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Better Things To Do?

Over the course of the past 3 months local photographer Jerry Long has endeavored to contact Representative Betsey Markey (D) and Senator Bennett (D) regarding illegal immigration issues.  He has been completely rebuffed or ignored.

In November Long provided a CD of a powerpoint presentation to Bennett's staffer, showing the existing laws that the Federal government was not enforcing.  Then in December he followed up with a question.  "Has the presentation been viewed by Senator Bennett?"  Her answer?  "No, he has not."  When questioned further, Bennett's staffer responded, "He has more important things to do, like work on health care in Washington, than to watch your powerpoint."

According to the U.S. Constitution providing for border security is one of the few things the Federal government is supposed to provide.  Health care isn't even on the list.  However, Bennett, Markey, Udall and others are completely ignoring their Constitutional duties, to do whatever they want.  Illegals take American jobs.  We pay for their schooling, and are well aware of their gang activities.  Last year Colorado spent $33 million to incarcerate convicted illegals in our prisons.  But Bennett has more important things to do?

Now dead dog Markey and the House of Representatives are proposing amnesty for the lawbreakers. They do not listen!  Go to their meetings.  Remember their crimes against our nation.  Understand that they want to tax you, steal your freedoms, and give the rights of citizens to illegal aliens.  And vote them out.  The efforts of local patriots such as Jerry Long will pay off at the ballot box.  Let's remind them of the fact that their "better things to do," begins and ends with upholding the U.S. Constitution for a change.

I'm Thankful

As I write this today more bad guys are off the streets here in Northern Colorado, thanks to the good work of local law enforcement.  I'm thankful for their tireless work on our behalf.  But I'm also thankful for a good number of other things.

• I'm thankful I live in America and have the freedoms we recognize here.  Our forefathers created some incredible checks and balances, and we need to recognize them and live holding our own government and the other nations who want to infringe on these rights in check.
• I'm thankful for the freedom to worship Almighty God.  This day was created specifically as a national celebration for that purpose.  And it was the Judeo-Christian God, not Allah.  Deal with it.
• I'm thankful that my friends are like-minded, solid people who want to see America be great.  I will be eating and having a great time with some of them today.  To those of you who are out there, you know who you are.  Don't quit standing for America.  Eat up, load up, stand up, and let's roll.
• I'm thankful that I will be free to carry my firearm today, and use it to target practice, shoot skeet, and keep my skills intact for any perpetrator that comes along to try to harm myself, my family or our freedoms.  If the government wants our weapons, our answer is simple.  No.
  
• I'm thankful that Obama is a one-term presidential impostor.  He and his cronies down to Gov. Ritter and other liberals are being exposed for what they are.
• I'm thankful that conservatives are starting to stand up and get involved again.  Groups like the health-care protestors, the 9.12 groups and others are making a difference.  People like Buck, Reese, Finn and others are getting elected, and we will be better for it.
  
• I'm thankful the so-called "fairness doctrine" isn't in place, and I can still write this column.  In other nations, this might be called "hate speech."  Obama's goons want that for America instead of pure freedom.  Long live the Constitution and the freedoms it recognizes.
• I'm thankful for Greeley Report.  At last conservatives have an outlet and a way to combat the lies of the Lib Trib and other garbage.  They have been biased liars for years.  Now they have to report fairly, or they will get their butts kicked.  (They still get kicked frequently because they just don't get it.)
• Finally, I'm thankful for Northern Colorado.  The independent, tough-minded skin masks the biggest hearts you have ever seen.  This is a great place to live and we have amazing friends, neighbors and allies.  Let's stand together to keep it that way.  God bless America.

One Sided Forum

The League of Women Voters held a forum on illegal immigration Thursday night, and it was as one-sided as their political views.  Forum members consisted of three Hispanic, left-leaning members, who were all supporting the allowance of more illegals into the country with merely a slap on the wrist.  Not one of them wanted to enforce the current laws on the books.

Absent from the debate were panelists such as law enforcement personnel who deal with crimes illegals commit on a daily basis.  Also absent were victims of identity theft (because every illegal alien is a lawbreaker and a thief), whites and other races.  If this forum had been represented by whites only, it would been labeled as racist.  We have been told that the Immigration issues are not merely a Hispanic issue.  However, that was the only representation on the panel, which leads us to believe otherwise.  The bias in the room was clearly evident.

