CSCOPE Was Not Needed!! Where is the Money? by Ginger The Texas 81st legislative session gave TEA & Texas Education Service Centers (ESC’S) millions through Rider 42 to development Professional Development Academies (PDA’S) at
Boy Scouts of America To Consider Compromised Membership Policy
Since July of 1990, a battle to change the membership policy of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has been waged. It began when Scoutmaster James Dale, of New Jersey,
Madison Rising Makes Being Patriotic Cool Again.
Here at StandUpFightBack.us our purpose is to give you the tools to fight governmental over-reach and stand up against liberal agendas that invade our schools and communities. But this time,
#ObamaDrones – Bypassing Due Process
Since the Obama Administration took office it has stepped up drone attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan. In doing so it has not only violated International Law by attacking locations in Pakistan without the consent and to the protest of its leader but it has also violated its own citizens their Constitutional rights granting them due process by law. To date the Obama administration has yet to make public even a redacted memo of any of the executions of its targets explaining their crime and providing proof of them.
Gun Control Bill to Expand Background Checks; Fails Senate
In a largely bipartisan vote of 54-46, the bill that would expand background checks on gun purchases, failed to pass through the U.S. Senate. Sixty votes were needed to pass
CSCOPE Takes Taxpayer Money While Charging Teachers For Training
CSCOPE Was Not Needed!! Where is the Money? by Ginger 
The Texas 81st legislative session gave TEA & Texas Education Service Centers (ESC’S) millions through Rider 42 to development Professional Development Academies (PDA’S) at no cost for teachers, to prepare them for the new Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). At the same time the ESC directors developed their non profit, Texas Education Service Centers Curriculum Collaborative (TESCCC), who then developed CSCOPE. Why? TESCCC has been leasing CSCOPE to school districts on a yearly basis. They then turned around and started charging teachers or districts for additional training in using CSCOPE. The ESC did not stop there…. oh no…… they then began holding huge Conferences in the summer on the taxpayers dime as well, for educators. Talk about sucking as much as you can out of taxpayers… this is so Ridiculous.
While we are uncovering this the ESC directors are testifying in front of the Senate Education Committee and to any audience who cares to hear their lies that “teachers were begging for CSCOPE. It was developed by teachers for teachers”. If they would have used the millions given to them and advertised the “Professional Development Academies” for teachers to utilize, teachers would have had all they needed to prepare them for the new TEKS. Instead they were busy creating their new business TESCCC. For what?
I have emailed most of the directors of the ESC’s asking them why CSCOPE was needed when they were given money for the “Professional Development Academies” they have yet to respond.
I have one question.. Where is the Money?
Boy Scouts of America To Consider Compromised Membership Policy
Since July of 1990, a battle to change the membership policy of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has been waged. It began when Scoutmaster James Dale, of New Jersey, decided it was time for a policy change and openly declared he was homosexual to the media. The fight to change the policy has made its way all the way to the United States Supreme Court with a ruling that reaffirmed the BSA’s right to not permit openly gay or homosexual from being involved in the organization stating that the BSA has the right to freedom of association. Currently the BSA does not allow for openly gay or homosexual leaders and scouts. May 2013 could change the long held position of the BSA with a new compromised membership policy.
Boy Scouts of America et al. v. Dale, 530 U.S. 640 (2000), was decided on June 28, 2000, and it was held that the constitutional right to freedom of association allowed for private organizations such as the BSA to exclude a person that did not live according to their standards stating, “the presence of that person affects in a significant way the group’s ability to advocate public or private viewpoints.”
Fast forward to 2012. members of the executive board for the BSA, James Turley, CEO of Ernst & Young, and Randall Stephenson, CEO of AT&T, [have publicly opposed the current policy of the BSA and have stated their intention "to work from within the BSA Board to actively encourage dialogue and sustainable progress".
A vote was taken in February of 2012 where a statement was read, stating "more time for a deliberate review" was needed to consider a change in the policy that banned openly gay and lesbian members and leaders. The executive board delayed their final decision until the National Annual Meeting in May 2013, which would include members of local councils.
