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Growing List of Sheriffs, Associations and Police Chiefs Saying ‘NO’ to Obama Gun Control
UPDATE: April 11, 2013 - We’ve been contacted by police chiefs and other groups or individuals who want to be counted among the valiant as well! Look for their list after the sheriffs. The following sheriffs, state sheriff’s associations, and police chiefs have vowed to uphold and defend the Constitution against Obama’s unconstitutional gun control measures. We applaud these public servants for their courage and conviction. The remarkable thing about what these brave men and women are doing is that nobody told them to do it. Neither the CSPOA nor any other organization that we are aware of contacted sheriffs across the nation and asked them to make statements; this is something sheriffs did on their own, or because their constituents requested it of them. Soon, people started submitting letters and links to us, and it was such a remarkable thing that we started to collect all the names and list them together. Then the miracle happened: Other sheriffs across the nation have been inspired by the courage of those who stood first. Now we see the power of standing, even if you fear you may stand alone. NOW, powered by the gaining momentum of this movement, the CSPOA has joined with other like-minded organizations in a largely volunteer effort to contact all the remaining sheriffs and ask them for a statement. You can read more about this effort here. “I call on sheriffs all over this nation to add their voices to the growing numbers of faithful protectors of our freedom.” - Richard Mack Constitutional Duty of the Sheriff – Richard Mack
TOTAL STATE SHERIFFS ASSOCIATIONS: 15 Updated 04/14/2013 Note: A statement from a state association does not necessarily mean that every sheriff in the state supports it. One such case is is Florida, listed below. This statement was voted on and approved by a majority of the sheriffs in the association, but not by EVERY sheriff in the state. While other lists may include all sheriffs within such a state, we have chosen to list associations and individual sheriffs separately. California Sheriffs Association Colorado Sheriffs Association Florida Sheriffs Association Georgia Sheriffs Association Illinois Sheriffs Association Indiana Sheriffs Association Kentucky Sheriffs Association Missouri Sheriffs Association Montana Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association Nebraska Sheriffs Association New Mexico Sheriffs Association Oklahoma Sheriffs Association South Carolina Sheriffs Association Utah Sheriffs Association Wyoming Sheriffs Association TOTAL SHERIFFS: 413 Updated 04/14/2013 We are in the process of researching and posting links to online statements for all entities on these lists. You can help us by sending us links to statements by any of them.If you know a sheriff or association that should be listed: Please send us the sheriff's full name, county, and state along with a link to an online statement by the sheriff if available. You may also email us supporting documents via the contact page. Disclaimer: While we encourage all sheriffs and peace officers to join CSPOA, the list below includes members of the CSPOA and any others who have gone on record to uphold their oath by having made public statements, written open letters or contacted us personally and asked to be included. We have indicated which sheriffs are members of the CSPOA.We evaluate each sheriff on a case by case basis, but in general we are looking for sheriffs whose statements contain: A reaffirmation that the sheriff will follow his or her oath and uphold the Constitution An affirmation to support the constitutional second amendment rights of citizens in his or her jurisdiction NOTE: Some persons or organizations on this list state that they are in favor of further gun restrictions in order to 'keep guns out of the hands of criminals and/or the mentally ill.' The CSPOA is NOT in favor of these programs because we realize they just can't work without controls that would severely limit the freedoms of law abiding citizens. We also recognize that throughout history, gun registration is always followed by confiscation. And guess what: a required background check is the same thing as required registration. Let's not be stupid. Once the info is on file, it's going to be abused. HOWEVER, we are listing