Dial M for Murder (Libya, et al)


Dial M for Murder or when do Americans declare murder is murder? 
      June 18, 2011
Americans, do you still believe that the United States of America is the home of the brave and land of the free?  If you do, you are either ignorant, complicit, or both.   The vast majority of Americans have been roped, hogtied, indoctrinated/dumbed-down by the suspension of the power to think logically by the public schools, all the while freedom’s gate is in the process of irreversibly being slammed shut.

Former Presidents Bill Clinton & George W. Bush will not be discussed in this piece but they are also drenched in the blood of defenseless people.   Only to say, Americans, emotional as they are, have been totally propagandized by our phony war on terror (Probably better described as genocide).  The aforementioned two wear the same Scarlet Letter M and both set the table for Pres. Barack Hussein Obama’s crime scene. (Afghanistan, Pakistan, & Libya)

It has been said that Obama is “in over his head”, no, this man knows precisely what he is doing and the end results can be calculated as an absolute—which is total destruction of the American culture and the economy.   Obama is a Marxist/Communist and his national goal is to destroy our former republic economically and further reduce our country to a floundering multi-cultural gulag, precisely what globalist/neocon G.W. Bush intended.  As you may recall, Obama stated very plainly that he was going to fundamentally change America forever.
Obama and recent history vividly demonstrate the decadence into which the U.S. has descended.  With the outright, unnecessary killings that the nation has been engaged in for the last decade or more, would indicate that Americans view mideastern people as a sub-species.  There have been few outcries lamenting the murders of a million or so innocent Iraqis, Pakis, Afghans, Somalis, & Libyans killed by U.S. forces, the recent bombings in Afghanistan resulted in untold numbers of children deaths to be sure, peaceful adults, hospitals, schools destroyed, ad infinitum. All this coupled with torture, incarceration without due process and secret military tribunals.
March 12, 2011 U.S. President Barack Hussein Obama unilaterally (on his own) and by his personal order called for the stealth bombing and rocketry to be launched against the sovereign nation of Libya resulting in the murdering of innocents and nationwide destruction.  The above order can only be described as Murder in the First Degree. Where are the U.S. Dept of Justice and the World Court?  Libya was and is involved in an internal strife with rebels whose identity is not known today (6/19/11) after 90 days of strife, supported by groups from the U.S., Britain, and France. The U.S. is dictating the tenor of the Libyan carnage with all manner of U.S. assets including Special Forces and the CIA.

In the first few days of the U.S. intervention over 1,000 U.S. predator drones were aimed at Tripoli and other port cities.  On March 19, 2011 Obama stated that U.S. involvement would last days, not weeks.  At this writing we are 12 weeks into Obama’s “humanitarian” butchery. He violated the (unconstitutional) U.S. War Powers Act.

 Secretary of Defense Robert Gates opined that this was a “unique” way to use the military.  It must be noted that the killing of one of Muammar Quadaffi’s sons and 3 grandchildren was a despicable act and a blatant murderous crime. Again, all based on something Obama calls “humanitarianism”. It is said that Mideast dictators are vile individuals, and who is to argue, but cannot the same label be attached to Pres. Obama and former president G.W. Bush—their mantra being “eternal preemptive war for eternal peace”. Although the War Powers Act is a law, it is still unconstitutional.  In any case, President Obama has ignored The War Powers Act within the 60 day demand that the president must come before the congress for permission and funding. Again, as of 6/19/11, it has been 90 days since the Libyan atrocity began.

 The WPA does not conform to Article 6, Section 2 of the Constitution, and Article 1, Section 8 gives the power to declare war to the Congress, not the executive, i.e. Obama. The WPA passed by both houses of the Congress cannot legally supersede the U.S. Constitution; therefore the WPA cannot be legitimately used as an excuse to murder and wage preemptive war.  We all know what former President Bush said about the Constitution—“it’s just a G-D piece of paper”.
 
Muammar Quadaffi,  Sadamm Hussein, and Osama bin Laden were all three U.S. installed and were vital U.S. Mid-East assets for decades until they outlived their usefulness. Sadamm was hung, Osama was assassinated, if in fact he was, and now a contract is out for Quadaffi.
 
