We Are Change Idaho will host the first annual "Freedom Fest" on 9/11/2010 to honor the first responders from 9/11. Please join us at Ann Morrison Park at the "Old Timers Shelter" from 5-9 pm. The Old Timers shelter is located off of Royal Blvd. We will have music, a potluck, speakers and free information and dvds on topics such as the plight of the 9/11 first responders, vaccines, fluoride, Oath Keepers and our monetary system. All donations raised will go to the Fealgood Foundation, a fabulous organization that has been working tirelessly over the past 9 years to assist sick and dying 9/11 first responders. As of today there are over 52,000 first responders who are affected by the toxic elements they were exposed to at Ground Zero. These heroes were there for America in our country's time of need, now it's time to let them know we haven't forgotten them. Please join us and invite all you know, let's show these heroes that Idaho will NEVER FORGET! You can read more about the Fealgood Foundation at their website: www.fealgoodfoundation.com.
Sarah from Idaho speaks out about the dangers of water fluoridation on the Alex Jones show on August 6, 2010. Please visit her blog at http://mothersopposingtoxins-ss.blogspot.com
SANDPOINT -- The Sandpoint City Council has voted to quit adding fluoride to the municipal water system that also serves communities from Kootenai to Dover.
The 4-2 vote last week followed comments by more than a dozen people arguing against fluoridation at the meeting.
Some who spoke out against fluoridation said they were being medicated against their will.
Fluoride is added to drinking water to help reduce tooth decay.
The Department of Defense said Monday that it will send 2,700 members of the 116th into Iraq as part of "Operation New Dawn," a new name given to the conflict by the Obama administration to reflect the reduced role U.S. troops will play.
About 1,500 of the soldiers are from Idaho. Others are from Montana and Oregon.
The 116th leaves Sept. 17 and will spend about two months training at Mississippi's Camp Shelby, followed by about 10 months on the ground in Iraq, said Col. Guy Thomas, commander of the 116th.
The brigade's mission includes operations like convoy security, force protection and entry-point security in different areas around Iraq, Thomas said.
"It's because of the support our soldiers get from their employers and families they are able to do what they do," Col. Guy Thomas, commander of the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team said. "I'd just like to thank them."
The news comes just a month after a South Carolina legislator introduced a bill seeking to ban Federal currency altogether, and replace the upstart greenback with gold or silver coins. A half-dozen other states have considered similar legislation, reports the Tenth Amendment Center. But there's a key difference between the Idaho plan and the bills proposed in other states, most of which fall somewhere on a spectrum ranging from Tea Party rage to Ron Paul goldbug-ism. (The South Carolina bill, for example, claims that "the State is experiencing an economic crisis of severe magnitude caused in large part by the unconstitutional substitution of Federal Reserve Notes for silver and gold coin as legal tender in this State."
In contrast, the sponsor of the Idaho bill, Republican Phil Hart, seems to be marshalling wide support by crafting legislation that is straight out industrial policy aimed at boosting Idaho's silver industry. The text of the bill is quite clear.
The intent of this act is to use the abundant silver resources of the state of Idaho to create a means whereby the people of Idaho can pay their taxes to the state using silver mined from the ground of Idaho, processed in Idaho and finally minted into a medallion in Idaho. It is the intent of the Legislature to create mining jobs in Idaho while giving the people of Idaho a means to store their wealth in a precious metal that is immune from the effects of inflation while complying with the mandates of our federal Constitution.
That, Hart believes, could bring hundreds, if not thousands of jobs to the state. In conjunction with the creation of the medallion, Hart's bill would also try to lure silver processing companies to Idaho, and in particular, north Idaho, which, according to Hart, was once called "the silver capital of the world." The bill would give companies that come to Idaho to process silver for the medallion a 10-year exemption from income taxes, as well as property taxes. The exemption would be open for 20 years and would sunset after that period of time.
