The State in Your Home, Whenever They Want. Okay with you?

EDIT: Here is the Digg for this item. Get to it, Diggers!

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No, No, No, No, NO -- I am NOT supposed to be here right now!

[deep breath]

Fine. This, I must share with you folks, and I hope you'll take up the mantle of further investigation. Remember when there were those here on DP who got upset about the FLDS posts, thinking that topic was irrelevant? The topic I'm about to bring up is very much relevant to all U.S. citizens. This is the FLDS fiasco coming to YOUR home.

I had viewed the YouTube of RP on the AJ show re: "End of the Dollar", and in the midst of that vid, something was mentioned almost as an aside (at 4:45 into it) that really grabbed my attention. AJ asked RP:

"Have you seen the bill where they want to send CPS to all parents' homes at birth?"

Right there, I stopped the vid and did a bit of investigating, and came across the following items:

Article from WorldNetDaily dated 7/24/08
U.S. government: We know parenting better than you; Proposals would give Washington unprecedented control over kids

Please read that article first before delving further into this post.

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Okay, read that? Then keep in mind that what begins as a plan for one segment of the population often spreads across groups and sooner or later turns into a requirement for all segments of the population, which is why I began this post by saying that this issue is relevant to all U.S. citizens (not just those with young kids).

Now, here are the two bills:

HR 3289 (aka "The Pre-K Act")

and

HR 2343 (aka "The Education Begins at Home Act")

aside:
Why doesn't Congress name bills, "Whatever Nickname We've Given To This Bill, It Means The Opposite" -- you know, for the "Education Begins At Home" act, the "Patriot" act, the "No Child Left Behind" act, etc.?
/aside

Let's take a very quick look at parts of these bills (and these are just partial tidbits):

HR 3289 (aka "The Pre-K Act") contains the following language (emphases are mine):

(5) High quality early education programs have ...a full-day program...

`(12) To use up to 10 percent of the funds received by the State under this title to improve the early learning environments for children from birth to age three through research- and evidence-based methods.

[Query: there are newborns attending preschool?]

HR 2343 (aka "The Education Begins at Home Act") contains the following language (emphases are mine, and I'd like to remind you that paying your taxes is also called "voluntary"):

(f) State Uses of Funds- Each State that receives a grant under this section shall--

(1) provide to as many eligible families in the State as practicable, voluntary early childhood home visitation, on not less frequently than a monthly basis with greater frequency of services for those eligible families identified with additional needs, through the implementation of quality programs of early childhood home visitation that--

(G) establishes procedures to ensure participation of fathers, where safe and appropriate;

(H) are research-based, that provides parents with--

(iv) modeling, consulting, and coaching on parenting practices;

(v) skills to interact with their child to enhance age-appropriate development;

(vi) skills to recognize and seek help for issues related to health, developmental delays, and social, emotional, and behavioral skills;

(vii) activities designed to help parents become full partners in the education of their children; and

(viii) relevant information, consistent with State child welfare agency training, concerning child welfare and protective services resources if appropriate;

(2) reserve 10 percent of the grant funds to provide training and technical assistance, directly or through contract, to early childhood home visitation and early childhood care and education staff relating to--

(A) effective methods of implementing parent education, conducting home visiting, and promoting quality early childhood development;

(B) the relationship of health and well-being of pregnant women to prenatal and early childhood development;

(C) early childhood development with respect to children from birth until entry into kindergarten;

Yes, the State believes it needs to get involved in your child's education while your child is still in your womb. Well, they don't call it "Early Education" for nothing, right??

Also please note that the State will "identify" which families are "eligible" for these "services." Do you see any mention in these bills about parental consent, or how to disenroll from these programs if they so choose? No, I didn't, either.

It's not quite so stylish to make a dramatic departure from DP only to return within a few days to make another post. C'mon, I'm gone only a few days and what happens? RP's plane's altimeter does the backwards dance, Nevada delegates seems to get a raw deal (yet again), the Housing Bill gets passed with verbiage that tracks essentially all non-cash transactions (you did see that it's not limited to credit cards, right?), now there are "non-impeachment" impeachment hearings and news of yet MORE banks failing -- sheesh, how's a girl to focus on what she needs to get done? The news just dares me to try to stay away from DP, but GAAAAAA I cannot be here right now! Seriously!!!

I leave it to my fellow DPers to look further in to these ghastly bills while I get back to that which must be done on the homefront.