Public Schools or Total Recall

Remember that Arnold Schwarzenegger movie, Total Recall? Remember when he had to pull that giant red blinking transmitter out of his head through his nose? If Prince George County lawmakers have their way, students who skip school would be fitted with a device such as this.


Maryland Delegate Doyle Niemann (D-Prince George’s Co) is quoted as saying this about parents in his district, "They're not in control of their children. They take them to school, the kid walks in the front door and then out the back door. It doesn't make any sense to continue to beat on the parents.”

I agree that many parents are not in control of their children, but I do not believe that the government should be strapping tracking devices on our children. I suppose it is cheaper to fit a child with a tracking device than it is to make school interesting.

If this is acceptable in this instance, I can only imagine what other crimes would warrant such an action. Should we strap tracking devices to convicted marijuana users to make sure they do not enter parts of town where drug sales are rampant? I am sure there are many times lawmakers would love to slap tracking devices on their constituents.

Too bad there isn’t a tracking device that we can strap to our political heroes that would alert the public when they make stupid decisions.

WARNING THIS VIDEO IS A FIGHT SCENE FROM TOTAL RECALL.
THIS MAY NOT BE WORK/ALL AGES APPROPRIATE.