From the You Just Can’t Make This Crap Up dept:
The homeless woman accused of stealing up to $15,600 from Norwalk taxpayers by sending her 5-year-old son to a city elementary school pleaded not guilty Wednesday during an arraignment in state Superior Court.
Defense attorneys Darnell Crosland and co-counsel Michael Thomas entered the plea on behalf of their client Tanya McDowell, 33, who is facing up to 20 years in jail on first-degree larceny and conspiracy charges. The case was continued until May 11.
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Crosland said that his client was undeniably homeless when she enrolled her son at the school and he should have been allowed to remain there, according to federal law.
>This Court case some more like they’re trying to make an example of her,
Yea, stealing from people is wrong, but this woman was stealing from the government!
>Education directly affects the workforce and business which is commerce which Congress can regulate/fund/tax as it wishes.
Silly reasoning. Just because something affects commerce doesn’t mean it can be regulated. The Supreme Court already threw out the Gun Free Schools Act.
People affect businesses which is commerce, therefore Congress can regulate/fund/tax as it wishes.
Lyin Mike–Commerce Clause rules all the other rings. Suck it.
#19 Bobbo.
Didn’t make it to bed, yet. Pregnant lady in the clinic. First timer. She’s got a long while ahead of her. Got one of the girls watching her. I’m gonna grab that shower and go to sleep. But, first:
Yes, I misspoke. ObamaCare definitely is NOT universal healthcare. It barely qualifies as health care. It’s more of an infernal contraption that requires teams of lawyers to decipher, interpret and litigate but is basically designed to prop up and make the insurance industry more profitable.
Education under the Commerce Clause? That may be too much of a stretch even for a progressive agenda. With that logic, sneezing would be covered by the commerce clause since I reached for a tissue and it was manufactured across state lines. (Old joke: transporting gulls across state lines for immortal porpoises! It still cracks me up…) But, I guess you, like so many progressives, feel the commerce laws can include anything they wish. I’m afraid you’re in for a big disappointment when the courts get hold of ObamaCare. [That presumes no re-election because a 2nd term will likely see a shift in the makeup of the SCOTUS. Their refusal to fast-track O'Care worries me.]
Defining terms. I’m afraid you and I would be arguing those points for a very long time. Unsuccessfully.
I only said I WANTED a scotch. Not that I would have one. In fact, the shower won’t be hot, either. (Nice thing about the tropics – the water won’t be cold.)I’ll drink a local beer in the field but I do not bring hard liquor with me. Sometimes, the locals will offer me some homegrown “rum” but my mama didn’t raise me to go blind from consuming methanol.
The Corruption of Thomas Jefferson – sounds like the title of a pron film. Any black slave girls in it?
Good night.
#18 Animby, you might not be getting more conservative, the country is probably getting more liberal under your feet.
As the Dems have slide ever further toward the Clinically Psychotic/Psychopathic Left, the rest of the country has by and large let itself be dragged Leftward in the Dems’ wake.
By Today’s standards, Harry Trueman and and maybe even FDR would be considered rabid Conservatives by today’s Dems/big city news media. JFK a north east Repub (frequently “hiking the Appalachian trail”, and LBJ – creator of the Great Society Programs – would practically a Blue Dog Democrat.
#25 The 2010 healthcare reform is very similar to Nixons plan. I suppose he was a closet liberal?
Reagan would never get the nomination in today’s Republican environment. I guess he was a commie since he believed in immigration amnesty.
Clinton promoted business and free trade with Nafta and the DMCA.
Obama is “so far left” that several of his policies are indistinguishable from G.W. Bush. Single Payer wasn’t even on the table for god’s sake.
There is no radical shift left, despite what Rush may claim.
You got a little koolaid on your chin there…
I agree with the Alfie. I demand to see Trig Palin’s birth certificate.
The real lesson from this story:
If you are brought to trial, don’t have a lawyer who looks like Penn & Teller, and a witness with an ugly bowtie.
OK, so I better ‘fess up.
I avoid government tolled roads by taking alternate routes to work and play.
So sue me. (I’ve always wanted to say that!)
A highway / school that is on my path. No sign, roadblock or fence that declares I am not allowed to drive / attend – because a public official will lose his lunch-money.
Apart from the fact I may not be able to read the sign even if it was there… why not put the effort into allowing me and my children to integrate into society, rather than puttng me in jail – where the cost is borne by the public’s lunch money – not a politician’s.
Oh.. I get it.
At least I’m good at maths !
Better be VERY careful about typos or poor penmanship on any form lest you be prosecuted for fraud.
This is the obvious result of the governmental control of education that the liberals love. This is just maybe the first time you saw someone break the law and try to get her kids into a good school, in the face of not having the option of school vouchers.
Can one of you geniuses explain why people shouldn’t have the choice of where to send their own child?
This woman is obviously paying no taxes no matter where her kid goes to school, and I am paying insane taxes despite not having kids. If we are going to attach wealth distribution to every part of governmental services, at least let these people get some good out of it instead of sending them to a crap school. Oh, that’s right – we have to keep them in a school then enforces their dependence on government, lest they choose a private school that allows them to be successful.
By they way, I have coworkers who send their kids to private schools for less than $400/month, including profits. Why is this school so inefficient that it is milking the taxpayers for over $1700/month per child?
keeping my guns and ammo ready……
#33: Hopefully the ammo are blanks and the rifle is made by Daisy or Mattel, just so you won’t shoot your eye out.
