Swine Flu and lawsuits

The flu season will be back on us real soon and I was watching TMZ and they had a segment on Marlyn Manson the what ever horror rocker and he was sending as they said "snot rockets" into the crowd and the next day admitted that he had swine flu. One of the hosts on the program said that this could be considered battery for the contact. He also pointed out that you could probably bring him to court for it and sue him if you got infected.

I wonder if swine flu comes back and ends up getting many people sick if there will be a bunch of lawsuits by cheap lawyers against companies that "force their employees" to come to work sick by other employees that end up getting sick from exposure at work?

Will we also see a bunch of lawsuits from say car pools or grocery clerks or other people that have front line contact with the public.

Some good tips on avoiding the flu click here travel swine flu

Other things that you can do are to try to keep healthy by getting lots of rest and drink lots of clear fluids like water and sports drinks with electrolytes. Limit the number of contacts that you have with locals, and stay away as much as possible, from confined areas where there are lots of people that you don’t know.

The time when you are in transit is when you are the most vulnerable, especially on cheap flights and buses when you are rubbing elbows with your fellow travelers. Bring some alcohol wipes with you and some hand sanitizer and use the alcohol wipes on the seat and the seat in front of you and any controls. Don’t forget the food tray in front of you and the TV if they have one. The other place is the bathroom, use the hand drier rather than the paper towels if there is a choice. Door knobs are another place to be careful as many people tend to touch them.

Citizenship Immiagration for people born outside of the US

Some interesting information on becoming a US Citizen who was born outside the US, and it also talks about adopted children, as well as children born to US Citizens out of wedlock.

If you have some one or know of some one that this might apply to it important that they understand the various rules to make sure that if they are interested in becoming a US Citizen, that they stay within the guidelines otherwise it can end up costing lots of money for immigration lawyers when the cheaper legal way is to read up and know what the provisions are. For more information go to the www.uscis.gov site.


Biological or adopted children who regularly reside outside of the United States may qualify for naturalization under section 322 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), as amended by the Child Citizenship Act (CCA). In general, to be eligible for citizenship under section 322 of the INA, a child must meet the following requirements:

At least one parent is a U.S. citizen or, if deceased, the parent was a U.S. citizen at the time of death.
The U.S. citizen parent or his or her U.S. citizen parent has (or at the time of death had) been physically present in the United States or its outlying possessions for at least 5 years, at least two of which were after attaining the age of 14.
The child is under the age of 18 years.
The child is residing outside of the United States in the legal and physical custody of the U.S. citizen parent (or, if the citizen parent is deceased, an individual who does not object to the application).
The child is temporarily present in the United States after having entered lawfully and is maintaining lawful status in the United States.
An adopted child may be eligible for naturalization under section 322 of the INA if the child satisfies the requirements applicable to adopted children under sections 101(b)(1)(E), (F) or (G) of the INA. See the “INA” link to the right.
To qualify as a “child” for purposes of this section, the person must be unmarried. Also, a person who was born out of wedlock (meaning that the parents were not married at the time of the person’s birth), must be “legitimated” while under the age of 16 and while in the legal custody of the legitimating parent. See section 101(c)(1) of the INA. Finally, a stepchild who has not been adopted does not qualify as a child under this section.

An application on behalf of an eligible child must be filed on Form N-600K, Application for Citizenship and Issuance of Certificate under section 322 of the INA. See the “Citizenship and Naturalization Based Forms” link to the right. The Form N-600K must be filed on behalf of the child by the U.S. citizen parent. If the U.S. citizen parent of the child has died, a U.S. citizen grandparent or U.S. citizen legal guardian may apply on behalf of the child within 5 years of the parent's death.

To obtain citizenship under section 322 of the INA, the application must be filed, approved, and the child must take the oath of allegiance, if required to do so, before the child reaches age 18.

Note: For children of some members of the military who are overseas on active duty, section 322(d) of the INA waives the requirement that the child be temporarily present in the United States and provides that any period of residence overseas on active duty qualifies as residence in the United States. For more information on children of military members, see the “Information for Members of the Military and Their Families” link to the right.

After naturalization, a child can obtain a U.S. passport if so desired. For more information on applying for a passport, see the “Apply for a U.S. Passport, Department of State” link to the right.

