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This week on I Spy Radio: The allure of socialism and yes the Nazis were socialists

The Allure of Socialism – Why we keep trying this historic failure

By Dr Mark | February 20, 2016 | Comments 0 Comment

Socialism’s seductive spell has tripped up many “smart people” including Einstein. Usually right up until reality sets in. Eating the rich only makes everyone poorer.

Original Air Dates: Feb 20 & 21, 2016 | Dr. Tim Ball

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Despite the repeated, historic (dare we say “epic”) failures of socialism, every generation since the 1800s seems to flirt with this proven failure. Every generation seems to think, “This time we’ll make it work.”

Socialism: willingly giving up your liberty and freedom for government-provided security.
Jail: unwillingly giving up your liberty and freedom for government-provided security.

This week on I Spy Radio, we talk with Dr. Tim Ball, who knows all about socialism. He grew up in World War II England, witnessed the takeover of society by the government to “fight the war” only to have England embrace the “security” offered by socialists. In other words, basic subsistence in exchange for government domination and takeover of private industry. As a young man, witnessing the demise of his fellow countrymen’s freedoms, he left for Canada. Unfortunately, elements of socialism followed him to his new country.

Exposing Socialism

This week, we get an exposé on socialism from someone who’s lived through it and even taught classes on it. With Bernie Sanders rising in the polls, it’s time to get a little intelligence on socialism. This week, we’ll look at the rise and development of socialism and, yes, the Nazis were socialists. Modern-day Leftists try to depict Nazis s extreme Far Right, “ultra conservative” or even the end-game of capitalism. “Nazi” meant “National Socialists.”

But why does the notion of state-imposed fairness, continue to appeal to us as a developed society?

Here in Oregon, where I Spy broadcasts from, the House just passed the nation’s highest minimum wage to create “fair” wages. Remember, from our show two weeks ago, under socialism it’s the State that determines not only what’s moral but what is “fair.” But if you think that’s scary, check out the links below on “basic income” and “universal income.”

And be sure to join us next week where we’ll get Dr. Ball’s personal experiences of living with socialism, including Canada’s socialized medicine and even martial law.

Socialism Defined

By Dr Mark | February 6, 2016 | Comments 0 Comment

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Air Dates: February 6 & 7, 2015 | Dr. Richard Rahn (CATO Institute)
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Here we are, not even three decades from the end of the Cold War, and America has an avowed socialist running for office. And not just any office — the highest office in the land.

Great. America’s socialized education system has officially failed.

But what is socialism? Discerning and intelligent voters realize socialism is bad, but what is it and why is socialism so bad? Not just that, but why is socialism especially bad for America? Why does socialism fail every time it has been tried? And if socialism always fails every time without fail, why do the so-called “smart people in the room” (the socialist elites) keep trying to push America into socialism?

Join us this week to find out what socialism is, its history and origins, why it fails, and why —yes, Virginia—it will fail again.

Socialism Defined

In his fantastic article, “Socialism means Coercion” Dr. Richard Rahn of the CATO Institute defines socialism this way: “Socialism is a system in which the government owns or controls the means of production, and allocates resources and rewards.”

But it’s more than that. It is a system rooted in envy and jealousy; it is only adopted as a political system when ignorance reins supreme. It depends on the stupidity of the masses who would trade their freedom for slavery to the state. It depends on the ignorance of voters to pass a system that, they believe, will only take from others. Socialism is the policy of envy.

Join host Mark Anderson, as he walks you through socialism defined. You’ll learn:

What socialism means
Its origins as a response to America’s highly successful experiment with representational republicanism and as a response to the vast wealth created by the Industrial Revolution
Its origins in anti-Christianity philosophy and German pagan romanticism
Why capitalism and the free market system are so vastly superior to socialism
Are there differences between socialism, communism, and fascism

And then stick around for the last half of the show with Dr. Richard Rahn of the CATO institute as the two of them expand on socialism’s massive historical failure

