Bill Text 112th Congress (2011-2012) S.RES.99.IS

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S.RES.99 -- Expressing the sense of the Senate that the primary safeguard for the well-being and protection of children is the family, and that the primary safeguards for the legal rights of children... (Introduced in Senate - IS)

SRES 99 IS

112th CONGRESS
1st Session

S. RES. 99
Expressing the sense of the Senate that the primary safeguard for the well-being and protection of children is the family, and that the primary safeguards for the legal rights of children in the United States are the Constitutions of the United States and the several States, and that, because the use of international treaties to govern policy in the United States on families and children is contrary to principles of self-government and federalism, and that, because the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child undermines traditional principles of law in the United States regarding parents and children, the President should not transmit the Convention to the Senate for its advice and consent.


IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 10, 2011

Mr. DEMINT (for himself, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. BURR, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. COBURN, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. ENSIGN, Mr. ENZI, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. HATCH, Mrs. HUTCHISON, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. JOHANNS, Mr. JOHNSON of Wisconsin, Mr. KYL, Mr. LEE, Mr. MCCAIN, Mr. MORAN, Mr. PAUL, Mr. RISCH, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. VITTER, and Mr. WICKER) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations


RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Senate that the primary safeguard for the well-being and protection of children is the family, and that the primary safeguards for the legal rights of children in the United States are the Constitutions of the United States and the several States, and that, because the use of international treaties to govern policy in the United States on families and children is contrary to principles of self-government and federalism, and that, because the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child undermines traditional principles of law in the United States regarding parents and children, the President should not transmit the Convention to the Senate for its advice and consent.

Whereas the Senate affirms the commitment of the people and the Government of the United States to the well-being, protection, and advancement of children, and the protection of the inalienable rights of all persons of all ages;

Whereas the Constitution and laws of the United States and those of the several States are the best guarantees against mistreatment of children in this Nation;

Whereas the Constitution, laws, and traditions of the United States affirm the rights of parents to raise their children and to impart their values and religious beliefs;

Whereas the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted at New York November 20, 1989, and entered into force September 2, 1990, if ratified, would become a part of the supreme law of the land, taking precedence over all State laws and constitutions;

Whereas the United States, and not the several States, would be held responsible for compliance with this Convention if ratified, and as a consequence, the United States would create an incredible expansion of subject matter jurisdiction over all matters concerning children, seriously undermining the constitutional balance between the Federal Government and the governments of the several States;

Whereas Professor Geraldine Van Bueren, the author of the principal textbook on the international rights of the child, and a participant in the drafting of the Convention, has described the `best interest of the child standard' in the treaty as `provid[ing] decision and policy makers with the authority to substitute their own decisions for either the child's or the parents';

Whereas the Scottish Government has issued a pamphlet to children of that country explaining their rights under the Convention, which declares that children have the right to decide their own religion and that parents can only provide advice;

Whereas the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has repeatedly interpreted the Convention to ban common disciplinary measures utilized by parents;

Whereas the Government of the United Kingdom was found to be in violation of the Convention by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child for allowing parents to exercise a right to opt their children out of sex education courses in the public schools without a prior government review of the wishes of the child;

Whereas the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has held that the Governments of Indonesia and Egypt were out of compliance with the Convention because military expenditures were given inappropriate priority over children's programs;

Whereas these and many other interpretations of the Convention by those charged with its implementation and by other authoritative supporters demonstrates that the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child are utterly contrary to the principles of law in the United States and the inherent principles of freedom;

Whereas the decisions and interpretations of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child would be considered by the Committee to be binding and authoritative upon the United States should the United States Government ratify the Convention, such that the Convention poses a threat to the sovereign rights of the United States and the several States to make final determinations regarding domestic law; and

Whereas the proposition that the United States should be governed by international legal standards in its domestic policy is tantamount to proclaiming that the Congress of the United States and the legislatures of the several States are incompetent to draft domestic laws that are necessary for the proper protection of children, an assertion that is not only an affront to self-government but an inappropriate attack on the capability of legislators in the United States: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that--
(1) the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted at New York November 20, 1989, and entered into force September 2, 1990, is incompatible with the Constitution, the laws, and the traditions of the United States;
(2) the Convention would undermine proper presumptions of freedom and independence for families in the United States, supplanting those principles with a presumption in favor of governmental intervention without the necessity for proving harm or wrong-doing;
(3) the Convention would interfere with the principles of sovereignty, independence, and self-government in the United States that preclude the necessity or propriety of adopting international law to govern domestic matters; and
(4) the President should not transmit the Convention to the Senate for its advice and consent.

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Bring Emma Home Alive-CPS Murder Update!

