Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Michigan again, the Moron's Paradise

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Or as it's now known, the home of Michael Moore and Obama Motors. So much for the old, "It takes a village..." thinking I guess.
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Each day before the school bus comes to pick up the neighborhood's children, Lisa Snyder did a favor for three of her fellow moms, welcoming their children into her home for about an hour before they left for school.

Regulators who oversee child care, however, don't see it as charity. Days after the start of the new school year, Snyder received a letter from the Michigan Department of Human Services warning her that if she continued, she'd be violating a law aimed at the operators of unlicensed day care centers.

"I was freaked out. I was blown away," she said. "I got on the phone immediately, called my husband, then I called all the girls" — that is, the mothers whose kids she watches — "every one of them."

Snyder's predicament has led to a debate in Michigan about whether a law that says no one may care for unrelated children in their home for more than four weeks each calendar year unless they are licensed day-care providers needs to be changed. It also has irked parents who say they depend on such friendly offers to help them balance work and family.

On Tuesday, agency Director Ismael Ahmed said good neighbors should be allowed to help each other ensure their children are safe. Gov. Jennifer Granholm instructed Ahmed to work with the state Legislature to change the law, he said.

"Being a good neighbor means helping your neighbors who are in need," Ahmed said in a written statement. "This could be as simple as providing a cup of sugar, monitoring their house while they're on vacation or making sure their children are safe while they wait for the school bus."

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This story proves that Democrats cannot think outside the box, or inside the box, or up an alley, or on a short pier, or in a box with a fox...
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Schteveo

4 comments:

BOW said...

Somehow I doubt they can think inside the box either. Just ask Teddy.

Spider said...

This is a great story for all those who still think this is a free country. WAKE UP!!

BOW said...

Since Congress refuses to read the health care bill, I suggest they get their surgeries by blind-folded physicians

Anonymous said...

And dentists?