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PINON: PRESIDENT'S INITIATIVE NEIGHBORS ORGANIZING NEIGHBORS

PINON: PRESIDENT\
ORF has created PINON, a fictitious community organization. This how a foreign entity might operate in Otero County using the following ficititious guidelines for soliciting information for the 2010 census.

2010 CENSUS BANNER

2010 CENSUS BANNER

2010 CENSUS PREP

Short form of 2010 census (pdf form)


The 2010 Census and the American Community Survey


2010 Census is Different

The Census Bureau has changed the way it conducts the national count.

Goodbye Long Form

In the past, most households received a short-form questionnaire, while one household in six received a long form that contained additional questions and provided more detailed socioeconomic information about the population.

The 2010 Census will be a short-form only census and will count all residents living in the United States as well as ask for name, sex, age, date of birth, race, ethnicity, relationship and housing tenure – taking just minutes to complete.

The more detailed socioeconomic information is now collected through the American Community Survey. The survey provides current data about your community every year, rather than once every 10 years. It is sent to a small percentage of the population on a rotating basis throughout the decade. No household will receive the survey more often than once every five years.

View more information on the American Community Survey.

A similar survey, the Puerto Rico Community Survey is conducted in Puerto Rico.

http://2010.census.gov/2010census/about_2010_census/007622.html


U.S. CONSTITUTION: ARTICLE 1 SEC. 2: ENUMERATION

http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.articlei.html


Title 13 information on census, Federalist Papers on the census, notes and legal definitions.

http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddwqvm8g_293dcfb63gf

SUPPORT THIS PROPSED COUNTY ORDINANCE:
An ordinance regulating foreign entities that would to operate in Otero County for the express purpose of gathering information on, polling, or any form of census taking or any voter registration of the Citizens of Otero County.


Mark Your Calendar

Thursday, July 16
Regular Meeting of the Otero County Commission, 6pm, Commission Chambers. http://co.otero.nm.us/commission/09sched.htm

Tuesday, July 21

RPOC Meeting 11:30 Peppers Grill
Guest Speaker: Curtis Crane and the Young Republicans

Saturday, August 8, starting at 8:30 am

Coalition of Counties annual BBQ in Glenwood. We will have our board meeting the night before at 6:00 PM at the Glenwood community center. Our featured speaker at the BBQ this year will be Charlotte Salazar. Charlotte is the mother of the young boy who was attacked and dragged off of the Sandia Mountain trail last year. Her account of her husband’s rescue of their son and the resulting treatment by the New Mexico Game and Fish Department is a story you will not soon forget. Charlotte not only embarked on the effort to educate people about predator management but also engaged in the national debate on federal government spending and responsible conduct. She became the moving force behind organizing and promoting the April 15 TEA party in Albuquerque. She is an excellent and inspirational speaker. Howard Hutchinson Executive Director Coalition of Arizona/New Mexico Counties P.O. Box 4963 Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502 Phone 505-629-1303 aznmc@earthlink.net

August 13, 14, 15

Otero County Fair

Saturday, August 25

RPOC Ice Cream Social, Rabon Home, 6 pm

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Support Local Talk Radio

"Coffee, News & Views with Marcia and Joann" is on KRSY radio, 1230 AM every Friday morning from 7-8 A.M. The ladies will discuss politics from local to the national levels, will cover local events and people as well as have weekly guests. From time to time when she's available, State Senator Dianna Duran will join them. Included in the show will be a Phyllis Schafly report as well as patriotic music. Each week a new feature will be the "Yard of the Week" thanking folks for taking time to make our county more attractive. People are invited to call in to join in the discussions. For more information feel free to Call Marcia at 437-9362 or email to: mstirman@yahoo.com.

NAVIGATING THIS BLOG


Posts (dated articles with a feature that allows for comments from readers) are below the front page.

Same with links to other websites, videos and blog archives. They are on the right side of the blog where opposite posts in a narrow column.

SCROLL DOWN if you want to research or get sources. Use the "labels" feature and simply click on the topic or person that interests you. An idiosyncracy of this format is that whenever you click on a label or older post, you will again see the front page. Nothing we can do about that.

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http://www.riograndefoundation.org/

This site is a wonderful source for information about New Mexico law makers and the Round House. INDISPENSABLE.





CONTACT YOUR NEW MEXICO LEGISLATORS AND GOVENOR

http://legis.state.nm.us/lcs/legislatorsearch.asp

LINK to YOUR elected officials for the purpose of contacting them via email or letter.

http://www.governor.state.nm.us/contact.php

LINK to YOUR govenor.


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Below is the new website to listen to the House and Senate floor activities. If you go to the legislative website..you can see when they convene.
http://www.lawmakerslive.com/

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No Need to Wait for the Next Election Cycle. Watch Your US Senators and Representatives as They Go.

Go to Congress.Org, sign up and know exactly how your New Mexico Senators and Representatives are voting and what issues are coming up next. Invaluable.

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/megavote/

CONTACT INFORMATION FOR U.S. SENATORS/REPRESENTATIVES

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LINKS TO THREE RESOLUTIONS

BE KIND TO AMERICA ACT


PURITY OF PEDIGREE STATUTE


DEFINE LEGAL CITIZEN IN NEW MEXICO LAW AND IMMEDIATE IN-STATE TUITION FOR VETERANS STATUTE


SUGGESTION FOR A COUNTY ORDINANCE REQUIRING CENSUS TAKERS NOT FROM OTERO COUNTY TO REGISTER WITH THE COUNTY AND BE SUBJECT TO A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK.

Federal law is supreme PROVIDED IT IS NOT IN CONFLICT with State law....

...which means if it is not one of the enumerated powers granted to the United States state law is supreme.

28 USC § 1652. State laws as rules of decision

The laws of the several states, except where the Constitution or treaties of the United States or Acts of Congress otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in civil actions in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.

The Supremacy Clause is very specific as to what it says.
“This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof, and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land, and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.”

To fully understand exactly what this means you have to go to Webster’s Dictionary 1828 for the definition of, “notwithstanding.”

