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CONSTITUTIONAL COUNTY ORDINANCE WEBSITE

Website advocating for involvement in your county regulation process and suggestions for county ordinances responding to federal expansion of jurisdiction and authority and global governance.


http://sites.google.com/site/constitutionalcountyordinance/

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Uncle Sam

Uncle Sam

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 pandemic 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.


Link to the White House by Clicking on Photo

Link to the White House by Clicking on Photo
WHEN OBAMA TALKS ABOUT GUN CONTROL HE REALLY MEANS GUN CONFISCATION

KALH COMMUNITY RADIO

KALH COMMUNITY RADIO
Click on KALH logo for website and to listen to live stream

MEXICAN WOLF RECOVERY - COLLATERAL DAMAGE IDENTIFICATION

WARNING: GRAPHIC PICTURES MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR WOLF LOVERS & SMALL CHILDREN

Catron County Wolf Incident Investigator, Jess Carey, provide ORF with this document. This is what the ranchers in western New Mexico are living with.

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=gmail&attid=0.1&thid=12e740df9705f324&mt=application/pdf&url=https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui%3D2%26ik%3Db2e1154c85%26view%3Datt%26th%3D12e740df9705f324%26attid%3D0.1%26disp%3Dattd%26zw&sig=AHIEtbQTV_dgqwDweaJO_z9FKGvH0SJ6pw&pli=1


CONVENTION ON THE PROHIBITION OF MILITARY OR ANY OTHER HOSTILE USE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MODIFICATION TECHNIQUES (A TREATY SIGNED IN THE
UN).
http://www.fas.org/nuke/control/enmod/text/environ2.htm

NEW MEXICO WOLF RE-INTRODUCTION

Links to past ORF information on the Mexican Gray Wolf re-introduction program. Some of the links to newspaper articles no longer work.


http://oteroresidentsforum.blogspot.com/search/label/MEXICAN%20GRAY%20WOLF

WOLF CROSSING WEBSITE

http://wolfcrossing.org/








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ORF NEWS BLIMP

ORF NEWS BLIMP
They are watching. We're watching them watcing us watching you.

OTERO RESIDENTS FORUM COLLECTION OF PARODY CARTOONS

http://oteroresidentforumparodyblog.blogspot.com/

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

Natural Climate Change - Real Science, Verifiable

Natural Climate Change - Real Science, Verifiable
Dr. Eric Karlstrom's excellent website on climate change, it's natural. The agenda is truth and the vindication of scientific method.

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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

SERVE AMERICA ACT REEKS OF POLITICAL INDOCTRINATION AND FREE LABOR

Marcia Stirman provided ORF with this information.  The Serve America Act reeks of political indoctrination and free labor provided by your children.  


If u have children who are 'able young people' PAY ATTENTION to this latest bill that passed both the House and Senate as is sitting at Obama's desk for his signature or veto:

 

GIVE Act ‘Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act’ HR 1388

A bill entitled "The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, an Act to reauthorize and reform the national service laws."

The Senate passed the "Serve America Act," HR 1388, by a vote of 79-19 
http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h1388/show

ADDED: The "mandatory service requirement" language in HR 1388 was taken out before the House vote, but it was reintroduced as a separate bill,HR 1444, whose purpose is "To establish the Congressional Commission on Civic Service to study methods of improving and promoting volunteerism and national service, and for other purposes."http://wizbangblog.com/content/2009/03/27/the-house-giveth-and-the-government-taketh-away-our-freedoms-1.php
[How can u have mandatory volunteerism????  National Service program with mandatory participation for everyone between 17 and 25 for no less than nine months and no more than two years except in case of a disaster, despite the fact that mandatory service without pay constitutes involuntary servitude and is in direct violation of the thirteenth amendment.]

 Do your own homework or here are some links to help u get started:

To read the whole bill for yourself
Text of H.R. 1388: Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h111-1388


Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) discusses the many flaws of the National Service Act being considered on the Senate floor, calling it "a well-intentioned mistake" (Mar. 24, 2009). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TPi0gR-P8w
GOOD insight and arguments!



