On Obama’s Refusal to Negotiate Shutdown

Speaker of the House John Boehner says President’s Refusal to Negotiate Puts Our Economy at Risk

Posted by Speaker Boehner's Press Office

October 7th, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) today made the following remarks on the House floor:

“Over the last 10 days we have been through quite a bit – sent four bills to the United States Senate to keep our government open and to protect the American people from the harmful effects of ObamaCare.

Each of these requests was denied by the United States Senate.

After the fourth effort, we asked to go to conference and sit down and resolve our differences to keep the government open and to provide fairness to the American people under ObamaCare.

The Senate Democrats once again said ‘no.’

“The president had us all down to the White House last week, only to remind me that he was not going to negotiate over keeping the government open or over the looming need to increase the debt limit.

The president’s refusal to negotiate is hurting our economy and putting our country at risk.

This morning, a senior White House official said that the president would rather default than to sit down and negotiate.

Really?

The president – I’m going to say this again – a senior White House staffer this morning said that the president would rather default on our debt than to sit down and negotiate.

“Now, the American people expect when their leaders have differences, and we’re in a time of crisis, we’ll sit down and at least have a conversation.

Really, Mr. President, it’s time to have that conversation before our economy is put further at risk.”

EDITOR'S NOTE:

Why won't President Obama negotiate and/or compromise?

It is said that that is the beauty of our system when it works, that we can bring our differences to the table and seek compromise.

To me, it appears as though President Obama just wants to inflict as much economic pain on the American people as possible.

He appears to be enjoying his assertion of power. His actions are that of a leader filled with a sickness of hate for the people and the laws he is sworn to serve and protect. 

Tom Correa

Editor

American Cowboy Chronicles 

Obama Criminal Indictment - Part One

Dear Readers,

A while ago, I reported on an effort by a Pro Texas Independence group to do just that, separate itself from the United States government and form an independent nation.
It would rid itself of the hamstrings of the Federal Government.

It would also send a message to the Obama administration that they might only be the first to do such a thing if Obama pushes his policies of using the Federal Government to attack the citizens of the United States.

As I said before, the straw that breaks the back is usually loaded on by those who think they can do whatever they want to whomever they want!

And yes, in my humble opinion, I believe that President Obama is criminal in his actions toward the citizens of the United States.

The actions of the Federal Government under President Obama have been criminal because this president has used agencies and departments to attack, intimidate, and enslave citizens of the United States to the point of conducting criminal actions.

Like it or not, through his actions, Barack Hussein Obama has become a tyrant.

Today we Americans find ourselves facing a new tyranny being perpetrated against us by President Obama and his cronies.

President Obama and his cohorts have abused their positions of power, over-stepped their authority, sought to intimidate and coerce the citizenry, and have even committed felony crimes against the citizens of the United States.

All with no accountability or actions taken by the president to remedy these actions - thus clearly indicating an approval of those activities on the president's part.

So now, let's detail the crimes that have been perpetrated against us, the citizens of the United States, by President Barack Hussein Obama and the Federal Government which he commands.

Let's take one agency or Department at a time:

The Internal Revenue Service

The IRS has improperly targeted Tea Party and Conservative organizations for scrutiny, harassment, intimidation, delays, and worse just because of the name or nature of their organizations seeking tax exempt status while simultaneously giving absolutely none of the same to left leaning groups.

This was all taking place while Liberal organizations and individuals, like Presidents Obama’s half-brother, were given expedited preferential treatment.

The IRS even had the nerve to ask some Conservative groups for the contents of their prayers, what books they read, the names of the children they had educated about liberty and the Constitution, access to social media and website postings, and details about the past and future elected office aspirations of their members.

Even worse some 40 different groups had their confidential information and tax forms given to ProPublica - which is a leftist media outlet in order to attack those groups and their members.

If you don't know it, that is a crime, a felony, and against IRS rules and regulations.

The IRS also somehow managed to given the confidential tax records of the National Organization for Marriage to one of its issue opponents including a list of its donors in an attempt to attack and smear Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

The IRS doing such things are numerous, well documented, and we have only scratched the tip of the iceberg on that malfeasance.

