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What Is NDPC?

A Reuters exclusive news article has disclosed that the Obama administration is willing to give top secret  U.S. Missile Shield data to the nation of Russia!  That, my friends, is material that you and I cannot see because of its highly sensitive nature, but the Obamunist wants to give it to Russia!

Russia has opposed the installation of the missile shield in neighboring nations such as Poland, and the U.S. wants to soften them up a bit, by sharing data.  (Again, they wouldn't tell you, but they will tell Russia.)  They would provide technical data on how the shield works, how quickly the rockets burn out, etc.  And of course they would handle everything through the NDPC.

What is the NDPC?  Apparently this stand for the National Disclosure Policy Committee that is an "inter-agency group" in the U. S. Government.  Wait a minute!  If we are going to disclose anything, it should go through Congress and be voted on before any release is made!  But this is how the government is working these days.  They just make internal, bureaucratic decisions to share data, and then they share it with other nations, even if they may be enemies.

Again, this is another reason why Obama must go.  So too, must these committees.  They fly in the face of everything our forefathers installed as a check and balance in government.  Reuters is reporting.  What will Congress do with this one?  (Link here to Reuters story.)

It's A Fraud. Now What?

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's preliminary investigation into Obama's birth certifice was released yesterday, concluding the certificate is a fraud.  Obama's selective service document is also probably a fraud.  Both of these fraudulent documents demonstrate the potential for a huge problem, that being treason and conspiracy against the United States at the highest levels.  Arpaio recommends a full-scale congressional investigation as a probable step.

Perhaps it's time for our congressional leaders to hear from us for one reason.  The truth matters.  If Nixon was involved in Watergate, he deserved to be impeached.  If Obama is a fraud, he deserves to be prosecuted.  The truth matters.  All of the groups out there ranging from the Occupy group to the 9.12 groups say they want national unity.  Let's unite around the truth.  It matters.  Call your congressman and demand a full-scale investigation.  If the USA is being subverted from within, would you care?  Would it matter more than your party (or non-party) leanings?  The answer to the question "now what" lies partly in our hands.

Another One Going Down Fast

Abound Solar joins the list of the welfare recipients faring badly in the green energy environment.  The Longmont-based company was once touted by Barack the-kiss-of-welfare-death Obama as one of the great companies that would usher us into the new age of energy enlightenment.  Now they are leaking money like Solyndra and laying people off like there's no tomorrow (and in reality, there may not be one for them).

Didn't Henry Ford manufacture cars without subsidies?  Didn't the first oil companies bring up oil out of the ground without getting a government grant?  The answer to both questions is "yes," and it illustrates the problem right now with our perception of normal.  The number of companies that expect government handouts is a huge number, and it doesn't just include the greenies like Solyndra, Abound and Vestas.  It includes big oil and natural gas.  Now auto manufacturers expect handouts, and government expects kickbacks.  This creates a facist state where big government and big business collude, and the rest of the populace is forced to sway in the direction of the prevailing wind.

Both Republicans and Demoncrats have participated in this collusion.  There are very few people that have stood as principled leaders.  Ron Paul has been one such man however.  Love him or hate him for his views, he has consistently stomped all over bureaucrats for strangling the productivity of America with their march toward solialism.

So what should we do with Abound?  Solyndra?  Vestas?  We should let them fail.  In fact, we should pull all subsidies entirely, but that would take such a huge governmental restructure, that nobody, absolutely nobody has the courage to do it.  Instead we are left with big media fawning over socialist A (Obama), and socialist B (Romney).  Sad, isn't it.  It's sadder still, when we realize the huge numbers of local jobs that are connected to Federal handouts.  If they don't give the money, the local economies don't "abound."  And it doesn't take much energy to figure that out.

Mikey Comes To Windsor

Demoncratic Senator Michael Bennet will come to Windsor to push for Federal handouts.  He wants the wind energy credits to be continued, giving more money to companies like Vestas out of your wallets, so that other competing companies may be hindered in the process.  Such is the liberal viewpoint of free market economics.

Hopefully Bennet will show up today, when the gale-force winds are at full strength.  Today is a day that shuts down the turbines because of the overly-exuberant nature of...mother nature.  They don't work well on days like this.  But then again, neither does big-government.  It should be a perfect fit.  There will be a photo opportunity, a news story, a time to gather data for a speech on the floor of the Senate in D.C., and a good time will be had by all.  Except you.  You will pay for every dime of it.