individuals who are still trying to have it both ways because we believe they have taken the first positive step by stating that they will defend the constitutional rights of the citizenry. We hope they will soon realize that the two ideas cannot exist together. State County Sheriff Alabama Baldwin Huey Hoss Mack Alabama Barbour LeRoy Upshaw Alabama Chilton Kevin Davis Alabama Houston Andy Hughes Alabama Lee Jay Jones Alabama Madison Blake Dorning Alabama Morgan Ana Franklin Arizona Cochise Mark J. Dannels Arizona Maricopa Joe Arpaio Arizona Mohave Tom Sheahan Arizona Pinal Paul Babeu Arizona Yavapai Scott Mascher Arizona Yuma Leon Wilmot Arkansas Boone Mike Moore Arkansas Cross JR Smith Arkansas Nevada Danny Martin California Amador Martin Ryan California Butte Jerry Smith California Del Norte Dean Wilson California El Dorado John D'Agostini California Fresno Margaret Mims California Humboldt Mike Downey California Kern Donny Youngblood California Lassen Dean Growdon California Mendocino Thomas Allman California Modoc Mike Poindexter California Nevada Keith Royal California Placer Edward Bonner California Plumas Greg Hagwood California San Luis Obispo Ian S. Parkinson California Shasta Tom Bosenko California Sierra John Evans California Siskiyou Jon Lopey California Stanislaus Adam Christianson California Tehama David Hencraft California Trinity Bruce Haney California Tuolumne James W. Mele Colorado Custer Fred Jobe Colorado Douglas Dave Weaver Colorado El Paso Terry Maketa Colorado Elbert Shayne Heap Colorado Fremont Jim Beicker Colorado Garfield Lou Vallario Colorado Gilpin Bruce Hartman Colorado Hinsdale Ronald B. Bruce Colorado Jackson Scott Fischer Colorado Jefferson Ted Mink Colorado Larimer Justin Smith Colorado Logan Brett L. Powell Colorado Mesa Stan Hilkey Colorado Moffat Tim Jantz Colorado Montrose Rick Dunlap Colorado Prowers James Faull Colorado Pueblo Kirk M. Taylor Colorado Rio Grande Brian Norton Colorado Routt Garrett Wiggins Colorado Sedgwick Randy Peck Colorado Summit John Minor Colorado Teller Michael A. Ensminger Colorado Washington Larry Kuntz Colorado Weld John Cooke Delaware Sussex Jeff Christopher Florida Bay Frank McKeithen Florida Brevard Sheriff Wayne Ivey Florida Clay Rick Beseler Florida Collier Kevin Rambosk Florida Hamilton Harrell Reid Florida Lee Mike Scott Florida Martin Bill Snyder Florida Polk Grady Judd Florida Seminole Donald F. Eslinger Florida Walton Michael Adkinson Georgia Carroll Terry Langley Georgia Cherokee Roger Garrison Georgia Cobb Neil Warren Georgia Columbia Clay Whittle Georgia Fannin Dane Kirby Georgia Fayette Barry Babb Georgia Gilmer Stacy Nicholson Georgia Gwinnett Butch Conway Georgia Oconee Scott Berry Georgia Paulding Gary Gulledge Georgia Pike Jimmy Thomas Georgia Putnam Howard R. Sills Georgia Rockdale Eric J. Levett Link Georgia Spalding Wendell Beam Georgia Towns Christopher M. Clinton Georgia Twiggs R. Darren Mitchum Georgia Upson Dan Kilgore Georgia Walton Joe Chapman Idaho Adams Ryan K. Zollman Idaho Bannock Lorin W. Neilsen Idaho Benewah Dave Resser Idaho Bonner Daryl Wheeler Idaho Canyon Kieran Donahue Idaho Clark Bart May Idaho Clearwater Chris Goetz Idaho Fremont Len Humphries Idaho Gem Chuck Rolland Idaho Idaho Doug Giddings Idaho Jerome Doug McFall Idaho Lewis Brian Brokop Idaho Madison Roy Klingler Idaho Nez Perce Joe Rodriguez Idaho Oneida J.P. Semrad Idaho Payette Chad Huff Idaho Shoshone Mitch Alexander Idaho Twin Falls Tom Carter Idaho Washington Matt Thomas Illinois Champaign Dan Walsh Illinois Clark Jerry Parsley Illinois Clinton Mike Kreke Illinois Crawford Todd W. Liston Illinois DuPage John Zaruba Illinois Edgar Edward Motley Illinois Ford Mark R. Doran Illinois Iroquois Derek Hagen Illinois McLean Mike Emery Illinois St. Clair Richard Watson Indiana Boone Ken Campbell Indiana Elkhart Bradley D. Rogers Indiana Franklin Ken Murphy Indiana Hancock Michael Shepherd Indiana Ripley Tom Grills Iowa Cedar Warren M. Wethington Kansas Harvey Walton Townsend Kansas Johnson Frank Denning Kansas Linn Barry Walker Kansas Sherman Burton Pianalto Kansas Sumner Darren Chambers Kentucky Bath John Snedegar Kentucky Boone Michael A. Helmig Kentucky Jackson Denny Peyman Kentucky Kenton Chuck Korzenborn Kentucky Powell Scott F. Harrison Maryland Carroll Ken Tregoning Maryland Frederick Charles A. Jenkins Maryland Kent John Price Maryland St. Mary's Timothy Cameron Maryland Wicomico Mike