NOTWITHSTAND'ING, the participle of withstand, with not prefixed, and signifying not opposing; nevertheless. It retains in all cases its participial signification.


Special thanks to Danny Martinez via R L for getting this valuable information to us.

INVISIBLE CONTRACTS

http://www.supremelaw.org/authors/mercier/

Interesting read and in-depth analysis of the term frequently used on ORF; invisible contracts.  

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OPPOSE NATIONAL HEALTH CARE ACT NOW!

Urgent Alert! Act today to stop back-door government health care takeover!
You may have already seen the media reports that the budget is a done deal, and health care reconciliation is included. They are wrong.  It is not yet a done deal, and we need you to ACT TODAY to stop it.  Democratic leadership has agreed, but the actual conference report is not written by leadership, but by the specific conferees on the conference committee:
 
Senate 
Kent Conrad (D-N. Dak.) 
Patty Murray (D-Wash.)
Judd Gregg (R-N.H.)
 
House
John Spratt (D-S.C.) 
Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)
Allen Boyd (D-Fla.)
Paul Ryan (R-Wis.)
Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas)
 
Test of letter to cut and paste to send to your elected officials.



UNITED NATIONS LAW OF THE SEA TREATY

While the United States and the world are distracted with global economic collapse, ORF is still sounding the alert to other global agendas that threaten American sovereignty.  Below is a link to a video provided by the Heritage Foundation about why the United States should not sign on to the LAW OF THE SEA TREATY (LOST). 

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WHAT KIND OF HANDSHAKE IS THIS?

WHAT KIND OF HANDSHAKE IS THIS?

OBAMA blog action opposing Obama's march to socialism

Link to the White House by Clicking on Photo

Link to the White House by Clicking on Photo
http://www.whitehouse.gov/

URGENT! CONTACT NM SENATORS TELL THEM NO ON MEXICAN GUN CONTROL TREATY

President Obama will be pushing U.S. Senators to ratify an 'inter-American Arms Trafficking Treat' with Mexico.  Now is the time to enlist the voices of your fellow Americans to overwhelm New Mexico's Senators with demands they vote NO on the ratification of this treaty.  The myth that guns smuggled out of the U.S. into Mexico is a fabrication intended to fuel the orchestrated attempt by the Obama administration to implement international gun-control in the United States.

The link to the contact information to your elected officials is on this page, as well as posts below with information on this latest scam by the Obama adiministration and the origins of this so called 'inter-american arms trafficking' treaty.

Persuade everyone you know to contact New Mexico's Senators to voice opposition to this treaty!!

The Oath of the President of the United States

US Constitution, Article II, Section 1

Before he enter on the execution of his office, he shall take the following oath or affirmation: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States."

The case could be made that Obama has violated the oath of the office of the Presidency of the United States in not closing the borders at the threat of a global panemic of the Mexican flu, the violations of the U.S. Constitution in the CIFTA, and his refusal to clarify the circumstances of his birth.  Think about it.

ASK HERITAGE WEBSITE

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WAHKIAKUM COUNTY RESISTANCE FORUM

http://wahkiakumcountyresistanceforum.blogspot.com/
Grassroots battle against NGOs in Washington State.

GOOD NEIGHBOR

http://www.goodneighborlaw.com/GoodNeighborLaw.htm
Indepth analysis of globalism and the sovereignty of the United States.

illegal immigration

illegal immigration

One of the Best Border Invasion Sites Around

http://www.borderinvasionpics.com/

(The first option in the upper left on this website will take you to American Border Patrol. They update daily and you will see it there often times first if at all.)

Border Invasion Pics (link above) Why doesn't DHS want its employees to see this site?

1-22-09: The Department of Homeland Security has blocked access to this website from DHS.gov computers.

NumbersUSA: FOR LOWER IMMIGRATION LEVELS

INTER-AMERICAN ARMS TRAFFIKING TREATY

INTER-AMERICAN ARMS TRAFFIKING TREATY
Click on banner to read treaty

TREATY DECONSTRUCTED AND COMPARED TO U.S. TITLE 27, ALCOHOL, TOBACCO,FIREARMS AND EXPLOSIVES

OTERO RESIDENTS FORUM COLLECTION OF PARODY CARTOONS

http://oteroresidentforumparodyblog.blogspot.com/

We've complied the best of the ORF cartoons all in one location.

CYBER SECURITY ACT: FEDERAL GOV CAN SHUT DOWN INTERNET IF IT DEEMS NATIONAL SECURITY IS AT RISK

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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Bomb shell is right. What is up with this?

BORN IN THE USA?
Bombshell: Orders revoked for soldier challenging prezMajor victory for Army warrior questioning Obama's birthplace
Posted: July 14, 20099:53 pm Eastern
By Chelsea Schilling and Joe Kovacs© 2009 WorldNetDaily
Dr. Orly Taitz
A U.S. Army Reserve major from Florida scheduled to report for deployment to Afghanistan within days has had his military orders revoked after arguing he should not be required to serve under a president who has not proven his eligibility for office.
His attorney, Orly Taitz, confirmed to WND the military has rescinded his impending deployment orders.
"We won! We won before we even arrived," she said with excitement. "It means that the military has nothing to show for Obama. It means that the military has directly responded by saying Obama is illegitimate – and they cannot fight it. Therefore, they are revoking the order!"
She continued, "They just said, 'Order revoked.' No explanation. No reasons – just revoked." ...

Title click for story. This will blow you mind.

Pick up the phone and dial 800-828-0498

This message ceceived from Marcia today. You can save a dime by using the toll free number in the title. Here is a little challenge. See how many senator's offices you can get transferred to and report to us. We have a prize for the highest number - a clear conscience. Combining totally separate issues in the same bill is outrageous!

URGENT-Call Senators Bingaman and Udall
Tell them-VOTE NO on S.909

We first wrote to you about this legislation on April 20th. Unfortunately, it has already passed the House. This is out last opportunity to stop this affront to our 1st amendment rights! A vote is expected on this bill this week. Call today!