Should subsidies continue for wind energy?  No.  Solar?  Absolutely not.  How about oil and gas?  Nope.  Coal?  No.  The markets must be unshackled from government again.  But in the meantime, Vestas (and Windsor) is the big winner in Democratic politics today.  Batten down the hatches.  The handouts can't last forever.

The Spy In Your Back Yard

The relaxing of FAA regulations to enable drones unfettered access to the nation's skies opens a pandora's box of privacy and property right concerns.  Drones can be anywhere, used for nearly anything (as this CBS News report from Grand Junction describes), and can also be bought by anyone.

To further investigate this, Sam Hill checked into the possibility of buying a drone himself.  He wanted a camera drone that would record activities on camera, taking still shots and even video.  He had to look no further than Amazon's website.  Drones were available there, controlled by an iPod, and could be used to record virtually anything on the ground.  Do-It-Yourself Drones (link here to their site) is doing a booming business in this area as well, and can show you how to "observe" anything you want using a drone.

It may be argued that the concern over drones in the hands of governmental authorities is no cause for concern, that they need probable cause in order to use one in a case.  However, we may soon see that change.  With thousands of pages of new regulations enacted each year you (and I) are undoubtedly breaking some kind of a law right now.  If the government has an agenda, all they need to do is say they had a probable cause, launch a drone, and find the infraction.

It's true that drones have excellent uses.  But they are also dangerous, because the government has overstepped the Constitution and the law with impunity.  It is up to citizens to push government back.  As Ronald Reagan famously stated, "the government is not the solution, it is the problem."  We need to remember that, because the eyes in the skies may be looking at us.

Dirty, Filthy "Green" Dumped In Your Back Yard

Yesterday, liberal Demoncrat Senator Michael Bennet decided to play his green card.  He partnered with a RINO from Kansas and introduced a measure that would extend the wind energy credits that are needed to keep Vestas afloat.  After all, Vestas is a great, green energy company.  Right?  Wrong!

According to Vestas itself, the waste generated from the production of each blade is nasty, toxic stuff.  It never decomposes.  Never!  According to inside reports the Windsor plant produces about 40 blades each week.  Each blade produces approximately one ton of waste that is taken to landfills around Northern Colorado.  Forty tons of waste is dumped in our area weekly, by this so-called green company.  What is in it?  Fiberglass resin, hardened resins of other kinds, epoxy, glues, hardners, vinyl, plastic, etc.  And it never decomposes!

So when Senator Bennet proposes the tax credit be pushed through, he looks green.  But Vestas isn't green at all.  It makes Bennet and Vestas and Obama look good.  In the meantime, who pays for this huge taxpayer subsidy for these jobs?  You do!  Who endorses the landfill disposal of this eternal trash?  You do.  Who looks the other way when the flight paths of various birds run directly through these wind farms, killing thousands of birds annually?  You do.  Congratulations.  This is what happens when the government subsidizes and controls business.  It looks green, but you get the trash.  (Link here to Vestas data.)

Who Voted For This?

An extreme overhaul of the FAA (Federal Aeronautics Administration) was recently passed by the Obama administration, that will use satellites to assist with air traffic control.  The wrangling over this bill took 5 years, and there were 23 temporary bills passed to keep the FAA afloat during all of the controversy.  In fact, the FAA was shut down for 2 weeks at one point, just because of the acrimony.

What were the sticking points that took so long to pass?  First, there was the issue of ensuring air traffic safety.  People in the air are vulnerable, and there was much debate on whether to use satellites and new technology, when older, more stable manual process had a solid track record.  But there were other issues and agendas in this bill as well.

One of them involves the tracking and use of drones, unmanned aircraft, in the United States.  The Federal government wants to use drones for various things, and so does law enforcement.  Law enforcement wants drones for air tracking of various thugs and thieves in their surveillance measures.  A little drone in the sky isn't as easily noticed as a squad car on the street.

But the drones are also wanted by Federal bureaucracies.  The EPA wants them, to track what they may think is illegal waste dumping on private property.  The department of Agriculture can use them to hover over private farm land and snap pictures of crops, acres used, even water consumption.  Get the picture?  Big brother is about to really watch you, because the uses of drones by government are virtually endless.  And who are they intending to watch?  You!