In private talks with leaders and Boy Scout Leaders a compromise was reached that would lift the ban and allow openly gay boys to be members of the BSA effect January 1, 2014.
"Youth membership in the Boy Scouts of America is open to all youth who meet the specific membership requirements to join the Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Varsity Scout, Sea Scout, and Venturing programs. Membership in any program of the Boy Scouts of America requires the youth member to (a) subscribe to and abide by the values expressed in the Scout Oath and Scout Law, (b) subscribe to and abide by the precepts of the Declaration of Religious Principle (duty to God), and (c) demonstrate behavior that exemplifies the highest level of good conduct and respect for others and is consistent at all times with the values expressed in the Scout Oath and Scout Law. No youth may be denied membership in the Boy Scouts of America on the basis of sexual orientation or preference alone."
The problem is the LBGT community does not accept this compromise and wants to continue to push the issue. At the bottom of the story you can find the original press release from The Inclusive Scouting Network.
So what to do:
CALL YOU LOCAL SCOUT COUNCIL, let them know you do not support openly Gay or Lesbian leaders or scouts, LINK here to find your council.
Use this LINK to tell the National Council Directly that you do not support any change to currently policy.
Orginal Press Release from The Inclusive Scouting Network:
Press Release on Proposed Policy Change
Posted on by Admin
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 19, 2013
Press contacts:
Christopher Hayes (518) 466-4386
Mark Noel (603) 387-7731
Matt Comer (336) 391-9528
INCLUSIVE SCOUTING NETWORK VOICES RESERVATION AND CONCERN OVER PROPOSED GAY SCOUT POLICY
Proposed policy would maintain institutionalized discrimination, limit opportunities of openly gay Boy Scout youth
The Inclusive Scouting Network, a group of current and former members of the Boy Scouts of America founded shortly after the Supreme Court’s Boy Scouts v. Dale decision in 2000, is voicing reservation and concern over today’s proposed policy change by the Boy Scouts of America regarding gay members and leaders. The Executive Council of the Boy Scouts of America released their proposed policy today, which keeps the gay ban in place for adult leaders but would prohibit kicking out openly gay Scout youth members “on the basis of sexual orientation or preference alone” [emphasis added]. The policy must be voted on at a national meeting of more than 1,400 Scout representatives in May and would not go into effect until 2014.
“We believe the proposed policy is a small step forward, but does not go nearly far enough in addressing issues of discrimination against gay Boy Scout members and leaders,” said Christopher Hayes, one of the co-founders of The Inclusive Scouting Network. “This policy maintains institutionalized discrimination, leaves open the possibility of harassment and bullying of gay youth, and continues to send the wrong message to youth members that discrimination is acceptable.”
“Under this policy, every gay Scout will eventually be kicked out — it’s only a question of when,” saidMark Noel, another co-founder of The Inclusive Scouting Network. “Allowing a 16 year old to stay and complete his Eagle is a step forward, but why would he stay when the same policy will kick him out as soon as he turns 18? The message here is that LGBT people still aren’t welcome in the BSA and have no future in Scouting.”
The proposed policy is concerning on several levels, including:
• the limitation for Scout advancement past the age of 18,
• the continued institutional message that discrimination is acceptable,
• the implication that LGBT youth don’t know what they’re doing when they come out,
• the lack of anti-bullying and anti-harassment provisions for gay youth in chartered units with anti-gay theological positions, and
• the lack of any provision granting recourse to youth denied opportunities for membership under this proposed policy.
The Inclusive Scouting Network believes the proposed policy, though deeply flawed, is better than the current policy and therefore urges representatives to the national meeting in May to pass it. However, the organization will continue working to ensure that the Boy Scouts of America will become a safe and affirming environment for all Scouts, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity and religious belief. The only acceptable policy is a comprehensive national policy of non-discrimination that does not expire with age.
“The Boy Scouts of America’s proposed policy is a delaying tactic in dealing with important issues of inclusion and discrimination,” said ISN co-founder Matt Comer. “This issue will not go away, as indicated by the Scouts’ own surveys showing a majority of their own youth members ages 16-18 oppose the discriminatory policy.”