#32
Whenever there’s a story about a failure or shortcoming of government several of you stand up “See? Government can’t be trusted. We should abolish it! The free market will solve our problems!”
Yet when there’s a story about Corporations running roughshod over customers, or the failure of the market to solve every problem…I don’t hear a corresponding out cry.
Its almost like there’s an agenda at work.
The market has its place. So does government. Fix/Correct/Restrict both where appropriate to meet society’s needs. Any dogma that calls for the elimination of either is foolish.
#35 tcc3,
I hardly said anything of the sort. I simply do not understand why the left is so strongly against freedom of choice when it comes to education. It has nothing to do with us being able to “trust” government – but we need to ask ourselves what is the appropriate role of government in education when we see stories like this. If you cannot look at a story like this and see there is something wrong with the way things currently are, you need to ask yourself if you are avoiding looking at your own dogma. There is a place for government and a place for free market. I believe we have more needs for limitations on the government than on the free market, but we obviously need limitations on both as much as we need both. No one is calling for the “abolishment” of government or anything close to it. Even the most “fringe” elements call for scaling it back to the size it was in the early-mid 20th century.
I have never seen a story about a corporation who has the power to tell someone what they do with their child for the 5th-17th years of their lives, and then threatening them with 20 years in prison if they do it the wrong way. Corporations do some sleazy things, but they simply do not have the power to do something like this. Also, when corporations do something wrong, it is usually against the law, and if not we can change the laws. When the government does something like this, it is because a particular political party thinks it is “best for us”.
By the way, if you want a great model that shows how less government intervention gives you better education, look at Finland.
http://bit.ly/m2xOnc
http://bit.ly/2Xld8J
In many ways Finland is a more liberal country than the US, but when it comes to education, they get that pushing the authority down the lowest level – the teachers themselves, and away from government – gives far superior results. Yes, there are some cultural difference that gives them an advantage. However, when their kids are beating Japan and China but go to school half as much, an honest person cannot say that a centralized government dictating every aspect of education is the best approach.
#36, Because a liberal never met a social program they didn’t like. They would rather take a big McDonald’s Ass Kicking (the new Big MAK) then give up a social program, no matter how inefficient it is.
“Just throw more money at it. That’ll fix it!”
I am proud to be a liberal and I support “choice.”
Usually when PUKES talk about choice a la the voucher system, the vouchers remove general funding from the system that remains after the vouchered kiddies go to the new school system: usually the subburbs leaving the downtown kiddies in the Public System.
So–its reasonable for people who know they are going to be stuck in the underfunded system to not be for the choice/voucher system. Its Money.
ITS MONEY: nothing prevents anyone from going to private school or being home schooled except values and money. And while money alone hardly ever fixes any issue, its even more rare that less money fixes it either.
Here is why Pukes lie all the time, just compare: Dumbo like social programs and say so and often they want to raise taxes to pay for them. You can like or not like this approach to government but it is what it is.
The PUKES on the other hand, LIE ALL THE TIME ABOUT EVERYTHING: they want to keep as much of their money for themselves as they possibly can so they falsely claim reductions in social programs are advancing some other interest other than keeping more money for themselves. ITS A LIE. You can see it in most voucher programs–from schools to Ryans Plan for Prosperity. Prosperity? Really?
Ha, ha. Liars. When they tell the truth, or the public spies it out, they lose votes big time. so don’t call it “less money for public schools” instead call it “choice” in the educational system.
F*ctards all.
# 37 aslightlycrankygeek said, “In many ways Finland is a more liberal country than the US…” Ahem. “In every way Finland is a more liberal country than the US…” There, fixed.
My 2 cents: We will never fix the US education system until teachers are hired and fired on merit instead of paying their dues to the Teacher’s Union.
#35 tcc3 said, “…failure or shortcoming of government… [vs] …a story about Corporations …”
One big difference: Corporations MAKE money, governments spend it. If a corp spend too much money, it goes out of business. If governments spend too much money, it’s citizens get hurt. Right now we have a debt that will encumber our grandchildren. Democrats want to start spending out great-grandchildren’s money. And, if something isn’t done soon, they’ll be spending even further into future generations. It’s time to vote out all Dodos and most Repubs.
#39 bobbo bloviated, “…they [Republicans] want to keep as much of their money for themselves as they possibly can” And Dodos want to give it away? Show me one, just one, Dodo who paid more in taxes than he was legally responsible for. The Treasury is happy to accept donations above the taxation level. So, just show me one. Oh, and, a quick google will show you there are a lot more rich Dodos than there are Repubs in the Congress. Bobbo, drop your dogma and think for a change! You’ve become a sloganeer. I’m not saying vote Repub. Just recognize almost every single politician for what they are: egotistical, power-hungry, agenda-driven assholes who don’t do a damned thing except look out for themselves and their backers.
I pray you and both live long enough (shouldn’t take more than 10 or 15 years) to show the Obama administration is the least efficient and most corrupt EVER. I’m not a Repub fan but I sincerely think they need to regain control in order to stop so many foul programs the Dodos have started, end the march to socialism and reinstate capitalism as the foundation of our country.
Love you, Bobbo, (kiss kiss) but Dodos lie CONSTANTLY and are KILLING America. And it’s OUR fault for letting them.