So who voted for this piece of legislation?  Actually, local Republican Cory Gardner did.  It joins his votes for the continuation of the Patriot Act and the NDAA debacle in his hall of infamy.  Make no mistake.  Just because somebody is a Republican, doesn't mean they are for freedom and true liberty.  Check it out for yourself.  Then ask yourself what the difference is between the Republican and Democratic candidates.  Sometimes, there won't be much difference at all.  And that is the huge tragedy.  Because of the, Big Brother is watching you.

Watch Out Windsor

Today there are so many crimes and so little time.  There is the story of the supposed Obama exceptions made for Catholics on his Obamacare plan (that isn't a retraction at all, but actually strengthens his power in this area).  There is the supposed "bailout" of the mortgage fraud industry, where only $2,000 will actually get to the homeowners themselves.  But the local story that we will look at today is the emergence of a potential "Solyndra" case in our own back yard.  It involves Vestas, in Windsor.

Vestas is a wind turbine manufacturer, and one of the emergent "green energy" companies.  However, in the past year 5 of their executives (including their CEO) have resigned, citing financial issues, declining demand for their products, and a tough market.  Now, they say they may lay off over 1,000 workers including many in Weld County, if they don't get a renewed governemnt grant from the Federal government.  Ah!  So that's it!  All of those high-paying, green jobs have once again been funded by the government!  That means that you and I are subsidizing every salary.

Brace yourself, Windsor.  You have a green energy company in your back yard right now.  But by June, you might lose hundreds of high-paying jobs.  Unless of course, you ascribe to Obama and his green policies.  This is a link between local business and vitality, and the Federal handouts.  Solyndra couldn't make it without the Federal government.  How many other companies are in the same boat?  It's time to find out.  Perhaps you will discover government tentacles in places you never expected.  Windsor, you may seem conservative in your views, but Obama is about to either whack you, or be your benevolent dictator.  How do you like that feeling?

Audit More, Not Less

Every 90 days the vehicle emissions testing stations around the state are audited by the state program.  Republican Senator Steve King (Grand Junction) wants to change the audit frequency to once every 6 months, so that it complies with Federal mandates.  But Weld County Senator Scott Renfroe disagrees.  He wants to keep the audits front-and-center, to keep the heat on the state.  Why?  Because he is still convinced that Weld County air standards are excellent and pollution levels are well-below EPA mandates.  The frequent audits prove his case, and provide an opportunity in the future to try and release this region from the hated emissions tests and fees.

Government frequently puts programs in place and then tries to "fix" them by ignoring them later.  It never works, and the fees and tests put in place are left for you and me to pay for over the course of many, many years.  King has the wrong approach because emissions testing doesn't harm his area.  Renfroe lives here, and he understands.  His committment and stance on this bill, the "red-light camera" bill and others demonstrate his commitment to conservative values, limited government, and pushing back when government intrudes.  It may appear he is for more regulation with this vote, when actually the reverse is true.

Cut It Off

The "energy" President has struck again.  This week Obama vetoed the Keystone pipeline that would continue a free-flow of energy into the U.S. for environmental and other concerns.  He has waged war on clean coal, attacked oil and natural gas, and given hundreds of millions of dollars to boondoggles such as Solyndra.  These green energy propositions companies that cannot function without government subsidies (e.g., ethanol, solar, wind, etc.) have reaped from Obama's hand, taking your hard-earned tax dollars.  Then the impostor has the gall to block a pipeline, while he calls himself the energy president?  Amazing.

The U.S. Department of Energy was founded to foster energy independence, and bring all types of energy production back into the U.S.  Keystone would have helped this endeavor, not hurt it.  Building new refineries for natural, fossil fuels is a must.  But Obama chooses what he loves and what he hates.  Here's an idea.  Let's eliminate every coal-fired plant on the East Coast, and cut off gas supplies to that region.  Eliminate jet fuel for Air Force One, and force Obama to run around in a Nissan Leaf limosine for awhile.  Sam thinks they would get the message pretty quick about what is working and what is not.

77 Years Later

It's a feel-good story that has spread across the nation.  Minka Disbrow was reunited with her daughter she gave up for adoption after 77 years of being apart.  To her amazement, she has discovered a new family tree that includes a noted Space Shuttle astronaut (her grandson), and other notable people leading strong, productive lives as American citizens.