Americorps Has Stench Of Authoritarianism 

With almost no public attention, both chambers of Congress in the past week advanced an alarming expansion of the Americorps national service plan, with the number of federally funded community-service jobs increasing from 75,000 to 250,000 at a cost of $5.7 billion.  Lurking behind the feel-good rhetoric spouted by the measure’s advocates is a bill that upon closer inspection reveals multiple provisions that together create a strong odor of creepy authoritarianism. 

The House passed the measure overwhelminglywhile only 14 senators had the sense and courage to vote against it on a key procedural motion.  Every legislator who either voted for this bill or didn’t vote at all has some serious explaining to do.

Last summer, then-candidate Barack Obama threw civil liberties to the wind when he proposed "a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded" as the regular military.  The expanded Americorps is not quite so disturbing, but a number of provisions in the bill raise serious concerns.

To begin with, the legislation threatens the voluntary nature of Americorps by calling for consideration of "a workable, fair and reasonable mandatory service requirement for all able young people."  It anticipates the possibility of requiring "all individuals in the United States" to perform such service, including elementary school students.

The bill also summons up unsettling memories of World War II-era paramilitary groups by saying the new program should"combine the best practices of civilian service with the best aspects of military service," while establishing "campuses" that serve as "operational headquarters," complete with "superintendents" and "uniforms" for all participants.  It allows for the elimination of all age restrictions in order to involve Americans at all stages of life.  And, it calls for the creation of "a permanent cadre" in a "National Community Civilian Corps."

But that’s not all. The bill also calls for "youth engagement zones" in which "service learning" is "a mandatory part of the curriculum in all of the secondary schools served by the local educational agency."

This updated form of voluntary community service is also to be "integrated into the science, technology, engineering and mathematics curricula" at all levels of schooling.  Sounds like a government curriculum for government-approved "service learning," which is nothing less than indoctrination.
http://www.theobamafile.com/ObamaLatest.htm



Glenn Beck and Michelle Malkin on the GIVE Act

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAx4OnfdJaI&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rightpundits.com%2F%3Fp%3D3581&feature=player_embedded

HILMAR VON CAMPE: Individual Lies Can Form A System of Lies


  • What's New for Hilmar von Campe, thought provoking intellectual, speaker, and author. LIES
    "Individual lies can form a system of lies. Once a specific lie is institutionalized and becomes a basis for policy decisions, for legislation and law enforcement it advances the formation of a system of lies. The more lies are being elevated this way the closer we get to a system where lies dominate. If this continues the next and final phase leads to a society where lies rule, or in other words we reach the godless totalitarian system: lies are being enforced with the power of government and opposition becomes a criminal act - law or no law totalitarian systems are the result of lies. The liar, however, and that title includes just about everyone, is concerned with him- or herself and does not notice the gradual transformation of the "Democratic" society where he or she lives in from freedom to slavery. They vote the totalitarian vanguard into democratic institutions: he or she doesn't do anything to reverse the trend, except perhaps criticise the other political party. Therefore the basis for any resistance or opposition must be personal change and truth in the lives of those who fight the political and social issues."


The 21st Century Tea Party


Congress is destroying our future!


The 21st Century Tea Party
A Digital March on Washington
Friday March 27th 2009

We must try to close the flood gates on Capital Hill. We must demand that congress stop spending NOW! Whether you’re right, left or center you will agree that Washington spending is out of control and bankrupting our nation. We can’t begin to heal our wounds if we don’t stop the bleeding. Please join me in a march on the information super highway; straight to Congress and the mass media. If we can unite as one nation with one voice and shout “STOP SPENDING”, we can get their attention and wake the media to the real America.

All day this coming Friday - call, fax and email.
Tell them to 
STOP spending NOW.
The faxes and emails can be pictures of the original Tea Party that read “STOP SPENDING”.
Go to their websites all day to look for responses.

Spread the word, tell everyone you know, send out their contact information,which can be found on this site under archived blogs.

I suggest we concentrate on all members of the House and Senate Budget Committees, Majority and Minority Leaders in the House and Senate, and the media outlets listed under media. Be sure to let the media know so we can get them out of the pocket of Congress.

