Wingnut blogger and Republican official posts twice on non-Minnesota bills (that would be me)

Some might notice I now posted two worthy bills - one state level one national - that have nothing to do with Minnesota. Instead of supporting similar principle-based or counter-abuse efforts Minnesota Democrats are doing government make-work preparing a budget Governor Pawlenty will veto and which he has SAID many times he will veto. I am ashamed Minnesota Democrats no longer have a sense of what is time well spent and what isn't. And the pattern has been repeated year after year. The legislative efforts in Texas are well worth attention in these perilous times and what Minnesota Democrats are doing is not. - Just saying.
update 5/3 added "worthy" and " of supporting similar principle-based or counter-abuse efforts"

Audit the Federal Reserve - Ron Paul Effort Courageous

http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=16769

I am in favor of auditing the Federal Reserve under the proposed auditing procedures.
Some might recall my suggestion for accounting transparency in the Minnesota Tax-forfeited Land forfeiture procedure by removing a prohibition on reports. Well on the Federal level the Federal Reserve is the entity in most need of accounting transparency.
The $10 TRILLION Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, is promising various failed companies must be be accounted for. Before Obama the US government ALREADY had $50-90 TRILLION in unfunded mandates. We cannot afford to prop up failed companies, however large they may be or how many people they employ at the moment. It trivializes the employment and purpose of the people to try to subsidize the failed company for the sake of employment alone. Jobs are not ALWAYS a legitimate political purpose - certainly not when the cost for subsidized jobs involves government borrowing or when the essential product of a company - stability, in the case of insurer AIG - is gone. A subsidized insurance company is an oxymoron. You (AIG) are selling peace of mind - that's what insurance is. How can you sell peace of mind when you have taken and might return to the US government for tax payer dollars? You then become the insured and the individual tax payers to whom you are selling insurance, are instead ensuring your survival through taxes.
Now apply the analogy to the Federal Reserve and you get the drift.
Faith and trust in the US government and the US tax payer is being eaten away for the sake of a few failed companies who noone trusts or has faith in.
So let's apply audit procedures to the Federal Reserve and meet Obama's promised standard of transparency that he was elected on.

Texas HCR50 Sovereignty Resolution and other items

http://michellemalkin.com/2009/04/25/hey-maybe-well-finally-get-serious-about-borders-now/


http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13496648


Texas' HCR House Concurrent Resolution 50 is a brilliant piece of legislation!
http://www.werushdaily.com/forums/dittohead-stack-of-stuff/texas-sovereignty-resolution-passes-committee


WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States reads as follows: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people”; and

WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment defines the total scope of federal power as being that specifically granted by the Constitution of the United States and no more; and

WHEREAS, The scope of power defined by the 10th Amendment means that the federal government was created by the states specifically to be an agent of the states; and

WHEREAS, Today, in 2009, the states are demonstrably treated as agents of the federal government; and

WHEREAS, Many federal laws are directly in violation of the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; and

WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment assures that we, the people of the United States of America and each sovereign state in the Union of States, now have, and have always had, rights the federal government may not usurp; and

WHEREAS, Section 4, Article IV, of the Constitution says, “The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government,” and the Ninth Amendment states that “The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people”; and

WHEREAS, The United States Supreme Court has ruled in New York v. United States, 112 S. Ct. 2408 (1992), that congress may not simply commandeer the legislative and regulatory processes of the states; and

WHEREAS, A number of proposals from previous administrations and some now pending from the present administration and from congress may further violate the Constitution of the United States; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the 81st Legislature of the State of Texas hereby claim sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the Constitution of the United States; and, be it further

RESOLVED, That this serve as notice and demand to the federal government, as our agent, to cease and desist, effective immediately, mandates that are beyond the scope of these constitutionally delegated powers; and, be it further

RESOLVED, That all compulsory federal legislation that directs states to comply under threat of civil or criminal penalties or sanctions or that requires states to pass legislation or lose federal funding be prohibited or repealed; and, be it further

RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate of the United States Congress, and to all the members of the Texas delegation to the congress with the request that this resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record as a memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.

LGF Stuff - I'm not quite sure yet what to make of all this except to say the past actions of some older members of the conservative cause in Germany are potential liabilities for which they should now be publicly criticised and whose events we Americans need not patronize and that Charles Johnson, who has criticised, has been a steady technical hand for the Win-the-War cause. I am for a global movement to hold to account radical Islamic terror. Such a movement should not include those who want to express through the movement anti-semitic OR anti-muslim sentiments. Charles Johnson may be a titch more concerned with the latter, at present, than with the former. Either way he is by far the most coherent voice in the on going debate.

http://washingtonindependent.com/39629/civil-war-raging-in-right-wing-blogosphere

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20090424/pl_usnw/cair__anti_islam_au_speaker_tied_to__eurofacists
http://govvs.blogspot.com/2009/04/back-to-2007-baron-on-soap-opera.html

http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/


Chris Logan, my FB friend, on Spencer:
http://www.nmatv.com/video/1285/ECR-Live--Robert-Spencer-on-Stealth-Jihad

Update 4/27 - LGF vindicated. http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/33500_Pro_Koln-_The_Wrap-Up

Eva Ng ("Ing"), Conservative St. Paul City Committee Candidate for Mayor of St. Paul against Democrat Chris Coleman, at Cinco de Mayo May 2 2009

Saturday, May 2, 9 am, Cinco de Mayo Parade

Saturday, May 2, noon, Capitol Grounds, Tax Rally, Eva is speaking at 2:00 pm

Sunday, May 3, 4 to 6 pm, Open House at Ms. Betty Newburgh's of Precinct 1

Wednesday, May 6, 10 to 11:30 pm, Saint Paul Public Library, 4th Floor, Budget Hawks Caucus

Wednesday, May 13, 7 pm, O'Gara's, Eva is a featured speaker

Wednesday, June 3, 10 to 11:30 pm, Budget Hawks, Eva may be speaking

Obama wrong on economy; Obama Socialist

important poll #1:
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/04/023399.php

Even liberals are national security sensible.


important poll #2:
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics2/51_view_tea_parties_favorably_political_class_strongly_disagrees


Truly extraordinary that any one presumes to believe taxes can or should ever be crafted as a positive cultural feature.

But now we know there are people comfortable enough in Washington power to have made the transformation to tax rate increase advocate who are not ashamed to admit it to pollsters.

Don't get me wrong. Tax is necessary and can even be spun as positive sometimes. But increasing the rate is wrong and incurring trillions in government debt from needless federal government spending, and so forcing our children to pay, is wrong because it denies to our children liberty and enslaves them in a way the debt-incurrers themselves (Obama,Paulson et al) were never enslaved.

