This and That...

[Ross]

US Postal Service
Joins in
Federal Ammo Purchases

Tuesday, 15 Apr 2014
By Cheryl K. Chumley

Add the U.S. Postal Service to the list of federal agencies seeking to purchase what some Second Amendment activists say are alarmingly large quantities of ammunition.

Earlier this year, the USPS posted a notice on its website, under the heading "Assorted Small Arms Ammunition," that says: "The United States Postal Service intends to solicit proposals for assorted small arms ammunition. If your organization wishes to participate, you must pre-register. This message is only a notification of our intent to solicit proposals."

Alan Gottlieb, chairman of the Washington-based Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, said: "We're seeing a highly unusual amount of ammunition being bought by the federal agencies over a fairly short period of time. To be honest, I don't understand why the federal government is buying so much at this time."

Jake McGuigan, director of state affairs and government relations for the National Shooting Sports Foundation, said widely reported federal ammunition purchases have sparked conspiracy-type fears among gun owners, who worry that the federal government is trying to crack down on Second Amendment rights via the back door by limiting the ammo available to owners.

It's not just the USPS that is stocking up on ammo.

A little more than a year ago, the Social Security Administration put in a request for 174,000 rounds of ".357 Sig 125 grain bonded jacketed hollow-point" bullets.

Before that, it was the Department of Agriculture requesting 320,000 rounds. More recently, the Department of Homeland Security raised eyebrows with its request for 450 million rounds — at about the same time the FBI separately sought 100 million hollow-point rounds.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration also requested 46,000 rounds.

Philip Van Cleave, president of the Virginia Citizens Defense League, asked: why exactly does a weather service need ammunition?

"NOAA — really? They have a need? One just doesn't know why they're doing this," he said. "The problem is, all these agencies have their own SWAT teams, their own police departments, which is crazy. In theory, it was supposed to be the U.S. marshals that was the armed branch for the federal government."

Armed federal employees are often assigned to offices of investigative services, the offices of inspectors general, or other equally bureaucratic agencies.

For instance, regular Internal Revenue Service agents aren't equipped with on-the-job guns — but those affiliated with the agency's Criminal Investigations Division are.

The same goes for workers with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, with the Department of Agriculture's Office of Inspector General, and with the Department of Education's Office of Inspector General.

The Energy Department, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Commerce Department, and the U.S. Agency for International Development are a few of the federal entities that boast an armed division, tasked with investigating fraud and suspected criminal activities. As such, the agents get to carry guns.

"Most of these agencies do have their own police forces," said Jim Wallace, executive director of the Massachusetts-based Gun Owners' Action League.

That, perhaps more than federal ammunition purchases, is the larger issue, he suggested, and Van Cleave agreed.

"What's the need for that? Do we really need this? That was something our Founding Fathers did not like and we should all be concerned about," Van Cleave said, speaking of the expansion of police forces throughout all levels of government.

The Department of Homeland Security employs in its various law enforcement entities — from the Coast Guard to the Secret Service to Customs and Border Protection — more than 200,000 workers, an estimated 135,000 of whom are authorized to carry weapons. When the agency makes its ammo buys, it often does so over the course of several years.

"We realize that the House is still investigating the ammo purchases by the administration, but from what we've seen so far, most representatives don't seem alarmed," said Erich Pratt, communications director for Gun Owners of America.

"For example, [Georgia Republican] Rep. Lynn Westmoreland said that given all the agencies that the Department of Homeland Security purchases for, "450 million rounds really is not that large of an order," Pratt said.

McGuigan acknowledged that there was a scarcity of ammo but attributed it more to a rise in purchases by individuals.

The Obama administration's stated desire to scale back gun rights drove more in the private sector to purchase firearms — which in turn fueled ammunition sales, McGuigan said.

"Over the last few years, there's been a tremendous increase in gun ownership, [with] many more females," McGuigan said. "I think a lot of people need to be aware of what's happening, and what the federal agencies are doing. I don't think, though, they need to be overly concerned that there's not going to be any ammo left."

