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The Lake Country ShopperVolume 7, No. 4 April 2012

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Political Commentaries“Dr. Quack”“Isabelle’s Gardening Tips”“It’s Your Life, Your Money,

Your Freedom”“The Texas Country Chef”“Lulabelle’s Household Tips”

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From the Editor... Upcoming

Events!

April 2012 The Lake & Country Shopper - 2

Church Directory

St. Michael's At The Lake -

Episcopal, Worship Sunday 3

pm, Healing Thursday 11-

11:30 am, Thrift Shop Thu 10-

2 & Sun 1-4

Faith Church United Church

of Christ, 106 Faith Dr., Or-

ange Grove, 384-2414. Sunday

School: 9:15, Worship Service:

10:30.

St. Francis of Assisi Catholic

Church, FM 534, Mass: Sun-

day, 9:15. Call church for other

times.

West Shore Baptist Church,FM 534. 547-6153, SundaySchool: Sunday 9:30 am. Serv-ices: Sunday 10:50 am.Women's Bible study Tues.mornings from 10:00 to 12:00,Men's Bible study Wednesdaymornings at 10:00 A.M.

Lighthouse Faith Fellowship

(charismatic, non-denomina-

tional), 331 FM 534, 547-6243.

Sunday School: 9:15am

Services: Sunday 10:00 am.

Grace Lutheran Church of

Mathis, 1205 E. San Patricio

Ave., Mathis, 547-2239

First United Methodist Church,

420 S. Duval, Mathis 547-

3381. Adult Bible Class 9:45 am,

Worship Service 10:50

Brush Country Cowboy

Church, Brush Country Cowboy

Church, 1417 S. Hwy 37 access

We are located 1 mile north of

FM 799. Sunday Services at

10:00am. 361-449-2400.

First Baptist Church, 404 S.

Bee, Mathis, Texas, 547-2139.

Services: Sunday Bible study:

9:45am. Worship 11:00am.

Evening Worship 6:00pm. Wednes-

day Evening Service: 7:00pm

St. John of the Cross Catholic

Church, 20 S. Metz St., Orange

Grove, Mass: Saturday 6:00 pm

Sunday 7:30 am . & 11:00am,

361-384-2795.

Church of Christ, Exit 40 @ I37

N./Hwy 888, one mile east. Sun.

Bible Study 9:45. Sunday Serv-

ice 11am & 6pm. Wed. 7:00pm

Lake View Baptist Church,

6 mi North of Mathis on Hwy

3024. Sunday Bible study

9:45am, Worship services at

11am and 6pm Wednesday night

at 6pm. 361-547-6325 leave mes-

sage.

Cross Trails Cowboy Church

2 miles East of Orange Grove on

Community Organization News

Lagarto

Community

Club Newsfrom DeOtta Meyer,

Club Reporter

Friends of

Swinney

Switch VFDfrom Shirley Bradley

April 7

Coastal Bend Autism Advo-

cacy, Inc. 6th Annual Walk

for Autism Awareness,

Heritage Park1581 North Chaparral StreetCorpus ChristiCheck-in begins at 11:00 a.m.Walk commences at 12:00noon.

April 14

Lagarto Community Club

Rummage Sale and Vendor

Sale. Lunch for $3. Call Lucyat 384-1527 for vendor space.The cost per vendor will be$10.

April 14

SSVFD Spring Bazaar, 9am-

3pm. Vendors call ShirleyBrandley at 547-9774 orElaine Doran at 547-9307. $10per table. Outdoor areas ap-prox. 10’x10’ are also avail-able.

April 21

Orange Grove Pioneer days

Celebration & Volunteer

Fire Dept. IBCA BBQ

Cookoff. Downtown OrangeGrove. Food, crafts, vendors,caarnival rides (9am - 12 on)Live street music and dance5pm to midnight. Call 361-384-1300 for more informa-tion.

Apr. 28

Third Annual Ranch House

Tour, Unify to Beautify inGeorge West. Tickets are $15.Can be purchased at The BuckWest House (Chamber ofCommerce) located at 400 N.Nueces St. in George West bythe end of March. (Open from9:00am - 12:00)

Tickets will have a map onthem. You can call Grace Wil-son for more Information.361-449-3084

The Lake & Country Shopper, an independent newspaper, is pub-lished monthly. Distributed for free to consumers around LakeCorpus Christi, including Mathis, Orange Grove, Swinney Switch,George West, Pernitas Point, Lagarto, Calallen, Sinton, Annaville,Alice, parts of Corpus Christi and other south Texas locations.Mailing Address: 111 Pack Trail, Sandia, Texas, 78383PHONE HOURS: 9:00 - 5:00, M-F, 361-547-9062OFFICE HOURS: BY APPOINTMENT ONLYE-mail: Letters: [email protected]: [email protected] for payments and copy for ads, 20th of month precedingpublication. Subscriptions by 1st class mail: $42 per yearCopyright: Penny Peavy dba The Lake Country Shopperwebsite: http://www.lakecountryshopper.com/

FM 624, Sunday Morning Serv-

ices 8:45 and 10:30am,

227-9828.

Lagarto Community

Church

287 FM 3162

Lagarto, Texas 78383

Sunday: Bible School 9:45-

11am, Church 11am, Bible

Study Wed & Sunday 6pm

Mathis Church of Christ

407 E. Rockport, Mathis,

Texas 547-2016, Sunday

Bible Study 9:30am, Worship

10:30am, Sunday Evening

6PM, Wednesday Bible Study

7pm.

First Evangelical Lutheran

Church, 600 S. Dibrell St.,

Orange Grove TX, 361-384-

2712 Sunday School:

9:00 a.m. Worship Service:

10:30 a.m.

www.firstogtx.org

Safe Harbor - a Lutheran

mission (ELCA) meeting at

St. Michael's Episcopal

Church on FM 534. We meet

at 5 p.m. each Saturday

evening. Contact us at Safe-

[email protected] or

361-244-6045. All are wel-

come!

I am sure everyone readingthis is probably as happy as Iam that spring is here and thatwe have had enough rain foreverything to “green-up” andthe wild flowers to flourish.

This issue of the LCS, asoften is the case, contains in-formation and opinions thatmay be somewhat dismayingto many of you, but I think isimportant that you pay atten-tion to what is going on in thiscountry, even if there is notmuch we as individuals can doto change the course of events.

What follows are manylinks tying the content of thisissue to internet news and com-mentaries. If you are new to theinternet or do not wish to typein the entire URL address oflinks mentioned here, simplygo to our website athttp://www.lakecountryshop-per.com and then download theApril issue. You will recerive itin PDF format. It will look justlike your print copy of theLCS. Click on the links, andyou will be directed to thoseexternal websites. By usingyour “back” button, you canget back to the LCS and clickon the link, and so on.

I am sure there are those whobelieve all of this is nonsenseand that we have a wonderfulPresident of the United Stateswho is abiding by our Consti-tution and only has our indi-vidual liberty, freedom andhappiness in mind. But, for therest of us, follow these linksand read carefully.

Re: Obama’s Latest Execu-tive Order

Obama's Executive Order totake over the United Stateswith the possibility of tryan-nical control over our liveshttp://www.whitehouse.gov/the - p r e s s -office/2012/03/16/executive-order-national-defense-resources-preparedness

Obama Executive ‘Order’:US can seize any person, anyresource, any timehttp://www.infowars.com/obam a - e x e c u t i v e -%E2%80%98order%E2%80%99-us-can-seize-any-person-any-resource-any-time/

The Obama Administration:All Your Privacy And AllYour Stuff Belong To Ushttp://www.infowars.com/the-obama-administration-all-your-privacy-and-all-your-stuff-belong-to-us/

Obama Issues Illegal Execu-tive Order Written by HenryKissinger to Prepare forFalse Flags !http://2012patriot.wordpress.com/2012/03/17/ndrp-execu-tive-order-national-defense-resources-preparedness-obama-signed-16-march-2012/

National Emergencies Acthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Emergencies_Act

Obama Prepares for "Na-tional Emergency": national-ize everything (even you) w/ocongressional oversighthttp://atlasshrugs2000.type-pad.com/atlas_shrugs/2012/03/obama-prepares-for-national-e m e rg e n c y - n a t i o n a l i z e -everything-even-you-wo-congr

essional-oversight.html

Obama Executive Order:Peacetime Martial Law!http://beforeitsnews.com/story/1906/406/Obama_Execu-tive_Order:_Peacetime_Mar-tial_Law.html?currentSplittedPage=0

Obama seizes control over allfood, farms, livestock, farmequipment, fertilizer andfood production acrossAmericaLearn more: http://www.natu-ralnews.com/035301_Obama_executive_orders_food_sup-ply.html#ixzz1psLh9GAb

Obama’s Latest ExecutiveOrder: Martial Law, Confis-cation of Private Propertyand Forced Laborhttp://www.davidicke.com/headlines/63281-obamas-latest-executive-order-martial-law-confiscation-of-private-proper

One of the best articles on thissubject:Why Obama's Latest Execu-tive Order is Scary, March20, 2012http://www.americanclarion.com/4626/2012/03/20/obamas-latest-executive-order-scary/

More links on NDAATHE INAUGURATION OFPOLICE STATE USA 2012.Obama Signs the “NationalDefense Authorization Act "http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28441

As a final note, once again Isuggest to you, that just in casesome of the things that couldbecome worse in this countryactually happen, be prepared.Have a stash of canned anddried foods. Grow a garden.Raise chickens for eggs andeventually poultry meat.

Unfortunately, those of uswho stash food (meaning morethan 7 days supply of food) orare caught yawning, lookingbored or wearing a hoodie,buying guns or ammo), may betargeted by Homeland Securitypeople as potential “terrorists.”The answer to that is to be surewho you are dealing with,don’t go out in public whenyou are sleepy or don’t feellike looking “interested”, anddon’t wear hoodies in highlypublic places.

Another suggestion is thatyou maintain all your currentappliances and electronics andnot buy any of the new “smart”applicances” unless you want“big brother” watching yourevery move and controllingyour use of electricty and ofthe internet.

Of course, none of these sug-gestions have anything to dowith the Obama administra-tion. As we are told daily bythe mainstream media, weshould pray, “Obama’s good,Obama’s great. Let us thankhim for our GMO food andUSDA diet..”

May the true God of theBible be with you.

Yours truly,Penny PeavyEditor/[email protected]

Club Members

Hear Advice

For Outdoor Bug

Control

We GetMail

LAGARTO – March 12 – Mr.

Wayne Curry of Curry’s Nurs-

ery & Floral in Three Rivers,

was the guest speaker at the

March meeting of the Lagarto

Community Club. Members

and husbands heard sound ad-

vice concerning environment

friendly control for the weeds

in their yards as well as the

control of bugs, fungus and

other plant/yard diseases. Mr.

Curry brought several samples

of “friendly” products which

can be readily obtained from

local businesses. For his ef-

forts he was presented with a

copy of our book on the his-

tory of Lagarto compiled by

Hattie Mae Hinnant New.

For this meeting, St.

Patrick’s Day was the theme

selected by Connie Reardon

and Linda Avila. The decora-

tions were bright and green, as

one might guess, with the ex-

ception of the cake which

stood alone in recognizing

Texas Independence Day.

Linda distributed the words for

“Texas, Our Texas” and had

our talented ladies sing the

song along with her.

Barring any interference

from the weather, the painting

of trim on the outside of our

building (the Old Lagarto

Schoolhouse) should be com-

pleted soon. Peggy Barnett

has made the arrangements

with the contractor. And, here

is another big Thank You to

one of the husbands, Leonard

Keese, who has been helping

to get us straightened out with

the outdoor lighting problems.

Last year our booth at Pio-

neer Days in Orange Grove

was a huge success and so our

members have agreed to par-

ticipate once more. We can

sell raffle tickets and a few of

our craft items. I encourage all

who go to the Pioneer Days

celebration to come and visit

our booth.

Rummage sale items are fill-

ing up our back room and the

ladies have started pricing.

Flyers have been made and are

being distributed. In a couple

of weeks the signs will go up

and we should thank Linda

and Frank Avila for their work

and combined efforts in mak-

ing and getting our signs

placed in strategic places. Be

sure and mark your calendars

for April 14th to drive over to

Lagarto to check out the Rum-

mage/Vendor Sale. Vendors

are invited to set up for just

$10 a space and if you are in-

terested in participating you

should phone Lucy Cantu at

384-1527.

Our Mother’s Day “Mini”

Raffle will be held on May the

10th which is the Thursday be-

fore Mother’s Day. Prizes are:

Basket of Mary Kay Cosmet-

ics; Hand-crafted necklace;

$50 La Palmera Mall Gift Cer-

tificate; Chili’s $25 Gift Card.

Linda Black volunteered to

chair the raffle ticket commit-

tee and oversee the sale of

tickets.

It won’t be long before our

Scholarship Committee will

be hard at work but in the

meanwhile Cherie McGuire

volunteered to chair the Board

Nominating Committee. In

May we will award our schol-

arships AND elect our new

board of directors.

While our March meeting

wasn’t a particularly long

meeting, it was a busy one

ending with the door prize

going to Mary Salmons. April

12th we will meet again -

11:00 a.m.- Old Lagarto

Schoolhouse on FM 534.

Come and join us!