Today is the day in the year we no longer control the payment for government. It is the earliest ever.
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/04/023404.php

I hope today is also not the start of a new enslaved political class.
As of now the government has no money. The claim 95% of the people are not affected this year by tax increases is false - we are all affected. We will be hit up for repayment by the government, for the foolishness of those in charge of government, soon. If the repayment is not arranged soon by the government the enslavement of the US to the world and the US's reduced world standing will only be more deeply established.

The American environment for innovation and free enterprise is being destroyed. Energy cost is needlessly inflated by government policy, hampering progress.
I condemn the unprecedented destructive coercive spending decisions of Obama.
I condemn Obama's self-serving decisions to release national security related prison pictures.

Please bring sense back to the federal government.
Please bring constitutional austerity back to America.

Cafferty:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=720_1240699815
Don't call it socialism he pleads. Well that's what it is.



Update 4/26/09: Liberals both 1) minimize/trivialize the debt and 2) obfuscate it as "complicated" and better left to professional lawmakers. When they trivialize it they argue the government should better manage it's "household". The comparison of government to a household is not apt because a household does not have confiscatory power to tax and the power to tax indirectly by printing money. Critics of government are of all types - rich or poor. Obama's tax affects everybody. Do not be fooled by any counter arguments.
Great powerline article:
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/04/023407.php
Leo hits it:
http://psycmeistr.blogspot.com/2009/04/im-so-wasted.html
He recommends this book:
http://www.amazon.com/United-Hate-Romance-Tyranny-Terror/dp/1935071602

Shame on Paul Gardner

Paul Gardner, a Democrat State Rep for 53A, avoided a vote that two Democrats recently risked crossing party lines to support. The bill was defeated in committee 9-9 with 2 Dems crossing over and one, Paul Gardner, not voting. The bill added sensible caveats to a Human Services bill providing debit card services cash. For example it required attempted liquor, smokes and possibly gambling purchases to come up as "Denied" on the terminals and required the debit cards be used in MN, not by someone in Chicago or elsewhere.
http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/members.asp?id=15277

Watch for updated minutes at the Health Care and Human Services Policy and Oversight Committee 2009-2010 website:
http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/comm/committee.asp?comm=86139

Unoffiial April 25 2009 Minnesota 4th CD Election Results

Jimmy's Conference Center (3565 Labore Rd, Vadnais Heights)
9:00 AM (8:30 Registration) on Saturday, the 25th of April, 2009

Rory Koch, outgoing Congressional District 4 Chair, presided.

Outgoing 2008 4th CD officers from the website:
http://www.fourthdistrictgop.com/

Chair:
Rory Koch

Deputy Chair
John McCallum

Secretary
Webmaster
Kathie Roberts

State Exec
Chris Jacobson

Treasurer
Skip Wolverton

Vice Chair
Lori Windels

Vice Chair
Leslie Wilcox

Vice Chair
Jeffrey Williams

Vice Chair
Bev Aplikowski

Vice Chair
Lisa Murphy

Vice Chair
Bob Murray

**** Election Results below *****

The following 6 were elected from a pool of 9 candidates to be Vice Chairs of CD4:
David Daniels Libertarian playright and poet from Colorado
Andrea Perzichilli
Mike Downing retired 3M employee
Nick A. Quade Ramsey County Soil and Water Supervisor Seat 2
Dennis Dunnigan
Jim Carson

The Treasurer position is to be appointed.
Secretary CD4 Lori Zueleger Unopposed
Deputy Chair CD4 Nathan M. Hansen over Kathie Roberts

Chair CD4 Beverly Aplikowski over John McCallum

Bill Jungbauer CD4 State Executive Vice Chair
over Chris Jacobson.

Congratulations, candidates!

MN Senator Norm Coleman, 53B State House Rep Carol McFarlane, the only republican state rep in CD4, and House Minority Leader Marty Seifert spoke.

The newly minted CD4 Deputy Chair Nate Hansen recommended Michael Brodkorb for Deputy Chair of the Minnesota State Executive Committee.

Democrats' Gang of 16 oppose CAT - Cap and Trade

Because they're in coal-consuming states Democrats are allied with Republicans in opposition to Obama's disgusting Cap and Trade proposal. Cap and Trade is as bad as income tax. If income tax is a tax on work, then an energy tax is also, since it takes energy to work. CAT, Cap and Trade, Carbon Credits, carbon-emissions-based credit are all the same. They are all an energy tax, which is the same as a tax on work.

The Democrats who support Obama on Cap and Trade should be ashamed.

The Democrats who oppose Cap and Trade are the Gang of 16. Ironically, John McCain, former Gang of 14 member against the Republicans, supports Cap and Trade.
One more reason to abandon any McCain support of any kind for 2010.

Typically there is no mention of the Senate Democrat opposition in this article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/23/us/politics/23climate.html?ref=global-home

It's somewhat disturbing that nothing comes up in a Google search on "democrats coal obama" that might indicate WV IN WY OH MO NM depend on coal and that Stabenow MI, Bayh IN, Sherrod Brown OH, Levin MI, Blanche Lincoln AR, McCaskill MO, Ben Nelson NE, Mark Pryor AR, Jay Rockefeller WV, novelist Jim Webb VA, Casey PA, Landrieu LA, Jeff Bingaman NM, Robert Byrd WV, Kent Conrad ND, and Byron Dorgan ND are in opposition to Cap and Trade.

MN Democrats can't think for themselves

MN Democrats can't think for themselves

Does anyone else notice how MN Democrats clone other states' bills or federal bills for the state legislature? Two examples (countless more exist) are State Rep Carlos Marianni with the anti-Real ID bill and now Tom Bakk with the proposal to tax, among other things, home mortgages which was an Obama proposal. Bakk's actions potentially compound the amount of tax we may now be forced to pay on income going to mortgage interest payments.

http://www.twincities.com/allheadlines/ci_12195361

MSNBC should Condemn Garofalo's 2009 Tea Party Remarks

Janeane Garofalo - Your remarks that all conservatives are racist should be condemned by Olbermann and the network that broadcast it, MSNBC. You've displayed harmful ignorance that will be held up as what we should continue to fight in this country and in the world.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI1Om8JW1MA

Napolitano and the guy who may have written the Rightwing DHS report, Marcus, should resign.
Goats:
Shuster, Cooper, Olbermann, Maddow, Cox et al - grow up!

The heros in all this were 3 people who stood up and spoke in Chicago including "Norm":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXPKIgUZOPs


Because I hear a president who says he believes in what
Lincoln stood for. Lincoln's primary thing was he
believed that people had the right to liberty.
What does this have to do with your taxes?


He had read Thomas L. Krannawitter's Vindicating Lincoln


This woman was great against Susan Roesgen:
http://patterico.com/2009/04/18/cnn-the-latest-corporate-thug-to-use-copyright-as-a-weapon-to-eliminate-embarrassing-clips-from-youtube/


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zNbWtl4wgM


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpeScv6EPgQ


Roesgen says $50B Stimulus went to IL? They paid in more probably.


