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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

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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
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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.


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OTERO RESIDENTS FORUM COLLECTION OF PARODY CARTOONS

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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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Thursday, May 15, 2008

THE VETTING OF GOVERNMENT WORKERS AIN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE

Steve Merrill, Oklahoma

*** Illegal immigration should have stopped on September 12, 2001.
*** Remember, if you are serious about doing something about illegal immigration at the very least, start by getting then staying informed.
*** If the government of the United States was serious about the invasion of our nation by illegal aliens, they would do more about it. And if you do not think this is an invasion, then try and stop it.
*** Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented immigrant" is like calling a drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist"
*** A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take away everything you have -- Thomas Jefferson
*** "The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil but because of those who look on and do nothing." --Albert Einstein
*** The American media reports the news under the privilege granted to them under the First Amendment. But they also have the moral responsibility associated with that right to report it without a leftist slant.


From: W.G.E.N. [mailto:idzrus@earthlink.net] Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 7:14 AMTo: idzrus@earthlink.netSubject: INS: Willing workers - two kinds - Bush Boys undercover.

Ahhh, gee whiz, these poor, hardworking, seeking a better life, folks, they are just carrying their work tools with them - you know those guns are probably nail gun meant to help them get jobs in construction. What the LEO's are calling ammunition is most likely nails and that green vegetation they were carrying is most likely medicinal herbs so that they won't be a burden on the American health care industry.The second article is about another hard working, just trying to make ends meet kind a guy.This one is just trying to follow the example set by this administration... and he IS from Mexico.


Jackie JunttiWGEN idzrus@earthlink.netIf you use my material verbatim - at least leave my name with it.

The Year Was 1976. Do You Remember What You Were Doing At the End of May?

Maybe you were on your way, taking a break from
work or school, headed out into the country. Could be that you already lived in the boondocks yearning to go to town to see a movie or have a chocolate soda.
Perhaps you were taking a trip to see the old folks or returning to your loved ones after a stint with Uncle Sam. Or, you could have been hard at work, just dreaming of the day when you could afford the luxury of a cross-country roadtrip. In Vancouver, BC, the United Nations, bureaucrats of sovereign nations and non-governmental organizations (NGO) were busy making big plans for your country and your future:

REPORT OF HABITAT: UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON HUMAN SETTLEMENTS

...Land is one of the fundamental elements in human settlements. Every State has the right to take the necessary steps to maintain under public control the use, possession, disposal and reservation of land. Every State has the right to plan and regulate use of land, which is one of its most important resources, in such a way that the growth of population centres both urban and rural are based on a comprehensive land use plan. Such measures must assure the attainment of basic goals of social and economic reform for every country, in conformity with its national and land tenure system and legislation....

...It is the responsibility of Governments to prepare spatial strategy plans and adopt human settlement policies to guide the socio-economic development efforts. Such policies must be an essential component of an over-all development strategy, linking and harmonizing them with policies on industrialization, agriculture, social welfare, and environmental and cultural preservation so that each supports the other in a progressive improvement in well-being of all mankind. ...

...International and national institutions should promote and institute education programmes and courses in the subject of "human settlements...

...Land is an essential element in development of both urban and rural settlements. The use and tenure of land should be subject to public control because of its limited supply through appropriate measures and legislation including agrarian reform policies - as an essential basis for integrated rural development - that will facilitate the transfer of economic resources to the agricultural sector and the promotion of the agro-industrial effort, so as to improve the integration and organization of human settlements, in accordance with national development plans and programmes. The increase in the value of land as a result of public decision and investment should be recaptured for the benefit of society as a whole. Governments should also ensure that prime agricultural land is destined to its most vital use. ...

...Land, because of its unique nature and the crucial role it plays in human settlements, cannot be treated as an ordinary asset, controlled by individuals and subject to the pressures and inefficiencies of the market. Private land ownership is also a principal instrument of accumulation and concentration of wealth and therefore contributes to social injustice; if unchecked, it may become a major obstacle in the planning and implementation of development schemes. Social justice, urban renewal and development, the provision of decent dwellings and healthy conditions for the people can only be achieved if land is used in the interests of society as a whole.

Instead, the pattern of land use should be determined by the long-term interests of the community, especially since decisions on location of activities and therefore of specific land uses have a long-lasting effect on the pattern and structure of human settlements. Land is also a primary element of the natural and man-made environment and a crucial link in an often delicate balance. Public control of land use is therefore indispensable to its protection as an asset and the achievement of the long-term objectives of human settlement policies and strategies....

...Land is one of the most valuable natural resources and it must be used rationally. Public ownership or effective control of land in the public interest is the single most important means of improving the capacity of human settlements to absorb changes and movements in population, modifying their internal structure and achieving a more equitable distribution of the benefits of development whilst assuring that environmental impacts are considered. ...

...CHANGE IN THE USE OF LAND, ESPECIALLY FROM AGRICULTURAL TO URBAN, SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO PUBLIC CONTROL AND REGULATION.

Such control may be exercised through:

Zoning and land-use planning as a basic instrument of land policy in general and of control of land-use changes in particular;

Direct intervention, e.g. the creation of land reserves and land banks, purchase, compensated expropriation and/or pre-emption, acquisition of development rights, conditioned leasing of public and communal land, formation of public and mixed development enterprises;

Legal controls, e.g. compulsory registration, changes in administrative boundaries, development building and local permits, assembly and replotting;

Fiscal controls, e.g. property taxes, tax penalties and tax incentives;...

These are all direct quotes from The United Nations Conference on Human Settlements in the same order they were given. I have edited for length and with an eye to private property rights.
Thank you, Melodee.

Thanks, But No Tanks.

ADN, Saturday, May 3, 2008 front page story regarding Border Patrol spokesperson Doug Mosier's responses to Bob Wright, President of New Mexico Minutemen and Patriots' Border Alliance http://www.patriotsborderalliance.com/ who made statements about drug wars in Mexico spilling over into the United States. In the article Mr. Mosier deferred to the Mexican government as the only ones who would know about or address the issue of drug cartel wars effecting our southern border. Mr. Mosier was credited with questioning the truthfulness of Bob Wright's statements.




