Here we have a congressman push for government to obey the law.  That is a man bites dog story.

""You've got about 15 million people out of work and we've got about 8 million illegal’s working in this country," Miller said. "If you're a citizen or you're here legally, you should have the first opportunity to take that job. It's very simple."

What is the affect of illegal aliens on society?  "But an influx of cheap labor, he said, has contributed to the county's unemployment rate and lowered pay for many workers.

"I've been in the construction industry a long time, and I watched what (illegal-immigrant) labor did," Miller said. "It drove down wages dramatically."

Does government represent the citizens or criminals from other nations? At this time it is the criminals that are protected by our government and honest citizens get harmed.

Angry yet?

"The school board is expected to vote Tuesday on the fiscally controversial resolution calling for San Francisco Unified to add a new full-time staffer to manage "lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning" youth issues in the district's Student Support Services Department.

It also would require the district to track harassment and discrimination based on sexual orientation and distributes an educational packet to parents, encouraging them to discuss "the issues of sexuality, gender identity and safety" with their children."

Here you have government involved in the sex issues of students. Maybe a better math or science program would help the students.

Is the role of government schools to "instruct” on sexual issues or prepare kids for college?

Like the rest of San Francisco, its schools promote ideology instead of meeting its responsibilities.

Farms are closing, thousands have lost their jobs.  The cost of food has gone up.  All in the name of protecting fish.

"A federal judge has lifted limits on irrigation pumping from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, which salmon fishermen say will threaten young fish migrating to sea and the future of the fishing industry."

So, for a short period of time, government will help people over fish.

LAUSD has a 50% drop out rate. San Diego government schools only provide a little over a third of classes to help students qualify for college.

" * Black and Latino students are significantly less likely than white students to meet the UC/CSU requirements when they graduate. Only 26 percent of black students and 30 percent of Latino students made the bar in 2007-2008, compared to 72 percent of white students."

These are our government schools.

Proud?

This is why people have little trust or confidence in government.

"Just days before state lawmakers convene to discuss legalizing Internet poker in California, a coalition of Indian gaming tribes is bracing to fight the proposal and has hired a former top advisor to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to help make its case.

A study showing that Internet poker may hurt the state rather than help it is the first major public report issued by Mike Genest since he left as the state finance director in December."

One day a top adviser to the Governor, the next a top advisor to a special interest.

"A rival group of Indian gaming tribes that opposes Internet poker hired Genest to vet the claims of proponents. On Friday, the California Tribal Business Alliance released a study by Genest that said allowing poker games on the Web would not solve the states budget woes and could actually be a money-loser for the state. State-sanctioned Internet poker would violate existing compacts that give Indian tribes exclusive rights to electronic gambling, allowing them to halt paying the state its $365-million cut of the proceeds from slot machines, concluded Genest.

That loss, Genest said, would not be fully offset by an annual increase in revenue of $53.6 million from a 10% participation tax on poker players and "an unknown, but probably not substantial increase" in personal income tax collections from winning gamblers.

Genests findings were disputed by Patrick Dorinson, a spokesman for the Morongo Band. "We believe this will raise money for the state and the experts will tell you this will raise money for the state," Dorinson said."

Dorinson also worked for the Governor. 

Do you trust government?