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A forty-foot bus, a small town in south-east New York, a chief administrative officer, a CATO scholar, and a family of four. Sounds totally disconnected, doesn’t it? Meet Liberty In America.

Beth Powers, founder and former Chief Administrative Officer for Dresser-Rand, left her lucrative job a couple of years ago when she realized the United States was heading down an unsustainable path. She studied at CATO for a year, and with her husband, Chris, established a plan for Liberty In America.

As Beth thought about what assets she already owned that could be utilized in her vision, her 40’ RV Prevost bus came to mind. Why not take an icon to the people, to garner attention in order to educate, motivate and activate? The Lib-erty Bus was born when a beautiful vinyl wrap was applied in Buffalo, New York, with pictures of the Statue of Liberty, The Declaration of Independence, and quotations from John Adams and Thomas Paine.

“Liberty Once Lost, Is Lost Forever” shows on one side of the bus. Liberty In America’s mission is to stop the loss of liberty. It is a grassroots movement focused on education and activism to enhance understanding of:

WHY government spending must be significantly reduced, WHY private enterprise is a more effective alternative for services WHY individual choice, risk and reward is culturally imperative for liberty to survive in America, and HOW YOU can change the direction away from government dependency toward liberty and freedom.

Americans are empowered to make changes when we disagree with the di-rection of our country. We can transform oppressive bureaucracy, blatant fiscal irresponsibility, collectivist philosophy, and elitist representatives by sending a shock wave through both political parties and both houses of Congress.

We will inspire a better future and liber-ate the free spirit of Americans by under-standing our natural instinct for helping each other, encouraging voluntary charity rather than coercive government social programs, and allowing the inevitable outcome of failure from irresponsible risk.

Our 2010 tour started in New York, spread to Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland and Washington,

D.C. The Liberty Team became Beth Powers - founder and speaker; Janis Turner - administrative assistant; Gordy Maker - bus driver; and Luke Balbo and Justina Quagliata - student interns from St. Bonaventure University. In June, the crew boarded the Liberty Bus and headed west.

We had a home meeting in Michigan, which opened the door for a week-long event in Sandusky, Ohio for “Ohio Bike Week”. We met Bruce Washburn there: navy seal vet, event organizer and a man with almost as much energy as Beth (al-most). We also met hundreds of bike rid-ing patriots who picked up United States Constitutions, chatted with us, signed our “Commitment to the American Citizen” (see website) and signed the Liberty Bus. We learned about the Ohio Project and spread the message of downsizing the U.S. government. Bruce and his girl-friend, Tari, became honorary members of LIA, and we were sad to leave Ohio, but anxious to continue our mission of motivating patriots for liberty.

The bus then went to Chicago, where LIA team members were seen passing out U.S. Constitutions at the Chicago Blues Festival. Some people wanted to know, “is this the liberal constitution?” Huh?

We assured them it was the original Constitution. Even at an arts event, we met many people angry about the eco-nomic situation in America. The bus left Chicago and headed to Wisconsin, where we met the “Grandsons of Liberty,” who are doing a great work in that state by not only spreading liberty through their own organization, but also uniting 72 other liberty groups in Wisconsin that meet monthly, and are affecting legislation in their state.

If you want to hear the rest of our story, our trip to Vegas, Sharron Angle, life on the bus and meeting the Chinese-Ameri-can Political Party in San Francisco, see our blog on www.libertyinamerica.org, and legosandliberty.blogspot.com.

The Liberty Bus is available to come to your organization, home, rally or whistle-stop. We are non-profit, non-partisan, and exist on private donations. Invite us to a home party and attendees each get a free Citizen’s Kit, some education, some activism, a chance to sign the bus, and a great deal of fun and discussion. See www.libertyinamerica.org and let’s sign the bus for liberty!

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“In the case of freedom, the concensus of the people must be that self-reliance, free markets,private property, sound money, and enforceable contracts are indespensible to prosperity, peace, and happiness.”

- Ron Paul in End the Fed

My name is Keith R. Davis and I joined the Marine Corps at the age of 17. Considering that I knew I was going to go into the military at the age of six, it wasn’t hard to get my parents to sign off on the deal. I graduated high school in Lumberton, Texas in May of 2001. At the time it was rather difficult to go to boot camp as it was a time of peace and the Marines were trying to maintain a low number of recruits. Months after graduation I was called up by the Marine Corps recruiting office and told that they needed me to come in the next morning and run an initial strength test (1 mile run) to see if I was in good enough shape to be sent to basic training. I did as told and the next morning I ran the mile, passing by one second. Excited, I returned to the office and walked in with a huge grin. Before I could say a word one of the recruiters motioned me over to a small television set he was watch-ing in the corner of the room. I arrived at the set just in time to see the 2nd plane crash into the World Trade Center. Five days later I was in the Marine Corps boot camp training for the war that was sure to come. I gradu-ated basic training on December 14, 2001 and graduated Infantry School (0331 Machinegunner) on February 22, 2002. I was assigned to the prestigious 1st Battalion 5th Marine Regiment in Camp Pendleton, California. Eighteen months later my unit was deployed to Kuwait in preparation for the invasion of Iraq. In March 2003 we crossed the line of departure and entered into the fast-paced realm of war. My unit captured the Ramallah Oil Fields with almost no resistance. From there we captured Saddam City where we liberated a child prison complex. On April 9th I was among the first Marines to enter Bagh-dad where the fighting lasted for hours too numerous to count. I turned 20 in the Azimaya Palace eight days later. After my unit departed from Baghdad we were sent to an area around Diwaniya and would eventually stand guard as Iraqis uncovered a mass grave in the area near a secret police headquarters. The field was shaped like a football field and was muddy from the fluids of decomposing bod-ies; it was the true stench of death. In March of 2004 I returned to Iraq for my 2nd tour of duty. On this tour I took part in the April assault on enemy-held Fallujah. From there I patrolled the streets of Karma and Jahabi. This tour was to be the one with the heaviest fighting. I turned 21 during the fighting for Fallujah. In March of 2005 I returned to Iraq - in Ramadi, for my 3rd tour of duty and my 22nd birthday. On July 14, 2005 my vehicle received a direct hit from a roadside bomb (IED). I was among 3 wounded and was unable to walk for 3 weeks. As soon as I was able to limp, and with a still bleeding wound, I returned to the fray and re-took command of my fire team, as well as another fire team that once belonged to a friend killed the previous month. Three patrols later, on August 3rd 2005, we were

ambushed and while I sought out and engaged a hidden sniper, an enemy machinegunner put a large caliber bullet through my lower abdomen. The bul-let disintegrated my left hip sending bone and bul-let fragments into my in-testines, took off 4 inches of my femur, and ruptured my femoral artery. The exit hole was the diameter of a 1-pound coffee can and I lived only because my Corpsman stuck his knee inside of me to stop the blood flow. All in all I would lose a total of 53 units of blood. After three weeks of a drug-induced coma I awoke and was told that keeping my leg, with infection, would likely kill me, but I was given a choice. I chose to have the leg amputated all the way up at the pelvic bone. Three months and some 40 surgeries later I took my first steps with a new prosthetic leg while stationed at Brooke Army Medical Center for the remainder of my recovery, since it was only four hours from my parent’s home. I would be there for one and a half years. In early 2006 war broke out between Israel and Hezbol-lah; as a strong supporter of Israel, I sent for paperwork from the Israeli Consulate and then began filling them out in order to serve as a volunteer in some capacity for the Israeli cause. However, my efforts were dashed, when peace was declared only a week later. Somehow, the Marine office in BAMC found out about my attempt and thought it rather amusing since I had planned to go while on leave that I requested as part of my plan. So, when the Marine Corps Air Station in Corpus Christi asked for a Marine with combat experience to come and speak to its flight students about the necessity of good working rela-tions with the grunts, and from the grunt’s perspective, they gave me the assignment. Oddly enough, the Marine Aviator that flew me to Corpus Christi was the same helicopter pilot I watched almost get blown out of the sky over Baghdad while coming in low and under heavy fire to pick up some of my wounded comrades during the early part of the fight for Baghdad. I had not prepared a speech and so just spoke from the heart for an hour and a half. Not once did I see them blink, and the edges of their seats were quite warm. I really didn’t expect the response that I received and was choked up. After this, when a speaker was requested, I got the as-signment. I would, later that year, get to speak to the Women’s Republican Party of Banderas, Texas with Janis Rozsnowski of Operation Comfort. I was retired from the Corps on December 29, 2006.