"Violence in Mexico spills across US border

Three Mexican police chiefs have requested political asylum in the U.S. as violence escalates in the Mexican drug wars and spills across the U.S. border, a top Homeland Security official told The Associated Press. "

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ivNbIwMtQTgwPcKIGQUdhnjE10pAD90L94JO0



"In this May 9, 2008, file photo, Mexican army soldiers patrol the area near the site of a high level security cabinet news conference after meeting with various sectors of society to address the growing violence in the region in Tijuana, Mexico. Three Mexican police chiefs have requested political asylum in the U.S. as violence escalates in the Mexican drug wars and spills across the U.S. border, a top Homeland Security official told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/David Maung)"

This is an immigration policy I can live with

Immigration ‘Compromise’ Sells
Out Our Sovereignty by Ron Paul

May 28, 2007

The much-vaunted Senate “compromise” on immigration is a compromise alright:,a compromise of our laws, a compromise of our sovereignty, and a compromise of the Second Amendment. That anyone in Washington believes this is a credible approach to solving our immigration crisis suggests just how out of touch our political elites really are.

The reality is that this bill will grant amnesty to virtually all of the 12 to 20 million illegal aliens in the country today. Supporters use very creative language to try and convince us that amnesty is not really amnesty, but when individuals who have entered the United States illegally are granted citizenship – regardless of the fees they are charged – what you have is amnesty.

What is seldom discussed in the immigration debate, unfortunately, is the incentives the US government provides for people to enter the United States illegally. As we know well, when the government subsidizes something we get more of it. The government provides a myriad of federal welfare benefits to those who come to the US illegally, including food stamps and free medical care. Is this a way to discourage people from coming to the US illegally?

Additionally, one of the most absurd incentives for people to come to the US illegally is the promise of instant US citizenship to anyone born on our soil. That is why when Congress returns next week I will be re-introducing my Constitutional amendment to deny automatic citizenship to individuals born on US soil to parents who are not US citizens or who do not owe permanent allegiance to the United States .

There are many other very troubling items buried deep in the Senate’s immigration compromise. The bill explicitly calls for an “acceleration” of the March 2005 agreement between the US president, the president of Mexico , and the prime minister of Canada , known as the “Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) of North America .” This somewhat secretive agreement – a treaty in all but name – aims to erase the borders between the United States , Canada , and Mexico and threatens our sovereignty and national security. The SPP was agreed by the president without the participation of Congress. It should be eliminated, not accelerated!

According to the pro-Second Amendment Gun Owners of America, the legislation also makes it easier to target gun dealers for prosecution. Even gun clubs could find themselves targeted under this immigration reform legislation.

Immigration reform should start with improving our border protection, yet it was reported last week that the federal government has approved the recruitment of 120 of our best trained Border Patrol agents to go to Iraq to train Iraqis how to better defend their borders! This comes at a time when the National Guard troops participating in Operation Jump Start are being removed from border protection duties in Arizona , New Mexico , and Texas and preparing to deploy to Iraq and Afghanistan ! It is an outrage and it will result in our borders being more vulnerable to illegal entry, including by terrorists.

I will continue to oppose any immigration bill that grants amnesty to illegals or undermines our liberty and sovereignty.

OBAMA'S 'SWEETIE' GATE - THE PC CROWD EATS ITSELF

As heard on Denver talk show host, Peter Boyles show: The PC crowd is 'eating itself'.
Click on title of this post to read article on WXYZ's website. Obama refers to a female reporter as 'sweetie'. The PC crowd is condemning him for talking down to a female reporter by calling her 'sweetie'. On the website is an audio of Obama leaving a phone mail message apologizing.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

LA CONTRA REVOLUCION: ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNISM


Click on the title of this post to be taken to a great blog:
LA CONTRA REVOLUCION.

Go Green Republican Style

Get your his and hers “Go Green” McCain embroidered polo shirts before they are all gone! They are only $50.00 each and are 70% bamboo and 30% cotton. If that is too rich for you, the t-shirt is only $25.00. http://store.johnmccain.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=113

Now just to make sure you really "buy" this campaign strategy, go to AP story about McCain's speech on global warming: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g1lnDN47XfRwq7TtD30hwUCcb6JgD90KCB4O0

Also on global warming, Department of Interior lists polar bear as endangered. http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D90LJ4BO2&show_article=1

GREEN AS DEFINED BY AL GORE = $$$$

Click on the title of this post to read the article in CNSNEWS about what 'green' means to Al Gore and why he needs the federal government to advertise the climate change crisis.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

DRAMA IN COURT ROOM


Click on title of this post to read this article about a convicted murderer going for a deputies side arm in the court room. Court room security...big issue in Otero county right now.


1976 UN REPORT HUMAN SETTLEMENTS

Click on the title of this post to read this 1976 document. Sent to ORF by our good friend Melodee from the San Luis Valley in southern Colorado. Often people dismiss such reports as the one in this post or the Tribunal gala in the previous post as conspiracy myth. People it is not.
Don't remain ignorant.

A meeting of those who think they know what's good for us

Trilateral Commission members want suffering U.S. taxpayers to shell out even more money

The Trilateral Commission—one of the three most powerful globalist groups in the world—held closed-door meetings right here in Washington, D.C. from April 25 to 28. True to form, those members of the media who knew about the meeting—or were themselves participants in the proceedings—refused to discuss what went on inside or report on the attendees. Luckily, American Free Press' own editor, Jim Tucker, was on the scene to bust this clandestine confabulation wide open.

Luminaries at the Trilateral Commission meeting in Washington expressed confidence that they own all three major presidential candidates, who, despite political posturing, will support sovereignty-surrendering measures such as NAFTA and the “ North American Union.”

“John has always supported free trade, even while campaigning before union leaders,” said one. “Hil and Barack are pretending to be unhappy about some things, but that’s merely political posturing. They’re solidly in support.”

He was referring to Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.).

Mrs. Clinton, they noted, held strategy sessions as first lady on how to get Congress to approve NAFTA “without changes.” As president, they agreed, she would do no more than “dot an i or cross a t.”

Candidate Obama has not denied news reports in Canada that his top economic adviser, Austan Goolsbee, assured Canadian diplomats that the senator would keep NAFTA intact and his anti-trade talk is just “campaign rhetoric.”

PETRIFIED ABOUT PAUL

While they are confident they can deal with any “potential president,” the Trilateralists paid huge tribute to Ron Paul in an equally large twist of irony, by expressing alarm that he is causing “significant future damage.”

They expressed concern that Paul’s rallies have attracted multitudes of young people who are getting “their political education.” They want Republicans to pressure Paul to drop out now and stop his education rallies. This assignment was given to Thomas Foley, former U.S. House speaker.

The reasons Paul’s “education campaign” strikes fear into Trilateral hearts are obvious. Paul would refuse to surrender an ounce of U.S. sovereignty to an international organization and TC wants world government.

Paul would immediately bring U.S. troops home from Iraq, Afghanistan and from 130 UN “peacekeeping” missions around the globe. TC wants to enjoy war profiteering and global power. Paul would abolish the federal income tax while the TC wants to pile on a global tax payable to the UN.