But the notion of the Obama administration's using backdoor means to scale back gun ownership — a move that's hardly been kept secret — doesn't seem that outlandish to some.

"I don't believe in conspiracy theories, but it doesn't make a whole lot of sense," Gottlieb said. "The amount of ammunition they're buying up far exceeds their needs. It far exceeds what they'll use — they'll never use it all."

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/USPS-ammo-purchase-federal/2014/04/14/id/565541/?ns_mail_uid=7144240&ns_mail_job=1564560_04152014&promo_code=pawhl1iq

[Ross]

http://watchdogwire.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/ALEC-Map.png

[Warph]

Democrats Stole $75,000 in TV's from DNC Convention

The Party of Crooks and Thieves just can't seem to stop stealing. When the Democratic National Convention comes to town, the town can count itself lucky if it's left with the streetlights and the mailboxes afterward.

The Democratic National Convention has been over for 18 months, but it's still fresh in the mind of one company who filed a police report saying it can't find $75,000 worth of equipment. LG Electronics spoke with WBTV and explained why it decided to tell police now.

The DNC ended in September 2012. LG electronics based in New Jersey had hundreds and hundreds of displays for delegates and convention participants.

After the DNC people packed up and left the Time Warner Cable Arena, but LG says somehow 72 of their tvs walked away. Taylor said during a convention it's not unusual to lose an item or two, but this was a lot.

Yeah just like somehow ObamaCare walked away with our health insurance and Warren Buffett and George Soros somehow walked away with billions. And don't get me started on Tesla, Solyndra and Duke Energy.

Stealing a bunch of televisions is small time stuff.

"But there were some goods missing, a substantial amount around $75,000 worth and we were unable through our internal investigations and our ongoing dialogs with the DNC to resolve this," said Taylor, "So, we're working with our insurance company and the Charlotte police."

How did that dialogue go?

LG: Give back our TV's that you stole.
DNC: Why are you people so racist?
LG: What? Who said anything about race?
DNC: Homophobes! We are the 99 percent. Your televisions have been occupied by the poor. They were unsustainable. Hope and change.


WBTV reached out to the Democratic National Convention Committee for a comment about the missing items. An employee said she is working on tracking down someone who was in Charlotte for the convention.

(Paging Debbie Wasserman Schultz)

[Warph]

Mooch Obuma went to lunch on Monday.  In other words, she went to a fast food joint and ordered a double helping of hypocrisy with some sanctimony on the side.

Flaunting her role as Big Bro's Big Mama, she sat down at the trough and ate everything she tells the little people not to eat.

Let's explores the excess caloric count:

First lady Michelle Obama ordered a whopper of a meal at the newly opened Washington diner Shake Shack during lunch on Monday.

A Washington Post journalist on the scene confirmed the first lady, who's made a cause out of child nutrition, ordered a ShackBurger, fries, chocolate shake and a Diet Coke while the street and sidewalk in front of the usually-packed Shake Shack were closed by security during her visit.

According to nutritional information on Shake Shack's Web site, the meal amounted to 1,700 calories.

Obama, who launched the "Let's Move" campaign to combat childhood obesity last year, has previously admitted to having an "obsession with french fries," which she says are fine to indulge in occasionally. "It's all about moderation," Obama told reporters.

(Moderation. That's what it's called when you follow a 1700-calorie meal with a Diet Coke)

[Warph]

One Trick Pony Jacka$$

All 134 times Harry Reid has mentioned the Koch Brothers on the Senate Floor.  Not a Jacka$$, just the rear half of one.

[Ross]

This is old news, Dec 8th 2013, but new to me, it is the first time, I have seen it.

14 Governors :
Prepare State Militia Defenses,
To Be Ready Against Obama's
Rogue Federal Forces

Posted on Sunday, December 8th, 2013 at 1:27 am.
by: Thomas Jefferson

Obama fearing a revolution against him by the states, has moved swiftly by nationalizing nearly all National Guard Forces in multiple states; Georgia, Alabama, Kansas, Minnesota, Tennessee, Virginia, Louisiana, South Carolina – to name a few. The Governors of the Great States of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia still have under their Command-and-Control the State Defense Forces to go against U.S. Federal forces should the need arise. Also important to note: There are NO U.S. laws prohibiting National Guard troops from also joining their State's Defense Forces. This dilemma occurred during the Civil War with many "citizen soldiers" choosing to serve their states instead of the Federal Government.