On Veterans Day 2007 - I was allowed to speak at my former high school in Lumberton, Texas. Lumberton High School. In 2008 I moved to Corpus Christi, Texas and began classes at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi and a year later was elected president of the United Student Veterans Organization. While holding this position I participated in several veteran events in the area as well as managed some of the events myself. On Veteran’s Day 2009 I was the keynote speaker at Luther Jones Elementary- Corpus Christi. On the same day I also put together and directed the Veteran’s Day ceremony for veterans and guests at Texas A&M - Cor-pus Christi. The speech at Luther Jones was sponsored by Kellee Hearther. About 3 weeks later I got to address a meeting of South Texas VFW Posts in Falfuries, Texas. I was sponsored by Colonel Richard Prewett of VFW Post 8932. When it comes to politics I am an ardent Nationalist as I look for the best option, not the party option. I love my country, and after 3 tours in Iraq I am well aware of what my country is and is not. I feel it my duty to do all that is necessary to arrest the fall of this great nation and return it to its rightful position at the helm of world Statism. I feel that our youth should be reached in every forum so as to educate them on issues that will eventually be theirs to face. I feel this way because while growing up, I myself, left it up to “those in the know” , only to be sent to war soon after joining the “real world.”

With five nieces and nephews I am well aware of my responsibility to them and the youth of this nation and am intent on leaving them a country better than I found it.

My Duty to the United States of AmericaFrOm a VeTeran OF War

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Bring on the Public Sector versus Private Sector Battle Royale!sean mCCarThY

PROSPER“I place economy among the first and most important virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared. We must make our election

between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude.” Thomas Jefferson

“Economics is an immensely fascinating and illuminating social science chiefly concerned with how human beings manage limited—finite resources (i.e., capital, natural, and human resources; and non material resources such as time, effort, energy, language, brain power, etc….) Economic mastery, or at

least a working understanding allows Americans to safeguard their liberties.” Sean McCarthy, small business owner and a student of economics

This is how I ended my first article for the Good American this past summer: “ that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness—That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed.” Founding Fathers; notes used in the creation of the Preamble to the Constitution.

In the end, however, no glorious words or documents ensure our liberties. Govern-ment officials of all ranks must respect their oaths to uphold the Constitution; and we the electorate must be vigilant in seeing that they do.

This past weekend I shared a few beers, the best home cooked red chili in Pueblo, and good conversation with friends. One of these friends happened to be a highly placed official in our local government. I hold him in the highest regard, as he understands his duty to his employees as well as to the public. He proudly leads his department, ensuring the “cus-tomer”—taxpayer--is dealt with expedi-tiously, courteously, and professionally. He also manages to keep his operations consistently under budget and brings in millions of dollars to Pueblo in state and federal grant money while keeping his employees and constituents exceedingly happy. We are lucky to have so many fine citizens serving our community in the public sector (fire, police, administra-tion, public works, etc…) who exemplify the same attitude.

However, I’m not sure he shares such laudable regards about my own character. It is said quite frequently that I am a well known, rancorous critic of all levels of government. This must be why my friend challenged me with the following, “…I’d love to see you serve in a high level public position for a year…let’s see how you’d handle the stress of dealing with an increasingly hostile and untrusting public I serve…!”

I was shocked! Not only at the caustic nature of the charge , but by the horrify-ing possibility I’d become nothing but a…er, um, a “critic!” Horror of horrors! I’ve labored my entire adult life to not be one of these:

How do I respond? Do I counter-attack by stating I have owned my own business in the public domain for nearly fourteen years—that by this very act I am suscep-tible to all variety of complaint, condem-nation, and rancor from my “citizen” clients and employees—the result of such criticism is not merely the stress of deal-ing with an upset constituent, but the very likely potential of lost business and quite possibly the negative PR fallout which may very well destroy my business! I am not afforded the luxury of hiding in the byzantine hallways of governance (pass the buck; blame it on my supervi-sor), and the all too accepted public view of mediocrity from government. Every day I strive to create “raving fans” of my business and products—otherwise I will

not have repeat or new customers—and thus I will go out of business—failure, starvation, bankruptcy and worse. Does not my friend understand the stress of those in the private sector? Small busi-ness owners; large business owners; moms and dads sleepless at night all wor-ried about whether they will have income sufficient to feed their families, pay their bills, and pay their employees (and feed their families.)

My friend would likely respond by regal-ing me with all types of anecdotal stories from sordid, self-righteous, and self-serving whiny citizens. And, his stories would provide merit to his position. How often have we been in a hurry driving too fast only to be pulled over by a police officer. We may be courteous, but likely we are upset with this “Dudley Do-right”…and we often let him/her know it. Of course, we forget about the times when someone speeds dangerously by us on the road, or drives recklessly in our neighborhood endangering our children, or ourselves. “I wish the police would patrol our street more…these hooligans should be punished….” We cannot have it both ways.

A recent and very illustrative anecdote comes from another friend. He and his family own a very successful mobile home park. It was zoned to allow this type of housing scores of years ago. The park is surrounded by a high end com-mercial shopping district and an exclu-sive high end home subdivision. Four years ago he filed paperwork to subdivide some unused land on his park. Over the course of the four years he paid for detention ponds, plans, drawings, fees, inspections, etc…. After he invested over $100,000, the Planning Department said he must submit updated plans, and pay more fees. He has been dealing with this for years, and is literally at wits end. He is still unable to use his own land as he desires, which is to put in more mobile homes and provide much needed afford-able housing for Pueblo families.

I knew the planner in question and I of-fered to call him on behalf of my friend. The planner explained his dilemma. The wealthy homeowners in the area had been lobbying the local elected officials to condemn the park in question. The plan-ner empathized with my friend, but the balance of political capital was not in his favor. There were citizens on the other side of the issue who were very upset about the mere existence of this park. This planner was caught in the middle. His duty was to follow the zoning policy/code and ensure the land was being used per the guidelines. The zoning guidelines were created to ensure cohesiveness, economy, and highest and best use for the land. How does he resolve this is-sue fairly and judiciously for all con-cerned? This is the rub. Government, as stated above, is granted power by us, the citizenry, to regulate and resolve issues. These issues are resolved by those we elect and the laws, codes, and regulations they promulgate. Sometimes issues are not resolved fairly or judiciously…people are wronged.

What to do? Well, first, don’t be afraid to be a “critic.”

Sadly, in this day of ever increasing government power and reach, we too often feel powerless or helpless when dealing with the public sector. This need not be the case. Just as important as your day to day household economics, is the day to day business of your government. I challenge you to know your local of-ficials. Inquire as to their effectiveness; make them accountable; attend council and commission meetings; and become knowledgeable with local budgets and governance. Take your vote seriously, and learn who you are “hiring” to run your local and state affairs.

A US ARMY Veteran who proudly served as a Cavalry Officer and Airborne Rang-er. After his military service, McCarthy worked as an executive in the transporta-tion industry providing transportation solutions for large manufacturing facili-ties. Intrigued by manufacturing McCar-thy was hired by the Trane Company in Pueblo as a production manager in 1995, learning their innovative world class manufacturing processes. This allowed him to run his own facility in Colorado Springs for a small door and window manufacturer. Commuting, and working long hours for the benefit of absentee owners motivated McCarthy to start his own enterprise. His affinity for “numbers” drew him to the mortgage industry. On July 4th, 1997 he started his venture which he has run continuously either solely or with partners since. He purposely started on that date to commemorate his own “in-dependence” day. McCarthy still owns and operates Castle Investment & Loan, an independent mortgage brokerage and private placement lender. McCarthy serves on numerous com-munity boards in Pueblo; currently he is President of the PCC Foundation Board of Directors. He proudly advocates for Pueblo businesses, the downtown district (member Board of Directors Pueblo Downtown Assoc.), taxpayers, and the “Traditional Liberal” perspective of free enterprise, limited government, and fiscal prudence. McCarthy can be reached at: seanmccarthy@aculink.net

A new organization in the pro-liberty movement, The Publius Foundation is a nonprofit student think tank dedicated to expanding personal and economic liberty in Western Pennsylvania. Since our incorporation in February of 2010, we’ve produced in-depth research and commentary on issues impacting the Second Amendment, property and First Amendment rights of Pennsylvanians.

