875, Preamble. We, the people, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom. establish this Constitution.
Nevada 1864, Preamble. We the people of the State of Nevada, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom establish this Constitution.
New Hampshire 1792, Part I. Art. I. Sec. V. Every individual has a natural and unalienable right to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience.
New Jersey 1844, Preamble. We, the people of the State of New Jersey, grateful to Almighty God for civil and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy, and looking to Him for a blessing on our endeavors.
New Mexico 1911, Preamble. We, the People of New Mexico, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of liberty.
New York 1846, Preamble. We, the people of the State of New York, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, in order to secure its blessings.
North Carolina 1868, Preamble. We the people of the State of North Carolina, grateful to Almighty God, the Sovereign Ruler of Nations, for our civil, political, and religious liberties, and acknowledging our dependence upon Him for the continuance of those
North Dakota 1889, Preamble. We, the people of North Dakota, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of civil and religious liberty, do ordain…
Ohio 1852, Preamble. We the people of the state of Ohio, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, to secure its blessings and to promote our common
Oklahoma 1907, Preamble. Invoking the guidance of Almighty God, in order to secure and perpetuate the blessings of liberty. establish this ..
Oregon 1857, Bill of Rights, Article I Section 2. All men shall be secure in the Natural right, to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their consciences.
Pennsylvania 1776, Preamble. We, the people of Pennsylvania, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of civil and religious liberty, and humbly invoking His guidance.
Rhode Island 1842, Preamble. We the People of the State of Rhode Island grateful to Almighty God for the civil and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy, and looking to Him for a blessing
South Carolina, 1778, Preamble We, the people of he State of South Carolina. grateful to God for our liberties, do ordain and establish this Constitution.
South Dakota 1889, Preamble. We, the people of South Dakota, grateful to Almighty God for our civil! and religious liberties. Establish this
Tennessee 1796, Art. XI.III. That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their conscience…
Texas 1845, Preamble. We the People of the Republic of Texas, acknowledging, with gratitude, the grace and beneficence of God.
Utah 1896, Preamble. Grateful to Almighty God for life and liberty, we establish this Constitution
Vermont 1777, Preamble. Whereas all government ought to. enable the individuals who compose it to enjoy their natural rights, and other blessings which the Author of Existence has bestowed on man
Virginia 1776, Bill of Rights, XVI . Religion, or the Duty which we owe our Creator. can be directed only by Reason and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian Forbearance, Love and Charity towards each other
Washington 1889, Preamble. We the People of the State of Washington, grateful to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe for our liberties, do ordain this Constitution.
West Virginia 1872, Preamble. Since through Divine Providence we enjoy the blessings of civil, political and religious liberty, we, the people of West Virginia reaffirm our faith in and constant reliance upon God.
Wisconsin 1848, Preamble. We, the people of Wisconsin, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, domestic tranquility.
Wyoming 1890, Preamble. We, the people of the State of Wyoming, grateful to God for our civil, political, and religious liberties. establish this Constitution.
After reviewing acknowledgments of God from all 50 state constitutions, one is faced with the prospect that maybe, just maybe, the ACLU and the out-of-control federal courts are wrong!
“Those people who will not be governed by God will be ruled by tyrants.” –William Penn
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