Gennifer
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Jun 26, 2014 8:22:26 GMT
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Post by Gennifer on Oct 20, 2022 23:07:10 GMT
I know you love your city, and I get why you stay. I love where I live, even though there are also a lot of things I hate about Utah, and we have no intention of leaving. I was more wondering for someone who didn’t love it and wants to leave, and doesn’t seem to need to stay for a job or financial reasons or something like that. Yeah, sorry, I didn’t read your post thoroughly enough and then I dumped three paragraphs of blather on you to boot. Sorry about that. Dump away, girl! I think that staying and fighting for what you love is ALWAYS a valid reason. 🙌🏻
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Post by craftedbys on Oct 20, 2022 23:10:04 GMT
From what the article states, the DNA sample and fingerprint cards are to be stored by the parents, *at home*. Very much like those that used to be distributed at those "safe kids" events during the 2000s. I still have the identification card that we got for our kids when they were young.
It seems as if these kits would be a just in case, God forbid anything were to happen safeguard that parents could turn over along with a current picture.
So I don't have a problem with the kits in and of themselves, it is all the rest of the politics and back and forth that I have issues with, although I know almost nothing of Texas politics, I barely have enough brain energy for the chuckleheads in my own state.
Of course with my ADHD brain I would put it "somewhere safe" and it would never be seen again.
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peasquared
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Jul 6, 2014 23:59:59 GMT
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Post by peasquared on Oct 21, 2022 2:16:17 GMT
The National Child Protection Program as been around since 1997. FBI article and NCPP. My DS is 44, when he was about 4 or 5 the county police offered a similar program. Your could have your child photographed, fingerprinted, and list identifying features. They then gave you a card like a drivers license with all the info on it. I still have my son’s card. I remember those, too. The difference is that 1. it was for the police 2. it was for abductions. 3. This is something they could prevent, but don't want to. They blame gun violence on mental health and then turn around and cut the mental health programs. It really is apples and oranges.
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Post by Merge on Oct 21, 2022 20:09:13 GMT
And Texans will re-elect Abbott. You can’t blame that on gerrymandering. Texas is so deeply disturbing. Not on gerrymandering specifically, but voter suppression plays a big part. Mail ballots of voters of color rejected at higher rates than white votersTexas AG sending election monitors to Harris County (Our largest, most diverse county, which grows more blue in each election cycle. Laws were passed in the last legislative session specifically to suppress the vote in Harris County, and now we're getting these special "election monitors" potentially to intimidate people but also to send the false message that there have been irregularities in Harris County and the count can't be trusted.) The suppressive effect of years of gerrymandering also can't be discounted - a lot of people just stop showing up if they feel like their vote won't actually make a difference. A large portion of the electorate here is, indeed, deeply disturbing. Our statewide leadership is extremely disturbing. But again, we can't do this alone. The failure of the Biden administration to pass meaningful voting rights legislation is going to hurt us in this election.
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