Cody Willard - 11 year old pays for $800B gratis Dems and $160B
gratis Republicans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_i3MgfRNqc


Thank you, Thank you - I know youre mad ... and I hear you!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QsY2r7HbTM

Go Home!

Reminder of what Socialism means:

http://www.shotinthedark.info/wp/?p=4612

Most of below is from www.MichelleMalkin.com

Jan Schakowsky
Robert Creamer
http://grizzlygroundswell.theodoremedia.com/archives/6385

Matt Taibbi anti-Malkin vulgarian but includes specific contentions.
http://trueslant.com/matttaibbi/2009/04/15/teabagging-michelle-malkin/


Jeffrey Kimball
http://michellemalkin.com/2009/04/19/the-janeane-garofalo-of-academia/

Jeffrey Kimball, a professor emeritus of history at Miami University
in Oxford, Ohio

Great designs:
http://michellemalkin.com/2009/04/15/an-army-of-tax-revolters-and-a-warning-to-fair-weather-republicans/#comments


Local media and Democrat tax boosters clueless:

http://www.residualforces.com/2009/04/19/the-members-of-the-media-are-complete-idiots/


http://www.truthvmachine.com/?p=10208


http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/04/023353.php

JOHN adds: What we're seeing here is the ascendancy of the Low-Life Left. Vulgar, ignorant, profane and abusive, it started on the internet at sites like Daily Kos, Democratic Underground and Wonkette. Discourse at sites like these abandoned all traditional norms of political conversation. Now what started on the internet has leaked into liberal cable news--in part, although not mostly, because of the participation of some of the same individuals who started out on the web. The kind of childishness that MSNBC and CNN commentators exhibited on April 15 would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. Now, it is becoming a hallmark of the Democratic Party and its supporters in the media.

So true. Even in anonymous posts few use abusive profanity or vulgarity. And the standard of anonymous internet commentary is well below that of a TV broadcast.

http://michellemalkin.com/2009/04/17/the-million-taxpayer-march/


Gov Perry on States Rights:
http://mommylife.net/archives/2009/04/texas_governor.html

My previous posts:
http://deltondigest.blogspot.com/2009/04/janet-napolitano-resign-now.html
http://deltondigest.blogspot.com/2009/04/olbermann-and-janeane-garofalo.html

Olbermann and Janeane Garofalo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI1Om8JW1MA

Limbic brain, Stockholm syndrome.

Too funny.

I've always said the Democrats hate Michele Bachmann partially because she is an EXPERT ON TAXES. Note the bitter Garafolo in this video claims we don't understand what the tea party (and, it follows, taxes) was all about.

Update:
I guess the courage of checking an over zealous ignorant guest calling conservatives racist and evoking bigoted 19th century science will not be demonstrated by Olbermann.
Olbermann instead joins Anderson Cooper, Rachel Maddow and about 3 other "news reporters" in perpetuating Cox's "teabagging" inside joke.

Latest on Roesgen, who is the CNN reporter I referred to in previous post:

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/286130.php

Eva Ng to speak on radio and at local Temple TODAY

Wat Munisotaram
Celebrate the New Year with Cambodian Bhuddists
and Eva Ng, candidate for Mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota
Meet Eva's supporters!
All day Khmer New Year Saturday 18 2009 7-1030pm
2925 220 St East
Hampton MN 55031
651-463-3101
http://templephoto.wattmunisota.org/
Map:

Also listen for Eva today on http://www.am1280thepatriot.com/
The host Mitch Berg's blog:
http://www.shotinthedark.info/

Eva is one busy lady!
Incidently a few corrections - Ng (pronounced "Ing" ) is always a Chinese name - names that start with Ng are usually Vietnamese.
Eva's career includes many specific achievements including negotiation of a storm sewer use permit.
Eva created and developed a pioneering, if not the first, Salesforce Automation system for what was then Texaco around 1988.
Eva's claim to fame is that she was the key catalyst in the development of UPS's Optical Character Recognition (OCR) system. Working with the IT Department at Texaco she requested and tested the system for the Grid laptops used in her Salesforce system. Tandy bought the product and UPS later bought it and uses it still.

Janet Napolitano resign Now!

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/04/16/napolitano-apologizes-offending-veterans-dhs-eyes-rightwing-extremism/

Janet Napolitano should resign as the head of Homeland Security.
She clearly has no understanding of tea party protesters or right wingers.
CNN is different. The recent incident where tea party participants were disparaged only damages their own enterprise. Neither the government enterprise such as what Janet Napolitano represents, nor the political party she belongs to, the Democrat party, are damaged by the shoddy work of bureaucratic blunder that is the Right Wing assessment.
Therefore we need to point out this failure and breakdown of function at the head office of the DHS in the same way we point out Obama's irresponsible debt accrual.
Below is Janet's pdf report converted to text.