Links Mentioned

Dr. Richard Rahn’s article in the Washington Times, “Socialism means Coercion”
The CATO Institute is a think tank “dedicated to the principles of individual liberty, limited government, free markets and peace.”
Bernie Sanders loves to claim socialism has succeeded in Scandinavia – this article debunks the success of Scandinavia socialism
Recent CBO study shows the rich not only pay their fair share but the fair share of a lot of others

The following articles helped form much of the discussion for this week’s show:

Communism, socialism, and fascism defined
Socialism versus European Democracy by Ludwig von Mises – excellent article on France’s early experiences with socialism
Philosophic & religious origins of socialism and as a response to the success of the Industrial Revolution

Is the Oregon Militia Standoff in Burns Oregon Helpful?

By Dr Mark | January 15, 2016 | Comments 0 Comment

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The “Oregon militia” standoff at the Malheur Wildlife Refuge, outside of Burns (Harney County) continues and we turn to Stewart Rhodes of Oath Keepers and Rep. Ken Ivory to analyze the deeper, broader issues at stake.

Air Dates: Jan. 16 & 17, 2015 | Stewart Rhodes & Rep. Ken Ivory (UT) | When, Where, and How to Listen

However, let’s be clear: the so-called Oregon militia is not a militia in the true sense of the word. In fact, “Oregon militia” members aren’t even from Oregon. Instead, they’re outsiders from Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, and (God help us) California.

This is especially odd. The so-called “Oregon militia” are themselves outsiders. Unwelcome outsiders. Outsiders who are there to protest lack of local control. Do the so-called Oregon militia members not see the irony here?

Is this about the issue of public lands or about the militia members themselves?

The So-Called “Oregon Militia” in Burns

When they first showed up, the “Oregon militia” claimed they were there to support the Hammonds, a couple of local ranchers who had been convicted of arson. To prove their point, they seized control of the Malheur Wildlife Refuge. Except the Hammonds wanted nothing to do with the so-called militia. So next, the Wildlife Refuge Occupiers claimed they were there to protest the federal government and their refusal to turn state lands over to the states. This group of Occupiers from Montana, Arizona, Nevada, and California, now say they won’t leave until the lands are given over to local control.

We talk with Stewart Rhodes, president and founder of Oath Keepers, about the standoff, what he knows about the leaders of the “militia” and his thoughts on the FBI’s handling of this. Could there be agent provocateurs among the militia? Are the militia heroes or interfering?

And then we talk with Rep. Ken Ivory about the larger issue of the transfer of federal lands to the states. We talk with Ken about whether the “protesters” are helpful or hurtful and what impact they might have on the larger issues. Instead of an armed conflict, what else could they have done? Plus. what are some of the latest developments in the transfer-public-lands movement, including legal and economic findings that support the effort.

The Oregon Militia: Unanswered Questions

One question that will be very interesting to watch as this continues to unfold will be this: are all the members of the “militia” who they claim to be? There have already been incidents of undercover FBI agents in the area (see links below). Why? Could this whole situation an effort to undermine the transfer public lands effort?

To reassure the people of Oregon—the real ones—Harney officials County law enforcement should verify identifications as each “militia” member leaves the compound.

Illegal Immigration and the San Bernardino Shooting

By Dr Mark | December 4, 2015 | Comments 0 Comment

Air Dates: Dec 5 & 6, 2015 | Guests: Susan Kibbe & Scott McEwen

In a follow-up to our show on illegal immigration two weeks ago, we interview Susan Duff, the Executive Director of the South Texans’ Property Rights Association to get insights into what is really happening on our borders. Also, in the wake of the San Bernardino shootings by, apparently, a radical Muslim, we talk with bestselling author, Scott McEwen, who lives nearby in San Diego. We’ll get his thoughts on combating PC nonsense, and yet another case of terrorism on our own shores.

In October and November, there is usually a decline in the number of illegal border crossings but instead there has been a sharp uptick. Why? The Drudge Report also had headlines about “Dead Illegals pile up on Texas Ranches.” What on earth is happening on our border?