As a think tank staffed, managed and directed by students, our business model is designed to educate young people about the value of liberty and to do so while teaching a select group of students how to work in a nonprofit environment. Our website, policy briefings and daily blog posts are all produced by students. We’re even in the process of designing seminars and essay contests for students in our region and our student staff does all of our fund-raising work.

In the seven months since we started publishing, our work has appeared in local newspapers, on the website of the Commonwealth Foundation and been featured on local and national radio programs including the National Rifle Association’s “Cam and Company.”

Although many student organizations in the liberty movement fracture and disappear in a matter of months or years, our formal leadership structure and the fact that we are an incorporated nonprofit serve to ensure our continuity. Not only do we plan to continue publishing quality student-produced research for years to come, we’re actually working to expand our unique model to other campuses in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio.

Although we do cover statewide issues, our focus is on solving local problems in a way that incrementally increases per-sonal and economic liberty. By focusing on solutions that lower taxes, decrease barriers to economic development and restore fiscal responsibility to local gov-ernment, we hope to create freer commu-nities in our region.

Visit www.PubliusFoundation.com to learn more about our work to advance personal and economic liberty at the lo-cal level.

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THINk/LIVE Freedom in One WordNow that Heath Care legislation has passed, the obvious question for opponents is this: Now What? My answer is best summed up with just one word: Marijuana.

No, I don’t mean that you should go out and smoke away your anger and frustration. Instead, you should feel empowered. The best way to explain this is by telling the story of a disabled mother from Northern California.

ANGEL’S STORY

Angel Raich has been permanently disabled since 1995. She has an inoperable brain tumor, a seizure disorder and other serious medical conditions. In 1997, her doctor felt that marijuana would be an effective medication.

Angel used homegrown marijuana, and she and her physician claim that it’s helped significantly. You may not agree with Angel’s choice, but it’s one made in ac-cordance with California state law, which allows for such use. The federal government, however, has not shown much respect for state laws in recent decades, and chose to take action. After DEA agents seized and destroyed all six of her marijuana plants, she sued to stop them from doing so again.

The suit went all the way to the Supreme Court, and in Gonzales v Raich, Angel lost. The 2005 ruling made clear that the federal government did not recognize state laws authorizing the use of marijuana – in any situation.

THE COMMERCE CLAUSE

The court ruled that control over a plant grown and con-sumed on one’s own property was authorized under the “Interstate Commerce Clause” of the Constitution. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution empowers Con-gress to “regulate…commerce among the several states.” It has never been amended.Like any legal document, if the words of the Constitution

mean today what they meant at the moment it was signed, we must understand just what those words meant at the time of its ratification.

There’s been a lot of scholarly research on this clause, especially the word “commerce” itself. Without getting into the long details of it all, it means this: Congress is authorized to make uniform national rules on the trade and exchange of goods (and related activities like their transportation) that cross state borders. On top of it, the word “regulate” meant to “make regular” – that is, to specify how these transactions may be conducted. Regu-late did not mean ban, prohibit, or mandate. These words have different meanings.

With this in mind, the Supreme Court, which is not a set of nine infallible gods, ruled incorrectly. But rule, they did. Thus, all three federal branches agreed that State-lev-el laws allowing marijuana were a no-go. In his dissent, Justice Clarence Thomas gave a stark warning:

“If the Federal Government can regulate growing a half-dozen cannabis plants for personal consumption…then Congress’ Article I powers…have no meaningful limits. Whether Congress aims at the possession of drugs, guns, or any number of other items, it may continue to appropria[te] state police powers under the guise of regu-lating commerce.”

RESIST DC

Even though she lost the case, Angel indicated she’d continue to use marijuana. At the time of the ruling, there were 10 states that had such laws. Not one of them has been repealed. Since then, another 4 states have passed similar laws, and many others are considering them, including South Dakota, Kansas, and New Hampshire.

Today, over half a million people are registered users of medical marijuana, and estimates say that millions more

use the plant without registration. What’s been the result? The federal government will occasionally arrest some high-profile users, but taken in the perspective of the multitudes consuming the plant, the threat is quite low.

And, in mid-2009, recognizing a need for “efficient and rational use of its limited investigative and prosecuto-rial resources,” the Justice Department announced that it would back off the prosecution of medical marijuana patients even further.

HUH?

You might be asking, “How does this apply to healthcare mandates?” Well, the answer is pretty simple. When enough states pass laws defying federal laws, and enough people actively defy them too, D.C. simply doesn’t have the manpower to arrest and prosecute all of us.

This kind of activism – while it clearly carries personal risk – should be a real blueprint for people that have been consistently unable to find constitutional relief in Con-gress, the Executive, or the Courts.

Marijuana users: Love ‘em or hate ‘em, but show some respect for them, as many have suffered greatly for doing what they believe is right. People who believe strongly about other issues, like health care mandates, would do well to learn from them.

What should be done about federal control over health care? The same thing that should be done for every unconstitutional federal law, regulation, or mandate – Nullify Now!

Michael Boldin is the founder of the Tenth Amendment Center

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Liberty on the Rocks was es-tablished to help individuals throughout the nation create social networks and liberty hubs for individuals to network, collabo-rate, share ideas, become better informed and to find new ways to get active and involved in the fight for freedom. We are passionate about the ideals of limited govern-ment, free markets and individual rights. The goals of Liberty on the Rocks networks are to: encour-age discussion and collaboration, provide educational information on the topics of free markets, indi-vidual rights and limited govern-

ment, introduce guests to local and national free market organizations and causes and encourage activism for liberty. Just as our Founders and their fel-low patriots discovered over 235 years ago, the ideals of freedom must be spread through dialogue and collaboration….and of course, over spirits and ale. We hope you will join us at a Liberty on the Rocks near you!

Starting Your Own NetworkEach liberty network established helps to expand the liberty move-ment as well as increase knowl-edge and activism. These liberty “hubs” are the grassroots step to-wards fighting against big govern-ment. Are you ready to organize a team that will lead the country toward freedom?

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Is it possible to want to save and protect the environment but be a capitalist? Is it possible to love natural food and recycling but understand that the market has to demand those products to have a sustainable system? We think so. Since our networks of advertisers are small-business owners who depend upon a free market and healthy profits to survive – they think so too! Sustainability, in a free-market, means profitability. When you are a “greeny”, or an “environ-mentalist”, it is easy to get thrown into a group of people who prefer government intervention, social welfare programs, and environ-mental legislation that wreaks havoc on our economy. However, there are many of us out there that are “greenies” but know for a fact that the government cannot save us (nor the environment for that matter), that the only way to make something sustainable is to have it make money, and that consumer demand is the driver towards sustainability.

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Our company, advertisers, and products are based upon the idea that local food, domestic energy, recycling, and protecting land, water, and air are best served by a consumption revolution.

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I first meet Gary Johnson in Albuquerque, New Mexico before he was elected Governor. It was a handshake I’ll never forget, as he asked for my vote. This man was genuine, sincere and the Black Sheep candidate who no one had heard of, because he had “no political experi-ence.” I had just moved to Santa Fe and had little idea what the political dynamic of New Mexico was like. I did hear from the people I knew and met in New Mexico, including some very long-time, multi-generational resi-dents, that the state was in turmoil, and that this guy I had met would never have a chance to win as a Republican in a largely Democratic state--especially a candidate that the Republican party itself wasn’t necessarily endorsing at that time. Even back in the 1990’s, the Black Sheep were demonized and laughed at by the establishment parties--wasted votes they still say.