IA-0257-09
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
(U//FOUO) Rightwing Extremism:
Current Economic and Political
Climate Fueling Resurgence in
Radicalization and Recruitment
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
(U) LAW ENFORCEMENT INFORMATION NOTICE: This product contains Law Enforcement Sensitive (LES) information. No portion of the LES information
should be released to the media, the general public, or over non-secure Internet servers. Release of this information could adversely affect or jeopardize
investigative activities.
(U) Warning: This document is UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY (U//FOUO). It contains information that may be exempt from public release under the
Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552). It is to be controlled, stored, handled, transmitted, distributed, and disposed of in accordance with DHS policy relating to
FOUO information and is not to be released to the public, the media, or other personnel who do not have a valid need-to-know without prior approval of an authorized
DHS official. State and local homeland security officials may share this document with authorized security personnel without further approval from DHS.
(U) All U.S. person information has been minimized. Should you require the minimized U.S. person information, please contact the DHS/I&A Production Branch at
IA.PM@hq.dhs.gov, IA.PM@dhs.sgov.gov, or IA.PM@dhs.ic.gov.
(U//FOUO) Rightwing Extremism: Current
Economic and Political Climate Fueling
Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment
7 April 2009
(U) Prepared by the Extremism and Radicalization Branch, Homeland Environment Threat Analysis
Division. Coordinated with the FBI.
(U) Scope
(U//FOUO) This product is one of a series of intelligence assessments published by the
Extremism and Radicalization Branch to facilitate a greater understanding of the
phenomenon of violent radicalization in the United States. The information is
provided to federal, state, local, and tribal counterterrorism and law enforcement
officials so they may effectively deter, prevent, preempt, or respond to terrorist attacks
against the United States. Federal efforts to influence domestic public opinion must be
conducted in an overt and transparent manner, clearly identifying United States
Government sponsorship.
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Page 2 of 9
(U) Key Findings
(U//LES) The DHS/Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) has no specific
information that domestic rightwing* terrorists are currently planning acts of violence,
but rightwing extremists may be gaining new recruits by playing on their fears about
several emergent issues. The economic downturn and the election of the first
African American president present unique drivers for rightwing radicalization and
recruitment.
— (U//LES) Threats from white supremacist and violent antigovernment groups
during 2009 have been largely rhetorical and have not indicated plans to carry
out violent acts. Nevertheless, the consequences of a prolonged economic
downturn—including real estate foreclosures, unemployment, and an inability
to obtain credit—could create a fertile recruiting environment for rightwing
extremists and even result in confrontations between such groups and
government authorities similar to those in the past.
— (U//LES) Rightwing extremists have capitalized on the election of the first
African American president, and are focusing their efforts to recruit new
members, mobilize existing supporters, and broaden their scope and appeal
through propaganda, but they have not yet turned to attack planning.
(U//FOUO) The current economic and political climate has some similarities to the
1990s when rightwing extremism experienced a resurgence fueled largely by an
economic recession, criticism about the outsourcing of jobs, and the perceived threat to
U.S. power and sovereignty by other foreign powers.
— (U//FOUO) During the 1990s, these issues contributed to the growth in the
number of domestic rightwing terrorist and extremist groups and an increase in
violent acts targeting government facilities, law enforcement officers, banks,
and infrastructure sectors.
— (U//FOUO) Growth of these groups subsided in reaction to increased
government scrutiny as a result of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and
disrupted plots, improvements in the economy, and the continued U.S. standing
as the preeminent world power.
(U//FOUO) The possible passage of new restrictions on firearms and the return of
military veterans facing significant challenges reintegrating into their communities
could lead to the potential emergence of terrorist groups or lone wolf extremists
capable of carrying out violent attacks.
* (U) Rightwing extremism in the United States can be broadly divided into those groups, movements, and adherents that are primarily hate-oriented (based on hatred of particular religious, racial or ethnic groups), and those that are mainly antigovernment, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely. It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration.
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Page 3 of 9
— (U//FOUO) Proposed imposition of firearms restrictions and weapons bans
likely would attract new members into the ranks of rightwing extremist groups,
as well as potentially spur some of them to begin planning and training for
violence against the government. The high volume of purchases and
stockpiling of weapons and ammunition by rightwing extremists in anticipation
of restrictions and bans in some parts of the country continue to be a primary
concern to law enforcement.
— (U//FOUO) Returning veterans possess combat skills and experience that are
attractive to rightwing extremists. DHS/I&A is concerned that rightwing
extremists will attempt to recruit and radicalize returning veterans in order to
boost their violent capabilities.
(U) Current Economic and Political Climate
(U//FOUO) DHS/I&A assesses that a number of economic and political factors are
driving a resurgence in rightwing extremist recruitment and radicalization activity.
Despite similarities to the climate of the 1990s, the threat posed by lone wolves and small
terrorist cells is more pronounced than in past years. In addition, the historical election of
an African American president and the prospect of policy changes are proving to be a
driving force for rightwing extremist recruitment and radicalization.
— (U) A recent example of the potential violence associated with a rise in rightwing
extremism may be found in the shooting deaths of three police officers in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on 4 April 2009. The alleged gunman’s reaction
reportedly was influenced by his racist ideology and belief in antigovernment
conspiracy theories related to gun confiscations, citizen detention camps, and a
Jewish-controlled “one world government.”
(U) Exploiting Economic Downturn
(U//FOUO) Rightwing extremist chatter on the Internet continues to focus on the
economy, the perceived loss of U.S. jobs in the manufacturing and construction sectors,
and home foreclosures. Anti-Semitic extremists attribute these losses to a deliberate
conspiracy conducted by a cabal of Jewish “financial elites.” These “accusatory” tactics
are employed to draw new recruits into rightwing extremist groups and further radicalize
those already subscribing to extremist beliefs. DHS/I&A assesses this trend is likely to
accelerate if the economy is perceived to worsen.
(U) Historical Presidential Election
(U//LES) Rightwing extremists are harnessing this historical election as a recruitment
tool. Many rightwing extremists are antagonistic toward the new presidential
administration and its perceived stance on a range of issues, including immigration and
citizenship, the expansion of social programs to minorities, and restrictions on firearms
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Page 4 of 9
(U//FOUO) Perceptions on Poverty and Radicalization
(U//FOUO) Scholars and experts disagree over poverty’s role in motivating violent radicalization or
terrorist activity. High unemployment, however, has the potential to lead to alienation, thus increasing
an individual’s susceptibility to extremist ideas. According to a 2007 study from the German Institute
for Economic Research, there appears to be a strong association between a parent’s unemployment
status and the formation of rightwing extremist beliefs in their children—specifically xenophobia and
antidemocratic ideals.
ownership and use. Rightwing extremists are increasingly galvanized by these concerns
and leverage them as drivers for recruitment. From the 2008 election timeframe to the
present, rightwing extremists have capitalized on related racial and political prejudices in
expanded propaganda campaigns, thereby reaching out to a wider audience of potential
sympathizers.
— (U//LES) Most statements by rightwing extremists have been rhetorical,
expressing concerns about the election of the first African American president,
but stopping short of calls for violent action. In two instances in the run-up to the
election, extremists appeared to be in the early planning stages of some
threatening activity targeting the Democratic nominee, but law enforcement
interceded.
(U) Revisiting the 1990s
(U//FOUO) Paralleling the current national climate, rightwing extremists during the
1990s exploited a variety of social issues and political themes to increase group visibility
and recruit new members. Prominent among these themes were the militia movement’s
opposition to gun control efforts, criticism of free trade agreements (particularly those
with Mexico), and highlighting perceived government infringement on civil liberties as
well as white supremacists’ longstanding exploitation of social issues such as abortion,
inter-racial crimes, and same-sex marriage. During the 1990s, these issues contributed to
the growth in the number of domestic rightwing terrorist and extremist groups and an
increase in violent acts targeting government facilities, law enforcement officers, banks,
and infrastructure sectors.
(U) Economic Hardship and Extremism
(U//FOUO) Historically, domestic rightwing extremists have feared, predicted, and
anticipated a cataclysmic economic collapse in the United States. Prominent
antigovernment conspiracy theorists have incorporated aspects of an impending
economic collapse to intensify fear and paranoia among like-minded individuals and to
attract recruits during times of economic uncertainty. Conspiracy theories involving
declarations of martial law, impending civil strife or racial conflict, suspension of the
U.S. Constitution, and the creation of citizen detention camps often incorporate aspects of
a failed economy. Antigovernment conspiracy theories and “end times” prophecies could
motivate extremist individuals and groups to stockpile food, ammunition, and weapons.
These teachings also have been linked with the radicalization of domestic extremist
individuals and groups in the past, such as violent Christian Identity organizations and
extremist members of the militia movement.
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(U) Illegal Immigration
(U//FOUO) Rightwing extremists were concerned during the 1990s with the perception
that illegal immigrants were taking away American jobs through their willingness to
work at significantly lower wages. They also opposed free trade agreements, arguing that
these arrangements resulted in Americans losing jobs to countries such as Mexico.
(U//FOUO) Over the past five years, various rightwing extremists, including militias and
white supremacists, have adopted the immigration issue as a call to action, rallying point,
