Americans Turn Against Congress, Want Incumbents Tossed Out
 
A CBS News-New York Times poll taken Feb. 3-9 indicates deep discontent with the statist quo:
 
* Only 8 percent of Americans want the current members of Congress re-elected.
 
* Fully 80 percent said members of Congress are more interested in serving special interests than the people they represent.
 
* 75 percent disapproved of the job Congress is doing.
 
* Congress's job approval rating was 15 (out of a possible 100).

Poll: Mos...
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Jumbo, full-color postcards recently prepared, published and mailed at taxpayer expense:


Our incumbent politician, together with his cohorts in Washington, are taxing, borrowing and spending us into oblivion and they have the audacity to abuse their position at our expense. When will it end? Enough already!

• Send this all over Idaho.
  
• Call Simpson's local office at 233-2222 and tell him what you think.
• Simpson will be in Pocatello on Saturday night for the local GOP's Lincoln Day Banquet.

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SALT LAKE CITY - After careful deliberation and thorough legal review, Governor Gary R. Herbert has signed SB11, "Utah State-Made Firearms Protection Act." In making his decision, the Governor weighed the constitutional aspects of the bill with its fiscal impact on Utah taxpayers.

"There are times when the state needs to push back against continued encroachment from the federal government. Sending the message that we will stand up for a proper balance between the state and federal government i...
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By Dustin Hurst
http://www.idahoreporter.com/2010/harwoods-gun-fight-stalls-for-now/

Rep. R.J. “Dick” Harwood’s, R-St. Maries, gun fight with the feds has stalled on two concerns raised by lawmakers: one being that it may be unconstitutional, and the other being that the marking to be engraved on guns produced in Idaho might not be specific enough.

According to the text of the legislation, the bill would seek to make Idaho “the freest state in the Union” and would prohibit the federal ...
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Political parties don't hold incumbents accountable so we do by alerting the public about bad behavior that deserves the people's disdain. It's bipartisanship at its finest - public scolding courtesy of the people's special interest group.

Join the fun! Pick a deserving target and send us a short description with a way for subscribers to chastise all miscreants. No personal atta...
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Last year the Idaho Legislature passed a mandatory midwifery licensure law that has put at least 22% of traditional midwives out of work and has left many mothers and their babies without midwifery services for their home births. Pocatello has lost its only traditional midwife because of this law.

Representative Pete Nielsen introduced legislation in the House State Affairs Committee on Monday, Feb. 21st, that would restore to the families of Idaho freedom of choice for their home births by a...
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By Layne Hansen
http://www.examiner.com/x-39072-Idaho-Falls-Conservative-Examiner

It used to be that the further you got away from Washington D.C. the less what goes on there affected you.  No more.  The federal government's reach into 'Everyday Americans' lives is becoming more profound, more recognizable, and more expensive.

This change has happened because modern technology allows us to see events as they unfold, federal lawmakers are passing bills that will directly affect every American, an...
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BOISE - Pocatello Sen. Edgar Malepeai pleaded guilty to a DUI charge in Boise on Thursday. He will pay a $732 fine, serve one year probation, and lose his driving privileges for 90 days. He was also ordered to attend educational classes and a DUI victim's panel.

It gets crazier. After being arrested in December, Malepeai was elected minority caucus chair by his Democratic colleagues. Are they all DUI? These are the same peo...
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BOISE - In a one hour Thursday morning hearing, the House State Affairs Committee heard testimony on House Bill 497 which would penalize businesses that employ illegal aliens.  The bill was patterned after legislation first passed by the Arizona Legislature in 2007.   Immediately upon passage, the Phoenix business community sued the state of Arizona over passage of the measure in Federal court.  In 2008, the law was upheld by...
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