The Blue Ridge Messenger
Newsletter of the Madison County Republican Women
Chartered September 15, 1998
January
2016
P.O. Box 314• Madison,VA 22727• (540)923-4300• www.madisonvagop.blogspot.com
Biosolids
Citizen Information Group
C.W. Williams / 3
Dr. Mark Berg
Beat the cold at MCRW's
16th Annual Chili Festival. Former Delegate
Mark J. Berg, M.D. will
be the Guest Speaker at
the January 19th MCRW
Meeting, 6:30-8:30 PM.
Virginia Attorney GenCrocodile Tears
eral Mark R. Herring
A Photo Op for
(D) has announced
that beginning Febru- treacherous totalitarianism
ary 1, Virginia will no Obama’s Gun Grab / 4 - 5
longer honor the outProvidence & Courage
of-state
concealed
Saving the Republic
Ponch McPhee / 6
handgun carry permits of gun owners
Oregon
Mark Herring
from more than two Citizens stand against tyrandozen of the states with which the com- nical government overreach
monwealth currently has reciprocal Constitutional Freedom / 7
privileges. The pushback was swift.
2016
Dr. Berg received a B.S. in Biology from
Allegheny College in 1980 and an M.D.
from State University of New York Upstate
Medical
University
in
1984.
His
professional experiences include two
Gonna be a busy year
decades as an ER doctor and ownership “This unilateral politically motivated exComing Events / 8
of a family practice in Winchester, Virginia. ecutive action seriously limits the rights
of those Virginians who have conMark represented our 29th district as cealed weapon permits. After claiming “Saudi Prince Alwaleed
delegate in the Virginia House of that this action doesn’t affect the validi- bin Talal, a senior memDelegates, having been first elected in ty of any permits that may have been ber of the Saudi monar2013. His term will end January 13, 2016, issued by Virginia, the official an- chy, says he’ll pledge his
having lost a close 2015 primary.
nouncement from the Attorney General $32 billion to advance
closes with the warning that Virginia the islamization of AmerThe 29th district includes the city of
permit holders had better check the ica… The Saudis have
Winchester, most of Frederick County,
laws of states they may visit because in spent billions already.
and a portion of Warren County.
many of those states their permits will 80% of the mosques
build in America are
Everyone is invited to attend this informa- not be valid any longer.
Saudi funded.
Islamic
Jan. 15th!
tive meeting about Medicare and Medic- “These permit holders are not the peo- groups working
to imaid.
ple committing gun crimes in Virginia. pose theJewell
sharia Duvall
are
They are the people who go to the largely funded
by
the
will be collecting
2016 club officers will be inducted in a brief
trouble to get permits to comply with Saudis… books
Wikileaks
has
for donaceremony led by Linda Bartlett, Virginia
the law…
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Federation of Republican Women (VFRW)
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The evening's menu includes: Various crime committed by an out-of-state documents
the
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Council.
tasty Chili recipes, Soup, Cornbread, concealed weapons permit holder le- Saudi Foreign Ministry.
Cheese and other condiments and gally carrying in Virginia under the rec- Wikileaks declares, “Mescrumptious desserts by our members. iprocity agreement; not one. Indeed, dia is not Please
bringbya
‘controlled
Dinner: $8.
donation
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the State Police concede that they are Jews’ but
the
Arabia: media loyalties
Location: Madison Presbyterian Church not aware of any either. It is evident Dottie
purchasedCommunity
around
that
this
is
nothing
more
than
liberal
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Fellowship Hall, 1236 Fishback Road, Rt.
FoodAmerican
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the world. The
window
dressing
and
political
payback
722 at the north traffic light. For additional
media is already in the
information, please call (540) 923-4300 or for the millions of dollars former New Dottie Stephenson has
tank for Islam.”
JewNews
at each
meeting.