Over ten thousand people across the nation and the globe are speaking out against the Boy Scouts of America’s continued discriminatory practices by wearing the Network’s Inclusive Scouting Award. Introduced in 2002, the Inclusive Scouting Award is a small, multicolored patch designed to mimic other adult leader awards worn on the scout uniform and modeled after the “safe space” sticker programs used in high schools that research has shown to be very effective at improving the environment for LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) and other at-risk youth. The Inclusive Scouting Award identifies wearers as supporters of inclusive scouting and allies to Scouts and Scouters threatened with exclusion by the BSA’s discriminatory membership policies. Because the emblem has never been approved by the BSA, its motto is “You earn it by wearing it.”
The two ropes of the square knot on the Inclusive Scouting Award patch symbolize religion and sexual orientation. One rope is silver and purple – colors the BSA reserves for religious emblems. The other rope is rainbow-colored – a pattern that is representative of diversity and is used widely in LGBT communities as a symbol of pride and unity. According to reported BSA statements, the proposed change to membership policies would apply only to sexual orientation and would not change BSA’s longstanding national policy of barring all atheist, agnostic, and non-theist youth and adults from the program.
Inclusive Scouting Network
PO Box 2853
Malta, NY 12020
[email protected]
www.inclusivescouting.net
Press resources: http://www.inclusivescouting.net/media/
Madison Rising Makes Being Patriotic Cool Again.
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#ObamaDrones – Bypassing Due Process
Since the Obama Administration took office it has stepped up drone attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan. In doing so it has not only violated International Law by attacking locations in Pakistan, without the consent of and to the protest of its leader, but it has also violated its own citizens’ Constitutional right to due process by law. To date, the Obama administration has yet to make public even a redacted memo of any of the executions of its targets explaining their crime and providing proof of the same.
While most people would prefer to see drone attacks used rather than putting actual U.S. men and women in harm’s way, they also want to know that the attacks are justified and not at the mercy of the President’s whim. There has been no proof of that offered. In fact it would seem that some targets have already been ‘neutralized’. Two such targets are Anwar al-Awlaki and his 16 year old son, both U.S. citizens, who may have been executed due to conclusions derived from their rhetoric. In other words their freedom of speech may have lead to their loss of life. (Read More). Now most people in the United States will not sympathize with Awlaki because he was openly a Jihadist but the fact remains that he was executed by his government and without being proven guilty before, or even after, his death. The danger here is that if conclusions drawn from an individual’s speech is enough to kill them, how comfortable to you feel speaking out against the Obama Administration or anyone in power? Especially after their attempts to label such groups as the Tea Party and others with opposing views, “Domestic Terrorists”.
The Obama Administration is seeking to be able to perform these attacks on U.S. soil now. Pardon me, but I’m supposed to be kept safe by my government not living in fear of it. Do you think their has ever been a stronger case for impeachment of President Obama? Under no terms other than the threat of emanate and unpreventable harm should any U.S. citizen be executed without due process of law. By that I’m referring to such situations as hostage crisis and more dramatic threats against citizens of our country.
Despite the numerous protests by the left against former President George W. Bush claiming him to be a murderer and torturer, those voices are silent against President Obama and his Administration. Also absent in this situation is the main stream media, allowing civil liberties to be quietly tossed in the garbage can.
I do support using drones to kill (except on U.S. soil) if necessary and if the loss of innocent life is avoided or at least minimized as much as possible. But where is the proof that this has been done? What standard, if any, has been set to determine a person should be killed rather than interrogated? What standard has been set to determine what an acceptable loss of innocent life is? How much intelligence is gathered before sending in the dreaded drone to wreak havoc on an unsuspecting village? How reliable is the intelligence? Hopefully its more reliable than what was provided against Iraq stating that they had weapons of mass destruction. Also hopefully its more reliable than what was provided indicating that a video was responsible for the Benghazi attacks where 4 brave Americans lost their lives. But instead of hope why wont the Obama administration release proof, if not to the public then at least to Congress?
Gun Control Bill to Expand Background Checks; Fails Senate
In a largely bipartisan vote of 54-46, the bill that would expand background checks on gun purchases, failed to pass through the U.S. Senate.