Minka was raped as a teenager, and sent away to give birth and ultimately give up her daughter to be adopted by a minister and his wife.  The initial crime committed against Minka was heinous, but the fruit has been wonderful.  Minka never stopped wondering about her daughter she called Betty Jane, even though the circumstances that brought her into the world were criminal at best.  Now at 100 years old, Minka's life is full as she spends time with her newly-discovered family and compares notes with her daughter and grandchildren.

If Minka were raped today she would likely be turned over to a large abortion clinic, to be told she was the victim and had a right to divest herself of this piece of flesh.  She would be free to kill an innocent child, and move on with her life as she saw fit.  Minka did move on in life, but she gave birth to an innocent child first instead of creating another death, another victim.  Today all of her children celebrate her long and full life.

The NASA Space program would have missed a valuable astronaut if Minka could have aborted her daughter.  Other solid citizens would have never existed as well.  But Minka came through her time of trouble, and the world is better for it.  It proves once again that the "best" human solutions presented today aren't as good as advertised.  In fact, they are not solutions at all, but murderous, evil deeds.  Life can be precious, even if it begins badly.  It makes this national story what it is today.  (Link here to story.)

Not Weird. Bad!

There was an old movie titled "Weird Science," where a group of teenage science students attempted to use science to achieve their own means.  (I don't remember if I saw the film, but the title stuck.)  Last week more than 5,000 e-mail files from leading scientists were leaked to the internet, and contained some very dramatic, damning material.  These so-called top climate scientists discussed how to bully others and push forward their global warming theories by hiding solid evidence and attacking opponents.  Whenever their findings were disputed, it wasn't up for scientific debate.  They wanted to destroy their opponents.  It wasn't weird.  It was just plain wrong.

Science has been pushed forward as a noble, honest field that is dispassionate and filled with integrity.  However, as these e-mails reveal, nothing could be further from the truth.  These scientists use science to futher their personal views, and push an agenda they select.  This is no longer science, but manipulation.  They ought to be prosecuted, or at the very least fired from their posts.

So why does science like this exist?  It's simple.  You paid for it.  Most of these scientists are leading professors at government-funded colleges such as Penn State and East Anglia (or the phalanx of Colorado state colleges), and have been blessed by Obama and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.  Federal and State governments have taken your hard-earned tax dollars, and have poured them into the pockets of these agenda-laden professors, in the name of education.  (This is why the government is getting more and more of a lack-luster response from us to their constant push for more education dollars...they waste what we give them all the time.)  These professors then live on large salaries, strutting about as gods, and manipulating the evidence to suit their means.  It's collusion, and it needs to be stopped.

Sam knows a few scientists and professors in the Northern Colorado area that are truly digging for the truth.   He also knows others that are pure crap, pushing an agenda to college-age students that supports the global warming, we-are-the-world, global experience mindset.  Every one of these people are government employees, supported and paid by our tax dollars.  Many of them need to be de-funded.  Now.  Next time the education debate comes around, Sam plans to ask how government intends to cull all of the globalist garbage out of the educational ranks and get back to real, hard science again.  Of course they can't.  Colleges ran better when they were largely private.  But the question enlivens the debate and makes them know we are watching, and won't just hand over our tax dollars without a wimper.  (Link here to another related article.)

The Solution Is Here

Khalid Al-Falih isn't exactly a household name in the United States.  However, just as the expert mentioned in yesterday's article, he is also somebody worth hearing (and consequently, someone the mainstream media ignores unless forced to listen).  Al-Falih is president and CEO of Saudi Aramco, and spoke to a Saudi Arabian audience on Monday according to a report from the Independence Institute.

The Saudi's power in the world is governed only by what hides beneath their sands.  Oil.  As a primary source of oil, they tend to watch fossil fuel trends around the world.  They chuckle about the "green bubbles" and environmental solutions that are so expensive and provide so little, but they get serious when discussing shale oil, unconventional liquid development, new fracking procedures and lateral drilling.

Now, something new has caught their eye.  What is it?  It's Weld County!  Apparently the Wattenberg Oil Field that exists in Weld County has enough oil reserves to make the Saudis run scared.  It could weaken U.S. dependence on foreign oil.  It could strengthen the U.S. economy.  Furthermore, it could actually fulfill the goals of the U.S. Energy Department (which was established to make us less dependent on foreign energy).  So when the Saudis talk in Riyadh these days, they speak of...Weld County.

What will happen from here?  Will we actually see a boon for society, or will the friend of the Middle East (that being Obama) step in, pushing us further into little green bubbles and away from Oil and other fossil fuels?  (Link to Independence Institute article here.)