York Mayor Bloomberg has pumped available
(540) 923-4085.
continued on page 2
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January 2016
into the campaigns of Virginia Democrats, including piled up around the altar of gun control.”
that of the Attorney General, over the past two and a
Dave Workman, Seattle Gun Rights Examiner
half years.”
Sen. Mark Obenshain (R-Rockingham)
}When faced with government overreach (a common
“Despite promising to take politics out of the Attorney occurrence”under AG Herring), the clarion call, BY
General's office, Mark Herring consistently seeks to WHAT AUTHORITY, sounds from the rafters. Well,
interpret and apply the law of the Commonwealth um, Herring does not have authority… AG Herring
through the lens of his own personal, political opinions. gives the advice, makes the large public pronounceHe is damaging the integrity of the office he holds."
ment and tries to take credit for curbing the Second
Speaker William J. Howell (R-Stafford) Amendment. The Superintendent of the State Police
Colonel W. Steven Flaherty rolls over like a bureaucrat"This is another Washington-style overreach from a ic shill for the AG’s office… Imagine how much power
nakedly partisan Attorney General. The Attorney Gen- and influence Herring has when he can convince a
eral's job is to faithfully interpret and enforce the law of career law enforcement officer to renege on 12 years of
the Commonwealth. Virginians who have concealed his accepted policy.”
Paul A. Prados
carry permits may lose the ability to protect themselves when traveling in 25 states. Instead of doing the “My colleagues and I are working on ways to stop this
job he was elected to do, Mark Herring continues to over-reaching
move.
I
will
co-sponsor
put the political goals of his liberal supporters ahead of legislation dealing with this issue. Additionally, I am
sound legal judgement." Del. Rob Bell (R-Albemarle) drafting constitutional carry legislation in cooperation
with VCDL. One thing is clear, my colleagues and I will
“Since Gov. Terry McAuliffe, Herring, and Democrats fight this from multiple angles in the upcoming 2016
lost big-time in electoral contests last month - despite Legislative Session.” Sen. Richard Black, 13th District
millions of dollars from their billionaire benefactor
Michael Bloomberg - they are now using tyrannical “As a result, our Virginia concealed carry permits are no
means to impose more gun control as retribution for longer good in 5 states. Border states like Tennessee
and North Carolina could be next. It's just further proof
their losses.
“This usurping of legislative power is a common trend that Democrats in Virginia have declared war on the
under McAuliffe. In October, he issued a directive Second Amendment. Mark Herring's decision sets the
forbidding openly carried firearms in most Virginia stage for other states to end their recognition of Virginia
state offices. The ban, which went into effect last permits, and make it much harder for law abiding citimonth, immediately prohibits openly carried guns in zens to exercise their constitutional rights. But of
executive offices at the state capital but required ena- course, that's what Democrats like Mark Herring, Terry
bling regulation to ban concealed firearms. Members McAuliffe, and Hillary Clinton want.
of law enforcement, security, and military personnel
are all exempt from this regulation, which is set to
expire in June 2017…
“What’s the takeaway from all of this? Elections can
have very deleterious consequences. Virginians knew
very well that McAuliffe, Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam, and
Herring were going to enact gun control by any means
possible, but they chose to elect them over good men
like former Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and state
Sen. Mark Obenshain. Come 2017, it’s imperative to
elect pro-gun, pro-Second-Amendment candidates to
the highest state offices.”
Gabriella Hoffman
“Political elitists like McAuliffe should be constantly
reminded of the fatal failures of gun control policies
they perpetuate. Restrictive gun control kept the late
Carol Bowne of New Jersey disarmed, making it easy
for a stalker ex-boyfriend to kill her in June. Washington’s new background check law hasn’t kept guns out
of the wrong hands. California’s restrictive gun laws
didn’t prevent San Bernardino. Chicago, Baltimore and
Washington, D.C. are killing fields. The bodies have
We have to fight back. Here's what you can do:
• Call Attorney General Herring at (804) 786-2071 and
tell him you don't support this anti-gun effort.