When they tallied up the “wasted votes,” Gary Johnson went on to win the election as Governor, as well as an easy reelection for a second term. At the time, I was a business owner in New Mexico who appreciated his perspective, hard work and honesty. I worked with many other high-profile business owners who were very skepti-cal of who Gary was and how he would govern. We grew to realize how important his contributions and “work with everyone” attitude was, and that it was working. He held no agenda other than serving the best interest of the citizens of New Mexico.

During his second term in office I was invited to attend a few luncheons Gary hosted at the Governor’s Man-sion. I was being recognized for my charitable contri-butions along with the work of many others. I found a man there who had not changed since the first time I met him--the same handshake, and he meant it--still gracious, genuine, honest! Who was this man? I have been to the White House, shook the hands of more than one Presi-dent, along with a few other members of Congress and other Governors. Never have I met someone like Gary Johnson.

Governor Johnson has been getting around again lately. He’s been on many of the talking-head shows of all the networks and touted as a possible Black Sheep Candidate for President. A Republican with Libertarian lean-ings, he is popular with many Independents, Moderate Democrats, Libertarians and many Conservatives and Tea Partiers. The more they know him, the more they like his message; Gary Johnson backs it up with experience, com-mon sense, honesty and dialog. He has a track record of actionable and positive results. He works hard.

The Our America Initiative is his current project. He chairs this 501(c)(4) non-profit, and he has authored a book, The Seven Principals of Good Government. He outlines his seven principles on the website and advo-cates for smaller, more effective, less intrusive government.

Mission Statement: OUR America Initiative seeks to broaden the parameters of the public policy debate of cur-rent topics in the national arena. We look to enlighten the population about civil liberties, free enterprise, limited government, and traditional American values. It is our aim to increase the amount of discussion and involve-ment regarding all-important issues.A consistent talking point that comes up on many of the talk shows is his position on the legalization of drugs--the hot-button issue he talks about openly. He says what many people are thinking but most are unwilling to freely talk about. I, personally, detest drugs and have no respect for the people who have little respect for themselves by using drugs. Like the Mexican border issue and many other agencies, the “drug war” has been viewed as some-thing the general public is skeptical about and that the effectiveness has not been a government success. Drug problems have gotten worse, and another giant govern-ment program keeps getting bigger. I remember when Reagan declared the “war on drugs.” Honestly, like so many others, I haven’t seen results that I am happy with. I think I’m like many who question the direction we have gone and the overall results for our money, time, and

blood invested. Johnson merely poses the question, “Do you think that the war on drugs is working?” He, like most of us, says, “No,” and he backs it up with facts. He has the courage to talk about it, and openly advocates for change in the form of reasonable legalization to solve the majority of the problems we currently have. You can’t change minds overnight, and laws take a long time to enact even when you have a majority of backers. Like Johnson, I think it’s time to have a harder look at the is-sues surrounding drugs and start an accountable, new solution.

I had the pleasure of having a phone interview with Governor Johnson for this article. Like an old friend, it was like we shook hands, and the conversation continued from the past. I do not know him on a personal level; he would not recognize me on the street. But he has that personable, likable presence that makes you feel comfort-able enough to have constructive dialog even when you disagree. He is a man I would be proud to vote for again to restore pride and respect for America. A man of the people-- E pluribus unum, “Out of many, one.” He will unite America; we will become one again. Who is he? Someone you should know. Someone who could be one of the most significant people contributing to liberty and freedom of this great country: unassum-ing, professional, very humble and a competitor, over-achiever and the Black Sheep we should all listen to. His handshake is his word--a man of genuine ethical integrity. America needs to know Gary Johnson.

All about the Our America Initiative and the Issues Go to:www.OurAmericaInitiative.com

The OUR America Initiative is a 501(c)(4) political advocacy committee and may receive unlimited dona-tions from both individual and corporate donors. Gary Johnson is not a current candidate for any federal political office.

Gary Johnson’s Seven Principles of Good Government:

1- Seek reality and base all decisions and actions upon it.2- Be honest to all people all of the time.3- Acknowledge your critics, but do what’s right.4- Determine your goal, develop a plan and then execute it.5- Communicate.6- Anything that could be revealed eventually, should be revealed immediately.7- Find a job you love and make a difference.

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The Growing Movement Towards Making the Choice Between Natural Gas and Petroleum for Vehicles

You’ve seen him on television on interviews and commercials. He’s been speaking to Congress, State Governors and President Barack Obama.

Oilman, T. Boone Pickens has a lot to say about freeing the United States from dependence on foreign oil with clean, plentiful natural gas.

We have been watching Clean Energy for years now, moving forward in chang-ing minds about how to power America. Clean Energy founded by T. Boone Pickens in 1997, now publicly traded on the NASDAQ under the symbol CLNE has grown into the largest supplier of natu-ral gas as a transportation fuel in North America. They produce Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) for use in heavy duty vehicles. Clean Energy Operates approximately 180 fueling stations in North America, fuel-ing over 250 fleet customers and 15,000 vehicles daily.

This is the first of a series of articles about natural gas and the company Clean En-ergy. The more you know, the more you will be interested in the movement towards (NGV) Natural Gas Vehicles. This subject is no longer a theory or test, it’s real and happening now everywhere in America and around the world. It is the future of America.

Natural gas (NG) is the cleanest available fuel on the market today. Natural gas is made up primarily of methane gas, CH4, and has the lowest carbon content of any vehicle fuel on the market today. Utilizing

NG in vehicles reduces smog forming pol-lutants, particulate matter and greenhouse gas emissions by 20-30%

Ninety-eight percent of the United State’s supply is being sourced locally from North America. The United States sits on the largest supplies of NG on the planet, and the US has over 120 years of proven domestic reserves.

NG is renewable in the form of biogases which are produced from landfills, dairy farms and wastewater treatment plants. Clean Energy operates a renewable NG production facility at the McCommas Bluff Landfill in Dallas, TX. This facility produces over 30,000 gallons of vehicle grade fuel each day. NG is very afford-able, with most fleets seeing fuels savings ranging from 20-60% below gasoline and diesel fuel. In Colorado the typical retail price is $.50 below regular unleaded gaso-line. Sold in a Gasoline Gallon Equiva-lent (GGE) or Diesel Gallon Equivalent (DGE), GGE and DGE have an identical amount of energy as their petroleum coun-terparts, and therefore, users typically see similar fuel economy.

What’s happening Nationally?

· NG act currently under consideration in Congress · Stimulus: the U.S. Department of Energy received 300M in Stimulus funds to be awarded to 30 projects nationally.· Funds are aimed at reducing dependence on foreign petroleum, deploying alterna-tive fuel vehicles and stations and creating jobs.

· Carbon markets; carbon taxes or carbon cap and trade systems will be advanta-geous to the NGV industry, these programs would make it more profitable to run NGVs – users would be able to sell credits for the cleaner vehicles to others who need them.· Transit Buses: over 12,000 NG transit buses on US roads, 20% of all new orders are powered by NG.· UPS has over 600 CNG vehicles now in operation.· AT&T has committed to converting 8,000 of their field service vans to CNG.· Trucks: one of the highest fuel use appli-cations on the road today is over the road 18 wheelers.

While the fuel is certainly cheaper, the largest hurdle is typically fueling stations. CNG and LNG fleet fueling stations range from 800K – 2M in cost depending on size and capacity. Clean Energy’s busi-ness model involves using its own capital to build the fueling stations, so fleets have no out-of-pocket up from expense. They do this in return for a long term fueling contract to use the station.

Watch for more info and updates in upcoming issues of

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DaVe riChesOnSustainability is not a simple word but a very serious one. People talk about sustainable actions on a daily basis and we are reminded just as regularly how unsustainable some human actions have become. It is a fundamental topic to our national security and of particular importance to the military. This of course is nothing new. During both World War I and World War II the nation had to act in more sustainable ways to conserve metals and other material to conduct the war effort. Today we have reason to give pause and once again ask ourselves what we as individuals should be doing to act in a more responsible manner and how the our military might best protect and utilize resources here at home for the benefit of all citizens.