Radiation Spikes

His name is Uehara Haruo, and he is the former president of Saga University.  He is also the architect of the Fukushima Daiichi Reactor #3 that was overwhelmed by the Japan tsunami on March 11, 2011.  But his recent comments were completely ignored by the mainstream media, even though the issues presented could impact the climate and health of the Western United States for decades to come.

Haruo was interviewed in Tokyo on November 17, 2011.  In his interview he stated that a "China syndrome" is an inevitible consequence at the Fukushima plant.  (Remember, he's the architect!)  Haruo disclosed the fact that the melted nuclear fuel did move out of the container vessel and sank underground.  (This is the catastrophe known as the China syndrome.)  He added this: if the fuel has reached an underground water vein, it will cause contamination of underground water, soil contamination, and sea contamination of the Pacific Ocean.  Furthermore, if the underground water vein is heated for a long period of time it could cause a large hydrovolcanic explosion.

Meanwhile, radioactive debris is spreading in the Pacific Ocean, and a recent report indicated a radioactive level in Los Angeles, California that is 300 percent higher than normal levels.  (Link here to video clip investigating this story.)  No word is mentioned in Colorado about radiation levels locally, despite the fact that the dairy industry is particularly susceptible, and is a key element of the local economy.  How does this affect you and me?  Nobody knows at this point.  But somebody needs to get the word out, when the architect of Fukushima speaks openly concerning the damage, the fallout, and the global implications that could affect our lives at the local level.

Ride The Magic School Bus

Sam passed a District 6 school bus the other day with 50 students on board.  It was interesting to note what was happening inside that school bus.  Here's a snapshot of the events.

• 44 of the students were interested in learning, but 6 were not.
• 48 of the students attended school regularly.  Only 2 did not.
• Of those that were English as a second language learners, half of them were competent in English and that number was trending higher.

Of the 50 students in the bus:

• Only 30 (out of 50) could read at grade level despite being in District 6 schools for 5 years or more.
• Only 20 were competent in math; 30 were not, after 5 years in District 6.
• A mere 21 were able to write at their grade level, but 29 could not...even though they had been in District 6 for at least 5 years.
• Only 15 were proficient in science; whereas 35 were completely out of touch, after 3 years of being taught and evaluated in District 6.
• Only 32 students would graduate on time, but 18 would not.  This would happen even though graduation standards were lowered to accommodate their failures and move them on through the system.
• The huge majority of the students would not have ACT test scores that would enable them to get into college.

HOWEVER, the parents of 49 (out of 50) students would be very happy with the school district, and would be completely satisfied they were doing a fine job!

The bus driver was driving a school bus that was newer than many of the vehicles the parents drove.  And the driver was about to stop the bus in the middle of the road and let the fuel run completely out.  Why?  Because he wanted more money to run the engine and buy more fuel.  He was saying it was all about the students; not the money, management, direction or spending.  Never mind the facts here.  The students were failing, the drivers were incompetent, and those in charge merely wanted to continue business as usual (with the complete endorsement of many of the so-called power brokers in the region).  It was a pitiful and angering sight.

If you think this little story is crazy, think again.  When you take statistics from the District 6 website and condense them into understandable terms, this is precisely what happens every day in your schools.  You pay taxes to support this, whether you have a child in school or not.  You pay the bus driver, buy the bus, purchase the fuel, and watch the students fail.  Every day.  And when somebody new steps forward to take the bus in a new direction, all of the old socialists come forward to tell you how evil, how awful these people are.  "They don't care about the children.  They are bad."  Really?  If they hated children, why would they even bother with the bus; the district?  If they didn't care, why would they do selfless things, like serve in an unpaid capacity that takes free time and puts them in a risky, potentially negative spotlight?  Who is trying to tell you the truth?  And who is selling you the lie?

Full-page ads, billboards and yard signs may tell you a story, but it's probably the wrong one.  Ask yourself about the District 6 bus.  And remember this.  It's time we had drivers (e.g., a school board) that actually took the children places where they could succeed.  The tired, retread lies of the established cronies around here are nothing but that.  Lies.  Throw them under the bus for a change.  Let's build a good district we can believe in.

Where Is The Data?

There has been a great deal of speculation about whether the recent East Coast earthquake was related to various issues.  With tongue-in-cheek, some have inferred it was due to a massive shift in little known faultlines they call the "Bush's Fault," or the "Obama Fault."  Others said the epicenter was somewhere around an old graveyard, and it was the result of our Founding Fathers rolling over in their graves.