• Call Governor McAuliffe at (804) 786-2211 and tell
him you expect him to support the Second Amendment,
not make it harder to exercise your rights.
• Vote for the Republican candidate of your choice on
March 1. All of our GOP candidates are far better on the
Second Amendment than Hillary Clinton.
John Whitbeck, Chairman, RPV
In November, a bill was filed that would require Virginia to recognize permits from other states. If approved,
it would reverse Herring’s ruling.
“A lot of the governor’s power is deferred to the General
Assembly at that point and I’ll be getting with my collegues to circumvent everything this governor has done
on this point. have a budget amendment that I’m
looking at to take away his executive protection unit. If
he’s so afraid of guns, then I’m not going to surround
him with armed state policemen.”
Senator Bob Carrico
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January 2016
good work that was accomplished by all stakeholders
participating on the BURAC.
My dear citizens, I wish to provide you
a brief summary of facts regarding this
material known as biosolids or sludge.
I first became aware of the term "biosolids" approximately sixteen years ago
C.W. Williams when I was awakened at 3:30 AM, by
the dumping noise and odor emanating from across the
road to my home.
Upon inquiring why the dumping was at such an early
time and what was the terrible odor, I was informed that
the landowner was using sewage waste sludge for
fertilizer and that they could apply anytime they wished.
Upon investigation, this was in fact true, even though
the odor was present for five months.
Having had to step back due to illness for several years,
I have recently been asked by my fellow citizens to
assist in rectifying the atrocities allowed by DEQ. As a
result, I gave my word and therefore I am now back in
the driver’s seat making additional contacts and involved to make a difference once again.
Within only three months, several citizen groups have
been formed due to the lack of DEQ to voluntarily
institute changes. I have accepted the chairmanship of
the Biosolids Information Group with a mission to procure factual information and circumstances, conduct
unbiased research and investigation, disseminate pertinent information to government agencies, waste industry entities, citizen groups, the local medical districts
and the General Assembly.
A group of concerned citizens approached the Board of
Supervisors in Louisa, VA and asked that a study committee of citizen landowners and farmer landowners be
convened. I was asked to serve on this committee and
represented my district. Little was accomplished on this
committee due to the lack of sludge knowledge available at the time.
Many of the same factual documentation actions will be
followed as I used in the past, e.g., video documentation of citizens harmed by exposure to the toxic pollution known as biosolids, writing a monthly newsletter
exhibiting current constituent information, renewing and
corresponding with contacts at Harvard, Cornell, William & Mary, UNC, NC State, VT, EPA, etc., in order to
However, I pursued the quest for knowledge to the VA pass on relevant information for the general Assembly
Department of Health (VDH), which was managing the for effecting a change for the health, safety, and
land application of biosolids. I attended many meetings welfare of the citizens of Virginia and their environment.
on the subject and researched the files of the VDH. My I welcome all citizens interested in making a difference
findings at the time of my research were that VDH was for families and our environment here in the Commonunder-staffed and under-funded for administrating the wealth, to reach out and give myself and like-minded
land application of a toxic sludge called biosolids.
participants a call. The more people involved, the more
I presented my documentations of citizen's illnesses information can be made aware and dispersed.
from exposure, property damages, county ordinance For more information:
violations, VDH under-funding and under-staffing, to the
C. W. Williams, Chair
VA Board of Health, Governor, various related agencies
Biosolids Information Group
and citizen groups. By virtue of my factual documentaP. O. Box 15531
tion, I was asked to participate on the VDH Biosolids
Richmond, VA 23227
Use Regulation Advisory Committee (BURAC), as the
(804) 264-1930
Citizens' Representative.
www.lsmclellan.wix.com\sludge
cwwms3@gmail.com
Rather than being a token representative, I took to heart
my commitment to you my fellow citizens as well as
““If this guy doesn’t look like an Arab terrorist,
donating my time and experience to the Commonwealth
then nothing does,” the ticket agent who let 9/11
voluntarily. Much was accomplished by regulatory lanhijacker Mohamed Atta pass through security
guage changes, authorization of a local monitor for
recalled thinking, “but it’s not nice to say things
testing, monitoring and abatement should the rules of
like this.” Neighbors of the San Bernardino
permits and local ordinances not be followed. Additionterrorists noticed peculiar goings-on but didn’t
ally, local jurisdiction ordinances were to be followed
report them to authorities.
and a "sludge fund" was established to assure conformity.