Because there is insufficient support for it as a stand alone bill, S. 909 (Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Bill) is being attached as an amendment to S. 1390, the National Defense Authorization Act.

By hiding this hate crime bill as an amendment to Pentagon spending, moderate Democrats (and all but 2 Republicans) are faced with a difficult choice: either pass this bill protecting pedophilia and numerous other sexual deviancies or stop funding our troops. We must require S. 909 to be voted on as a stand alone bill.

Please call our NM senators listed below and tell them:
Remove S. 909 as an amendment to S. 1390-pentagon funding for troops
DO NOT pass S. 909 as an amendment to S. 1390, take a stand and vote NO on S. 1390 to prevent its passage if it is NOT removed as an amendment
S. 909 grants extra rights and protection based on sexual orientation and gender identity, this is unfair and unnecessary
S. 909 will permit investigation and prosecution of religious leaders, especially clergy, for speaking Biblical truths on issues such as homosexuality, a clear violation of the 1st Amendment

Jeff Bingaman D-NM 202-224-5521
Tom Udall D- NM 202-224-6621

If time permits, please call the 17 undecided senators below, urging them to do the same.

Blanche Lincoln D-AR 202-224-4843
Byron L. Dorgan D-ND 202-224-2551
Herb Kohl D-WI 202-224-5653
James Webb D-VA 202-224-4024
Jon Tester D-MT 202-224-2644
Kay Hagan D-NC 202-224-6342
Kent Conrad D-ND 202-224-2043
Mark Pryor D-AR 202-224-2353
Mark Warner D-VA 202-224-2023
Max Baucus D-MT 202-224-2651
Michael Bennet D-CO 202-224-5852
Robert C. Byrd D-WV 202-224-3954
Russ Feingold D-WI 202-224-5323
Ted Kaufman D-DE 202-224-5042
Thomas Carper D-DE 202-224-2441Al Franken D-MN 202-224-5641Olympia Snowe R-ME 202-224-5344
Susan Collins R-ME 202-224-2523

Thank you for your commitment to the protection of life, marriage, families and religious freedom.

Sincerely,

TVAC-NM
The Traditional Values Action Committee-NM

PROMISES, PROMISES: Indian health care's victims

CROW AGENCY, Mont. – Ta'Shon Rain Little Light, a happy little girl who loved to dance and dress up in traditional American Indian clothes, had stopped eating and walking. She complained constantly to her mother that her stomach hurt.

Title click for complete, heartbreaking story. A preview of what our new healthcare system will look like.

Monday, July 13, 2009

Reduced Immigration = Reduced Carbon Emissions

New FAIR Report Shows Reducing Immigration Would Lower Carbon Emissions


A new report released last week by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) shows that immigration-fueled population growth has been the single largest contributing factor to the increase in U.S. energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions over the past 35 years....

Click on title for full report.

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Two More Obama Czars Accountable to No One but "Himself"

"John Holdren, Obama's Science Czar, says: Forced abortions and mass sterilization needed to save the planet...." Read direct quotes from his book not taken out of context:

http://zombietime.com/john_holdren/

"When it comes to the First Amendment, Team Obama believes in Global Chilling.
Cass Sunstein, a Harvard Law professor who has been appointed to a shadowy post that will grant him powers that are merely mind-boggling, explicitly supports using the courts to impose a "chilling effect" on speech that might hurt someone's feelings. He thinks that the bloggers have been rampaging out of control and that new laws need to be written to corral them..."

http://www.nypost.com/seven/07112009/postopinion/opedcolumnists/gag_the_internet__178749.htm?page=0

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

A Private and a Public Meeting with Congressman Teague

Subject: Re: HARRY TEAGUE'S VISIT 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM - THURSDAY, JULY 2ND., 2009 - COUNTY ADMIN BLDG.

My family and I were granted about a 2-3 minute audience with Congressman Teague yesterday. In response to my question of how he could have possibly voted for the "Cap & Trade" bill that would increase taxes on us all, and cripple this economy he stated, and I paraphrase..."When I got to Washington I thought we would actually have debates on things like global warming...but that train has left the station 4-5 years ago and I could have wasted my vote trying to turn it back. I voted for it because I got some concessions for New Mexico's small oil and gas producers." I asked him what ever happened to standing on principle. I reminded him that this disasterous bill only passed by 6-7 votes and if a few more representatives along with himself had stood on principle this bill could have been defeated. He had no response..he only stared at us without saying a word. I left with a request that he read the 10th Amendment to the Constitution before he votes on anything else.

AMENDMENT X
POWERS RETAINED BY THE STATES AND THE PEOPLE
The powers not relegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

Subject: Re: HARRY TEAGUE'S VISIT 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM - THURSDAY, JULY 2ND., 2009 - COUNTY ADMIN BLDG.
Hi Folk's. Just a short note to let those of you who couldn't make it to the "Meet & Greet" what a joke it was. Due to traffic conditions on the Mtn, ( Rock Clearance at Bailey Cyn) I arrived at 5 mins to 1:00 pm, ( expecting to be turned away). Surprisingly, Teague's aid allowed me to stand at the end of the line( 4-5 remaining people). Everyone in front of me was "T-ed Off" and grumbling about "Cap & Trade" and Health Care . Each person was allowed 1 min. to talk to Mr. Teague, ( wow how nice ).
When it came to me, I simply told him I felt strongly that he screwed up by voting for the Cap & Trade Bill' without reading it and reminded him of his conversation with my wife when he visited Cloudcroft a couple of months ago. When she asked him about Cap & Trade" he replied "I don't even want to got there it gives me heart burn". ( So he voted for it anyhow?) I also advised him that my wife & I would be really working hard to defeat him when his term was up. He just stood there with a blank expression on his face and never responded.
As I was sitting in my car outside the Co. Office Bldg, He and his "Flunky" exited the Bldg and I noticed they were Talking & laughing Broadly with each other. Apparently he wasn't all that bothered by the citizen responses to his "Meet & Greet"!! I venture to guess Steve Pearce would not have acted in that manner.
My take on Teague is he is a one issue guy, ( Veterans Affairs) which is an easy one to make him look good for his constituents. Do not get me wrong, I support our Vets whole heartedly, and realize they need all the help they can get when dealing with the V.A.. I just have the impression Teague is a "One Trick Pony".