Imagine the response when they receive MILLIONS of communications in one day!


"The cause we are engaged in is so just and righteous we must try to rise superior to every obstacle in it's support."
George Washington - 1775


Go to this website for the email addys and phone numbers and faxs of all:

http://digitalmarch.blogspot.com/

I know what I will be doing Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Obama Considering Plan for Wounded Vets to Pay for Treatment

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'president' Obama and his administration can bail out AIG, which equates to 73 millionaires, which funneled money to U.S. & European banks; but he wants Servicemembers 
wounded in the service of their country to pay for their medical care.

"Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki confirmed Tuesday that the Obama administration is considering a controversial plan to make veterans pay for treatment of service-related injuries with private insurance."

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MAYOR OF WICHITA KANSAS WRITES LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA

WICHITA KS CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION INVITING PRESIDENT OBAMA TO VISIT CITY

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FROM MARCIA STIRMAN

A Digital March on Washington ***March 27th 2009*** United States of America*** Call, fax, email and visit the websites listed below.

DOD POLICY OF BRASS RESELL

DOD REVERSES NO SELL POLICY THANKS TO 2 MONTANA SENATORS.

READ ARTICLE AT WORLDNET DAILY

http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=92095

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GUN OWNERS AND 2ND AMENDMENT ADVOCATES: READ THIS ARTICLE AT THE SHOOTIST!

http://www.theshootist.net/2009/03/dod-ends-sale-of-expended-military.html



Heard it on Peter Boyles talk show this morning: KHOW/AM.

Gordon Hutchinson's blog 'THE SHOOTIST' reveals an end run around Congress to greatly diminish the ability of handgun owners and hunters to buy ammunition.  The majority of brass casings used in manufacturing ammunition in the United States are purchased from the DOD.  These brass casings are from rounds already fired and resold by the DOD to private munitionsmanufacturers.  The brass will be shredded and sold as scrap to China!

Quote from Hutchinson's article on the Shootist blog:

"Got that? From now on, remanufacturers of military brass will not be able to buy surplus brass from DOD--actually from Government Liquidators, llc.--the corporation that sells surplus materials for the U.S. government. At least, not in any form recognizable as once-fired brass ammunition."

"Haynie was manufacturing over 1 million rounds of .223 ammunition every month, which he sold on the civilian market to resellers, and to law enforcement agencies across the country.

He will start tomorrow sending cancellations of orders for .223 to law enforcement agencies all over the country."

"What can you do?

 "...contact members of Congress..." 

Tell your elected officials they have the power to reverse this DOD policy.  Tell them not to support any restrictive policy or new laws taking away your 2nd Amendment right or attempts to out-price or destroy handgun and sportsmen munitions manufacturing in the United States.  

Go to GUNTALK:http://www.guntalk.com/site.php  to find more information from 
Tom Grisham. 

H.R. 875: Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009

 
Agriculture pay attention to this.  It will break you if we don't get this stopped.  We have more than enough regulation and this is not at all necessary.  This will affect ANYONE with a garden who sells a tomato and maybe even if you give it away.
Pat White
 

A government big enough to give you everything you want,
is strong enough to take everything you have.
Thomas Jefferson

Text of S. 425: Food Safety and Tracking Improvement Act

S. 425

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the establishment of a traceability system for food, to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspections Act, the Egg Products Inspection Act, and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for improved public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES


Text of H.R. 875: Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009

H. R. 875

To establish the Food Safety Administration within the Department of Health and Human Services to protect the public health by preventing food-borne illness, ensuring the safety of food, improving research on contaminants leading to food-borne illness, and improving security of food from intentional contamination, and for other purposes.


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DOD REVERSES NO SELL POLICY THANKS TO 2 MONTANA SENATORS.

READ ARTICLE AT WORLDNET DAILY

http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=92095

RIGHT TO RANCH

RIGHT TO RANCH: GUNNISON COUNTY COLORADO

     


I (Bruce) spent several months researching all the counties in the 11 Western states.  I was looking for information and action other counties in the American West are taking or have taken to stem the tide of fraudulent expansion of federal authority and jurisdiction, environmental litigation based on junk science, surrogate species and fraud and the continuing conflict between ranching and non-ranching concerns.  