It seems that many Americans, out of a “misunderestimated” reluctance to discriminate by
We were able to convince the General Assembly to
religion, have difficulty making the distinctions —
switch the administration of the land applications of
or discriminations — needed to identify terrorists.”
biosolids to the Department of Environmental Quality
Michael Barone
(DEQ) with additional funding and staffing. While this
should have been the right move, DEQ has eroded the
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“At this very moment, Americans sit, anxiously awaiting the next terrorist attack on our soil. It’s no longer a
question of if, but when. The recent terror attack in San
“Today the Obama Administration Bernardino was the latest and greatest act of war to go
laid out a series of new executive largely ignored by this administration. Lost in an incredible sense of denial, it took
actions tightening gun control. The
the President 16 days to even go
package includes a long list of provipay homage to the dead. Instead
sions, including one expected to
of moving troops to secure our
broaden the Bureau of Alcohol, Tosouthern border, he opens up the
Dear Leader
bacco, Firearms and Explosives’
floodgates to Syrian refugees.
(ATF) definition of gun dealers in order to expand the
And throughout what is rising to
types of gun sales that subject buyers to background
the level of a new World War,
checks and to force more gun sellers – particularly
he remains driven to reduce our
those doing business on the Internet and at gun shows
rights to own guns!”
– to get licenses. At the President’s direction, the FBI
Sen. Elbert Lee Guillory
will begin hiring over 230 additional examiners and
(R-Louisiana
District 24)
other staff members to assist with processing mandato- Sen. Elbert Guillory
ry background checks. Not only does this executive
overreach circumvent the legislative process by com- “Obama promises his executive order will be a small
pletely circumventing Congress, it also undermines the step in the right direction to the type of gun control
Second Amendment rights of law abiding citizens. I will communist China has. (Yes, he did in fact cite the
continue to push back against the President’s over- authoritarian state’s lack of guns as something to
reach, and to stand for the Constitution and in defense aspire to.) ..The unstated thing that matters is ensuring America becomes where the stereotypical gun
of every Americans’ right to bear arms.”
Congressman Randy Forbes owner can no longer be a gun owner, and their way of
life is extinguished.”
Scott Greer, The Daily Caller
“When the president announced his new executive
actions.. to restrict the Second Amendment rights of “Virginia is under no constitutional obligation to enlaw-abiding Americans to own a firearm, I was struck by force Barack Obama’s executive efforts at restricting
his tone. Obama seemed more agitated talking about Second Amendment Rights. Anticipating Barack
this issue than when the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Obama’s actions, I filed HB 83 to prevent the Comfired a rocket last week near a U.S. aircraft carrier. He monwealth of Virginia or its localities from assisting
seemed more angry today than when we found out Iran Obama’s efforts which have been issued without Conwas lying about its nuclear program. He showed more gressional authority and even in defiance of Conanger about guns in America than when Iran tested gress.
nuclear-capable missiles in violation of U.N. sanctions. “In 1992 the US Supreme Court ruled that, “Congress
In fact, Obama seems more emotionally committed to may not simply "commandee[r] the legislative proctaking away your guns than he is to preventing the esses of the States by directly compelling them to
mullahs of Iran from getting weapons of mass destruc- enact and enforce a federal regulatory program.”
tion.”
Gary Bauer
(New York vs. United States, 488 U.S. 1041) The
Court has ruled that way since 1842.