Sixty votes were needed to pass the Toomey-Manchin amendment through the Senate.
Four Democrats voted no on the measure.
- Max Baucus (D-MT)
- Mark Begich (D-AK)
- Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND)
- Mark Pryor (D-AR.)
It’s worth noting that there were five GOP members that cast a yes vote, they are listed below.
- Susan Collins (R- ME)
- John MCcain (R-AZ)
- Mark Kirk (R-IL)
- Pat Toomey (P-PA)
- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Although the measured failed the senate, we can be sure that the left will continue to craft bills to infringe upon our 2nd Amendment rights. We must not relent.
- Take time to send your Congressmen a message letting them know you want NO MORE RESTRICTIONS on our rights to bear arms.
- Join the NRA or Gun Owners of America
- Read and know all the bills that are in both the House and Senate
Alphabetical by Senator Name
| Alexander (R-TN), Nay Ayotte (R-NH), Nay Baldwin (D-WI), Yea Barrasso (R-WY), Nay Baucus (D-MT), Nay Begich (D-AK), Nay Bennet (D-CO), Yea Blumenthal (D-CT), Yea Blunt (R-MO), Nay Boozman (R-AR), Nay Boxer (D-CA), Yea Brown (D-OH), Yea Burr (R-NC), Nay Cantwell (D-WA), Yea Cardin (D-MD), Yea Carper (D-DE), Yea Casey (D-PA), Yea Chambliss (R-GA), Nay Coats (R-IN), Nay Coburn (R-OK), Nay Cochran (R-MS), Nay Collins (R-ME), Yea Coons (D-DE), Yea Corker (R-TN), Nay Cornyn (R-TX), Nay Cowan (D-MA), Yea Crapo (R-ID), Nay Cruz (R-TX), Nay Donnelly (D-IN), Yea Durbin (D-IL), Yea Enzi (R-WY), Nay Feinstein (D-CA), Yea Fischer (R-NE), Nay Flake (R-AZ), Nay |
Franken (D-MN), Yea Gillibrand (D-NY), Yea Graham (R-SC), Nay Grassley (R-IA), Nay Hagan (D-NC), Yea Harkin (D-IA), Yea Hatch (R-UT), Nay Heinrich (D-NM), Yea Heitkamp (D-ND), Nay Heller (R-NV), Nay Hirono (D-HI), Yea Hoeven (R-ND), Nay Inhofe (R-OK), Nay Isakson (R-GA), Nay Johanns (R-NE), Nay Johnson (D-SD), Yea Johnson (R-WI), Nay Kaine (D-VA), Yea King (I-ME), Yea Kirk (R-IL), Yea Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea Landrieu (D-LA), Yea Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea Leahy (D-VT), Yea Lee (R-UT), Nay Levin (D-MI), Yea Manchin (D-WV), Yea McCain (R-AZ), Yea McCaskill (D-MO), Yea McConnell (R-KY), Nay Menendez (D-NJ), Yea Merkley (D-OR), Yea Mikulski (D-MD), Yea Moran (R-KS), Nay |
Murkowski (R-AK), Nay Murphy (D-CT), Yea Murray (D-WA), Yea Nelson (D-FL), Yea Paul (R-KY), Nay Portman (R-OH), Nay Pryor (D-AR), Nay Reed (D-RI), Yea Reid (D-NV), Nay Risch (R-ID), Nay Roberts (R-KS), Nay Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea Rubio (R-FL), Nay Sanders (I-VT), Yea Schatz (D-HI), Yea Schumer (D-NY), Yea Scott (R-SC), Nay Sessions (R-AL), Nay Shaheen (D-NH), Yea Shelby (R-AL), Nay Stabenow (D-MI), Yea Tester (D-MT), Yea Thune (R-SD), Nay Toomey (R-PA), Yea Udall (D-CO), Yea Udall (D-NM), Yea Vitter (R-LA), Nay Warner (D-VA), Yea Warren (D-MA), Yea Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea Wicker (R-MS), Nay Wyden (D-OR), Yea |