Obama is angered by the several State Governors who have reestablished "State Defense Forces." These forces are described as: "State Defense Forces (also known as State Guards, State Military Reserves, State Militias) in the United States are military units that operate under the sole authority of a state government; they are not regulated by the National Guard Bureau nor are they part of the ArmyNational Guard of the United States. State Defense Forces are authorized by state and federal law and are under the command of the governor of each state. State Defense Forces are distinct from their state's National Guard in that they cannot become federal entities.

http://www.conservativeinfidel.com/uncategorized/14-governors-prepare-state-militia-defenses-ready-obamas-rogue-federal-forces/

[Ross]

NOT GUNS KILL THE MOST --- THEY ARE NOW CLAIMING --- GUN CONTROL SHOULD FALL UNDER A HEALTH ISSUES. AND THE GUN CONTROL FREAKS WON'T DISCLOSE HOW MAN INNOCENCE PEOPLE ARE KILLED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OR MILITARY. THESE NUMBERS ARE LIKELY INCLUDED IN THE OVERAL NUMBERS.

Medical Care Is 3rd Leading Cause Of Death in U.S.

by Chris Kresser

The popular perception that the U.S. has the highest quality of medical care in the world has been proven entirely false by several public heath studies and reports over the past few years.

The prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association published a study by Dr. Barbara Starfield, a medical doctor with a Master's degree in Public Health, in 2000 which revealed the extremely poor performance of the United States health care system when compared to other industrialized countries (Japan, Sweden, Canada, France, Australia, Spain, Finland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Belgium and Germany).

In fact, the U.S. is ranked last or near last in several significant health care indicators:

    13th (last) for low-birth-weight percentages
    13th for neonatal mortality and infant mortality overall
    11th for postneonatal mortality
    13th for years of potential life lost (excluding external causes)
    12th for life expectancy at 1 year for males, 11th for females
    12th for life expectancy at 15 years for males, 10th for females

The most shocking revelation of her report is that iatrogentic damage (defined as a state of ill health or adverse effect resulting from medical treatment) is the third leading cause of death in the U.S., after heart disease and cancer.

Let me pause while you take that in.

This means that doctors and hospitals are responsible for more deaths each year than cerebrovascular disease, chronic respiratory diseases, accidents, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease and pneumonia.

The combined effect of errors and adverse effects that occur because of iatrogenic damage includes:

    12,000 deaths/year from unnecessary surgery
    7,000 deaths/year from medication errors in hospitals
    20,000 deaths/year from other errors in hospitals
    80,000 deaths/year from nosocomial infections in hospitals
    106,000 deaths a year from nonerror, adverse effects of medications

This amounts to a total of 225,000 deaths per year from iatrogenic causes. However, Starfield notes three important caveats in her study:

    Most of the data are derived from studies in hospitalized patients
    The estimates are for deaths only and do not include adverse effects associated with disability or discomfort
    The estimates of death due to error are lower than those in the Institute of Medicine Report (a previous report by the Institute of Medicine on the number of iatrogenic deaths in the U.S.)

If these caveats are considered, the deaths due to iatrogenic causes would range from 230,000 to 284,000.

Starfield and her colleagues performed an analysis which took the caveats above into consideration and included adverse effects other than death. Their analysis concluded that between 4% and 18% of consecutive patients experience adverse effects in outpatient settings, with:

    116 million extra physician visits
    77 million extra prescriptions
    17 million emergency department visits
    8 million hospitalizations
    3 million long-term admissions
    199,000 additional deaths
    $77 billion in extra costs (equivalent to the aggregate cost of care of patients with diabetes

I want to make it clear that I am not condemning physicians in general. In fact, most of the doctors I've come into contact with in the course of my life have been competent and genuinely concerned about my welfare. In many ways physicians are just as victimized by the deficiencies of our health-care system as patients and consumers are. With increased patient loads and mandated time limits for patient visits set by HMOs, most doctors are doing the best they can to survive our broken and corrupt health-care system.

