ROCK RIVER PATRIOTS

Dear Wisconsin Patroit, The Wisconsin State Assembly leaders are dragging their feet regarding election reform because they are waiting for comprehensive legislation to be written. Other reforms are certainly necessary, but they cannot implement everything in time for the state Supreme Court election in April; so they should pass the first bill which includes photo ID by then.  Comprehensive reform can be passed in two stages.  The Senate did their part by conducting a public hearing last week.  Now we need the Assembly to do the same.  They should hear from everybody and their brothers tomorrow. So leaders, please pass the massage to your mailing lists. For leaders and everyone else, please make three calls: Call your Assembly Representative Call Committee Chairman, Rep. Gary Tauchen -1-608-266-3097 Call Assembly Leader, Rep. Jeff Fitzgerald -1-608-266-2540 The message:  Schedule an assembly hearing ASAP in February on whatever election reform they think they can pass in time for the April 5th election for the following reasons(please state all three as we need a consistent message): 1. Without photo ID this April, the other side will be able to distort the State Supreme Court race with fewer fraudulent votes because of the low turnout. 2. The clerks and voting…

Here is more of Judge Napolitano.  This is video is a little lengthy, but worth your time. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sNWbiAMf80]

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While these provisions are not even close to the worst parts of the Patriot Act, opposing these measures are a start.  We need to continue to fight for the government to obey the Constitution.  This is a tremendous opportunity to educate people about the principles of liberty and freedom.  We cannot allow this to be “passed in the middle of the night”. When you are called a “liberal” or some other pejorative names, ask them this question: If we are so concerned about terrorism, why haven’t we secured our borders? It’s been over 10 yrs since 9/11 and we still do not know who is coming in to our country. Here are several links about the provisions up for renewal: Renewing the Patriot Act While America Sleeps Patriot Act’s Wiretapping & FISA Provisions Up for Renewal this Month Welcome To Spectacle: The Unnoticed Renewal of The “Patriot” Act

Jesse Ventura Sues TSA In Pat-Down Smackdown No matter what you think of Jesse Ventura, he is doing us all a service here.  Does anyone think the “Porn and Grope” routine is not violating our 4th Amendment rights?  And is this routine even effective?  The government even admits that on secret “tests” TSA agents missed guns and bombs.  

Domestic use of aerial drones by law enforcement likely to prompt privacy debate  

The Rock River Patriots will be having a meeting on Friday January 28th in Jefferson at Kendall Packaging at 6pm.  Kendall Packaging is located at 707 N. Parkway Street in Jefferson.  At this meeting we will discuss current news and events.  We have not finalized our agenda yet, but hope to have more details soon.  Hope to see you all there!

I know this is a little “dated”, but the fight is far from over.  Linked is the short version that you can download, print, and pass out to your friends and neighbors: Time_to_Stop_4K From State Senator Glenn Grothman: As frequently reported, the state has a potential $13 billion deficit in the two-year budget beginning on July 1st. An obvious place to look for reductions is in new programs which have only been in existence for the past 10 years. Since most people felt government was too big and costly in the year 2000, it’s hard to say that any program started since then is completely necessary. One of those programs is 4-year-old kindergarten (4-K). In the past 10 years, the number of children enrolled has more than tripled. Last year this program cost the state $140 million in state tax collections and cost local property tax payers another $82 million. In many districts, 4-K started because of an unintentional glitch in the state school revenue limits. Every district is assigned an annual revenue limit that it can spend on each student. For explanatory purposes, let’s set that limit at $9,000 per student times the total number of students enrolled. This…

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One Wisconsin Now writes on voter ID: http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/blog/2011/01/why-voter-id-is-bad-for-wisconsin.html Here is the response from Ken Van Doren – Campaign for Liberty in Wisconsin 1. OWN cites all kind of statistics. Where did these number come from, and who determined them? 2. Just because only a few were found guilty of voter fraud does not mean that these few were all the fraudulent votes cast. Witness the anecdotal evidence of busloads of people coming in during the 2008 fall election. Also, as a poll watcher, I was not allowed to examine the evidence of residency that voters presented. One “progressive” web site seemed to invite fraud with the information, “Voting in Wisconsin could not be easier. If you have a friend who is registered, he can vouch for you even if you do not have identification or other proof of residency.” Also, witness that in Milwaukee, the lion’s share of same day registrations came after 5PM. Could it be that this was a purposeful plan to overwhelm the elections staff so they would not have time to carefully consider the evidence of residency? The opportunity if not the fact of fraud was certainly there. No one can tell, with our lax registration…