and recruiting tool. Debates over appropriate immigration levels and enforcement policy
generally fall within the realm of protected political speech under the First Amendment,
but in some cases, anti-immigration or strident pro-enforcement fervor has been directed
against specific groups and has the potential to turn violent.
(U//FOUO) DHS/I&A assesses that rightwing extremist groups’ frustration over a
perceived lack of government action on illegal immigration has the potential to incite
individuals or small groups toward violence. If such violence were to occur, it likely
would be isolated, small-scale, and directed at specific immigration-related targets.
— (U//FOUO) DHS/I&A notes that prominent civil rights organizations have
observed an increase in anti-Hispanic crimes over the past five years.
— (U) In April 2007, six militia members were arrested for various weapons and
explosives violations. Open source reporting alleged that those arrested had
discussed and conducted surveillance for a machinegun attack on Hispanics.
— (U) A militia member in Wyoming was arrested in February 2007 after
communicating his plans to travel to the Mexican border to kill immigrants
crossing into the United States.
(U) Legislative and Judicial Drivers
(U//FOUO) Many rightwing extremist groups perceive recent gun control legislation as a
threat to their right to bear arms and in response have increased weapons and ammunition
stockpiling, as well as renewed participation in paramilitary training exercises. Such
activity, combined with a heightened level of extremist paranoia, has the potential to
facilitate criminal activity and violence.
— (U//FOUO) During the 1990s, rightwing extremist hostility toward government
was fueled by the implementation of restrictive gun laws—such as the Brady Law
that established a 5-day waiting period prior to purchasing a handgun and the
1994 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act that limited the sale of
various types of assault rifles—and federal law enforcement’s handling of the
confrontations at Waco, Texas and Ruby Ridge, Idaho.
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— (U//FOUO) On the current front, legislation has been proposed this year
requiring mandatory registration of all firearms in the United States. Similar
legislation was introduced in 2008 in several states proposing mandatory tagging
and registration of ammunition. It is unclear if either bill will be passed into law;
nonetheless, a correlation may exist between the potential passage of gun control
legislation and increased hoarding of ammunition, weapons stockpiling, and
paramilitary training activities among rightwing extremists.
(U//FOUO) Open source reporting of wartime ammunition shortages has likely spurred
rightwing extremists—as well as law-abiding Americans—to make bulk purchases of
ammunition. These shortages have increased the cost of ammunition, further
exacerbating rightwing extremist paranoia and leading to further stockpiling activity.
Both rightwing extremists and law-abiding citizens share a belief that rising crime rates
attributed to a slumping economy make the purchase of legitimate firearms a wise move
at this time.
(U//FOUO) Weapons rights and gun-control legislation are likely to be hotly contested
subjects of political debate in light of the 2008 Supreme Court’s decision in District of
Columbia v. Heller in which the Court reaffirmed an individual’s right to keep and bear
arms under the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, but left open to debate the
precise contours of that right. Because debates over constitutional rights are intense, and
parties on all sides have deeply held, sincere, but vastly divergent beliefs, violent
extremists may attempt to co-opt the debate and use the controversy as a radicalization
tool.
(U) Perceived Threat from Rise of Other Countries
(U//FOUO) Rightwing extremist paranoia of foreign regimes could escalate or be
magnified in the event of an economic crisis or military confrontation, harkening back to
the “New World Order” conspiracy theories of the 1990s. The dissolution of Communist
countries in Eastern Europe and the end of the Soviet Union in the 1990s led some
rightwing extremists to believe that a “New World Order” would bring about a world
government that would usurp the sovereignty of the United States and its Constitution,
thus infringing upon their liberty. The dynamics in 2009 are somewhat similar, as other
countries, including China, India, and Russia, as well as some smaller, oil-producing
states, are experiencing a rise in economic power and influence.
— (U//FOUO) Fear of Communist regimes and related conspiracy theories
characterizing the U.S. Government’s role as either complicit in a foreign
invasion or acquiescing as part of a “One World Government” plan inspired
extremist members of the militia movement to target government and military
facilities in past years.
— (U//FOUO) Law enforcement in 1996 arrested three rightwing militia members
in Battle Creek, Michigan with pipe bombs, automatic weapons, and military
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(U//FOUO) Lone Wolves and Small Terrorist Cells
(U//FOUO) DHS/I&A assesses that lone wolves and small terrorist cells embracing violent rightwing
extremist ideology are the most dangerous domestic terrorism threat in the United States. Information
from law enforcement and nongovernmental organizations indicates lone wolves and small terrorist
cells have shown intent—and, in some cases, the capability—to commit violent acts.
— (U//LES) DHS/I&A has concluded that white supremacist lone wolves pose the most
significant domestic terrorist threat because of their low profile and autonomy—separate from
any formalized group—which hampers warning efforts.
— (U//FOUO) Similarly, recent state and municipal law enforcement reporting has warned of the
dangers of rightwing extremists embracing the tactics of “leaderless resistance” and of lone
wolves carrying out acts of violence.
— (U//FOUO) Arrests in the past several years of radical militia members in Alabama, Arkansas,
and Pennsylvania on firearms, explosives, and other related violations indicates the emergence
of small, well-armed extremist groups in some rural areas.
ordnance that they planned to use in attacks on nearby military and federal
facilities and infrastructure targets.
— (U//FOUO) Rightwing extremist views bemoan the decline of U.S. stature and
have recently focused on themes such as the loss of U.S. manufacturing capability
to China and India, Russia’s control of energy resources and use of these to
pressure other countries, and China’s investment in U.S. real estate and
corporations as a part of subversion strategy.
(U) Disgruntled Military Veterans
(U//FOUO) DHS/I&A assesses that rightwing extremists will attempt to recruit and
radicalize returning veterans in order to exploit their skills and knowledge derived from
military training and combat. These skills and knowledge have the potential to boost the
capabilities of extremists—including lone wolves or small terrorist cells—to carry out
violence. The willingness of a small percentage of military personnel to join extremist
groups during the 1990s because they were disgruntled, disillusioned, or suffering from
the psychological effects of war is being replicated today.
— (U) After Operation Desert Shield/Storm in 1990-1991, some returning military
veterans—including Timothy McVeigh—joined or associated with rightwing
extremist groups.
— (U) A prominent civil rights organization reported in 2006 that “large numbers
of potentially violent neo-Nazis, skinheads, and other white supremacists are now
learning the art of warfare in the [U.S.] armed forces.”
— (U//LES) The FBI noted in a 2008 report on the white supremacist movement
that some returning military veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have
joined extremist groups.
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(U) Outlook
(U//FOUO) DHS/I&A assesses that the combination of environmental factors that echo
the 1990s, including heightened interest in legislation for tighter firearms restrictions and
returning military veterans, as well as several new trends, including an uncertain
economy and a perceived rising influence of other countries, may be invigorating
rightwing extremist activity, specifically the white supremacist and militia movements.
To the extent that these factors persist, rightwing extremism is likely to grow in strength.
(U//FOUO) Unlike the earlier period, the advent of the Internet and other informationage
technologies since the 1990s has given domestic extremists greater access to
information related to bomb-making, weapons training, and tactics, as well as targeting of
individuals, organizations, and facilities, potentially making extremist individuals and
groups more dangerous and the consequences of their violence more severe. New
technologies also permit domestic extremists to send and receive encrypted
communications and to network with other extremists throughout the country and abroad,
making it much more difficult for law enforcement to deter, prevent, or preempt a violent
extremist attack.
(U//FOUO) A number of law enforcement actions and external factors were effective in
limiting the militia movement during the 1990s and could be utilized in today’s climate.
— (U//FOUO) Following the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah federal
building in Oklahoma City, the militia movement declined in total membership
and in the number of organized groups because many members distanced
themselves from the movement as a result of the intense scrutiny militias received
after the bombing.
— (U//FOUO) Militia membership continued to decline after the turn of the
millennium as a result of law enforcement disruptions of multiple terrorist plots
linked to violent rightwing extremists, new legislation banning paramilitary
training, and militia frustration that the “revolution” never materialized.
— (U//FOUO) Although the U.S. economy experienced a significant recovery and
many perceived a concomitant rise in U.S. standing in the world, white
supremacist groups continued to experience slight growth.
(U//FOUO) DHS/I&A will be working with its state and local partners over the next
several months to ascertain with greater regional specificity the rise in rightwing
extremist activity in the United States, with a particular emphasis on the political,
economic, and social factors that drive rightwing extremist radicalization.
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(U) Reporting Notice:
(U) DHS encourages recipients of this document to report information concerning suspicious or criminal
activity to DHS and the FBI. The DHS National Operations Center (NOC) can be reached by telephone at
202-282-9685 or by e-mail at NOC.Fusion@dhs.gov. For information affecting the private sector and
critical infrastructure, contact the National Infrastructure Coordinating Center (NICC), a sub-element of the
NOC. The NICC can be reached by telephone at 202-282-9201 or by e-mail at NICC@dhs.gov. The FBI
regional phone numbers can be found online at http://www.fbi.gov/contact/fo/fo.htm. When available,
each report submitted should include the date, time, location, type of activity, number of people and type of
equipment used for the activity, the name of the submitting company or organization, and a designated
point of contact.
(U) For comments or questions related to the content or dissemination of this document, please contact the
DHS/I&A Production Branch at IA.PM@hq.dhs.gov, IA.PM@dhs.sgov.gov, or IA.PM@dhs.ic.gov.
(U) Tracked by: CRIM-040300-01-05, CRIM-040400-01-05, TERR-010000-01-05