Now there is a new allegation.  This earthquake is caused by...us.  Well, it's caused by our desire to put fuel in our vehicles, and so the new allegations are that this earthquake was actually caused by fracking.  Fracking is the process used to fracture rock along natural formations so that oil and gas can be extracted and used.  Expect the enviro-extremist religionists to go crazy with this material and try to push it to the top of the news cycle.  Never mind the need for hard data.  For example, fracking is used all over Weld County with nary an earthquake nor a hitch.  But when it's started back East, it becomes a problem?  At the very least, this isn't news; it's speculation.  A more plausible explanation may be better connected to the Founding Fathers.  (Link here for article about earthquake and fracking.)

Where To Cut

It seems that many of those we send to Washington, D.C. have their brains turn to mush when they get there.  After looking at billions and trillions of dollars, they end up managing the sinking ship, instead of fixing the holes.  For the United States to exist in any solvent form, drastic cuts to finances must be made.  But the politicians don't seem to know where to find them.

A Greeley Report reader recently suggested to Sam (mr.samhill@yahoo.com) that he take a look at the NOAA website.  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is the parent organization for the National Weather Service, and works with weather data.  They protect weather forecasters from being sued (you will notice they are all NWS certified), and they do a decent job at predicting weather patterns, hurricanes, and so forth.

However, now the NOAA has started to take itself far to seriously.  As you dig into their website (link here), you will soon discover they now think their job is to get into the global climate change business.  Furthermore, they seem to think that every aspect of unusual or unseasonal weather is something of a disaster.  "So what," you may say.  Well, consider this.  If your insurance company uses the NOAA and their hype to determine you are in a risky-weather region, your rates will go up!  Why?  Because a government entity has now stepped beyond providing basic services, and into the political realm of forcing the mantra of climate change on you.

NOAA is one of the areas that should be seriously considered for cutbacks in funding and jobs.  Let the basic services remain.  But hack out all of the government research, programs, legislative garbage, and all of their self-serving, self-important bureacracy.  One reader of Greeley Report came up with that idea.  Mr. Gardner and other legislators (e.g., Udall, Bennett and other libs) would do well to listen.  They certainly don't seem to have a clue on their own.

Audit The PUC

The Colorado State PUC has been acting like the hired shills of the very corporations they are created to regulate.  However, that may be called into question soon.  Due to the efforts of Senators Scott Renfroe and Steve King, the PUC will soon undergo a long-needed audit, to determine how deep their hands may be in the pockets of various organizations.

This is good news for us as citizens and as consumers.  Commissions are set up to protect the consumer, and to act as impartial representatives of the people.  However, the PUC has pushed coal-related energy to the back of the bus, and has brought in more expensive, green initiatives by the scores.  Furthermore, they have allowed for huge increases in fees and utilities costs that are passed along to you, the consumer, even though these fees have not been justified by any credible means.

At the very least the audit will reveal how they handle their own funds (which should be enlightening).  Somebody has to look out for the citizen.  Now the light is on at PUC headquarters.  Let's take a look!

The Carbon In Your Footprint

So, how large is your carbon footprint these days?  You know, that naughty thing Al Gore talks about you reducing (or at least limiting) while he travels about in a private jet and lives in a gargantuan house.  If you think all of this carbon talk is about saving the environment, think again.

Consider this.  Iceland's volcano with the unpronouncible name recently erupted again. When it did, it wiped out 5 years of carbon savings for every man, woman and child on the planet within 4 days!  Now, Iceland has another volcano ready to blow that is even larger (Grimsvotn).  Oops!  So much for carbon footprints!

Remember Mount Pinatubo?  It was a volcano in the Philippines that erupted in the 90's.  And it erupted for an entire year.  The emissions from that one event negated the carbon emissions of every man, woman and child on the planet since the beginning of human history!  Again, this is a large and inconvenient oops!

So while you drive your Prius and avoid styrofoam cups to help the environment, remember this.  Most of what you hear hear about carbon footprints and saving the planet isn't about caring for the earth at all.  It's all about people control and destroying the Western, free-market economy.  China has built more than 200 coal-fired power plants in the last 2 years alone, and they would be exempt from any of the Kyoto Accords under emerging nations status.  Perhaps Al Gore needs to start over there and help "educate" them about how bad they are with their environmental mismanagement.  But until then, let's understand the fact that it's not really about the environment at all.  It's about two huge words. Government.  And control.