On April 14th we will have a

Spring Bazaar. The hours will

be from 9:00 AM to 3 PM. All

those who wish sell their crafts,

please contact Shirley Bradley

at 547-9774 or Elaine Doran at

547-9307. Cost is $10.00 per

table. Outside areas of approx-

imately 10'X 10' are also avail-

able. The last Bazaar in

November was a huge success

so we are expecting an even

better one this time. Bring

your family and friends.

Cookbooks are also for sale.

From Cousin Charles:

The food stamp program, part of the Department

of Agriculture, is pleased to be distributing the great-

est amount of food stamps ever.

Meanwhile, the Park Service, also part of the De-

partment of Agriculture, asks us to "please do not

feed the animals" because the animals may grow de-

pendent and not learn to take care of themselves.

And, behind our backs, the USDA is allowing

planting of GMO seeds on game preserves, nearly

guaranteeing infertility in offspring of wild game

who eat these GMO products.

To the Editor:

I would like to share the fol-

lowing observations regarding

the Houston Police Depart-

ment B.A.T. van scandal in-

volving the Harris County

District Attorney’s office.

There exists a strong appear-

ance that the D.A’s office im-

properly attempted to target

Amanda Culbertson, the for-

mer H.P.D.. Lab supervisor, for

blowing the whistle on the er-

roneous B.A.T. van testing re-

sults. Ms. Culbertson did the

right thing and she should have

been given a medal. District

Attorney Pat Lycos has been

caught making misleading and

contradicting statements about

her involvement in her “infor-

mal” investigation into the

grand jury that was looking

into her and her assistants’

abuse of power. The District

Attorney even admitted that

she ordered assistant D.A.

Rachel Palmer not to cooperate

with the grand jury. It is outra-

geous that the D.A.’s office

would conspire to keep infor-

mation from the people who

elect them and pay their

salaries.

Lastly, any entity that re-

ceives any money from the

Texas DWI surcharge program

like the Texas Department of

Public Safety or the Texas

Rangers since they are a part of

the DPS and cannot get within

an inch of the B.A.T. Vans for

testing, maintenance or any

other reason because it would

be a flagrant conflict of inter-

est. The Texas D.P.S. makes

money from every positive or

erroneous D.W.I. test that

leads to a conviction.

Rafael Alvarez

Sandia, TX

To the Editor:

Mr Steve Fischer in his

S u n d a y a r t i c l e

[http://www.caller.com/news/

2012/feb/26/its-time-to-free-

ramsey-muniz/?print=1] fi-

nally had the courage to say

what many in law enforcement

already know, “It’s time to free

Ramsey Muniz”. Feb 26

Forum is an excellent example

of how the war on drugs has

ruined the lives of perfectly

productive citizens. Yes of

course Mr Muniz should go

free. He was never a danger to

society. Those of you who

continue to support the “War

on Drugs” while you hypocrit-

ically sip your wine, smoke

your cigars and pop your pills

continue to support corruption,

murder and the mayhem rag-

ing in Mexico.

Organizations like LULAC

and NAACP should take their

heads out of the sand and lead

the fight to end these discrim-

inatory and draconian laws in

Texas. We must end this war

against our own children,

against Americans who be-

lieve in life, liberty and the

pursuit of happiness. Allow

Mr Muniz the dignity to be-

come as productive as he can

be and to shine as a free man

again. As he once did. Ya es

tiempo.

Rafael Alvarez

Sandia, TX

“Don't judge each day by the

harvest you reap but by the

seeds that you plant.”

--Robert Louis Stevenson

“Man never

made any

material as

resilient as the

human spirit.”--Bern Williams

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You Decideby Armando Conde

See “Police State”

Continued on Page 5

Do We Live In A Police State?

During the Bush administra-

tion, George W. created Presi-

dential Directive 51which

outlines a continuity of gov-

ernment plan after a “cata-

strophic emergency” has been

declared by the president. PD

51 is designed to have the

three branches of our govern-

ment to cooperate together, co-

ordinated by the president. PD

51 essentially consolidates all

delegated powers to govern-

ment into the executive

branch.

The Presidential Directive

defines a catastrophic emer-

gency to mean “any incident,

regardless of location, that re-

sults in extraordinary levels of

mass casualties, damage, or

disruption severely affecting

the U.S. population, infrastruc-

ture, environment, economy,

or government functions.” Al-

though the directive defines a

catastrophic emergency; the

definitions still remain vague.

Dr. Jerome Corsi, investiga-

tive journalist for WorldNet-

Daily.com, penned an article in

May of 2007entitled *Bush

Makes Power Grab; *where he

describes how Bush‘s dictato-

rial directive is unconstitu-

tional and points out the irony

of the directive claiming to up-

hold the Constitution. Only in

a country where we have

veered away from the Consti-

tution, can the claim be made

that it is Constitutional to sus-

pend the Constitution.

Thomas Jefferson under-

stood the nature of govern-

ment, which is why he wrote

the following: “The two ene-

mies of the People are crimi-

nals and government. So let us

tie down the second with the

Constitution, so that the sec-

ond does not become the le-

galised version of the first.”

Jefferson’s words indicate the

significant role the Constitu-

tion plays in our Republic.

Checks and balances are

needed for the success of a

government whose only role is

to protect our God-given Sov-

ereign Rights.

Without our Constitution,

God-given Rights become

harder to defend; and the Peo-

ple become subject to the gov-

ernment. But who has the

authority to strip us our God-

given Rights? Who has the au-

thority to declare themselves

supreme leader under the guise

of a “catastrophic emer-

gency?” Without the Constitu-

tion we lose the Bill of Rights;

thus removing habeas corpus

and due process. Without

habeas corpus, we are guilty

until proven innocent; which

makes everyone a suspect.

When everyone is a suspect

then the government treats the

public as penal institutions

treat their inmates: constant

identification at checkpoints,

random searches, and the oc-

casional strip search, not to

mention the pointless badger-

ing by those in uniform.

Sound like your nearest na-

tional airport?

March 16, 2012 President

Barak Obama issued an execu-

tive order, *National Defense

Resources Preparedness

*(NDRP). Obama’s EO is

practically identical to Bush’s

PD 51 with the exception that

Obama’s executive order can

be implemented in times of

peace or a national emergency.

At the very least, PD 51

needed a reason to be exe-

cuted. When the time comes

that a president decides to exe-

cute PD 51 or the NDRP, mar-

tial law will declared and all

privatized functions of media,

industry, commerce, trans-

portation, and agriculture will

From the Far West Sideby Farris West

What’s WrongWith this Picture

by Gwen Guyser

Nooz Flash: There is No Such

thing as “Separation of Church

and State” in America and

never has been.

Every single day both main-

stream media and alternative

media speak of “separation of

church and state” as though it

were part of the Constitution or

the First Amendment or per-

haps the Declaration of Inde-

pendence. This is simply a

falsehood. Nowhere in the

Declaration, the Constitution

or in any Constitutional

Amendment are the words

“separation of church and

state.”

Instead, the First Amend-

ment states:

“Congress shall make no lawrespecting an establishment ofreligion, or prohibiting the freeexercise thereof; or abridgingthe freedom of speech, or of thepress; or the right of the peo-ple peaceably to assemble, andto petition the Government fora redress of grievances.”

The origin of the phrase can

be traced to a letter that

Thomas Jefferson wrote in

1802 about the issue of reli-

gious freedom. An excerpt of

his letter says:

“I contemplate with sovereignreverence that act of the wholeAmerican people which de-clared that their legislatureshould 'make no law respectingan establishment of religion,prohibiting the free exercisethereof,' thus building a wall ofseparation between church andState.”

His use of the word “wall”

was simply a metaphor, noting

the separation of the govern-

ment from interfering with re-

ligious practice. The restriction

of the First Amendment is on

the government, not on the

people. At the very heart of Jef-

ferson's idea "Wall of Separa-

tion," is the notion that the

government will not interfere

with people's right to worship

God. The very fact that the

government has ruled to regu-

late religious practices, indi-

cates that the government has

crossed that "Wall of Separa-

tion."

It was the Supreme Court

who redefined the First

Amendment to say it called for

separation of church and state,

and millions of Americans and

the most of the media continue

to believe it calls for “separa-

tion of church and state.”

The only constitution I

know of that does include the

phrase “Separation of church

and state” is the constution of

the former U.S.S.R Commu-

nist State.

Excerpted from Wikipedia

“The year 1917 was a majorturning point for the history ofRussia, and also the Russian

Orthodox Church. The Russianempire was dissolved and theTsarist government - which hadgranted the Church numerousprivileges - was overthrown.After a few months of politicalturmoil, the Bolsheviks tookpower in October 1917 and de-clared a separation of churchand state. Thus the RussianOrthodox Church found itselfwithout official state backingfor the first time in its history.One of the first decrees of thenew Communist government(issued in January 1918) de-clared freedom from ‘religiousand anti-religious propa-ganda’.”

“After the October Revolu-tion of November 7, 1917, theofficially proclaimed objectiveof the Soviet Union was tounite all of the people of theworld in a communist statefree of "capitalist exploita-tion" (see Communist Inter-national). In such a worldviewany ethnic heritage closelytied to traditional religion andits clergy was targeted by theSoviet authorities. The SovietUnion was the first state tohave as an ideological objec-tive the elimination of reli-gion. Toward that end, theCommunist regime confis-cated church property,ridiculed religion, harassedbelievers, and propagatedatheism in the schools.”

When I was a student in high

school, there were announce-

ments over the P. A. every

morning. Included with the an-

nouncements was a prayer, pre-

sumably the thoughts of the

principal or just taken out of

some school prayer book and

delivered by the principal. I

paid no attention to them, as I

believed they were “canned

prayers” and had been taught

that those were not from the

heart. I also ignored them be-

cause they were not prayed “in

the name of Jesus.” However, I

never once felt that the school

was trying to indoctrinate me

into some particular religion. I

just assumed this was either a

school board policy or some

policy at my particular school,

silly though I thought it might

be. My only real beef was that

the prayer was immediately

followed by adulation of stu-

dent athletes, winners of various

contests and announcements of

little or no interest to students,

as though all things were justi-

fied if preceded by a prayer.

In our Brave New World, all

prayer seems to be the business

of the government and the

ACLU. It has nothing to do

with the first amendment and

nothing to do with the mythical

“separation of church and

state.” It has more to do with

the desire of the state to simply

completely eradicate religion

in favor of statist humanism,

just as the Russians did in the

USSR.

Pray for us all.

... No Such Thing as

Separation of Church

and State...

At the point of a gun...

Most people believe we no

longer have slavery in Amer-

ica. After all slavery was al-

legedly made illegal around

150 years ago. What is slav-

ery? When a human is forced

by threat of force to do some-

thing he or she would not will-

ingly do if it were not for the

dreaded consequences of NOT

doing it, that human becomes

a slave or a prisoner, even if it

is only temporary.

Slavery is alive and well in

American, perpetuated by the

federal government. The form

that comes to mind immedi-

ately because of the impending

income tax deadline is the

power of the Internal Revenue

Service to take your money

from you at the point of a gun,

and if you don’t comply, they

will come after you and charge

you with fines, interest and

possibly even jail. People lose

their homes and all other prop-

erty as a result of actions of the

IRS asking you for money that

you probably would not will-

ingly give to the government.

The only tasks the federal

government performs that I

would willingly pay for out of

my own earnings are to sup-

port military defense of Amer-

ican soil, social security

retirement benefits for those

already receiving them and de-

pendent upon them, and per-

haps maintenance of interstate

highways. I would not will-

ingly give one red cent to

“Community” organizations

like ACORN and its cousins,

nor to Planned Parenthood. I

would not subsidize Big Farma

or Big Pharma or labor unions.

I would not give my money to

subsidize research projects

whose end results are the result

that lobbyists or the govern-

ment administration desire. I

would not pay for members of

Congress to take expensive

overseas junkets, nor I would I

pay any of them the huge

salaries they receive and in-

credible health benefits not af-

forded to any of us except the

unbelievably wealthy. I would

not pay for Michelle’s exorbi-

tant vacations. This is only a

partial list. The key issue here

is that we are all (at least those

49% of us who pay income

taxes) enslaved by the income

tax. Even people whose in-

come is far below the poverty

level must pay a portion to the

IRS. (How is someone who

earns minimum wage sup-

posed to be self-supporting

while paying hundreds to the

IRS?)

Businesses that have em-

ployees are conscripted against

their will to withhold taxes

from employees paychecks,

and they do not get reimbursed

for being tax collectors for the

federal government. Instead, in

many cases, businesses need at

least one extra employee just

to handle payroll taxes and

withholding. This is at the

point of gun, as the penalties

for not doing this tax collection

function are terrible. No em-

ployer would willingly collect

these taxes. We are all slaves to

the IRS.

Another way the federal

government, as well as state

government, enslaves us is

through jury duty. If you re-

ceive a summons for jury duty,

especially U. S. District Court

jury duty, if you do not have a

government-approved exemp-

tion or a court-approved ex-

cuse and you do not show up

as requested, you can expect

an armed law-enforcement of-

ficer to knock on your door,

probably handcuff you (for

after all, you are now a crimi-

nal, according to the Court, not

by law) and take you to jail in

addition to slapping a huge

fine on you.

I was recently summoned

for U. S. District Court jury

duty. My first thought was,

‘What if I am selected and the

trial lasts for several days?

