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An Open Letter to Idaho Governor Little

Dear Governor Little, I was looking forward to good things happening under your administration, and some have, but what your Office, the ISP, the Prosecutor’s Association and other law enforcement interests have done to the Hemp Bill, H 122a, is a serious tragedy and a public disgrace. Certainly, when laws are made those who will […]

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Two Fascisms

So, we hear cries of fascism from many on the so-called left. But fascism has many disputed meanings and definitions, or rather it has so many different meanings to so many different minds. In this age of repeater, repeater news, where “lies told often enough become the truth,” what is this ‘fascism’ that so many […]

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The HJR 5 Constitutional Amendment: Why We Must Vote No!

James Madison said, “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may very justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” Article II of the Idaho Constitution seeks to protect us from that tyranny with language declaring […]

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HJR 5: Argument in opposition

A well-intentioned end run around the Constitution We spend over half of our local and state tax dollars for education yet we are a population that doesn’t read. If we read Article II of the state constitution, especially the last sentence, we would understand that HJR 5 is an end run around the constitutional prohibition […]

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Armed Domestic Terrorist Groups Take Americans Hostage in a Co-ordinated Series of Attacks: The Terrorists Refuse to Release Them

That should be the headlines. It did happen here. As a matter of law, it is a fact. But, that’s not what the conventional media is reporting. Such a headline doesn’t fit the narrative of the programming we are fed. It is not what the owners and managers of that media want you to know. […]

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The Solution

The long term solution to both the Syrian refugee crisis and illegal immigration is the decriminalization of all drugs. Yes, I’ll say it again: The long term solution to both the Syrian refugee crisis and illegal immigration is the decriminalization of all drugs. But first, some clarification. I am not one of those who advocates […]

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The Republican Elite Terminates Integrity in Government

The contest, throughout human history, is between those who wield power and those who are subject to it. Once again, we see the monster of power raise its naked head above those it deems to be its subjects. This time it happened within the Republican Party. The ruling elite of the Republican Party no longer […]

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The Conspiracy for Your Mind

Your mind is not your own. Someone else put things there while you were not paying attention. And now they have a piece of your mind.

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A More Than Fair Tax?

Alternatives to the income tax have been bantered around our nation for years. Some propose a flat income tax, eliminating loopholes and letting everyone pay a fair share with minimal reporting. Others propose various forms of consumption taxes, essentially creating a federal sales tax. The “Fair Tax,” one of the more polished proposals, is also […]

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A Brief History of the Republican Party

Many of us are engaged in the arduous struggle to restore our constitution and promote the principles which are the foundation of the American Republic. The contest is often between an entrenched elite and the many who have come to realize the liberties we have lost and the duty we have to regain them. In […]

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