Citizens Voice Disapproval of Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Because Idaho State Representative Heather Scott is doing the fine job for which she was elected, her constituents were informed by her and spread the word, with a two day notice, with several people even driving over eight hours from South Idaho, and showing up on […]
Administrative Rules are rules (or Idaho Code) written by bureaucrats and government agencies (Executive Departments) throughout the year that will be presented, reviewed and approved by the Idaho Legislature at the beginning of every session. Once approved, these Administrative Rules will have the full force of law. Administrative Rules are a big part of how […]
2015 is the year that the Idaho Department and Board of Education are considering the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) that originated from Federal entities. http://www.copeinc.org/science-standards.html The Idaho State Senate and House of Representatives will be considering these Standards in 2016, most likely under an Idaho “friendly” name. All Common Core subjects must cohere with […]
Imagine you live in a world where you can only buy food, gas, and other supplies for your family a few months out of the year. This is not due to bad weather, a workers strike, or a terrorist attack somewhere in the world. You might think this makes no sense. After all, these goods […]
When the 2015-17 Washington state budget was finally passed back in June of this year, I heard boasts emanating from the Republican Party about how they held the line against democrats and managed to pass a budget without raising taxes. My first reaction was incredulity. My next response was to question whether I had been […]
“Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.” Those are the ‘all too memorable words’ spoken by the character Gordon Gekko, portrayed by the actor Michael Douglas in the 1987 movie ‘Wall Street.‘ A much better word would simply have been ambition. Ambition is extremely good. Not so much with the word greed. Merriam Webster’s […]
Nothing so sickens moral ethical people as do poker face liars, and chronic liars are to be avoided if at all possible. But people like Hillary Clinton take the art to heightened levels hardly comprehendible by trusting Americans. As I have said on several occasions, I believe that the violation of the public trust and […]
Co-leaders of the Hayden Area Tea Party, Pam Stout and Jim Polzin are pleased to announce that Mr. John Green will speak at their monthly meeting on Wednesday Nov. 18th at the Hayden Library at 6:30 PM. Mr. Green’s topic will be “Monetary and Tax Fraud: The Bankers Assault on Liberty.” John Green is a […]
The American Public has, again, been treated to another replay of the “debt ceiling” debate. As usual, we had arguments regarding the wisdom and necessity of raising the debt limit. I sense that few Americans pay attention to the noise, as growing and expanding budget deficits have become a part of standard operating procedure for […]
“False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.” — Socrates To borrow a phrase from FDR: “Thursday, November 5th, 2015, a date that will live in infamy – the United States was openly and deliberately attacked by the Oval Office and Corporate Headquarters of the emerging Worldwide Corporatist Empire, […]
Who really controls our forests? Where did all of these regulations come from? Was it the federal government, expansion of the United States Forest Service (USFS), the environmental groups, corporations, or something else? How did it all get started? Now that the reader understands forest history, the USFS, environmental groups, federal laws and regulations, and […]
Reprinted with permission of The John Birch Society Saying that he wanted to hand over a “clean barn” to newly elected House Speaker Paul Ryan, Rep. Boehner did quite a bit of shoveling in order to reach a deal that as The New American’s Bob Adelmann put it: Establishment Republicans get what they want: more […]