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Volume 12, March 1, 2014 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 12, March 1, 2014 bring you the knowledge so you can rise up and © restore freedom and liberty back to our country. Welcome to The Gem State Patriot, we are a not-for-profit newsletter. “INSIDE THIS ISSUE” PAGE 2 HAPPY BIRTHDAY GEM STATE PATRIOT PAGE 3 “Common Core Progress Report by Valarie Candelaria & Stephanie Zimmerman. PAGE 4 Sign up for Self Governance Workshop. 10 Suggestions for Precinct Committeemen. PAGE 5 “Samuel Whittemore” by Lynn House PAGE 6-8 “A Reality Check” by Rich Loudenback. PAGE 9 “The Little People” by Andi Elliot. PAGE 10 “Who voted for the State Health Care Exchange”. PAGE 11 “Who Am I” by Lance Earl. PAGE 12 “ Idaho at a Crossroads” by Representative Ron Mendive. PAGE 13 “It’s all about the Issues” by Senator Bob Nonini. PAGE 14 “Protection of our Religious Liberties” by David Ripley (Idaho Chooses Life). PAGE 15-18 “A Plan to Phase out and (Abolish) Social Security by Evalyn Bennett. PAGE 18 Danielle Ahrens Candidate for Senate Dist 1 Sandpoint PAGE 19 “Kevin Miller Last Bastion of Conservative Radio”. PAGE 20,21 “Progressive Paranoia & Gun Free Killing Zones” by Bob Neugebauer. PAGE 21-25 “An Interview with Senator Bob Smith New Hampshire” by Bob Neugebauer. PAGE 26 “Stealing Their Power From Our Liberty” by Jim Chmelik. PAGE 27 “Meet Idaho’s Conservative Candidates”. PAGE 28 “A Convention of States Argument” by Darr Moon. PAGE 29 “A View To a Kill in the 5th Dimension” by Darr Moon. PAGE 30 Letter to the Editor “Our State Constitution a Living Document” by Bob Forrey. PAGE 31 The Northwest Regional Patriot Academy. PAGE 32 “Multiculturalism, The Olympics, and the Destruction of Europe” by Darr Moon. PAGE 33 Repeal The State Heath Care Exchange web-site link. PAGE 34 Filing Deadline for Change of Affiliation for the Republican Primary Election. PAGE 35-40 Advertisements Event Flyers and Meeting Schedules Please direct any comments or requests for subscriptions to 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 www.GemStatePatriot.com 1 HAPPY BIRTHDAY GEM STATE PATRIOT We invite you all to join us in celebrating the First Anniversary of The Gem State Patriot. Without you this newsletter would not have been possible. Thanks to you our readership has increased to over 12,000 in the past year. To help us celebrate we would like everyone To go to our face book page and “Like” us. https://www.facebook.com/gemstatepatriot/timeline?filter=2 Our heart felt thanks to all who made this possible. Bob, Steve, Tammy & Parrish www.GemStatePatriot.com 2 COMMON CORE PROGRESS REPORT We support H0499 - Parental Rights Bill (Sponsored by Rep. Janet Trujillo). In its original form, this bill reaffirmed the fundamental right of parents to exercise primary control over decisions regarding the upbringing of their children, including moral, religious and medical decisions as well as educational choices. The specific reference to educational choices has landed it in the office of House Ed Comm. Chair, Rep. Reed DeMordaunt, who has been sitting on it for a couple of weeks. Both House and Senate education chairs are outspoken proponents of Common Core and we believe, as such, are reluctant to codify parental rights over education. Rep. DeMordaunt has stripped the bill of all content except education and has carefully avoided use of the words "primary control" as contained in the original. No doubt this was due to a statement from the AG's office that said "...it cannot fairly be said that parents have a fundamental right to exercise primary control over the education of their children..." See the amended language --HERE--. It's difficult to understand why Rep. DeMordaunt is still reluctant to release it. Please contact the House education committee at [email protected] and ask that the bill be passed out of committee for debate on the floor. We support S1343 - Curriculum & Testing, Public Schools (Sponsored by Sen. Russ Fulcher) This bill would require legislative approval for any education contract or signed agreement that the State Board of Education or the State Dept of Education wishes to enter into with the federal government or any multi-state consortia, such as the commitments that were made with the Common Core standards and testing through the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortia (SBAC). Unfortunately, it cannot retroactively undo existing obligations, but it's a step in the right direction going forward. This bill currently sits with the Senate Ed Comm. Chair, Sen. John Goedde, and awaiting discussion. Please contact the Senate education committee at [email protected] and ask that it be passed out of committee for