Forums and panels such as these are used by the league of wimpy vipers to attempt to sway public opinion.  Religious groups often weigh in with the "we are all God's children debate," and one of the frequent comments you will hear is the fact that our nation is comprised of immigrants.  While this is true, we are still a nation of laws.  We cannot let everyone who wants a better life to simply migrate here, nor can we continue to let our borders remain a sieve for crime, drugs and lawless people from many nations.  Those who migrate here must commit to obey laws, obtain proper paperwork (so that a U.S. citizen will not suffer through the illegal theft of his or her identity), and support and uphold the Constitution.  As for those who are already here, we should send them home.  Americans need the jobs, and we can rely on the actions of three U.S. Presidents before us.  It worked before; it can work now.

Thanks, Mayor Ed

Yesterday Tom Norton was sworn in as the new Greeley Mayor, replacing Ed Clark after a two year term.  Thanks Mayor Ed, for two years of solid governing.  You knew you couldn't do everything, but you did some things well.  First, you were not a two-faced politician.  You said what you meant, and meant what you said.  (That particularly irritated the Lib Trib, who obviously believes otherwise.)  You reined in crime in the area.  You protected schools.  Literally.  You worked with everyone diligently, and tried your best to govern in tough economic times without raising taxes or spending.  We commend you for your hard work on our behalf.

Tom-Tom Norton has big shoes to fill.  If he wants to import some of his wife Kay's ways, he will be a lousy mayor.  She wants illegals to have amnesty and in-state tuition, at taxpayer expense.  She supports tax increases to pay for her university, at taxpayer expense.  If this is the family mindset (and based on Norton's past voting record, it is), Greeley could be in for a rough ride.  Clark left the city solvent, stable, and with illegals and thugs backpedaling at the very least.  Let's see if Norton can maintain the momentum he inherited.  If not, he will be nothing more than another pantywaist Tom, banging the drum of liberality while pretending to be a conservative.  Be sure to attend city council meetings and watch his actions closely.  He has cozied up to UNC, District 6 and others, and may have to recuse himself from various actions the city needs to take based on conflicts of interest.  Let's see if he is a mayor of integrity or simply a power-hungry man.

Gangs, Illegals, Mismanagement And Schools

According to supporters of 3A, if you love children you will spend $16 million dollars more per year on their education.  If you don't, you are a hater.  Shame on you.  Today Sam will give you a few ideas of his own that will help our teachers, schools and community.  None of these are discussed in the Lib Trib, of course.  Every candidate they have supported is with Tom-Tom Norton and the pro-3A bunch.  So much for unbiased media at the local level.

Here are some recommendations from Sam:

• First, every child that attends school should provide evidence that they are in the U.S. legally.  Have this proof shown before a child is admitted to school.  If a child or family cannot provide that documentation, contact ICE.  We don't need to pay higher taxes so that an illegal thief can be supported free of charge.
  
• Second, put the word out.  "Involved with a gang?  Your door goes bang."  Get them out of schools, instead of forcing schools to "cater" to them.  Did you know that John Evans middle school had to change their color scheme to a neutral color because their old colors involved red and blue?  Sam is sick of seeing law-abiding citizens being forced to cater to gang-types.  He thinks red, white and blue are still good colors.
  
• Third, slash any salary over $100,000 to that level.  We can employ a state senator for less.  Increase their salaries only by the percentage test scores rise each year.
  
• Fourth, fire non-performing teachers.  They are in the system and give the good ones a bad name.
  
• Fifth, involve parents at every level of district 6.  Every committee from security to curriculum.
  
• Sixth, eliminate the hidden plunder in District 6.  Two lifts, a large tow truck (how much did that cost?) and other toys.
  
• Seventh, use the local bus system.  Thanks to Ed Phillipsen for this idea.
  
• Eighth, challenge the feds and the state.  Every program they enact must come with matching funds.  Unfunded programs will not be implemented.
  
• Ninth, share.  Across school boundaries, equipment, bus rides, etc.  There is too much territorial disputing and not enough cooperation in District 6.
• Tenth, take a hard look at the charter schools.  They do better even though they have less money, very similar demographics, and pay for their own buildings.  District 6 hates it when Sam brings it up and tries to play the demographic card every time.  It is not true.  Take a long, hard look at what works, and copy it elsewhere.

Sam is just getting warmed up.  He thinks Greeley and District 6 can be great, but not if we throw more money at the situation.  Lang, Tom-Tom Norton and the big-money people in town are trying to tell us that more money out of our wallets is a better thing.  What is wrong with this picture?  Can you say slavery?  No wonder they are rich and you are not.

Consider These Statistics

Do you think our health care system is bad?  Do you think the U.S.A. needs universal health care like other "model countries?"  Well consider this.