Civil Rights concerns:

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/04/023345.php

Update 4/18/09:

http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/17/dhs-ignored-civil-liberties-lawyers-warnings-on-report/

http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/76837/


Here is my Facebook.com conversation:

anon at 7:02pm April 16
my parents fit this same profile...makes me giggle because my dad is on oxygen and my mother is very "english"

Jamie Delton at 8:04pm April 16
The DHS/Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) has no specific
information that domestic rightwing* terrorists are currently planning acts of violence,
but rightwing extremists may be gaining new recruits by playing on their fears about
several emergent issues. The economic downturn and the election of the first
African American president present unique drivers for rightwing radicalization and... Read More
recruitment."
The first paragraph says it all. The author has absolutely nothing solid to back up the assessments and then speculates on how "domestic rightwing terrorists" (Who?) might recruit.

Jamie Delton at 8:04pm April 16
The * clarifies: "Rightwing extremism in the United States can be broadly divided into those groups, movements, and adherents that are primarily hate-oriented (based on hatred of particular religious, racial or ethnic groups), and those that are mainly antigovernment, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting ... Read Moregovernment authority entirely. It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration."

Jamie Delton at 8:18pm April 16
It is a shame they are targeting politcal people at all. We are not gullible or vulnerable to terrorist rhetoric. We clearly oppose terror in all forms. The lefty report did include actual terrorist organizations, unlike the rightwing report. There are so many unsolved terrorist efforts - the smiley face disappearences for example. Why focus on - of all people - veterans who risked death and whose colleagues died to preserve the federal government

and all it stands for, which includes the DHS?
James Damasco at 8:18pm April 16
technically, isn't your husband "concerned about illegal immigration, abortion, increasing federal power and restrictions on firearms"? OK, he's not a right-wing extremist... but let's not get too technical here.

Jamie Delton

at 8:30pm April 16
After today's show talking about Texas governor Perry's evocation of secessionist sentiment and how states' rights are meaningless if they don't include the right to secede, Jason Lewis probably got himself on Napolitano's list of rightwingers.

Jamie Delton at 8:37pm April 16
Napolitano should resign

anon at 12:17am April 17
I totally agree. It's funny how politicians support free speech until it's speech that they don't want to hear...Democracy does not work unless all voices are heard. That's why I support the ACLU.
anon at 7:30am

April 17
I bet the ACLU won't say a single thing when the government tries to resurrect the Fairness Doctrine...

Tax Rally/ Tea Party pics - 3

Tax Rally/ Tea Party pics - 2

Tax Rally/ Tea Party pics

2009 Tax Rally #1 (not the Jason Lewis Rally)

Update: Don't miss the Jason Lewis Tax Cut Rally at http://www.taxcutrally.com/

May 2 2009 11:00 AM - 4PM Capitol Steps. Givem' Heck!

St. Paul Minnesota Capitol City Tea Party.

Estimated attendence 2500-10000.

No violence; Great signage!

Note the numerous flourescent shirts with Tea Party on the back. They were the organizers.

