Volume 1 April 1, 2013 Bring You the Knowledge So You Can Rise up and © Restore Freedom and Liberty Back to Our Country

THE GEM STATE PATRIOT All Around Idaho Inc. Publication Knowledge is Power as Silence is Consent. We will Volume 1 April 1, 2013 bring you the knowledge so you can rise up and © restore freedom and liberty back to our country. Welcome to the first edition of The Gem State Patriot. This is an independent newsletter without connection to any organization. Conservative organizations around the state believe there is a real need to unite all of these groups under one information banner so we can become an effective force in defending our State and Country from those that would willingly try to destroy our liberties and freedoms. There is no charge for this newsletter and its only purpose is to inform all those around our great state of problems, new ideas, changes and events that are taking place in different areas of Idaho. We are hoping you will all be willing contributors to stories, opinions and interviews, because without you we will not be successful in our cause to unite these great conservative liberty minded organizations. We will also offer a Schedule of Events Calendar to publish meetings and special events. We are here to report the news and to offer interesting articles and opinions of people around our state. The Gem State Patriot is a not for profit newsletter. Over five thousand years ago, Moses said to the children of Israel “pick up your shovel, mount your asses and camels, and I will lead you to the promised-land Nearly 80 years ago, President Roosevelt said, Lay down your shovels, sit on your asses, and light up a camel, this is the promised-land Now President Obama has stolen your shovel, taxed your asses, raised the price of camels, and mortgaged the promised-land “INSIDE THIS ISSUE” PAGE 2 Excerpts from a letter by Senator Thayn on Healthcare Fallout. PAGE 3 A letter from Jim Chmelik on transfer of Idaho lands from Federal to State government. PAGE 4 Letter to the Editor from Tony Snesko on “Original Intent” The 2nd Amendment. PAGE 5,6 NDAA PAGE 7 Guns and Mental Health- Payette Tea Party Conference synopsis PAGE 8,9 How to start a Tea Party. “A Tea Party Primer by Darr Moon Custer County Patriots. PAGE 10 Advertisement for “Kevin Miller Show KIDO 580 am radio. PAGE 11 Future Candidate Workshop Sponsored by Lewis and Clarkston Tea Party PAGE 12 Bill Whittle Dinner with The Virtual President - Letter To The Editor PAGE 13,14 The 9/12 Project Common Core State Standards PAGE 15 Gem County Tea Party, Lake Lowell & Patriot Academy PAGE 16 Schedule of Meetings & Events Please direct any comments on this newsletter to: Bob Neugebauer: Publisher E-mail - [email protected] Phone - 208-887-2144 Steve Ackerman: Editor E-mail - [email protected] Phone - 208-860-8055 1 Excerpts from a letter by Senator Steven Thayn on Healthcare Fallout “What is the next step: Many of the opponents to the ACA are very frustrated by the passage of the State Health Insurance Exchange. I would like to share a positive path forward;” Senator Thayn goes on to share his frustration. “The ACA will not reduce costs. It is a threat to freedom. What we see with the ACA is a new entitlement for the middle class. An entitlement is simply the taking of money and resources and power from those that produce and giving that money and resources and power to those that did not produce.” Here is his plan. “A Plan The answer is simple. We act rather than react. What is the real goal: The real goal is to empower people so that they control their own health care decisions. We do not need recalls and referendum. We need to do more than complain. We need to come up with plans of action on how to solve two problems 1. Reduce the cost of medical care 2. Improve access to care These two goals can be achieved by using limited government strategies.” Senator Thayn goes on to say “People need to control the funds; not government or insurance companies.” He goes on to explain: “First, protect your own health. Stay as healthy as possible through diet exercise, and life style choices. Second, don’t go to the exchange. Boycott it. There is no legal require- ment to go to the exchange. It is voluntary and unnecessary. Health insurance can be purchased outside of the exchange.” He goes on to talk about how the exchange must be self-funded, and if the cost to use the exchange is too high, citizens would not have any incentive to use it. The third part of his plan would be to find care op- tions outside of the exchange which are legal. He talks about buying non-qualifying policies such as a high deductable policy where you would pay a penalty beginning in 2014 of $95.00 or 1% of income or you could “Pray that nothing happens.” He talks about joining organizations that are exempt from the penalty but still can help with medical costs. His fourth suggestion is to self-fund or band together to help each other. His “last steps would be to make changes to the health care system which would include; Support S1106 that he wrote this year. This only applies to state employees at this time but could be expanded. This has to do with funded health savings accounts. He would support H289 which requires health insurance companies to offer low cost insurance policies, build off-exchange real market solutions and work on re- forming Medicaid. In conclusion he says “These ideas are not a panacea; however, they are a beginning. There are struggles ahead; let’s work together.” Paradoxical Quote of The Day From Ben Stein: "Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen." Now add this, "Many of those who refuse, or are unable, to prove they are citizens will receive free insurance paid for by those who are forced to buy insurance because they are citizens." 2 A Case for Transferring Ownership of Public Lands from Federal to State What is happening with public policy and the care of our public lands? As we look across the vast landscape of our federally managed public lands what legacy are we leaving? Have current environmental policies brought us the utopia we were promised? If we wish to be honest we would have to say no. Western states would do a better job of managing their lands and the vast wealth that could be generated off of them for the benefit of each western state and to benefit America in providing us with a solution big enough to face the fis- cal challenges we face as a nation. Current environmental policies are having devastating effects to forestry health, critical habitat for wildlife, creating sustained damage to our watersheds and polluting our air. Internationally we look across the worlds landscape and see many concerns; yet fail to recognize the ticking time bomb in the American West of natural destruction, due to fuel loads build up of dead and dying timber which are primed for catastrophic wildfires. Without immediate action what will these forest look like 100 years from now? Is this the landscape naturalist John Muir and President Teddy Roosevelt envisioned we would leave future generations? If we do not begin to recognize our role in working with nature we will not leave a healthy sustained environment or a bright future for generations to come. Will we be ready to meet the challenges we are facing and leave our children and grandchildren the same op- portunities we have had? We cannot continue down the path of current policies if we are to have a sustainable environment. One would think the environmental community would also agree. In 2012 1.7 million acres burned in Idaho, 246,000 of those acres burned in Idaho County where I am a com- missioner. Using just 50% of normal timber production this represents 1.23 billion board feet of timber and at $300.00 per thousand this represents $329,000,000.00 in value, a natural resource value now lost for over 100 years. What was gained by this devastation? Let me tell you what was lost. Twenty five percent of the value of this resource would have been $92,500,000.00 to fund education, rebuild are crumbling schools and fund local services from road maintenance, law enforcement, ambulatory care, indi- gent care and the many other services provided by local county and city governments. A conservative economic multiplier of 3-4 could be attached to the total value of the resource meaning the potential of gain to the local economy could have been as high as 1.3 billion dollars in economic activity, revitalizing our depressed economies, creating hundreds of jobs in the communities of Idaho County and broadening our tax base to fur- ther support our educational needs and fund county government. 12.8 million tons of noxious pollutants were released into the atmosphere. A conservative estimate of animals killed is between 750,000 and 1,000,000,000. These current policies are also creating ecological damage to critical habitat for endangered species and sustained damage to watersheds so critical for every aspect of life on the planet. This issue is not republican vs. democrat, conservative vs. liberal, no this issue should cross party lines and bind us to a common cause, rally us around a united theme to benefit our communities and protect our common interest unique to each of our regions and our state as a whole.If we do not address these issues facing us the outcome is certain, and one that we nor future generations will be happy with.

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