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Our Forests are Dying from Beetles as Wildfires Become More Prevalent

Greeting, Senators Crapo and Risch; Representatives Simpson and Fulcher; Governor Little; Lt. Governor McGeachin and the Idaho State Legislature: OUR FORESTS ARE DYING! SOMETHING MUST BE DONE TO STOP THE PINE BEETLES. Please work to restore DDT to stop the death of our precious forests. DDT was used very safely to control Pine Beetles. Poor […]

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John Livingston

The Idaho Ministry of Plenty (And Still No Audits)

We are certainly living in a dystopian upside-down world that was anticipated in George Orwell’s NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR. With that classic novel in mind, I would like to respectfully submit to Idahoans and especially our political leaders a plan to restructure our state government based on the “Orwellian Model” The Ministry of Truth, the Ministry of Peace, the Ministry […]

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John Livingston

Questions That Need To Be Answered

For the past several months I have called for an out brief by State Officials of the Covid Response in Idaho. I respectfully asked for what has traditionally for the past 130 years in medicine been referred to as a Morbidity and Mortality (M&M) review of the State and local health districts response to the […]

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John Livingston

Stewardship

The three pericopes from Mathew and Luke’s gospels—The Parables of The Faithful Steward (Mathew and Luke) and The Expectant Servant (Luke) and The Unjust Servant (Luke) teach us great lessons about fidelity within our households and businesses, but also the responsibility of –FIDUCIARY and agency that applies to those doing the people’s business in government. […]

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Bob's Words of Wisdom

Is Idaho Heading for Moral Bankruptcy?

With the advent of two of the Treasure Valleys’ two most populated cities coming out in support of Gay Pride event which includes children participating in a Drag Queen event, one has to think “What in heaven’s name is going on in our state?” As I’m writing this, there is a wildfire on Brundage Mountain […]

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Are you a MAGA Republican?

Friends, In less than 30 days, Biden has shown just how far he will go to stay in power. Not only did we watch the politically motivated raid of President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence… Biden then doubled down on his political persecution, calling “MAGA Republicans” the BIGGEST THREAT TO AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. It’s time for freedom-loving Idahoans […]

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A Reminder to the Citizens of Idaho

There are eight levels of control that must be obtained before you are able to create a socialist state. Marxist Saul Alinsky wrote, Rules for Radicals. Hillary Clinton wrote her senior thesis project on Alinsky. The US is close to being a Socialist state! The Three main rules are: Divide the people on many issues […]

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John Livingston

Biology Matters? – The Lies We Tell Ourselves

My Quaker grandmother and her mother were “suffragettes” who were early 20th century “feminists” The feminist movement at that time believed in the “uniqueness” of femininity and the unique perspective that a women could give to the civic discourse. It was very much appreciated back then that women were different than men. The needs of “family […]

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John Livingston

A Moral Dilemma for Idaho

We have just been presented a case in point demonstrating the differences in the values between the elites in the ruling corporate classes in Idaho and the “We the People” everyday citizens. In the acute sense this offers an opportunity to ask some important questions. In the long run we must also ask is this […]

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John Livingston

Another Way

So much of history can be captured in a moment. It is unfortunate that so much today is taught with a political narrative in mind. In January, tears came into my eyes during the inauguration of Winsome Sears as Lt. Governor of The Commonwealth of Virginia. A Black woman being administered the oath of office […]

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John Livingston

A Different Catechism

“WE FEED THEM” Nancy Pelosi told Wolf Blitzer on the situation room in October of 2020. https://cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/pelosi-tells-wolf-blitzer-we-feed-beggars-have-you-fed-them-we-feed-them On August 24th of this year, Joe Biden announced debt relief of up to $20,000 dollars for those holding Pell Grant Obligations, and $10,000 for non-Pell Grant debtors. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/08/24/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-student-loan-relief-for-borrowers-who-need-it-most/ On September 1st Governor Little signed the $500 Rebate […]

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Bob's Words of Wisdom

Bend over Taxpayers, Here it comes Again

So once again Governor Little and his puppet masters at IACI have screwed the taxpayers of Idaho. As I had said a couple of weeks ago, this was a done deal lame-duck session of the legislature and there was no changing it. If the citizens of our state don’t realize after this special session that […]

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