This is a reply to the Heartland Institute’s Kyle Maichle’s July 6, 2016 Letter to the Editor posting “Not so, sir” which is in response to my My Turn column titled ‘The Unrelenting Con-Con Con’ published June 21st in the Coeur d’Alene Press. Allegation #1. The ASL (Assembly of State Legislatures) killed a proposal for […]
Author: Rich Loudenback
THE BEGINNING OF SOMETHING REALLY BIG Congratulations to our brothers in the United Kingdom for throwing off the shackles of their recent One World Government (OWG) mindset masters of the European Union (EU) made up of unaccountable, unelected, powerful global elitist who know what’s best for everyone about everything. Other than Obama’s immigration plan being […]
The Unrelenting Con-Con Con
No other issue facing us today can take down our beloved country as we’ve known it literally overnight like the proposed convention of the states which would actually be a constitutional convention (con-con) no matter what they want to call it. Legislators should not be taken in by professionally prepared hype based on ‘doctored’ information […]
Praise Be to Governor Otter
FIRST, A RIGHTFUL CHEAP SHOT We rightfully lambaste Governor Otter for cowering to the coercion of pressure brought about by the withholding of federal funds unless compliance is met for such as the destructive Common Core program and the harmful ObamaCare debacle because he isn’t pressing to have our Idaho lands returned for our management […]
Racism is a Tool of the Left
Thomas Sowell wrote: “A painful moment for me, years ago, when I was on the lecture circuit, came after a talk at Marquette University, when a young black student rose and asked: “Even though I am graduating from Marquette University, what hope is there for me?” “Back in the 1950s, when I was a student, […]
Progressive – A Cunning Word
Liberal leaders are talented at creating great sounding names for organizations, programs and acronyms that are deceitful to their real hidden agendas such as Common Core, TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program), Planned Parenthood, ACA (Affordable Care Act), Agenda 21, ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform), No Child Left Behind, AGW (Anthropogenic Global Warming) and […]
Should your organization be looking for an event speaker with a message everyone in America should hear and isn’t, you should become aware of an impressive and very informative woman from Ronan, Montana named Elaine Willman. She will hold attention and elicit a lot of note taking and questions on how our federal government is […]
Americans see and feel every day the effects of how America is being guided in a downward spiral in utter conflict with our constitution and moral and religious values. There are so many issues that it all becomes like minutia and overwhelms us. Responsible citizens often try and just give up from too many complexities […]
John and Cecily Charleston’s production company, Northwest Grassroots, have announced that the senior editor of the New American magazine, William F. Jasper’s presentation “The Real Agenda Behind the Refugee Crisis – And What We Must Do About It” is now a video on YouTube. Jasper’s speech on May 19th in Spokane, WA was produced by […]
America: What We Are About
“Freedom is difficult to understand because it isn’t a presence but an absence — of governmental constraint.” — “A Time for Truth,” William E. Simon, Secretary of the Treasury for Presidents Nixon and Ford America: ‘In a nutshell:’ The United States was born out of the insatiable human longing for freedom. Pure Freedom is Pure […]
Many Idahoans cursed with having to live in the southern (confederate) part of the state are probably not aware that Spokane, WA is almost considered part of north Idaho due its close proximity to the Coeur d’Alene area. A lot of citizens up here live in one state and work in the other with a […]
Enlightenment for our Troubled Days
The words of Daniel Webster ring as true today as they did over 150 years ago: “Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution and to the Republic for which it stands. Miracles do not cluster and what has happened once in 6,000 years, may not happen again. Hold on to the Constitution, for if the […]