Lewis Michigan Barry Dar Leaf Michigan Benzie Ted Schendel Michigan Kent Larry Stelma Michigan Menominee Kenny Marks Michigan St. Joseph Bradley Balk Michigan Tuscola Leland Teschendorf Minnesota Anoka James Stuart Minnesota Itasca Victor Williams Minnesota Otter Tail Brian Schlueter Minnesota Pine Robin Cole Minnesota Ramsey Matt Bostrom Minnesota Steams John Sanner Minnesota Yellow Medicine Bill Flaten Mississippi DeSoto Bill Rasco Mississippi Forrest Billy McGee Mississippi Monroe Cecil Cantrell Missouri Atchinson Dennis D. Martin Missouri Barry Mick Epperly Missouri Barton Larry Mitchell Shaw Missouri Bollinger Darin Shell Missouri Boone Dwayne Carey Missouri Butler Mark Dobbs Missouri Cape Girardeau John Jordan Missouri Christian Joey Kyle Missouri Gasconade Randy Esphorst Missouri Henry J. Kent Oberkorm Missouri Jasper Randee Kaiser Missouri Johnson Charles Heiss Missouri Lawrence Brad A. DeLay Missouri Lincoln John Cottle Missouri Livingston Steve Cox Missouri Marion Jimmy Shinn Missouri Mercer Stephen Stockman Missouri Oregon George R. Underwood Missouri Osage Michael Dixon Missouri Ralls Gerry Dinwiddie Missouri Shannon Steven R. Blunkall Missouri Texas James Sigman Missouri Warren Kevin T. Harrison Montana Cascade Bob Edwards Montana Lake Jay Doyle Montana Lewis and Clark Leo Dutton Montana Musselshell Woodrow Weitzeil Montana Powell Scott F. Howard Montana Ravalli Chris Hoffman Montana Sanders Tom Rummel Montana Wibaux Darby Harrington Montana Yellowstone Mike Linder Nebraska Dakota Chris Kleinberg Nevada Churchill Benjamin D. Trotter Nevada Humboldt Ed Kilgpore Nevada Nye Tony DeMeo New Hampshire Grafton Douglas R Dutile New Mexico Arriba Joe Mascarenas New Mexico Bernalillo Dan Houston New Mexico Catron Shawn Menges New Mexico Chaves Patrick R Jennings New Mexico Cibola Johnny Valdez New Mexico Colfax Jim Maldonado New Mexico De Baca Dennis A. Cleaver New Mexico Dona Ana Todd Garrison New Mexico Eddy Scott London New Mexico Grant Raul Holguin New Mexico Guadalupe Michael R Lucero New Mexico Harding Herman Martinez New Mexico Hidalgo Saturnino Madero New Mexico Lea Mark Hargrove New Mexico Lincoln Robert Sheppard New Mexico Los Alamos Marco Lucero New Mexico Luna Raymond Cobos New Mexico Otero Benny House New Mexico Quay Joe Schallert New Mexico Roosevelt Darren Hooker New Mexico San Juan Ken Christesen New Mexico San Miguel Benjie Vigil New Mexico Santa Fe Robert Garcia New Mexico Sierra Joe Baca New Mexico Socorro Phillip Montoya New Mexico Taos Miguel Romero Jr New Mexico Torrance Heath White New Mexico Union William Spriggs New Mexico Valencia Louis Burkhard New York Erie Timothy B. Howard New York Greene Greg Sealy New York Otsego Richard Devlin Jr. New York Putnam Donald Smith New York Saratoga James D. Bowen New York Schoharie Tony Desmond New York Steuben David Cole New York Suffolk Vincent DeMarco North Carolina Brunswick John Ingram North Carolina Catawba Coy Reid North Carolina Cleveland Alan Norman North Carolina Craven Jerry G. Monette North Carolina Franklin Jerry Jones North Carolina Harnett Larry Rollins North Carolina Henderson Charlie McDonald North Carolina Johnston Steve Bizzell North Carolina Lee Tracy Carter North Carolina Rockingham Sam Page North Carolina Sampson Jimmy Thornton North Carolina Stokes Mike Marshall North Carolina Union Eddie Cathey North Carolina Wake Donnie Harrison North Carolina Wayne Carey Winders Ohio Allen Sam Crish Ohio Auglaize Al Solomon Ohio Fairfield Dave Phalen Ohio Hancock Michael E. Heldman Ohio Mercer Jeff Grey Ohio Montgomery Phil Plummer Ohio Preble Michael Simpson Ohio Richland J. Steve Sheldon Oklahoma Cleveland Joe Lester Oklahoma Jackson Roger LeVick Oklahoma Major Steve Randolph Oklahoma McCurtain Johnny Tadlock Oklahoma Wagoner Bob 'Big Block' Colbert Oregon Baker Mitchell Southwick Oregon Coos Craig Zanni Oregon Crook Jim Hensley Oregon Curry John Bishop Oregon Deschutes Larry Blanton Oregon Douglas John Hanlin Oregon Grant Glenn E. Palmer Oregon Jackson Mike Winters Oregon Josephine Gil Gilbertson Oregon Klamath Frank Skrah Oregon Linn Tim Mueller Oregon Malheur Brian Wolfe Oregon Marion Jason Myers Oregon Multnomah Dan Staton Oregon Polk Bob Wolfe Oregon Union Boyd Rasmussen Oregon Wallowa Steve Rogers Oregon Washington Pat Garrett Oregon Yamhill Jack Crabtree Pennsylvania Adams Jim Muller Pennsylvania Berks Eric J. Weaknecht Pennsylvania Bradford Clinton J. Walters Pennsylvania