Moments after our interview with Susan Kibbe and just minutes from our next interview, news broke about the San Bernardino shootings. We were initially scheduled to talk to a U.S. Border Agent who had to decline our interview “for the time being” (could it be enforcement agencies were told to immediately go to silence?). So we turned to one of our favorite guests, Scott McEwen, who lives about 100 miles from the shooting in nearby San Diego.

In her shrill impersonation of the Obama Doctrine (never let a crisis go to waste), Hillary Clinton —without a single bit of information about the shooting—immediately called for more gun laws. Unfortunately for Hillary, her anti-gun narrative fell victim to the facts: this was a terrorist attack. Scott McEwen is an expert on the military, tactics, and training and we talk with him about the military planning that would have gone into this attack. Where did they get their training and the weapons — which are not commercially available? (Update: FBI says weapons used for the San Bernardino shootings were not legally purchased.)

Links Mentioned

Drudge Report headline: “Dead Illegals Pile up on Texas Ranches” (and news media and pro-open-border groups blame the landowners!)
Susan Kibbe’s organization, South Texans Property Rights Association (stpra.org)
Massive increase in Chinese illegal immigration via Mexico; see also this article and this one via InfoWars
14 people dead because a suspicious neighbor didn’t report anything due to “political correctness” and being called a racist
Sheriff Arpaio called on 250K armed citizens to stop terrorism and mass shootings

Climate Change – the Philosophical Basis for Modern-Day Democrats and Socialists

By Dr Mark | November 6, 2015 | Comments 0 Comment

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Air Dates: Nov 7th & 8th, 2015 | Dr. Tim Ball (Canada’s first Climatologist)

Call it global warming or climate change, it’s the ideological basis for modern-day democrats (and socialists). No skepticism. No debate. and lots (and lots!) of big government.

If you can better understand Global Warming (which is what Climate Change used to be called until the globe stopped warming), you will better understand the modern-day Democrat party. Global Warming (Climate Change) is to the political Left what Judeo-Christian beliefs are to the American system of Freedom and Liberty. All of the American founding principles find their origins in Judeo-Christian beliefs, such as “Love thy neighbor as thyself.” That leads to Freedom of Speech (if you want to speak, give your neighbor the same courtesy). It leads to Freedom of Religion (if you want to attend a church of your choice, then your neighbor deserves that same respect). And so on.

Likewise the notion of centralized control, of the sacrifice of individual rights to the collective, and the absolute hatred of dissent all stem from Climate Change (Global Warming) and are the fruit of Democrat policies. The modern-day Democrat/Socialist, not the common-sense Democrat of bygone years.

The map showing Global Warming (Climate Change) is to blame for everything.

But Global Warming (Climate Change) has been under increased skepticism. We talk with Dr Tim Ball, who was awarded Canada’s first degree in Climatology, about the political expression of Climate Change (Global Warming) in democrats and socialists.

Be sure to tune in to hear what Dr. Ball’s four decades of climate-study experience tells him about what the future holds for Global Warming (Climate Change).

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Some headlines on Global Warming (Climate Change)

Bill Gates says that capitalism can not save us from Climate Change (Global Warming).
The Map. Daily Mail – (Nov 5 2015) Global Warming (Climate Change) caused FOURTEEN extreme weather events (including cooling, heating, drought, rain, ice melting, ice increases…)
Maybe Climate Change (Global Warming) created this: Record Siberian Snowfall; Worst Blizzard in a Decade.
UN Planning International Climate Justice Court
Russia’s Putin says Global Warming is ‘A Fraud’
Russian media taking climate cue from skeptical Putin (Oct 30, 2015)
Antarctica gaining ice says NASA. Is global warming over? (Nov 2015)
Top French meteorologist who questioned global warming fired (Nov 2, 2015)
NOAA Attempts to Hide the Pause in GW: Most Disgraceful Cover-up since Climategate (Oct 29, 2015)
Forbes: Updated NASA Data: Global Warming Not Causing Any Polar Ice Retreat (May 19, 2015)
Chicks on the Right Ted Cruz gets the Climate Change Cultist Mentality EXACTLY Right (Oct 30, 2015)
Trump: Pope is wrong on climate change (Sep 24, 2015)
Daily Mail – MIT Scientist: Global Warmers are a cult (Jan 29, 2015)
Express – Global Cooling: Decade long ice age predicted as sun hibernates (Nov 5, 2015). Model predicts sun activities will slow by 60% over the next decade. Note: it’s a model. Take it with a grain of salt.
An oldie but a goodie – UK Telegraph US Physics Prof: “Global Warming is the Greatest and Most Successful Pseudoscientific Fraud I have seen in my Long Life” (by James Delingpole, Oct 9 2010)

