Every issue of Gem State Patriot News includes the phrase “Knowledge is Power as Silence is Consent”. When I read that phrase, I find myself nodding in agreement and at the same time feel my blood pressure rising. Why? It’s because finding information in order to be that knowledgeable and vocal citizen is extremely difficult. […]
Democrat Holli Woodings is heading up an effort called “Keep Idaho Elections Accountable”. This very large political action committee has been collecting signatures to “reform” Idaho’s Sunshine Law — the statute governing campaign finance. Woodings claims that she is all about “ordinary” Idahoans and the grassroots. She asserts that her reform effort is designed to […]
— Published with permission from The New American.com — Final rules on how the Social Security Administration (SSA) plans to prohibit its beneficiaries from owning firearms were published in early May, but it took several weeks for observers parsing the 41-page document to realize its implications for the Second and Fifth Amendments. It was sold as […]
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 […]
“There are two things that are important in politics. The first is money and I can’t remember what the second one is.” — Mark Hanna, William McKinley’s 1896 presidential campaign manager and later senator from Ohio, in 1895 The Gilded Age in America is famous and infamous, famous for the fabulous mansions like the Breakers […]
I have said that if I were elected, two of the first things on my agenda would be getting the United States out of the United Nations and ending the Federal Reserve. Why do I believe so strongly that the United States should end the Federal Reserve’s control of the monetary system? First a little […]
In a recent newspaper article West Ada High School graduates confronted the Albertson Foundation via a video over their disparaging and controversial ad which the foundation financed. It depicted students getting off of a school bus in the middle of nowhere with only one student left on board. Click this link to see the video. […]
Remember the story of the talents in Matt 25:14-30,“To one he gave five talents, to another two and to another one, each according to his own ability,” Afterwards, the Master judged each recipient of talents by what he did with what he received. Remember that the servant who hid (out of fear) his single talent […]
I’ve known for eight long years what a poor excuse for a man we have as a President. I’ve known for eight long years what a deep dark hole he is leading this country down. I’ve known for eight long years that he is either mentally unstable, incredibly ignorant, or an extreme Muslim sympathizer like […]
USA Today asked Donald Trump for OpEd presenting his case for USA TODAY. Donald asked Wayne to be his surrogate and write it. What an honor. From Thursday’s USA Today: This Trump University lawsuit is a perfect example. The powerful, corrupt, elite establishment is out to destroy or at least change Donald Trump. Their attacks have […]
I have a message for Donald Trump: DON’T CHANGE A THING. Donald, from the moment you started running for President…the biased-liberal mainstream media, government bureaucrats, career politicians, lawyers, lobbyists, establishment Republicans and various corporate CEOs- who are all in bed together- have tried to damage you, destroy you, or change you. But you stuck to […]
Socialization: A process by which the Left creates new standards of moral order. Opponents of the common core agenda, which includes a nationalization of public education, have long feared that a major component of the elite’s agenda to “reform” education had nothing to do with developing basic intellectual skills. A good part of that concern […]