From the American public the silence is deafening except for the rousing applause and cheering when citizens were told of the alleged assassination of Osama.  The American indoctrination process is a completed success story—how tragic that Americans would approve of atrocities such as assassination, torture and incarceration in foreign jails.  Americans have lost their moral compass and the throngs of recently arriving 3rd World multi-culturals have never had one. We have lost our culture to 3rd World invaders who have no intention of acculturating, and certainly no regard for or understanding of our Constitution, all brought on by the criminal U.S. government in 1965 and prevailing through 2011. The breakdown of the American society is by design.  Consequently our life styles have devolved into degradation
.
Obama and the neoconservative Republicans rail constantly about Israel’s security. Why is this? We are also told Israel is our friend—please enlighten.  The U.S. dispenses more foreign aid to Israel than to the rest of the globe combined, while at the same time Israel spies on us, sells our secrets, and have purchased our federal government. The U.S. pays attention to the security of Mideast borders, e.g. Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, & Pakistan, while U.S. borders are a welcome mat to any and all invaders.
 
Recently the vast majority of the U.S. Senate & House, on separate occasions, passed the constitutionally and criminally corrupt mis-named Patriot Acts.  The Patriot Acts violate at least 6 of the first 10 Amendments. (Warning to gun owners, the 2nd Amendment in grave jeopardy) Government claims the Patriot Acts are to protect us (from what?) while leaving our borders unprotected, which is an insult. Remember, when you trade freedom for security, you get neither. By the continuation of the Patriot Acts and recent new additions, the U.S. Congress has given more power to the Executive branch than all the presidents before, while usurping our Natural rights. Some examples:
1.    Roving warrantless wiretapping
2.    Secret federal searches
3.    Blanket warrants for search & seizure of library, medical, & school records
4.    Expanding meaning of “domestic terrorist”
5.    Asset seizures of “suspected” terrorists
6.    Assassination, which includes Americans
7.    Torture—all forms
8.    Incarceration without due process
9.    Much more in this criminal legislation
10.    Secret military tribunals
11.    Wage war at will
12.    Treat all Americans as suspected Terrorists at Airports and other institutions…with TSA groping and nude x-ray.
13.    Enforce indefinite imprisonment without due process.
14.    FBI writing & administering its own search warrants
15.    Military Commissions Act—nullifying Habeas Corpus
16.    Homegrown Terrorism Act—directed at American citizens

The Arkansas Six: Traitors to the American citizenry & the constitution… Congressmen Womack, Ross, Griffin….voted to continue the Patriot Acts, while Congressman Crawford abstained…reason not known…how about political cowardice?  In typical fashion 3rd generation in the political trough, Senator Mark Pryor abstained, while Sen. John Boozman, in typical neo-con fashion voted for the Patriot Acts at least 3 times.  Boozman thinks of himself as a player in the global army, i.e. NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) under the command of the parasitic, globalist United Nations.

For those of you who are unaware that the U.S. is under global control, Obama requested permission from the U.N. to unilaterally strike Libya, while as a matter of fact, we were already there militarily involved. Our once preeminent Republic has succumbed and is now a subsidiary of the warmongering U.N. of which the Republican Party is an integral player.

  Look forward in the near term for a run-up to attack Syria & Iran.  The excuse for this is, and has always been, Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapon, and both countries need to be “democratized”. Of course,   no mention of Israel’s substantial arsenal of nukes, no oversight and never signed the Non-nuclear Proliferation Treaty, i.e. the Geneva Accords. Double standards you say?

The Democrat & Republican parties are both constitutionally and in some cases, criminally corrupt to the core. All the phony warmongering on display by our government and it cannot pay our present and past-due financial obligations.  The U.S. is dead broke.  All the while the entitlement rolls swell, the potential for more preemptive wars, open borders, millions of citizens unemployed, while the congress is facing a vote on raising the debt ceiling.  Prediction: the Arkansas Six will vote in unison to raise the debt ceiling by $2.4 Trillion and will use as excuses “we do not have the financials to service our debt”.  A lie.  Significant cuts in most government programs and most particularly in military and social programs, in light of the $2.6 Trillion monthly income to the Federal Government, will more than provide for debt service. There are in the neighborhood of 25-35 million illegal aliens nesting in our country, sucking up unearned largesse, e.g. 43% of all WIC services go to Hispanics.  The Arkansas Six will claim that substantial cuts have been made in government spending as justification for raising the debt ceiling.  The raising of the debt ceiling will insure that Obama’s statement will prove correct, i.e. fundamentally transforming the U.S.