Rachel Maddow mocks Tea Parties; calls tax protesters "tea baggers"

Wading into a Rachel Maddow video clip I came across this:

"... Get it? TEA Taxed enough Already ... The outrage our taxes are outrageous. We will evoke the spirit of the American colonists who seceded - who seceded from the tyrannical government that taxed them so unjustly these Obama tax policies are just unconscionable - You know what Obama's done to taxes in the less than 3 months he has been in office? he has he has ... passed the biggest middle class tax cut in american history. These protests are organized around the principle of taxed enough already and theyre protesting now? Right after taxes just got cut for everyone making less that $250,000 a year?"
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/11/video-msnbc-devotes-13-minutes-to-teabagging-puns/

Does she realize during the campaign the $250K figure originally claimed was gradually modified by Obama and Biden to $133K?
Is she confusing this "tax cut" with Obama's deception of quadrupling the deficit and then saying he is cutting the (quadrupled) deficit in half? Does she not realize tax payers will be forced to pay the needless debt being incurred now by the democrats in the budget and stimulus bills through the ultimate tax authority of the federal government and the Federal Reserve's inflated printed money, which is the same as a tax? When does a Democrat stop cheerleading taxes and begin to turn their attention to responsible government?

Eva Ng Fundraising Event Today Saturday April 11 2009 in Crystal

Eva Ng (pronunciation: you say it "ing") will be speaking at the Cambodian Church Of The Nazarene in Crystal at a fundraiser for her St. Paul Minnesota mayoral effort to unseat Chris Coleman. Eva is a conservative businesswoman who was recently endorsed by the St. Paul Republicans City Committee at the City Convention April 4 at 710 Olive St. in St. Paul, part of the Minnesota GOP party. There was a dramatic struggle against another qualified Mayoral candidate, St. Paul educator John Krenik, who decided to serve St. Paul as an embarrassingly over-qualified St. Paul School Board candidate running against 3 of the 7 School Board members whose terms expire: John Brodrick, Director, Elona Street-Stewart, Vice-Chair, and Tom Goldstein, Treasurer (http://boe.spps.org/).

The event for Eva is at 5PM TODAY:
5 PM Fundraiser
6 PM Banquet

6421 45th Ave. N.
Crystal MN 55428
Phone 763-537-7878
Fax 763-537-6008

Pastor: Rev. Sokurt & Sengly Suos
e-mail: Cambnaz@hotmail.com

http://www.mnnazarene.org/churchdirectory/churchesMpls.html

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=6421+45th+Ave+N+Crystal,+MN+55428

Admission is free but a minimum donation is suggested. Thank you!

$4.32 BILLION IN SAVINGS seen in Minnesota Health and Human Services

$4.32 BILLION IN SAVINGS seen in Minnesota Health and Human Services by http://minnesotabudgetsolutions.com/


Dan McGrath hits a home run:

http://minnesotabudgetsolutions.com/?p=523


Health and Human Services
$4.32 BILLION IN SAVINGS
The two largest areas of spending in this department are in health care services and long term care. Health care spending grows at 8% each year (Kaiser Foundation) and the graying of the population portends an increase in the rate of growth for long-term care. Additionally, welfare encourages a culture of dependency that does not assist people to improve their lives.
People's lives are changed through relationships, not handouts, and charitable organizations can change habits and hearts in a way that government is not able. The ideas for savings return the responsibility for care and compassion to the individual, whether in one’s health, the care of family members, or the civic obligation to each other.
• Provide Health Insurance Subsidies, not Health Care Services and Payments. The
average single premium in 2006 was $3,981 (Kaiser Foundation); this demonstration
would provide a $6,000 subsidy to each client on the four medical assistance programs
(to be combined for efficiencies). This idea has the potential to cover all currently
uninsured Minnesotans, as the subsidy could be adjusted to income. Additionally, the
Legislature would need to remove the restriction for purchasing health insurance only
within Minnesota: $2.85 billion
• Eliminate certain state assistance programs and replace them with a 10% tax credit for donations to Minnesota charities (see appendix): $578.4 million
• Reform the Social Security Title IV-D program so child support services are paid only to parents who qualify for public assistance: $258.3 million
• Eliminate intrusive and ineffective home visiting and mental health screening programs:
$30.2 million
• Merge three Child Care assistance programs into one for efficiencies: $21.3 million
• Eliminate Family, Friend and Neighbor Grants - This program puts the state in charge of monitoring and directing childcare by relatives. $743,000
• Eliminate Early Childhood Professional Development - $496,000
• Eliminate Home Visiting Programs - $7,785,000
• Hold MFIP/DWP grants to 2008-2009 funding levels: $58.3 million

K – 12 Education
$1.16 BILLION IN SAVINGS
Weighing in at nearly $14 billion, K-12 education is the state’s largest single area of spending, making up about 40% of the general fund budget. Current state-funded education programs include many redundancies, and some exhibit questionable effectiveness or necessity.
• Eliminate Compensatory Aid - This program does not take any academic measurement
into account when prioritizing funding. The program also favors urban school districts over other school districts when using poverty measurements: $346 million
• Eliminate Integration Revenue - The Integration Revenue program, a component of the
K-12 education funding formula, is supposed to provide money to certain school districts for integration-related activities: $132 million
• School Districts Share Administrative Staff - By consolidating Superintendents alone so that there is one for every 10,000 students, you reduce 260 positions at a salary savings of roughly $100,000 per year, per position. Reducing overall administrative costs by 10% would save state money: $140 million
• Early Graduation Incentives - If an estimated 1000 students used the proposed program which would pay students to graduate early, the state would save an estimated $2600 per student per year: $5.2 million
• Eliminate Kindergarten Readiness Assessment and Intervention Program - This program
uses vague, subjective criteria based on the highly questionable assessment, The Early Childhood Indicators of Progress that asserts 50% of Kindergarten-age children are not ready to start Kindergarten: $574,000
• Eliminate Preschool Screening - This program is redundant. Preschool screening could be transferred to health care providers as part of school physicals and Medicaid already does this screening as part of EPSDT. $6,576,000
• Eliminate Educate Parents Partnership - This program amounts to the state telling parents how to raise their children: $100,000
• Eliminate ECFE (Early Childhood Family Education) - ECFE offers classes such as
“adventures in parenting,” and “terrible twos” for parents of children aged 2-5 years.
According to the legislative auditor, the program shows no evidence of developmental
gain. $51,850,000
• Eliminate Early Childhood Literacy - This program was established in 2007 and there is still no data on its effectiveness: $3 million
• Eliminate After School Community Learning Grants - This program was established in
2007 and can be eliminated without any noticeable impact: $5,233,000
• Eliminate International Baccalaureate Program - IB is a needless duplication of services offered by the more effective, efficient and locally controlled Advanced Placement and Concurrent Enrollment programs. $2,250,000
• Repeal the public school staff development mandate: $175 million
• Two-year compensation freeze for public school employees: $300 million

Higher Education
$146 MILLION IN SAVINGS
• Reduce the number of MNSCU campuses – With such an overlap of Minnesota State
College Campuses, the cost of maintaining all the campuses is not financially feasible in tough economic times. By closing campuses that have very low enrollments, the state saves money while prioritizing the role of nearby regional technical colleges: $11 million
• Freeze U of M employee pay increases for two years (via reduction of U of M’s “General Compensation” appropriation request): $95 million
• 10% pay reduction for higher education staff with salaries of $100,000 or more: $40
million


Later he examines land owned by the Iron Range Resources Board and state owned Giant's Ridge, the sacred cow of the iron range which has possibly become a sort of proxy in the minds of many elderly rangers for all the wonderful potential they always knew socialism held.

