Monday, June 28, 2010
Napolitano has it right.
We have a One Big Government Party system. It has a Republican wing that likes war and deficits and assaults on civil liberties and a Democratic wing that likes welfare and taxes and attacks on commercial liberties. It doesn't care about your freedoms because in exercising them you are an obstacle to its power. ...And it will do anything to stay in power."- Judge Andrew Napolitano
Sunday, June 20, 2010
The Rules of Due Process
The Rules of Due Process
I will work with the state of Wisconsin to ensure that “The rules of due process” are the People’s Power to control the machine we call government and get the redress for our grievances that millions died for!
The legal industry has hidden the rules of due process from you and from the rest of the public, so lawyers can charge exorbitant fees to do what any 8th grader should be able to do. Due process is your #1 right, because without it none of your other “rights” are enforceable in court! But! To enforce your rights you need to use the rules!
The Constitution mentions due process. It doesn’t begin to explain what due process is or how to use it to control courts … and thereby to control judges, lawyers, giant banks, high-minded government officials, or even angry neighbors! Can we Americans afford not to learn the rules? Due process is the power of the people to control their government by controlling the courts!
I believe it’s criminal for a government to refuse to teach its People how to use due process to enforce the People’s God-given rights! But, our leaders refuse to teach us the rules by which they control us! So I will work with the state and other educational units to get this education put into place. The citizens up until around the 1900’s knew Due Process and we should to.
I will work with the state of Wisconsin to ensure that “The rules of due process” are the People’s Power to control the machine we call government and get the redress for our grievances that millions died for!
The legal industry has hidden the rules of due process from you and from the rest of the public, so lawyers can charge exorbitant fees to do what any 8th grader should be able to do. Due process is your #1 right, because without it none of your other “rights” are enforceable in court! But! To enforce your rights you need to use the rules!
The Constitution mentions due process. It doesn’t begin to explain what due process is or how to use it to control courts … and thereby to control judges, lawyers, giant banks, high-minded government officials, or even angry neighbors! Can we Americans afford not to learn the rules? Due process is the power of the people to control their government by controlling the courts!
I believe it’s criminal for a government to refuse to teach its People how to use due process to enforce the People’s God-given rights! But, our leaders refuse to teach us the rules by which they control us! So I will work with the state and other educational units to get this education put into place. The citizens up until around the 1900’s knew Due Process and we should to.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
New ICE rules for illegal alien detainees
IMPROVING DETENTION
ICE and the private prison company Corrections Corporation of America have agreed to make more than 24 changes at nine facilities. The changes include:
• Relaxing security: Low-risk detainees will have "freedom of movement" in the facilities and will no longer be subject to lock downs or lights out.
• Access: Detainees will be able to have visitors stay as long as they like within a 12-hour window. The facilities will increase attorney visitation space, add un-monitored phone lines and give detainees email and free, Internet-based calling. A unit manager will be available to take complaints directly from detainees.
• Daily life: Detainees will be allowed to wear regular clothing, will have at least four hours of recreation daily, and will be offered cooking, art and dance classes.
Source: ICE
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are preparing to roll out a series of changes at several privately owned immigration detention centers, including relaxing some security measures for low-risk detainees and offering art classes, bingo and continental breakfast on the weekends.
The changes, detailed in an internal ICE e-mail obtained by the Houston Chronicle, were welcomed by immigrant advocates who have been waiting for the Obama administration to deliver on a promise made in August to overhaul the nation's immigration detention system.
The more than 24 changes identified in the e-mail range from the superficial to the substantive. In addition to "softening the look of the facility" with hanging plants and offering fresh carrot sticks, ICE will allow for the "free movement" of low-risk detainees, expand visiting hours and provide unmonitored phone lines.
ICE officials said the changes are part of broader efforts to make the immigration detention system less penal and more humane.
Union objects
But the plans are prompting protests by ICE's union leaders, who say they will jeopardize the safety of agents, guards and detainees and increase the bottom line for taxpayers. Tre Rebstock, president for Local 3332, the ICE union in Houston, likened the changes to creating "an all-inclusive resort" for immigration detainees.
"Our biggest concern is that someone is going to get hurt," he said, taking particular issue with plans to relax restrictions on the movement of low-risk detainees and efforts to reduce and eliminate pat-down searches.
The changes outlined in the ICE e-mail are planned for nine detention centers owned and operated by Corrections Corporation of America, including the 900-bed Houston Contract Detention Facility on the city's north side. Some of the changes will be implemented within 30 days, while others may take up to six months, said Beth Gibson, ICE's senior counselor to Assistant Secretary John Morton and a leader of the detention reform effort.
Some of the other major changes include:
• • Eliminating lockdowns and lights-out for low-risk detainees.
• • Allowing visitors to stay as long as they like in a 12-hour period.