We use a tremendous amount of resources bringing food to the tables of American households. According to The National Geographic’s Green Guide on average, domestically grown produce sold in con-ventional supermarkets has traveled some 1,500 miles from farm to table. That requires lots of fuel and a large percent-age is not domestic. What would it look like if everyone started supporting local cooperative farming and dairy operations – food from farm to table might not be more than 150 miles. Now we have the fuel and resources domestically to truly support mass food to table operations in a sustainable manner. There are other major consumption behaviors to analyze along the sustainability journey but food tops

the list in my book.Now let me turn to the military and look at bases here in the United States. The complex and challenging nature of threats today is at times daunting. We live in an age of tremendous complexity due to the speed of change itself. We have weather patterns changing as never before. We have technology changing at rates never before seen. We have change all around us coming from multiple directions. Our adversaries will use change to their advan-tage and we should prepare and address this challenge in a sustainable manner. I believe we should invest in clean geo-thermal, solar and wind production facili-ties on military installations to prepare for unexpected changes and potential attacks on our civilian power infrastructure facili-ties. This would allow for immediate or near immediate backup of critical power to populated areas in times of natural or man-made disasters and would truly help protect citizens in the new threat equation.

These are just two examples of how both individuals and the United States military could take steps to act in a more sustain-able manner given the demands of our complex world. The world is indeed chal-lenging and complex but we all have the ability to make it not so scary for future generations.

If we live truly, we shall see truly. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Richeson was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Unites States Air Force in 1993 as a distinguished graduate from the University of Louisville’s Air Force ROTC program. He served in the Air Force in various roles to include: ICBM Crew Commander and crew force instruc-tor, White House Military Office Mission Director, NORAD Space Control Center Analyst & Crew Commander, Chief of Congressional & White Activities Office for AF/XO, HQ USAF Pentagon, he was then requested to work in the Pentagon as a Space Policy Analyst in 2006-2007, returned to Colorado in Jul 2007. R Con-cepts Incorporated, Richeson’s company, was started in April 2005 and continues to directly manage tactical and strategic projects and overall company direction. He has been blessed to have many friends and supportive family members in his life and he currently lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado and is known a true Urban Farm Warrior. Richeson has recently perfected an on-line holistic sus-tainability and green audit. The audit is named “UCS” to capture the five facets of the service offering: understanding, utili-ties, consumption, cost and finally space. All five facets are touched on with the audit and participants are given unique scores to benchmark where they are and then equipped with resources to improve their scores. You can visit his company here: http://www.rconceptsincorporated.com/green.html.

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If we live truly, we shall see truly. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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FOOd/AGRICULTURELast issue we discussed how simply changing our buying habits and the fats we use can make huge differences in the amount of nutrition we are supplying our bodies with. This month, let’s look at other buying choices that not only benefit our bodies, but also positively impact the lives of the animals who contribute to our well being, and, would you believe it…. the environment?

Unless you’ve been living the hermit’s life, you know the dangers of ingesting products from animals given growth hormones, preventative anti-biotic treatments (unnecessary when animals are raised in clean, open habitats, rather than dirty, crowded conditions without access to clean air, clean water and sunshine) and those animals that have been bred give four to six times the amount of consumables in a short life-span, rather than providing reasonable amounts over a natural lifetime. So I won’t repeat the details here. I will, however, share some of the less known factors regarding the animal products you consume – and why your shopping choices make a difference not only in your health, but also your world. (I encourage you to read the wealth of information regarding this information for yourself. There are more studies, research and living experiments going on than I can fit in the space here, but under each heading, I’ll list the phrase you can enter into any Search Engine and you’ll have plenty of bed time reading for weeks!)

Pasture-Fed Beef Before we step into the magnificent benefits to our environment and eco-systems, let’s look at the top 10 reasons grass-fed beef is better for human health than grain-fed.

1 .Lower in total fat2. Higher in beta-carotene3 .Higher in vitamin # (alpha-tocopherol)4. Higher in the B-vitamins thiamin and riboflavin5. Higher in the minerals calcium, magnesium and potassium6. Higher in total omega-3’s7. A healthier ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids (1.65 vs. 4.84)8. Higher in CLA (cis-9 trans-11), a potential cancer fighter9. Higher in vaccenic acid (which can be transformed into CLA)10. Lower in the saturated fats linked with heart disease

Beef cattle are the latest evolution of grazing animals that for millennia migrated through grasslands and prairies, contentedly grazing, leaving their ‘offerings’ to fertilize and nourish the next wave of growth for the very perennials they consumed.

Meanwhile, those perennials, in self-defense of being shorn short, respond by sloughing off their now inadequate root system and build back a deeper root system as the above-ground portion re-grows. What does this translate into? Grasslands that provide an abundance of minerals from deep layers of earth (as opposed to shallow rooted crops that have grown yearly on a narrow band of topsoil, which, if not replenished through rotation crop management, composting and/or other organic farming methods, are greatly depleted of minerals, including magnesium and calcium). The sloughed off roots decay in the soil, providing extra nutrients for the soil and plants/micro-organisms living there, as well as locking the carbon from such decay in the earth, rather than releasing into the atmosphere. Even more interesting - plowed fields can, at most, absorb approximately 1 ½ inches of rain per hour – permanent pasture can absorb as much as 7 inches of rain per hour – a difference that can determine whether flooding occurs or not.

The (Burp) Methane Problem and (Cow Patty) Carbon Issue

The beef and dairy industry has been fingered as a main contributor to global warming, but how true is that? Research has found that correctly managing pasture

through Intensive Rotational Grazing (a system that mimics the natural grazing habits of wild grazers) results in perennial grasses that are higher in nutrition, resulting in burps containing 45% less methane as compared to grain-fed or conventional pasture fed animals. Decaying Cow Pies that are not pulled into the soil to be re-used and locked in (feedlot mountains) also contribute to the carbon footprint.

A recent Mother Earth News article stated there is some evidence that “perennial grasslands are, under certain conditions, even better at sequestering carbon than forests”. (The Amazing Benefits of Grass-Fed Beef, by Richard Manning)

Ardent opposers to a return to natural/organic farming and ranching practices argue it’s not ‘practical or cost-effective.’ According to Todd Churchill, who runs Thousand Hills Cattle Company in Cannon Falls, Minnesota, found that on properly recovered land (permanent pasture) he can finish two steers per acre. This is almost the same amount of acreage it takes to grow the grain to finish those same steers in the feedlot. (Source: The Amazing Benefits of Grass-Fed Beef, by Richard Manning)

And last, but not least, if you were a four-legged, which would you rather – munching on sweet smelling, sweet tasting grass with the sun shining on your back and the light breeze wafting the scent of wildflowers to your nostrils or standing on top of a dung heap waiting for your next meal of discarded junk food deemed not fit for human consumption?

PoultryAh….cage free, out in the sunshine, pasture grasses and tasty bugs – what a life for a chicken. That lifestyle benefits us too - Mother Earth News’ latest round of pastured egg nutrient tests found the following:

“Eggs from chickens raised on pasture – as compared to the official USDA data for factory-farm eggs –contain:

• 1/3 less cholesterol• ¼ less saturated fat• 2/3 more vitamin A• Two times more omega-3 fatty acids• Three times more vitamin E• Seven times more beta carotene• Three to Six times as much Vitamin D as typical supermarket eggs”

DairyThe crusade for a return to Raw Milk is gaining momentum and I hope soon Colorado will follow suit and once again make it possible to purchase Raw Milk directly, rather than the roundabout way we have now, by purchasing cow or goat shares and taking our dividend in the form of milk.