What will happen to my busi-

ness? I will be destitute if my

business fails.’ I found out that

a juror in U. S. District Court

receives $40 per day. Hmmm.

That’s $5.00 per hour assum-

ing an eight-hour day. When

did I last work for $5.00 per

hour? I believe it was in 1973,

when gas was about 39 cents a

gallon, rent on nice apartment

was less than $150 per month,

and a pound of ground meat

was about 39 cents. Then I find

out that the Court will also pay

mileage for those of us who

live a long ways from the

courthouse. However, the

money is paid AFTER I have

paid for it. In other words, I am

expected to loan the govern-

ment the cost of my gas, inter-

est free, because I have to pay

at the pump long before re-

ceiving any reimbursement. I

find that because I live more

than 50 miles from the court-

house, if required to return to

court the following day, I can

again loan the government the

cost of a hotel room and be re-

imbursed later.

I could probably have asked

for and received a doctor’s ex-

cuse explaining a medical rea-

son why I should be exempted

from jury duty, but, frankly, I

did not wish to spend $80 for a

doctor visit simply to request

such a letter. The courts do not

seem to understand that getting

a letter from a doctor does not

come free and not everyone

can afford it.

Although it would not bank-

rupt me to pay the gas and to

pay for a hotel room if neces-

sary, as long as I would even-

tually be reimbursed, I thought

about this for days on end. My

summons also said that men

had to wear a coat and tie and

women had to be “appropri-

ately dressed.” Wow, that’s not

very specific. I assumed that

“appropriately dressed” meant

just to not dress in the trashy

sort of clothing that shows bra

straps and every body bulge,

but, just to be sure, I called the

court and asked what “appro-

priate dress” was. I was told to

wear what I wore to church. I

explained that I didn’t regu-

larly attend church and that if I

did, I would probably wear

jeans. She said I could wear

jeans “as long as the jeans are

freshly pressed.” Not wishing

to argue, I thanked her and

hung up. My conclusion was

that I was supposed to take my

jeans to the cleaners, 60 miles

round trip, and have them

starched and pressed, then pick

them up, another 60 miles

round trip. However, since I

have “wash-and-wear” jeans, I

decided to take my chances

without the additional expense.

Three days before I was to

appear, I filed the proper docu-

ment to be excused. I decided

that my own life and livelihood

took precedence over my

brainwashed thought that “it

was my duty to serve.” The af-

ternoon before I was to appear

I received a call from a

doubtlessly overpaid clerk to

tell me my request had been

submitted to “The Magistrate”

and denied. I set an alarm

clock for the next morning, as

I knew I had to get up during

the night to leave home in time

to get to the courthouse on

time. Since my perceptions are

off kilter when I drive at night,

I had to enlist a friend to drive

me. Once I arrived I was asked

if I had any lighters. Huh? Do

they think I’m going to set the

courthouse on fire with my

trusty Zippo? I had to empty

my pockets and have my purse

run through some sort of x-ray

machine. Then I had to walk

through some sort of machine

be “officially” seized by gov-

ernment.

Would you believe me if I

told you that we do not need

PD 51 or the NDRP to be exe-

cuted, to be living in a police

state? Would you believe me

if I told you that, “the police

state isn’t coming; it’s here?”

Unfortunately, the police state

is here and many Americans

are floating in denial. Under

the Obama administration we

have witnessed political dissi-

dents punished career-wise and

even allegedly assassinated.

Take for example the closing

of many General Motors deal-

erships who did not support the

2008 “Hope and Change” cam-

paign; or the supposed “con-

spiracy theory” of the

assassination of Andrew Briet-

bart, the investigative journal-

ist who brought down ACORN

and who was set to release

“damning footage” of Obama

involved in communist’s meet-

ings discussing the overthrow

of our Republic. Breitbart died

in the early hours of March 1,

2012; the exact same date that

Breitbart had told his close

friend, nationally syndicated

radio talk show host Eric

“Mancow” Muller that he

planned on releasing the

footage on March

1st. Although the “unedited

footage” was aired on FOX’s

Sean Hannity Show, many be-

lieve that that footage is not the

damning evidence Breitbart

claimed to have during his

speech at the 2012 CPAC con-

vention. Regardless of how

you consider the information

concerning Breitbart’s death; it

is hard to deny the facts and

dismiss his death as natural,

which is how the media swiftly

headlined the story approxi-

mately two hours after his re-

ported passing.

In a totalitarian government,

political dissent is not tolerated

and will be dealt with. If you

are not convinced that Breit-

bart was silenced because of

his anti-Obama rhetoric, would

two more examples suffice to

prove my point that the First

Amendment is no longer toler-

able, especially in a police

state? Former Republican Pres-

idential Candidate Pat

Buchanan and former New Jer-

sey Superior Court Judge An-

drew Napolitano; both hosted

programs on prominent news

channels such as MSNBC and

FOX Business. Dr. Paul Craig

Roberts, former Assistant Sec-

retary of Treasury under

Ronald Reagan, described

Buchanan and Napolitano as

“the last two remaining critics

of Washington/Tel Aviv impe-

rialism [who] were removed

from the mainstream media.”

Examples such as Breitbart,

Buchanan, and Napolitano

only help to make the case that

opposition to the administra-

tion will not be tolerated. There

sure were not too many public

dissenters under Hitler, Stalin,

Lenin, and Zedong. It is no se-

cret how every dictator rules

with an iron fist by instilling

fear, prosecuting dissenters,

and constant surveillance of his

subjects by any means possi-

ble.

One way to have an eye in

every home is to brainwash the

public into believing that your

neighbor could possibly be the

newest threat our nation faces

today; that is homegrown ter-

rorism. Secretary of the De-

partment of Homeland

Security Janet Napolitano ini-

tiated the “If You See Some-

thing, Say Something”

See “Slavery”

Continued on Page 5

"A great wave of oppressivetyranny isn´t going to strike,but rather a slow seepage ofoppressive laws and regula-tions from within will sinkthe American dream of liberty."

~ George Baumler (Libertarian, Blogger‘Baumler´s Rant´)

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that I suppose was a metal de-

tector. I crossed my fingers

that the rivets on my jeans

would not set off an alarm.

That would probably set me up

for a “full body search.”

Once I cleared the entrance,

I went to the designated “jury

assembly” room. There were

about 200 very expensive

wooden chairs jammed right

up next to each other, reminis-

cent of a movie theater. There

were two or three women

checking in the summoned. I

was told not to leave the room

after checking in. I was, in

other words, in jail, and these

women were the guards. Im-

plied was that I could be held

in contempt of court if I left the

room. There were about 35-40

other people there, with all of

the women wearing “Sunday-

go-to-meetin’” clothes and

most of the men in suits. Some

of the men were wearing a coat

and tie but with jeans and

boots, thereby complying with

the “coat and tie” requirement.

I checked in five minutes be-

fore deadline, expecting things

to move right along. After 30

minutes of sheer boredom, all

of us sheeple were herded to

the front of the room and told

to sit in order of some numbers

assigned to us. In this huge

room, with at least 200 chairs,

we were jammed elbow-to-

elbow, just like at a crowded

theater, with strangers. We

were then told we would be

taken upstairs to the courtroom

“in about fifteen minutes,” ad-

monished to stash any books

we might have in handbags or

to abandon them (the judge

wanted all eyes are ears on

her?) and again admonished

not to the leave the room. The

sheeple remained in their

elbow-to-elbow prescribed

seats to wait out the next waste

of time, but it was a very large

room, so I arose from my mid-

dle-of-a-row seat and alterna-

tively paced the floor and sat in

a back row seat alone. I asked

one of the “guards” when we

would get a break to go out-

doors. The reply was “when

the judge calls for a break.”

After about five minutes, one

of the women guarding us ap-

proached me and told me that

“The Magistrate” had turned

over my request to be excused

to the District Judge and that

she (the judge) had excused me

from jury duty on the basis of

the document I had submitted

explaining why I should be ex-

cused. Extremely relieved, I

left as soon as possible. My

day was ruined because I had

not had enough sleep and had

suffered a great deal of anxiety

for being subjected to this

whole process, fearing for loss

of my income as well as other

matters. As I began to realize

that not only was I there

against my will and only be-

cause I could be imprisoned

and exorbitantly fined for no-

show, I searched the internet

for information about jury

duty. There were some very

well-done essays on why jury

duty is unconstitutional and in-

fringes on rights guaranteed by

several of the amendments as

well. While it is not the pur-

pose of this article to present

all this material, there is a good

site at:

http://sites.google.com/site/end

juryduty/

This site details why jury

duty is wrong, unconstitu-

tional, against the Declaration

of Independence and a clear

denial of nearly all of our

rights as citizens, among them:

“liberty...and the pursuit of

happiness,” a violation of gov-

ernment “deriving their just

powers from the consent of the

governed,” abridging of right

of freedom of speech and the

right of the people to assemble

peaceably.... There are many

more. Visit this website men-

tioned above to read the entire

treatise.

Fortunately, I am still in

business and am not going to

be forced into the jury duty I

could not afford to participate

in. Who is complying with jury

duty? People for whom $40 a

day exceeds what they are now

earning, people who are home-

less, people who are bored and

have nothing better to do, peo-

ple who think the duty could

put them “in the limelight” and

get them a “spot on national

television,” and people who

believe it is their patriotic duty

to respond to a jury summons.

For most people, jury duty is

simply a choice between going

to jail and being fined or sub-

mitting themselves to involun-

tary servitude (slavery) for an

indeterminate period of time at

the whim of the powerful and

well-paid judge.

From that article, in support

of jury duty being a violation

of statute law in all fifty states:

“False Imprisonment —Thewhole purpose of criminal tri-als is to determine who isguilty and who is innocent, andto punish the guilty with im-prisonment and to reward theinnocent with return to free-dom, but jury duty punishes theinnocent with imprisonmentevery time it forces non-con-senting jurors to remain insidecourtrooms. And make nodoubt about it, jury duty is aprison sentence absolutely:Jurors are not free to go wherethey want or do what theywant, to pursue their interests,to be with loved ones, or evento work. Sometimes they areeven sequestered at night—though no other participant inthe trial is ever so sequestered,except perhaps the accused,but never our hypocriticalcourt officials themselves—cutoff from all contact with theirfamilies and their friends.They are held against their willin places not of their ownchoosing, often quite far awayfrom their homes, enduring ei-ther the tedium of waiting to becalled to a trial, or, if not natu-rally inclined towards this typeof work, the torture of notbeing able to move from theirseats for long periods of timeonce the trial starts. The courtactually treats convicts betterthan it does jurors—at leastconvicts get free food, freemedical care, free movementwithin their cells, and visitors!

And because trials in theUnited States are permitted toextend for unlimited duration,the prison sentences imposedon jurors can last for years.And jury duty also imprisonsjurors even when they are notcurrently serving on a jury, be-cause they cannot take vaca-tions or otherwise leave thearea of their residence at thetime of year when they are sup-posed to be available at hometo answer the jury summons. Ifthey do not answer the jurysummons as soon as it comesin the mail then they are finedor jailed—good, honest peoplebeing falsely criminalized justfor traveling! Jury duty makeslaw-abiding citizens prisonersin their own homes as well asin our courtrooms, oppressesthem all the year long, anddominates every facet of theirlives. In a country where juryduty is practiced, no one isever truly free.”

This article suggests that the

best solution would be to have

a pool of professional, trained

jurors who work for a decent

income for the courts. It is an

interesting thought.

When I began this article, I

was concerned chiefly with the

IRS and with jury duty. Today,

March 17, 2011, I find what

could be the final nail in the

coffin to enslave us and reduce

us all to abysmal poverty, dep-

rivation and potential impris-

onment: On March 16 , 2012,

Our Dictator, The One, The

Tyrant, The One who hates

America and everything it

stands for, signed a new Exec-

utive Order. By way of back-

ground, we already have the

Rural Council Executive Order

in support of the UN’s Agenda

21 to take over the entire world

in the name of “Sustainablity”

and “Communism” and “Smart

Growth,” all of which are plans

in support of a “New World

Order.” Additionally, we have

the NDAA of 2012 which al-

lows for detention of any

American citizen anywhere in

the world, even in the United

States. We now live in a coun-

try in which our own military

can detain us on our own

ground. Now we have the lat-

est Executive Order which out-

lines how martial law will be

implemented in America, dur-

ing peacetime, no war needed,

not even a “natural disaster,”

just a nod from the President.

There have been other simi-

lar executive orders in the past

in which times war was immi-

nent, and the orders pertained

to an actual attack on the

United States. This new EO by

BHO includes during peace-

time and includes the ability of

Homeland Security to virtually

take over the country with

arms – at the point of a gun.

What is the POTUS thinking?

An imminent war with Iraq?

Riots in the streets? A revolu-

tion against his regime? To de-

clare martial law before the

November elections just in

case he’s behind in the polls?

While searching the internet

for opinion pieces regarding

this EO, I came upon the web-

site “Canada Free Press.”

Most intriguing is the subtitle

which states “...Because with-

out America there is no Free

World..” All the articles I have

read so far pertain to America.