Butler Michael T. Slupe Pennsylvania Cambria Bob Kolar Pennsylvania Chester Carolyn 'Bunny' Welsh Pennsylvania Cumberland Ronny R. Anderson Pennsylvania Elk Jeffrey C. Krieg Pennsylvania Juniata Tom Lyter Pennsylvania Juniata Tom Lyter Pennsylvania Lancaster Mark Reese Pennsylvania Montour Ray C. Gerringer Pennsylvania Pike Philip Bueki Pennsylvania Venango Eric Foy Pennsylvania Westmoreland Jonathan Held South Carolina Abbeyville Ronnie Ashley South Carolina Berkeley Wayne DeWitt South Carolina Charleston Al Cannon South Carolina Cherokee Steve Mueller South Carolina Edgefield Adell Dobey South Carolina Kershaw Jim Matthews South Carolina Lexington James Metts South Carolina Pickens Rick Clark South Carolina Spartanburg Chuck Wright South Carolina York Bruce Bryant Tennessee Bradley Jim Ruth Tennessee Dyer Jeff Box Tennessee Hamblen Esco R Jarnagin Tennessee Hamilton Jim Hammond Tennessee White Oddie Shoupe Texas Anderson Greg Taylor Texas Angelina Greg Sanches Texas Aransas Bill Mills Texas Armstrong J.R. Walker Texas Austin Jack Brandes Texas Blanco Robert Morgan Texas Burnet W.T. Smith Texas Cherokee James Campbell Texas Coke Wayne McCutchen Texas Collin Terry Box Texas Coryell Johnny Burks Texas Cottle Rickey Lawrence Texas Dallam Bruce Scott Texas Edwards Pamela L. Elliott Texas Ellis Johnny Brown Texas Fannin Dane Kirby Texas Fisher J.A. Robinson Texas Foard Mike Brown Texas Fort Bend Troy E. Nehls Texas Galveston Henry Trochesset Texas Grayson Keith Gary Texas Grimes Donald Sowell Texas Guadalupe Arnold S. Zwicke Texas Hardin Ed Cain CSPOA member Texas Hartley Frank Scott Texas Hill Michael Cox Texas Hockley R. C. Cheek Texas Hopkins Butch Adams Texas Hudspeth Arvin West Texas Hunt Randy Meeks Texas Hutchinson Don L Johnson Texas Jasper Mitchell Newman Texas Johnson Bob Alford Texas Kaufman David A Byrnes Texas Liberty Bobby Rader Texas Lipscomb James Robertson Texas Live Oak Larry R. Bursby Texas Loving Billy B. Hopper Texas Mason Buster Nixon Texas McCulloch Earl Howell Texas McLennan Parnell McNamara Texas Mills Clint Hammonds Texas Montgomery Tommy Gage Texas Moore J.E. 'Bo' DeArmond Texas Motley Chris Spence Texas Nacogdoches Jason Bridges Texas Newton Edward L. Shannon Texas Oldham David Medlin Texas Pecos Cliff Harris Texas Potter Brian Thomas Texas Randall Joel W. Richardson Texas Schleicher David R. Doran Texas Shackelford Edward A. Miller Texas Smith Larry Smith Texas Swisher Cody Grubb Texas Taylor Ricky Bishop Texas Titus Tim Ingram Texas Waller R. Glenn Smith Texas Wichita David Duke Utah Beaver Cameron M. Noel Utah Box Elder Joseph Yeates Utah Cache G. Lynn Nelson Utah Carbon James Cordova Utah Daggett Jerry Jorgensen Utah Davis Todd Richardson Utah Duchesne Travis Mitchell Utah Emery Greg Funk Utah Garfield James D. Perkins Utah Grand Steven White Utah Iron Mark Gower Utah Juab Alden Orme Utah Kane Lamont Smith Utah Millard Robert Dekker Utah Morgan Blaine Breshears Utah Puite Marty Gleave Utah Rich Dale Stacey Utah San Juan Rick Eldredge Utah Sanpete Brian Nielson Utah Sevier Nathan Curtis Utah Summit David Edmunds Utah Tooele Frank Park Utah Uintah Jeff Merrell Utah Utah James Tracy Utah Wasatch Todd Bonner Utah Washington Cory Pulsipher Utah Wayne Kurt Taylor Utah Weber Terry Thompson Virginia Williamsburg-James City Robert J. Deeds Washington Asotin Ken Bancroft Washington Douglas Harvey Gjesdal Washington Grant Tom Jones Washington Klickitat Rick McComas Washington Lincoln Wade W. Magers Washington Pend Oreille Alan Botzheim Washington Skamania Dave Brown Washington Whitman Brett Myers Washington Yakima Ken Irwin West Virginia Boone William "Randall" White West Virginia Hardy Bryan Ward West Virginia Logan Sonya M. Dingess Porter West Virginia Raleigh Steve Tanner West Virginia Roane Mike Harper West Virginia Wood Ken Merritt Wisconsin Florence Jeff Rickaby Wisconsin Milwaukee David Clarke Wisconsin Washington Dale K. Schmidt TOTAL POLICE CHIEFS & MISC: 2 Updated 04/14/2013 State County or City Office Name Pennsylvania Gilberton, Schuylkill Police Chief Mark Kessler Pennsylvania Northumberland Constable Ed Quiggle, Jr. source CSPOA
Police Chief Mark Kessler has founded a citizen militia, the CONSTITUTIONAL SECURITY FORCE, consisting of law enforcement personnel, military, and civilians, to protect America from our Tyrannical Government. His militia has now spread to 38 chapters, in 38 states, and is rapidly growing.