Raw milk refers to milk that has not been pasteurized. Scary thought for folks that may not know the following:• Pasteurization practices were instituted to combat illnesses such as TB, infant diarrhea, undulant fever and other diseases caused by poor animal nutrition and dirty production and storage practices. • Pasteurization destroys enzymes that actually assist our body in digesting and receiving nutrients from the milk, as well as diminishing vitamin content, destroying vitamins C, B12 and B6, just to name a few. In addition, the amount of calcium left in pasteurized milk is not only minimal, but our bodies aren’t even able to assimilate it due to the missing enzymes (killed by pasteurization) we need to digest and absorb the calcium. • The missing enzymes that would have allowed us to easily digest the milk are replaced as best they can be by our pancreas, creating stress and strain on it and some studies indicate consumption of pasteurized milk can lead to diabetes. • “All outbreaks of salmonella from contaminated milk in the recent decades have occurred in pasteurized milk. In 1985, an outbreak in Illinois struck over 14,000 people causing at least one death.” (Source, Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon) • Healthy cows give nutritious milk that is full of lactic-acid-producing bacteria that protect it against pathogens. Pasteurization kills those, leaving milk devoid of any protection should it come into contact with contaminants.

In my usual excited fashion, I eagerly shared all I had learned with friends when I first discovered the benefits of raw milk. One friend asked her doctor about it. His response? “Raw milk has blood and pus in it, that why you have to pasteurize it.” I was amazed. As a mother, who nursed both of her children, and as a girl who was raised with milk goats, I can tell you no responsible dairyman, rancher or farmer (and certainly no family doctor!) is going to view blood and pus in milk as a sign of milk needing ‘pasteurization’ – it’s a indication the animal (or mother) is in serious need of medical care!

The nutrition and digestibility we lose in pasteurized dairy products is much, much more than the few I’ve listed here and the harm to our body in consuming them much more. If you need to choose between pasteurized milk or no milk, choose No Milk! To find a dairy farm near you providing raw milk via milk shares, visit www.realmilk.com, courtesy of the Weston A. Price Foundation.

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Reprinted with Permission from Reason Magazine

The Pentagon’s brownie recipe is 26 pages long. Just grab a copy of document MIL-C-44072C and gather your ingredients: water that conforms to the “National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (Copies are available from the Office of Drinking Water, Environmental Protection Agency, WH550D, 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20460),” and some eggs in compliance with “Regulations Governing the Inspection of Eggs and Egg Products (7 CFR Part 59),” and you’re ready to go!

3.3.2 Brownie preparation. (NOTE: The contractor is not required to follow the exact procedure shown below pro-vided that the brownies conform to all finished product requirements in 3.4.)

a. Whip eggs in large bowl on high speed until light and fluffy.b. Combine sugars, cocoa, salt, and leavening; add to beaten eggs, and whip on high speed until thick.c. Add shortening slowly while mixing on low speed.d. Scrape bowl and whip on high speed until thick.e. Mix flour, nuts, and flavors together and fold into batter; mix until uniform.f. Pour batter into pan at a rate that will yield uncoated brownies which, when cut such as to meet the dimension requirements specified in 3.4f, will weigh approximately 35 grams each. (Experimentally, a panning rate of 14 to 16 grams per square inch was used.)g. Bake at 350F until done (30 to 45 minutes).

3.3.3 Brownie cutting. The brownies shall be cut to the appropriate size when cool (see 3.4f).

Wondering about adding walnuts? Simply consult sec-tion 3.2.5.3 from the “30 April 1990 SUPERSEDING MIL-C-44072B 9 December 1987 W/CHANGE 12 February 2003 MILITARY SPECIFICATION COOK-IES, OATMEAL; AND BROWNIES; COCOLATE [sic] COVERED.”

3.2.5.3 Nuts, walnuts, shelled. Shelled walnut pieces shall be of the small piece size classification, shall be of a light color, and shall be U.S. No. 1 of the U.S. Standards for Shelled English Walnuts. A minimum of 90 percent, by weight, of the pieces shall pass through a 4/16-inch diameter round hole screen and not more than 1 percent,

by weight, shall pass through a 2/16-inch diameter round hole screen. the shelled walnuts shall be coated with an approved food grade antioxidant and shall be of the latest season’s crop.

These rules are for brownies destined for MREs, so it makes sense that Department of Defense wants to make sure they’re getting uniform brownies with staying power.

And many of the pages of regulations have to do with durability of packaging. But any sympathy I might have had for the whole brownie specs enterprise dissolved when I got to section 4.5.1.1, “Ingredient and component examination,” which included this gem: If necessary, each ingredient shall be examined organoleptically.

Sound like some kind of fancy scientific process, right? As in: “Put those walnuts in the Organoleptatron3000 to test for radioactivity.” But in fact, testing “organolepti-cally” means that tasting, smelling, or looking at some-thing. It’s not clear whether you’re allowed to decide if a batch of walnuts are OK by nibbling on a few before or after passing you pass them though a “2/16-inch diam-eter round hole screen” and coat them with “approved food grade antioxidant.” All that and yet they can’t spell chocolate or reduce fractions?

To answer the obvious question: No, there are no stan-dards for the production of “special brownies.”

Download the entire PDF to get the full specs, or do what I do: Go for the rather less complicated Baker’s One Bowl Brownie recipe. Via CEI’s Ryan Young.

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Why Buy the Cow?Reprinted with Permission from Reason Magazine

“I still can’t believe they took our yogurt. There’s a medi-cal marijuana shop a couple miles away, and they’re raid-ing us because we’re selling raw dairy products?” When the Rawesome organic food coop in Venice, California, was raided by the Los Angeles County District Attor-ney’s office, the Los Angeles County Sheriff, the Ventura County Sheriff, and the California Department of Food and Agriculture, plus the federal Food and Drug Admin-istration and the Department of Agriculture in late June, one of the store’s volunteers was widely quoted express-ing incredulity that dairy products would attract more attention from law enforcement than weed.

And it’s a funny line; we’re used to thinking of pot as something that must be purchased in secret and under elaborate ruses, while milk can be bought in the open. (Substitute fried chicken for marijuana, and you can find the same joke driving a recent episode of South Park inspired by a Reason cover.) But for the people who pro-duce, sell, or drink unpasteurized milk, the comparison between medical marijuana and raw dairy is all too apt. Both are governed by a patchwork of state laws, some of which can be surprisingly liberal, but nearly all of which are vague enough to leave entrepreneurs with a massive amount of uncertainty about the viability of their busi-ness. Sale or distribution of both substances across state lines is essentially forbidden and operations attempting to go legit are restricted by the boundaries of the state where their cows or cannabis grow. Federal agents have a habit of involving themselves in actions within states as well, often in an unpredictable way.

Raw milk devotees—like medical marijuana fans—make claims for their consumable of choice ranging from the relatively uncontroversial (unpasteurized milk tastes rich-er and fresher) to the unlikely (raw milk cures autism). When people buy and drink raw milk, they tend to do so advisedly, understanding that they are trading safety for taste or other desired attributes, just as marijuana patients tend to notice that smoking dope involves, well, smoking and a certain amount of dopeyness.

No one is proposing that raw milk become the national standard—pasteurization was a great boon for food safety and isn’t going anywhere. But as more people become interested in raw milk, raids on dairies are becoming increasingly common, according to Pete Kennedy of the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund. And attempts to

accommodate an increasing byzantine and inconsistent body of law become more difficult and expensive.Headlines about “renegade” dairy farmers aside, raw milk producers don’t tend to be people who enjoy break-ing rules or living with any more uncertainty than their occupation already provides. But sometimes trying to do the right thing just draws more regulatory attention. The same day Rawesome was raided, one of its suppliers was also hit. The Palmer family is trying their darnedest to figure how to comply with the law. The problem is that laws that specifically address this area of commercial activity are few and far between, and tend to be open to a variety of interpretations. Thus the third raid on the Palmer’s farm in late June, resulting in, among other things, the family’s third confiscated computer and the removal of a supply of raw milk they planned to use to feed other animals, not people.

Or consider the case of Brigitte Ruthman, a woman run-ning a very small-scale dairy in the Berkshires—she has a single cow that started giving milk in April. Last week, she received a cease and desist letter from the Massachu-setts Department of Agriculture.