Regards,

Mayhill, NM.

PS Hope to see you all at the "Tea Party" at the Cloud Country Party Barn on JUly 4th at 12:00pm. Guest Speaker State Rep. Nora Espinosa!!

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Out of Al Gore's Mouth: Global Governance and Global Treaties are the solution to Global Warming

Click title to hear the snake oil saleman's own words on July 7, 2009, Oxford, England.

Monday, July 6, 2009

Illegal Immigration Effects Energy Consumption - Good News for Cap and Trade Advocates


Title click for the full article which points out that energy consumption is a creature of population levels. Duh.
"Energy consumption is a factor of both per capita use and population size. Population size includes the issue of immigration. U.S. energy consumption and the resulting environmental impact of the production of greenhouse gasses has been steadily increasing in total amounts even though per capita consumption has been decreasing...."

Sunday, July 5, 2009

KneeCap and Trade Vote Challenged by Constituents

kneecap definition ...knee·cap (-kap′)...transitive verb kneecapped -·capped′, kneecapping -·cap′·ping; to maim by shooting or drilling the kneecap, often as an act of terrorism
http://www.yourdictionary.com/kneecap

Well, the offsets hit the fan in Alamogordo Thursday, 7/2/09. See "Teague Opens Office" http://www.alamogordonews.com/ci_12745330 and the photo on page 6 http://alamogordonews.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=24510710&event=790137&CategoryID=19239 showing analysis of Cap and Trade's effects on Americans and the economy.

For documentation purposes, this ADN article did not report that there was a considerable dust up at the meeting. Congressman Teague gave a short welcome telling attendees of his new office in the Otero County Administration Building. He then left the commission chambers and a staffer told the assembled that Teague would take citizen questions privately in his office.

This ducking did not set well with some citizens who pointed out that the meeting was publically announced and they wanted their concerns heard by everyone there. After several "back and forths" by staffers to his new office, Teague relented, came back to the chambers and took some questions before taking the "private concerns".

Apparently, a similar fiasco occurred in Roswell the day before. If it didn't work in Roswell, why did Harry think it would work here?

NRCC hammers Teague over cap-and-trade vote Posted 7/02/2009 09:00:00 AM

"...It’s already getting a bit contentious. Democracy for New Mexico has the scoop on a group of people who showed up at a Teague event in Roswell and booed him when he said he thought most of his constituents also would have voted for the energy bill. And it degraded from there…"

http://haussamen.blogspot.com/

On Saturday, 7/04/2009 ADN published "Teague explains cap-and-trade vote" http://www.alamogordonews.com/ci_12750866 ADN also published am Editorial the same day:

Carbon bill unlikely to deliver promised jobs

"President Barack Obama is chiding critics of his carbon cap-and-trade proposal to combat global warming for being afraid of a future shaped by new energy technologies and thriving with so-called green jobs.

What those skeptics are really afraid of is a future locked to laws that institutionalize high unemployment, low growth and a lesser standard of living for Americans.

The administration and Democratic leaders in the House are banking passage of cap-and-trade legislation on the promise that the government's $100 billion investment in green technologies will spin off 5 million new jobs and hyper-boost the economy.

It's a tough sell, even to the administration's congressional supporters.

The House just narrowly passed the measure, with many nervous Democrats deserting their leaders to join Republicans in opposition. That spells trouble for the bill in the Senate, where bipartisan concerns about the impact on the economy are being raised.

Before the country commits to such a radical change, the promises made by supporters must be more carefully examined.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says her advocacy for cap-and-trade is all about "jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs." But there's no evidence that employment has grown anywhere in the world because of energy mandates such as cap-and-trade.

A study released in March by four professors hosted by the University of Illinois casts a great deal of doubt about green job creation.

The academics found claims of green jobs to be unsubstantiated or overstated, and that energy mandates will likely kill more jobs in other industries than they create.

The report also warns that strict government demands for renewable energy sources — the cap-and-trade bill requires 20 percent of energy production be from renewables — and bans on more plentiful and reliable sources such as coal will choke off growth and risk leaving the country in the dark.

There's also considerable disagreement about the cost of the cap-and-trade bill.

The Congressional Budget Office estimates it to be a mere $175 a household. But the conservative Heritage Foundation pegs it at $3,000 per household, which seems more realistic considering the impact on energy and fuel prices.

This is not a job creation bill and it won't revive the economy.

It's a bill, according to the professors, that would "lead to restructuring and possibly impoverishing our society." Senators should acknowledge that possibility before casting their vote.

Reprinted from The Detroit News and released through Creators Syndicate.

http://www.creators.com/opinion/daily-editorials/cap-and-trade-bill-unlikely-to-deliver-promised-jobs.html

Creators.com is a cool website chocked full of opinion and commentary.

Below in another post is a list of links about alleged corruption, charges made and high jinks of trading carbon units that has been in play for years. It is a wealth of information for those concerned with those pesky facts.

Stop and think about it. Where is the common sense? In an example used, your dog has flatulence. You feel guilty. You relieve your guilt by contributing $200 to Clean Dog Conservancy. Your dog will still have flatulence and the Clean Dog Conservancy will take your money and turn it into advertising and fund raising dollars to help support the campaigns of elected "representatives" who have agendas other than their constituents. Step off the merry-go-round and take a closer look. JW

Friday, July 3, 2009

HOW THE CARBON FAIRY WORKS HER MAGIC: CARBON OFFSETS EXPLAINED

Title click to be taken to links and articles explaining how this deal works. OR call Harry Teague at

his Las Cruces office: 575-522-3908 or his Washington D.C. office: 202-225-3121. I doubt we'll be seeing much of Harry in his new office in the county building on New York. Maybe the carbon fairy will sit in for him.

