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Oklahoma Senate Bill Nullifies Common Core

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It is rare, when something positive is provided in the News. The Oklahoma Senate Education Committee has passed a House bill to abolish Common Core standards. HB3399 was passed by an 11-0 vote to nullify the federally mandated standards, and provide its own standards, adopted by the State Board of Education by Aug. 1, 2014. This bill is an attempt to nullify Common Core.
Oklahoma Bill to Nullify Common Core

 The bill was sponsored and introduced by Oklahoma Speaker of the House Jeff Hickman, and the bill was passed March 25, 2014. The bill should put a halt on the disliked federally-controlled education. This will put the powers back to the State, and allow the state to remain sovereign.
New Deal legislation from the Federal government is an attempt for the federal government to seize more power over the states. These generally come with mandates imposed by the federal government in the name of standards. Once accepted, the power of the state is shifted over to the federal government.

 The Constitution of the United States, the apex of our laws, broke the powers into three governments. The Federal, State, and Local government should retain their powers. However, we continue to see a move of intra-Governmental relationships, where the Federal government is becoming more centralized and powerful.

 It is refreshing to see the States push back on the Federal Government and maintain their powers of the State.

 Common Core supporters were discouraged about the passing of the Oklahoma

 bill. Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin believes the bill will accomplish its goals and be signed into law. Fallin has been one of other Governors in support of state controlled standards, as opposed to federally controlled standards.

 The Constitution does not mention education, due to the responsibility residing primarily in the states. The question will be if the remaining states will stand up and take on their responsibility for education standards or roll over to the Federal Government.

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Eminent Domain- Governmental Theft of Your Property

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A family in Colorado is under attack. After purchasing their home and land, they have found that the county is threatening to take their land under eminent domain.
Andy and Ceil Barrie found a small century-old cabin with 13,000 and 14,000 panorama foot peaks to be an ideal location. The couple fell in love with the 3-bedroom cabin sitting in a ten-acre parcel within the midst of the White River National Forest.

Andy and Ceil Barrie

The couple’s cabin is reached by following an old 1.2 mile mining road. The county government is now feigning alarm over the Barries driving their ATV the 1.2 miles to their cabin. The county government first attempted to buy the land, but the Barries were not interested in selling their new home. Now the county government is calling for eminent domain in order to seize the land.
The move obviously shocked the Barries, who have always allowed hikers to travel on their 10-acre parcel of land, and had no intention to “develop.”
“I feel like I can’t trust my government.” Andy Barrie
Open space “is all it’s ever been,” said Andy Barrie. “I feel like I can’t trust my government.”
The Summit County Attorney Jeff Huntley said the county had to act, since the Barries insisted on using their ATV for transportation back and forth to their home. “People in this community are very intent on preserving the back country,” he said.
The Barries originally hiked to the cabin on the old miner’s road and found the home on the 10-acre land to be perfect. Purchasing the century-old cabin and land for $550,000, it came with the ATV, allowing them transportation during the winter.
The U.S. Forest Service informed the Barries they could not use the ATV on the road to access their 10 acres of land. The Barries’ land and cabin floats like an island within the 2.1 million acres of the White River National Forest.
Countering they had a legal right to travel the old road, the Barries challenged the U.S. Forest Service.Summit County reached out and attempted to buy their land, but was turned down.
Fake environmental issue
County commissioners then voted to condemn the property, citing the “public motorized access” to the property could damage the alpine tundra and streams. Additionally the county commissioners said the ATV being driven on the miner’s road could damage the habitat for the endangered lynx.
Making matters worse, the county discovered the prior owner had illegally expanded the upper mining cabin by building its second story and deck. The Barries are pursuing legal action  against the prior owner, while fighting off the county.
Eminent Domain and the Courts
Eminent domain by definition is, to “take private property for public use by a state or national government.” With the increase in the Federal Government providing “stimulus” money to the states, eminent domain has risen across the nation.
”The Fifth Amendment to the Constitution says ‘nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.’  The issue is, what exactly qualifies as  “just compensation” ?
The first case of eminent domain occurred in 1876 and was recognized by the Supreme Court, in Kohl v. United States. The Court affirmed the power existed in the National Government as it was with the State.

Fast forward to today and you have the government attempting to use eminent domain to seize secured mortgage loans.
The Barries continue to fight in order to keep their land. They are at the point that they may demolish the cabin and sleep in tents, if only to save their land.
“We just want the land,” Ceil Barrie said forlornly.

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Here is your $43,000 debt bill

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A knock on the door interrupts Tom from his football game. His wife and two kids are out shopping, so who could it be? Answering the door, an official envelope is provided to him from the United States Government. ‘What could this be’? He wondered, as the game goes into another commercial.

Opening the envelope, he is greeted with a bill from the government for $43,000 dollars.

Since Obama has come into the office, the debt ceiling has been raised seven times. Those increases from Congress added an additional $43,000 dollars for every individual American household, this last four years. While no “official envelope” is provided, the debt is real.

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