Government Takes A Child

A Cleveland third grader who weighed more than 200 pounds was taken from his mother after officials reportedly said she did not do enough to help the boy, who suffered from a weight-related health issue, to lose weight.

“They are trying to make it seem like I am unfit, like I don’t love my child,” the boy’s mother, who was not identified, told the Cleveland Plain Dealer. “It’s a lifestyle change and they are trying to make it seem like I am not embracing that. It is very hard, but I am trying.”.............

And they did it one time before....
Her daughter, 3-year-old Anamarie Regino, weighing 90 pounds, was taken from her parents and placed into foster care a decade ago.

Anamarie didn’t improve at all in foster care, and she was returned to her parents. The young girl was later diagnosed with a genetic predisposition.

“They say it’s for the well-being of the child, but it did more damage than any money or therapy could ever to do to fix it,” Martinez said.

Anamarie Regino, who is now a teenager, agreed.

“It’s not right, what [Dr. Ludwig] is doing, because to get better you need to be with your family, instead of being surrounded by doctors,” she said.

When told of the Regino case, Ludwig said his solution of state intervention did not always work.

“Well, state intervention is no guarantee of a good outcome, but to do nothing is also not an answer,” he said.


Hey Doc, Doing something with the state already hurt 1 child. Chalk up #2 for the state now.
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Big Brother is now in UK Schools

School installs facial recognition cameras to watch students

Two cameras produce a 3D scan of pupils and identifies faces using minute measurements of eyes, noses and face shape.

Kelli Foster, the school's sixth form head, said: 'The technology is just incredible.

'Before, each pupil had to sign in and out of reception by filling in a form but now it takes under ten seconds to gather so much more information.

'When they use the machines, they have to enter their PIN and when their faces have been matched up they select whether they are signing in or out and the reason why.

'This information is then sent to our registration system which stores it as a record so we can track each time they come in and out of school and the common room.

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Big Brother is Checking Your Garbage ! ! !

Your garbage can gets a bar code

Cleveland is using a high-tech collection system the city will roll out next year with new trash and recycling carts embedded with radio frequency identification chips and bar codes.

The chips will allow city workers to monitor how often residents roll carts to the curb for collection. If a chip show a recyclable cart hasn't been brought to the curb in weeks, a trash supervisor will sort through the trash for recyclables.

City Council on Wednesday approved spending $2.5 million on high-tech carts for 25,000 households across the city, expanding a pilot program that began in 2007 with 15,000 households.

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