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Abandoned and Safeguarding Their Own Community

5/5/2013

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Here is a video about a county in Oregon that's so cash-strapped there's not enough money for law enforcement anymore.  Citizen volunteers have stepped up to fill the void -- with "Citizens Against Crime" handling theft cases and patrolling their roads and neighborhoods.  These are not "vigilantes" but law-abiding citizens protecting themselves from crime and chaos.   

This government has been forced to cut back severely on one of its most central duties.  

Watch this short video, and learn firsthand why the Oregon county bumbled into their predicament:
Spoiler alert:  Josephine County is broke because the BLM and environmentalists shut down local  logging (a major part of the local economy, and a source of county government revenue), and now the citizens have to perform a critical government service by themselves because their government is broke.  Read more about the story by clicking here, and here.   The county tried to raise taxes, but with less work the people couldn't afford it and voted no.  Whatcom County's just decided to give up over 8,800 acres of productive DNR timberland for a park, even though it's finances are often in crisis.  Wages have been frozen for quite a while, furloughs and basic services are cut while planning, trail and park spending grows steadily.

Law enforcement is a legitimate and necessary government function. Environmental protection has been over-prioritized to criminalize normal human activities at a tremendous cost to individuals and the collective. Whatcom County could go down hard if we don’t get our priorities straight. Just like that county in Oregon.
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JC in Bellingham
5/22/2013 01:39:20 am

Tea Party Rally, Bellingham 05/21/13
Great Rally! Peaceful and polite, as always. Except for me. I slipped when a walk-by Liberal shouted "I would target you Tea-Baggers too if I were the President". I called him an "A-hole" (I used the long form) as he speed-walked across the street.
If that young man is reading this blog...I apologize. Why didn't you stop and talk to me? I would love to understand your opinions and why you feel so vehemently towards the Tea Party. We are merely people who believe in the Constitution. We have respect for our Founding Fathers and we know they risked, and sometimes lost, everything, including their lives to give us the Constitution which guarantees us our rights to free speech and a host of other precious rights that were given to us by our Creator. We watch as good-intentioned people are willingly giving away our Constitutional Rights. Please read it sometime.
You may disagree with the Constitution. You may believe that civil rights only apply to certain groups of people. You may think that the collective is more important than individual rights. I don't know, since you didn't have the guts to stop and talk to me. You could learn a lot about courage from our Founding Fathers.
Please...read a book about our history. You can check them out for free at the library. Learn the facts. The negative traits about our forefathers...the ones that our schools are now teaching in order to turn them against our principles of freedom, may have some truth. But the amazing things that these people did far outweigh their negative traits. Do you think today's politicians have more principles than our founding fathers?
People who disagree with you are not your enemies. They are merely people with a different opinion and that should not merit hatred from you. By sharing our opinions we may be able to bridge some gaps between us.
Lastly, I'm sure you know the true meaning of "tea-bagging". If not, please remove it from your vocabulary. I can assure you that no-one at that rally has ever engaged in the act of tea-bagging.
Once again, I apologize for calling you an A-hole. Thank you for listening to my opinion. I would love to hear yours....

Loyal Tea Party Member

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