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Since his graduation Manuel Bartsch has now hit the DC trail in support of legislation. Nothing like the personal touch for this recent high school graduate (who happens to know English) and is ready to go to college. (hmmmm. I know the next article’s title).

Manuel Bartsch learned first hand Wednesday that he is not alone, but that there are many his age fighting to stay in the country.Less than a week after he graduated from Pandora-Gilboa High School, Bartsch traveled to Washington, D.C., to talk to elected officials about the pending DREAM (Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors) Act, which would allow Bartsch and others to stay here.

???I met a couple other people the same age,??? he said. ???It was pretty nifty. I???m not the only one in this situation. Their hopes are high just like mine.???

The bill would allow illegal immigrants??? children to stay and go to state universities if they have been in the U.S. for five consecutive years and finished high school here. Wednesday was set aside as a day for people to lobby for the act to their elected officials. Bartsch has been accepted to the University of Northwestern Ohio, where he will study accounting.

Bartsch made the trip with his attorney David Leopold and Pandora-Gilboa school board member Noralu Kahle. This was Bartsch???s first time in Washington, D.C.

???It was amazing,??? he said, saying he saw the Capitol and White House. ???I sat in the Senate gallery and watched the debate on immigration.???

We will continue to keep you updated on Bartsch’s situation as it develops.

Friday Free For All at Stop the ACLU

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The ACLU things laws restricting the rights of sex offenders is unconstitutional and inhibit their ability to work, vote and worship.

The ACLU of Indiana filed the suit challenging a new city ordinance that fines child molesters caught near city playgrounds or other gathering spots for children.

Calling the ordinance passed in mid-May unconstitutionally vague, the group said it would make law-abiding citizens unwitting violators of the ordinance and hinder their ability to work, vote and worship.

The ordinance prohibits sex offenders convicted of crimes against children from coming within 1,000 feet of playgrounds, recreation centers, swimming pools, sports fields or facilities when children are around.

They pit this as a battle between the right to protect children and the ‘offender’s right’ to move freely about. Perhaps one should remember that they should have forfeited their right to even exist. Lets make this really easy on everyone. Perhaps a new set of procedures to remove any threats.

1. First offense against a child: Sentence them to jail for a long time.

2. On their release they must always wear bright yellow vest or shirt at all times. No escort is needed because everyone knows that the threat is present. Break this agreement and they would be sentenced for a second time for attempting direct contact with children.

3. Second offense against a child: Having been warned about the process… another violation would bring about the death penalty for violating children.

Problem solved.

The ACLU’s for the perps who are sick beyond recall?

The group represented inmates in a class-action lawsuit that said a state prison policy prohibiting visitation between child sex offenders and minors violated the U.S. Constitution. This week, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a challenge to that policy.

People can make choices with this method. With the ACLU… well, let’s put it this way. They only enable that there be more victims.

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The Fix, a Washington Post blog, has an interesting column this morning about the 2008 Presidential Buzz. It talks about the 10 candidates-5 from each major party-who are garnering the most attention. The Republicans are: George Allen, Rudy Guiliani, John McCain, Mitt Romney, and Mike Huckabee.

If it comes down to these 5 candidates–which is to say, if Sam Brownback and any other noted conservatives considering running do not run–the choice is easy. Mike Huckabee is the only true social conservative of the five.

(For substantiation, see previous posts on Allen, McCain, Romney, and Huckabee. Guiliani’s liberal views are so well known that I saw no need to comment further.)

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