I used the HEADWATERS ECONOMIC website in this search.
http://www.headwaterseconomics.org/  This website is updated regularly and contains a wealth of information on the American West.

I found a county document titled 'RIGHT TO RANCH' on the Gunnison County, Colorado website.  I would urge all ORF readers to visit this site and read Gunnison County's 
RIGHT TO RANCH.  Many of the key issues addressed in this document can and do apply to Otero County, New Mexico.


S.Amdt. 684: In the nature of a substitute.

FAILED PASSAGE IN HOUSE MARCH 11, 2009


TEXT OF S.22 AS ENGROSSED IN SENATE

Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2008

A bill to designate certain land components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.

CURRENT 111ST SESSION OF CONGRESS

OUT TAKES FROM S.22 AS THIS MASSIVE EXPANSION OF FEDERAL AUTHORTY AND JURISDICTION APPLY TO NEW MEXICO.

THE ENTIRE TEXT OF S.22

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New Mexico Senator Jeff Bingham has attached, as an amendment, Omnibus bill .22 to another seemingly obscure and harmless bill, HR 146.

S.Amdt. 684: In the nature of a substitute.

An amendment to H.R. 146: Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefield Protection Act.

Offered:Mar 17, 2009
Sponsor:Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D-NM]
Actions:
Mar 17, 2009: Amendment SA 684 proposed by Senator Bingaman.

For more information, see the the official record on THOMAS for S.Amdt. 684.

Text of amendment

SA 684. Mr. BINGAMAN proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 146, to establish a battlefield acquisition grant program for the acquisition and protection of nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, and for other purposes; as follows:

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009''.


Saturday, March 28, 2009

U.N. 'Climate Change' Plan Would Likely Shift Trillions to Form New World Economy

Friday, March 27, 2009 By George Russell


A United Nations document on "climate change" that will be distributed to a major environmental conclave next week envisions a huge reordering of the world economy, likely involving trillions of dollars in wealth transfer, millions of job losses and gains, new taxes, industrial relocations, new tariffs and subsidies, and complicated payments for greenhouse gas abatement schemes and carbon taxes — all under the supervision of the world body.



Click title for complete nightmare. This would be a must do - contact the White House.



A real eye opener! Radio interview of Christopher C. Horner, author of Red Hot Lies, by Dr. Eric Karlstrom and Melodee. Mr. Horner has real world experiences that will show you just how mega corporations play the game at our expense:

http://www.freewebs.com/insmort/archive/htm

Thursday, March 26, 2009

HILLARY'S ASSERTIONS ARE PURE FABRICATION: US GUNS FUEL MEXICAN VIOLENCE

The current outcry of guns from the United States fueling the Mexican drug cartel violence is an obvious orchestrated fraud, working in conjunction with the Obama administration's stated agenda to ban guns in the United States.  Isn't it convenient that during the Bush years and the last presidential campaign, no one used the word 'illegal' to describe immigration problems in the U.S.  Yet suddenly the word 'illegal' is now loudly used to describe weapons being smuggled out of the U.S. into Mexico.  The charge is these weapons are easily purchased at gun shows in the United States and sold to criminals in Mexico.  This is a fraud in process, a lie and another attempt to guilt, scare and convince the American public gun bans are needed in the United States to save Mexico!  Yet nothing has been said by this administration about the super-meth labs in Mexico producing meth to be sold in the United States.  Rham Emmanuel holds dual citizenship.  He's a citizen of the United States and Israel.  Emmanuel should be pressuring Israel to stop the sell of illegal arms to Hamas.  



From White House.gov: Urban policy

"Address Gun Violence in Cities: Obama and Biden would repeal the Tiahrt Amendment, which restricts the ability of local law enforcement to access important gun trace information, and give police officers across the nation the tools they need to solve gun crimes and fight the illegal arms trade. Obama and Biden also favor commonsense measures that respect the Second Amendment rights of gun owners, while keeping guns away from children and from criminals. They support closing the gun show loophole and making guns in this country childproof. They also support making the expired federal Assault Weapons Ban permanent."

NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE

Title click to read this article on the PROGRESSIVESTATES.ORG website.


If you're not aware of what the National Popular Vote is....here's a link.

HR 146: Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 Passed

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_11997635Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009

Click on link to read article in Denver Post.  This bill was formally listed as Omnibus.22 Public Land Management Acto of 2009.  

Click on link to read article in the New Mexico Independent.


Wednesday, March 25, 2009

HOMELAND SECURITY: WESTERN HEMISPHERE TRAVEL INITIATIVE

Title click to read the 20 page document from Homeland Security on the FEDERAL REGISTER.


If you're planning on traveling abroad, be advised, you need a passport to get back into the United States.  

JOE LIEBERMAN WANTS 1600 CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL AGENTS

Title click to read article on REUTERS.


"Senator Joseph Lieberman, chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, said he would try to quickly pass funding to hire 1,600 more Customs and Border Patrol agents and extra immigration officers, build up law enforcement centers and fight human trafficking.

On Tuesday the Obama administration outlined plans to redeploy more than 500 federal agents to border posts and the Mexican interior and redirect $200 million to combat smuggling of illegal drugs, money and weapons.

"I don't think it's enough," Lieberman said at a hearing of his committee. "The danger here is clear and present. It threatens to get worse."

GLOBAL TYRANIST SPEAKS: US TO BLAME FOR MEXICAN DRUG CARTEL VIOLENCE

Title click to read this article on REUTERS.


Global Tyranist, Sec. of State Hillary Clinton says the U.S. is to blame for much of the violence in Mexico.  

"Our insatiable demand for illegal drugs fuels the drug trade. Our inability to prevent weapons from being illegally smuggled across the border (gun control agenda alert) to arm these criminals causes the death of police officers, soldiers and civilians," Clinton told reporters during her flight to Mexico City."

'SMARTER TRAFFIC' WILL RESTRICT YOUR DRIVING




Title click to read about SMARTER TRAFFIC on an IBM website. 
SMARTER TRAFFIC is currently running propoganda ads on the radio.  They play on stations in Alamogordo.  Better get in the loop on this one.  


SMARTER TRAFFIC in Stockholm, Sweden.  

"Cars stopping and starting frequently, for instance, discharge more carbon dioxcide, and traffic jams can increase accidents as well as the community spectre of road rage.  Of course, the pressure on city infrastructure also increases.
Enter the Swedish traffic flow and calming planning system.  A traffic flow scheme together with a patchwork of 'micro-planned' interconnecting city-ring roads and 'smart-round-abouts' reduce traffic chaos, according to Stockholm's Governor Mats Helstrom."
http://www.ecosmagazine.com/?act=view_file&file_id=EC128p28.pdf

CONGESTION PRICING

One of the dynamics of 'smarter traffic' is 'congestion pricing'.   Congestion pricing typically involves tolls on roads where none existed before or an increase in existing toll roads.  Of course this type of transportation 'sin' tax will increase as more commuters are forced out of their personal automobiles and onto to public transportation.
In Stockholm, Sweden, bus fares jumped dramatically when Smart Traffic was implemented.

From what ORF has learned about 'smart chips' on home furnaces and air conditioners, it is not unrealistic to believe that a smart chip installed in your car or SUV (trucks might be illegal by the time this Big Brother policy becomes law or regulation)  will 'tattle' to SMARTER TRAFFIC computers on how much fuel you are using and how many miles you travel in a week, month or year.  You could expect to receive a warning from the fedgov that you are using too much fuel in your personal vehicle, or driving too much thus putting too much stress on your cities or state's infrastructure, and you might be told to PARK IT AND TAKE THE BUS!  You might also be told that you are prohibited from driving your vehicle out of your state as you have already used your SMARTER TRAFFIC alloted gallons of fuel or miles driven; all determined by models already existing in Europe, Australia and one city in Oregon.  