The CSF Motto is: NEVER RETREAT, NEVER SURRENDER
In Police Chief Mark Kessler's words:
"On January 3rd 2013 I drafted legislation called ( The 2nd Amendment Preservation Resolution ) so i could introduce this resolution to local elected officials in Gilberton Borough Pennsylvania for consideration, The legislation was to reaffirm the 2nd Amendment of the united states constitution "WHICH READS "(A WELL REGULATED MILITIA, BEING NECESSARY TO THE SECURITY OF A FREE STATE, THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS, SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED ) Along with the Pennsylvania CONSTITUTION which states (THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS IN DEFENSE OF THEMSELVES OR THAT OF A FREE STATE SHALL NOT BE QUESTIONED) I wanted to draw my line in the sand! I wanted to ask my elected officials to stand with freedom, stand with the oath they took to defend freedom, to stand with so many great Americans that shed their blood or gave the ultimate sacrifice defending.
On January 24th 2013 at 7:13pm Gilberton Borough Council adopted the resolution making history during a time of great uncertainty! NOW for those of you who Think NO one has a right to keep and bear arms I suggest you buy a one-way ticket to the nearest dictatorship country! Cuba is close, the weather is beautiful all year round! OK with that out the way Let me explain to those who really don't know what the 2nd amendment is really about, First our founding fathers learned from their experiences! coming from a tyrannical dictatorship country that looked down on the people as peasants, often killing thousands, taking property, raping wives/daughters and much more.
Our founding fathers came to America to start a new life free from tyranny, oppression and dictatorship, to live free and express freedom without reprisals from Dictators! They drafted the constitution specifically adding the 2nd Amendment to protect themselves from THE GOVERNMENT PERIOD! The 2nd Amendment has nothing to do with hunting or sporting purposes whatsoever! No matter what the main stream media states or the tyrannical politicians! "WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS, FORM A MILITIA, DEFEND FREE STATES OR OUR COUNTRY BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY! (DO YOU GET IT ?)
I will stand with freedom before I side with tyrannical thugs! Now to every law enforcement personnel standing on BOZOS STAGE siding with TYRANNY condemning firearm owners I have a message just for you! (YOU DISGUST ME!) To all true OATH KEEPERS, I commend you for your courage by standing with freedom and the oath you taken."
Barack Obama's budget is 244 pages long but it is one paragraph on page
46 that has earned him praise from the Republicans.
On first reading,
it seems like a simple accounting change. The president plans to switch
the way social security benefits are indexed for inflation - from the
standard Consumer Price Index to what is called the chained CPI. But in
fact the action has enormous significance, not just to the millions of
poor and elderly who may find themselves unable to keep up with the cost
of living in the future, but to the whole debate over budgets in
Washington.
Finally President Obama has officially accepted a long held
goal of the right, and made social security just another bargaining chip
in negotiations.
In total, the budget proposes cuts of more than $1
trillion from government programmes. But there was some comfort for
the base - the president wants nearly $250m in spending on jobs, public
works and an expansion in pre-school education. He has also proposed
$800bn in new taxes... source
CNN is reporting North Korea has put at least one missile in its upright firing position. CNN quoted a US official.
Yonhap, the South Korean news agency, said North Korea appears to be moving its mobile missiles early Friday to make it difficult for US intelligence to monitor them. Yonhap quoted sources familiar with the matter.