• • Providing a unit manger so detainees have someone to report problems to other than the guard.
• • Allowing low-risk detainees to wear their own clothing or other non-penal attire.
• • Providing e-mail access and Internet-based free phone service.
'It's about deportation'
Gibson said the improvements are part of ICE's efforts to detain immigrants in the least restrictive manner possible while ensuring they leave the country if ordered to do so.
"When people come to our custody, we're detaining them to effect their removal," Gibson said. "It's about deportation. It's not about punishing people for a crime they committed."
ICE officials have faced pressure from immigrant advocates and some members of Congress to improve the detention conditions for the roughly 400,000 immigrants it houses annually. The agency has relied on a hodgepodge of more than 250 government-run detention centers, private prisons and local jails to accommodate its growing population — with roughly one in four detainees held in Texas.
At the CCA facilities that have agreed to ICE's changes, detainees will see more variety in their dining hall menus and have self-serve beverage and fresh vegetable bars.
CCA also plans to offer movie nights, bingo, arts and crafts, dance and cooking classes, tutoring and computer training, the e-mail states.
Detainees also will be allowed four hours or more of recreation "in a natural setting, allowing for robust aerobic exercise."
CCA also committed to improving the look of the facilities, such as requiring plants, fresh paint and new bedding in lower-risk units.
Advocates pleased
Some of the improvements offered at the CCA facilities counted as hard-fought victories for immigrant advocates, including plans to improve visitor and attorney access.
"A lot of these measures are what we've been advocating for," said Lory Rosenberg, policy and advocacy director for Refugee and Migrants' Rights for Amnesty International. "Many of these points are very important to changing the system from a penal system, which is inappropriate in an immigration context, to a civil detention system."
Union members said they have concerns about the plans, primarily focusing on safety.
Rebstocksaid some detainees may be classified as low-risk because they have no serious criminal history, but still may be gang members that "haven't been caught doing anything wrong yet."
He also said eliminating lock downs will make it more difficult to protect detainees from one another. He said reducing or eliminating pat-down searches could allow contraband into the facilities, including weapons.
Gibson, with ICE, said the agency is developing a sophisticated classification system and will make sure "that our detainees are still safe and sound."
"As a general matter, it will be the non-criminals who don't present a danger to anyone else who are benefitting from the lowest level of custody," Gibson said.
Cost to taxpayers
Rebstock also questioned the cost to taxpayers for the changes.
"My grandparents would have loved to have bingo night and a dance class at the retirement home they were in when they passed away, but that was something we would have had to pay for," he said. "And yet these guys are getting it on the taxpayers' dime."
Gibson said CCA is making the improvements at no additional cost to ICE. The agency's latest contract with CCA for the Houston detention center requires that ICE pay $99 per bed daily for each detainee, which is slightly lower than the $102 average daily rate ICE pays nationally for contract detention facilities.
Rosenberg said some of the changes, like new flower baskets, may seem small, but they will combine with the bigger changes to make a difference in the daily lives of detainees.
"Taken together they will go some way to making this system less penal," she said.
ICE and the private prison company Corrections Corporation of America have agreed to make more than 24 changes at nine facilities. The changes include:
• Relaxing security: Low-risk detainees will have "freedom of movement" in the facilities and will no longer be subject to lock downs or lights out.
• Access: Detainees will be able to have visitors stay as long as they like within a 12-hour window. The facilities will increase attorney visitation space, add un-monitored phone lines and give detainees email and free, Internet-based calling. A unit manager will be available to take complaints directly from detainees.
• Daily life: Detainees will be allowed to wear regular clothing, will have at least four hours of recreation daily, and will be offered cooking, art and dance classes.
Source: ICE
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are preparing to roll out a series of changes at several privately owned immigration detention centers, including relaxing some security measures for low-risk detainees and offering art classes, bingo and continental breakfast on the weekends.
The changes, detailed in an internal ICE e-mail obtained by the Houston Chronicle, were welcomed by immigrant advocates who have been waiting for the Obama administration to deliver on a promise made in August to overhaul the nation's immigration detention system.
The more than 24 changes identified in the e-mail range from the superficial to the substantive. In addition to "softening the look of the facility" with hanging plants and offering fresh carrot sticks, ICE will allow for the "free movement" of low-risk detainees, expand visiting hours and provide unmonitored phone lines.
ICE officials said the changes are part of broader efforts to make the immigration detention system less penal and more humane.
Union objects
But the plans are prompting protests by ICE's union leaders, who say they will jeopardize the safety of agents, guards and detainees and increase the bottom line for taxpayers. Tre Rebstock, president for Local 3332, the ICE union in Houston, likened the changes to creating "an all-inclusive resort" for immigration detainees.