The Democrat Party is all about the transfer of wealth (Marxist Communism)…and as Obama stated “to fundamentally transform America.    The Republicans on the other hand, embrace philosopher Leo Strauss’ mantra of “eternal war for eternal peace”.   You can readily see that neither party can be trusted.
Americans, please enjoy what is left of the former vaunted U.S. Republic, and brace for the extremely difficult times in our foreseeable future.  The raising of the debt ceiling guarantees that life in America will never be the same, compliments of generations of self-serving politicians and bureaucrats.

Kindest regards,
Joe McCutchen
arkansasfreedom.net    

taxpayer’s money used against them


taxpayer’s money used against them

Government’s ultimate weapon–FORCE….Freedom you say?               June 4, 2011

 

A vivid example is right here at home.  There is ample evidence that the taxpaying citizens of Fort Smith want no part of the prepared-food tax.  Note, the dedicated efforts and strong-armed vengeance put forth by city officials to deny the will of the people—the right to vote on this contentious issue.  It appears government entities now consider citizens as enemies. Would you dare call Fort Smith city a government of the people, by the people, for the people?

 

The first battle cry from the city was to use a portion of the dedicated street tax to be turned over to resuscitate the moribund Convention Center that morphed into a ½% food tax and ultimately evolved into a 1% prepared-food tax…far exceeding the Convention Centers monetary needs.  All the while citizens were and are demanding the city Board of Directors withdraw their support for the food tax.  This was accompanied by a clamor for a citizen vote which was denied by a vote by the Board of Directors which passed the tax compliments of the Terrible Four (Good, Merry, Tyler, Weber—what is their angle?).  The four and Mayor Sanders have shown no regard for their constituents by forcing restaurants to involve themselves in another unconstitutional practice of collecting money for the city and certainly no regard for the cost of implementing and sustaining the city’s tax collection system.

 

When the citizens’ petition efforts were thwarted by highly questionable means the citizen’s challenged the defeat and a judge put the tax on hold.

 

In other words the city turned a blind eye to the known wishes of the taxpayers.  On this issue citizens against a corrupt, bullying government filed a lawsuit against the heavy handedness being administered against restaurateurs and citizens against the prepared-food tax by city government…especially in view of these very hard economic times.

 

At the present time there appears to be a number of curious, unexplained, nefarious activities being produced by the city administration.

    Using city police to serve subpoenas.  Who authorized and what is the authority? It is commonly understood that it is the county sheriff’s duty to deliver subpoenas. What says the Sheriff?  Was the act accomplished by city attorney Jerry Canfield and assistant attorney Rick Wade, or City Manager Gosack, or the Board, or who?  Was this action meant to intimidate the citizens and instill fear?  It appears that the city used overkill sending big black SUV’s around that look like Sherman Tanks—a show of force. In view that the police were dealing with legitimate business practitioners, in order not to embarrass or incite customers and/or neighbors would it not have been the civil thing to do so by arriving in unmarked cars?  This would have alleviated some embarrassment and resentment felt by subpoena recipients.
    What is Police Chief’s and/or Sheriff’s position on this matter?
    Some non-issue questions were asked by one or more officers regarding what might be known of owners or others behavior.  Is that pertinent?
    Are records being kept regarding the issuance & serving of subpoenas?
    Another curious activity, with each subpoena was a check to the recipient drawn on the account of a private law firm, signed by city attorney Jerry Canfield.  How is it that a private law firm can pay for a quasi-city function?

Perhaps there are legitimate answers to these concerns and it behooves the city administration to amplify and clarify, but there is no indication that is about to happen.

 

Governments, top/down, are amenable to using whatever means at their disposal to achieve their desired mission.   The extreme response shown by the city government to deny the will of the people indicates there is something very rotten in Denmark, and finally, if the administration were acting honorably on the food tax issue they would call a special meeting to allow the prepared-food tax issue to be voted on.  The informal request has been made on a previous occasion.