Officials in South Korea and Japan have said they do not think North Korea will fire a missile at any of its enemies. However, they fear a missile could go off course and hit people.
This launch is particularly troublesome, after a tsunami of threats from North Korea, because it is possible they will launch a longer-range missile that has not been tested yet.
The BBC quoted North Korea as saying war could break out at any time.
The US has said its response to any attacks will be proportional. For example, if a few artillery shells are fired, South Korea will reply with a similar barrage.
The New York Times reported South Korea is trying to calm tensions, calling for dialogue. Seoul says investors are concerned about putting more money in the country.
Did you know about the peaceful Icelandic revolution that took place
over the last 5 years?
If you didn’t, it is likely because it was never
televised or talked about very much at all on mainstream news. One would
have to be part of the right websites or pages to even find
out that this has been going on. Why is this the case? Why keep
something so monumental hidden from the public?
First let’s discuss what took place with this revolution, then it will
become much more clear as to why this was never televised.
It was during a time of a lot of financial turmoil around the world and
stories were popping up all over the news of how banks around the world
had been crushing or minimizing rebellions by receiving massive bailouts
to keep them alive.
The Iceland story is different because there was no
crushing or ending the rebellion, instead, the people rose up. This is
why this was not seen on TV anywhere. If the rest of the world knew that
the people won, it may give them some ideas.
During the financial turmoil of 2008 and 2009, the people of Iceland forced their government and banks to resign. How did they do this? Peacefully. The following is a summation of what steps they took over a process of several years, and it all began with each one of them realizing this couldn’t continue.
2008 – The main bank of Iceland is nationalized. The Krona, the currency of Iceland devaluates and the stock market halts. The country is in bankruptcy.
2008 – Citizens rise up at Parliament and succeed in forcing the resignation of both the prime minister and the effective government. New elections are held. Yet, the country remains in a bad economic situation. A Parliament act is passed to pay back 3,500 million Euros to Great Britain and Holland by the people of Iceland monthly during the next 15 years, with 5.5% interest.
2010 – The people of Iceland again take to the streets to demand a referendum. In January of 2010, the President of Iceland denies approval, instead announcing a popular vote on the matter by the people. In March, a referendum and denial of payment is approved by popular vote of 93%. Meanwhile, government officials initiate an investigation to bring to justice those responsible for the crisis. Many high level executives and bankers are arrested. Interpol dictates an order to force all implicated parties to leave Iceland.
An assembly is elected to write a new constitution (based on that of Denmark) to avoid entrapments of debt based currency foreign loans. 25 citizens are chosen — with no political affiliation — out of the 522 candidates. The only qualifications for candidacy are adulthood and the support of 30 people. The constitutional assembly started in February of 2011. It continues to present ‘carta magna’ from recommendations provided by various assemblies throughout the country. Ultimately, it must be approved by both the current Parliament and the one created through the next legislative election.
It’s quite a story isn’t it? You can most definitely see at this point why this was not covered in newspapers, on radio networks and on television. Imagine seeing this story on TV several times each day wherever you live in the world; do you think the people would start to get ideas? Maybe try the same thing? Most definitely. There is always a constant push of fear, murders, anger, government success, health fallacies and false information, but never do we hear of stories that could be a threat to the system.
Another key factor of this revolution that we have to look at is that it did not come from a place of violence, bloodshed or anger. No guns or fighting! It was simply people getting together peacefully and working things out. This is something this entire world is capable of but believes is impossible. Humanity has been so programmed to give itself little credit in this department. We always hear about how we need to be governed, there are too many crazy people out there, we need a big brother keeping control. The truth is, without the confines and certain rules the system employs, we would be a much more peaceful people mainly because we are no longer acting in survival mode. Now I am not here to say that the system is the only issue because it isn’t, our programming is also very strong in what we have been taught and believe about ourselves. I am simply here to say, this programming can be broken and our consciousness can and is changing.
I also thought it was a big step to see Iceland employ a new means of choosing it’s leaders. Someone who is an adult and has 30 people supporting them can run. This is great as the only reason why we have educated politicians today is because the elite needs to know that these people are programmed to repeat this system. Generally they also have to have corporate affiliations as well so they know they can be controlled by money.
Now Iceland is proceeding to actually prosecute some of their formerly most powerful bankers and the Icelandic special prosecutor has stated that it very well may indict some 90 people. Meanwhile, over 200 people, including the former chief executives of Iceland’s three biggest banks, face criminal charges for their activities. Hopefully more countries around the world begin to follow suit! source
How To Start a Revolution. Learn From Iceland!
The financial crash in Iceland in 6 minutes according to ABC´s 20/20
Why The Truth About Iceland Is So Dangerous To The U.S.
