{"id":3132,"date":"2016-08-01T08:00:08","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T14:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/?p=3132"},"modified":"2024-09-23T13:29:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T19:29:19","slug":"gem-state-patriot-newsletter-volume-63","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/gem-state-patriot-newsletter-volume-63\/","title":{"rendered":"Gem State Patriot Newsletter \u2013 Volume 63"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Volume 63 of the Gem State Patriot newsletter published by Gem State Patriot News. Please enjoy the following articles.<\/p>\n<ol class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/asking-for-your-help\/\">We are asking for your help!<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(3\/1\/2020)<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Gem State Patriot News<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Dear Friends: We at the Gem State Patriot are a not-for-profit service for the people of Idaho. We have been serving Idahoans for nine years and we seldom, if ever, ask for donations. Unfortunately, like so many other conservative organizations, we suffer from time to time from a lack of recognition of the services we [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/when-is-isnt\/\">When Is, Isn&#8217;t<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(7\/31\/2016)<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Rich Loudenback<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Timothy Noah in his article &#8220;Bill Clinton and the Meaning of &#8216;Is&#8217;,&#8221; at Slate.com states: &#8220;Years from now, when we look back on Bill Clinton&#8217;s presidency, its defining moment may well be Clinton&#8217;s rationalization to the grand jury about why he wasn&#8217;t lying when he said to his top aides that with respect to Monica [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/what-should-we-do-about-the-medicaid-gap\/\">What should we do about the Medicaid Gap?<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(7\/31\/2016)<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Dr. Jim Brook<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Should we cobble together some new state program to close the &#8220;Medicaid Gap?&#8221; Should we take money from the taxpayers of Idaho to pay for the health care of the people of that population? I have a wild, radical idea. How about if instead of another government program, we promote a vibrant free market for [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/cleveland-classic-example-open-carry-effectiveness\/\">Cleveland: Classic Example of Open Carry Effectiveness<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(7\/31\/2016)<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Rich Loudenback<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Is there a better example of how open carry law serves as a detriment to would be shooters than the recent success of the GOP Convention in Cleveland, Ohio? I&#8217;d say not. Present were a lot of radicals up to causing trouble for the proceedings including an in your face &#8216;armed to the teeth&#8217; vigilant [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/obama-allies-seek-nationalize-local-police\/\">Obama and Allies Seek to Nationalize Local Police<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(7\/31\/2016)<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by William F. Jasper<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">\u2014 Reprinted with Permission of The New American.com \u2014 On December 18, 2014, President Obama signed an executive order creating the President\u2019s Task Force on 21st Century Policing. In May 2015, the task force came out with its Final Report, which is commonly given the title \u201c21st Century Policing.\u201d One of the report\u2019s recommendations, which [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/health-freedom-idaho-hold-want-truth-rally-boise\/\">Health Freedom Idaho to hold &#8216;We Want the Truth&#8217; Rally in Boise<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(7\/31\/2016)<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Gem State Patriot News<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">We Want the Truth Rally WHERE: Steps of the Idaho State Capitol WHEN: Wednesday, August 3rd\u00a0from 11 am &#8211; 12 pm The powers that be were able to get the eye-opening film &#8220;Vaxxed: From Cover-up to Catastrophe&#8221;\u00a0shut down right here in Boise, ID. JOIN US AS WE STAND AGAINST CENSORSHIP &amp; FRAUD! We demand Congress [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/payoffs-paychecks-taxes-big-government\/\">Payoffs for Paychecks? With Your Taxes? More Big Government?<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(7\/26\/2016)<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Bob 'Nugie' Neugebauer<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">We would like to revisit a subject that we think is important to the taxpayers of Idaho. The Department of Commerce Tax Reimbursement Incentive program became effective on July 1, 2014. The State offered a tax credit of up to 30% on income, payroll and sales taxes for up to 15 years. The requirements are: [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/got-back-battle-fight-police\/\">We Got Your Back \u2014 This Battle is Ours to Fight for Our Police<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(7\/24\/2016)<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Doug Traubel<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">In the book A Racial Program for the 20th Century written in 1912 by Israel Cohen, a founding member of the socialist Fabian Society, it reveals the Communist &#8220;Grand Strategy&#8221; to subvert and destroy America using the race weapon. Supporters of the Black Lives Matter premise are what Lenin called &#8220;useful idiots.&#8221; They have been [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/cruzin-convention-winning-november\/\">Cruzin&#8217; at the Convention \u2013 It&#8217;s all about Winning in November<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(7\/21\/2016)<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Bob 'Nugie' Neugebauer<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Tea Party Bob&#8217;s Comments on the Thursday morning Kevin Miller Show 580KIDO I have enormous respect for Senator Cruz, and it is unfortunate that he did not endorse Donald Trump after making a pledge to do so before the primary. As you know, I had thought all along that Cruz would have made a great [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/tools-conservative-leaders\/\">Tools for Conservative Leaders<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(7\/21\/2016)<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Bob Bingham<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Just because we understand the concepts of conservativeness, freedom and liberty and we see areas where our government is abusing its citizens and exceeding its constitutional authority, may not mean we know squat about what to do next. When I formed NWPOA (North West Property Owners Alliance) I had little more than an idea and [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/reagans-prophecy\/\">Reagan&#8217;s Prophecy<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(7\/18\/2016)<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Gunner Steele<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">\u201cFreedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn&#8217;t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children&#8217;s children what it was once [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/you-are-what-you-eat\/\">You are What You Eat<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(7\/18\/2016)<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Bob 'Nugie' Neugebauer<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The U.S. is at the bottom of the list when it comes to food quality and safety. Our food supply is constantly being tainted with pesticides and herbicides which leave residues not just on the plants but in the ground they grow in. Roundup is one of those dastardly chemicals sprayed by the millions of [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/open-letter-law-enforcement\/\">Open Letter on Law Enforcement<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(7\/18\/2016)<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Tom Munds<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">I don&#8217;t usually hijack emails but I thought this may be important and worth considering if I ever had an idea that was worthy. I too am very angry about all that is happening, the sad part is that we know why it is happening and we know it will get worse until either the [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/hillary-didnt-mishandle-classified-information-no-one-can\/\">If Hillary didn&#8217;t mishandle classified information, no one can<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(7\/16\/2016)<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by George Parry<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">As a criminal-defense lawyer who has been forced by unfortunate circumstances to champion any number of hopeless causes, I wish to express my professional admiration for FBI Director James Comey&#8217;s creative and, dare I say it, &#8220;Clintonian&#8221; public exoneration of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The FBI investigated Clinton for possible violations of a [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/power-not-means-end\/\">Power is Not a Means; it is an End<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(7\/16\/2016)<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Steven Neill<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">During most of the Twentieth Century, the American public held a high regard for its government. Most people felt the government was honest and in the event of war, America was the &#8220;good guy&#8221; fighting for freedom and liberty. During Vietnam however, the image started to crack as the Gulf of Tonkin, My Lai and [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Volume 63 of the Gem State Patriot newsletter published by Gem State Patriot News. 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