 

Fort Smith city government’s show of force is chilling.

 

Kindest regards,

Joe McCutchen

Government has no shame, or limits it would seem


Government has no shame, or limits it would seem

More extravagance by the Takers                                                             June 13, 2011

Government at any level has no shame.   Two examples:

The United States Postal Service last fiscal year ran a deficit of $7.5 billion. One of the many sordid instances of government arrogance and waste is not only the fact they advertise in all numbers of sporting events and a vast array of other types while they’re forced to hire Fed Ex, UPS and any number of transportation services to distribute the mail.  Why should any government agency advertise?  If a government service cannot meet the demand of the public without advertising they should be shut down forthwith and allow private enterprise to fill the gap.   

The Postal Service’s recent conduct demands an investigation into the fact they are economically subsidizing the “London (England) Festival Symphony”.

Locally, consider the University of Arkansas Fort Smith and another example of elitist foolishness.

The UAFS is advertising on city traditional and electronic billboards.  A rational thought that any potential student for a university experience residing in the city of Fort Smith would be intelligent enough to know the school exists.   If not, one must conclude that the potential student is stupid and Chancellor Paul Beran and his administration have obviously given no objective thought to this expensive silly waste.  Other forms of advertising include bus station benches, magazines, broadcast media, etc.

The UAFS is engaged in a host of Taking stupidly dispensed forced-redistribution taken from the Makers.  Chancellor Beran has compiled a very impressive list of foolish spending, none of which the Makers were or are aware of.  An inspection of the Chancellor’s travelogue includes numerous trips to the Orient, and a plethora of other international and interstate trips.  Now the trip to Belize.

Our Republic in the throes of a national depression, yes depression, the victim of massive unemployment, some food shortages, tornadoes, floods, wildfires, etc. etc.  Chancellor Beran sends a number of student nurse practitioners to Belize for whatever the reason—more Taking.  Wonder what the cost of that sortie will be? While folks in Clarksville, Joplin, ad infinitum are desperate for medical and related help.  With all this in mind, Beran sends these young students off to Belize on an expensive busman’s holiday.

The likes of Beran, accompanied by other bureaucrats and politicians, have bankrupted our former preeminent Republic as the size of government increases.

Are citizen Makers witnessing the second coming of slavery without firing a shot?  Are you aware that 47% of U.S. citizens pay no income tax?  Government (Takers) is a parasite which subsists on the blood-money of the Makers.

Oh yes, Gov. Beebe sees fit to advertise on primetime TV, radio and print media to beg the folks (legal & illegal) to enroll in an Arkansas welfare program (compliments of Huckabee)  known as Arkids 1st.

And then there is the matter of Fort Smith’s government spending asininities…and the beat goes on.

Kindest regards,

Joe McCutchen

arkansasfreedom.net                                                         www.fortsmithtruth.com 

More downtown shenanigans

 

 

Allegiance, subpoenas, & $10,000 worth of “togetherness”                         June 1, 2011

With an unprecedented hard core dedication to implementing an unwanted prepared food tax by the Terrible Four—Directors Good, Merry, Tyler, Weber, one must wonder where their allegiances lie.  They certainly are not dedicated to the wishes of the people, i.e. a vote. 

Could it be they have aligned themselves with the downtown insiders, that would be Sammy Sicard, Richard Griffin, & Bennie Westphal, et al?  Citizen taxpayers have given their hard-earned dollars to the 2000 style of Urban Renewal in downtown Fort Smith for years.  There are no doubt other possibilities, but the question remains…why is the Terrible Four hell-bent on violating the constitutional wishes of citizen taxpayers? 

The aforementioned four Directors are the ones who should be subpoenaed to determine why they refuse to do the will of the people, not those exercising their rights to obtain petition signatures. 

Now to the matter of two very expensive “togetherness” (retreats) for the Mayor, City Mgr, & Directors led by a consultant… $5,000 per session, plus all they could eat.