The Institute of Medicine's report ("To Err is Human") which Starfied and her colleagues analyzed isn't the only study to expose the failures of the U.S. health-care system. The World Health Organization issued a report in 2000, using different indicators than the IOM report, that ranked the U.S. as 15th among 25 industrialized countries.

As Starfied points out, the "real explanation for relatively poor health in the United States is undoubtedly complex and multifactorial." Two significant causes of our poor standing is over-reliance on technology and a poorly developed primary care infrastructure. The United States is second only to Japan in the availability of technological procedures such as MRIs and CAT scans. However, this has not translated into a higher standard of care, and in fact may be linked to the "cascade effect" where diagnostic procedures lead to more treatment (which as we have seen can lead to more deaths).

Of the 7 countries in the top of the average health ranking, 5 have strong primary care infrastructures. Evidence indicates that the major benefit of health-care access accrues only when it facilitates receipt of primary care. (Starfield, 1998)

One might think that these sobering analyses of the U.S. health-care system would have lead to a public discussion and debate over how to address the shortcomings. Alas, both medical authorities and the general public alike are mostly unaware of this data, and we are no closer to a safe, accessible and effective health-care system today than we were eight years ago when these reports were published.

http://chriskresser.com/medical-care-is-the-3rd-leading-cause-of-death-in-the-us

My note: This is why I have study medical procedures and medical sanitary procedures and why when my wife is hospitalized I spend every possible minute at her bed side. Don't leave a loved one alone in the hospital if possible, try to have a family member there at all times.

And now Obama Care.

[Ross]

Any trick to try to disarm Americans
in order to make our country
AND
our citizens
VULMERABLE!

Analysis
The 'public health crisis'
that is
America's gun culture

Kansas City shootings by white supremacist Frazier Glenn Miller shows hypocrisy of U.S. gun laws

By Neil Macdonald, CBC News Posted: Apr 16, 2014 5:00 AM ET Last Updated: Apr 16, 2014 5:03 AM ET

White supremacist Frazier Glen Miller, then and now. Left, being arrested in Kansas City on Sunday for the killing of three people outside Jewish institutions. Right, in this 1985 photo, holding a press conference in Raleigh, N.C., as one of the leaders of the Carolina Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. (Associated Press)

Three days after Frazier Glenn Miller tried to kill some of the Jews he has spent his life despising (the self-styled paramilitary warrior actually wound up gunning down three Christians instead), the National Rifle Association's website remains silent about the attacks.

Instead, the site features, among other things, a Fox News appearance by the NRA's chief legislative lobbyist about the need to defeat Barack Obama's nominee for surgeon general.

Dr. Vivek Hallegere Murthy,
President Barack Obama's nominee
to be the next U.S. Surgeon General,
testifying on Capitol Hill in February 2014.
The National Rifle Association is waging a campaign
against him because of his view that gun violence is
"a public health crisis." (Charles Dharapak / Associated Press)

The nominee, a doctor named Vivek Murthy, has publicly called gun violence, which kills thousands of people a year here, a "public health crisis."

Medical Care Is 3rd Leading Cause Of Death in U.S.

Imagine. The gall of the man. Clearly a poisonously biased partisan unfit to serve as a guardian of the nation's medical well-being.

Medical Care Is 3rd Leading Cause Of Death in U.S.

Of course, the NRA was also reluctant at first to comment on the slaughter of schoolchildren in Newtown, Conn., a year and a half ago. The organization likes to take its time when it comes to public massacres, and choose its words carefully.