Hart believes one of the advantages of silver is that it would resist inflationary pressure better than paper money. But since states aren't allowed to mint their own money, the value of the silver medallion will have to fluctuate according to market forces. In just the last ten years, the value of an ounce of silver has zig-zagged between four and twenty dollars.
BOISE, Idaho - Ernest Hemingway, one of Idaho’s most famous residents, once said that “Courage is grace under pressure.” In an America being incrementally taken over by the federal government, the state where Hemingway spent much of his time is showing that courage and fighting back in a big way. Recently, the Idaho legislature and many of its citizens decided to supplement talk with action. This action is steeped in a deep tradition in self sufficiency; where many of Idaho’s citizens want to be free to do as they please while living a peaceful life in the Rocky Mountains. Idahoans have always voted for and enjoyed limited government, and thus the state is traditionally regarded as a guaranteed win for many Republican candidates in various levels of government. However, Idahoans can also smell trouble coming, and as the RINOs (republican-in-name-only) grew stronger under the Clinton and Bush presidencies, Idaho became known in the patriot movement as a state where libertarian ideologies of being socially liberal and fiscally conservative could prevail. It is this mindset that has been at the core of several recent occurrences in Idaho politics, and these events have captured the attention of patriots across America.
In 2008, Ron Paul’s libertarian minded presidential campaign received 24% of the Republican primary votes in Idaho, which was Paul’s best showing in any state in the 2008 primaries. During the Ron Paul campaign, downtown Boise was alive with Dr. Paul’s supporters, who spent Saturdays waving signs and discussing the campaign with anyone who would listen at intersections and coffee shops. Apparently, Dr. Paul did not forget where his support was; the Texas congressman is paying a visit to Boise State University’s Morrison Center to speak this Saturday, March 27th.
In recent months the Idaho house passed the “Firearms Freedom Bill.” This bill allows Idaho to produce its own firearms that are exempt from federal firearms background checks and dealer licensing regulations. Idaho’s neighbor to the Northeast, Montana, passed similar legislation in 2009. However, Montana’s bill is currently under attack by the federal government, Idaho must prepared to defend its legislation with all the guts and gusto it can muster.
A bill that would allow Idaho to sue the federal government over its authority to regulate firearms made and sold in state is facing questions from lawmakers concerned about legal costs. Members of the Senate State Affairs Committee on Wednesday approved the measure, but suggested amendments to legislation sponsored by Republican Reps. Dick Harwood and Phil Hart. The bill would exempt guns and ammunition made or sold in Idaho from federal regulations like background checks and registration. Harwood, of St. Maries, and Hart, of Athol, said they expect federal authorities will reject the Idaho law, setting the stage for a legal tussle. Senate Majority Leader and Idaho Falls Republican Sen. Bart Davis said he was worried taxpayer money would go toward defending someone violating a federal law. (Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The House has approved a measure limiting the use of X-ray body scanners at security checkpoints in Idaho airports and government buildings.
Under the bill passed 58-9 Thursday, security officers could only operate the machines to scan people who have failed a prior security test, such as a metal detector.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the First Regular Session of the Sixtieth Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives and the Senate concurring therein, that the state of Idaho hereby claims sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the Constitution of the United States.
A bill to allow citizens to pay their taxes with silver medallions gains support. Goldbugs are watching closely.
A bill that would allow Idaho to sue the federal government over its authority to regulate firearms made and sold in state is facing questions from lawmakers concerned about legal costs. Members of the Senate State Affairs Committee on Wednesday approved the measure, but suggested amendments to legislation sponsored by Republican Reps. Dick Harwood and Phil Hart. The bill would exempt guns and ammunition made or sold in Idaho from federal regulations like background checks and registration. Harwood, of St. Maries, and Hart, of Athol, said they expect federal authorities will reject the Idaho law, setting the stage for a legal tussle. Senate Majority Leader and Idaho Falls Republican Sen. Bart Davis said he was worried taxpayer money would go toward defending someone violating a federal law. (Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)