One of America's national organizations fighting against illegal immigration is announcing that 17 states are now filing versions of Arizona's SB 1070 law which is designed to help local police enforce America's existing immigration laws.

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A towing company w/ a very sketchy history finally got what it deserved. After crossing the path of one pro-active kid, it has now lost half of its commercial accounts, and is in threat of going out of business all b/c they tried to claim the kid didn't have a parking permit, when in fact they scraped it off the car's windshield and tried to claim it wasn't there in the first place. The kid started a facebook group w/ past customers receiving the same dishonest dis-service, and now the company is literally paying the price.

In a study of American children aged 11 and 12, researchers from UCLA compared those who stood up to aggressors with those who did not.

Children who returned hostility with hostility appeared to be the most mature, the researchers found. Boys who stood up to bullies and schoolyard enemies were judged more socially competent by their teachers. Girls who did the same were more popular and more admired by teachers and peers.

They did not study adults, but I'm sure we can draw our own conclusions regarding fines, traffic tickets, plea bargains, etc.

Responding to the massive BP oil spill, Congress is getting ready to quadruple—to 32 cents a barrel—a tax on oil used to help finance cleanups. The increase would raise nearly $11 billion over the next decade.
The tax is levied on oil produced in the U.S. or imported from foreign countries. The revenue goes to a fund managed by the Coast Guard to help pay to clean up spills in waterways, such as the Gulf of Mexico.

2 Disabled men seized at gunpoint for looking at the cops...