The classic scenario of Gestapo or Soviet border guards demanding to see papers from indivduals traveling from European state to state will become reality in the form of restrictions on personal vehicle use in the United States.  Yes, ORF realizes this scenario sounds bizarre and unrealistic.  That's exactly what the proponents of this new technology want you to believe about blogs like ORF.  You decide for yourself.  Your SMARTER TRAFFIC warning is in the mail.


TEAGUE BILL WOULD EXPAND FED JURISDICTION AND AUTHORITY IN NEW MEXICO!

Title click to read article on NEW MEXICO INDEPENDENT website.


"U.S. Reps. Harry Teague and Ciro D. Rodriguez, along with nine others, introduced the Border Reinforcement and Violence Reduction Act to address the increased violence on the border between the United States and Mexico.

“The security of our borders directly affects the security of America and the lives of many of my constituents. The funding in this bill provides law enforcement with additional resources to aggressively go after the illegal gun smuggling that has fueled much of the violence along the border,” said Teague."

This bill is outrageous and not needed!  U.S. Rep. Harry Teague (D) from New Mexico is catering to Rahm Emmanuel's crisis exploitation agenda.  Teague's bill would replace the New Mexico Department of Safety and New Mexico County Sheriff's, as well as the federal Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms efforts to enforce federal and state laws.  The stats on gun smuggling from the U.S. to Mexico used to be compiled and published by the ATF.  Now they are complied and published by the STATE DEPARTMENT!  The ATF refutes a recent Judiciary Committed finding that 2000 guns a day are smuggled from the U.S. to Mexico; thus President Obama's appeasement and agreement with Mexico's President Caldaron's accusation that the Mexican drug cartels are armed with weapons provided by the United States.  ATF agents testified in the judiciary hearing that maybe a couple of hundred guns make it across the border on a daily basis.

See the video of this hearing at the CSPAN video library.  The judiciary committee clearly does not like what they are hearing:  the ATF testimony does not support the judiciary committee's desired predetermined opinions on Mexican drug cartels and gun smuggling. 


Teague's bill is vague and another threat to state sovereignty by ceding current New Mexico gun laws to HOMELAND SECURITY.  

CONTACT YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND TELL THEM TO VOTE NO ON HR 1448!

LAS CRUCES SUN-NEWS: MEXICAN DRUG CARTEL VIOLENCE ON THE BORDER





Graphic from Mexico Monitor blog/not in original article from Las Cruces Sun-News.

Title click to read article on Las Cruces Sun-News website.

""We're seeing an increase in our gang violence, home invasions, and an increase in the violence involving firearms," he said. "We're taking precautions in training our officers accordingly and equipping them accordingly so they can handle any situations like this."

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Letter to Otero County Commissioners 3/21/09

Commissioners McGinn and Rardin and Pamela Heltner (for Commissioner Moore and Tim Smith),

Please take a look at the USDA spread sheet attached showing monies spent and needed to complete the National Animal Identification System - NAIS. It is broken down by state and was sent to me by Ronnie Merritt. I recall citizen communications to Otero County regarding NAIS several years ago and all were opposed.

When our universities, tribes and associations are getting money from USDA, just how free are their staffs/members to oppose the NAIS and keep their jobs and reputations?

As elected representatives you have the obligation to speak the will of your constituents with no threat of job loss or damage to your reputation, in fact just the opposite. That is the beauty of our system.

The same USDA (USFS) asks Otero County to participate in RACs, cooperative agreements, etc. It appeared Thursday 3/19/09 that USFS has little respect for our county by making this latest request with such short notice - one involving participation with other counties in use of Title (?) monies in Lincoln and Gila Forests. This was not even discussed at the work session prior to the regular meeting. Otero County has ordinances requiring agencies to notify Otero County of any plans in land use even in early discussions.

Has Ms. Buchannan, and the other agency heads, been made aware of these ordinances? In writing? Since we have ordinances that are not being enforced uniformly it does harm to Otero County's credibility and ability to do the work of the people. Surely we can all agree on that?

