SB 1070 Arizona Immigration Law

My feelings on this are very mixed. I know that the bill specifically says that "discrimination" is disallowed, but how else could they identify illegals. Well, the bill sort of answers that too... essentially anyone who gets in trouble with the law will have the burden of proving that you have a legal standing to be in the states, done easily via showing a drivers license...etc.

But, then comes all of the provisions against legal citizens helping illegal citizens. This is what truly strikes me. The law essentially would say that YOU American citizen, will be in big (monetary mostly) trouble if you help an illegal citizen. If you drive them around, give them a job, assist with care...whatever, you will be in trouble. But, what if I'm a bleeding heart and I want to help? Apparently, that's not my right...which I suppose may be understandable. I mean would I be allowed to help a mass murderer on the run? No. But, these people are not mass murders (or at least the most of them). Is is not the American way to help those less fortunate, or is that "word shaped crap" on the statue in New York?

Next, is the actions that the law requires. Essentially, the law is saying in Arizona we round up illegals...and give them to the Feds. Not that I don't like the concept of states rights, but um...well lets face it, if many concepts had been left solely to states and no federal intervention taken, I might still be someones property, or without the right to vote (as a women and as a black person). I don't like the idea of Arizona FORCING the feds to deal with their immigrations issues. But not for the noble notion that one assumes (that the rush to judgement and eviction of illegal immigrants in morally wrong) but mostly because other states would then have a burden for the rash decisions of Arizona. But how(?) you may ask... Well if the feds are dealing with all of Arizona's illegal aliens, when will it find the resources (time, or money) to deal with other pressing immigration issues.

Arizona's law, though it has done a good thing in bringing TONS of attention to the issue, is very primitive, rushed, and will not offer a long term solution. Its almost of waste of time, energy, and money because when all is done in the Grand Canyon State, the rest of the southwest (and country) will still have an issue needing to be solved.

To me, it seems that at the heart of the bill is money, and well money is the root of all evil.

You can read the bill at: http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/2r/bills/sb1070h.pdf

So Busy!

Hello!

I have been a little bit busy the last few weeks. There are so many things that have happened which got my attention. A lot of it has to do with politics, education reform, and celebrities! So lets get into it!

#3 Celebrities: Let's not spend too much time on this, because the TV has the celeb issues completely covered. I just think its so sad that these "role models" are behaving so poorly. I know that they are human too, but they are held in a higher light because of the influence they have on the youth today. I would really like to see more movement in Hollywood to help its "people" avoid drug/alcohol abuse.

#2 Education Reform: I am really torn on this new movement towards making tenure less inclusive. Recently the state of Colorado decided to add student performance as a factor in gaining tenure. The newly changed laws will allow administration to dismiss teachers who have students that perform poorly. This seems like a good idea on the surface, but many people involved on the teaching side of education realize that in sometimes students come to you well below where they should be performing. With the new law, you could be paying for the errors of poor teachers before you. Additionally, (and sadly) some students really do not care for school, and don't have motivation to excel in the classroom.

The big question is will administration use this new law to fire qualified teachers who have higher salaries, in favor of cheaper first year teachers. One would hope not, but with districts posting multi-million dollar deficits clearing $60,000 and hiring $40,000 would be a way to stay a float. If that occurs, it will be the students who lose.

#1 Politics: The world of politics is crazy these days. I consider myself a democrat. However, I am not so stubborn in my ways that I would support ANYTHING. With that said, I really can't find many things that I personally disagree with. I like "Obamacare" as some republicans have dubbed it; I haven't been negatively impacted thus far by any of the things that the current administration has done. I just can't believe that people are actually comparing the Gulf Coast Oil Spill (OS) to Hurricane Katrina (HK). With HK there is a specific set of people set aside to handle this issue (FEMA) who undoubtedly failed at their jobs (by no means were they alone...) With the OS we have to expect that the company drilling will be responsible enough to maintain their equipment.

Sometimes I just don't understand how some people care more about animals than they do about other PEOPLE! Also, Obama didn't respond fast enough?! What exactly should he have done? I can't believe people are actually defending BP and their role int he entire situation. If we don't expect companies to pay for their mistakes, we should let say AT&T shut down all phones for a day and expect the Feds to come in and fix it! No way...

That's all!

Sorry about the bitterness in politics, but it really gets me bothered.. LOL in other news, trip to London approaching rapidly!

Hi Valerie!

What's with the picture as a title?

I made it on paint, really simple. My version of the world! Not to scale by any means. The three stars are very representative of me. There is just so much power in the number three. The trinity is such a powerful symbol, and my second favorite number. Something about the symmetry of the number 8 (plus its infinity if you rotate it) makes it my number 1 favorite :). After 8 is 3 then 5 but 7 is coming on pretty strong! Stay tuned, I will start to talk about stuff soon!

Welcome to RWRIWGO!

What is RWRIWGO?

Real World, Real Issues, What's Going On?

Hey everyone! Welcome to my blog. I started this because I have so many thoughts about so many things that are going on in the world today.

Just some background on me, I am blogging out of Dallas, Tx. I consider myself to be a liberal person. However, I try to see other peoples perspectives on many issues. Currently I am a college senior and I want to become an educator. (Sometimes I think about law... but I know that more students need me). I want to teach math.. so my grammar will not always be perfect, but I will try to proofread; work with me!(I will be using text slang LOL:)

I will basically be talking about whatever is new in my life and the major issues going on in the US, TX, Education, Politics, etc. I reserve my right to change my opinion. I don't proclaim to know it all, I try to do a little research to base my opinions on, but sometimes new information is made available... I guess one might call me a "flip flopper"; good thing I live in the good old USA!

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Have a great day.