Saints among us

Some interesting photos I took at the Falls Park in Post Falls, Idaho. Above is the coat of arms from Herborn Germany. Herborn was the birthplace of Post Falls founder, Frederick Post.

Notice St. Peter with the keys in the center.

Who knew this little town in Idaho had Catholic ties from the beginning?

An Idaho first

Idaho Becomes First State to Pass Anti-NAU/SPP Resolution!

Idaho House Passes NAU Resolution

The Idaho House successfully passed House Joint Memorial 5 by a voice vote on Monday. The legislation is a resolution that opposes U.S. participation in the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) and the development of the North American Union (NAU). The legislation has been transmitted to the Senate for further consideration and will hopefully come to floor vote soon.

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If the state Senate passes H.J.M. 5 in Idaho, it would represent the first state to successfully pass an anti-NAU resolution in both the House and Senate.

The introduction and passage of these resolutions will likely spark some debate in Washington on this issue. For the most part, there has been an almost complete media blackout on the intended political and economical merger of the United States, Canada and Mexico. Congress, with the exception of Virgil Goode’s H.C.R. 40, has also denied knowledge on the President Bush-backed scheme to integrate the three countries participating in the Security and Prosperity Partnership.

No to federal ID

SR.com: Committee says 'no' to standardized federal ID

A House committee unanimously passed a North Idaho legislator's resolution Wednesday prohibiting Idaho from implementing new federal driver's license standards.

The joint resolution by Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, would also ask the state's congressional delegation to advocate repealing the Real ID Act of 2005 – legislation requiring states to issue new IDs that opponents say severely threaten Americans' personal privacy.

The act passed without a hearing and is a "backdoor approach" to making a national ID card, Hart said. Required by spring 2008, the new IDs would be tied to a national database and be needed to board airplanes and enter some federal buildings.

via Huckleberries.

Glad to hear that 17 states are working to stop this Federal government power grab. Repeat after me:

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

FindLaw: U.S. Constitution: Tenth Amendment

Beg, Borrow or Plead?

I don't know which is worse, the Federal Government bribing schools to participate or the local school begging for people to sign up for a free lunch. The January newsletter from Skyway Elementary included two items on why they need more families to sign up for the Free and Reduced Lunch program. The prominent letter from the principal explained that their Title I funding for the remedial reading program is tied to a minimum of 35% participation in the free lunch program. And to his horror, at 34%, Skyway is in danger of losing all those federal dollars for next year.

And since the second note in the newsletter informs us that as the largest federal assistance program for our schools, Title I is dedicated to a high quality education for every child. More money always means higher quality in the eyes of the government. But how tying that to free lunches ensures quality education is beyond me.

Unless Title I is just another form of welfare. Perhaps Coeur d'Alene is just too affluent. What we need is more poor people! And they need to make sure and sign up for the free lunch program. "Parental involvement is an important component of the Title I program" so make sure and sign up today.

Title I works, so don't risk "loosing our existing program".

Grammatical errors aside, this whole concept makes me sick enough to lose my lunch.