Sincerely,

Janet White

New Mexico portion of NAIS spread sheet:

NEW MEXICO DEPT OF AGRICULTURE DONA ANA New Mexico $50,000 2002
NEW MEXICO DEPT OF AGRICULTURE DONA ANA New Mexico $233,742 2002
NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY LAS CRUCES New Mexico $50,000 2003
NEW MEXICO DEPT OF AGRICULTURE DONA ANA New Mexico $53,000 2003
NEW MEXICO PUEBLO OF ACOMA New Mexico $18,000 2005
NEW MEXICO JICARILLO APACHE TRIBE New Mexico $18,000 2005
NEW MEXICO PUEBLO OF POJOAQUE New Mexico $9,000 2005
NEW MEXICO PUEBLO OF LAGUNA New Mexico $9,000 2005
NEW MEXICO LIVESTOCK BOARD BERNALILLO New Mexico $244,000 2005
NEW MEXICO PUEBLO OF JAMEZ New Mexico $9,000 2005
NEW MEXICO PUEBLO OF ISLETA New Mexico $9,000 2005
NEW MEXICO JICARILLA TRIBE New Mexico $10,000 2006
New Mexico Dept of Agriculture New Mexico $203,000 2006
New Mexico State University New Mexico $112,275 2007
New Mexico Livestock Board New Mexico $248,400 2007
New Mexico Livestock Board New Mexico $355,508 2007
New Mexico Livestock Board New Mexico $246,350 2008
New Mexico Total $1,878,275 24.0%
Money Needed to complete New Mexico NAIS program $5,939,185

Thursday, March 19, 2009

100 BILLS A YEAR: ORF-ED PIECE BY BRUCE WOODHULL

100 BILLS A YEAR        


The power of the registered electorate is one of the essential privileges, rights or freedoms of a democracy.  Or so we are told.  The voting hierarchy serves the Citizen on a similar level of hierarchies.  Merriam-Webster's dictionary defines hierarchy as: 1: a division of angels  2 a: a ruling body of clergy organized into orders or ranks each subordinate to the one above it ; especially : the bishops of a province or nation b: church government by a hierarchy  3: a body of persons in authority  4: the classification of a group of people according to ability or to economic, social, or professional standing ; also : the group so classified  5: a graded or ranked series .

We, as American Citizens, believe our vote directs the elected official whom we elect to represent the constituency we are a part of.  The first definition of hierarchy, noted above is a 'division of angels'.  Believing we have elected a division of angels is not the description most Americans would use in describing politicians.  Some enlightened individuals might think of President Obama as a divine being, but I think most do not.
 
Let's jump to the third and fourth definitions of hierarchy.  The third definition: a body of persons in authority, could rank at any level of authoritarian institutions, from the local school board to the U.s. Congress.  Just how much authority these 'governing bodies' have is debated, defined, regulated and challenged on a daily basis in the United States.  

Definition four: 'the classification of a group of people according to ability or to economic, social or professional standing' could describe our elected officials and the numerous committees, coalitions, political action committees, agencies and partisan groups. .   

Regardless of the American hierarchy of political government and our faith in elected officials representing our political wishes, we are seeing a populace being governed by an unyielding government aggressively expanding federal jurisdiction and authority.  Since the election of Barrack Obama, who among us have voted for the Stimulus package, the DOD policy not to sell expended .223 casings to private munitions manufacturers, continued support and taxpayer paid entitlements for illegal immigrants from foreign nations, the use of textbooks printed in Mexico in American classrooms, the AIG and other bailouts, government interference with American industry, the possible expansion of the war in Iraq into Pakistan, and all the other Orwellian legislation and ideology this president and his czars and cabinet are imposing on the American Citizenry? 

 We are witnessing the unbridled growth of government, much as the Bush administration did the same, and the generational debt to our grandchildren increase.  How do we stop the growth of government and the creation of laws, policies and federal authority we did not vote for?  

I have an idea.