Read the following article by

Judi McLeod, Editor of the

CFP, the best commentary I

have seen on the subject of this

latest (as of March 19th) Exec-

utive Order:

April 2012 The Lake & Country Shopper - 5

Dodging the

“National

Defense

Resource

Preparedness”

Bullet

“Slavery”

Continued on Page 5

Author - Judi McLeod Mon-

day, March 19, 2012, Canada

Free Press

reprinted with permission from

Canada Free Press

Link: http://www.canadafreep-

ress.com/index.php/article/453

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Look to the old Irish proverb

for getting by in life now that

Barack Obama has signed off

on the highly suspicious “Na-

tional Defense Resources Pre-

paredness” Executive Order:

May your glass be ever full.

May the roof over your head

be always strong.

And may you be in heaven half

an hour before the devil knows

you’re dead.

The proverb is both perfect

for our troubled times and in

the timing of Obama’s latest

EO, coming onto the radar

screen the day before Saint

Patrick’s Day.

The proverb’s last line “And

may you be in heaven half an

hour before the devil knows

you’re dead” can be especially

equated to so-called ‘preppers’

and Obama.

In a shorter version it can be

translated to, “Don’t panic, just

prep!”

You don’t have to take to the

hills to be off of the Obama

regime radar screen.

Short of a nuke, Obama’s

mentors and minions cannot

possibly get to every American

household. Their adulated he-

roes have been trying to spring

One World Government on the

masses for the last century.

They have not met with suc-

cess.

Ominous as they look,

Obama’s team is not up to

snuff. The unelected czars in

his Shadow Party like to sit

around talking as they ‘foment’

for a revolution that never

comes. While the czars are

toking up and talking, you are

installing new shelving for

your non-perishables.

Obama and his czars hang

out with Hollywood stars

whose world is one of Make

Believe. Surviving life’s strug-

gles are above the pay grade of

losers like Tom Hanks, Alec

Baldwin et al. They would

need to be pumped up by late-

morning coffee lattés before

making it to the front lines of

any Revolution. Besides,

wouldn’t girding their loins for

coming battles interfere with

their time at the gym? Staying

in shape is everything when

the unforgiving silver screen is

your chief means of making a

living.

Start identifying and picking

off the props that keep Obama

hiding behind his well manu-

factured public perception.

Notice how he’s managed to

dodge any possibility of loudly

booing crowds by handpicking

colleges and universities in

which to deliver his “I’ll-Save-

The-World-From Nasty Amer-

ica” TelePrompter rendered

speeches?

Much of what Obama does

aims to demoralize, and even

frighten off detractors, like the

March 16, Big Brother “Na-

tional Defense Resources Pre-

paredness” Executive Order.

The American Government

had already taken control of

energy, food and water. The

March 16 signing only made it

official.

Remember that optics and

perception are not much more

than political tools from

Obama’s capacious bag of

dirty tricks.

The picture of Michelle

climbing out of a limousine to

catch Airforce 1 for another

getaway, in cut off shorts. That

picture shouted a kind of in-

your-face defiance like “I’m

looking like that because I can

and no one can do anything

about it,” or, “I show no re-

spect for the office of First

Lady because I don’t have to.”

Family Portuguese water

dog Bo and even the Obama

daughters are pulled out as oc-

casional campaign props.

Come to think about it, what

other going-on-13-year-old girl

is seen in pictures holding

Mommy and Daddy’s hand?

Don’t most kids that age go

through a period when they

don’t want to be seen hanging

out with their parents, let alone

be spotted holding their hands?

Preppers will be the sur-

vivors no matter how nefarious

the latest government plan.

Don’t wait for politicians of

any stripe to come and save

you. Save yourself because

your family depends on you.

While Obama zombies

pester folk for “just $3 more”,

form neighborhood cells with

people of like mind, build on

human resources like first re-

sponders, retired doctors, hunt-

ing and hiking experts and

good chefs.

Banish any thoughts of rel-

atives poking fun of preppers

in the family. They will be the

first at their door if and when

the food and water runs out.

Hum the refrain of songs

like Hip Hip Hooray, Livin’ in

the USA as you stock your

pantry or larder.

Ignore the talking heads on

television networks, watch

rented movies from an era

when Hollywood really had

talent, instead.

The “National Defense Re-

sources Preparedness” EO is a

bid for total Marxist control of

the USA. It is not the fault of

George W. Bush; not the fault

of any other president. It is

here and now.

Identify reality for what it

truly is and not the one manu-

factured by the man with no

provable identity.

America has been teetering

on the edge ever since Barack

Obama gained the White

House, and it’s been the poli-

tics of Marxism ever since.

Don’t buy into fallacy no

matter who’s spouting it on air

or online. Obama is not in

over his head. He’s not partic-

ularly incompetent or stupid.

He knows what he is doing.

He works to take America

down.

Grab hold of your children,

your friends, people of like

mind and make your house-

hold as independent of govern-

ment as possible. Grab hold of

commonsense and keep it with

you through all the dark days

ahead.

Bug out and bunk up.

Return to and cling to the at-

titude held by your parents and

grandparents. Share with fam-

ily and friends, be a good

neighbour just as passing gen-

erations were. Wait the blan-

kety-blank enemy out in the

comfort of your own home,

knowing in your heart that

nowhere throughout history

has any despot ever lasted for-

ever.

And finally for all of those

who first ignored the “National

Defense Resources Prepared-

ness” EO when it became

known and then jumped into

the “it’s nothing new; America

has always had EOs like that

over the years”, here is the de-

termining question to come

back to reality:

Would you trust any execu-

tive order signed by a guy who

unabashedly states his life’s

mission as the Fundamental

Transformation of America?

campaign in July 2010. The

DHS website describes the

campaign as–“a simple and ef-

fective program to raise public

awareness of indicators of ter-

rorism and violent crime and to

emphasize the importance of

reporting suspicious activity to

the proper state and local law

enforcement

authorities”

Every law abiding citizen al-

ready knows to report suspi-

cious activity, yet

Napolitano feels that it is nec-

essary to remind us to “be

aware” of “suspicious” behav-

ior as if we are children that

need constant reminding. It

gets worse. When you read

documents released by Fusion

centers, central intelligence in-

stitutions that track any poten-

tial domestic terrorism and

information on how to identify

such behaviors.

Believe it or not, the Texas

Department of Public Safety

Highway Patrol released a

pamphlet defining a potential

terrorist as one who projects a

“nice guy” image. Another in-

dictor may be if someone buys

baby formula or other non-per-

ishable goods in bulk. The

document went as far as de-

scribing those that wear Levi

jeans and sunglasses, and those

that use cell phones, especially

prepaid phones, and who pay

in cash.

In February 2009, the Mis-

souri Information Analysis

Center (MIAC), a fusion cen-

ter, released their strategic re-

port: *The Modern Militia

Movement.* The report’s in-

tent is that of the Texas DPS

pamphlet. MIAC identified

those who hold a “Christian”

belief or consider themselves

Sovereign Citizens, whom re-

fuse to pay taxes while proudly

waving a Gadsen flag, as a po-

tential domestic terrorist. Ac-

cording to the report, if you

anticipate an economic col-

lapse partially due to illegal

immigration, you may be a ter-

rorist. You may also be a ter-

rorist if you support Ron Paul

or Bob Barr; or talk about the

Constitution!

The New Jersey Office of

Homeland Security and Pre-

paredness has also released a

report titled: *Terrorism

Awareness and Prevention,

where the report lists yawing,

staring, and goose-bumps as an

indication of “suspicious be-

havior.” Indications of a poten-

tial domestic terrorist as

defined by these fusion centers

are laughable, albeit it is no

laughing matter when you fac-

tor in the National Defense Au-

thorization Act signed by

Obama on New Year’s Eve of

2011. As a reader of The Lakeand Country Shopper, you al-

ready understand that the

NDAA “authorizes” the presi-

dent to indefinitely detain any-

one the president deems a

terrorist, without due process;

and the likely hood of being

shipped off to a secret prison,

perhaps in Egypt, and tortured

and killed.

When Obama ordered the

assassination of Anwar al-Al-

walki, an American born Imam

who was the most wanted Al-

Qaeda member after the re-

ported assassination of Osama

bin Laden; a precedent was set

where American Citizens

could be assassinated by our

own government. Under the

NDAA, the assassination is

“justified” and “legal.” And fi-

nally, with fusion centers re-

ports describing people like

me, and perhaps, you and your

loved ones as potential terror-

ists, we have the chance of

falling victim to the NDAA. I

don’t know how you feel about

all this, but it horrifies me.

It is important to note that

State fusions centers are linked

with the DHS. Why? Well,

Napolitano’s “If You See

Something, Say Something”

campaign relies on the public

recognizing “suspicious activ-

ity” indicative of possible “ter-

rorism” and the definitions of

terrorists are possibly anyone.

If you still remain unconvinced

that we already live in a police

state, how about we consider

the idea of conditioning the

public for the official declara-

tion of martial law.

When martial law is de-

clared, either through PD 51 or

the NDRP, the Second Amend-

ment, along with the rest of the

Constitution, will be rescinded

and all guns will be confis-

cated. There may be reluctance

from Citizens to hand-over

their arms; but I feel that many

will comply. For those that bla-

tantly refuse to surrender the

only form of protection they

have, plans have been made

and exercised for such an oc-

casion.

In February 1999, Black-

hawk helicopters descended

upon Kingsville, Texas, in an

exercise known as Operation

Last Dance. The elite Delta

Force attacked and secured

two abandoned buildings that

evening. The small community

had no clue of the on-going ex-

ercise. Many neighboring resi-

dents were terrified from the

live rounds and grenades being

used.

WorldNetDaily.com swiftly

sent investigative journalist

and nationally syndicated radio

talk show host, Alex Jones to

Kingsville to report on the in-

cident. Jones learned that the

Kingsville Police Department

had secured a perimeter around

the downtown area where the

abandoned buildings stood.

According to Lt. Judy Hayes

of the KPD, local law enforce-

ment participated, in what they

were told, was a mock haz-

ardous spill in the designated

area, with the United States

Army. Lt. Hayes denies

knowledge of the nature of the

Army’s exercise.

Jones also spoke with the

Federal Emergency Manage-

ment Agency coordinator

for Kingsville, Tomas

Sanchez. Sanchez is a deco-

rated Vietnam War veteran

who has experience in special

operations with security clear-

ance. Sanchez had no knowl-

edge of the Delta Force

exercise and referred to the

Blackhawks invading the city

as “quite frightening” for the

citizens of the small town.

When asked what he thought

the purpose of the exercise

was, Sanchez told Jones,

“Martial law has been declared

through presidential powers

and war powers act, and some

citizens have refused to give

up their weapons. They have

taken over two of the buildings

in Kingsville. The police can-

not handle it. So you call these

guys in. They show up and

they zap everybody, take all

the weapons, and let the local

P.D. clean it up.”

The evidence of a police

state, or the conditioning for

one, has never been conse-

quently acute. The examples I

have outlined are merely a few

out of many; with no doubt,

many more to come, that de-

scribe a police state. I hope that

this article will prompt you to

question my assertions, and re-

search the information; if not

to confirm what I have written,

but to try to contest the infor-

mation and the reality of the

world we live in.

“Police State”

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There is no such thing as “fatand happy.” Any happiness fatpeople may experience that isnot directly related to havingjust eaten carbohydrate-ladencomfort food is a way of de-luding themselves and fightingthe ensuing depression. Fatpeople rarely leave home, as itis hard to find great-looking fatpeople clothes. When it comesto women’s clothing, the man-ufacturers often believe fatwomen have very poor taste inclothes or will not spend themoney for nice-lookingclothes. Both may be true.After all, if you are wearing ablouse with cute little ap-pliques or cartoons, it relievesyour friends from having tosay, “Wow, you great in thoseclothes,” and instead, they areoff the hook by saying, “Ohwhat a cute applique.”

At one time in my life Iweighed over 400 pounds. At5'2" I was just a blob witharms, legs and a head stickingout. I was so unhappy that I at-tempted suicide by drivingalong a beach with every in-tention of driving into the surfand drowning myself. A verykind man, who happened to bea doctor, perceived what I wasdoing, stopped me and savedmy life. He took me to a hospi-tal where I was put on a verystringent diet and kept formany weeks. I lost about 200lbs. However, after I was re-leased, I could not stick witheating so little, so I gainedabout 100 lbs. At age 40, nomatter how much I tried to loseweight via various highly pro-moted and expensive dietplans, I usually gained.

Then I tried Weight Watch-ers, but my twisted mindthought that I could eat what-ever I wanted in addition to theWeight Watchers plan, and Ihated counting all those“points.” I gained some moreweight. I can joke now abouthaving “Omar the Tentmaker”making my clothes for me.Back in those days, XL was thelargest size women’s clothing,intended for women who weremuch, much taller than I wasand of normal size. I had to buycustom-ordered bras becausethe stores simply didn’t carrysize 52 G – yes, you read thatright.

I never looked at myself in afull-length mirror. After all, Ihad a pretty face, pretty eyes. Idid not want to see the rest. Iremained for many years in de-nial of just how fat I was.Today I see, on a daily basis, somany people in denial. Theseare the men who look like theyhave a basketball embeddedunder the skin over their jeansand whose shirts gape open atthe waistline. These are thewomen who waddle becauseit’s so hard to carry all thatweight around or look like theyare pregnant, but they are not.These are the women whoseclothes are always too tight.Both men and women whoselower legs splay outward insome sort of overcompensationfor having to carry all that extraweight with legs meant to carryso much less weight.