But based on what it finally did say about Newtown, and about so many of the other, almost routine mass murders here in the U.S., it's easy to anticipate what America's most powerful and politically feared gun lobby will eventually observe about what happened in Kansas on Sunday.
Obama Surgeon General

Dr. Vivek Hallegere Murthy, President Barack Obama's nominee to be the next U.S. Surgeon General, testifying on Capitol Hill in February 2014. The National Rifle Association is waging a campaign against him because of his view that gun violence is "a public health crisis." (Charles Dharapak / Associated Press)

First, it will probably suggest that had the late Dr. William Corporan been carrying a gun himself, he could have returned fire when Miller began shooting at the Jewish Community Centre in Overland Park, and so protected himself and his 14-year-old grandson instead of just being a victim.

Americans, to quote the NRA, need to understand the only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.

It would no doubt apply the same logic to Terri LaManno, a Catholic mother of three, active in her parish, whom Miller went on to shoot dead at the nearby Village Shalom assisted living centre where she was visiting her mother.

She, too, paid the price for walking around in public unstrapped. And by the way, why didn't that retirement home have armed guards?

As for Miller, a Hitler-loving, Ku Klux Klan follower, he was, at least until the moment he started firing, exercising his Second Amendment rights.

As everyone knows, that amendment guarantees that "a well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed," and has been twice upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court since 2008.
Right to bear arms?

Miller actually did once belong to a militia — The White Patriot Party, which he founded. He's a Vietnam veteran, and has been running around for decades posing in military fatigues and a beret, training with guns and looking ferocious.

    Kansas shootings investigated as hate crime

He also once served prison time for firearms offences, meaning he is prohibited by law from owning a firearm (never mind that he has for years been ranting about the need to obliterate Jews).

But if he acquired the pistol and shotgun he used Sunday from a private seller or at a gun show, the law says no background check is necessary. And the NRA is determined to keep things that way.

It's a matter of liberty, you see. The fact that criminals aren't allowed to own guns doesn't justify the government invading the privacy of peaceful, law-abiding gun lovers.

The NRA also opposes a bill by House Democrats that would take guns away from felons, fugitives and spouse abusers.

President Obama tried to use the Newtown massacre to introduce extensive checks, but the NRA set members of Congress straight in a hurry: Forget it if you want to be re-elected.

Hence the silence from most politicians since Sunday. Actually, hence the silence from most politicians about gun control most of the time.
Five little words

There have been at least seven mass shootings since Newtown, according to the Associated Press. More than 12,000 people in this country were killed by gun violence in 2013, and 3,016 so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive Project.

About 30,000 people die here every year of gunshot-related injuries.

As gun advocates point out, there have also been cases of multiple knife attacks, most recently in Murrysville, Penn., where more than 20 people were stabbed and slashed. (Though in that case, at least, no one died.)

Anyway, pretty much the only voices calling for gun control in this country now are victims' groups, some police, politicians from solidly liberal jurisdictions and jurists like retired justice John Paul Stevens, one of the longest serving jurists on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Judge Forum

Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens talks about his views and career during a forum at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston in May 2013. (Michael Dwyer / Associated Press)

In his forthcoming book, Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution, Stevens proposes adding five words to the Second Amendment that he says would clarify a text written 225 years ago.

Stevens's version would read: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms when serving in the militia shall not be infringed."

Sensible, if utterly unrealistic.

Aside from the aforementioned federal legislators running and hiding from the NRA, state legislatures are unlikely in the extreme to approve any such constitutional change. Some have been on a gun-happy spree for years.

Eighteen states now allow residents to walk around in public with pistols on their hips.

The state of Georgia's "guns everywhere" law, which takes force this summer, would allow people to carry guns in nightclubs, schools, churches, some government buildings (if proprietors allow), and excuses anyone who inadvertently takes a gun through airport security.


    Georgia's 'guns everywhere' law celebrated by pro-gun lobby

The NRA really likes that law. It's terrible to be a victim in America, but it's sure a great time for militias.

[Ross]

Resolution 2014-G101

Resolution for Nevada Firearms Freedom

Whereas, the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution reserves to the people the right to keep and bear arms and this right shall not be infringed.