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, CARBON OFFSETS AND ALLEGATIONS OF FRAUD

Title click to read about the FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION'S investigation into allegations of carbon offset fraud and articles exposing carbon offsets as fraud, both in the U.S. and Europe.


Remember...Harry Teague knows all this stuff. That's why he voted for CAP & TRADE.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

LINK TO CAP & TRADE OPPOSITION

Title click to be taken to a link with a few key oppostion articles and links to pdf files explaining the scam, damage, jobless and cost to U.S. taxpayers from the American Clean Energy and Security Act, aka: CAP & TRADE.


Today on the ALAMO BUFFALO CHIP, discussion on CAP & TRADE will be the subject.
You can call the show at 505-718-4933.

Monday, June 29, 2009

Congressman Teague Voted for Cap and Trade

Need I say more?

2010 Census

The Bill of Rights (the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution) at the Fourth Amendment reads:
Amendment IV
Search and arrest warrants
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

The provisions of Title 13 requiring information other than the number of persons, ages and sexes are in violation of the Fourth Amendment. Therefore, no other information need be given. If people will just remember that Title 13 violates the fourth amendment then that is all they need to say when asked for anything other than number, age and sex. See below legal authority citing cases, interesting commentary by Dr. Laurie Roth and a quotation worth repeating. Janet

"Subject: [jbs-26] The Census - give limited information; instructions; rights

FYI - read carefully and decide how you'll answer the intrusive US Census (which has already sent workers around to determined the GPS coordinates for your home.)
Amanda
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Original message:
Subject: Acorns Illegal Census; Constitutional Requirements
Action: Print this and pass along.

Legal Authority to Ask Intrusive Questions Not Present
This Constitution and the Laws made in Pursuance thereof... shall be the supreme Law of the Land...all Judges shall be bound thereby...any Thing...to the Contrary notwithstanding.[Article VI, Clause 2, of the Constitution of the United States of America (1789)]

The general rule is that an unconstitutional statute, though having the form and name of law, is in reality no law, but is wholly void. Unconstitutional law bears no power to enforce, it purports to settle as if it never existed, for unconstitutionality dates from the enactment of such a law and not such time as branded in an open court of law. It confers no rights; it imposes no duties; affords no protection; it creates no office; it is in legal contemplation, as inoperative as though it had never been passed. No courts are bound to uphold it and no persons are bound to obey it.[16 Am Jur 256]

The Fourth and Fifth Amendments were described in Boyd v. United States , 116U.S. 616, 630, as protection against all governmental invasions ....of the sanctity of a man's home and the privacies of life. We recently referred[381 U.S. 479, 485] in Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U.S. 643, 656, to the Fourth Amendment as creating a ....right to privacy, no less important than anyother right carefully and particularly reserved to the people.''[GRISWOLD v. CONNECTICUT , 381 U.S. 479 (1965)]


Declaration To Make To Census Takers:"I hereby affirm that the provisions of Title 13 ....requiring me to disclose my race, personal financial data, birth date, or any other personal, private information to the Bureau of the Census, an agency of the United States government, constitutes an unreasonable, unwarranted search of my person, house, papers, and/or effects, and a governmental invasion of the sanctity of my home and the privacies of life. As such, these provisions violate the Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution, and are thus wholly void and I am not bound to obey them. I have completed the only those sections of the Census form pertaining to the Constitutionally-mandated actual enumeration, as follows:

1. The actual number of people living at the address printed on the form,excluding untaxed Native Americans;

2. Age of each person in accordance with US Const. Amendment XIV, Section 2;

3. Sex of each person, in accordance with US Const. Amendment XIV, Section 2.

I have thus fulfilled my obligation to the attainment of the actual enumeration of the populace of the United States.. Any fine or other sanction that is levied by any office or organization
stemming from the unconstitutional provisions of Title 13 in connection with my response to this or any other Census-related questioning will be challenged in a court of law.

________________________________________________________________________ Article source: http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12338
Census bureau, ACORN, How safe is the information?
Put a lock on your underwear drawer…the census questions are coming.
By Dr. Laurie Roth Thursday, June 25, 2009

Bull's-eye central is afoot. The thousands of volunteer census workers assigned to get answers to questions from every household in the country has launched. How old are you and members of your household? What is your religion? Have you ever been on food stamps? What is your phone number? What is your race?

Magically we have ACORN as one of the groups at the center of collecting data nationally. Don't you just want a stranger from ACORN coming to your door, saying you have to answer personal, intrusive and unconstitutional questions for the first time in our census history? According to Representative Michele Bachmann, she has stated publicly:

"I know for my family the only question we will be answering is how many people are in our home. We won't be answering any information beyond that, because the Constitution doesn't require any information beyond that."

Census bureau spokesperson Shelly Lowe didn't waste any time taking Bachmannto the woodshed by reminding her of a portion of the U.S. legal code sayingthat if anyone over 18 refuses to answer any of the questions asked by census takers you can be fined up to $5,000.
Of course, predictably, the left and census brains are implying Bachmann is above the law and any of the rest of us who might rebel by not answering intrusive questions are horribly in error and will be fined if not more consequences.

We collect census info every 10 years and it is in our constitution that we do need to reveal how many people live at our home. That is for good reason since money is allocated to various states and members are elected to officeby knowing how many people need representation in various areas around thecountry.

All manipulative and personal questions are a violation of our rights and frankly none of our Government's business. When money and potential, political representation is linked to the outcome of census numbers collected we should have all the more concern that a group like ACORN, full of indictments in over a dozen states for fraud and misrepresentation iseven involved!

The question we all should have is what is the Government planning to dowith all this personal info?

Could our personal info be ever used against us? According to Rep. Bachmann
some of the members of congress have had their web sites hacked into. How will all our private information be protected, not sold, not stolen and not used against us at some time?

The census folks and this administration say abuse of the info won't happenand we are safe. Are we safe much like the Japanese were in the 40s underFranklin Roosevelt who USED CENSUS RECORDS TO ROUND UP ALL THE JAPANESE AND PUT THEM IN INTERNMENT CAMPS. No, our Government wouldn't dream of over reaching with control and abuse on the American people.

