I watched this interview on Alex Jones TV and thought it should be shared with my fellow patriots. The main point of this interview is how easy it would be to bring the law of the land to each county. Thereby bringing sovereignty back to each state. Since the County Sheriff is the highest elected peace officer in any state, the sheriff has the last word on what entity can or cannot operate within their county. If he/she does not want the federal government messing around with his/her constituents, they have the right to kick them out. This has been upheld by the US Supreme Court.
I recorded the portion of the Alex Jones show where Rep Matt Shea was being interviewed on state sovereignty. It was great to hear one of our state Representatives saying the same thing I was saying during my campaign for state Representative. If only the people of my district had listened more closely.
This 60 Minutes report was aired on Sunday January 11, 2009. The report confirms what I have been saying for years. In 2000 the Commodities Exchange was opened up to speculative investors and we were on our way to unsupported escalated prices for our basic needs.
This report talks about oil, but it also applies to the entire commodities market. That means our wheat, orange juice, meat, cotton, etc. are all subject to pricing based on speculation and not supply and demand.
One of the things that made the price of oil rise was the Iraq war -- read: government intervention.
Another reason was, presumably, a desire by some traders to hedge against inflation (see ongoing crazy increase in money supply by an intervening government).
This kind of 'blaming' of speculative traders reminds me of the 'blaming' of short sellers earlier on during this economic crisis. People are RISKING THEIR OWN MONEY to 'speculate' or 'short sell' -- they PAY THE PRICE if oil drops. This doesn't seem inherently unfair or problematic to me -- it's how the market works.
If you want to know anything about oil and oil prices, ask someone that has oil land and is paid royalties for their oil. As the price of oil, on the commodities market, rose to an all time high, the oil companies were not paying the owners of the oil any more than they had for the last several years.
How do I know this? Because my family owns oil land in the US. We are paid a percentage of what the open market will pay for a barrel of oil. Our royalty checks never increased in relation to number of barrels pumped while the number of barrels pumped increased slightly. This modest increase in our payments were a result of increased production, not an increase in what the oil was sold for. The oil was being sold for mid 60s while the price on the commodities exchange was in the 140s.
The facts are simple.
1) Oil production went up
2) Oil demand went down
3) The paper on the commodities exchange was being sold at an all time high
4) Oil companies posted record profits
5) Royalty checks reflected an increase in production and no increase in price per barrel
1 & 2 indicate that the increase was not supply and demand (as you suggest). 3, 4 & 5 reflect speculative buying and selling of commodity paper not an increase in price per barrel on the open market.
To further understand this, we need only follow the money. Who benefited from this scheme? We already established the lack of increase to the owners of oil. We know that the traders on the exchange were making money on the upswing and the downswing. And last but certainly not least, the oil companies posted record profits during this time. The big winners were speculative investors and oil companies. The big losers were the consumers and the owners of the oil land.
Now on to the commodities markets and an explanation of why these markets were formed and what the function should be. When the commodities exchange was formed, it was to help farmers gage what a crop would be worth to the market before harvest. It was a way for our transportation industries to lock in a price on fuel by locking into a price on one day and taking delivery many days, weeks or months later.
What the commodities market was not meant to be was another stock exchange. Commodities should not be treat like stocks. When a commodity is treated like a stock, the money made on the exchange doesn't come from the commodity itself but from the consumer who pays the price for investor greed.
Our government has been attacking our second amendment rights for generations. If you don't believe it, take a look at where we started and where we are. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see what our founding fathers had in mind. It is even easier to see, when you look at the many various state Constitutions.
The second amendment has a key word in it. The word is so simple to understand, it is hard for me to believe people don't get it. The word I am refering to is "Arms". When a person takes a pile of military hardware (fighter jets, bombs, ammo, explosives, guns, etc.) to a foreign country and sells them, he is considered an "Arms" dealer. Our founding fathers knew that armaments had improved and changed over their lifetimes. So in their collective wisdom, they did not limit it to flintlocks, but instead put no limit on it at all.
The thought was very simple. Whatever the government has, the people should have a right to also. How else can the population be expected to keep the government in check? If the government has superior firepower, the people will suffer the tyranny of those most inclined to seize power. Now don't confuse this statement with a call to arms. What I am pointing out is the balance of power our founding fathers entrusted us with.
Why am I pointing this out? Recently, The US Supreme Court ruled on the DC gun law. In that decission they affirmed the individual right to own and bear arms, but included a deeply troubling statement. The idea of regulation, of any kind, whether "reasonable" or otherwise, goes strictly against the Constitution. I believe we should all be deeply concerned with the state of our Republic. The US Supreme Court is legislating from the bench, and the last time I checked, that goes against the Constitution.
These assualts on our right to own and bear arms have been happening for generations. From handgun regulations to the ATF storming into law abiding citzens' homes because of "illegal arms". According to the second amendment, there is no such thing as "illegal arms". If you want a fully automatic AK-47, M-16, fully armed fighter jet, or any other weapon, the second amendment guarantees your right to own it, and carry it, fly it or drive it in public.
I know I am "preaching to the chior", but I hope this will inspire you to get out and educate people before it's too late. If we let our rights slip away, we will never get them back.
Saturday was the King County re-organization meeting where new officers were elected to run the county party. I expected exactly what we saw and thought we had it covered fairly well. I was running for Chairman of the King County GOP and never once did I think it was in the bag.
We did our homework and contacted elected PCOs all over the county. I attended every district meeting and spoke in front of each district. All of our candidates gained ground through every meeting and it was looking good for all of us as we entered the meeting on Saturday.
The first election on the agenda was Chairman. What an opportunity. Everyone is still fresh and listening, or at least I thought. My opening received a good round of appluase, so I knew I grabbed their attention. I continued through my speech and when I finished the applause was deafening. I am sure I struck a cord with the folks in the audience. The ballots were passed out and I moved on to observe the count. Nothing to report from that area. The count was done properly. The result surprised me when I saw just 147 votes to 342 votes. I had lost to the incumbant. But I had won some minds. I was sure of it.
I moved on to talk with some people outside the theater. As I was discussing the state of the party and solutions to the problems, I heard my name over the speakers and something about Vice Chair. I hustled through the hallway to the stage door. I arrived there just in time to be introduced and take the stage.
I was totally surprised that someone nominated me for Vice Chair and I had no speech. I walked up to the podium and cracked a joke. The whole place started laughing. I knew I had gabbed their attention again. I said a few things and then it was time for the vote. I received the exact number of votes I received for Chairman. As it turned out I think we all saw how well Lori Sotelo stacked the deck against us, but we accomplished our secondary goals. We planted seeds and some are already paying off.
I have a meeting on Wednesday with a PCO in the 30th District that has come on-board with our ideas and wants to discuss the problems and solutions with another PCO and myself.
We have a lot to do and so little time to do it. Now is the time to put our shoulders to the load and push forward as hard as we can. I look forward to working with everyone as we move forward in this endeavor.
Keep pushing, there is a real commitment to conservitism from people across America, in Washington State too. People know that America is going in a dangerous direction and they want to stop it, but they are fed Rush Limbaugh and Fox News so much that it's hard for them to buy off on this message. We can, and will, win this over time, our message is freedom and liberty, a direct contrast to the direction America is headed.
The message is fairly new to most people, they only think that Republicans can be one way! It'll take a while but we'll win! Keep Pushing!
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