RESOLVED, the Republican National Committee encourages Republican lawmakers to enact legislation to amend Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act, the state secrets privilege, and the FISA Amendments Act to make it clear that blanket surveillance of the Internet activity, phone records and correspondence – electronic, physical, and otherwise - of any person residing in the U.S. is prohibited by law and that violations can be reviewed in adversarial proceedings before a  public court;

RESOLVED, the Republican National Committee encourages Republican law makers to call for a special committee to investigate, report, and reveal to the public the extent of this domestic spying and the committee should create specific recommendations for legal and regulatory reform to end unconstitutional surveillance as well as hold accountable those public officials who are found to be responsible for this unconstitutional surveillance; and RESOLVED, the Republican National Committee calls upon Republican lawmakers to immediately take action to halt current unconstitutional surveillance programs and provide a full  public accounting of the NSA's data collection programs. *AT&T has 107.3 million wireless customers and 31.2 million landline customers.

Verizon has 98.9 million wireless customers and 22.2 million landline customers while Sprint has 55 million customers in total."
Resolution 2014-G109

Resolution Affirming The Right Of Due Process Of The People
Whereas, the Constitutions of the United States and Nevada are the basis of our representative republic and reflect protections that no person will be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process; and Whereas, these founding documents reflect the essential nature of presumed innocence, the right to a speedy trial before an impartial jury, and other elements of effective due process, and a commitment that no person will be exposed to cruel and unusual punishment; and Whereas, on December 31, 2011, President Obama signed the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which included two controversial sections, 1021 and 1022, which many civil liberty organizations, including the ACLU, and representative bodies, including numerous state legislatures, feel are ambiguously worded. Whereas under The 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force, the basis for the NDAA  provisions 1021 and 1022, has already facilitated the capture of a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil and
many in Congress now assert that the NDAA could again be used in the same way; and Whereas, the Nevada Republican Party is committed to avoiding repeating the tragedies and mistakes of history, including the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, as demonstrated by the enormous strength of Republican co-sponsorship of SB378, The Nevada Liberty Preservation Act last legislative session; and Whereas, Clark County Republican Party, the Las Vegas City Council, and the Clark County Commission, and several other municipalities across the country, have already passed resolutions opposing the indefinite detention provisions of the NDAA. Resolved, that the 2014 Nevada Republican Convention strongly affirms our commitment to the rights and liberties enshrined within the Constitution of the United States, including the Fifth Amendment right to due process, the Sixth Amendment right to a trial, and the Eighth Amendment prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment. Resolved, We request our U.S. Congressional members and Senators to monitor the implementation of the NDAA and to actively work for the repeal of the NDAA's detention  provisions in order to restore and protect fundamental rights and liberties embodied in the  Nevada Constitution and the Constitution of the United States. Resolved, We support the Nevada Legislature to pass legislation prohibiting the Governor from employing the Nevada Guard Forces to aid in detaining any person under these suspect  provisions, or in denying the right of due process to any person in Nevada. Resolved, We request the Nevada Legislature pass a law prohibiting any agency in Nevada from detaining, aiding in the detaining, or subjecting any person to the "law of war" where they are denied their rights to due process under the Nevada and U.S. Constitution. Resolved, that the 2014 Nevada Republican Convention directs the Secretary ensure a copy of this resolution is indexed and attached, as appropriate for retention and reference, to the Nevada Republican Party Bylaws and that a copy is provided to every Republican elected official.
Resolution 2014-G-110

Resolution Against Article V Convention

Whereas
, the Convention of States, A Project of Citizens for Self-Governance, and other organizations, seek to convene a convention to propose amendments to The Constitution; and

Whereas
, these organizations are characterizing the information they propagate as absolutely settled matters of law and precedence, claiming that such a convention may be limited to specific topics, thereby allegedly containing any threat to the Constitution, when, in fact, a strong body of evidence exists making these important matters absolutely not clear or settled; and

Whereas
, Article V of The Constitution provides for separate conventions within three fourths of the states for ratification of proposed amendments, the composition, control, and authority of these conventions not being defined, thereby exposing The Constitution to the potential for grave and unnecessary harm; now, therefore, be it