“Obama's pep rally, the whole thing was spin. And by
“..In the absence of more details or a better explanathat I mean none of it was real. It was all designed to
tion, Obama’s proposal seems to require all persons
present an emotion, an attitude that is not real. Liberwho sell even a single firearm to have a federal lials, by definition, cannot be honest about their true
cense which would effectively prevent a citizen from
objectives. They'd never get elected. They would never
selling his firearms through a licensed dealer without
win arguments. So they have to mask and camouflage
themselves having to get a federal firearms license!
everything, and they usually do so under the auspices
of compassion and equality and fairness, sameness, “Could these rules disqualifying people from firearms
kindness, and so forth, when they're actually some of ownership and use be used as a tool reflecting Soviet
practices of having psychiatrists neutralize political
the most vicious, mean-spirited extremists among us.
Rush Limbaugh dissidents through mental health determinations to
restrict their rights?
“Despite President Obama himself noting that this “will “..Please contact your delegate and senator to ask
not solve every violent crime in the country, prevent them to support HB 83 to stop Obama's overreach.
every mass shooting, or keep guns out of the hands of Thank you for your help and support!”
criminals,” the media are already celebrating his new
Delegate Bob Marshall
continued on page 5
executive actions.”
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fancy, gated Hawaiian vacation homes.”
“Obama announced new executive orders on gun
Debbie Schlussel
control designed to keep “mentally ill” people from
buying guns – but, will they be used to prevent climate
“Citizen Asks ATF [on Facebook]: Do I
skeptics from buying firearms? ..If, as Pres. Obama
has repeatedly claimed, climate change is a greater
Need a Federal Firearms License to Sell
threat than terrorism, then aren’t people who deny
Thousands of Guns to Mexican Cartels?
the climate threat “a danger to themselves or others”
Of course the reference is to Operation
Fast and Furious, when ATF (under
and unfit to own guns? ..If you don’t think the climate
guidance and direction from the Departthreat is great enough, or you’re not furious about it, or Brian Terry
you’re not politically active in the climate fight, then ment of Justice) purposely sold thousands of firearms
you’ve got mental issues. [Psychology Today article] to Mexican cartels between 2009 and 2010. The result?
..And remember when Obama's EPA Chief Gina Thousands of lost guns, the murder of Border Patrol
McCarthy declared that climate skeptics aren’t Agent Brian Terry and the slaughter of hundreds of
“normal” people? So, you might want to think twice Mexican citizens.”
Katie Pavlich
before discussing the nearly two-decade pause in
global warming with your doctor the next time you go “A bill supported by nearly every Democrat in the Senin for your annual check-up.”
Craig Bannister
ate and cosponsored by more than 90 Democrats in the
House -- including many self-identified civil libertarians
“The Muslim world has a long history of prohibiting -- would make it even easier to take away someone's
Jews in its midst from owning and using weapons. The Second Amendment rights. The Denying Firearms and
Jews o Yemen were famous for being in the business Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act gives the attorcrafting ornate swords and other similarly bladed ney general essentially unlimited power to block gun
weapons. But they could only craft them for Muslims. sales, provided he "determines" that the buyers are
The Jews, themselves, were not allowed to own them. "appropriately suspected" of involvement in terrorism
This made it easier for Muslims to steal from, rape, and "has a reasonable belief" that they "may" use the
torture, and kill Jews. The same goes for Hitler. my firearms "in connection with terrorism."
late Holocaust survivor grandfather, Isaac Engel, always carried around his three illegal, unregistered “If a blocked gun buyer challenges the attorney generguns, and he concealed them to and from his busi- al's decision, the government need only show it is more
ness. He told me that this was his way of having what likely than not that the statutory requirements were met.