Protesters deliver petition to the White House and warn
president that cuts fatally undermine safety net for millions of
Americans
Barack Obama will propose cuts to social security benefits on
Wednesday that risk fatally undermining the safety net Democrats once
fought so hard to protect, according to campaigners who have delivered a
two-million name petition to the White House. As officials confirmed that Obama's budget will include $1.2 trillion worth of spending cuts and limits on welfare, a small but noisy group of protesters gathered outside the White House to register their horror.
The president has offered up the cuts as a compromise to try to bring Republicans back to negotiations on a universal tax-and-spending agreement and break a fiscal deadlock that has paralysed Washington. So far the idea has been met with derision on Capitol Hill, making it highly unlikely that the White House budget proposal will be enacted.
But a growing number of Obama's supporters on the left fear the concession will act as a permanent line in the sand, making it impossible to resist future pressure to reduce spending on welfare. In particular, they are angry at the president's proposal to link further increases in social security to a less generous measure of inflation, known as the "chained" consumer price index, or CPI.
Damon Silvers, policy director at the union umbrella group AFL-CIO, described the chained-CPI approach as "Washington-speak for benefit cut".
"In fact, this is the worst kind of cut, targeted directly at what makes social security an effective safety net: namely, the protection against inflation," he added.
Speaking in the West Wing before demonstrators handed over their petition, White House spokesman Jay Carney defended the proposal, pointing out that Republicans proposed far more sweeping cuts to welfare entitlements.
"I think Democrats and allies understand that this budget the president will put forward tomorrow is not his ideal budget," he said. "It is a document that recognizes that to achieve a bipartisan solution to our budget challenges we need to make tough choices."
He also rejected criticism that Obama is only interested in middle-income Americans, not low-income Americans: "There will be investments in our budget that demonstrate the president's commitment to expanding the middle class by providing what he calls ladders of opportunity to those who are not in the middle class but aspire to be there."
But Silvers told the Guardian that conventional wisdom in Washington - namely that the budget proposal was just an elaborate dance, a kind of Japanese "kabuki" with Republicans - risked underestimating how significant a moment this will be.
"It is extremely dangerous to put this type of proposal on the table," he added. "We think the president ought to be fighting for a repeal of the sequester instead of replacing it with yet more austerity."
The implications of squeezing social security at a time of rising poverty were underlined by Phyllis Zolotorow, a campaigner in the crowd from Maryland, whose husband and son were reliant on social security when they fell ill.
"Over the two years there were no increases, my family suffered terribly as our rent went up by $100 a month," she said. "Chained CPI will force us to make the painful choice of buying food or paying rent - we will become like Dickensian England."
For groups on the left, the sense of betrayal is particularly strong because Obama was twice elected on a mandate of protecting social security and other welfare entitlements such as Medicaid and Medicare.
Roger Hickey of the Campaign for America's Future, which helped organise the petition, said: "We came together to stop the privatisation of social security by George W Bush, and we sent him back to Texas before he could do it."
"More than 70% of American people hate the idea of cutting back benefits and the president needs to keep the promise he made when he was trying to get our votes, and stop."
The White House argues that its balanced approach to the budget - involving spending cuts and tax rises - is the only way to reduce the deficit over the long term and maintain the economic growth needed to encourage job creation.
Wednesday's budget will actually propose slightly more deficit reduction than the current, and much-hated, sequester: targeting $600bn in new revenue from taxes and $1.2tn from spending cuts over the next 10 years.
Carney said: "The president's budget will replace the sequester, which was designed to be bad policy for everyone with not just $1.2tn in deficit reduction, but $1.8tn in deficit reduction. In other words, it will go further than the sequester."
Even if the Washington consensus is correct and chained CPI is an issue over-blown by the left, such a budget amounts to a sizeable serving of austerity.
For the growing number of Democrats who fear for the future of social security, this is not just a hypothetical debate but has touched a nerve at the very heart of Obama's political base. source The Grand Betrayal Has Arrived!
South Korean soldiers ride a military truck on the road leading to North
Korea at a military checkpoint in the border city of Paju on April 10,
2013. (AFP Photo / Jung Yeon-Je)
The United States and South Korea have upgraded their military
surveillance status in anticipation of a possible mid-range missile
launch by Pyongyang, the latest escalation of tension in the war-weary
peninsula.
The Combined Forces Command is effectively at Watchcon 2 status
ready to tackle a "vital threat" from North Korea; Yonhap
news agency reported citing an anonymous senior military official.
If the next upgrade occurs, the nations will be in a state of
war.
Seoul has also launched an emergency task force to analyze North
Korea's preparations of a missile launch, the official said.
“There are clear signs that the North could simultaneously fire
off Musudan, Scud and Nodong missiles.”