The formal agenda was loaded with everything Paul and American patriots detest: higher taxes, more foreign giveaways, more immigration, both legal and illegal, into the United States and “engaging Iran,” among others.

AMERICA NEEDS TO PAY HER FAIR SHARE?

The Trilaterals got down to real work on Saturday, April 26, with a high-powered panel called “U.S. Foreign and Domestic Policy: Broad Outlines for a New Administration.”

It was presided over by journalistic pimp David Gergen, who will write nothing about TC in his magazine, U.S News and World Report. Also participating were Kenneth Duberstein, former White House chief of staff for President Ronald Reagan; Strobe Talbot, president of the Brookings Institution and former deputy secretary of state; and Joseph Nye, former assistant secretary of defense. Henry Kissinger, former secretary of state and long-time Bilderberg leader, was present and listed as a participant. But a TC staff member crossed his name out. Some speculated he had throat problems.

This panel had these orders for the next president: increase foreign aid across the board because “America does not pay its fair share,” pay up the arrears in UN dues, allow as many immigrants into the United States as want to come and provide “amnesty” for illegal aliens already here.

Little, if anything, was said about the fact that American taxpayers pay one-fourth of the UN’s operating costs and one-third of the cost of 130 “peacekeeping missions” or the fact that immigrants from South America depress wages here and the average immigrant family costs the government thousands of dollars a year in welfare, health and other “benefits.”

Robert Zoellick, president of the World Bank and another long-time Bilderberg boy, largely echoed these views in a sweetheart “interview” by another journalistic strumpet, Lionel Barber, editor of The Financial Times, who will obediently report nothing. http://waronyou.com/2008/05/global-elite-gather-in-dc/

Saturday, May 10, 2008

POLITICS & GOVERNMENT: Wilderness bill would limit Border Patrol

Click on the title of this post to read the entire article on the POLITICS & GOVERNMENT website. Thanks to Marcia Stirman for submitting this to ORF.

"H.R. 2593 is called the Borderlands Conservation and Security Act of 2007. Sponsored by Representative Democrat Raul Grijalva (D-Arizona), it would create new public lands wilderness areas along the southern border, especially in Arizona -- which is the largest point of entry for illegal immigration and drug-smuggling traffic in the United States."


This would be a good time to remind readers that we have posted articles in the past on wilderness areas. If you want to read them, scroll WAY DOWN until you see topics in alphabetical order in the right column. Pick a topic, in this case wilderness areas, and click. What you will see next is our big front page again and below that in the Posts section will be all 7 past postings on wilderness areas (instead of current posts). Check out the list of topics, it is extensive and we may have already researched a topic that should be of interest to you. JW

Friday, May 9, 2008

PEARCE AND WILSON VOTED FOR Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007


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Steve Pearce and Heather Wilson voted for this bill. You know the drill. Write them, email, fax or call and ask them why would they vote for this bill.

Click on the title of this post to be taken to govtrack.com to see the fnial vote record. The list of elected officials that voted for this bill is on that website.

I HAVE NO USE FOR ANY POLITICIAN THAT VOTED FOR THIS BILL. NO, THEY DO NOT KNOW BETTER THAN US. SEE YA PEARCE AND WILSON.
H.R. 1955
Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism
Prevention Act of 2007

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on August 1, 2007



H.R. 1955 would direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a
university-based Center of Excellence for the Study of Violent Radicalization and
Homegrown Terrorism in the United States. The bill also would establish a commission to
investigate the causes of terrorist acts committed by persons raised or living in the United
States and would require DHS to prepare reports on certain issues relating to domestic
terrorism. CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 1955 would cost $22 million over the
2008-2012 period, assuming appropriation of the necessary amounts. Enacting H.R. 1955
would not affect direct spending or revenues.

Ending Poverty Noble Goal. SB 2433 Says The U.N. Can Do It. What Do You Think?

In the right columm, opposite posts, is a link to read Obama's Global Proverty Act.

I have read both versions of the proposed legislation.

1. This bill will not help the poor of the world. Remember "Oil for Food" scandal? Tell me one thing the U.N. has succeeded in other than talking our politicians into footing the bill for their scams. Former Ambassador to the U.N.,John Bolton has some choice words for the U.N.
http://www.hillsdale.edu/news/imprimis.asp

2. Charity for the needy is a bedrock principle of most Americans. I am totally opposed to legislating "morality". When you really think about it, it is no longer charitable, an act of giving, when it is imposed by law. This fundamentally removes the rewards and joys of giving further depriving us of the opportunity and blessings of helping our fellow man.

3. The Global Provery Act is a back door entry for gun control. Knowing that direct assaults on the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, the individual right to keep and bear arms, would not be popular with U.S. citizens, globalists are attempting and end around with the Millennium Declaration. Here is an outline and where small arms become subject to regional disarmament:

I. Values and principles

II. Peace, security and disarmament
• To take concerted action to end illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons, especially by making arms transfers more transparent and supporting regional disarmament measures, taking account of all the recommendations of the forthcoming United Nations Conference on Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons.

III. Development and poverty eradication

IV. Protecting our common environment

V. Human rights, democracy and good governance

VI. Protecting the vulnerable

VII. Meeting the special needs of Africa

VIII. Strengthening the United Nations

http://www.un.org/millennium/declaration/ares552e.htm

So, the research is done for you, Mr. International Radio Star. And, yes, what Karan sent you about the Global Proverty Act of 2007 is accurate. I will send you a bill.

JEROME CORSI: OIL NOT A FOSSIL FUEL...NATURE PRODUCES OIL 'ABIOTICALLY'

From WORLDNETDAILY, Dec. 1, 2005:


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'Fossil fuel' theory takes hit with NASA finding
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Saturn's moon Titan (courtesy: NASA)
NASA scientists are about to publish conclusive studies showing abundant methane of a non-biologic nature is found on Saturn's giant moon Titan, a finding that validates a new book's contention that oil is not a fossil fuel.

"We have determined that Titan's methane is not of biologic origin," reports Hasso Niemann of the Goddard Space Flight Center, a principal NASA investigator responsible for the Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer aboard the Cassini-Huygens probe that landed on Titan Jan. 14.


Niemann concludes the methane "must be replenished by geologic processes on Titan, perhaps venting from a supply in the interior that could have been trapped there as the moon formed."

The studies announced by NASA yesterday will be reported in the Dec. 8 issue of the scientific journal Nature.

"This finding confirms one of the key arguments in 'Black Gold Stranglehold: The Myth of Scarcity and the Politics of Oil,'" claims co-author Jerome R. Corsi. "We argue that oil and natural gas are abiotic products, not 'fossil fuels' that are biologically created by the debris of dead dinosaurs and ancient forests."