the Nazis told him he couldn’t have. His entire family If there were, say, a 30 percent chance that a reasonawas wiped out in the Holocaust because Jews were ble suspicion is correct, this standard would amount to
not allowed to have guns. Whenever the names of slightly more than a 15 percent chance that an appelliberal, pro-gun-control politicians, like then-U.S. Sen- lant is a terrorist. Furthermore, the government could
ator Carl Levin came up, my grandfather used to avoid showing the appellant evidence against him by
always say, “he is a linka [a leftist],” and he would point claiming that doing so would jeopardize national secuout that these leftists weren’t that far off from the rity. Last month, Rep. Mike Thompson, D., Calif., who
not long ago received the highest possible rating from
politics of the Nazis who tried to take his life.
the American Civil Liberties Union, defended this bill in
“The late Zionist leader Ze’ev Jabotinsky, in the early an interview with The Washington Post's Greg Sargent.
1930s, could see what was happening in Europe, with If you want to keep your constitutional rights, Thompthe Nazis gaining power and popularity. And his advice son said, you just have to "show you're not a problem."
was, “Yiddin learnin shissin [Jews, learn to shoot!].” In other words, your hands are presumed wrong until
Sadly, too many Jews today, don’t get the message. proven right.”
Jacob Sulllum
They are the JINOs (Jews In Name Only) who support
Barack Obama and who are on the side of the gun- "Obama plans to require you to get a license to sell one
grabbers. They love to hijack the Holocaust but don’t gun. Hillary has already announced that the price of a
seem to notice that with guns, many Jews were saved, license should be $2,500. This will make it prohibitively
and had Jews had guns, many more would have been expensive for individuals to sell their own guns. Under
saved.
the Obama-Clinton model, the cost of selling your best
“..Guns save lives. And they saved and continue to friend a $400 shotgun will be $2,900." Grover Norquist
save Jewish lives. If we owe anything to the Jews of
Kansas City, it’s to let them easily arm up. Closing “I do have a concealed carry permit, as does my wife.
“loopholes” only affects the innocent who abide by the There’s terrorism and there’s crime. You never know
law, not those who shoot up schools and community when either one is going to happen. You can rely on
centers. Gun control is for suckers and dummies . . . terrorists and criminals not to hurt you, or you can
and those with armed Secret Service bodyguards and prepare yourself so they don’t hurt you. I trust myself
more than the terrorist.” Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL)
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By Ponch K. McPhee
Can we imagine for a moment
what the founders or signers
would think of the political environs of the 21st century? Example: What or whom was
Jefferson in thought of when he penned “We hold
these truths to be self-evident, that all men are
created equal, that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that
among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness“ Yes, “Endowed by their Creator “
Today the signers would most certainly insist on continuity of the people’s voice first over elected government. They would encourage we the people of one
nation under one flag enforcing the words of the United
States Constitution. The signers would have the courage to be insisting on a nation of free men and women
without foreign influence of any kind including most
certainly the United Nations.
In the whole of thinking as defined by the Declaration
of Independence, what do you suppose Jefferson was
in mind of when he penned “We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in
General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the
Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of
our intentions ”Yes, “ The Supreme Judge of the
world.“
Is it not clear what Jefferson was referring to? Today
would the signers be on internet social media? Would
they be all across the globe posting and insisting on
smaller government? Might they be on line communicating whatever is necessary to retain liberty and
freedom in the nation?
Absolutely, they would shout out coast to coast that it
is every legal or natural citizen’s right to speak out and
be heard in fact it is their duty. They would insist on fair
trade and not tolerate illegal border entry into the
United States. They would be reminding all of the
people in this Republic that “we are endowed by our
creator “
January 2016
In addition Franklin also stated in his own words, “I
must own I have so much faith in the general
government of the world by Providence that I can
hardly conceive a transaction of such momentous
importance to the welfare of millions now existing,
and to exist in the posterity of a great nation,
should be suffered to pass without being in some
degree influenced, guided, and governed by that
omnipotent, omnipresent, and beneficent Ruler.”
It is clear by men and women of faith and all who come
to know, that this nation of free people are of an
unconditional faith guided by the almighty hand of God.