The Department of Justice

Under the leadership of Attorney General Eric Holder and his top deputies including Thomas Perez have committed numerous transgressions.

There was the dismissal of charges against the New Black Panthers in Philadelphia for voter intimidation when the guilt and evidence against the Black Panthers was overwhelming - and yes, on film.

There was the criminal exercise known as Operation Fast and Furious where gun smugglers were allowed to take firearms purchased in the US across the border into Mexico where those weapons were then given to the ultra violent narco-terrorist drug cartels with no effort made to track these weapons.

Those weapons have since been used to kill hundreds of Mexicans and at least two US law enforcement officers including Border Patrol agent Brian Terry.

If that wasn’t bad enough Eric Holder and his Justice Department lied to Congress in a letter stating that no such operation was taking place - yes, they committed Purjury.

Because of the lies and the incredibly flawed nature of Fast and Furious Congress demanded full access to all documents and related materials to the botched operation.

Eric Holder’s refusal to give Congress that access, including invoking executive privilege, prompted the House of Representatives to find Eric Holder in contempt of Congress, the first time that has ever been done.

Then there is the DOJ’s political payback directed at the Associated Press under the guise of an investigation into national security leaks.

The AP had sat on a counter-terrorism story for several days at the request of the government because of national security concerns, however when the government requested an additional day of no reporting, not out of security concerns but because President Obama wanted to break the story at a press conference the AP balked and ran with the story.

This clearly angered the Obama administration who proceeded to investigate the AP for running with the story instead of giving President Obama his chance to gloat.

Some 20 phone lines of 100 AP reporters and editors were tapped by the Justice Department.

Before that abuse of the First Amendment and the Free Press, Eric Holder signed off on a search warrant of Fox News reporter James Rosen naming him a co-conspirator under the Espionage Act.

The DOJ monitored Rosen’s movements inside Washington D.C., accessed his private emails and monitored his and his parents phones.

And what was Rosen’s supposed crime?

Well, he reported that the Dictator of North Korea was planning to test detonate a nuclear weapon as part of its strategy to get sanctions against them lessened - hardly shocking or classified information, since that kind of behavior by North Korea is routine.

In a twist that could only come about from a corrupt public official Eric Holder committed perjury when he told a House committee in mid-May that he had never heard of, or been a part of, nor approved exactly what he did to James Rosen.

These are the actions of a totalitarian regime and are a bill of particulars warranting a criminal indictment against Eric Holder for a whole host of charges.


Obama Criminal Indictment - Part Two

Compiled by Tom Correa

Shot by a Woman, Sacramento Union, 1860

Published in the Sacramento Union on June 8th, 1860:
Shot by a Woman

A friend from Carson City, who arrived yesterday, informs us [the Sacramento Union] that a Mexican named Manuel Marquez was shot at that place by a woman, under the following circumstances:

The woman is married, has two children, and is living with her husband. The fellow approached her with proposals, which she resented as a gross insult. He then threatened her life and that of her husband, and did fire two shots into the house in which they lived.

Thereupon he was arrested, taken before Judge Cradlebaugh, and after the facts were elicited, was required to give bonds for his appearance at Court in the sum of five hundred dollars, or remain in the custody of the Marshal.

As the parties were leaving the Court room, the woman in company with her husband walked up behind the Mexican, when she drew a pistol from her pocket and shot him dead, the ball entering under his left shoulder and passing through the heart.

The act was applauded by those present.

The Mexican was a desperado, who had served a term in the California penitentiary.

-- end of article

The newspaper article above is presented here exactly as it was published in the Sacramento Union back on June 8th, 1860. News coming over the Sierra Nevada mountains by word of mouth was not out of the ordinary back in those days. That was especially true by 1860 that was the year that Carson City became the capital of Nevada, and any news coming out of it's capital was of interest on the west side of the Sierra Mountains in California.

As a piece of trivia, Carson City was named for the famous mountain man Christopher "Kit" Carson. He was part of the first Americans who arrived with John C. Fremont and his exploration party into California in January of 1843. Carson was hired by Fremont for his expedition specifically because of Carson's knowledge of the region. 