• Fifty percent (50%) of Japanese hospitals are running a deficit and in debt.
• A dog can get a hip in Canada in 1 week.  Humans have to wait 2-3 years.
• The average wait for a Canadian primary physician is 17.3 weeks.
• German medical doctors are protesting in the streets, needing higher pay.
• Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister of Italy had his pace maker put in at the Cleveland Clinic in the U.S.
• Saudi Princes rent suites at the Cleveland Clinic to receive their medical care.
• Cuba reuses needles.  And....they are out of toilet paper.
• The British come to the U.S. if they can afford it, because their universal service is so bad.
• The same thing happens in Sweden and the Netherlands.

So, which universal service would you like to pattern our coverage after?

Why Carry A Gun?

Sam found this link to a Grand Junction Sentinel article.  (Click to read here.)  In it a man violated a restraining order several times, assaulted a woman, was drunk and carrying an illegal firearm.  He is dead now, which is good.  However, it illustrates a point.  Sam believes in law-abiding citizens right to keep and bear arms.  Period.  No concealed carry permit except the second amendment (as Ted Nugent says).  No signing up with the police.  No piece of paper.  Just a gun, ammo, and a willingness to defend yourself, your family or your business.  Police do a fine job, but they usually show up after the crime has been perpetrated.  Sam carries a gun because a police officer is slower, heavier, and tougher to carry.  (That was a joke for all you liberals, out there.)  Purchase a firearm or two and some ammo.  Get trained.  Get real.  It is a dangerous world and we have the right to protect ourselves.

Whose Fault Is It?

Sam Hill has been wondering about the state of affairs around Northern Colorado and the nation.  And he's been asking a few questions that need to be answered.

• If the government (state, local or federal) is spending all of this money, who voted these idiots into office?
• If the Federal Reserve is charging us interest to run government business that should be run at zero percent interest, aren't they the largest part of our economic problem?
• When somebody tells you that you should be tolerant, aren't they being intolerant of you?
• Why are we paying failing schools more money to teach our children multicultural crap and bilingual studies?  By the time they graduate they can't do as well in college as home schoolers who are trained by so-called "amateurs."  (This falls under the "who's the dummy now" category.)
• Why do government fees never come down?
• Why do people rely on churches, synagogues and temples to be charitable and give them handouts, yet they seldom attend or support them financially?
• Why do liberals hate guns, conservatives, facts and history, when they are supposed to be broad-minded and tolerant?  Could it be they are actually bigots, racists, and narrow-minded haters of mankind?
• Why do Americans hate history, when it actually points us to a time when our country worked well?  We could return to those values and ways of living, if we really wanted to be free, independent and successful.
• Why do we need to imitate the rest of the world?  They are failing.

We're Fine. Really.

Well, well.  Greeley just lost a dumpster full of revenue mostly through sales tax and property tax declines.  But not one job was cut.  True, it's being proposed that they don't give salary increases for awhile, but beyond that it's business as usual for the city folk.  Look for permit fees, traffic tickets, and the basic costs for city services to increase this year as well.  But no cutting back.  No sir!

So, what's wrong with this picture?  Could it be that the entitlement mentality is alive in Greeley?  Could it be that we see government at the local level as the benevolent caretaker?  Probably so.  But sooner or later the government is going to have to make some hard choices at the city level.  Foreclosures are in danger of going through the roof again this Summer.  And commercial real estate is struggling, too.  Then you have the ghost town of the Greeley Mall, and other vacancies throughout the city that are paying zero sales tax revenue.  It paints a bleak picture for the coming months.

This is why Sam Hill thinks tax and spend Tom Norton is a poor choice for Greeley Mayor.  Greeley needs to be cutting, saving, eliminating government stupidity and not adding to it.  Greeley needs a frugal business leader who will say no to that new copy machine, and keep the old one running.  Someone who will cut jobs and services if necessary, so that Greeley will exist 20 years from now.  If not, we will be a safe haven for gangs and illegals who suck services dry, while we run good people and businesses out of town.  If you don't think local elections matter, think again.  Greeley, you have some challenges and it's time for you to face them head-on.

Trib Moralizes Again

After telling Senator Renfroe and Mayor Ed that they overstepped their bounds on various issues, the Lib Trib has done it again.  It has editorialized itself into moral territory by telling the Obamunists that they need to address illegal immigration.  They say "it's time."

Sam Hill's question is "why now?"  And why because of the Tribby-poo?  Did mental Mike get a fresh revelation?  Is Zeke dead?  How about the long-distance editor in chief?  Is he feeling particularly moral these days?  Or is it because the lib Trib wants a lib answer while the Obamunists are in power?  That's most like the answer.  You will notice they didn't particularly like conservatives answers when Bush was in power.

