paranoid

This is a highly paranoid view. There is no credible movement to subjugate the United States to the United Nations. The US has consistently rebuffed all such proposals.

While the United Nations has deep flaws, it is the only forum for broad international discourse.

Several of the enumerated objections are redundant with other parts of the platform.

LOST should be handled in another plank.

There is no credible movement to create a one world government.

Why?

This is a terrible, unfocused plank that is a grab bag of random wishes and left-wing government expansionism.

Wages are an economic issue in every industry, including the military. If wages are too low, they will show up in poor recruitment and retention numbers. Given good recruiting numbers, there is little evidence of insufficient wages.

There is no credible movement to:

• Reassign commandment of the armed forces away from the President.
• Move away from a volunteer force.
• Recruit to fill ranks with unqualified people.

The issue of women in combat roles is an internal issue for the military and does not deserve mention here. If it comes down to it, women may decline to serve in the military if they do not want a combat role.

These are in fact left-wing and remarkably expensive policies:

• Removing disability pay offset: A lack of an offset for other disability pay is unfair: you collect twice for one disability!
• Full health benefits for National Guard and reservists: U.S. health benefits are typically a function of employment. National Guard and reservists do not work when they are not on duty, so it makes little sense to extend health coverage to off-duty times.
• Lifetime health benefits: Just like with any other employer-sponsored health plan, military health plan should terminate upon end of employment.

It is counterproductive and pointless to have a witch hunt for homosexuals.

There is zero evidence that the military is mishandling HIV.

Separation of men and women in basic training is counterproductive. They will have to work together in the field. Why create artificial barriers?

The G.I. Bill provision is accomplished. The current bill pays up to $47,556 in educational benefits over a maximum of 36 months.

This plank is wordy. For example:

• "Upgrading" and "modernizing" are the same thing.
• Vehicles are a type of equipment.
• Something that is safe and efficient is also effective.

This is a highly paranoid, nutty take on a project that has been canceled anyway.

This was an economic deal. There was no evidence whatsoever of any intent to merge countries.

The Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Award Act of 1976 is not anit-religious. It just awards fees to victorious parties in certain civil rights cases.

It is wildly inappropriate to push "school administrators and officials" into a role traditionally held by parents and churches.

Courts have consistently upheld personal or student-initiatied right to prayer. What is unconstitutional is when student-initiated prayer becomes de facto policy, such as what brought about Santa Fe Independent School Dist. v. Doe.

The proposed amendment is dangerous. It would tacitly endorse public schooling on a federal level, creating a "gateway drug" to enhancing federal oversight of schools. Also, contemporary interpretaion of the First Amendment strongly defends most student-initiated prayer as free speech and defends against compulsory prayer.

Key founding documents in fact have minimal references to religion. There is no evidence of censorship.

There is no credible movement to force public schooling on those who make other reasonable choices.

On "Home education is legally recognized as private education.": the platform is not where you interpret law, even if that's true.

Daytime curfiew is handled elsewhere.

A more direct plank will get the point across better.

The Parental Rights Restoration Act called for changes in the Family Code (link), so reworded to call for the changes instead of attaching hopes to a specific bill.

While the Convention on the Rights of the Child has legitimate criticism, the idea that it transfers jurisdiction to the UN is paranoid.

There is no credible movement to mandate tagging of non-commerical animals like pets.

HB 1361 refers to the 79th Legislature's HB 1361 by Texas Representative Rick Hardcastle (R-Vernon). This allows the state to enact the US Department of Agriculture's National Animal Identification System. Some have criticized this program for unfairly burdening smaller agriculture operations. Until the disproportionate costs are worked out, the program should not be mandatory.

GPS is a red herring. For the purposes of this program, GPS coordinates only refer to the location of animal husbandry operations, not tracking of people or animal. It is merely an alternate representation of address or property records already in the public domain.