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President Obama to speak to all K-12 students via webcast September 8


Obama youth movement takes a page from WWII history book.

Picture this; former President Bush wants to speak directly to your K – 12 children. The school is all set with internet and has TV monitors in classrooms and auditoriums. Topics the President will include are the importance of ‘persisting and doing well in school.’

The President wants teachers to prepare for the speech, by asking students to read books about the President, ask students how the President will inspire us, write down notable quotes about the President and what other historical moments students remember from the President’s speeches to the nation?

Would you be mad at President Bush? Would ABC, CBS and NBC be leading their newscasts with a story about an out-of-control President who wants to impede on the primary-education system?

What if President Bush said he wanted kids to create posters about why we should be at war and encourage kids to write letters showing support for the President and other lawmakers and write letters about what they could do to help the President? Would you drop everything and head to school and give the educators an earful? Keep reading

Supreme Court case to prevent undocumented children in-state tuition


Two of the Ranking-House Judiciary Congressman weighs in on a California Supreme Court case to provide illegal immigrants in-state tuition, while U.S. citizens who live outside the state continue to fork over costly out-of-state tuition dollars.

Congressman Steve King-IA and Lamar Smith-TX filed an amicus brief this week regarding California Supreme Court case Martinez vs. Regents of the University of California.

At issue is the ability for the state to give those in this country illegally more favorable tuition rates than legal American citizens.

Ranking Member Smith said, “We should not reward illegal behavior. It’s fundamentally unfair to tell American parents who are not from California, but have paid taxes all their lives that they have to pay higher tuition bills to send their children to college than do illegal immigrants.”

In a statement, he goes on to explain law-abiding citizens should be first in line to get reduced college tuition. Keep reading

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