Methane has been synthetically created in the laboratory, Corsi points out, "and now NASA confirms that abiotic methane is abundantly found on Titan."

The realization that hydrocarbons are produced inorganically throughout our solar system was a key insight that led Cornell University astronomer Thomas Gold to write his 1998 book, "The Deep Hot Biosphere: The Myth of Fossil Fuels." Gold wrote:


It would be surprising indeed if the earth had obtained its hydrocarbons only from a source that biology had taken from another carbon-bearing gas – carbon dioxide – which would have been collected from the atmosphere by photo-synthesizing organisms for manufacture into carbohydrates and then somehow reworked by geology into hydrocarbons. All this, while the planetary bodies bereft of surface life would have received their hydrocarbon gifts by purely abiogenic causes.
Gold wryly noted that he was sure there had not been any "big stagnant swamps on Titan" to produce the biological debris that conventionally trained geologists think was required on Earth to produce oil and natural gas as a "fossil fuel."

"If petroleum and natural gas are abiotic as we maintain in 'Black Gold Stranglehold,'" Corsi commented, "then the 'peak oil' fear that we are going to run out of oil may have been based on a giant misconception."

Paradigms in science change slowly and with great resistance, he noted, "But NASA has given us today incontrovertible evidence that Titan has abundant inorganic methane."

"If the scientists have ruled out that biological processes created methane on Titan, why do petro-geologists still argue that natural gas on Earth is of biological origin?" Corsi asked.



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FUEL COSTS IMPACT NASCAR IN US

From the SPORTING NEWS, May 12, 2008:

"These days, whenever I watch NASCAR races, the price of gasoline causes me to swoon and be envious of the endless miles and frequent fill-ups the cars and trucks are privy to during periods of practice, qualifying and competition. Those SUNOCO pumps are bottomless wells of freeflowing liquid gold. Don't forget, also, the gasoline absorbed by the haulers, motorhomes, safety vehicles, food service, sponsor, souvenir and media trucks, and other forms of transportation used in association with the production of races and race programs. The amount of money spent on fuel must be astronomical!"

MADONNA TOUR SNUBS ALAMOGORDO - WHAT ARE FUEL COSTS FOR THESE EVENTS?

Madonna will be touring 28 cities around the world this year with more venues to be announced. Tickets for the Denver show will cost $55-$350 with a limit of four per customer. What are the fuel costs for transporting the Diva from nation to nation while she's on tour? What about fuel consumed by fans who attend her shows?
The same questions can be asked about the Democrat National Convention this August in Denver. Democrats plug the DNC as the first' green' convention in history. Dem's also claim this will be the largest political party convention ever held in the United States. Considering the high cost of fuel, the allegations of 'climate change' and the national guilt trip and market in carbon offsets the question is obvious; why even hold a convention? Millions of Hillary and Obama fans could all attend a cyber-convention on the Internet, eliminating fuel and environmental impact from the equation. DNC protest organizers estimate another 50,000 - 100,000 people will be traveling across the nation to Denver to the event. The same groups who scream bloody murder about drilling for domestic oil in ANWAR and in the United States will be burning expensive fuel to attend the convention. These socially conscious and 'green' advocates will be using more fuel and adding more carbon particulates to the environment. I'm guessing the need to be heard and seen outweighs the high cost of fuel and pollution. The most vocal proponents for pop equality and social awareness, along with the green agenda can't seem to balance the same social priorities and 'green sins' they allege the rest of America is guilty of. What we will see in Denver in August is a festival attended by the liberal political elite living in indulgence and hypocrisy for the good of the world.

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Buffer Zone Around a Buffer Zone?

Denali National Park has a buffer zone around the park for the benefit of grey wolves because they go outside the park in winter in search of caribou, sheep and moose. Does Denali need a buffer zone around the buffer zone to prevent the LEGAL trapping of wolves? How big an area should that be?

Speaking of buffer zones.... Otero County Ordinance prohibits the designation of World Heritage sites within Otero County. Speaking of wolves.... Otero County Ordinance prohibits the release of wolves, jaguars and grizzly bears within or adjacent to Otero County.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/05/AR2008050502211.html
AP Story by Mary Pemberton Gray wolf that lives in Denali park freed from snare on neck

DENVER PD TO USE 'BEAM GUN' TO QUELL PROTESTS AT DNC

I've been listening to Peter Boyles in the morning on his radio talkshow on Denver's KHOW 630AM. He's featured protest organizers of groups planning to attend the DNC. One of the things the organizers are worried about is the 'beam-gun'. Protest leaders claim the Denver PD have a beam-gun to use for crowd dispersal. The beam-gun is actually the Active Denial System. ON the website, globalsecurity.com, the Active Denial System (ADS) is described as: "Active Denial Technology is a breakthrough non-lethal technology that uses millimeter-wave electromagnetic energy to stop, deter and turn back an advancing adversary from relatively long range. It is expected to save countless lives by providing a way to stop individuals without causing injury, before a deadly confrontation develops."




Some precautionary words of warning for those of you attending the DNC in August, in case you encounter the beam-gun.

1. Don't carry microwave popcorn packets in your pocket.
2. Put your cellphone in a lead sock.
3. Take the tinfoil hat off before entering the protest.
4. IF you have a electric cardiac device emplanted in your chest...turn it off.
5. Hold up a HUNGERY MAN MEAL in front of you.

BEFORE 'BEAM-GUN'



AFTER 'BEAM-GUN'

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

RESPONSE FROM GERMAN CONSOLATE REF: NMDMV POLICY ON GERMAN DLs

ON April 24th, I contacted the German Consultant in Houston and asked them about the New Mexico Dept. of Motor Vehicles new policy of destroying German driver licenses when a German national acquires a New Mexico drives license.

Here is the April 24th posting on ORF:

NEW MEXICO DMV ORDERS GERMAN DRIVERS LICENSES DESTROYED
Mike Haymes, international radio personality on KRSY 1230AM, informed me the New Mexico DMV has a new policy of destroying German nationals drivers license. Mike said he received a phone call from an employee of the Newe Mexico MVD. The MVD guy told Mike there is a new policy of punching holes in the corner of a German drivers license, when the German national obtains a New Mexico drivers license. The reason for this new policy is to more accurately acquire information on the German national.
NMMVD reasons the German DL's don't have the drivers record available to law enforcement and insurance companies, when the German DL is run for prior traffic violations or infractions.