To counter this “vital threat”, two Aegis destroyers with
SPY-1 radar, have been placed on standby on the coasts of the
Korean Peninsula.
South Korean military is also operating early warning aircraft
Peace Eye and ground-based missile defense radar system Green Pine
to counter a potential rocket launch.
S. Korean and US intelligence believes that the North has completed
all the necessary arrangements for an east coast mid-range missile
launch after relocating two of the Musudan missiles last week and
mounting them on mobile launchers, possibly to correspond with
April 15 birthday celebrations of Kim Il-Sung.
These missiles have a 3,000-4,000 kilometer range, allowing them to
potentially hit the US forces in the Pacific Ocean.
Furthermore, Seoul believes that the North may fire off several
missiles from different sites, in case of an unsuccessful launch of
the Musudan missile, which has never been tested before, as up to
five TELs (transporter-erector-launcher) as seen in satellite
pictures.
The TELs are perceived to be launch platforms for short-range
(300-500 kilometers) Scud missiles and medium-range Nodong
missiles, capable of hitting targets 1,500 km away, the source
said.
On Tuesday, Admiral Samuel Locklear, commander of US Pacific
Command told the US Senate Armed Services Committee that US has the
capability and is ready to tackle any threat emanating from
Pyongyang.
“I believe we have the ability to defend the homeland, Guam,
Hawaii and defend our allies,” Locklear said, adding “We
have demonstrated to the people of the region, demonstrated to the
leadership of North Korea, our ability and willingness to defend
our nation, our people, our allies and our forward deployed
forces.”
Lockland concluded that the US could intercept a missile even if it
launched in the next several days.
"If the missile was in defense of the homeland, I would
certainly recommend that action (of intercepting it). And if it was
defense of our allies, I would recommend that action," Locklear
told a Senate hearing in Washington.
But as Pyongyang tells foreigners to evacuate S. Korea after
warning of ‘thermonuclear’ war, Japan, has authorized
shooting down any threat coming from Pyongyang, and announced on
Tuesday that it has deployed PAC-3 missile interceptors to key
locations around Tokyo.
Meanwhile China, one of the only sympathizers of North Korea has
closed its border with the North to tourists. The Korean peninsula has seen tensions escalate since the
North's third nuclear test in February, which resulted in toughened
UN sanctions and drew much international condemnation. source
The Iranian commitment to stand with North Korea is another move in an escalating exchange of verbal hostilities - considered by many to be mostly posturing - and military maneuvers that North Korea, South Korea and the U.S. have engaged in over the past several months.
Iranian Armed Forces Deputy Chief Brig. Gen. Masoud Jazayeri warns the U.S. that Iran will defend North Korea
The deputy chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Major General Masood Jazayeri announced that Iran will stand by North Korea and defend it in a war between the United States and North Korea.
Jazayeri made the statement on Friday, April 5. He blamed increasing tensions in the Korean peninsula on “excessive demands by the United States,” which he said was “tightening the noose on North Korea.” The Iranian military leader said that those aggressive activities on the part of the U.S. left the North Koreans with no option but to confront the “big Satan.”
“The nation and government of North Korea has always been subject to threat, despotism, and imperialism by the U.S, therefore they consider it their right to boost their own defensive power in order to inhibit their enemy,” said Jazayeri. “The time is long past that the United States can bully other countries.”
And just to make sure Americans understand he means business, Jazayeri warned that “America and her allies will suffer countless thousands of victims” should Iran and North Korea be provoked into a war with the U.S.
The Iranian commitment to stand with North Korea is another move in an escalating exchange of verbal hostilities – considered by many to be mostly posturing – and military maneuvers that North Korea, South Korea and the U.S. have engaged in over the past several months.
The regime of Kim Jung Un has been issuing increasingly threatening announcements, including its boast that it has authorized the nation’s military to launch a nuclear attack on the United States. After reports that the regime had moved its second missile to the country’s east coast, South Korea deployed two warships with missile defense systems.
Early last week the United States announced that it would deploy its advanced ballistic missile defense system in the Pacific in a direct response to increased threats from North Korea.
While most countries with a diplomatic presence in North Korea expressed dismay over the escalating tensions, the Islamic Republic of Iran expressed its support for North Korea.
North Korea and Iran have been on friendly terms since the Iranian Revolution in 1979.
In September of 2012, the two nations signed an agreement to cooperate on “science technology and education,” which many sophisticated observers understood to mean that North Korea will be – indeed already is – assisting Iran on its path to nuclear weaponization.
A 2011 United Nations report said Iran and North Korea are suspected of sharing ballistic missile technology, and both have been sanctioned by the UN Security Council for their nuclear and ballistic missile programs. source