UPDATE: 3/9/2011
http://emmarouth.weebly.com/cps-murder-update.html

The real-life nightmare for the Routh children, and mother Brandy just becomes more horrifying with EACH PASSING HOUR, IN the texas CPS Custody, having closer to fulfilling this anticipated goal~cashing in on Emma’s murder, which come to find is in even greater dollar amounts than first anticipated!
The living nightmare:
I will first begin with Emma’s very progressive deteriating health, being a lot worse than even imagined. Emma and Dalton are being used as guinea pigs in order for the Aunt, the fathers sister, to receive bonus’. With Emma’s arms all bruised from needles, her veins are now shot, and swollen, as previous pictures have shown~she is on 12 different medications, none of which pertain to her health needs, they are study drugs, sedatives. Emma now has GVH, which means she will need another transplant, and that’s just not possible. She also has contracted HERPES; and a LUNG CONDITION, DUE TO THE SMOKING AROUND HER; PTSD, which stands for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder-YA DON’T SAY!

Brandy’s visits with the children, she brings them a gift. Her last visit with the children, they {Emma and 3 yr old Dalton} told their mother Brandy at the end of the visit, “to take the gifts home and put them on their bed”, because they can’t keep them, that the Aunt throws them away~ in the trashcan. These visits are also without the accompaniment Brandy’s mother, or family members, due to none of Brandy’s family permitted to see the children, in fact, neither is the State Representative of Texas. YES, that’s what I said Folks~the State Representative Nichols was refused admission to visit the child. As well as, received a response from Obudsman Office telling that his complaints AGAINST CPS, on behalf of Emma, were unfounded, and that he didn’t do any research? And that it’s the Judge who have taken the children. Well, aren’t the Judge and CPS working hand and hand? The Judge’s reason~well, here ya go folks~the big CHING CHING!!

Apparently, Judge Pam Foster-Fletcher, had been the Routh’s divorce. This Judge IS THE SAME Judge now with this CPS case. She is a Judge fully aware of this families goings on, especially with her being in part, having been the person having ruled on the stipulations in the divorce settlement.

This Judge with the knowledge of the indifferences between Emma and Daltons parents, Brandy{mother} and Clint{father} and his family members, of whom which all had part at physically abusing the children, as well as their being against Brandy deciding for Emma to have the bone marrow surgery to sustain her life. Which made cause for the judge to order that Brandy would have to agree, and sign an affidavit that would relinquish the father from incurring any of the costs, as well as her not applying for Welfare benefits. So she didn’t hesitate. Brandy was given the house and Clint ordered to pay the mortagage, which he hadn’t, nor was he enforced to do so, resulting in Brandy and the children homeless; here comes the money matter~the paid in full insurance policy on the child for 400 million buks, clints grandmother took out upon her death~the Judge ordered that the primary caregiver would receive those monies, if Clint continued to reside at his mothers, due to the abuse to the kids, but he still does, and with the state now being the Primary caregiver~they are looking at the big “400K” PLAN~CHING-CHING! With the Judges knowledge of the family history, is able to devise and knowingly, put unreachable demands on Brandy; for example, knowing Brandy and kids live at Brandy’s dads, due to losing their home-and the Judge permitting for it to happen, yet she is making one of the stipulations that Brandy acquire their own home. Then she ordered for Brandy to meet with their appointed counselor` of whom which brandy had prior consultations with so it would be a conflict of interest for her to see her now, {which i don't understand how the conflict of interest doesn't apply on the Judges' behalf} making for it to appear on record that Brandy isn’t fulfilling that which they required of her, for return of the children come the April 4th court date.

So, let me see how many of us`starts an uprising about this being done to one of OURS; A CHILD at THAT, SHE IS FOR REAL~AND NOW, BARELY ALIVE…ANYONE? ANYONE? SOMEBODY~ANYBODY? YOU FOLKS, RIGHT THERE IN TEXAS, WOULD IT BE ASKING TOO MUCH FOR YOU TO APPEAR AT ANDERSON CTY. COURTHOUSE ON APRIL 4TH, IN SUPPORT OF OUR FELLOW AMERICAN CHILDREN! YOU DON'T HAVE TO TESTIFY, so there's no worry about your kids being taken...