Today, May 7th, I received this email from the German Consolant:

Dear Mr Woodhull: Thank you for your request of April 24th, 2008 concerning the "destruction" of a German driver's license.There is no international treaty law which is applicable to your case but under customary international law this action of the NM DMV seems to be questionable. A German driver's licence is an official certificate which is in the property of the responsible German authority so that it can only be invalidated by the responsible German authority.For all practical purposes we recommend you to apply for a new German passport with a reference to the policy of NM DMV. If you have remaining questions, please contact me! Sincerely,Marcel Schwarz

-- Marcel SchwarzVice Consul German Consulate Houston, 1330 Post Oak Blvd., S. 1850, Houston, TX 77082
USA Tel.: 713-985-3385 (direct)eMail: marcel.schwarz@diplo.deWebsite: http://www.houston.diplo.de


On April 24th, ich nahm Kontakt zur deutschen Berater in Houston und fragte sie über die New Mexiko Abt. für Kraftfahrzeuge neuen Politik der Zerstörung deutscher Fahrer Lizenzen, wenn ein deutscher Staatsangehöriger erwirbt ein New Mexico Laufwerke Lizenz.

Hier ist der 24. April Entsendung in ORF:

New Mexico DMV Aufträge Deutsch-Treiber Lizenzen zerstört
Mike Haymes, internationale Radio-Persönlichkeit in KRSY 1230AM, teilte mir der DMV New Mexico hat eine neue Politik der Zerstörung deutsche Staatsangehörige Führerschein. Mike sagte, er erhielt einen Anruf von einem Mitarbeiter der Newe Mexiko MVD. Die MVD Kerl sagte Mike gibt es eine neue Politik der Stanz-Löcher in die Ecke eines deutschen Führerscheins, wenn die deutsche Staatsangehörigkeit erhält ein neues Mexiko Führerschein. Der Grund für diese neue Politik ist es, genauer erwerben Informationen über die deutsche Staatsangehörigkeit.
NMMVD Gründen die deutsche DL's nicht über die Treiber-Datensatz zur Verfügung Strafverfolgungs-und Versicherungsgesellschaften, als die deutsche DL ist eine Laufzeit von Verkehrsdaten vor Verletzungen oder Verstöße.

Heute, 7. Mai erhielt ich diese E-Mail aus dem deutschen Consolant:

Sehr geehrter Herr Woodhull: Vielen Dank für Ihre Anfrage von 24. April 2008 über die "Zerstörung" eines deutschen Fahrers license.There ist kein internationales Vertragsrecht, die für Ihren Fall aber unter Völkergewohnheitsrecht diese Aktion von der NM DMV scheint werden fraglich. Ein deutscher Führerschein ist ein offizielles Zertifikat, das im Eigentum von den zuständigen deutschen Behörde, so dass sie nur dann für ungültig erklärt von den zuständigen deutschen authority.For alle praktischen Zwecke empfehlen wir Ihnen, den Antrag für einen neuen deutschen Reisepass mit einem Verweis auf die NM Politik der DMV. Wenn Sie noch Fragen haben, wenden Sie sich bitte an mich! Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Marcel Schwarz

-- Marcel SchwarzVice Konsul deutschen Konsulat in Houston, 1330 Post Oak Blvd., S. 1850, Houston, TX 77082
USA Tel.: 713-985-3385 (direkt) E-Mail: marcel.schwarz @ diplo.deWebsite: http://www.houston.diplo.de

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Now You Know Why the Otero County Commissioners Included Jaguars in their Ordinance Prohibiting Release of Wolves and Grizzly Bears

Border-fence dispute snares rare jaguars by Rusty Dornin for CNN.

Tot the right of the article you will find:
DON'T MISS
Borderlands Jaguar Detection Project
Northern Jaguar Project
Malpai Borderlands Group
Defenders of Wildlife


You can click on each of the links to get the NGOs' websites. We recommend you do that to see where your tax dollars are going in part.

NBC San Diego.com's 60-Plus Illegal Immigrants Found in One Big Rig

Also, they have more than 12 videos on illegals to the right of the story.

Otero County Commission Work Session Agenda for 5/7/08

This agenda is not available on Otero County website as of this posting. Therefore, here is a synopsis:
A. Approval of Bills Lists:
CA (1) #48, #49, #50, #51, #52, #53

B. Approval of Minutes:
CA (2) Health Care Services
CA (3) Consider approving or denying claims for the following providers:
Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center
· 75 claims recommended for approval totaling $151,172.78
· 20 claims recommended for denial totaling $41,485.47

D. Personnel:
CA (4) Request approval to hire a Maintenance Custodian for the Buildings & Grounds Department, three (3) weeks in advance to replace Pete Lucero, who has submitted his official retirement effective June 30, 2008.

E. Purchasing:
CA (5) Request approval of Contract TS# 07-003 with Integrity Steel Works for the Detention Center for repair and upkeep of the Detention Center doors. This is the second (2nd) year of a four (4) year contract in the amount of $10,165 for FY 2008/2009.
CA (6) Request approval of Sealed Bid #07-024 for the containment Yard for the Detention Center, to Gentry Construction, Alamogordo in the amount of $233,333, plus all applicable taxes.
CA (7) Request approval of Sealed Bid #08-013 for the Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA’s) Maintenance Contract. This is a four (4) year Indefinite Quantity Contract for all county departments.
CA (8) Request approval of Sealed Bid #08-014 for the Drug Screening Contract for Otero County to The Safety Institute, Alamogordo and BEH Drug Screening, this is a four (4) year Indefinite Quantity Contract.
CA (9) Request approval of RFP 08-015 Magistrate Court Compliance Court Program Contract for the DWI Department. This will be a four (4) year contract with the option to renew early.
CA (10) Request approval of RFP #08-016 Hazard Mitigation Plan for Otero County to Ecology & Environment for the amount of $39,062 plus all applicable taxes. This is a grant funded project.
CA (11) Request approval of Sealed Bid #08-027 for the erection of the Armed Forces Museum to Jack Wayte Construction, Alamogordo in the amount of $149,995, plus all applicable taxes.
CA (12) Request approval of Sealed Bid #08-031 for the renovation of the lobby at the Flickinger Theater in the amount of $58,950, plus all applicable taxes to Native American Services Corp. (Nasco), Smelterville, ID. $55,160 will be paid from the grant and the balance of $3,790 will be paid by the Flickinger Center.
CA (13) Request approval of Sealed Bid #08-032 for a 2008 Etnyre two (2) wheel drive Chip Spreader for the Otero County Road Shop in the amount of $129,259 to Sierra Machinery, Inc., El Paso, TX.
CA (14) Request approval of the yearly renewal of the following contracts: IQC-05-014 Alamo Rosa Service Center, IQC-05-015 Master Tune & Lube, IQC-05-018 Pro Lube, IQC-05-016 Rick Rogers Auto & Equip., IQC-05-013 Gressman Motors, IQC-05-017 Neudorf Diesel. All contracts are for vehicle maintenance and repairs for Otero County vehicles.
CA (15) Request approval of the yearly renewal for the following: Electrician Services Contracts for Otero County to PS-06-018 Becco, Alamogordo, PS-06-020 Rentschler Electric, Alamogordo, PS-06-019 Kenn’s Electric, Tularosa for miscellaneous amounts. This is the second (2nd) year of a four (4) year contract.
CA (16) Request approval of the yearly renewal for the following contracts: Engineer/Architect Service Contracts for Otero County to PS-08-001 ASA, Las Cruces, PS-08-002 Bohannan Houston, Las Cruces, PS-08-003 Engineers, Inc., Las Cruces.
CA (17) Request approval to renew the Legal Services Contract between Otero County and the firm of Daniel A. Bryant. This is the 2nd (second) of a 4 (four) year contract.

