Falmouth Citizen

Across this nation, OUR NATIONAL TREASURY IS BEING STOLEN, SEALED OFF, OR DISMANTLED. We cannot remain a sovereign nation, or a prosperous nation, if we become dependent upon third world countries for our very sustenance. Rural America is not covered in the news, in TV shows, or Hollywood. So it is easy to forget about, and become disconnected from our roots. Read the rest of this entry »

On Feb. 27, 2009, the first National Tea Party was held in 48 locations across the country. Two years from the day, a big cake with a numeral two anniversary candle was brought onto the stage of the Phoenix Convention Center where the inaugural Tea Party Patriots' American Policy Summit was held Friday through Sunday noon. Read the rest of this entry »

A group from Spokane, Washington called the Spokane Patriots will issue a demand that the city council withdraw from "Sustainability" policy and terminate the city's contract with the international Non-Governmental Organization called ICLEI (the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives). ICLEI works in over 600 U.S. communities and 1,000 communities worldwide. The Spokane group presents a city charter amendment along with an ordinance asserting the unconstitutional alliance between the City and ICLEI. Read the rest of this entry »

Last week Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX), poked a Texas-sized hole in the push to stop Arizona's reasonable immigration law (SB 1070). During a hearing with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who has threatened legal action to block SB1070's enforcement, Poe asked, "Have you read the Arizona law?" Read the rest of this entry »

By Stephen Power

Cap and Trade

The annual winter meeting of the nation’s biggest shareholder-owned electric utilities is normally a snooze, getting little attention from outsiders. Not this year.

On Thursday, dozens of marchers — some toting signs with slogans such as “Welcome, Carbon Crooks” — protested outside the Edison Electric Institute’s annual board of directors meeting in Scottsdale, Ariz., venting their fury over the industry’s efforts to help congressional Democrats on legislation that would cap U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions.

“We’ve got rent-seeking industries trying to carve out a special niche and beat their competitors with government regulations,” said Tom Jenney, director of the Arizona chapter of Americans for Prosperity, a Virginia-based group that participated in the protest. Jenney’s group, joined by the Scottsdale Tea Party and FreedomWorks, a conservative group led by former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, says climate legislation passed by the U.S. House in June “would do serious damage to America’s economy and standard of living.”

The protests came on a day when the CEOs were hearing presentations from Lisa Jackson, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and Sen. Lindsey Graham(R., S.C.), who has riled many members of his own state party by working with Democrats on legislation to control U.S. emissions…

James Owen, a spokesman for EEI, said the group’s members are working with Democrats on climate legislation “precisely because we are concerned about managing the costs of the transition to a low-carbon economy, and we continue to believe a comprehensive bill is the best way to manage those costs” while reducing emissions. The alternative, Owen said, is EPA regulation, which is likely to be far more costly.

While EEI didn’t endorse the House legislation, its officers worked with the bill’s sponsors on much of its fine print, and publicly praised the House for voting in favor of the bill.

Jenney said his group’s members “don’t really like taxes,” but that “if there’s going to carbon legislation, it should be along the lines of” a simple tax on carbon, with offsetting payroll tax reductions.

“There’s less chance for companies to carve out competitive advantages with a carbon tax than a cap-and-trade regime where the government is giving permits to favored companies,” he said.

Jenney said the protesters weren’t allowed onto the grounds of the Fairmont Scottsdale Hotel and didn’t have an opportunity to interact with the CEOs gathered inside the hotel. Instead, the demonstrators planted themselves outside the hotel, waving signs and encouraging passing motorists to honk.

Many Americans appear to be awakening from their slumber of apathy as government forces are making their move for total control of our lives. Massive TEA Party protests on April 15th, followed by more than 1000 again on Independence Day, show a growing movement of concerned, dedicated Americans. But there is a major component missing from those protests. There is a nearly universal lack of understanding of the issue of Sustainable Development and the dangers it poses to our liberty. Consequently, that issue is being left out of the protests. Read the rest of this entry »