All involved should be ashamed to admit they had to hire some former big government Bozo from Texas to teach them how to prioritize projects. Did they not seek their positions based on their ability to do the job?  Note all the doublespeak emanating out of their mouths right out of big government Agenda 21/Quality of Place. 

Absolute transparency and attention to detail is desperately needed NOW!  Are Manager Gosack, Mayor Sanders and the four Directors up to the job?  Presently they are failing…e.g. observe the inordinate expenditures and what they are going for.

Kindest regards,

Joe McCutchen

arkansasfreedom.net 

www.fortsmithtruth.com   

The Makers & the Takers

The Makers & the Takers                                                                           May 25, 2011

Hardly a day goes by that some expansionist politician or bureaucrat isn’t busy dreaming up some government growing scheme. 

For instance, observe the world traveller UAFS Chancellor Beran aligning himself with a Monte Wilson and a Scott Hathaway.  In short, the three of them (the Takers) want the citizen taxpayers (the Makers) to pay for a nebulous creation called The Mallalieu Center for Academic Excellence.  The proposed creation, now hold on, will be a “church of reason serving the intellectual leaders of the next generation”, so says Beran.   Beran’s description of the “intellectual leaders” and calling them “at risk” students translates into more Taking from the Makers.

The old Mallalieu Church is a condemned building, so the taxpayers would not just have to pay for a new building but for the demolition of the old! Beran and his accomplices (the Takers) are asking the city for $300,000 for the demolition work.  The ultimate cost to fruition of this project will no doubt run into millions, compliments of the Makers.  In the very next breath Beran (Taker) is proposing a new city library next to the Mallalieu site, and not to be outdone most of the City Directors favored the Taker’s (Beran) idea.  

Shades of the “Food Tax”, the “Marshall’s Museum”, “West End”, “Ben Geren Park additions”, all the while Fort Smith gets a C-/D+ on its Economic Report Card.

 Government school systems already provide every service, including welfare, to the ‘at risk” categories, which also includes illegals. Beran wants to expand this Mallalieu welfare program right into UAFS by involving his students in teaching activities, thereby qualifying for huge amounts of Maker funding.

More on the A & P (Advertising & Promotions):  After the Tuesday A & P meeting concluded and the job description was scored (?) for the new Operations Director, Mayor Sanders and Bureau Chief Legris were asked what the new Operations Director ‘s salary would be, and on different occasions both Sanders & Legris could not recall the pay range. So much for transparency.

It is noted that another “retreat” was held this week produced by Ron Holifield, he’s the guy who charged $5,000 for a past one day retreat.  He runs an outfit called “Strategic Government Resources” which instructs Takers (predators) on ways to skin the Makers (taxpayers).  His credentials are: he is a former government employee.

On his first appearance he named our Directors “Creators”, “Advancers”, “Refiners”, “Executors”, and “Flexors”.  Can you imagine grown adults participating in this type of infantile behavior? 

The question now becomes, what did Holifield charge and what was his “strategic” message to our enlightened Directors at Lake Fort Smith Monday evening?

The following phrases show up on a regular basis in the Times Record and elsewhere and should we conclude that our homegrown city government created the doublespeak, or should we rather believe that the phrases originated in the U.N./D.C. cesspool to promulgate Agenda 21 and its many other names. For instance, Sustainable Development, Complete Streets, Quality of Place, Green Jobs, Going Green, Historic Preservation, Wetlands Projects, and new entries, Providence Community, compliments of Ivy Owens, Opportunity Fund from the Bureau Chief, Major Visions Components, Strategic Deployment, Vision 2015, ad infinitum.

These phrases are pulled out of the United Nation’s Socialist Agenda 21 to tighten the suburban corral and lock the gate in the name of globalism in order to better control and fleece the populace.

A conspiracy you say?  Obviously, you have failed to do your homework and that is to the Beran’s & other Takers liking.

The question becomes:  Are we Makers going to continue to let the Beran’s & the Holifield’s (Takers) negatively reshape our lives?