National politics wrapup - Hillary Clinton, Benghazi hearings, and the worst debate in history

National politics – Hillary Clinton, Benghazi Hearings and CNBC Debate Debacle

By Dr Mark | October 30, 2015 | Comments 0 Comment

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Air Dates: Oct 31 & Nov 1, 2015 | Michael Ingmire & John Hawkins

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It’s Halloween week, where little monsters and witches run among us looking for goodies that someone else paid for.

Sounds eerily similar to politics, doesn’t it?

And there was a lot of politics on display the last two weeks. First, there was the Hillary Clinton Benghazi hearings where the only questions that didn’t get asked are the ones that should have been asked and have never yet been answered. Like, what did you do, Secretary Clinton, that night? Whom did you call? Where was the president? What time did you call him? What did he say? These and so many more have never been asked or answered.

Even after the Benghazi hearings where Hillary Clinton was caught in a lie, the mainstream media continues to prop her up — The new Iwo Jima – mainstream media raising the Clinton flag

The answers are especially meaningful to the families of those died there in Benghazi on the night of September 11, 2012. This week on I Spy Radio we talk with Michael Ingmire, the uncle of Sean Smith, the Information Technology Manager stationed in Benghazi who was killed by the terrorists. Michael gives us some more depth into Sean, his career and we ask what exactly was someone of his professional caliber doing in Benghazi of all places? We get Michael’s take on the hearings and we’ll ask him what questions they would like to have answered.

Up next, we talk with John Hawkins, the owner of Right Wing News, to help give the wake for CNBC’s “debate.” You know CNBC was horrid when even the other members of the left-leaning, main-stream media types come out and say, “Yeah, you sucked.”

We’ll get John’s insights into the debate itself, why the RNC continues to hang its own members up as targets for progressive media firing squads, and which candidates are zombies — their presidential hopes dead but they just don’t know it yet. And we’ll get his insights into the new Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan and whether this will be good for Republicans—or Democrats? Could there be another domino yet to fall?

When, where, and how to listen – all stations stream live!

Links Mentioned

John Hawkins’ site – Right Wing News

Update (Jan. 21, 2016): New evidence, including newly released emails, that military options were available but ordered to stand down

EPA Colluding with Environmentalists and Tribes

By Dr Mark | October 21, 2015 | Comments 0 Comment

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Air Dates: Oct 24 & 25, 2015 | Lawrence Kogan & Tom Collier (CEO of Pebble Partnership)

The EPA long ago lost its watchdog status and has turned rabid environmentalist. Now, clear evidence of the EPA colluding with environmentalists and tribes is beginning to emerge—ironically, in what the EPA had hoped to turn into one of its trophy cases: the Pebble Mine.

Show 5-43 will air the weekend of Oct 24th & 25th. Join us as we expose collusion between the EPA and “environmental” organizations, the tribes, and other players.

What’s important to understand in this fight against a government agency run-amok, is that they violated the rule of law and a basic tenet of American freedoms: due process. The EPA, by applying an obscure rule that it had never used before in its four-decades’ old existence and by trying to circumvent the permit process, it was denying Pebble Partnership its due process. Just as though it had arrested someone in suspected of a crime and put them in jail without any Miranda rights, no legal counsel, and so on.

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Lawrence Kogan’s firm: the Kogan Law Group – tons of great info and articles on the assault by the Enviro-Left on our free market system
Tom Collier’s group – the Pebble Partnership.