Before I hatch the plan, let me reveal its short comings and its 'non-reality'.  The idea would encumber government with too many people getting involved with what goes on in Washington D.C.  The idea would essentially limit the ability of federal government to grow, function or meet challenges.  The idea would severely limit the power of the hierarchy; definition four.  The political machine in Washington D.C. would slow to a crawl.  

MY idea is to limit the House and Congress to 100 bills a year.  Every bill going before the House and Congress would be voted for approval in a national election by the registered electors throughout the United States.  Yes, I propose on going voting on every bill proposed in Washington D.C.  I also propose ongoing voting on every major resolution, deal, amendment, and scheme, control, authoritarian grab in the federal government.  You protest the average Citizen doesn't have time to study bills, research the U.S. Constitution, and earn a living and raise a family.  To some extent this is true and to a greater extent this is exactly what the scoundrels in Washington D.C. know and rely on; the ignorance and apathy of the public.

We are too busy going to work, paying taxes, raising our families to understand we are being taken down the road to legislated socialism and diminished Constitutional Rights.


It can't be done would be the voice of reason and frugality coming from the opposition.  But think for a moment if this was the case.  My intent for this idea is to limit the creation of pork being legislated into taxpayer funded projects and to force politicians to focus on only the essential legislation needed and created to keep the country running, secure and sovereign.  The theory of transparency in government has never existed, regardless what this president claims.  Protests that nothing would get done in Washington' if only a 100 bills a year were allowed should be answered with let the sovereign states take up the slack.  Let the corporate United States crowd scream about enumerated powers if the states exercised their police power instead of bowing under the force and bullying of the federal government. 
I like the sound of that.  It offers a a challenge to the boys and girls in Washington.  After we ponder this for a while; think how this would work in your home state.
I'm giddy with fantasies of this working in New Mexico.  

Elected officials use your vote as the ticket in and then disregard your phone calls, emails, letters, public demonstrations and basically your belief your are represented.  If you had a weekly or monthly opportunity to vote on the legislative mechanisms in the seats of political power, you might feel 'represented' and involved.  

My idea is only that...an idea.  But what a glorious nightmare it would inflict on the federal government and our elected officials in Washington D.C.

DOD REVERSES POLICY OF SELL OF CASINGS

Title click to read article on WORLDNET DAILY website.


Thanks to two Montana senators, the DOD WILL CONTINUE TO SELL CASINGS to private munitions manufacturers.

"It is an end-run around Congress. They don't need to try to ban guns – they don't need to fight a massive battle to attempt gun registration, or limit 'assault' weapon sales," writes firearm instructor and author Gordon Hutchinson on his The Shootist blog. "Nope. All they have to do is limit the amount of ammunition available to the civilian market, and when bullets dry up, guns will be useless."

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

UNEQUALITY / NOBEL PRIZE INSULT / GO FIGURE



Subject: UNEQUALITY / NOBEL PRIZE INSULT / GO FIGURE

validated on snopes.com http://www.snopes.com/politics/war/sendler.asp


Character of a man is measured by the way he treats those who are of no benefit to him.

 A Lady Named Irena Sendler

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There recently was the death of a 98-year-old lady named Irena Sendler.  During WWII, Irena, got permission to work in the  Warsaw Ghetto, as a Plumbing/Sewer specialist.  She had an ulterior motive...
She, being German, KNEW what the Nazi's plans were for the Jews.  Irena smuggled infants out in the bottom of her tool box she carried, and she also carried in the back of her truck a Burlap sack, (for larger children).  She also had a dog in the back that she trained to bark when the Nazi soldiers let her in and out of the ghetto.  The soldiers, of course, wanted nothing to do with the dog, and the barking covered the children/infants noises...  During her time and course of doing this, she managed to smuggle out and save 2500 children/infants.  She was caught, and the Nazi's broke both her legs and arms and beat her severely.  Irena kept a record of the names of all the children she smuggled out and kept them in a glass jar, buried under a tree in her back yard.  After the war, she tried to locate any parents that may have survived it, and reunited the family.  Most, of course, had been gassed.  Those children she helped were placed into foster family homes or adopted.


Last year Irena was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize....

She LOST.

Al Gore won for doing a slide show on Global Warming.