I encourage all to think very carefully about what your rights are and whatyou should do in answering questions that are vividly unconstitutional!

With a Government that wants more and more control and already identifies masses of law abiding citizens and vets as potential domestic terrorists we must start drawing lines!!! We must draw lines of protest regarding this fraudulent over reach regarding the census; draw lines regarding intrusionon private enterprise and business, draw lines regarding loan shark like plans for additional taxes, via cap and trade, the endlessly growing stimulus bill, and potential UN, global taxation schemes a foot as we speak.We don't have a choice anymore. Those of us who want a country left mustfind our voice, really read and know our constitution, declaration of Independence and bill of rights!!! Once these truth's and foundations are inour heads, organize, march, protest where needed and get behind real publicservants!!! God bless America and our right to privacy!!!

Friday, June 26, 2009

WASHINGTON TIMES: CONYERS BACKS OFF PROBE OF ACORN

Title click to read this article on the WASHINGTON TIMES website.


"House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. has backed off his plan to investigate purported wrongdoing by the liberal activist group ACORN, saying ?powers that be? put the kibosh on the idea.

Mr. Conyers, Michigan Democrat, earlier bucked his party leaders by calling for hearings on accusations the Association of Community Organization for Reform Now (ACORN) has committed crimes ranging from voter fraud to a mob-style "protection" racket."

CALL HARRY TEAGUE AND TELL HIM TO VOTE NO ON CAP AND TRADE

H.R. 2454, the AMERICAN CLEAN ENERGY AND SECURITY ACT is being voted on today in the House of Representatives in D.C. today. This sham enivornmental /security act is actually a global agreement to market many foreign cooperations in the U.S. by implementing H.R 2454 which will raise your utility bills an average of $1600 a year. Essentially, we are fining the American public, much like the language in the Kyoto Treaty, and re-distributing your 'wealth' to finance a green corporate initiative directed by global corporate green mongers.


Call Rep.(D) Harry Teague and tell him to vote NO on H.R. 2454.
Teague's Las Cruces number is: 575-522-3908.
His Washington D.C. number is: 202-225-3121.

Title click to read an article in the COPENHAGEN CAPICITY on the 'climate rally' representing 700 companies all competing for the green market created if H.R. 2454 passes. Vote NO on this global scam.

Jerome Corsi's RED ALERT: article on 'Climate Change Hysteria'. A must read!!!

MANKATO FREE PRESS LIKES AMERICAN CLEAN ENERGY AND SECURITY ACT

Title click to read this article on the MANKATO FREE PRESS website.

REUTERS: H.R. 2454 AMERICAN CLEAN ENERGY AND SECURITY ACT

Title click to read article on the REUTERS website.

BLOOMBERG: CAP AND TRADE

Title click to read this article on BLOOMBERG website.


"Critics, including billionaire investor Warren Buffett, head of Omaha, Nebraska-based Berkshire Hathaway Inc., say the plan would increase the price of energy.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice President Bruce Josten urged lawmakers to vote against it because he said it wouldn’t ensure development of enough renewable energy sources to make up for the required reduction in fossil-fuel emissions.

“Instead, it would impose 397 new regulations and 1,060 new mandates on the American public,” Josten wrote in a letter sent yesterday.

‘Ridiculous Tax’

House Republican Leader John Boehner of Ohio called the legislation “job killing” and said it would “punish” Americans with a “ridiculous tax.”

Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia, the second-ranking House Republican, called the measure a “national energy tax” on households and small businesses. The measure would lead to “the loss of millions of jobs,” he said."

HARSANYI: HOW TO LIE WITH STATISTICS

Title click to read op-ed piece on the DENVER POST website.


"Set loose on the public's compassion, this number is a powerful tool in the hands of eloquent orators likePresident Barack Obama when peddling government-run health care reform. And no matter how often the figure is debunked, no matter how many studies point to its inexact nature, it's just too politically inviting not to embrace."

Denver Post Editorial: CAP AND TRADE IS WRONG

Title click to read this editorial on the DENVER POST website.


"It would do so by creating a new market, where essentially shares of carbon allowances could be bought and sold. A power plant that needed more allowances could buy them from another that had reduced its carbon emissions. Over time, the number of allowances would shrink, forcing reductions of CO2.

Critics say such a market could be gamed by powerful interests and also would be susceptible to fraud.

Some environmentalists say a simple tax on emissions would be a far simpler way to discourage polluters and encourage green energy innovations. Such a "carbon tax" could be increased over time to spur our nation's weaning from fossil fuels. We see merit in that approach.

Another problem with Waxman- Markey is that the analysis keeps changing. An early estimate by theCongressional Budget Office suggested the cost to families could be about $1,600 a year as the ratcheting down of credits to industry intensified."

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

OBAMA'S GREEN ENERGY INCLUDES $18.5B FOR NUCLEAR PLANTS

Title click to read article on INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES website.


Last week New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson announced plans to build a mega-solar mirror site that would produce 92 mega-watts of electricity, or the equivalent on 1/5 the amount of electricity the smallest nuclear plant produces in the U.S. The mega-solar mirror technology will require 450 acres of land. To produce just the amount of electricity the smallest nuclear power plant produces, about 500 mega-watts of electricity, the mega-solar mirror sites would need 22,500 acres of land.
ORF hopes New Mexico is competing for a piece of the $18.5 billion being doled out for new nuclear power plants.

OBAMA: HOPE, CHANGE, TRANSPARENCY....RIGHT...