In this time of now as in the time of yesterday and the
time of tomorrow, we must once again restore our faith
as it was purposely intended by Jefferson pen to paper
in The Declaration of Independence.
We needed then to declare that we must insist on being
independent from the king to establish separate states
and enforce our own laws for republicanism and have
the government answer to we the people. With 2016
underway, this Republic needs this kind of moral
foundation now more than ever.
John Adams said, “The moment the idea is admitted
into society that property is not as sacred as the
laws of God, and there is not a force of law and
public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny
commence”
Further, Adams also stated, “Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.”
Therefore we must put the word forward, while relying
on faith (though not entirely) and have the courage and
the conviction to get out the vote and restore the signers meaning of our most cherished documents, The
Declaration of Independence and The United States
Constitution, “for we the people to remain free of
tyranny, we must control government and insist
with extreme prejudice that it never be allowed to
control the people.” Amen
“..It's now harder to find out where your meat was born,
raised and slaughtered. After more than a decade of
their family values with faith to a higher deity. Even wrangling, Congress repealed a meat labeling law last
Benjamin Franklin, Using the colonial term for the month that required retailers to include the animal’s
hand of God, “Providence,” Franklin proclaims the country of origin on packages of pork and beef...
following on the birth of our nation:
Lawmakers said they had no choice but to get rid of the
labels after the World Trade Organization repeatedly
“The longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see ruled against them. ..Congress first required the labels
of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of men. in 2002 amid fears of mad cow disease from imported
And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without cattle. The labels weren't on most packages until 2009,
His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise though, due to delays pushed by the meat industry.”
without His aid?”
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The signers were men of principle who honored
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to take over and destroy our country, forever.”
Allan Erickson, BarbWire.com
Ammon Bundy
“In protest over what they
perceive to be the unjust reincarceration of two Oregon
ranchers.. more than a hundred
“A US Geological Survey Bulletin (1740-B) indicates
there is a high potential for silver, gold, copper, mercury, uranium and molybdenum (a refractory metallic
element used principally as an alloying agent in steel)
and other resources in the area. There is also a moderate estimate for natural gas and oil. The feds want to
drive ranchers and private property owners off the land
because on patented land (an exclusive private property land grant), which has passed into private ownership,
a mining interest does not need to lease land or file a
plan or notice with the federal government.
armed militia members occupied a deserted federal
wildlife reserve ... in their attempt to protest a
tyrannical U.S. government that is no longer by and for
the people. More than 14 years ago ranchers Dwight
and Steven Hammond lit a small brushfire on their
property that eventually led to the destruction of nearby federal lands. A U.S. court found them guilty of the
In regard to oil, the BLM “does not tell you that its share
destruction of federal property and each were senof total oil production has dropped dramatically due to
tenced to jail for their actions… served their sentences
substantial increases in oil production on private and
but were ordered back to jail to serve four more years.
state lands that are not subject to the onerous regulaDwight Hammond Jr., 73, and his 46-year-old son, tions and permitting delays of the federal government,”
Steven, have claimed that they lit the fires in 2001 and notes the Institute for Energy Research. The Ham2006 to reduce the growth of invasive plants and monds and other private property owners stand in the
protect their property from wildfires. However, prose- way of total federal monopolization of natural resources
cutors said the fires were set to cover up poaching. and that is why in part we are witnessing an unprece[This is] part of a decades-long dispute between some dented land grab in the West.” Kurt Nimmo, Infowars
Westerners and the federal government over the use
of public lands. The issue traces back to the 1970s “During the Bundy Ranch Siege of 2014, it was discovand the “Sagebrush Rebellion,” a move by West- ered the various connections of the Bureau of Land
ern states like Nevada to increase local control Management to Agenda 21. This is now the case conover federal land.” AmericanPatriotDaily.com
cerning the Hammond’s ranch in Oregon, which sits on
precious metals, minerals, uranium and other deposits
“The federal government does not have authority to that the criminal BLM desperately wants. According to
come down into the states and to control its land and the Property Rights Alliance, “Much of the land targeted
resources. That is for the people to do. And that is for government takeover holds great oil and natural gas
clearly stated in Article 1, [Section] 8, [Clause] 17 of resources which could provide jobs in the energy industhe Constitution. The plaintiff is the federal govern- try and a flow of resources from our own American
ment, and yet, the prosecutors are the federal govern- supply. Once those lands become ‘monuments’, acment… and those who want ‘their’ land is the federal cess to those natural resources is limited and in the
government… and those agencies that have been hands of the federal government.”