As for the news story above, isn't it amazing how "the act was applauded by those present." 

I don't know if the Mexican desperado threatened her or not while walking out of the court, but all in all it really didn't mater. It appears that the brave woman involved was not going to take any chances. She was not going to wait for that desperado to harm her family while out on bail.

Since those around her applauded, it tells me that she probably got off with killing him for reasons of self-defense. None of this surprises me really, back then folks simply did not wait for the law to handle their problems for them.

People were a lot more self-sufficient, self-reliant, and knew real well that their security was in their own hands - and not that of the government. Whether it be the federal, state, county, or city governments, people back then knew that it was not the government's job to protect them from every harm. People knew without question that it was their responsibility to look after themselves. People back then did just that. The woman in 1860 who took it upon herself to shoot that Mexican desperado and not wait for the law to protect her family is a good example of that.

Isn't it interesting that history is repeating itself since many Americans today are also realizing that they need to fend for themselves and not wait for the police to provide them security. While many of us never depended on the police for protection, more Americans today know way too well that by the time the police do arrive. Too many of us know the reality that by the time the police do show up, the perpetrators have come and gone, property has been broken or stolen, victims are injured or worse, and the police only take a report about what took place.

As for those who get away with assault, battery, and worse? Since the vast majority of victims never see their assailants caught or prosecuted, the lack of consequence for the lawless is now making more and more Americans look after and provide security for themselves without any help from others. I see that as a good thing.

Tom Correa

Vigilance Affairs at Carson Valley, Placerville Register,1858

VIGILANCE AFFAIRS AT CARSON VALLEY

A correspondent of the Placerville Register, writing from Genoa, Nevada, July 28th, [1858] says:

I told you in my last letter that we expected to have some sport the next day, in the way of proving the right of property, at the mouth of double barreled shotguns.

The respective parties met within three miles of each other, the anti-Vigilantes numbering 47 and the Vigilantes 30.

Early in the morning the Vigilantes sent a courier to the anti-Vigilantes to tell them that the Executive Committee was then in session, and that they would send another courier in the course of two hours, with proposals to settle all difficulties.

The courier came and said that the Committee had concluded to accept the money and give up the cattle, which was satisfactory.

The Vigilance Committee met again last Saturday, and made laws and elected officers. Their officers consist of two Judges, a Clerk, and a Sheriff.

Among the laws they passed is, that if any person is guilty of stealing any property to the value of $25, they are to be hung by the neck until they are dead; and that upon conviction of stealing a smaller amount, they are to be fined from $50 to $1,000, and banished from the Valley.

While this was going on, the anti-Vigilantes signed a petition to Governor Cumming, and sent it on, requesting him to extend his jurisdiction over, and re-organize the county of Carson.

--end of article.

EDITOR'S NOTE:

The above article is published as it was in the Placerville Register and article reprinted in the Sacramento Union, August 2nd, 1858. This small article, from a newspaper of the time, really shows what Frontier Justice was all about in what was called the "Far West" of the United States where organized law was not always present.

It is interesting to note that a guilty verdict in Genoa resulted in either a hanging or banishment. It was very clear, very black and white, if you did the crime this is what will happen to you.

It's no wonder that crime was not really that big of an issue in the Old West -- at least relatively speaking if we consider the amount of people there were in those towns and mining camps at the time. A combination of having clear consequences to breaking the law and the carrying of firearms made the Old West much safer than the cities in the East.  

The above picture is part of the Carson Valley on the East side of the Sierra. One website on its history says, explorers and trappers made their way through this area before the area was settled.

Carson Valley is at a crossroads of sorts.  It sits at the transition between the Sierra Nevada range and the Great Basin, the West Coast of the Old Wild West, the high alpine and the high desert. The valley is guarded on the west by rugged 10,000-foot peaks, the same mountains that cradle Lake Tahoe. 

Northern Nevada’s most scenic valley is scattered with open space, golf courses, expansive farms and ranches, parks, shops and hotels.  The Carson Valley stretches from Genoa in the northwest through the towns of Gardnerville and Minden.  Topaz Lake is to its south.