From the FEDERAL REGISTER/VOL. 74, No. 15/JANUARY 26, 2009/NOTICES

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE
PRESIDENT
The White House Office
Memorandum for the Heads of
Executive Departments and Agencies
January 20, 2009, Washington, DC.
From: Rahm Emanuel, Assistant to the
President and Chief of Staff
Subject: Regulatory Review
President Obama has asked me to
communicate to each of you his plan for
managing the Federal regulatory process
at the beginning of his Administration.
It is important that President Obama’s
appointees and designees have the
opportunity to review and approve any
new or pending regulations. Therefore,
at the direction of the President, I am
requesting that you immediately take
the following steps:
1. Subject to any exceptions the
Director or Acting Director of the Office
of Management and Budget (the ‘‘OMB
Director’’) allows for emergency
situations or other urgent circumstances
relating to health, safety, environmental,
financial, or national security matters,
or otherwise, no proposed or final
regulation should be sent to the Office
of the Federal Register (the ‘‘OFR’’) for
publication unless and until it has been
reviewed and approved by a department
or agency head appointed or designated
by the President after noon on January
20, 2009, or in the case of the
Department of Defense, the Secretary of
Defense. The department or agency head
may delegate this review and approval
power to any other person so appointed
or designated by the President,
consistent with applicable law.
2. Withdraw from the OFR all
proposed or final regulations that have
not been published in the Federal
Register so that they can be reviewed
and approved by a department or
agency head as described in paragraph
1. This withdrawal is subject to the
exceptions described in paragraph 1 and
must be conducted consistent with OFR
procedures.
3. Consider extending for 60 days the
effective date of regulations that have
been published in the Federal Register
but not yet taken effect, subject to the
exceptions described in paragraph 1, for
the purpose of reviewing questions of
law and policy raised by those
VerDate Nov

Saturday, June 20, 2009

WILL YOU GIVE YOUR INFORMATION TO ACORN?

Title click to read article on ROTTEN ACORN website.


"ACORN returned to the national spotlight during the 2008 election when its employees turned in fraudulent voter registration files, including listing the Dallas Cowboys’ starting lineup as voters in Nevada. This blatant attempt at fraud led authorities to raid ACORN’s offices in the state. Not to be outdone, ACORN canvassers in Florida actually attempted to turn in forms registering Mickey Mouse as a voter. And ACORN managed to register a seven-year old girl to vote in Connecticut. The list goes on.

Nation-wide investigations into ACORN’s role in voter fraud have yielded dozens of indictments. Nevada recently charged ACORN with 26 counts of voter registration fraud and 13 counts of illegally compensating canvassers. In Pennsylvania, seven Pittsburgh-area ACORN employees were charged with falsifying voter registration forms. Six of them were accused of doing so to meet an illegal quota system."

More from ROTTEN ACORN 'The list goes on' link:

NM2008Prosecutors are investigating more than 1,100 ACORN-submitted voter registration cards after a county clerk found them to be fraudulent. Many of the cards included duplicate names and slightly altered personal information.

2005Four ACORN employees submitted as many as 3,000 potentially fraudulent signatures on the group’s Albuquerque ballot initiative. A local sheriff added: “It’s safe to say the forgery was widespread.”


2004An ACORN employee registered a 13-year-old boy to vote. Citing this and other examples, New Mexico State Representative Joe Thompson stated that ACORN was “manufacturing voters” throughout New Mexico.

2004A Florida Department of Law Enforcement spokesman said ACORN was “singled out” among suspected voter registration groups for a 2004 wage initiative because it was “the common thread” in the agency’s fraud investigations.

Read a report on ACORN's corruption and fraud:

http://rottenacorn.com/downloads/060728_badSeed.pdf


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ORF says there is on going concern about non-profit community organizations like ACORN conducting the 2010 census.

ORF has provided the Otero County Commissioners with a suggested county ordinance:

SUGGESTION FOR A COUNTY ORDINANCE REQUIRING CENSUS TAKERS NOT FROM OTERO COUNTY TO REGISTER WITH THE COUNTY AND BE SUBJECT TO A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK.

Get behind this suggested county ordinance by contacting the Otero County Commissioners and asking that they vote YES on this before the 2010 census.

WASHINGTON TIMES: EXCLUSIVE: MINN LAWMAKER VOWS NOT TO FILL OUT CENSUS

Title click to read this article on the WASHINGTON TIMES website.


From the article:

Mrs. Bachmann said she's worried about the involvement of ACORN, the Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now, in next year's census.

TWT RELATED STORIES:
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"They will be in charge of going door to door and collecting data from the American public," she said. "This is very concerning."

ACORN has applied to help recruit workers to help conduct the census. Republican lawmakers and some public interest groups have expressed concern over their involvement.

ACORN staffers have ben indicted in several states on charges of voter registration fraud stemming from the organization's efforts to register voters last year.

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ORF says there is on going concern about non-profit community organizations like ACORN conducting the 2010 census.

ORF has provided the Otero County Commissioners with a suggested county ordinance:

SUGGESTION FOR A COUNTY ORDINANCE REQUIRING CENSUS TAKERS NOT FROM OTERO COUNTY TO REGISTER WITH THE COUNTY AND BE SUBJECT TO A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK.

Get behind this suggested county ordinance by contacting the Otero County Commissioners and asking that they vote YES on this before the 2010 census.

Friday, June 19, 2009

HOME GARDENERS AND SELLERS AT FARMERS MARKET COULD BE FINED $100,000 UNDER H.R.2749

Title click to read about H.R. 2749 on the CAMPAIGN FOR LIBERTY website.


From the CAMPAIGN FOR LIBERTY article:

* HR 2749 charges the Secretary of Health and Human Services with establishing a tracing system for food. Each "person who produces, manufactures, processes, packs, transports, or holds such food" would have to "maintain the full pedigree of the origin and previous distribution history of the food," and "establish and maintain a system for tracing the food that is interoperable with the systems established and maintained by other such persons." The bill does not explain how far the traceback will extend or how it will be done for multi-ingredient foods. With all these ambiguities, it's far from clear how much it will cost either the farmers or the taxpayers.

* HR 2749 creates severe criminal and civil penalties, including prison terms of up to 10 years and/or fines of up to $100,000 for each violation for individuals.

ORF says contact your elected official and urge them to vote NO on this further attempt to expand the authority and jurisdiction of the federal government into your backyard garden.