Nuclear Rain?

The rains have been a boon to the agricultural base in Weld County during the past couple of days.  While they won't help everyone, they will provide some relief to friends and neighbors that rely on nature's cycles.  However, another event affecting nature has seemingly been buried, and it also comes in the rain.  It is the unseen, unheard threat of nuclear radiation.

According to latest reports, nuclear reactor #4 at the Fukushima reactor plant in Japan is on the verge of complete meltdown.  While the direct impact will be felt in the local Japanese region, there are also residual effects that carry (via wind and ocean currents) to places such as Colorado.

Search for a story on local radiation levels, monitoring and impacts on dairy, crops and cattle.  You will find virtually nothing.  But this should be news.  Radiation is a silent threat that destroys life and health via airborne particles.  It can be dropped via rain and snow, and carried on the winds.  Perhaps it's time to search out what is going on in Japan once again, and what the effects of this disaster are on Northern Colorado.

Cows, Leprino, and Fukushima

While most of the news media prattles on about trivialities, there are major issues that are continually avoided, underreported, or skewed for the benefit of public consumption.  One of these is the nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan.

Initially the so-called "preppers" that stocked up on iodine were mocked, but that didn't stop shelves from emptying locally.  Now however, very little is being said about hard, physical data on local impacts from the nuclear fallout.  We do know that radioactive seaweed has been discovered near Vancouver, British Columbia and in the inlets of the Puget Sound near Seattle, Washington.  This has surprised many, that the impact could actually spread to the mainland U.S.  (Link here to related article.)  We also know that milk from Hawaii has been seriously tainted from the nuclear fallout.  But what about here?

According to Natural News, tainted milk is a problem in more places than Hawaii.  Two mainland sites have also tested milk contaminated by as much as 300 percent above acceptable EPA levels with radioactive iodine-131.  (Link here to article.)  These EPA tests are two weeks old by now, and very little is being said.  Denver is on the test site list, and elevated readings have been shown there.  Why doesn't this make news?

Radioactive iodine-131 is one of the more minor fallout particles, and others have a much-longer half-life by comparison.  This issue could impact Greeley significantly, due to the fact that the dairy industry is significant in this region.  Keep in mind the fact that Leprino is building a cheese-processing plant on Greeley's east side.  How will contaminants in milk impact their operations and plans?  What steps do the local populace need to undertake to protect themselves?  Where can we find open data so that we can make decisions?

These are the questions that are being avoided by the mainstream media.  They feed you pablum about supermodels, sports stars, and a so-called budget solution among Federal cronies.  But there are large-scale crises that need to be addressed right now.  Nuclear fallout should be monitored and the facts presented.  It's not merely a Japanese issue.  It's in the air, the milk and water you drink, and the products you consume.  Shouldn't the so-called media tell you more?

(Link here to the Milk RadNet Lab page for further data.)

On The Other Foot

The Colorado Air Quality Control Commission has been working for months now on a "Regional Haze Implementation Plan," that is designed to purify Colorado's air in regions outside the Denver belt.  It has focused it's attention on areas around Steamboat Springs so that the haze in the air around Rocky Mountain National Park will be diminished, and Colorado will appear to tourists to be more pristine.  However, this has placed a huge potential burden upon the residents of the Mountain counties and utilities firms.  Not only that, the act is probably illegal at best.

Now this wouldn't be so interesting, except for the fact that Weld and Larimer Counties were recently abandoned from lawmakers from around the state as they sought a fair-minded repeal of emissions testing for this region.  Mountain lawmakers and others basically told Senator Renfroe and others, "it's your problem, and you get air from the Denver area.  So you need to pay this...and keep us out of it."

Now the shoe is on the other foot.  When the enviro-wackoes decide to regulate the air not so close to Denver, it becomes an issue!  Hmmm.  So, why should we care?  Well, perhaps a bit of back-scratching needs to emerge here.  What if lawmakers from around the state started banding together under the banner of "leave my county air alone?"

It's almost amusing to watch some of these lawmakers run around wringing their hands, now that the issues Weld County has battled (such as having clean air, yet being forced to comply with unreasonable standards imposed by politicrats) is starting to spread further throughout Colorado.  This is yet another perfect example of how encroaching government and socialism works.  First, they take the cities, then the surrounding areas.  But those who think they can camp out in the wilderness and be left alone will ultimately be attacked as well.  Make no mistake.  We are beyond the line in the sand, and it's time to push back...against governmental control at every level.