Back in the Old West, the Sierra Nevada Mountains were a fearful barrier for travelers between Placerville, California on the west side and a small settlement on the east side called Leeteville. Before making the hard climb over the Sierra, travelers coming from the east would stop to rest and re-provision themselves at Leeteville, formerly referred to as "Ragtown", the name coming from laundry hanging on nearby bushes to dry.

For a time, this was the last settlement on the East side of the Sierra. The story of the disappearance of Leeteville is for another day.

In 1849, Brigham Young dispatched a party to the area that established a colony known simply as "Mormon Station" at the very foot of the Sierra.

In June of 1851, John Reese and his party built a trading post that the area began to attract settlers and became a permanent settlement. Reese and his men took up land claims extending from the Walley's Hot Springs marsh area south of Genoa into Jack's Valley on the north.

Known as "Mormon Station," after building a trading post, Reese built a house and sent for his family in New York. Later, Reese added a blacksmith shop and a large corral for livestock. The Overland Emigrant Trail passed down what is now Genoa's Main Street.

Reese's operation did very well and when the Mormons were called back to Salt Lake City in 1857, Reese decided to stay to protect his business and extensive land claims - but did return to Salt Lake City in 1859 after business reversals.

Orson Hyde, an elder in the Mormon Church, was sent to "Mormon Station", Utah Territory, to set up a government, survey the town into lots, and define the state line between California and Utah Territory. He renamed Mormon Station "Genoa" in 1855.

As the story goes, Hyde admired Christopher Columbus and so named the town site" Genoa" after Columbus's birth place of Genoa, Italy. Orson Hyde was the first probate Judge. Court matters were settled by Judge Hyde in the loft of Reese's trading post. Yes, the loft.

Believe it or not, entrance to the loft was gained by climbing a ladder on the outside of the building then climbing through a large window into the loft. This loft was also used as a type of hotel for those pioneers traveling by foot and wishing to stay the night.

Genoa became a commercial center during Territorial days and settled down to a quiet existence as the county seat and a trading center for Douglas County. As the population of Douglas County and Genoa grew, people of many nationalities settled in the area. Industrious Danish and German people recognized the Valley as a wonderful crop growing area.

They drained the swamp areas where ranches and farms began to produce hay, grains, and pastures for livestock. Barns were built with small blacksmith shops nearby to make the needed farm equipment, plows, seeders, mowers, etc. Orchards and vegetable gardens were planted.

This all took time but year after year improvements were made. Other nationalities were the Italians, English, Welsh and Irish. All these early pioneers contributed to the beautiful Valley as it is seen today.

The most significant event in the history of Genoa was probably the June 28th, 1910 fire. Two blocks of the business district and several homes burned that day. The fire was started by an inmate in the County Alms house (poor house) located in what was originally built as a hotel at the corner of Main and Nixon St. The poor man decided to burn a pan of sulfur under his bed to get rid of bed bugs. There was still some flame in the pan that set his straw mattress on fire and so most of the town.

The courthouse was a brick shell after the fire. The County Commissioners authorized repairs but a few years later, in 1916, the County Seat was moved eight miles south-east to Minden, Nevada. Of course, unfortunately for Genoa, many of the businesses that burned in the 1910 fire also set up shop in the growing communities of Gardnerville and Minden.

So why would I care to include this information to an old news article about a Vigilance Committee?

That area of Nevada is only about 2 hours from the area where I live. Today, those farms and ranches provide a great deal of quality hay and other agriculture for California. Genoa, Gardnerville, Miden, and the surrounding area supply prime hay for our cattle and horses here on the West side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

The history that took place in California and Nevada are interesting parts of Old West history. Too bad it is that too often the Old West of our area is overlooked by "Old West" historians too often stuck on the "Old West" that took place back East  in the Mid-West instead of the Far-West.

Yes, back in their day, the folks back then called out here the "Far West" but I call it the "Real West."

Tom Correa
Editor
The American Cowboy Chronicles
Two favorite quotes:

"Let us speak courteously, deal fairly, and keep ourselves armed and ready."
- Theodore Roosevelt, 1903

“I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a-hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.”
― John Wayne, The Shootist, 1976