Fans of raw milk and other forbidden dairy products often say that their fallback plan to is buy their own cow or goat if the crackdowns get worse, as the excellent site The Complete Patient points out in its coverage of the Massachusetts case. But unless you’re planning to drink a cow’s output every day, the logical thing to do is share the cow with some friends or neighbors. And that’s where you get in trouble. Ruthman’s was co-owned by three milk drinkers, an arrangement she believed made her enterprise legal. Massachusetts law doesn’t have much to say about such “herdshare” arrangements. In fact, it doesn’t say anything at all on the subject. Ruthman sought out advice on how to make her operation legit but got mixed messages from the state. And the cease-and-desist letter is likely just the beginning of a long legal battle over her cows.

Since at least the 1930s, some version of this series of jokes has been in circulation, via chain letter, newspaper reprint, and eventually email forwards. Sometimes it travels under the name “a parable of isms.” This version from 1940 is pretty typical:

Socialism: If you have two cows, you give one to your neighbor.Communism: If you have two cows, you give them to

the government and the government then gives you some milk.Fascism: If you have two cows, you keep the cows and give the milk to the government; then the government sells you some milk.New Dealism: if you have two cows, you shoot one and milk the other; then you pour the milk down the drain.Nazism: If you have two cows, the government shoots you and keeps the cows.Capitalism: If you have two cows, you sell one and buy a bull.

In recent years and days, the joke has taken a literal and unfunny turn here in the U.S. The latest addition to the joke is something like this:

Nanny Stateism: If you have two cows, we’re going to show up at your house at dawn with a cease-and-desist letter and forbid you to do anything useful with their milk until you comply with General Laws Chapter 94, Sections 13 and 16 through 16K, Chapter 94A, and the regulations found in 330 CMR 27.00 et seq.

See? Not funny.

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ARTS/CULTURERecollection in Tranquility: The Concept of Art in the Southwestern Landscapes of Trinon CrouchJOhn F. Welsh

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In the 1802 Preface to Lyrical Ballads, the groundbreak-ing collection of poetry he co-authored with Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1798, William Wordsworth defined poetry as “emotion recollected in tranquility.” Word-sworth and Coleridge created a new form of poetry that became known as “Romanticism.” Central to the vision of the Romantic poets was the notion that the artist’s interaction with any object or idea generates a tension between “powerful feelings” and the tranquility of “contemplation.”

The artistic process resolves the tension between the “powerful feelings” and contemplation into a new feel-ing that emerges from the artist’s exploration of both emotion and thought generated by the object or idea. The “new feeling” is the retention of the initial feelings prompted by the object or idea, and their transformation as they are contemplated by the artist. The Romantic ideal conceives art as the craftwork of representing or externalizing the “kindred emotion” into a fixed medium.

Wordsworth’s concept of poetry and art provides a valu-able standpoint to appreciate the fascinating southwestern landscapes of Trinon Crouch, a Santa Fe artist whose paintings evoke the light and color of his dominant sub-ject matter, the mountains and environs of northern New Mexico.

Mr. Crouch is a native of the southwestern United States. During his forty years of experience in oil painting he has produced several hundred paintings that have been enthu-siastically collected across the United States. He is one of the “Santa Fe Six” who are represented exclusively by the Art Exchange Gallery, located on Canyon Road in the heart of Santa Fe’s prestigious art community.

Trinon Crouch was born and raised in El Paso, Texas. He received his first art award in 1968 when one of his oil paintings was selected for show at the World’s Hemisfair in San Antonio, Texas. This honor was soon followed in 1970 when he received an award for his oil paintings from the El Paso Art Association exhibition at the El Paso Museum of Art. He graduated with a baccalaureate in English Literature from the University of Texas at El Paso in 1974 and subsequently moved to Jackson, Wyoming.

During his years in Jackson, Mr. Crouch searched for an approach to his own artistic expression by experimenting with both subject matter and a wide variety of techniques. However, his work using oil on canvas to paint land-scapes endured and soon emerged from this search as his primary interest. The power and awe of the Grand Tetons and the Snake River plain further increased his interest in landscape. “I am a hunter of light and weather condi-tions as they express mood. A sense of mood in a scene is created by a condition of weather or changing light. I may commit to paint a scene because of my interest in el-ements in the landscape, but the lighting and the weather make or break the painting.”

He returned to El Paso in 1980 to assume a faculty posi-tion at a local college to teach art history and illustration. For the next three years he continued to practice land-scape painting in the open air and high desert country of west Texas, northern Mexico, and southern New Mexico. At this period in his career, he refined his concept of art, especially with the Organ Mountains around Las Cruces, and the Gila Wilderness of southwestern New Mexico. The sensations of weather, topography, and the changing seasons began to assume prominence in his work.

“High Plateau” is an example of his recent work that

illustrates many of the concepts he developed early in his career. The subject of this painting is a vast plateau near Marfa, Texas, that had an initial fascination for him because his paternal grandfa-ther was a cowboy in the area in the early 1930s. The scene conveys a sense of infinite expanse and distance, coupled with the juxtaposition of flatness and elevation. The artistic integration of the physi-cal elements is made possible by an awareness that the light, weather, and color help give form to the artist’s rendering of the object. The light and color of the sky, clouds, and land emerge as the real subjects of the painting.

Attracted by the combination of mountains and high desert, Mr. Crouch moved to northern New Mexico in 1983 and has since made Santa Fe his permanent home. The variable light reflected by the Sangre de Cristo Mountains encouraged him to commit himself fully to painting open-air, on-location, oil on canvas landscapes. As his approach further matured in the New Mexican environment, Mr. Crouch realized that the interaction ef-fects of light, weather, and color are as much the subject as the physical scene he paints. Ultimately, light, weather, and color cannot be separated from the object. They are part of a whole that constitutes the image the artist intends to capture. Since the external object changes with time and weather, the open-air, on-location work must be supplemented or refined by work inside the studio. Using Wordsworth’s definition of poetry, the artist’s image of the physical object must be augmented by its recollection in the tranquility of the studio.

The task of the painter is complicated by the need to mediate the tension inherent in the differences between painting in nature and painting in the studio. In nature, the object the artist attempts to capture, or the source of the image the artist intends to express, changes with time, light, and weather. Nature has considerable clout to influence when the painting is finished; it shapes or deter-mines when the image has the desired effect. Painting in the studio is different. In the studio, the artist asserts more control over when the painting is finished, or how the image will be externalized. In nature, the artist attempts to capture the immediacy of the image and anticipate its transformation in time and space. The artist transforms the immediate image through a recollection of the image captured in the tranquility of the studio.

Mr. Crouch’s painting “Santa Fe Glow” helps illustrate his approach. The painting is part of a series that portrays an effect of light that appears on the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, especially in early autumn. The pink, purple,

and golden hues of the mountains and sky occur at dusk, looking eastward toward the mountains, away from the sun. The glow the mountains reflect from the sunset is perceptible but transient, lasting only from one to five minutes. The fleeting glow requires that the painter “be prepared with paint, brushes, eyes, and mind to seize that moment of glowing color,” says Mr. Crouch.

The transient nature of the object also seems particularly acute when the onset of dusk is coupled with the potential of thunderstorm. In “Sunset Over the Hills” Mr. Crouch captured the brilliant lighting and deep colors that the clouds reflect at sunset in northern New Mexico. The clouds, in particular, become bright purple at this time of day, although their edges are tinged with red, orange, and yellow streaks as the sun drops below the horizon. The object, in this case the light cast on clouds at sunset, perceived by the artist as an image in the moment, is

fleeting, altered very quickly by time, light, and weather. The mental image must be constructed very quickly and deliberately by the artist. It is subsequently altered by memory and the recollection that takes place in a dif-ferent time and environment. Central to Mr. Crouch’s philosophy of his art is the idea that the recollection that occurs in the studio is not a distortion, but an opportunity to approximate the “kindred emotion,” the initial image.

