Once again, a blog that I started last night went out in outer space, never to be heard from again, and after making several pints and half-pints of corn cob jelly yesterday, I decided to call it quits and not try to rewrite it.
Altho Liz and I were planning on going to hear Ken Buck, former candidate for Colorado senator last night, we both felt we had too much to do otherwise, so stayed home!
Barb Hulet did a great job on her presentation, "What is Progressive", tonight and it is great that she continues to expand it each time. This time, she did it at the meeting for the Republic of Colorado group.
After being alerted to a well-written article in the paper about Oxbow Mining's plans for a new mine in Delta County, and the request for supporters to form a network of friends and organizations who will back Oxbow in this attempt against the environmentalists, I called Steve Lewis, the gentleman listed as the liaison for all such groups. At his request, I sent him a letter of introduction, and hope to hear from him shortly. He said he was going to share my letter with other mining officials, so don't know how closely I will be working with them. One thing Liz and I had learned in Denver this spring was how unsupportive the woman who is supposed to be the lobbyist for the Coal Mining Association is. At the hearing on H.B. 1365, which was actually written by Excel to close down the coal-fired electrical plants on the eastern slope, she did nothing but sit on her hands. I had conveyed this information to the president of the association because it is imperative that they get someone who will go to bat for them, but have heard nothing. She is one reason Ritter and his ilk were able to get such stringent laws regarding the coal and air quality through with ease. Coal is so vital to this valley - always has been - and we have to push back against those who have decided to make this their own little utopia and to hell with the natives. I don't think so! Our forefathers were the ones who settled this valley and had to fight the elements to survive, making the valley as fertile and green as it is - not them! It will be interesting to see what comes about because of my letter to Mr. Lewis.
Another little tidbit I received in an e-mail today is that hay is now considered a polluant. That's right, regular alfalfa hay that is fed to cattle. And no, it's not the musty, moldy hay, but high-quality hay, so decided by the EPA. Of course, this is done to drive the small cattle rancher out in favor of huge, corporate-owned feedlots. Any farmer or rancher who stores hay, or who leaves a broken hay bale in the field, is potentially violating EPA rules and subject to an EPA enforcement action. This came to light at a cattlemen's meeting recently held in Rapid City, SD. The EPA and the beef packers seem to be in cahoots against the little guy - surprise, surprise. This information was quickly sent to County Commissioner Atchley whose family raises exotic cattle, so hopefully, he will work with us on a lot of these environmental things.
Liz and I were supposed to have gone to Houston in late August to attend a meeting of the Tea Party Patriots regarding the health care compact. This is similar to Obamacare in that it mandates health care for the citizens of each state, which is unconstitutional to begin with and should never have been passed. Amy Stephens, the House Majority Leader for Colorado shoved it down the throats of the House last spring, even though it was not wanted by a majority of the state and most of the House Republicans. She was very nasty in her forcing this, to the point one of the freshmen representatives nearly changed his affiliation, just to get away from her. She has been another Nancy Pelosi as far as most of the House Republicans have been concerned! She even went so far as to browbeat the El Paso County GOP central committee not to speak out against any bill she introduced or heavily supported.
However, when the powers that be found out that Liz and I did not support the health care compact, we were quickly "disinvited" - no biggie, especially with the heat and fires in Texas, altho Liz would have had an opportunity to see her sister.
Anyhow, Liz, who is a state coordinator for the Tea Party Patriots has had a hassle with a woman in the Four Corners area who said she didn't want to take Liz's position, but hasn't hesitated to be very nasty towards Liz over some things not happening on her timetable, even though it was out of Liz's hands. Liz went online the other day and lo and behold, this woman is now listed as a state coordinator along with Liz. In addition, she had completely erased all of the events Liz had so meticulously posted on the Tea Party Patriots website! One of the other national coordinators had discovered that and contacted Liz. Her staying on as a state coordinator is rather iffy at the moment, between this other woman's being named a coordinator and the fact that TPP is not only backing but pushing the health care compact, which is an antithesis of what they are supposed to be all about - smaller government mainly! We, as a group, will most likely pull out of TPP since they no longer seem to be the grassroots group they have held themselves out to be.
I truly believe the memorial service is finally put together. There had been a suggestion made about a 21-gun salute, which would have been appropriate for those who lost their lives in the Pentagon and for those who have lost their lives in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan since, but it didn't get worked out, so that's okay. The suggestion was made that 21 people pull names of victims out of a jar and read them, but that's a no go, too. If I get my poem written, I may read it there, or say a little something - just have to see what I decide on. It will be nice to get back to a "normal" mode of living - if such a thing is possible - come Monday. This has been a much bigger project than I ever thought it would be. I'm just sorry we are ending up with duplication, not only in Grand Junction, but now, something in Montrose, too, but I think there's going to be several come from there, especially bike riders. Word is getting out and getting around so we may have twenty or more bikes!
Hope you are looking forward to joining us, but if not, at least stop for a moment of silence for those who lost their lives in the towers, as well as the Pentagon and Flight 93. Remember all those who worked so hard to save lives and to fight, especially on Flight 93. As was said at the time, by President Bush, I believe - we have a rallying cry, "Let's roll!" and we need to do so to make this country into a freer country by doing everything we can to fight tyranny!
There's a very real possibility that we will postpone our meeting next week since it will conflict with the County Commissioners' quarterly constituents meeting and the place may be packed with opponents to the Hostetler matter, even though that was decided by the Commissioners. We really should be there to support the Commissioners as they very definitely did the right thing. It will be at 6:00 on September 13 in Room 232 in the courthouse. Hope to see you there!
Patriot Granny
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