F. Resolutions, Contracts & Agreements:

CA (18) Request approval of Resolution #05-15-08/96-58, adopting the interim operating budget for fiscal year 2008/2009.
CA (19) Request approval of Resolution #05-15-08/96-59, for fiscal-year-end budget adjustments for the General Fund. The requested budget adjustments will increase revenues by $167,566 and increase expenditures by $169,300.
CA (20) Request approval of Resolution #05-15-08/96-60, making budget adjustments to reflect the award of New Mexico Fire Protection grants for the Jack Rabbit Flats ($181,981) and Burro Flats ($151,918) Volunteer Fire Departments.
CA (21) Request approval of Resolution #05-15-08/96-61, making budget adjustments to reflect the award of three (3) New Mexico Department of Transportation and Traffic Safety grants to the Sheriff’s Department totaling $22,469.
CA (22) Request approval of Resolution #05-15-08/96-62, for a fiscal-year-end budget increase totaling $21,735 for the Indigent Fund.
CA (23) Request approval of Resolution #05-15-08/96-63, for a fiscal-year-end budget adjustment for the Environmental Fund. The requested budget adjustment increases revenues by $104,000 and expenditures by the same amount.
CA (24) Request approval of Resolution #05-15-08/96-64, setting the County License Tax for County Liquor License for fiscal year 2008/2009.
CA (25) Request approval of Resolution #05-15-08/96-65, regarding the ADA Grievance Procedure for Otero County for public posting.
CA (26) Request approval of Resolution #05-15-08/96-66 in support of HR4598, removing inmate limitations from Medicaid, Medicare, and SSI benefits for persons in custody pending disposition of charges.
CA (27) Request approval of the final grant allocation agreement received from the Department of Finance and Administration for FY 2008/2009. The grant allocation accurately reflects the amount of $43,000 in the grant and $252,978.15 for the distribution for a combined total of $295,978.15.
CA (28) Request approval of an addendum to the Emergency Ambulance Service agreement between Otero County and American Medical Response. This addendum was approved on March 12, 2008. After AMR signed the addendum they asked if we could add additional language.

G. Elected Officials, Department Heads, Committee Reports:

CA (29) Dale Palkki – Request approval to appoint one member and two alternates to the Otero County Board of Equalization, per the New Mexico tax code, NMSA 7-38-25, requiring the County to create a County Valuation Protest Board.
CA (30) Ray Backstrom – Request approval of the appointment of Jerry Johnson as both the Policy and Technical Committee member to represent Otero County on the Southeast Regional Planning Organization (SERPO). This appointment is done on an annual basis.
CA (31) Ray Backstrom - Request approval of the Tariff Increase Application for Otero County/Alamogordo granted to American Medical Response. Otero County has not had any increase in fees in five years.
(32) Bill Lee Parker – Update on the Grip 2 Project (Fresnal Canyon Road).
(33) Donna Brandon – Interim Budget Final Review (Worksession Only)
(34) Ray Backstrom/Donna Brandon – Consider amending Section 9.2, dealing with annual leave accrual, of the Otero County Personnel Policy Ordinance #98-01 as amended by Ordinance #07-01.

COMMISSION DISCUSSIONS/CORRESPONDENCE:

A. Doug Moore - (District 1)
B. Clarissa McGinn - (District 2)
C. Michael Nivison - (District 3)

UNSCHEDULED CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONS: (Limited to 3 minutes)

EXECUTIVE SESSION:
A. Collective Bargaining
1) Status Update
B. Pending/Threatened Litigation
1) Fish & Wildlife Service – Biological Opinion, Perk/Grindstone Fuel Reduction Project
C. Personnel 1) After Hours Security
D. Land
E. Roads
F. Detention Center
G. Contracts 1) Professional Service Agreements

La MECha: U of Cal 'Jewniversity'.

From Media Research Center 2003

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Bustamante May Be Leading, But Networks Stay Focused on Arnold’s Raunchy Magazine Comments

Cruising Past Cruz’s Racial Controversies

When then-Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott disastrously touted the segregationist presidential candidacy of Strom Thurmond, the media frenzy started slowly, then erupted until the GOP dumped Lott from the leadership. Newsweek reporter Martha Brant conceded the media’s ardor on CNBC: “We're now, in the media, going to give this thing steam. The Democrats may not even need to fan the flames of this.”

Since mid-August, network TV reporters have been touting the leader-of-the-pack status of Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante in the California recall, but ABC, CBS, and NBC have shown no interest in the front-runner’s racial controversies:

• At a February 9, 2001 speech to the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, Bustamante said “n-gg-r” when he said he meant to say “Negro” in the title of a black labor organization. None of the Big Three has mentioned that slur during their coverage of this year’s recall.

• As a student at Fresno State University in the 1970s, Bustamante was an active member of MEChA, the Chicano Student Movement of Aztlan whose symbol is an eagle clutching a dynamite stick and a machete-like weapon in its claws. Their motto: “For the Race, everything. For those outside the Race, nothing.” The group believes in reclaiming the mythical land of Aztlan, or most of the southwestern United States, for the “bronze race.”

Coverage? Neither ABC nor NBC have mentioned Bustamante’s MEChA ties, even though both interviewed him at length. When CBS’s Bob Schieffer and Los Angeles Times reporter Doyle McManus grilled Bustamante on the August 31 Face the Nation, they also skipped MEChA, inviting him instead to pile on second-place GOP candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger for his raunchy comments in a 1977 issue of the pornographic magazine Oui.

CBS’s Hattie Kauffman was the only network reporter to raise the issue, when she questioned Bustamante on the September 3 Early Show. After mentioning Schwarzenegger’s 26-year-old Oui interview, Kauffman added: “There are ghosts in Bustamante’s past as well. He was once a member of a radical group called MEChA. This was a Chicano student group that advocated a separate nation for Mexicans in the American Southwest. Did you know that when you joined?”