Resolved,
that under currently-known law, history, and precedent, that the 2014 Nevada Republican Convention declares that an Article V convention poses significant known and unknown risks to the Constitution of The United States and that these risks significantly outweigh any potential reward; and

Resolved,
that the 2014 Nevada Republican Convention requests that the Nevada Legislature not  participate in any action to further a convention under Article V of the Constitution of the United State of America; and

Resolved
, that the 2014 Nevada Republican Convention directs the Secretary ensure a copy of this resolution is indexed and attached, as appropriate for retention and reference, to the Nevada Republican Party Bylaws; and

Resolved
, that the 2014 Nevada Republican Convention directs the Secretary ensure a copy of this resolution is indexed and attached, as appropriate for retention and reference, to the Nevada Republican Party Bylaws and that a copy is provided to every Republican elected official.
Resolution 2014-G108

Declaration of Republican Party Platform Supremacy

Whereas,
the Nevada Republican Party is the sovereign authority for the Republican Party in  Nevada, in accordance with Nevada Law, and that the Nevada Republican Party Platform is created by The People through a comprehensive and deliberative process at a convention, thereby being the most inclusive and authoritative declaration of The People in defining their  beliefs, and

Whereas,
the record is clear that faithfully adhering to Conservative principles defined by The Platform is a recipe for electoral success, and American prosperity, while diluting our values to  present a fraudulent image of a "safe" party devoid of sincere conviction has proven an impediment to electoral victories, and

Whereas,
a dangerous precedent of elected Republicans favoring consultants that lack the moral authority to guide the Republican Party has taken hold and must be broken to end the destructive dictatorial method of interaction with the Republican Party, which has damaged the Republican Party, The State of Nevada, and the United States of America; now, therefore, be it

Resolved,
that We The People of the 2014 Nevada Republican Convention declare that choosing to run for election as a Republican shall be clearly understood as creating an obligation to maintain fidelity to the principles prescribed by the Republican Party in our Platform, and that to do otherwise shall be deemed a violation of the implicit moral covenant created elected officials and The People.

Resolved,
that elected Republican Party officials are servants of The People, expected to defend our distinctive American way of life from endless attacks.

Resolved
, that the 2014 Nevada Republican Convention directs the Secretary ensure a copy of this resolution is indexed and attached, as appropriate for retention and reference, to the Republican Central Committee Bylaws and that a copy is provided to every Republican elected official and candidate, and that they acknowledge receipt prior to any support being offered to a candidate.
Resolution 2014-G107

Resolution Demanding an Audit and Reform of The Federal Reserve
Whereas in 1978 the United States Congress expanded the Federal Reserve's mandate to pursue maximum employment, stable prices and moderate long-term interest rates; and Whereas the Federal Reserve has debased the Dollar, enabled trillions of dollars of deficit spending, bailed out insolvent financial institutions, suppressed interest rates which punishes saving, and has multiple conflicting goals; and Whereas the Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2012, passed the House of Representatives, with 201 cosponsors, and a vote of 327-98; and Resolved, the Nevada Republican Party strongly encourages Congress to: Narrow the Federal Reserve's mandate to maintaining price stability (ending its "dual mandate"), limit the assets the Federal Reserve can hold to Treasuries, require a transparent, rules-based approach to monetary  policy, Limit the Federal Reserve's role as a lender of last resort during a financial crisis to  providing dear credit to solvent U.S. banks faced with a liquidity crisis, perform a study of returning the U.S. to a classic gold standard with the dollar after an announced period of time  being defined in terms of an amount of gold, perform a study of separating the Federal Reserve's supervisory and regulatory roles and its monetary role, and do a full audit of the Federal Reserve, i.e reintroduce the Federal Reserve Transparency Act 2012. Resolved, that the 2014 Nevada Republican Convention directs the Secretary ensure a copy of this resolution is indexed and attached, as appropriate for retention and reference, to the Republican Central Committee Bylaws and that a copy is provided to every Republican elected official and candidate, and that they acknowledge receipt prior to any support being offered to a candidate.