I tried the ubiquitous, gov-ernment-approved low-fat,high-carb diet. I gained about40 pounds on that one, mainlybecause when it came to car-bohydrates, especially yeastbread products, I couldn’t stop.It was nothing to eat half a loafof homemade bread at one sit-ting or a huge plate ofspaghetti, followed by another

one. Hey, I was eating low-fat,high-carb. I even thought if Iate only whole wheat bread,like the government suggests,that it would help. It didn’t.

Eventually I was edging upon “old-age” and still weighed280 pounds, more than twiceas much as I should weigh formy height. At least stores likeWalmart carried size Women’s(translate “fat women’s”) sizes3X and 4X and I was down toa bra size of 46-EE. Whatcould I do? After all, I was adoctor. There’s an old saying“Physician, heal thyself!” Thefunny thing is that it is veryhard for any kind of doctor tobe objective about his or herown health.

Today, I weigh 180 poundsand am still losing, looking for140. I hate exercise and neverdo it on purpose. It is boring.In fact I often wonder whyanyone likes to exercise. I be-lieve in “Miss Piggy’s” atti-tude: “Why would anyone rununless someone was chasingher?” So, you may be askinghow I did it. Did I give up eat-ing? Did I deny myself deli-cious food? Did I give upthinking about food nearly allthe time? No, no and no.

A friend of mine developedType 2 diabetes. She wasabout 45 pounds overweight.She did not want to take thedrugs the medical establish-ment was prescribing for her.Instead, after much research inbooks and on the internet, shecame upon a solution. Warn-ing: This is not a diet. Dietingdoes not work. I have morethan forty years experience tobe able to reliably tell you thatDIETS DON”T WORK. Sure,you can lose some weight onalmost any “weight-loss pro-gram.” But, you will gainevery pound back and thensome as soon as you leave theprogram or even “cheat” on it.I learned from my friend that ittakes a total lifestyle change. Ittakes a complete change inwhat you eat, not in how manycalories you eat or how muchfat you eat or in the quantitiesof food you eat (you will soonautomatically eat less).

I have lost 100 pounds overthe last two years and am stilllosing, using this lifestylechange. My friend has lost her45 pounds now has normalblood sugar all day long. If shewere to change doctors todayand have blood tests com-pleted, she would not be diag-nosed with diabetes or any ofits side effects, although a glu-cose tolerance test would prob-ably suggest otherwise.

Here is a very simply way toaccomplish this:1) Cut out all soft drinks, even“sugar-free” soft drinks. In-stead, drink decaf iced teasweetened with liquid stevia (anatural herbal sweetener avail-able in big city health foodstores and on the internet),water or sparkling water.2) Cut out all processed foods– meaning everything that isready to eat, ready to heat,ready to cook, ready to bake,all mixes, “helpers,” – any-thing you can’t buy on theouter edges of the grocerystore. Forget about stuff like“Lean Cuisine” or “low-fat,low-calorie frozen meals.”3) Throw everything out ofyour house that has any of thefollowing ingredients:

Flour, sugar, enriched flour,wheat flour, whole wheat flour,sugar, high fructose cornsyrup, anything with an ingre-dient ending in -ose or -ol, anykind of artificial sweetener,and all low-fat products. Thismeans you throw out or giveaway all pasta, tortillas, bread,crackers, flour, masa, sugarand syrups. Your new way ofeating is just as good for therest of your family as it is foryou. When you put food on thetable, take the hard line: “Eatthis, or don’t eat at all, or useyour own money to go out andeat bad food.”4) Never, absolutely never, eatbreaded fried foods or frenchfries. (If you are traveling andin a pinch, buy a fried chickenbreast and remove all the crustbefore eating, every singlescrap of it.)5) Never eat any food that iswhite (with the exception offull-fat mayonnaise and limitedfull-fat dairy products.)6) Throw away all oil otherthan olive oil, lard and coconut

Fat, Guilt,

Depression,

Comfort Food,

More Fat, More

Guilt, Worse De-

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More Fat....

Lulabelle’s Household Hints

The TexasCountryChef

by Penny Peavy

First, boil three dozen eggs

and expect about six of them to

come out of the shell less than

perfect (eat those right away or

make some sort of salad with

them). That should leave you

with at least 30 good smooth

whole eggs.

Ingredients for Pickled Eggs

30 hard boiled eggs

2 Tbs. kosher salt or sea salt

2 Tbs. mustard seed

1 Tbls. celery seed

2 Tbs. pickling spice

6 jalapenos or serano peppers,

sliced horizontally

6 cloves fresh garlic

1 can whole beets

6 cups white vinegar

2 cups cider vinegar

Directions:

1) Place all ingredients except

eggs, 1/2 of the peppers and

the garlic in a sauce pan. Bring

to a boil.

2) Meanwhile, sterilize three

quart-size canning jars and

lids. When jars are sterilized,

place garlic, remainder of pep-

pers and ten eggs in each jar.

3) Pour boiling mixture from

step 1 into each jar, spooning

the seasonings and the beets

proportionately among the jars.

Put lid on immediately, along

with ring so that as it cools it

will seal. Tighten rings. After

cooled to room temperature,

refrigerate. Use jars that may

not have sealed first.

At my house, three quarts of

boiled eggs only last for about

one month, so I do not worry

too much about whether the

jars sealed or not. To find out

more about longer term storage

of pickled eggs, consult a can-

ning/pickling expert.

This recipe is very easy and

well worth doing.

Tip: If you are using very fresh

eggs, let them age a couple of

weeks before boiling. They

will be easier to peel after boil-

ing.

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oil.7) After throwing out all thefoods you should never eatagain, go to the grocery storeand buy meat, poultry, porkand fish – lots of it. Buy freshcabbage, kale, collards, mus-tard greens, spinach and saladgreens. Buy extra virgin oliveoil and pure olive oil (for fry-ing, without breading ofcourse.) Buy mozzarellacheese sticks for snacks as wellis some hard cheeses. At first,avoid all milk dairy products,such as cottage cheese and yo-gurt (they can be added whenyou are close to your goalweight.) You may also add al-monds and avocado after thefirst two weeks.

Start with a breakfast of eggsfixed anyway you like. Fried isfine if fried in olive oil or but-ter. Cook some bacon or a porkchop. Add a slice of tomato.

For lunch try a tuna salad,with plenty of added boiledeggs, a small amount of onionand diced dill pickle (no sweetpickles) and real mayonnaise.

For supper, how about agrilled steak with mushroomsand a large green salad, dressedwith an olive oil and vinegardressing you make yourself(never, ever, use prepared saladdressings out of a bottle).

There. That’s it. To find outabout great low-carb recipes,surf the internet. There is quitean array of low-carb recipesand tips for low-carb dieters aswell as testimony from innu-merable diabetics and formersfatties who are controlling thedisease simply by eating right.

As always, consult with yourgovernment-approved M. D.before trying such a drasticchange in eating habits.

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Guess you missed me last

month? Oh come on you

missed me, just a little, huh?

Okay let us get out a pitcher

and mix up our favorite bever-

age so you can start your day.

My pitcher is ready, how about

yours?

Since we didn’t bother to

clean-up last month, we need

to just pretend we did and we

will start up where we left off

last month. With all the rain

and a doggie running in and

out, bet your floors look like

mine. Paw prints everywhere

and foot prints mostly every-

where. But I did not let that

bother me ‘cause Isabelle was

working really hard and I en-

joyed that. You know me, set-

ting down watching all month.

Made my heart feel good see-

ing that old gal moving those

40 and 50 pound bags around,

digging really deep holes,

dragging over those big trees,

etc. Sure glad she did it be-

cause now I will clean house

and really enjoy my outdoor

work. It really does look nice

now.

My chicken hay turned com-

post was use by Isabelle to nur-

ture all her plants. Thanks to

me!

We can dust, then put the

dishes in the washer before we

start doing the floors and

chrome things in our home. So

after the dishes let’s do the

windows. Remember to use

the vinegar/water cleaner that

you make. (1/4 cup vinegar to

½ gallon water)! Then use this

newspaper to shine those win-

dows up. Don’t worry about

the outside; do only the inside

the outside we will handle later

on today. Now while your

dishes are drying get out the

vacuum and clean the carpeted

floors. If I were smart I would

have zero carpet in my home.

Nice looking vinyl is one way

to go. Some of those look like

fine tile and, oh, soft and pli-

able. Then you can buy deco

rugs that you can wash and

that’s a lot better than carpet.

But in the meantime get out

your steam/vacuum and get to

work on those floors.

Good grief we need a break

before we go back to polishing

the chrome. So let us rest and

take a nice drink.

Okay, times up. Get out

some more vinegar and use a

wet terry cloth and wipe the

chrome, then dab a little vine-

gar on the terry cloth and wipe

again. Immediately grab a

piece of this newspaper and

start polishing that chrome.

Looks really nice, right? So

now we can make up the beds,

pick up the clothes and put a

wash load or so on before we

eat/drink and go outside.

Maybe put on your bathing suit

before working outside this

time, ‘cause we will be using a

lot of water.

So, we have rested after

lunch and pulled together

whatever we will have for din-

ner/supper, whatever it is

called. And we will go outside

to straighten up our patio,

decks, breeze-ways, garage

and around the home in gen-

eral.

Use your water hose with a

type of power sprayer for the

windows first, and the run-off

will water your plants. Then

with the same power sprayer (

the cheaper screw on high-

power sprayer), if you have a

concete patio, first start spray-

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sweeping and then as you go

by a piece of furniture spray it

down. Tip: Spray your favorite

lounge area and chair first so it

will be dry by your break time.

It will all be done soon and

best of all you have been a

good little homemaker by

using the runoff water to water

your yard and plants. Soon you

will be able to run in and grab

your pitcher and a glass and re-

turn to your clean and dry chair

and table. Rest, ladies, and

enjoy your rest, as this day is

now complete almost.

So enjoy your life and keep it

clean. See you next month Lu-

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Texas primaries are coming us, May 29.

How well do you know your candidate?

How-To Guide:

Get to Know

a CandidateAbout We Texans

We Texans is a non-partisan,

non-profit organization that

fights to protect liberty, in-

tegrity and justice through leg-

islation and education. We

engage in research, analysis,

education and activism. We

value responsibility and the

principles of private property,

personal and economic free-

dom and limited constitutional

government. Our purpose is to

return accountability and free-

dom-minded principles to the

Texas legislature and her citi-

zenry by educating Texans and

spurring them to action.

Our mission

•research current political is-

sues and proposed legislation

•commission studies to serve as

foundations for sound legisla-

tion

•communicate with Texas leg-

islators acting as both resource

and watchdog

•endorse legislation that pro-

tects liberty and oppose legis-

lation that undermines it

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newsletter, social media sites

and live events

•serve as an agent of accounta-

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We promise to be a well-re-

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Ideas Have Consequences

CONSERVATIVE PRINCI-

PLES MATTER

There is a growing dissatisfac-

tion of the people with their

leaders. Voters have realized

that voting for someone with

an R after their name is not a

guarantee that liberty will be

supported once the candidate is

elected. Voters, now more than

ever, must scrutinize candi-

dates for evidence that their

true ideology is in accordance

with the conservative values on

which they are campaigning.

We Texans believe that candi-

dates must have a firm grasp on

a few key constitutional princi-

ples in order to govern in a

manner that protects freedom.

Key Principles of American

Liberty:

•Private Property Ownership

•State Sovereignty

•Right to Bear Arms

•Inherent Rights of the Individ-

ual

•Free Market Economy

•Opposition to Socialism

•Limited Government

If a candidate does not fully

understand these principles, he

will be ill-equipped to protect

your freedom once elected.

The powers of personality,

charisma and electability will

not save citizens from tyranny.

Only principles can give men

the strength our founding fa-

thers had to fight for freedom

at all costs.

We must work together to

find the solutions to society’s

problems that do not trample

the rights of the few in favor of

the many. In order to do that,

we must have the courage to

elect principled leadership and

the willingness to work hard to

find the candidate that will pro-

tect the values of individual

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market for ourselves and future

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About this Guide

It is becoming increasingly

difficult to discern rhetoric

from reality when following

political campaigns today.

Each “conservative” candidate

is well versed in the popular

talking points and current

buzz-words, but how can we as

voters determine if they truly

believe and understand the

content in the speeches they

give?

The goal of this guide is to

help cut through pre-packaged

messaging and quickly get to

the heart of any candidate’s

true ideology. In this guide, we

have addressed elected offices

you will find on your ballot in

any given election year. For

each office we have supplied

questions designed to be asked

directly to a candidate, perhaps

at a town hall meeting, candi-

date forum, via e-mail or even

over social media. Following

each question, we have out-

lined a proper liberty-minded

response. Certainly, candi-

date’s exact answers to these

questions will vary greatly, but

if they truly understand what

makes and keeps men free,

their answers to the questions

in this guide will reflect those

we have provided.

Our sincere hope is that this

guide will serve as a valuable

resource to all liberty-minded

voters for years to come. By

focusing on principles rather

than personalities, the process

of choosing a candidate to sup-

port with your vote becomes

rather simple. Please use this

guide as a tool to make in-

formed voting decisions that

serve to secure the blessings of

freedom for ourselves and our

posterity.

Guide Format

Elected Office

LENGTH of TERM

Q. Question to Candidate

A. Outline of a liberty-

minded response

Federal Representative

Includes the following elected

positions:

United States Congressman (2

Year Term)

United States Senator (6 Year

Term)

Q. What is the primary respon-

sibility of a representative?