Bustamante did not disavow the group: “There were a lot of student protest groups in the ‘60s. It was about running for student government and trying to become part of the main-stream of California.” Kauffman insisted: “It doesn’t sound like the mainstream of California, if they’re talking about a separate nation.” Bustamante said: “Well, I know. I surely don’t believe in some kind of racial separatist thing.”

It’s too bad CBS could only manage a brief exchange. They could have brought viewers up to date on MEChA activities in the Golden State:

• In May 1995, the MEChA newspaper at UC-San Diego published an editorial on the death of a Latino INS agent: “He deserved to die...All the Migra pigs should be killed, every single one.”

• In November 1998, a statewide MEChA student conference at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo welcomed more than 1,000 students with a program that said “Welcome to Cal Poly State Jewniversity” and a reference to “Jew York.” (After protest from the Anti-Defamation League, the campus MEChA chapter threw out the students responsible.)

• On March 8, 2002, FNC’s Bill O’Reilly asked the state MEChA chair Ron Gochez about whether the group wanted American territory back. Gochez said: “We understand that we all sit on stolen land...Mexicano land, stolen from us.” When O’Reilly whimsically offered Arizona, Gochez groused: “They took a lot more than Arizona.”

— Tim Graham

MCCAIN CAMPAIGN LAUNCHES SPANISH-LANGUAGE WEBSITE

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/05/05/politics/horserace/entry4072810.shtml

From CBSnews.com

"The tenor of the debate has harmed our image among Hispanics," McCain acknowledged. The McCain campaign also released a statement today commemorating Cinco de Mayo and stating that "we join together to remember the sacrifice that these Mexican patriots [at the the Battle of Puebla] endured."

In related news, McCain announced today that he will address La Raza, a liberal-leaning Latino group, in July. Politico's Jonathan Martin suggests that McCain is "trying to show that he's not George W. Bush by going into the lion's den and taking hostile, unscripted questions from adversarial groups." The McCain campaign says the candidate is scheduling the stop "as part of his commitment to talking with all Americans."

FIRST LADY BUSH URGES MYANMAR TO ACCEPT U.S. AID

First Lady Laura Bush is urging the government of Myanmar to allow a U.S. disaster team into the country to aid in areas devastated by a massive cyclone. Last year ORF linked to a story about the Myanmar military murdering, raping, and removing villagers to accommodate a World Heritage Site in that country. Laura Bush was silent, as was the U.N., during this purge of humanity. Now the First Lady wants to put U.S. disaster relief teams in that country to help the victims of an act of nature. Click on the title of this post to read last year's article ORF linked to. Copy and paste the below link to read the article in Reuters about Laura Bush criticizing the government of Myanmar for not accepting U.S. aid.

http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN0541976420080506

US MILITARY BUILDING WALL IN BAGHDAD

From Stars and Stripes:

Soldiers building wall separating Sunnis, Shiites
Three-mile structure in Baghdad is a disputed part of security plan
By Joseph Giordono, and Monte Morin, Stars and Stripes


Mideast edition, Thursday, April 19, 2007



BAGHDAD — U.S. soldiers with the 82nd Airborne Division in a Baghdad district are “building a three-mile protective wall on the dividing line between a Sunni enclave and the surrounding Shiite neighborhood,” according to a U.S. military press release issued Wednesday.

Troops with the 407th Brigade Support Battalion began constructing the wall on April 10 and will continue work “almost nightly until the wall is complete,” the release read.

“The area the wall will protect is the largest predominately Sunni neighborhood in East Baghdad. Majority-Shiite neighborhoods surround it on three sides. Like other religiously divided regions in the city, the area has been trapped in a spiral of sectarian violence and retaliation,” according to the release.

In January, when the new Baghdad security plan and troop “surge” were announced, the “gated community” concept was reported by several news agencies as one tactic to be used.

But after a regularly scheduled news briefing in Baghdad on Wednesday, Maj. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV, the top spokesman for coalition forces in Iraq, said he was unaware of efforts to build a wall dividing Shiite and Sunni enclaves in Baghdad and said that such a tactic was not a policy of the Baghdad security plan.

“We have no intent to build gated communities in Baghdad,” Caldwell said Wednesday.

“Our goal is to unify Baghdad, not subdivide it into separate [enclaves].”

The subject of walling-off city districts has been a popular one among some ground troops now manning small combat outposts within city neighborhoods. Recently, commanders attached to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, said they were investigating the possibility of constructing a security wall around a once-bustling industrial zone in New Baghdad, on the city’s east side. The wall, they said, would help them secure the area and aid in the revitalization of factories and industrial plants there.

However, Caldwell said that the Baghdad plan never envisioned large scale divisions of city districts. At most, he said, barriers would be used to protect city markets that might otherwise fall prey to suicide bombers, or to block off streets during specific operations. In this latter case, Caldwell said the barriers were removed after the completion of each mission.

“We have been going into neighborhoods and sealing off certain exit and entrance points during initial sweeps,” Caldwell said. “Those were temporary measures.”

Caldwell, however, said that U.S. and Iraqi forces would continue to erect permanent barriers around city marketplaces. So far, he said, coalition forces had erected more than 3,000 individual sections of concrete blast walls throughout the city since the plan went into effect two months ago. These barriers included both Jersey barriers — short concrete dividers commonly seen on roadways in the United States — and larger 20-foot blast walls that commonly surround bases and living areas.

According to Wednesday’s news release from Multi-National Corps-Iraq, “the wall [in Adhamiyah] is one of the centerpieces of a new strategy by coalition and Iraqi forces to break the cycle of sectarian violence. Planners hope the creation of the wall will help restore law and order by providing a way to screen people entering and exiting the neighborhood — allowing residents and people with legitimate business in, while keeping death squads and militia groups out.”

A similar effort by U.S. troops in south Baghdad was reported earlier this month by the Wall Street Journal.

“That community [in Adhamiyah] will be completely gated and protected,” Lt. Col. Thomas Rogers, 407th Brigade Support Battalion, was quoted as saying in the release. “It’s really for the security of all the people of Adhamiyah, not just one side or the other.”

According to military officials, the Adhamiyah wall should be completed in the next month.

Saturday, May 3, 2008

"I thought he said 'rappetry'..."


BAY AREA RAP EMCEE: KNOWBODY. HE COINED THE PHRASE 'RAPPETRY'.



"Since the age of 16, Knobody has been busy developing his unique blend of rhyme and spoken word (coined as “Rappetry’) to become one of the most recognized young emcees in the Bay Area hip-hop..."

....I thought Mr. Wright said rappetry. He said rape tree. That's an entirely different subject. I wondered what he was talking about!