  Resolved,
that We The People of the 2014 Nevada Republican Convention declare that choosing to run for election as a Republican shall be clearly understood as creating an obligation to maintain fidelity to the principles prescribed by the Republican Party in our Platform, and that to do otherwise shall be deemed a violation of the implicit moral covenant created elected officials and The People.
Resolved,
that elected Republican Party officials are servants of The People, expected to defend our distinctive American way of life from endless attacks.

Resolved
, that the 2014 Nevada Republican Convention directs the Secretary ensure a copy of this resolution is indexed and attached, as appropriate for retention and reference, to the Republican Central Committee Bylaws and that a copy is provided to every Republican elected official and candidate, and that they acknowledge receipt prior to any support being offered to a candidate.

Resolution 2014-G107

Resolution Demanding an Audit and Reform of The Federal Reserve
Whereas in 1978 the United States Congress expanded the Federal Reserve's mandate to pursue maximum employment, stable prices and moderate long-term interest rates; and Whereas the Federal Reserve has debased the Dollar, enabled trillions of dollars of deficit spending, bailed out insolvent financial institutions, suppressed interest rates which punishes saving, and has multiple conflicting goals; and Whereas the Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2012, passed the House of Representatives, with 201 cosponsors, and a vote of 327-98; and Resolved, the Nevada Republican Party strongly encourages Congress to: Narrow the Federal Reserve's mandate to maintaining price stability (ending its "dual mandate"), limit the assets the Federal Reserve can hold to Treasuries, require a transparent, rules-based approach to monetary  policy, Limit the Federal Reserve's role as a lender of last resort during a financial crisis to  providing dear credit to solvent U.S. banks faced with a liquidity crisis, perform a study of returning the U.S. to a classic gold standard with the dollar after an announced period of time  being defined in terms of an amount of gold, perform a study of separating the Federal Reserve's supervisory and regulatory roles and its monetary role, and do a full audit of the Federal Reserve, i.e reintroduce the Federal Reserve Transparency Act 2012. Resolved, that the 2014 Nevada Republican Convention directs the Secretary ensure a copy of this resolution is indexed and attached, as appropriate for retention and reference, to the Republican Central Committee Bylaws and that a copy is provided to every Republican elected official and candidate, and that they acknowledge receipt prior to any support being offered to a candidate.

http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/218427481?access_key=key-1f9j75zryb923iwjjc0d&allow_share=true&escape=false&view_mode=scroll

[Ross]

Shock! The IRS Actually Adheres to Public Outrage in this One Instance

April 15, 2014 By Jennifer Burke

It seems like the Barack Obama regime has attempted one massive overreach after another. (watch video below) He has used the IRS as a weapon against those perceived as political enemies. He has used the Department of InJustice to attack FOX News reporter James Rosen, who was simply doing his job. He has seized the phone records of AP reporters and used the NSA to spy on Americans. That is just the tip of the iceberg on his corrupt administration that has worked against so much of what this country was founded upon.

Last week,  TPNN  reported that Obama's Social Security Administration is confiscating the tax refund checks and going after individuals for debts owed by the deceased parents. That's right, people's children and grandchildren were being forced by the government to pay for debt more than 10 years old, which, in some cases the government didn't even know who exactly owed the debt.

Not surprisingly, there was outrage by the public as these stories came to light. Now, after taxpayer revolt and indignation, the government has said that it will stop this illegal debt collection. Judge Andrew Napolitano appeared on  FOX News' The Kelly File to discuss this latest example of an out of control, illegally operating government.

    Judge Andrew Napolitano said the government sent a notice to people's last known address, then held hearings where no one was there to resist them, then got judgments against them. Social Security then seized the refund checks.

    Napolitano said that one cannot attribute the debt of parents to a child if the child had nothing to do with the debt.

    "Why do they do it? Because they can get away with it," he said, adding that the government is out of control.

(you will have to go to the web site to watch the video, it is not you tube)

http://www.tpnn.com/2014/04/15/shock-the-irs-actually-adheres-to-public-outrage-in-this-one-instance/