Giants Ridge – 1,000 acre state-owned golf and ski resort – Extrapolating from recent adjacent property sales, selling this property to private interests could bring $60 million, plus property tax collections of approximately $762,000 per year.

District Councils (community service and property related decision making) in St. Paul

Dear Minnesota Metro Dweller,

Find your small precinct (the city precinct is the true Basic Political Organizational Unit although the term BPOU is bandied about widely):

http://pf.mngop.com/

Find your district on the District Map:

http://mn-stpaul.civicplus.com/DocumentView.asp?DID=2822

Then go to your District Website:

http://stpaul.gov/index.asp?nid=1180

Index View of city website:

http://stpaul.gov/sitemap.asp

Ward Maps:
http://www.co.ramsey.mn.us/elections/maps.htm

Elections as early as tomorrow for District 6!

You can do it!

See also http://stpaulrepublicans.org/ for odd-year February caucus activities and social events at O'Gara's and other locations.

Support Tom and Richard for school board:

http://www.tomconlon.org/

http://eastonforschools.com/

Don't forget Eva for Mayor:

http://evaformayor.com/

Please give generously!

Eagle's Nest speculates on the identity of the rumored candidate for MN GOP Chair:

http://joerepya.typepad.com/eaglesnest/2009/04/breaking-news-dave-thompson-to-enter-mn-gop-chair-race.html

Why get involved? Well if trillion dollar tax payer debt is not persuasive, consider these items:

Ax Murderer endorsed by Hamas, which is seen by some liberals as a grass roots community organization:
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/33252_Palestinian_Terrorist_Attacks_Two_Children_with_Axe

17 year old Afghanistan Girl is whipped in the open day by a Taliban inspired relative and two others on a neighbor's suspicions of an illicit relationship with a married man. My feeling is not that the US should be moved to involve our soldiers in Afghanistan; this is a cautionary tale to inspire us domestically to get involved and help curtail the worst of our growing government.
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/33264_Taliban_Flog_Teenage_Girl_in_Public


What socialist pipe dreamer wrote these bills?
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/revisor/pages/search_status/status_detail.php?b=House&f=HF875&ssn=0&y=2009

Hortman ; Newton ; Dittrich ; Ward ; Knuth

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S0510.0.html&session=ls86

Marty ; Dibble ; Pappas ; Robling ; Moua

Answer: All of them! And they're all Democrats! Businesses, stop supporting liberal policies which lead to this socialist micromanagement and government selection of winners in industry. Stop supporting liberal policy which callously confiscates tax payer money to cover neglect of government enterprise largess.
MN Legislators have 5 weeks to a) propose meaningful reform or b) continue tax and spend routines they know so well while borrowing yet more to pay for Minnesota's UNPRECEDENTED $4B deficit as one Republican suggested would happen weeks ago in private.

Become involved!

Eva Fever taking hold in St. Paul MN Mayoral Race

Eva Ng is St. Paul Proud!

http://evaformayor.com/

Eva Ng seeks Republican endorsement tomorrow at the Carpenter's Union for next fall's mayoral election against Democrat property tax hiker Chris Coleman.

A Republican vetting official reports (includes unattributed edits):

Eva Ng was born in Hong Kong and her family moved to Texas when she was 10 years old. She has six sisters and was a Chemical Engineering Major at Texas A&M. Due to the economic issues of the 1980's she worked as a taste tester for a while after college. She taught herself DOS and Local Area Network Connections and was hired by Chevron to first install their LAN network. Eventually, they learned that she was a Chemical Engineer and they hired her to complete other tasks for their company. She was assigned to build a Product Demo in a sales capacity, has restructured plants and standardized training. She has continued to be hired by other businesses to restructure and save those businesses. For almost every 2 Million to 20 Million business that she works with, she has to turn them around in a month because they will be broke after that. Eva says that in her life everytime she's needed she has stepped up to the plate to learn and attack those problems. Her personal claim to fame is that she negotiated a contract with the EPA which had not been tried by any of the lawyers for five years.

Eva's motto is, "St. Paul Proud". She is pro-police and pro-fire and she doesn't want to leave any rock unturned in regards to solving urban crime and children issues. She wants to have a $5,000 prize each year for the parent of the year to make those parents a blatant example of success and encourage others to follow in their steps. Eva wants to pull the City Council towards conservatism and pullback on city regulations that impede businesses and families from thriving in our city. Eva believes she has the skills to defend the honor of the GOP.

There are no issues on the party platform that Eva disagrees with. She qualifies herself as a Center-Right conservative. She is prolife but recognises that most issues are not just black and white. She wants to fill downtown vacancies and lobby the state to bring in more infrastructure to the city. Furthermore, Eva will not cut essential services. She believes the role of local government is to serve and not be served. Eva is against the current light rail initiative.

The footage above is from Eva's Announcement of candidacy April 3 2009 at the JJ Hill House near the St. Paul Cathedral in St. Paul Minnesota. Let's send in Eva to turn things around and encourage business in St. Paul.

Ironically Jan Eller-Isaacs at the Holly Ave Unitarian Church sermonized last Sunday the worse of the 7 deadly sins was not sloth or lust. It was pride! Pride that prevents us from welcoming conservatism. And no, I am not twisting her words - that was in fact, exactly what she meant, according to an after-thoughts group consensus - complete with the political reference. Eva Ng represents such a conservative viewpoint!

http://looktruenorth.com/component/content/article/80-mayor/7609-eva-ng-to-announce-candidacy-for-saint-paul-mayor.html

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Eva-Ng/76934773297?v=wall&viewas=793198249

http://evaformayor.com/

Update: Mitch Berg provides additional info including pronunciation:

http://looktruenorth.com/component/content/article/80-mayor/7619-what-i-did-this-evening.html

Although I missed the 4/4/09 Saturday show and Eva was at the St. Paul Republicans City Committee convention getting endorsed, Eva seems intent on "appearing" on Mitch's show regulary.

Details here:

http://www.shotinthedark.info/wp/?p=4521

The Directory

The new Directory shipped yesterday and I luckily visited my neighbor and purchased a fresh copy pictured below.
Sarah Janecek of http://www.politicsinminnesota.com/ once described this book as her life effort. It is full of facts, bios, committee info, lobbyists, and breakdowns of data. It has complete details on all members of the MN House, Senate, Constitutional offices. It has details on MN agencies, departments, and the MN US congressional members.
Dolan Media purchased PIM. Dolan also owns St. Paul Legal Ledger and almost every other legal
notification organization locally.