Over 60 People Heard Bob Wright Address Eagle Forum and Only Lord Karl Anderson Heard the Wrong Term and Use of Rape Trees

Photo from: www.allamericanblogger.com also on http://www.canadafreepress.com/2007/immigration042107.htm Rape trees have been in the media for at least 3 years even in East Coast publications.

Here is ORF's first question: If Lord Karl Anderson can twist and convolute the words of Bob Wright, President of Patriot's Border Alliance and New Mexico Minutemen, is it just possible he did the same with Border Patrol's Doug Mosier?

A tiny bit of research would have shown the existence and purpose of rape trees. Now, it appears even Border Patrol was used to further ADN's agenda.

RUNNING ACROSS A FREEWAY IS GRAS

Friday, May 2, 2008

MAY DAY IMMIGRATION RALLY A HOAX



WASHINGTON DC(ORF)FEWER PARTICIPANTS ATTENDED THIS YEARS MAY DAY PRO-IMMIGRATION RALLY IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL. ACROSS THE COUNTY ORGANIZERS REPORTED A DRASTIC DROP IN THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE PROTESTING IMMIGRATION POLICY IN THE U.S. ARE THESE RALLIES REALLY A HOAX? COULD THESE PRO-IMMIGRATION RALLIES BE ON THE SAME LEVEL AS THE 1969 MOON LANDING HOAX? APPARENTLY THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE ON THE MOON IN 1969 THAN AT THIS YEARS RALLIES.

Border Fence, Jaguars and Wolves (They Left Out the Grizzlies) All in One AP Story

You know the drill, click on post title for entire article.

"We don't think the removal of any of the wolves in the wild is appropriate," said Rob Edward, director of carnivore restoration at Santa Fe-based WildEarth Guardians. "The top priority should be the recovery of the species."

Fish and Wildlife spokeswoman Elizabeth Slown said she hasn't received a copy of the lawsuit yet, but added that cattle ranchers have a right to protect their livestock from wolves.

Mexican gray wolves disappeared from the American Southwest during the past century as federal eradication efforts swept them from the wild. In 1998, Fish and Wildlife reintroduced 11 of the wolves into the Blue Range Wolf Recovery Area.

The area includes more than 5 million acres that straddle the Arizona and New Mexico borders. It includes private land, towns, two national forests and an Arizona reservation.

When the recovery program started, agency officials figured the wolves would thrive and expected 102 wolves and 18 breeding pairs by 2006. However, 52 wolves remained in the recovery area as of the end of 2007, the lawsuit said.

"Certainly, the current population is neither viable nor self-sustaining as was the goal of the Recovery Plan," the groups said in the lawsuit.

Meanwhile, Tucson, Ariz.-based Center for Biological Diversity also sued the Fish and Wildlife, hoping to force the agency to develop a recovery plan and habitat for the endangered American jaguar.

The group said that construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border will stop jaguars from re-colonizing their former habitats in the southern United States.

Slown said she has not yet seen the lawsuit and could not comment.

The Interior Department abandoned attempts to craft a recovery plan for the jaguar earlier this year because too few of the rare cats have been spotted along the Southwest region of New Mexico and Arizona to warrant such action.

Fish and Wildlife concluded that the jaguar's recovery depended on conservation efforts in Mexico and Central and South America.

Jaguars once roamed the southern United States from Monterey Bay, Calif., through the Appalachian Mountains. They disappeared from much of their range during the past century....

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Letter to the Editor

This letter was submitted to the Editor of the Alamogordo Daily News today.

Recently I heard a first-hand account of the atrocities on our American border with Mexico. Why has it been ignored? For what conceivable reason does our government have to conceal this from us? Why no more than to sell our sovereignty!
Why would our own government sell our sovereignty? What could possibly give them pause to even listen to such treason? Could it be greed, power, corruption and perhaps fame? In years past, these same attributes would have caused a public hanging—and rightly so.

We’re supposed to be Americans—a loving and benevolent people full of compassion for the lesser nations and the weaker people of the world. There is nothing wrong with that. But, and you have to have a “but,” what about our own soul as America? Can we afford to sell it? The answer is a resounding “no.”

We used to be the most powerful nation on earth. We aren’t anymore. We have so-called leaders who have met in private, secluded from media and prying eyes to secretly sell our sovereignty right from under us.

Consider the agenda of our government in 2008. Why would Americans want to merge with Mexico and Canada? I can see a reason why we might want to “conquer” them, but to merge with them? No, yet it is being done right now, this minute. Americans don’t want the Amero as our new dollar and we don’t want open borders.

We want illegal aliens deported. (Immigration implies legality, therefore they are not immigrants.) If they come here legally, that’s entirely different. A large percentage of aliens come from Mexico, but they’re also coming through our porous borders from all over the world.

What diseases do they carry? What crimes have they committed? What new crimes do they intend? How will they live? Where will they live? The answer is they will live where they choose, taking from our treasury what is ours and maintaining power through their own languages.

We simply cannot afford them. We don’t want them here. Deport them—now.

We want an honest government with leaders who actually have integrity and qualities we have come to expect from Americans. Sadly, we have very little of this, maybe 5 in the whole country. What we have is a corrupt government full of self-serving demagogues (550 or so people) who have nothing in mind but to further their own coffers as they sell our sovereignty, but oh yes, they’ll possibly write you a form letter saying absolutely nothing in response to your query.

It’s time for a revolution. Our government is supposed to serve us, not the other way around. They clearly are not doing what they are highly paid to do. But, I ask, where are the leaders we need? They certainly are not the lot we’re faced with in this upcoming election! Where are real patriots who would become heroes to take back a generation and a nation? Just food for thought before it’s too late.

Marcia Stirman

THE MISSING WORD IS 'ILLEGAL' FOR MAY DAY IMMIGRATION RALLIES




Countdown to May Day: The open borders circus returns
By Michelle Malkin • April 29, 2008 09:50 AM On Thursday, the reconquista militants, illegal alien lobbyists and lawyers, multicultural mau-mau-ers, and assorted anti-border goons will turn out across the country for another May Day open borders spasm.

Los Angeles police are undergoing crowd control training to prevent a repeat of the Macarthur Park riots last year.

College students and Catholic priests will join the “Gran Marcha” to demand amnesty and non-enforcement of immigration laws.

In Madison, Wisconsin, illegal immigration apologists will protest Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney’s practice of notifying federal officials of jailed inmates’ immigration status.

Bay Area anti-war activists are riding the wave and will join open-borders groups to harass both recruiters and ICE agents. Because it’s all about sticking it to The Man.

Click on the title of this post to read article on Michelle Malkin's blog.