Solutions to Mass Shootings

By Dr Mark | October 19, 2015 | Comments 0 Comment

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Air Dates: Oct. 17 & 18, 2015 | Larry Pratt (Gun Owners of America) & Doug Wyllie (Ed. Chief, policeone.com)

In the wake of the Umpqua Community College killings in Roseburg, Ore., there was a great deal of “politicizing” (thanks, “President” Obama) by the gun-control advocates, like Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and the one-woman-Democrat-clown-car, Debbie Wasserman Shultz.

But unfortunately, the shouting from the political Left was often matched or exceeded by the shouting from the political Right: “they” are coming to take your guns, this is purely a mental health issue, gun-free zones don’t work (okay, that one’s correct), and so on. Both sides trot out numbers and statistics to support their argument and pretty soon most people don’t know what to think or believe and so they retreat, psychologically, into their previously held position on guns, gun safety, crime, or gun control.

Unfortunately, all this politicizing does is to divide people into entrenched positions (of either anti-gun or pro-Second-Amendment) and does nothing to solve the problem.

Are there solutions to mass shootings? We wanted to know.

Whenever there are problems, the best way to solve it is to go to the people closest to the problems. And there is no group closer to this issue than law enforcement.

Links Mentioned

Larry Pratt’s organization – gunowners.org
Doug Willey’s site – policeone.com
Doug’s article – the Five Phases of the Active Shooter
Some solutions to mass shootings from policeone.com – “15 years after Columbine: 15 ‘big ideas’ for stopping school massacres“

This Week on I Spy Radio - Public Lands Transfer to States can mean jobs—real jobs

Devolution – Public Lands Transfer to States

By Dr Mark | September 11, 2015 | Comments 0 Comment

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Air Dates: September 12 & 13, 2015 | Jonathan Williams & Karla Jones

Devolution is defined as “the transfer or delegation of power to a lower level, especially by central government to local or regional administration.” When it comes to the transfer of public lands here in the U.S., this means the federal government giving control of federally held public lands to the states in which those lands reside. Why is this important? Jobs.

With more than 98 million Americans continuing to be out of the workforce, the jobs resulting from a public lands transfer to states means more than ever that the federal government honor their promise to relinquish control of the public lands held in trust. At one time, Illinois and Missouri both had more than 50% of their land controlled by the federal government when they entered statehood. Now, the federal government holds only 1% and 4%, respectively. So why do they maintain control of so much public lands states west of the Rockies—on average, more than 50% of these states? Why should Illinois get to have 99% of their land and Oregon gets less than 47% of its land?

94 million Americans out of work - the U.S. economy as of September 2015 has clearly fallen off a cliff. Time for a public lands transfer to states. — US Economy off a cliff. Time for a public lands transfer to states.

We’ve talked in the past with Ken Ivory and it’s seemed a little theoretical at times: what would it be like if the states got their lands back? Now we some direct evidence of what it would look like from our neighbor to the north: Canada.

We’ll start by talking with Jonathan Williams of ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council) about the continuing record numbers of Americans not working and the state policies that consistently work to put people to work; policies that ALEC advocates. We’ll then talk about a federal policy that needs to happen: a public lands transfer to states. Karla Jones, also with ALEC, walks us through the process. We’ll examine the roadblocks and hurdles to making this happen, astonishing examples of federal mismanagement to private land management, and then look at how this has unfolded in Canada.

Sorry, environmentalists; it wasn’t the end of the world.