And yes, I am looking into prices for cost of a train there, from Philadelphia! So if any of you know/recommend of the most inexpensive route for me to take, due to my being a single parent, on a very strict fixed income and unable to afford public transportation most of the time~but I’m not giving away our kids future FREEDOMS without a fight! I WANT our Justice system to continue to do right by the future generations~OUR KIDS, if the laws that are manadated are to be manipulated and abused by THE GOVERNMENT TO IT’S PEOPLE and we permit it, then, " What the hell did those who left England, and fought for "THEIR FUTURE GENERATIONS"~US, was for nothing, if here we are~giving it right back, silently and without even a bat of the eye~just giving away our kids rights! Well, you need to hear this, and Ima tell it: War isn’t just fought over seas and anybody could want Freedom, but you have to be willing to go for it, and take it! Well, that part was done for us, don’t be pussy wusses and give it up so easily…and for those of you in fear of going to court in show of support for fear of your child might be next~well, whatta ya think your silence is giving them! You're giving our future kids rights away, making for them to have to fight another CIVIL war, again because we are too scared to back one another up...
NIP THIS IN THE BUTT!
Lynn Picciano, mother, grandmother, U.S. Citizen
Philadelphia, PA

Stop the corruption shut down CPS

CPS to busy kidnapping to provide safe play yard

Lacey priest investigated for alleged abuse of a minor - This Just In - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington

Lacey priest investigated for alleged abuse of a minor - This Just In - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington

A Benedictine priest serving as a member of the monastic community at St. Martin's Abbey is under investigation for alleged sexual abuse of a minor while he served at Sacred Heart Parish in Lacey during the 1980s.

Father Edward Receconi, who served at Sacred Heart between 1984 and 1986, can’t perform public ministry in the Archdiocese of Seattle while the allegation is under investigation, said Greg Magnoni, spokesperson for the Archdiocese of Seattle.
The Archdiocese received word of the alleged sexual abuse late last week from an Olympia-area attorney and forwarded the complaint to the Lacey Police Department, Magnoni said.
“When we get more information, we will begin our own investigation on the allegations of Father Edward,” he said, adding the Archdiocese has no details about the alleged abuse.
Lacey police have received the complaint and will look into the allegations with the prosecutor to see what’s taken place, Lt. Jim Mack said.
Sexual abuse allegations, if proven credible, result in permanent removal from public ministry in the Archdiocese of Seattle and could lead to the priest being defrocked, Magnoni said.
Receconi, 62, attended St. Martin’s College and was ordained as a Benedictine priest in 1979. In addition to Sacred Heart, where he served from 1984 to 1986, his assignments in the Archdiocese of Seattle include St. Edward Parish in Shelton from 1987 to 1993 and Holy Rosary Parish in Tacoma from 1995 to 1996. The Archdiocese of Seattle is asking anyone with information about sexual abuse or misconduct by a member of the clergy, an employee or volunteer to call the archdiocesan hotline at 1-800-446-7762.


Read more: http://www.theolympian.com/2011/03/14/1578879/lacey-priest-investigated-for.html#ixzz1Gd3rBnEm

Unlovely One-A Poem From a Grandmother

I am a grandma, and have just finished the adoption process with my 6 year old granddaughter. It has been hell, and it will be some time before she is really all right.

I wrote a poem about her; thought you might like to share it.
Marantha-March 11,2011

Her mama promised she’d be there to keep the dark at bay,
but then she watched as secretly her mama drove away;
she huddles underneath her bed, for monsters now will come,
a silent little shell who never knew another home.

Policemen sit her in a chair as through the house they search,
their radios crack loud and when they stare at her it hurts;
a lady takes her hand and leads her quietly away,
and promises she’ll never spend another lonely day.

Another house, with strangers making food for her to eat,
they show her to a bed and say that this is where she’ll sleep,
the rules are read aloud so she will know just how to act;
but in their eyes she sees that they expect much less than that.

Monsters quickly found her, all alone there in the night,
she huddled ‘neath the bed to shut them out with all her might;
strangers tried to understand and gently coaxed her out,
but little girls don’t have the words to say what it’s about.

Mama lied to her, and then the quiet lady too;
police are so official that they don’t know what to do;
strangers treat the symptoms but they can’t reach through the veil,
and little girls with monsters in their heads are bound to fail.

Now doctors and the therapists all brightly smile and say
that she’s a lucky girl and soon will learn a better way;
at school the grownups whisper as they watch her carefully;
the church is tall and crowded – but no one there can see.

All these good intenders are just strangers smiling bright;
the one that she belonged to left her crying in the night;
she longs for friends, but children seem to know when one’s adrift,
and shun her second-best attempts at making herself fit.

In time she learned to cope, and monsters stayed beneath the bed,
the bleeding wounds around her heart became a wall instead;
grown-up eyes said many things, but there she did not look,
and every thing they handed her she thanked them for and took.

One day the quiet lady came; her mama had been found,
the court decreed her fit, and so to her the child was bound.
Now back the little girl must go, regardless of the cost, of
a soul so quickly shattered, and hard-won peace now lost.

Her mama promised she’d be there to keep the dark at bay,
But yet again she watches as her mama drives away;
she huddles underneath her bed, for monsters now will come;
a silent little shell who knows there’ll never be a home.



Read more: http://authspot.com/poetry/unlovely-one/#ixzz1GZtfcHTB

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