debate on the floor. We oppose S1296 - Student Data Accessibility, Transparency and Accountability Act of 2014 (Sponsored by Sen. John Goedde) This bill is nothing more than the boiler plate version offered by ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council) as seen --HERE--. They didn't even change the name. This obviously serves as a quick and easy solution to satisfy a political need to address the public outcry against the privacy violations of collecting and sharing student-level data. It merely gives the State Board of Education the authority over everything, which is exactly how we ended up in the Common Core data mining camp in the first place. This bill does introduce some penalties for violations, but relies on compliance with the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) to qualify those decisions. Yet we have learned that FERPA was rendered essentially worthless following 2008 and 2011 revisions. We have submitted an iron clad version of a student data privacy bill that will actually safeguard the data. House and Senate education committee members are mulling over the differences with Sen. Goedde, where we hope he can be convinced to simply replace his. We will keep you advised on the status of both. ??? SBAC Testing ??? In addition to data privacy, this was one or our primary goals this session. While there were several legislators interested in getting something done, they unfortunately do not feel they have adequate support this session. We were given some brief hope that we might at least get a joint resolution through, but that too has dried up. Perhaps a little pressure from the masses will change their minds. (?) We suggest contacting your favorite legislator as well as both education committees. Let them know how you feel about the new 8 hour tests and ask them for a one or two year delay to allow them further research! Thanks for your support! Valerie Candelaria – The 9-12 Project of Idaho, Inc. the bill number to see the full text) Stephanie Zimmerman – Idahoans For Local Education www.GemStatePatriot.com 3 SIGN UP FOR SELF GOVERNANCE WORK SHOP CLASSES The Center for Self Governance will have a Introduction Presentation on Self Governance Work Shop Classes on Sunday March 16, 2014 at 7:00 PM at the Caldwell Industrial Airport Gary Hubler Terminal 4814 Linden Street, Caldwell. The will have a class on Monday March 17th at 8:00 AM to 5:00PM at Hugh Nichols Public Safety Building. Nampa Police Dept. 820 2nd St S. Nampa, ID. Cost is $40 For more information please call or e-mail Darryl Ford at 208-412-3214 [email protected] See the video on their web site:http://www.tncsg.org/ 10 BASIC SUGGESTIONS FOR PRECINCT COMMITTEEMEN TRANING 1. "Declare" to be Republican with the County @Elections Office. You can not vote in the Primary if you don't Declare your Party. 2. Call the Elections Office for your County. Introduce yourself as the PC for your Precinct and request a "Declared Republican" walking list. If you are not presently a PC, then ask for the same list because you live in that Precinct. You can use it to make contacts and let those in your Precinct know that you would appreciate their vote if you are running in the Primary. 3. Attend monthly your county Republican Central Meeting held each month. Example: Bannock Co Republican's meet the 4th Thurs, 7pm, in the Brick Loft. 4. Attend monthly meeting of the Patriots. This is not an official Republican meeting. The goal of this meeting is to discuss, educate, and strategize for the promotion of the proper role of gov't. Until the Republican Chairmen are willing to discuss appropriate and timely subjects.It is imperative that the Patriots meet for these discussions. 5. Create an email address for your Precinct or organize your present one to accommodate your precinct contacts. 6. Introduce yourself to those in your Precinct as the Precinct Committeeman. Voice your concerns, explain why you have gotten involved and ask if you can contact them with appropriate info. Please send only what is needed and appropriate. 7. Gather Patriot and Declared Republican email addresses and phone numbers. Encourage all to "Declare" as it is necessary to be able vote in the Primary. 8. Start educating on issues of importance to saving our country. Notify them of events and meet- ings that will give them an opportunity to voice their concerns, talk to our elected, or question candi- dates, etc. Especially, invite them to attend the Central meeting with you when you feel they would benefits from the meeting. 9. Create a solid base of Patriots. This is how we change "politics"....we educate, we hold elected officials accountable and we vote them out if necessary.
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