A. The answer should not be

“constituent services” or “to do

the will of the people.” These

are incorrect answers because

we are a republic not a democ-

racy. The primary responsibil-

ity of members of Congress is

to uphold the Constitution,

even against the will of the

people.

A candidates response to this

question should sound similar

to the oath they will swear if

elected: “I do solemnly swear

(or affirm) that I will support

and defend the Constitution of

the United States against all

enemies, foreign and domestic;

that I will bear true faith and

allegiance to the same; that I

take this obligation freely,

without any mental reservation

or purpose of evasion; and that

I will well and faithfully dis-

charge the duties of the office

on which I am about to enter:

So help me God."

Q. Who is responsible to take

action to limit the federal gov-

ernment to its constitutionally

mandated powers?

A. The founders understood

that the federal government

would tend towards accruing

more power unto itself and

provided the 9th and 10th

amendments to Constitution to

safeguard limited government.

9th Amendment: The enumer-

ation in the Constitution, of

certain rights, shall not be con-

strued to deny or disparage

others retained by the people.

10th Amendment: The powers

not delegated to the United

States by the Constitution, nor

prohibited by it to the States,

are reserved to the States re-

spectively, or to the people.

It is the responsibility of the in-

dividual states to limit the fed-

eral government when it acts

outside the powers delegated

to it in Article 1, Section 8 of

the U.S. Constitution.

Q. Under what circumstances

would you vote to allow the

federal government to act be-

yond it’s powers defined in Ar-

ticle 1 Section 8 of the

Constitution?

A. The correct answer to this

question is quite simple:

“Never.” Members of Con-

gress violate their oath of

office any time they vote on

items that are not listed as

powers of Congress in Article I

Section 8 of the U.S. Constitu-

tion. Candidates should be able

to acknowledge that there are

many things that the current

Congress addresses which are

not within their constitutional

power. Candidates should re-

spond that powers not granted

to the federal government by

the Constitution are reserved to

the States or the people.

Q. How would you advocate to

advance states’ rights In the

event that the Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA)

guidelines conflict with those

of the Railroad Commission?

A. Industry in Texas is best

regulated by Texas, period.

The Railroad Commission ide-

ally should serve as the sover-

eign regulatory agency for the

energy industry in our state. A

candidate’s response should in-

clude that the EPA is truly un-

constitutional.

Railroad Commissioner

6 YEARS

Q. Considering the scope of

the energy sector in Texas,

how has that industry affected

private property rights?

A. In Texas, private companies

within the oil and gas

Industry have tremendous

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Patty the Milkmaid was

going to market carrying her

milk in a Pail on her head. As

she went along she began cal-

culating what she would do

with the money she would get

for the milk. "I'll buy some

fowls from Farmer Brown,"

said she, "and they will lay

eggs each morning, which I

will sell to the parson's wife.

With the money that I get from

the sale of these eggs I'll buy

myself a new dimity frock and

a chip hat; and when I go to

market, won't all the young

men come up and speak to me!

Polly Shaw will be that jeal-

ous; but I don't care. I shall

just look at her and toss my

head like this. As she spoke

she tossed her head back, the

Pail fell off it, and all the milk

was spilt. So she had to go

home

and tell her mother what had

occurred.

"Ah, my child," said the

mother, "Do not count your

chickens before they are

hatched."

Once upon a time there was a

man named Joe who was quite

overweight. He didn’t care. He

just wanted to enjoy life, eat

whatever he wanted to in what-

ever amounts he wanted to eat.

He loved chicken fried steak,

mashed potatoes with gravy, to

heck with the salad -- take it or

leave it. He took pride in the

fact that he still wore the same

size jeans he had worn in high

school, some thirty-five years

ago, never realizing that back

then he wore them at his waist

and that now he was wearing

them close to his groin in order

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lection of fat in his abdomen.

Beer drinking was an impor-

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Soon after his 50th birthday,

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high triglycerides and was out

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Each doctor prescribed med-

ications, some to counteract

the side effects of the first

ones. He was told to lose

weight, but Joe decided instead

to just rely on modern medi-

cine to cure his diseases and

kept on with the way he ate

and drank Over the next few

years, the government paid

more than $40,000 for Joe’s

doctor visits and pharmaceuti-

cal drugs. Joe applied for and

received disability payments

because he was “too sick to

work.” Taxes rose so that the

government could pay the tab

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the time he was 65. The gov-

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search and came to the conclu-

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unhealthy lifestyle, beginning

with everything he was putting

in his mouth and much that he

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fat in his belly and felt better

than he had felt since he was a

young man. The next time he

had a checkup, the doctors

could find nothing wrong with

him. John worked until he was

in his early seventies, paying

heavy taxes to support men

like Joe. John lived to be 89

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too."

The frog is satisfied, and they

set out, but in midstream, the

scorpion stings the frog. The

frog feels the onset of paralysis

and starts to sink, knowing they

both will drown, but has just

enough time to gasp "Why?"

Replies the scorpion: "Its

my nature..."

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climbed to the summit of a tall

cliff, and looking over the sea,

saw in the distance what they

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waited in the hope of seeing it

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driven nearer to shore by the

wind, they found that it could

at the most be a small boat,

and not a ship. When however

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Its Your Life,

Your Money,

Your Freedomby V. J. Alford

March rain shower has

brought out the flowers and

made all my plants start out on

a really big sprint. All are

healthy and beautiful. I have

tomatoes to eat right now. Can

hardly believe it! The aspara-

gus have started back with new

shoots coming up. The onions

are really coming along, and

with those onions I planted

those in a raised bed with lots

of sand/dirt mix. The raised

bed is on a concrete pad. We

will see how they fair later this

year.

And more, the shallots made

it, yeah! The pots where I

planted just greens in the “Pot

Garden” and yesiree, the mus-

tard greens, Madagorda

spinach, the mixed type greens

for salads, the herbs Greek

oregano, thyme, rosemary,

sage, sweet basil and dill are

read y to use at this time. So

those tomatoes came along at

just the right time. Guess you

can tell I really love salads,

made with fresh salad fixins’.

Now I have planted a new in-

Great times can be ahead

for all of us. We will need to

learn to be very informed. Stay

in your work that you have

whether you like it or not. That

is most important, as you keep

in mind your future. Whatever

that vision you have, keep it

alive from the time you wake

up till you fall asleep.

That means you take care of

yourself and your family as

best you can and remember to

keep that vision in your mind

at all times. Now on to things

you can do for you and yours.

First, back to growing a gar-

den for your family. If you

have children, you are their

teacher. As you do so, will

they. Even if they complain

now, later in their life they will

remember what you

set as an example. Most likely

that will bring them closer to

you than you ever imagine.

Just a good thought for you

each day. Especially when the

kids hormones start coming to

the rage stage.

Once you truly appreciate

your food on the table which

came from the garden that

those kids helped grow, may

that show an appreciation for

what a little work can do for

them. Even if they work in a

city, they will still be able to

grow greens, peppers and

tomatoes inside their apart-

ments because you have

shown them the way. Teach

them how to use those foods as

deco objects in the home they

have chosen.

When the time is right you

will see that technique will

spill over into their financial

abilities. Like say, growing the

financial wealth for harvesting

in the future. How to pay bills

on time. How to save and pay

cash for items without going

into debt. Gardens are special,

and all children deserve the

opportunity to learn about hard

work and the benefits of such.

Teach your children and

yourself how to use envelopes

small 2 1/4 X 3 ½ size. Take

all your cash funds each pay-

ground garden. You see I made

my own seedlings for about 36

tomato plants and for cayenne,

poblano, big Jims, and Red bell

peppers which all have come

along really well and needed

planting this Sunday March

25th, 2012. So I need to get to

cracking on this project. You

see I have had to put up a little

fence to help keep out the feral

cats and other critters. I have

found out if you use a bird net-

ting over the garden the cats

hate it and tend to leave your

garden alone. Hope you have

luck like me using it when/if

you have a critter problem. And

I will keep you updated as to

how long it works.

Have purchased another

water hose. I really do not

know how old this water hose

that I had been using was as it

came with the property when I

purchased it. But the hose actu-

ally collapsed and water would

only trickle out of it. Kinda like

the septic system here col-

lapsed, and it cost a lot more

than this water hose. I really

like my new hose cause it is

light weight and will last 3-5

years I hope.

I have planted my first citrus

tree, a Grapefruit tree. Came in

a 5 gallon tub, kinda beat up

from the high winds. I thought

I would be able to nurse it back

to health and I have. It is a

Saxon Becnel & Sons Rio Red

Grapefruit and, since it was

beat up, I got it for $25, and

that is a good deal, at least for

me. Right now it is loaded with

grapefruit babies. Now is the

hard part I will have to pinch

off all those babies this year so

that the root will become big

and strong. Should have done

that yesterday but could not

bring myself to it. Will try

today. I know it has to be done

if I want this tree to last. I will

garner up the strength or get

Lulabell to do it. She is a tough

old gal. I am the sissy in the

family.

I have planted the rosemary

in the ground along with the

sage. Both seem delighted for

the change. They like freedom

just like VJA (Its your life col-

umn writer). They are flour-

ishing. Now the olive trees I

transplanted. Well, for sure 10

trees made it. Maybe more

will make it and I will update

that next month. But, you

know, those carpenter/cutter

types of ants striped all the

leaves from every Olive tree. I

thought they were done for. So

it has been quite a treat to see

those wonderful leaves com-

ing back.

Also the GroCamp I use is

now being used to start those

seeds into seedlings. It really

worked well and those plants

will be planted later today. It is

really exciting to see all the

work you put into something

that is paying off.

I have been a country girl all

my life even when being

dressed up and suited for the

big city jobs. Surely there is a

place in the country for all of

us girls and boys! Have a great

April and look at those Blue

Bonnets. That is from above.

Beautiful, just plain beautiful.

day lay out the money and

place in the envelopes. Oh,

first write down all your bills

and how much the minimum

payment is so you will know

how to label that envelope and

date it with the due date. Then

set it aside. Say you make

$1000 Net monthly. And your

rent is $400. (This should be

only $250 monthly, so you

need to start looking for an-

other apartment maybe). At

this time label an envelope

“Rent: $400.” And, say you are

paid weekly, you take out and

put in the envelope $100, date

it and minus out the $100 and

you now need $300 to be able

to pay your rent. So with each

payday you put away $100 so

on the first of each month you

will have the $ 400 to pay

when due no questions, just go

pay your rent.) And you do the

same with all your bills, i.e.,

water, electricity, gas, insur-

ance and so forth. Pull the

money on each payday and

when due you will have taken

care of yourself being a re-

sponsible individual. What is

left is for food and entertain-

ment and savings. (Savings

should be at least 20% of your

net). Now you will begin to see

why your rent is too high. So

do a practice run on all your

bills on paper and find out just

how much your have for bills,

rent and other things. You can

do it, I promise.

That is how you learn to

save yourself from being any-

thing less than what you want

to be.

Happy Easter to all of you and

especially the kids. Remember,

you will have the future you

want, but it is hard work and

you will succeed. Greatness is

ahead for you. It is like the

Phoenix Bird you to will rise

from the ashes. Your education

will come from knowing your

history. Very important. Ask

your elders how they made it?

You wil more than likely learn

more than you every imagined.

This month has been rough

on a dog. My bed got kicked

out of the house. Mom had

been sweeping, and she told

me all this dog hair had to go,

that she was not cleaning up

after me so much any longer.

Now, don’t get me wrong; I

still get to come in the house,

but not for extended periods. If

I start scratching or rubbing my

back on the floor, out I go. It’s

not fair. On the other hand,

there is some really comfort-

able furniture outside that I am

allowed to make myself com-

forable on. I expecially like

Mom’s outdoor lounger. It’s

way cool.

But what’s worse is that she

now feeds me outdoors. She

says I am ruining her floors

with the huge piggy mess I

make with my food and water.

I can’t help it. I’m just a dog.

Boo-hoo! Besides, I help clean

house. I really do. I lick up all

the human crumbs of food that

drop on the floor. Doesn’t that

count for helping clean house?

Mom says it doesn’t. Whine,

whine, everybody whine!

Yesterday, one of Mom’s

friends, Laura, came over to

visit and brought what at first

looked like a large rat, only it

wasn’t. It was an itty bitty baby

dog. When she put it on the

ground, I went to sniff and it

and look it over. It had gor-

geous brown eyes like mine

and beautifuly black hair like

mine, nevermind that it had a

number of brown markings. I

nosed around it, followed it

around and licked and licked

and licked. Pretty soon the crit-

ter was soaking wet and looked

even more like a rat except its

tail was not very long. That

cute little tail was just a wag-

gin’ and waggin’. I was in love

. Mom’s friend said the pup’s

name was “Tyson.” Mom

asked, “You mean like in

“Tyson chickens”? Laura said,

with a straight face, “No, like

in Mike Tyson, the boxer.”

Mom laughed and laughed. I

don’t know why. She better

not ever laugh at my name. I’m

Daisy Duke, Queen of the

World!

I didn’t want to see the pup

leave. I bolted out the door

with Mom and followed Laura

and Tyson to their car. I wanted

to just play and lick that pup all

afternoon. Why can’t I have

any pups? Mom says some day

she will get me one, and that I

can play and play and lick and

lick as long as I don’t hurt it.