Kindest regards,

Joe McCutchen

arkansasfreedom.net

www.fortsmithtruth.com  

Vortex of Mass Taxation

FORT SMITH CITIZENS ARE CAUGHT IN A VORTEX OF MASS TAXATION

Naming two:                                                                                                                   May 23, 2011

  1. The Fort Smith Convention Center

The Terrible Four (City Directors Good, Merry, Tyler, & Weber) either for economics, political gain, or ideological reasons, recently voted to hang $1,800,000 in new taxes (1% prepared food tax) coupled to a $700,000 old tax (hotel tax) around the necks of Fort Smith and other citizens, placing their personal wishes above the rights of the voting public. 

 

In a special meeting Friday May 20, 2011, the Advertising & Promotion Commission adopted new bylaws and approved the rules & regulations that will govern the A & P’s collection and enforcement of “hospitality taxes”…note the word ENFORCEMENT; another case of government intrusion and heavy-handedness invading private enterprises–UNCONSTITUTIONAL.  Mayor Sandy Sanders is on the A & P Board, can we expect complete transparency without having to file FOIA’s?

 

Convention Center Bureau Chief Claude Legris, regarding his spending latitudes and in reality trying to justify the over $3 million per year dedicated to the Fort Smith Convention Center, cited the Little Rock A&P operates on a $9 million per year budget.  Claude, Fort Smith is not a Little Rock and no city official has given justification for the $3 million yearly expenditure

 

What the City Directors and the A & P must provide to citizens:

  1. The A & P Commission should publish a monthly statement of the amount of monies spent and for what purposes, and how much is on deposit.
  2. The bylaws, rules & regulations governing the operation of the C.C. must be published on the Center’s website.
  3. Are Board meetings open or closed?
  4. Is there any intention of creating 501 c3’s, c4’s, or any other type of non-profit? Non-profits equal contrived needs, fundraising, and high salaries & benefits.
  5. A complete list must be published regarding the salaries of all A & P employees, including perks and job descriptions.

Director Hutchings, you are my Director and does your appointment to the A & P Board guarantee that the above information will be posted forthwith on  a monthly basis…if not, why not?

  1. The improbable Marshall’s Museum Project was and is billed as a PRIVATE endeavor, yet city & county politicians and bureaucrats continue to subsidize its shaky christening.  Already in 2007 the state plowed in $2.2 million taxpayer money, Sebastian County dropped $215,000 in 2007, with another $215,000 to be given this fiscal year. There is no specific information regarding Fort Smith’s donation but it is known that the amount exceeds $300,000.  NOTE: THE TAXPAYERS HAVE RECEIVED NOTHING IN RETURN, NOR WILL THEY.

From circuitous financial data it appears that most of the financing comes from long-term pledges and volunteer efforts…accounting, etc. which is counted as funding, but not in real dollars.

It appears that the Museum Committee projects $2.63 million in assets—pledged, bequeaths, etc. along with a $1.87 million Riverfront property donated by the Bennie Westphal family.  It seems that an ultra-premium has been placed on the worth of the Westphal property.  The First National Bank in 2009 pledged $500,000 in 5 annual installments of $100,000.  Whether the First National Bank has started the pledged installments is not known.

The state of Arkansas’ donation to the embryonic Marshall’s Museum cannot be questioned on the basis of legality or morality since they have slush funds that can be disbursed at their choosing.   A much different question with reference to the Sebastian County government and the Fort Smith city government.  What is their authority and before disbursement why weren’t these grants brought to the attention of Fort Smith & Sebastian County voters?  Again, the nascent Marshall’s Museum has been and is billed as a PRIVATE endeavor, therefore; is it not at the very least a question of truth, ethics & financing and should be addressed by the Fort Smith Board of Directors?

Think citizens:  Can you envision what a 50,000 sq. ft. building, replete with unending amenities, and $50 million looks like?  Think further, the costs of maintaining such a behemoth, i.e. employee salaries, insurance of all varieties, maintenance, oversight, security, etc.  Citizens, have you any conception as to what the real numbers of customers and money would have to be to support the proposed Museum?  Of course not.

Monday May 23rd the Fort Smith Board of Directors will hold another one of their “retreats” at Lake Fort Smith. The agenda: “reviewing city priorities, discussing strategic & tactical priorities (a military engagement?), and major vision components”.  This is D.C. doublespeak.  Aren’t you impressed with “major vision components”?