While it is separate from nature and the immediate ex-perience of the object, the studio frees the artist from the alterations of the image imposed by time, lighting, and weather. It provides the time and space the artist needs to approximate the intended image. Mr. Crouch uses a three-pronged method to reconstruct the image of the object. First, he makes plein air sketches and paints while expe-riencing the object on-location in the moment. Second, he collects other data, such as taking photos of the object at different times, lighting, and angles. Third, he studies the data he has collected and reconstructs a mental image in the studio until it approximates the “kindred emotion” of the initial image. Thus, the artistic process is defined by the craftwork necessary to recapture the immediate image. The product is not the direct expression of the im-mediate image of the object, but its approximation based on a variety of data sources.

The scene presented in the painting titled “In the Coun-try” was inspired by a drive down a country road along the border of Colorado and New Mexico. “The scene vibrated with the colors of Autumn and it had a certain lonesome abandon about it.” What also emerges as significant in the painting is the intimacy and tranquil-ity of the house. The “lonesome abandon” of the home surrounded by tall shade trees offers the promise of relief from the sun and a guarantee of privacy and tranquility, qualities that were refined in the studio.

In each case, Mr. Crouch’s plein air painting is supple-mented by work that enables him to say something about the object that is not dictated by the natural environment. The artist’s perception of the object is not a photocopy of a scene, but the active imaging of an idea in the moment. The artist’s recollection of the image captured in the tranquility of the studio is the mediation of the inherent tension between thought and emotion. The studio enables the artist to approximate the image s/he intends to exter-nalize. Following Wordsworth, Trinon Crouch demon-strates that the recollection that occurs in the tranquility of the studio is a rich synthesis of poetry and painting.

Trinon Crouch, High Plateau, 2009, oil on canvas, 22” x 30”, Art Exchange Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Trinon Crouch, Santa Fe Glow, 2009, oil on board, 10” x 14”, Art Exchange Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Trinon Crouch, 2007, Sunset Over the Hills, oil on canvas, 24” x 36”, private collection.

Trinon Crouch, In the Country, 2009, oil on board, 10” x 14,” Art Exchange Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Trinon Crouch is represented exclusively by Art Exchange Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico. He can be contacted and his work can be

viewed through www.aegallery.com. John F. Welsh is a writer living in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

His web site is www.johnfwelsh.com.

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Vermejo Park Ranch is a private mountain resort and working bison ranch in northern New Mexico. In the fall of 1996, philanthropist and businessman Ted Turner, acquired this vast property making it the largest of his ex-tensive land holdings. Turner retained and improved the guest operations, sold the cattle, reintroduced bison and focused on ecological projects to restore and preserve the ranch.

Vermejo is open to a limited number of guests by reser-vation only. The ranch offers lake and stream fishing, ecological and wildlife observation tours, shooting skeet or sports-clays, limited hunting, and professional corpo-rate retreat services. A large focus is the restoration and enhancement of the Ranch’s many diverse ecosystems, ranging from short grass prairie on the east to the alpine tundra on the west.

The Good American Post was invited to see Vermejo’s latest edition, the new Costilla Lodge before its official opening this last summer. The massive high country lodge is compliant with ecological standards with timbers harvested from the ranch and careful detail has been given to its surroundings. Starting in January 2011 you can be a winter guest at Costilla and enjoy its lodging, gourmet meals, snow shoeing, sledding, nordic skiing, ice fishing and wildlife observation – a custom winter adven-ture is yours for the making. During the summer months the focus is nature and eco-tours. You are provided with a custom designed all-inclusive program May through September.

Nature-tourism is a growing trend - we have seen a surge in demand for nature-orientated travel across the country. Vermejo Park Ranch is the ideal destination for experiencing nature - it provides an experience equal to

that of our national parks, however without the crowds that sometimes ensue. Vermejo is the largest contiguous deeded ranch in New Mexico, containing 588,000 acres; it has elevations ranging from 6,400 feet to 12,960 feet and covers six bio-geographic life zones.

Birding is one of the most popular activities with over 150 species identified on the property. Many birds are mi-gratory and at Vermejo for short periods during the year. Both golden and bald eagles reside on the ranch as well as numerous species of raptor. A few other notable birds are the white-tailed ptarmigan and the western tanager. The largest bird on the ranch is the merriam’s turkey, which can easily be seen at any time during the year.

Hiking the many different high-mountain meadows and peaks is an activity available during the spring and sum-mer. The staff can customize a hike to meet any desired level of difficulty. Some of the hikes encompass visits to an old ghost town, cowboy cemeteries, and adobe ruins. Big Costilla peak is the most challenging hike with an ascent up to 12,800 feet where the wreckage of a WWII bomber can be viewed.

Photo safaris are another popular activity for guests with significant opportunities to photograph wildlife in its natural habitat. Black bears are commonly seen around the lakes, there are between 1,500 and 2,000 mule deer, approximately 1,500 bison, a free-range elk herd of 8,000, and of course many other animals native to this area. Vistas of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains are spectacular anytime of the year and the fall foliage is breathtaking.

Early in the century, leaders of industry and finance including Firestone, Hoover, and Mellon, frequented

the exclusive resort located high in the Sangre de Cristo mountains of New Mexico. Vermejo has also hosted Hol-lywood stars, film directors and studio executives starting from the early 1920’s and continuing to this day. They came to Vermejo - a place to relax, to regroup, and to plan.

Today, Vermejo Park Ranch continues to offer innova-tive businessmen and women a unique setting to address contemporary business challenges. Vermejo Park Ranch provides professional retreat services combined with first class wildlife viewing opportunities.

Vermejo’s comfortable meeting space, gracious dining room and acres of unsurpassed beauty set the stage for dynamic, productive interactions, quiet reflection, and relaxing recreation.

Make your plans to visit Vermejo well in advance. The opportunity to visit this exclusive unique property should not be missed. Well appointed accommodations, a recently remodeled main lodge, the addition of Costilla Lodge, conference facility, and distinctive cuisine and service will provide you and your staff a truly extraordi-nary conference and private experience.

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Please contact the reservations department at (575) 445-3097 to customize a trip for you or your group.

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At the end of the 2008-2009 school year, SFL’s network included 109 pro-liberty student groups. At the end of the 2009-2010 school year, SFL’s network included 290 pro-liberty student groups, and that number continues to grow over the summer.

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The Regional Conferences serve as a local forum of sup-port and discourse for students and non-students interest-ed in the ideas of liberty. Attendees leave with the skills necessary to be a leader for liberty on campus, a stronger intellectual framework, connections to new friends and organizations dedicated to liberty, and a revitalized vision for the future of the freedom movement. Dozens of stu-dents groups spring up from these conferences and within months become formidable forces on their respective campuses.

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Students protesting the smoking ban on their college campus utilizing an SFL/Bureaucrash Protest Grant

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The Cartel is a revelation.- The New York Post

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Teachers punished for speaking out. Prin-cipals fired for trying to do the right thing. Union leaders defending the indefensible. Bu-reaucrats blocking new charter schools. These are just some of the people we meet in The Cartel. The film also introduces us to teens who can’t read, parents desperate for change, and teachers struggling to launch stable alter-native schools for inner city kids who want to learn. We witness the tears of a little girl denied a coveted charter school spot, and we share the triumph of a Camden homeschool’s first graduating class.

Together, these people and their stories offer an unforgettable look at how a widespread national crisis manifests itself in the educa-tional failures and frustrations of individual

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The Cartel shows us our educational system like we’ve never seen it before. Behind every dropout factory, we discover, lurks a power-ful, entrenched, and self-serving cartel. But The Cartel doesn’t just describe the problem. Balancing local storylines against interviews with education experts such as Clint Bolick (former president of Alliance for School Choice), Gerard Robinson (president of Black Alliance for Educational Options), and Ches-ter Finn (president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute), The Cartel explores what dedicated parents, committed teachers, clear-eyed of-

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This movie will force the scales to fall from the eyes of policymakers, education offi-cials, reformers, intellectuals, teachers, and taxpayers. Putting a human face on the harm done by the educational cartel, The Cartel takes us beyond the statistics, generaliza-tions, and abstractions that typically frame our debates about education—and draws an unequivocal bottom line: If we care about our children’s futures, we must insist upon far-reaching and immediate reform. And we must do it now.

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