oppressing the people here are the federal governThe government offers little explanation for the landment. There is no proper redress because the design
grab frenzy, but there are plenty of reasons to oppose
and structure of this government is not intended for the
it,” the PRA added. “First and foremost, it is unconstitufederal government to come down against individuals
tional for the government to simply take land from
in a state on these matters, and that is what this is all
states without compensation. Second, governmentabout.” Ammon Bundy
controlled land takes away opportunities for development, particularly when it comes to accessing much
“..This government is lawless, out of control, injurious
needed resources. The land designated as ‘monument’
to the rights of citizens, and headed in a direction that
space could have created dozens of employment opis completely contrary to the principles embodied in
portunities—opportunities which will go wasted under
the Declaration and the Constitution… when a governthe thumb of the federal government. Just like the value
ment becomes deaf to the voice of the people, and
of the land of the Bundy Ranch, the Hammonds, along
when that government works hard against the will of
with other ranchers across several states is valuable to
the people—destroying their rights, their liberty and
the very people who are attempting to get their hands
their livelihoods—then the people have a right to take
on that land. Ammon Bundy was exactly right when he
that government back and put it in its place. That is as
pointed out the federal overreach and the crooked
American as it gets. Equally American, the rule of
schemes of federal agencies and judges in their atlaw. We had better preserve it, because without that,
tempt to grab land that is constitutionally not theirs.
we’ll all lose, giving the tyrant all the excuse he needs
Tim Brown, SonsofLibertyMedia.com
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The Blue Ridge Messenger
January 2016
1. Laquan McDonald’s death
Obama’s hometown of Chicago - he hasn’t publicly shed tears over
a police officer shooting this teenager 16 times.
2. Tamir Rice’s Death - Twelve-year-old Tamir Rice who was as
shot to death while playing with a toy gun at a park in Nov. 2014.
3. Eric Garner’s Death - for selling untaxed cigarettes
4. San Bernardino Attack - Obama was so undisturbed by the
worst terror attack on U.S. soil since 9/11 that he waited two weeks
before he finally making a pit stop at the site of the tragedy before
taking off on his vacation to Hawaii.
5. Paris Terror Attacks – But Obama said climate change negotiations would be a “powerful rebuke” to ISIS
6. Fort Hood Massacre – It took six years for Obama to even call
it terrorism
7. Planned Parenthood’s Baby Butchery and Organ Harvesting
8. Kayla Mueller’s Kidnapping and Death - The 27year-old American aid worker was raped, tortured and
killed earlier this year while in captivity to ISIS.
9. James Foley’s Beheading - Obama immediately
ran off to play a round of golf.
10. ISIS’s Attack on a Russian Plane Carrying 224
Passengers -. Don’t panic, though: Obama says he is
taking the whole thing “very seriously.”
11. Boko Haram’s Kidnapping of More than 300
Girls - Michelle tweeted a hashtag though.
Rev. Cruz
“They say ‘pro-life’ or ‘pro-choice.’
That’s not the right word. It is ‘prolife’ or ‘pro-death.’ It is ‘pro-life’ or
‘pro-murder.’ ..So we’re supposed
to prostitute our principles on
behalf of tolerance… There are
absolutes. Start being biblically
correct instead of politically
correct.” Reverend Rafael Cruz
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