THE MARSHALL MUSEUM FIX IS IN….LET THE METAMORPHOSES BEGIN…FROM A PRIVATE ENDEAVOR TO TAXPAYER FUNDING (THAT’S US).

Let us keep our eyes closely on this cast of characters.  Look for more proposed taxation.  The Vortex is in place.

See:  arkansasfreedom.net    &  www.fortsmithtruth.com   for details

Kindest regards,

Joe McCutchen

P.S. the Fort Smith Board of Directors surely should “review their priorities” post haste….get out of the entertainment business—remember the F.S. Economic Report Card, C-/D+ !

 

Funding follows failure…in every government endeavor


FUNDING FOLLOWS FAILURE                                                                     May 20, 2011 

Directors Merry, Good, Tyler, & Weber should be figuratively tarred & feathered… here is why.

The near defunct Fort Smith Convention Center needs to generate $1.1 million yearly to avoid a short-fall, so they say.

The Fort Smith hotel tax generates $700,000 per year, the Convention Center generates $650,000 per year, and it is said the recently ordained 1% “prepared food tax”, compliments of Directors Merry, Good, Tyler, & Weber will generate $1,800,000 per year…for a grand total of $3,150,000 yearly dedicated to the A & P.  I am aghast at their audacity!

The total of the aforementioned 3 sources of revenue is $2,050,000 in excess of what is needed to sustain the operations of the Convention Center.  Can you say huge surplus and where does it go and for what?  Chief Claude Legris envisions an “Opportunity Fund” (?), money for Bass Reeves monument (allegedly a private endeavor), festivals, the Arts Community, theater events, etc.  Legris is salivating and has the money spent before collected.

Who in their right mind could be expected to put that much money in the hands of an overpaid Claude Legris, the  A & P Commission, the City Mgr. Ray Gosack, and theTerrible Four listed above City Directors?

More incendiary arrogance exhibited by newly ordained Bureau Chief Legris:  On a question to Legris regarding oversight of these MILLIONs, Legris’ response “the A & P (Advertising & Promotion) is itself the mechanism of oversight”, i.e. they police themselves and for all practical purposes means there is no oversight.

The question arises again, what happens to the $2,050,000 surplus languishing in the hands of Claude Legris and his Commission?

Note that the $700,000 lodging tax and the $650,000 generated by the C.C. is enough to sustain the operation of the C.C. with funds left over for maintenance.  Therefore; why did Merry, Good, Tyler & Weber vote for a 1% prepared food tax while denying the citizens an opportunity to vote?   Is all of the above not malfeasance/misfeasance?

In the shadow of the invasive, non-essential tax comes other proposed taxing salvos from the terrible four.

  1. Director Tyler—“surplus prepared food tax money can be set aside, such as the U.S. Marshall’s Museum”,– (The pie-in-the-sky 1,000 lb. gorilla.) Does Tyler not understand that the Museum is a dedicated privately funded endeavor, even though the City Mgr & the terrible four (and perhaps others) have already dumped thousands of taxpayer dollars into the museum folly.  Is this not a violation of trust & ethics?
  2. The food tax is to begin in June and right on the heels of the food tax power grab, Tyler is already fanning the flames to establish “business/license fees”.
  3. Director Merry—stated “he recognizes that the Convention Center will have huge surpluses” and he stressed “putting some meat on the bone”.  (Translation=throwing more thousands at the C.C.)
  4. The aforementioned Terrible Four and Claude Legris bear watching very closely and can only be described as tax & spend Socialists. There is of course the heavy involvement of City Manager Gosack.
  5. Coercion and manipulation has produced a protection racket that envelopes the C.C., all the while the city of Fort Smith gets a C-/D+ on its Economic Report Card…and not one public comment from the Fort Smith City Directors regarding this dismal report.
  6. Are we dealing with ignorance or complicity, or a combination thereof?

Kindest regards,

Joe McCutchen

 

P.S. Why haven’t the Water Dept. checks been cashed??

 

arkansasfreedom.net

 

www.fortsmithtruth.com  

“Debt Ceiling”…do complicit congressmen have a clue??

Congressman Womack….in response to your recent letter

Steve,                                                                                                             May 14, 2011

It won’t be necessary for you to respond unless you put the Constitution over your big government allegiance.