US Immigration - Helping new US Citizens learn English

It is kind of interesting that the USCIS spends a lot of time and money trying to keep people out of the USA and then when they get there they turn around and do things like this. Basically they decided to spend money to help new US citizens learn to speak English.

We think this is a good program as helping these new US citizens intergrate will make them better wage earners and the pay back will be when they pay their US taxes and hopefully raise families that will be fully functioning US citizens as well.


USCIS Awards $1.2 Million for Citizenship Grant Program

WASHINGTON — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Alejandro Mayorkas today announced a total of $1.2 million in grants for 13 organizations to support citizenship preparation programs for legal permanent residents (LPRs). This announcement falls on Constitution Day and Citizenship Day—established by Congress in 2004 to mark the anniversary of the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.

“We are proud to support our new grantees,” said Mayorkas. “In the spirit of Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, I am pleased to announce that we will be working with these organizations to help immigrants pursue citizenship and become fully vested members of their communities.”

The award recipients are: Association House of Chicago; Catholic Charities of Dallas Inc.; Central American Resource Center, Los Angeles; Federation Employment and Guidance Service Inc., New York, N.Y.; International Institute of St. Louis; International Rescue Committee Inc., San Diego; Jewish Family and Children’s Services, San Francisco; Jewish Vocational Service of MetroWest Inc., East Orange, N.J.; Lutheran Family Services in the Carolinas, Raleigh, N.C.; OneAmerica, Seattle; Progreso Latino, Central Falls, R.I.; Saint Mark Roman Catholic Parish, Dorchester, Mass.; and Young Women’s Christian Association of Tulsa, Okla.

American law, Cheap Stimulus for the Environment

American law, Stimulus & the Environment

Cheap Lawyers USA would like to see more laws that promote the environment, but lets get it to the grass roots, literally, we are spending all this money and what do we have to show for it in the communities how is the regular guy getting his fair share of this.

No argument that the cash for clunkers helped those that needed to buy a car get one and take some of the old gas guzzlers off the roads, but that will have some consequence down the road we feel when people are trying to get spare parts.

Lets look at a program where we give away free trees to anyone that has a house or apartment that can use some shade. This is a big winner all around, especially for the cities, the more shade in the city the less heat. If people would put trees on their roofs it gives shade and the area where the pot is will provide more insulation in the winter and If you had a roof covered in trees it would also break up the wind a little bit.

It is a real winner for the environment as less carbon is put into the air by the running of air conditioners as there work load is reduced. Additionally the trees soak up the carbon where it is being created, by the cites, and we are improving the air quality and its really cost effective.

A little further thought if they have room and they would like give away free cherry, pear, apple , avocado, mango trees. In places in the south you could have coconut trees bananas and papaya which grows like a weed once they get going. If the home owners don’t want the fruit they can always donate the tree proceeds to a local food program or to a school in their neighborhood.

With this program we are trapping carbon emissions and helping people to help themselves. lets get some responsible and common sense laws passed for the future.

USA Immigration Crime & Deportation

USA Immigration Deportation & Crime

We would like to see the USA lawmakers while we are investigating the abuses that have happened at Gitmo to take a look at the cruel and unusual punishment of young men that have lived in the US for the great majority of their lives, and because they and their families were to poor to hire lawyers, even cheap lawyers to assist them , and they were not told the implications of what it would mean if they were convicted, that there was a high likelihood that they could and would be deported back to a country that they have no knowledge of, and no understanding of the culture, or the language, as they were raised as Americans.

As it was explained to us it works like this, a kid maybe 19 years old commits a crime and is convicted, maybe he pleads guilty to get a lesser sentence on something he might have gotten dismissed or committed to a diversion program, if he had effective attorney, that would erase the conviction from his record. He goes to prison and someone from the government goes to them near the end of their term and says that they can get released early if they sign a waiver that has included in it a clause that effectively stops them from getting in front of a judge before they are deported. The kid knows no better and signs the waiver and then gets released early from prison as promised, but is immediately taken to a US immigration holding cell and is deported.

Once they are out of the country it is impossible for them to get in front of a US judge so they are banished for ever from their families.

Like cigarettes we are exporting our bad habits. We have young men that get a foul of the law, we put them in our prison system, and then after they are brutalized, and dehumanized, we export them to countries like Cambodia, where they are ill prepared for their own crime, much less seasoned hard core serial gang bangers.