Derry Brownfield covered H.R. 2749 on his 06/19/2009 talk radio show. Click on the Derry Brownfield banner on the right side of the blog to listen to Derry explain this bill in detail. If its not archived today, it probably will be in the next few days.

OPERATION SAVE AMERICA: REASONS TO OPPOSE HATE CRIMES BILL

Title click to read article on OPERATION SAVE AMERICA website.


"If a local prosecutor becomes aware that the assailant was opposed to homosexuality, he could say that the attacker's "perception" contributed to the motivation for the attack. Once he makes that assertion, he can appeal for special prosecutorial involvement from the federal government.

Thomas Jefferson declared, "The legislative powers of government reach to actions only--not to opinions." On this basis alone, S. 909 should be rejected by the Senate. It clearly includes opinions, thoughts, and beliefs in the punishment of the act."

TELL UDALL TO VOTE NO ON S.909 DUBBED THE PEDOPHILE PROTECTION ACT

Title click to read specifics of this controversial bill on WORLDNET DAILEY.COM.


Call Sen. Udall (D) and tell him to vote no on S.909.

You can contact Sen. Udall at: 202-224-6621.

CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST ACORN RAISE CONCERNS

Title click to read article on CNS.COM website.


(CNSNews.com) – Criminal charges filed in Nevada against ACORN, a liberal activist group that is under investigation in several other states for alleged voter registration fraud in 2008, have sparked increased concerns about the organization’s partnership agreement with the U.S. Census Bureau to help recruit workers for the 2010 Census.

ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, is among 281 non-profit groups and 111 corporations that have signed partnership agreements with the Census Bureau as of April 13. Those partners will help provide 1.4 million workers to conduct door-to-door operations. (See Partner List)

ORF SUGGEST NEW COUNTY ORDINANCE REGISTERING FOREIGN CENSUS TAKERS IN OTERO COUNTY

Title click to read article from HERITAGE.COM on ACORN and stimulus money.

President Obama has essentially designated the controversial non-profit group ACORN an arm of the government. There's a real possibility busloads of ACORNIES will roll into Otero County in 2010 to conduct the census. Do we know who these people are and what guidelines they operate by? Is their intention only to gather information for the census? Considering allegations against ACORN and the millons of dollars President Obama has given the non-profit, ORF has to ask exactly what will ACORN be doing in Otero County and what precautions should the county take to protect its Citizens against voter registration fraud and gathering more than census information on you and your property.

ORF has constructed a suggested county ordinance:

An ordinance regulating foreign entities that would operate in Otero County for the express purpose of gathering information on, polling, or any form of census taking or any voter registration of the Citizens of Otero County. Any foreign entity, representative of a governmental function not from New Mexico, non-governmental organization or non-profit organization that declares its purpose for operating in Otero County is for the express purpose of gathering information on, polling, or any form of census taking or voter registration of the Citizens of Otero County must register with Otero County as a foreign entity, subject its representative personnel to criminal background checks, be forbidden from photogprahing private property of Citizens, be forbidden to inquire anything more than pertinent information relating to census gathering information or polling questions or information pertinent to voter registration, and must leave any private property fifteen minutes after entering upon that private property for the express purpose of census gathering information or polling or voter registration.

Fines and penalties for violation this ordinance should be defined by the County Commissioners and the county attorney.


NEW TAXES ON HOUSE AGENDA...NEW TAXES...NEW TAXES...

Title click to read article...@#$%!!!

JON VOIGHT IN THE CROSS HAIRS FOR 'FALSE PROPHET' REMARK

Title click to read article on WASHINGTON TIMES website.


"I don't want to equate what Jon Voight said as expressing a conservative opinion on politics. It went way beyond that. He made a threat against the president of the United States to a crowd at a GOP fundraiser and got a good response from the Senate minority leader and other powerful people. And that is scary," said Teresa Albano, editor of the publication."

S. 379 & H.R. 848 COULD DESTROY LOCAL RADIO STATIONS

Title click to read about the PERFORMANCE RIGHTS ACT.


From SAVE YOUR RADIO:

Learn More & Join the Fight

For generations, Americans have loved listening to their favorite radio station. In addition to playing music, radio stations offer valued services to the local community such as emergency alerts about weather or natural disasters, raise money for charities, and sponsor local community events.

However, the major record companies want local radio stations to pay for the music we provide to listeners like yourself free of charge.

They are spending millions lobbying Congress to pass legislation that would establish a performance tax for music played over the radio. These bills, S. 379 & H.R. 848 would devastate local radio stations across the country. However, even more importantly, the bills would negatively impact communities and local listeners.

CALL HER SENATOR ASSHAT NEXT TIME

Title click to read article on the WASHINGTON TIMES website.


"Brig. Gen. Michael Walsh of the Army Corps of Engineers had addressed male senators on the Environment and Public Works Committee as "sir" during the Tuesday hearing. When the time came to speak with Mrs. Boxer, the panel's chairwoman, he called her "ma'am."

Mrs. Boxer quickly interrupted him.

"Do me a favor, can you say 'senator' instead of 'ma'am'?" Mrs. Boxer pointedly asked the general. "It's just a thing. I worked so hard to get that title, so I'd appreciate it. Thank you."

STATES & DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GO AFTER MAIL ORDER, RESERVATION CIGARETTE PURCHASES

Title click to read article on the WASHINGTON TIMES website.


ORF asks will this tread morph into going after shoppers who order from Amazon and Ebay?
Frightening trend here.......

From the article:

"Gladys Kramer, 82, of Butler township in Pennsylvania, is one of those smokers. She has a lien against her home to recover $4,583 in unpaid state cigarette taxes and fees. Ms. Kramer bought cigarettes by telephone from a Seneca smoke shop in New York and said the state never told her that she owed money before it sent the lien.

"It's the most asinine thing I've ever heard," Ms. Kramer said. "I don't really object to the taxes. I object to them pulling this fast one, and now I have to pay interest on the tax because I didn't know about it."

Ms. Kramer said she never received a mailed notice.

"I'm asking from now on," she said. "