Sam Hill has a solution that won't demand one, single new law.  Enforce the laws we have!  Send them back!  Run them out!  Guard the borders.  Support U.S. Sovereignty.  Now there's a novel concept.  We could do it, too.  But of course the Trib wouldn't like it because it wasn't their moral idea.

Gun Free Zones....Aren't

What do Columbine High School, Springfield High School and Virginia Tech have in common?  First, they are all schools.  Second, they are all crime scenes where horrible attacks were committed.  Third, they are all gun-free zones, supposedly protected by laws and police.  However, we all know by now that the laws enacted did not stop the people who wanted to break them; they merely disobeyed and slaughtered innocent people around them.  Police respond to crimes; they do not stop them.  They are the "thin blue line," that finds themselves at a crime scene more frequently than at the beginning point of a crime.  More police are not the answer, nor are gun-free zones.

You see, gun free zones are not really gun-free.  Criminals share one common trait.  They are all law-breakers, not law-keepers.  They disrespect human life, rules, and the good of man.  However, they respect one thing, and one thing alone.  It is the use of deadly force.

Many shooters are by nature cowardly.  A threat of force used against them will keep them at bay.  However, many thumb-sucking liberals want to stop criminals by (get this) making more rules for them to break.  Instead, what we need to do is reinstate the right of every law-abiding American to carry firearms into every area of society.  Then, and only then, will these lawbreakers be faced with consequences that may make them back down.  At the very least, force will be used against them more quickly, and innocent lives will be saved.

Sam Hill could go on and on about this.  He could talk about how teachers and children are herded into rooms where they become sitting ducks for a shooter, because they are trained to become passive instead of fighting back.  He could talk about how Constitutional rights are restricted and people who have never broken a law cannot carry a firearm legally in certain places.  He could also give examples of times when law-abiding citizens using guns against criminals stopped horrible acts, and spared innocent lives.  He could even tell you about liberals who oppose normal citizens carrying handguns, while they carry them for protection themselves.

All of this truth is designed to ask one question.  Do you care?  Do you want to know the truth?  Or will it take the slaughter of someone dear to you, to awaken you from passive slumber.  If you do care, you will contact your state and local officials, and demand that gun free zones be eliminated.  If you don't care, sleep well.  Inert targets are easy to hit.  You are creating your own future, either way.

Gun Laws Kill Citizens

Gun bans in India were partially to blame for the recent slaughter in Mumbai (Bombay).  According to an article on IRNNews Indian Gun Restrictions Killed People the killing of innocent people was multiplied by government restriction on the right to carry guns by law-abiding citizens.

Sam Hill believes the government should stay out of 2nd Amendment rights.  If you own the gun, you should have a right to carry it.  Criminals, illegals, and even sneaky liberals carry guns.  Why shouldn't you be able to carry and defend yourself against crooks at any time?  Look at the Mumbai massacre for a lesson on freedom.  Learn well, my friends.  Learn well.

Killing The Wrong People?

A news article on Complete Colorado's website today featured a grieved mother who was angry with police in Aurora, CO for killing her son.  She states that "they killed the wrong person" after they fired at a man brandishing a gun at them after a robbery.  This "innocent man" was good, was going to be a chef, had hopes for his life.  Too bad the lone gunman had just committed a robbery then, and was waving a gun at police!

We often hear the stories of those who were wrongfully convicted of crimes, or those who were innocent bystanders and victims of violence.  We also know that jails and prisons are full of people who state they were framed, wrongfully convicted, and didn't do the crimes.  Overwhelming evidence proves otherwise, and the blue line of law enforcement does it's job remarkably well despite being hated and maligned in this "perpertrator-friendly world."

So let's ask the question.  Although we realize mistakes can be made, are we killing the wrong people?  Are the wrong people in jail today?  The majority of the time, we can resoundingly respond with an bold "no" to this question.  We see victims played on news cameras, hear their pathetic accusations in newsprint, and see crime scenes depicted as places of terror.  This subtle attempt to challenge authority at this level is played out day after day.  However, Sam Hill believes that the majority of the time law enforcement does a wonderful job.  They stand between perpetrators and citizens on a daily basis, doing a thankless job.

These people should know better than to wave a gun at a police officer.  While we are sorry for the mother of the slain son, we also realize she should know better.  Perhaps if she had trained her son to respect authority in the first place, he wouldn't be dead now, would he.  But because she didn't do her job, an officer of the law had to do his.