Samson's Jawbone

Samson's Jawbone: Hillary Spurns Historic Formula for Democratic Vic... : Recent reports that Presidential advisor Valerie Jarett leaked information about Senator Hillary Clinton's private email server to The N...

Some people are surprised at the sudden rise in poll numbers of democratic Senator Bernie Sanders. He is now a viable competitor to Secretary Clinton for the democratic Presidential nomination. The media failed to report that the recent launch of Mrs. Clinton's campaign on Roosevelt Island in New York had a disappointing turn out. The recent testimony by Sydney Blumenthal of inappropriate influence over her when she was secretary of State is one more thing that does not bode well for her. She is the gift that keeps on giving to the Republican Party. I hope she gets the nomination, because Hillary Clinton will never be President of the United States Reports that Presidential advisor Valerie Jarett leaked information about Senator Hillary Clinton's private email server to The New York Times has lead some to speculate that Obama may have conspired to sabotage Clinton's presidential campaign. Although it is clear that Obama and Clinton have at best an amicable working relati...

Samson's Jawbone: Are Unimmunized School Children A Threat to Public... : Last week the Hamilton County Indiana school district where I substitute teach banned unimmunized students from several of their schools  a...

Last week the Hamilton County Indiana school district where I substitute teach banned unimmunized students from several of their schools  and related activities. In response to the recent measles outbreaks in Indiana and other states the students are effectively quarantined, even though they had not been exposed to any illness, nor had they exposed others. While the state allows parents to decline immunization for religious or personal reasons, recent outbreaks of measles in the state and California have caused some to insist that parents who chose that options for their children should be denied access to public schools; in other words, separate them from the rest of us. Quarantine them! Quarantines are usually imposed on those who have been exposed, not on those who are at risk for exposure. In the last 50 years courts have usually ruled quarantines illegal. Banning children who are legally unvaccinated from the classroom is an unconstitutional denial of their civil liberti...