Your positions are alarming, e.g.  approval of Patriot Acts, etc.  And here we have you and a number neocon republicans passing on lies and more lies that there is not sufficient funding to avoid putting the U. S. in a form of receivership.   I don’t use language like this very often, but this time it is necessary to tell you, you are a fool for perpetuating this kind of bullshit.

Obviously you and the Rino’s are preparing your bed to avoid Constitutional responsibility (freeze debt ceiling), followed by major CUTS, e.g. defunding Obamacare, the phony wars on terrorism (federal gov’t is the terrorist), sealing the borders, enforcing 8 USC, return the military from around the globe, & on, & on, & on.

You are a product, as I have said, of big government…how many monthly taxpayer funded checks are you now receiving?  You do not have the guts to cut Medicaid, which by the way, there are at least 20-30 million illegals living off hard-pressed middleclass Americans with their unearned, illegal largesse.

Steve, your statement “I am currently working with my Fellow Members of Congress to determine how we can stop the country from defaulting on its loans” (hint: freeze debt ceiling & CUT spending)…..and you people are setting the rules I have to live by???

Let me try you one more time.  Do you not see that raising the debt ceiling does indeed guarantee the irreversible rupture of this government and quoting Tim Geithner in any matter is a horrible emetic? 

Again, the federal government has at least $20 billion per month revenue and economists state daily that is plenty to secure our credit.

Your support for preemptive killings around the globe disqualifies you as a rational Constitutionalist.

Kindest regards,

Joe McCutchen

arkansasfreedom.net

Obama, Borders, Lies, & Murder

President Obama, Southwestern Border, Lies, & the disappearance of 1 million illegal Mexicans

The U.S. government, for a number of years, has been putting the lie to the actual numbers of illegal Mexicans & OTM’s nesting in our country.  The government number has been placed at 12 million and supported by the media for public consumption.   Even the least knowledgeable American fool knows that isn’t true simply by the fact that illegal Mexicans have been pouring in across our southwestern border since the late 1940’s.

In 2005 the banking firm of Bear Sterns completed an exhaustive study that concluded there were at least 25 million illegal Mexicans and could go as high as 35 million here and contrary to the open-borders crowd, that would be democrats, Libertarians and other violators of U.S. law, e.g. Tyson’s & the Catholic church, etc. none of this raunchy collection are “hiding in the shadows”.  

Now on to Obama.  On a campaign swing to the southwestern border Wednesday 5/10/11 sucking up to Mexicans, legal & illegal, and certainly no regard for the illegal Mexican invasion taking place, he claimed there were only 11 million illegals here.   The power of a president…voila…a million Mexicans disappear!
  Obama is a student of the Marxist Communist Saul Alinsky and he was taught the bigger the lie the more believable…and Obama is an absolute whiz at lying, and oh yes, murder. Libya, grandchildren, innocent civilians, while Americans cheer & clap for assassination.

Lie #2…he stated with exuberance that the southwest border was more secure than it ever has been.(In truth it has never been more violent & dangerous, with government orders not to travel in certain U.S. sectors)

Lie #3…the border fence had been completed. (In truth, only 600 miles out of 2,200 are done.

In regard to border security, Obama has recently decreased border funding by $198 million and also removed all but 1,300 National Guard.

Do the most politically correct not see the oxymoron that U.S. military forces are defending borders around the globe and U.S. borders are as porous as Swiss cheese, all the while most Americans stupidly go about their daily lives and never put together a coherent thought regarding American sovereignty and its Founding Principles?

There are those who believe Obama does not understand the magnitude of the destruction he is creating.  That is a belief built on ignorance. He knows full well what he is doing, i.e. turning this once proud republic into a whimpering pack of enslaved citizens who continue to elect & reelect anti-constitutional thugs to office.

How many American jobs have illegal Mexicans stolen and why is 8 USC not being enforced?  It is said that the 25-35 million illegal Mexicans & OTM’s can’t be deported.  Enforce 8 USC and the illegals will self-deport.

Kindest regards,

Joe McCutchen                                arkansasfreedom.net                                      May 11, 2011

Expose, Rebuke, Return