That sounds really good, only I

don’t understand when “some-

day” is going to be. I don’t like

that part.

It’s hot outside today, and

Mom let me come in the house

and lay on the cool floor, so I

guess things aren’t so bad as I

make them out to be. All in all,

I have it really good. Yeah, I’d

like for life to be all about me,

and a lot of times it is. I guess

a dog’s life isn’t too bad after

all. Woof, woof to all my pals

out there. ‘Til next time, and

good chow. As we say in

doggy land, “Bone Appetit!”

It’s a Dog’s

Lifeby “Miss Daisy Duke”

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Tips to BetterPhotos

by Wayne Green

I just watched a great family

movie titled," A Dolphin's Tale

". I usually like movies when

they are based on a true story

and this film was no exception.

The central character of the

story is actually a young dol-

phin that is rescued after being

badly injured.

As I watched scenes within

the movie that exemplified the

amazing bond and relationships

between the young rescued dol-

phin and the film's human char-

acters, I was vividly reminded

of a photo assignment that be-

came by far the most poignant

and incredible experience that I

ever had with dolphins. Look-

ing back I feel so lucky to have

had the opportunity I decided

to veer away from technical

tips in this month's article and

do my best to describe the

photo assignment that made me

realize just how amazing these

ocean mammals actually are.

My assignment took me to a

wonderful resort on the Yu-

catan Peninsula . The resort of

Xcaret is on the Caribbean

coast just across from the island

of Cozumel. The beautiful jun-

gle setting is replete with

sparkling white sand beaches,

great scuba diving on coral

reefs, an underground river that

guests can float down on rafts

and tubes, Mayan ruins, nightly

entertainment from all over

Mexico and an exotic zoo.

The most popular attraction

however is their dolphin la-

goon where they keep over a

dozen dolphins. Some are

trained and perform while oth-

ers are available for guests to

swim with for a few minutes at

a time.

The resort hired me prima-

rily to create photos of the dol-

phins for a calendar they

would be selling at the resort

and for images to be used in

their advertising programs.

As I put on my scuba gear at

the edge of the lagoon, the dol-

phins excitedly swam in cir-

cles close by. One of the

trainers that was working with

me, explained that although

they were used to people

swimming with them, it was

very rare for anyone to suit up

and dive with them. I got my

underwater photo setup ready

and entered the lagoon. As

soon as I dropped beneath the

surface I was surrounded by

dolphins. By their constant

chattering and excited move-

ments, it was quite clear that

having a person swimming

under the water with them was

something they weren't at all

used to. Within minutes the

whole group of around four-

teen adult animals were play-

ing synchronized games with

me. They would start by form-

ing a tight ring around me,

smoothly swimming with each

one taking a turn letting me

stroke them from nose to tail.

After a few minutes of this, the

game would change. It was

very obvious to me that each

dolphin was communicating

with all the others instanta-

neously. a psychic bond

seemed to allow them to act as

a coherent unit as they sped up

still circling me even closer

now but at dizzying speed. The

game had changed, now as I

reached to stroke them, no mat-

ter how quickly I reached for

them, they would avoid my

touch. Many times only a tiny

fraction of an inch separated

their smooth, huge bodies from

the tips of my fingers. I be-

came convinced after many at-

tempts that they not only were

telepathically connected with

each other but that they were

also connected to me, so that as

soon as I had the thought to

reach for them, they were in-

stantly aware of the thought.

Also amazing to me was how

absolutely in control of their

movements they were. Hun-

dreds of times a powerful tail

had whipped within an inch of

my face mask, yet never once

was I accidently struck. Lucky

for me too, as I could have eas-

ily been knocked cold and only

the dolphins themselves were

under the water with me to

watch over me. Thankfully

they did a good job seeming to

know how fragile I was com-

pared to their rocket powered

bodies.

I spent several wonderful

hours under the water that day,

I know I went through almost

10 tanks of air photographing

them, playing with them, and

getting to know them to the

point that they felt like old

friends. Part of their play

throughout the day was to sud-

denly stop circling me and

strike off into the distance, dis-

appearing from view. Then

after they had been gone for

awhile, I would suddenly be

surrounded by them once

again. They swam so fast on

their return that sometimes I

wouldn't even catch a glimpse

of their return, they would just

magically be back, seemingly

quite proud of how fast and

sneaky they could be.

One time though after I had

been in the water for hours,

they all swam away and re-

mained gone longer than usual.

Also different this time were

the sounds I was hearing. Usu-

ally when they were off to the

other end of the lagoon, it was

fairly quiet beneath the water.

This time though, I could hear

a lot of chattering, whistles and

clicks coming from the far side

of the lagoon. I finally decided

to swim over to see what had

them so excited. As I reached

the end of the lagoon, I found

all my new friends up against

the large nylon netting that

closed off the mouth of the la-

goon from the sea. On the

other side of the netting was a

group of 8 or nine dolphins

who had swam up from the

open water and were obviously

visiting with their friends that

weren't as free to roam as they

were. It was a bit sad for me

since I was reminded of a

prison visiting room. Al-

though as I listened to all the

multitude of sounds, they all

sounded so cheerful and full of

playfulness, I wondered if

being a dolphin on either side

of the netting would still be

good kind of existence.

Next month I'll return to tips

on improving your photos and

please send any comments,

questions, or ideas to Wayne

Green - [email protected],

361-547-6898- or mail me a

note to 119 Lake St. Lake City,

TX 78368. Thanks!

[Note: See dolphin photos on

page 12.]

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powers granted to them by the

state to use private property for

their projects. While those

powers are granted by the leg-

islature and cannot be

amended by the Commission,

the Commission does have

great authority to ensure that

landowners and their

property are protected to the

fullest extent possible from

property damage caused by

negligence and abuse from the

energy industry. Railroad

Commissioners should be ac-

countable to their electorate

and strive to ensure that all par-

ties, both the industry and the

individual, receive fair and just

treatment under the law

.

Q. As a regulator of the oil and

gas industry in Texas, how

does the Railroad Commission

work to create jobs?

A. Government does not create

jobs, the private sector creates

jobs. Regulatory agencies can

only hinder job creation. Any

candidate claiming they will or

can create jobs does not under-

stand their role as a regulator.

It is not their role to create

jobs.

Statewide Judge

6 YEARS

Includes the following

elected positions:

Texas Supreme Court Justice

Presiding Judge

Court of Criminal Appeals

Judge

Court of Appeals Chief Jus-

tice

Court of Appeals Justice

Q. When is a judge justified in

striking down a law?

A. When the legislature hasn’t

been granted authority to cre-

ate such a law under the Texas

Constitution.

Q. In any given case, what

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should a judge do if he believes

that controlling precedent from

a higher court is wrongly de-

cided?

A. A judge’s first consideration

should always be our state con-

stitution. A judge can be

guided but should not be con-

trolled by higher court prece-

dent.

Q. When applying a law to a

specific case, what should be

the judge's primary objective

and how should the judge pur-

sue that objective?

A. The highest purpose of a

judge is to ensure that our laws

are applied fairly and justly to

all. In order to pursue that end,

a judge must examine whether

or not the legislature had the

authority to make the applica-

ble law and if so the judge

must follow that law.

State Legislators

2 YEARS

Includes the following

elected positions:

State Representative

State Senator

Q. What is the primary respon-

sibility of a legislator?

A. The answer should not be

“constituent services” or “to do

the will of the people.” These

are incorrect answers because

we are a republic not a democ-

racy. The primary responsibil-

ity of state representatives is to

uphold the Texas Constitution,

even against the will of the

people.

A candidates response to this

question should sound simi-lar

to the oath they will swear if

elected: “I do solemnly swear

(or affirm), that I will faithfully

execute the duties of the office

of State Legislator of the State

of Texas, and will to the best of

my ability preserve, protect,

and defend the Constitution

and laws of the United States

and of this State, so help me

God.

Q. What options do state legis-

lators have to limit the federal

government to its constitution-

ally mandated powers?

A. As Thomas Jefferson out-

lined, when the federal

government steps outside it’s

powers, specified in Article 1

Section 8 of the U.S. Constitu-

tion, the states have a duty to

interpose and nullify federal

actions in order to protect the

citizens of their state from a

tyrannical Washington DC.

State legislators then have two

options available to them in

this situation:

1. Nullification—passing state

law that says an unconsti-tu-

tional federal law will be null

and void within our state

2. Interposition—passing a

state law that says an uncon-

stitutional federal law will still

stand within the state but con-

sequences for breaking that

law will not be en-forced by

officers of our state. Addition-

ally, our state law enforcement

will prevent federal officers

from en-forcing consequences

of breaking the unconstitu-

tional federal law.

Q. What role should the state

play in economic develop-

ment?

A. It is not government’s job to

incentivize economic

development. The biggest role

the legislature can play in de-

veloping the economy in Texas

is to pass sound legislation and

tax policy that applies equi-

tably to all and to remove as

much regulation as possible to

allow the free market to func-

tion without undo burden of

unnecessary compliance and

mandates.

State Board of Education

Member

4 YEARS

Q. What do you believe the

state is responsible for when it

comes to public education?

A. The Texas Constitution

clearly stipulates that the state

is responsible for the “the sup-

port and maintenance of an ef-

ficient system of public free

schools” in order to provide “a

general diffusion of knowl-

edge.” Currently, many of the

activities provided by public

schools falls outside the scope

of a “general diffusion of

knowledge” and there-fore be-

yond the responsibility of state

government.

Q. What do you see as the pri-

mary reasons for the less than

excellent quality of education

in public schools Texas?

A. While there is no simple or

single answer for this compli-

cated issue, there is ample ev-

idence that increased funding

is not the solution. Remedy for

public school dysfunction is

more likely found in de-

creased regulation and man-

dates and an increase in the

quality of educators.

Q. How would you return

management of public educa-

tion to local districts?

A. The candidate must ac-

knowledge that the scope of

the state’s responsibility for

public education should be

limited. Additionally, they

should demonstrate a willing-

ness to lead an effort to transi-

tion responsibility for

education from the state level

back to parents and communi-

ties where it rightly belongs.

Commissioners’ Court

Includes the following

elected positions:

County Judge

County Commissioners

4 YEARS

Q. What do you see as the pri-

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The latest Public Policy Poll

that shows Ron Paul doing bet-

ter in a head-to-head contest

with President Obama than any

other Republican presidential

candidate also shows his con-

sistent superior strength with

independent voters. Paul ties

Obama for independents while

the rest of the GOP candidates

trail 6-15 points.

Paul’s message of individual

freedom, fiscal responsibility

and a more prudent foreign

policy resonates with a cross

section of Americans in ways

the other GOP candidates can

never achieve. No one thinks of

“individual freedom” when

they look at the healthcare

mandating Mitt Romney and

Newt Gingrich, nor do they

think this when they listen to

Rick Santorum’s various plans

to run Americans’ lives. No one

thinks of “fiscal responsibility”

when they look at Romney,

Gingrich and Santorum’s big

spending records. And at a time

when a majority of Americans

want to get out of Afghanistan

immediately and to reduce

America’s involvement around

the world, no one sees any

change in our foreign policy in

the blustery rhetoric of Mitt,

Newt and Rick.

Many Americans don’t see

any hope for individual free-

dom, fiscal responsibility and

a more prudent foreign policy

in President Obama either–

whose national healthcare

plan remains unpopular, as

does his outrageous spending

and tragic foreign policy.

While the political establish-

ment of both parties like to por-

tray Ron Paul as a man out of

step with the mainstream, he is

in fact more in line with the

mainstream than any of the es-

tablishment choices.

There’s really no secret as to

why Ron Paul does so well

with independent voters. It is

the political class who need to

get a clue.

As Ron Paul pointed out in a

campaign press release on the

Paul Ryan budget:

“The House GOP’s budget

proposal does not balance the

budget until the year 2040, and

it adds billions to our already

exploding deficits. In fact, this

budget doesn’t actually ‘cut’

any spending. It only reduces

assumed increases in spending

– essentially playing the same

game the Washington estab-

lishment has played for years

with our hard-earned money.”

But Dr. Paul also makes a

very important point here:

“What is really disappointing

is that the GOP budget as-

sumes that the federal govern-

ment should continue to do

everything, or at least almost

everything, it is currently

doing. We will never have a

balanced federal budget, low

taxes, economic prosperity,

and individual liberty unless

Congress stops trying to run

the world, run the economy,

and run our lives.”

The idea of reexamining the

very functions of our federal

government, applying cost/bene-

fit analyses (and the Constitu-

tion), and then seriously

scaling back federal power–

this is the one thing no Repub-

lican candidate talks about

except Paul.

In October, the Los Angeles

Times noticed this as well:

The basic question posed by

the likes of Republicans Her-

man Cain, Mitt Romney and

Rick Perry is: “Would this per-

son do a better job as president

than Barack Obama has?”

The basic question posed by

Rep. Ron Paul’s candidacy is:

“Why do we have a federal

government?”

Paul isn’t saying the federal

government is wasting every

dollar it spends; he’s saying the

federal government doesn’t

need to do much of what it

does. Which gets us back to the

existential challenge that Paul

poses to Washington. Why is

the federal government per-

forming so many functions?

Ron Paul, like Paul Ryan, is

practical in understanding that

entitlement systems that people

have paid into their entire lives

must be handled with care. But

within practical concerns about

how we can salvage what we

can from our current unsus-

tainable system, there must

also be a serious reassessment

of the role of the federal gov-

ernment. Unfortunately, Ron

Paul remains the only presi-

dential candidate serious about

this.