So, legislators from around the state, unite for freedom for a change.  Create a veto-proof bill and step across the aisles to pass it.  It will send a message, and that in itself will enable Colorado to breathe free; free of haze acts, enviro-tests, and unreasonable control.  (Link here to associated article.)

The Tyrants Won Yesterday

Colorado Republican Senator Scott Renfroe fought valiantly to repeal the unfair and unscientific air pollution tax that was imposed on every Weld and Larimer County resident last year.  The repeal bill died yesterday, killed by Demoncrats that were more interested in the money it would take from this area than the environment they claim to love.

The Demoncrats and enviro-worshippers talked about how air was a state-wide issue, but nobody volunteered to include their regions in the tested and increasingly-regulated region.  They were forced to acknowledge the fact that Weld County air quality is completely within acceptable standards.  So, why do they want us to comply?  They want our clean air to balance out Denver's dirty air (so they won't have to comply for awhile longer).

The Weld County Commissioners deserve a great deal of credit for continuing this fight as well.  However, liberal Demoncrat Jim Riesberg was on the other side, loving the environment, resisting a solid look at scientific documentation, and failing to endorse the repeal.  So, the overpriced, overfunded emissions center will now be open to tax and regulate your vehicle.

It is now up to county officials to proceed from here.  If they had the backbone the local sheriff, county clerk and commissioners could implement coordination rules that would force the state to ask permission for any operations within the county.  This would include the movement and placing of air-quality testing vehicles and other state apparatus.  The county could also nullify this bill and simply not enforce it.  If county officials decided to issue license tags without air quality testing it would force the challenge into the courts.

One thing is certain however.  This is a classic example of government preying on the people when no further regulation was needed.  Will there be an "air tea party," where unfair taxation is resisted?  Probably not.  The sheeple are still asleep, and bureaucrats love to have it that way.

Fallout

The earthquake and resulting Tsunami in Japan has destroyed the largest economy in the Orient, and the fallout of that alone has yet to be determined.  Also under scrutiny is the potential for fallout from the troubled nuclear reactors that are in danger of a Chernobyl-style meltdown.  Currently we know that at least 16 members of a U.S. warship have been contaminated, and they were 100 miles away from the site.  So nuclear contamination is spreading.

According to a study published last December scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the California Air Resources Board tracked variations in the amount of lead transported across the Pacific over time.  They discovered that about a third of airborne lead particles in the San Francisco, California area originated in Asia, specifically coming from China and/or Japan.

If nuclear fallout were a reality, the disaster could touch the United States, particularly the West Coast.  However, it could also move inland.  The cloud would take perhaps 10 or more days to reach the mainland U.S., but it does bear watching.  Could Colorado be impacted?  Yes.  If you would like to monitor changing levels click here to investigate the radiation network website where levels are updated every three minutes.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Japan.  This horrific event will definitely impact life around the world.  While the types of fallout are still not known, it definitely bears watching on several fronts.

Tires And Emissions

A recent article in Face the State regarding the new Northern Colorado extortion, er emissions, testing system has discovered further problems with the new "progrom."  The privately-owned, government mandated test centers are only equipped to handle "factory tires."  So, if you have put custom tires and rims on your car, or your tires are not within their size mandates, you will be forced to buy or "rent" tires and rims for your government inspection.  And you get to do all of the legwork besides!

This is ludicrous!  However, even more disgusting is the complete silence of Northern Colorado socialist Demoncrat Jim Riesberg.  Weld County Commissioner Sean Conway physically presented Riesberg with a 2 page bill, based on scientific fact and research, that would exempt Northern Colorado from the program, but would enable periodic testing in the region to ensure continued compliance.  Riesberg has been completely silent.  He said he needed time to study the bill.  Hello!  It was two pages long!  (Funny how he can endorse something like the homosexual "bathroom bill" with all of it's legalese and technical jargon, but can't endorse something plain-written and scientifically based.)

We need to apply pressure to Riesberg and the other fee-loving idiots in the Colorado statehouse to have this bill repealed, nullified or flat-out ignored.  It's yet another example of tyranny by government, and it's time we started standing up.  Or, you can go buy new tires and rims for your car before you take it in for your annual fee.  (Link here to article.)