Links Mentioned

If you’re not visiting American Legislative Exchange Council on a regular basis, you’re missing out on a huge amount of incredible information — policies that your state ought to be implementing if they want to be successful. Don’t you want your state to be successful? Of course you do! Then visit alec.org.
Read ALEC’s State Lands report, which we discuss with Karla Jones. (You can download a copy for easier reading; see the Download PDF link on the right-side of the page.)
Heritage Foundation article, “1,000 people per day: Why Red States are Getting Richer and Blue States Poorer“

This week on I Spy Radio - Forest fires and mismangement of state lands

Oregon Forest Fires – State Lands Going Up in Smoke

By Dr Mark | August 26, 2015 | Comments 0 Comment

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Air Dates: August 29 & 30, 2015 | Suzan Ellis Jones, John Charles, Rep. Ken Ivory

With more than its share of forest fires, Oregon’s state lands scream mismanagement. Oregon’s rather infamous environmental policies only seem to kill trees, owls, and profits—and the only thing they seem to protect are politicians. But these last few weeks, the smoke from the fires are hard to ignore. It’s time to look at Oregon’s mismanagement of its lands.

We start the show by interviewing Suzan Ellis-Jones. Unlike the “environmentalists,” Suzan actually makes her home in rural Oregon — Baker County to be exact. Baker is one of several Oregon counties that have ravaged by brutal, devastating, heartbreaking forest fires — fires that could have been prevented. By the way. Have you ever noticed that environmental lobbyists just can’t be pulled away from their favorite coffee shops in downtown Portland to go fight fires? Why is that?

Perhaps it’s because they’re too busy spewing nonsense into papers like the Eugene Register-Guard about how the timber industry runs this state. What?

Elliot State Forest Map — Map: Oregon’s Elliot State Forest

To sort out that nonsense, we need a real expert, so this week we also talk with John Charles of the Cascade Policy Institute, about the recently announced intention by the State Lands’ Board to sell off the Elliot Forest. The Elliot State Forest is perhaps the epitome of mismanagement. Well, except it hasn’t caught fire—yet. We’ll also get a handle on that “board” (it’s really just three people) and how they are utterly failing in their fiduciary duty to the state. Yes, that’s right. The state is ordered to make money from those state lands — but when has a pesky law ever mattered to a career politician? That’s for the rest of us.

Speaking of which, we wrap things up with Rep. Ken Ivory (UT) about the complete inadequacy and unwillingness by the agencies to follow laws let alone their own rules. Rep. Ivory is also President of the American Lands Council and he fills us in on the environmental devastation being caused by out-of-control agencies and career bureaucrats, to whom laws do not apply.

And don’t miss the shocking developments in Montana and what the federal government ordered Montana to do. Here’s a hint: they were handing out fiddles.

Sometimes, it doesn’t even seem like we’re in America any more. Is it 2016 yet…?

Links Mentioned

Cascade Policy Institute’s website and a great article on the mismanagement of Oregon’s State Lands: “When will the State Land Board Restore the ‘Trust’ in Oregon’s State Lands Trust?“
American Lands Council website (be sure to check our events page for links to Rep. Ivory’s event in Baker City)

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The Allure of Socialism – Why we keep trying this historic failure

By Dr Mark | February 20, 2016 | Comments 0 Comment

Exposing Socialism

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Socialism Defined

By Dr Mark | February 6, 2016 | Comments 0 Comment

Socialism Defined

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Is the Oregon Militia Standoff in Burns Oregon Helpful?

By Dr Mark | January 15, 2016 | Comments 0 Comment

The So-Called “Oregon Militia” in Burns

The Oregon Militia: Unanswered Questions

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Illegal Immigration and the San Bernardino Shooting

By Dr Mark | December 4, 2015 | Comments 0 Comment

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Climate Change – the Philosophical Basis for Modern-Day Democrats and Socialists

By Dr Mark | November 6, 2015 | Comments 0 Comment

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National politics – Hillary Clinton, Benghazi Hearings and CNBC Debate Debacle

By Dr Mark | October 30, 2015 | Comments 0 Comment

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EPA Colluding with Environmentalists and Tribes

By Dr Mark | October 21, 2015 | Comments 0 Comment

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Solutions to Mass Shootings

By Dr Mark | October 19, 2015 | Comments 0 Comment

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Devolution – Public Lands Transfer to States

By Dr Mark | September 11, 2015 | Comments 0 Comment

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Oregon Forest Fires – State Lands Going Up in Smoke

By Dr Mark | August 26, 2015 | Comments 0 Comment

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