PRESS RELEASE

http://www.marketwatch.com/s

tory/ron-paul-more-electable-

than-mitt-romney-in-latest-

poll-2012-03-22

March 22, 2012, 9:21 p.m.

EDT

“Paul is the strongest candidate

with independents, tying

Obama with them while the

rest of the GOP field trails by

6-15 points.”

LAKE JACKSON, Texas, Mar

22, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -

- 2012 Republican Presidential

candidate Ron Paul polls better

against President Barack

Obama in a head-to-head

matchup than establishment-

choice moderate Mitt Romney,

according to a recent survey

conducted by Public Policy

Polling.

The poll found that Obama

defeats Romney by 4 percent-

age points (48-44) and Newt

Gingrich by 8 percent (50-42).

While Santorum also joins Paul

being within striking distance

of the President by 3 points

(48-45 and 46-43 respectively),

Paul brings Obama a notice-

able 2 percentage points further

away from the 50 percent a

candidate seeks to win on elec-

tion day. Considering the +/-

3.3-percentage point margin of

error, Paul in this poll is statis-

tically tied for the presidency.

Reinforcing the electability

case for Paul is that he ties

Obama among independent

voters, while Romney loses the

largest voting segment by 6

percent, Santorum by 8 per-

cent, and Gingrich by 15 per-

cent -- a cause for concern

whether Paul’s three rivals

would even be competitive

come November.

While many polls have

shown Paul to be the most

competitive Romney alterna-

tive, it also shows Paul to be

making substantial progress

and momentum for a general

election bid. The new poll re-

veals that Paul is narrowing the

gap between himself and

Obama by 5 percentage points

since last month’s PPP poll.

Other notables are that

among one of the fastest grow-

ing voter segments, the His-

panic vote, Paul takes a full

third of the Hispanic vote

against the sitting President,

with no other candidate able to

come within 5 points of Paul’s

Hispanic support.

Among the largest voter seg-

ment, self-identified independ-

ents, Paul is viewed favorably

by 41 percent, whereas Rom-

ney and Santorum are rele-

gated to a melancholy 29

percent and Gingrich further

behind with a mere 24 percent

favorability. These favorability

numbers among independents

translate into a clear Election

Day advantage unique to Paul,

where he would tie President

Obama 42 to 42 for their votes.

Young voters, those 18 to 29

years in this poll, have long

been considered to be in the

President’s court. Yet, in a

Paul-Obama matchup, these

voters leave Obama and com-

paratively flock to Paul, back-

ing him with a hefty 40 percent

of their support. The range of

youth support for Paul’s three

competitors in a head-to-head

with Obama ranges 22 to 29

percent, meaning about half of

Paul’s margin to weak at best.

“The media may find an in-

evitability about Romney be-

coming nominee, but it is clear

that with anyone other than

Ron Paul as nominee a second

term for Obama is the in-

evitability,” said Ron Paul

2012 National Campaign

Chairman Jesse Benton.

“When polls say ‘Romney is

actually not the most electable

Republican candidate,’ voters

should flock to the candidate

who can defeat Obama by win-

ning on true conservative prin-

ciple. That man is Ron Paul,”

added Mr. Benton.

The PPP poll is based on

telephone surveys of 900 vot-

ers and has a +/- 3.3-percent-

age point error margin.

It’s No Secret Why

Ron Paul is So

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Ron Paul More

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The result of the Iowa cau-

cus, along with current New

Hampshire polls, stands as a re-

minder of just how little

progress the Republican Party

has made. Though small gov-

ernment, libertarian-leaning

conservatives thought the Tea

Party had delivered classical

liberalism to the GOP, the Re-

publican voters are still fool-

ishly neoconservative.

Republican support of Mitt

Romney is disgraceful to Re-

publican voters who still sin-

cerely believe in the GOP’s

small government tenets. Mitt

Romney, while governor of

Massachusetts, instituted gov-

ernment coercion against his

citizens, in the form of a health-

care mandate. Essentially, be-

fore Obama used the heavy

hand of government to impose

his vision of healthcare onto

Americans, Romney had “been

there, done that.” The fact that

Romney, while running for the

presidential nomination, has

justified his act of authoritari-

anism on grounds of states’

rights is not a saving grace.

After all, proponents of states’

rights, generally, instead of de-

siring to give politicians license

to tyrannize on a more local-

ized level, are attempting to

protect individuals from the ex-

cesses of government by de-

centralizing and dissolving

government’s authority. Sadly,

this demonstrated collectivist

polled second in Iowa and, cur-

rently, is strongly showing in

New Hampshire. “Live free or

die?” Give me a break!

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Rick Santorum, the winner

of Iowa’s caucus, obviously

lacks an understanding of what

a free society would look like.

A free society is a society

where the government, if one’s

to exist, only exists to protect

its citizens from force and

fraud. In a free society, the gov-

ernment wouldn’t prohibit con-

senting adults from entering

into marriage, wouldn’t pry

into its citizenry’s privacy, and

wouldn’t engage in illegal, of-

fensive wars. Yet, Santorum

wouldn’t allow homosexuals to

enter into the contract of mar-

riage, on grounds that exclu-

sively heterosexual marriages

possess an “intrinsic” value to

society (reference recent state-

ments from Santorum’s ap-

pearance at a New England

College question-and-answer

session). Hmmm, what’s a

good word for suspending indi-

vidual rights for the greater

good? Oh yeah, tyranny. Fur-

thermore, Santorum supports

the intrusive Patriot Act, legis-

lation that challenges the fourth

amendment, which states The

right of the people to be secure

in their persons, houses, pa-

pers, and effects, against un-

reasonable searches and

seizures, shall not be violated,

and no Warrants shall issue, but

upon probable cause, supported

by Oath or affirmation, and

particularly describing the

place to be searched, and the

persons or things to be seized.

Additionally, Santorum has not

shied away from his support of

keeping US forces bogged

down in Afghanistan, despite

the fact that Osama Bin Laden

has been killed, and, during the

most recent ABC GOP debate,

voicing support of returning

US troops to the Iraq debacle.

Clearly, Santorum is a big gov-

ernment “conservative.”

Though history seems to

prove that governments, de-

spite their titles, eventually

grow themselves into debt and

oblivion, America’s best hope

for genuine change is Ron

Paul. Ron Paul is the only can-

didate to demonstrate a com-

prehensive understanding of

laissez-faire capitalism and,

perhaps most importantly, an

understanding of how fiat, cen-

trally managed currencies dis-

tort the price mechanism and

lead to disastrous business cy-

cles. Along with Paul’s knowl-

edge of free market economics,

any liberty lover should appre-

ciate Paul’s resistance to unde-

clared wars of aggression. In

fact, Paul is so consistent with

his support of a purely defen-

sive foreign policy that he’s

courageous enough to con-

demn the Union’s war of ag-

gression against the South,

during the 19th century. Now,

that’s some principled libertar-

ianism!

The ball is in the Republicans’

court. Nominate a neoconserv-

ative and, if that neoconserva-

tive defeats Obama, look

forward to another big govern-

ment administration OR nomi-

nate Ron Paul and give liberty

a chance.

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--Anonymous

mary role of county

government?

A. While the scope of county

government continues to grow,

at its core, the county is re-

sponsible for roads, local law

enforcement, some public

works and maintenance and ad-

ministration of county courts.

County elected officials must

refrain from accepting respon-

sibility for humanitarian efforts

(which rightly rests with peo-

ple) and work instead to insure

individual rights are protected.

Q. In what areas do you believe

the county is providing services

that it should not be providing

and how would you propose to

eliminate those services?

A. While many candidates will

discuss the burden of unfunded

mandates, many counties offer

a plethora of additional public

services. A candidate should

hold that most social, environ-

mental and economic develop-

ment services should be left to

the private sector .

Q. In what ways has our county

become dependent on the state

or federal government and how

would you propose to reduce

that dependence?

A. The county receives funding

from both the state and federal

government for roads, health-

care and economic develop-

ment just to name a few.

Commissioners committed to

protecting individual liberty

and freedom will acknowledge

the need to resist mandates, in-

cluding the Commissioners’

Court solicitation and accept-

ance of government grants,

which invariably created long

term liabilities for the county to

provide additional services.

Prosecutor, 4 YEARS

Includes the following elected

positions:

District Attorney

County Attorney

Q. When developing a case and

charging a suspect, does incen-

tivizing convictions make

elected attorneys more or less

likely to have prosecutorial

conduct that is just?

A. Elected attorneys have a

unique position, in that they are

representatives of the state and

prosecute to protect the people.

However, they must also en-

sure that justice is done, which

means they are to protect the

rights of victim and the suspect

simultaneously. Incentivizing

convictions may cause elected

attorneys to focus on convic-

tion rate and winning rather

than ensuring justice is done.

Texas Criminal Code defines

the duties and responsibilities

of the District Attorney and

states, “It shall be the primary

duty of all prosecuting attor-

neys, including any special

prosecutors, not to convict, but

to see that justice is done“

County Sheriff

4 YEARS

Q. If the Federal Government

or the United Nations were to

implement a policy of door to

door gun confiscation in your

jurisdiction, similar to what

took place in New Orleans,

Louisiana immediately follow-

ing Hurricane Katrina, what

would you do?

A. In such a situation, a Sheriff

should interpose himself on be-

half of the people to protect

their constitutional right to

keep and bear arms.

Q. In 1955, Rosa Parks was ar-

rested for failing to give her

seat on a bus to a white man.

Knowing what we know now

about equality and justice, if

you were called, back in time,

as the responding officer to this

call, what would you have

done?

A. The police are not robots for

the legislatures. Law

enforcement officers should

never enforce unjust law. A true

constitutional Sheriff would

have sat down next to Mrs.

Parks, shook her hand, made

sure she got home safely and

given her home extra patrol

throughout the night.

Q. What will be your highest

priority as Sheriff?

A. The proper answer is “Keep

my oath to the people of my

county to protect their consti-

tutional rights.” A Sheriff has

no higher duty than this. While

answers of keep the peace, re-

duce the crime rate, stop drug

trafficking and drug abuse or

work with Federal and State

agencies to combat crime may

be duties of a Sheriff those

should not be his highest prior-

ity. A sheriff’s oath binds him

to only enforce laws that coin-

cide with the Constitution. He

should not violate that oath for

anyone or any purpose.

Constable

4 YEARS

Q. Do you believe that the IRS

conducting random audits is a

proper and constitutional pro-

cedure?

A. No. No other law enforce-

ment agency in this country is

allowed to conduct random au-

dits to reduce crime or detect

crime. As much as the IRS

might like to think they de-

serve an exception to the

Fourth and Fifth Amendments,

no such exemption exists and

they should follow the rule of

law just like everyone else.

Q. It appears that all citizens

will be required by “law” to

participate in the recently en-

acted federal healthcare regu-

lation. If citizens in your

jurisdiction refuse to accept or

use this federal program and

you are ordered to cite or arrest

them, what will you do?

A. No local law enforcement

officer should ever enforce any

such law or serve any warrants

from any court to arrest citi-

zens for refusing to participate

in any federal program; not for

healthcare or anything else.

Local law enforcement should

stand next to their constituents

and put themselves on the line

to protect them from such

abuse.

Q. If Federal and State bureau-

cracies are raiding farmers and

destroying their dairy products

and businesses for merely dis-

tributing raw milk and cheese,

what would you do about it?

A. The right farmers have to

run their businesses as they see

fit is more important than reg-

ulations and rules. As long as

they have not hurt anyone, I

will stand with all farmers and

will indeed protect their lands

and businesses, from all

threats.

Justice of the Peace

4 YEARS

Q. According to the principles

of our Constitutional Republic;

who is responsible for keeping

the Federal Government in

check?

A. James Madison said the

people can safely rely on the

disposition of local legislators

to erect barriers against the en-

croachments of the Federal

Government. Therefore, it is

the duty of all States to keep

the Federal Government in

check. Local officials are ab-

solutely an integral part of

maintaining the balance of

power between the States and

Federal Government.

Q. Thomas Jefferson warned us

that Washington DC would at

times become “venal and op-

pressive.” If this were to hap-

pen today; who would the

people in your county be able

to turn to for peace, safety, and

protection?

A. The Sheriff and other local

officials like the Constable and

Justice of the Peace.

Q. Article 6 of the U S Consti-

tution requires each public of-

ficial to swear an oath of

allegiance to the Constitution.

What is it that you do to keep

this oath?

A. A true conservative candi-

date most certainly should have

read the Constitution and stud-

ied what the Framers of Amer-

ica intended. They should have

also studied the Declaration of

Independence and know what

the purpose of all government

is. The candidate should ac-

knowledge that they will only

enforce laws that coincide with

the Constitution.

Contributors

Several liberty-minded Texans

contributed to the content of

this guide. Without the wealth

of their knowledge this project

would not have been possible.

We would like to thank the fol-

lowing patriots for their

thoughtful submissions.

[Editor’s Note: There is simply

not enough space left to iden-

tify all these contributors. If

you would like a .PDF copy of

the entire voter guide from We

Texans, including the Contrib-

utors, send me an email to

[email protected]

m, and I will e-mail you back

with this guide just as pub-

lished by We Texans.]

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