"Our biggest concern is that someone is going to get hurt," he said, taking particular issue with plans to relax restrictions on the movement of low-risk detainees and efforts to reduce and eliminate pat-down searches.
The changes outlined in the ICE e-mail are planned for nine detention centers owned and operated by Corrections Corporation of America, including the 900-bed Houston Contract Detention Facility on the city's north side. Some of the changes will be implemented within 30 days, while others may take up to six months, said Beth Gibson, ICE's senior counselor to Assistant Secretary John Morton and a leader of the detention reform effort.
Some of the other major changes include:
• • Eliminating lockdowns and lights-out for low-risk detainees.
• • Allowing visitors to stay as long as they like in a 12-hour period.
• • Providing a unit manger so detainees have someone to report problems to other than the guard.
• • Allowing low-risk detainees to wear their own clothing or other non-penal attire.
• • Providing e-mail access and Internet-based free phone service.
'It's about deportation'
Gibson said the improvements are part of ICE's efforts to detain immigrants in the least restrictive manner possible while ensuring they leave the country if ordered to do so.
"When people come to our custody, we're detaining them to effect their removal," Gibson said. "It's about deportation. It's not about punishing people for a crime they committed."
ICE officials have faced pressure from immigrant advocates and some members of Congress to improve the detention conditions for the roughly 400,000 immigrants it houses annually. The agency has relied on a hodgepodge of more than 250 government-run detention centers, private prisons and local jails to accommodate its growing population — with roughly one in four detainees held in Texas.
At the CCA facilities that have agreed to ICE's changes, detainees will see more variety in their dining hall menus and have self-serve beverage and fresh vegetable bars.
CCA also plans to offer movie nights, bingo, arts and crafts, dance and cooking classes, tutoring and computer training, the e-mail states.
Detainees also will be allowed four hours or more of recreation "in a natural setting, allowing for robust aerobic exercise."
CCA also committed to improving the look of the facilities, such as requiring plants, fresh paint and new bedding in lower-risk units.
Advocates pleased
Some of the improvements offered at the CCA facilities counted as hard-fought victories for immigrant advocates, including plans to improve visitor and attorney access.
"A lot of these measures are what we've been advocating for," said Lory Rosenberg, policy and advocacy director for Refugee and Migrants' Rights for Amnesty International. "Many of these points are very important to changing the system from a penal system, which is inappropriate in an immigration context, to a civil detention system."
Union members said they have concerns about the plans, primarily focusing on safety.
Rebstocksaid some detainees may be classified as low-risk because they have no serious criminal history, but still may be gang members that "haven't been caught doing anything wrong yet."
He also said eliminating lock downs will make it more difficult to protect detainees from one another. He said reducing or eliminating pat-down searches could allow contraband into the facilities, including weapons.
Gibson, with ICE, said the agency is developing a sophisticated classification system and will make sure "that our detainees are still safe and sound."
"As a general matter, it will be the non-criminals who don't present a danger to anyone else who are benefitting from the lowest level of custody," Gibson said.
Cost to taxpayers
Rebstock also questioned the cost to taxpayers for the changes.
"My grandparents would have loved to have bingo night and a dance class at the retirement home they were in when they passed away, but that was something we would have had to pay for," he said. "And yet these guys are getting it on the taxpayers' dime."
Gibson said CCA is making the improvements at no additional cost to ICE. The agency's latest contract with CCA for the Houston detention center requires that ICE pay $99 per bed daily for each detainee, which is slightly lower than the $102 average daily rate ICE pays nationally for contract detention facilities.
Rosenberg said some of the changes, like new flower baskets, may seem small, but they will combine with the bigger changes to make a difference in the daily lives of detainees.
"Taken together they will go some way to making this system less penal," she said.
Monday, April 19, 2010
The Support Rob Taylor for US Senate store now open
The support "Rob Taylor for US Senate" store now open!!
Now you can show your support and order buttons, bummer stickers, T-shirts and even coffee mugs. All proceeds go to the Support Rob Taylor for US Senate campaign.
http://www.cafepress.com/taylorforsenate
Visit the Rob Taylor for US Senate store today!!!
Now you can show your support and order buttons, bummer stickers, T-shirts and even coffee mugs. All proceeds go to the Support Rob Taylor for US Senate campaign.
http://www.cafepress.com/taylorforsenate
Visit the Rob Taylor for US Senate store today!!!
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Articles of Freedom
I am pleased to report that Rob Taylor, who is running for Senate to replace Russ Feingold, has enthusiastically PLEDGED to the Articles of Freedom. It is his intent to execute the Remedial Instruction called for by the Continental Congress once the pledges of the general public has reached 25 – 30 Millions so that the U.S. Government will be compelled to return to the rule of law and, therefore, the small size and spending only needed to handle the EIGHTEEN enumerated powers that We the People authorized in The Constitution, thereby saving us taxpayers TRILLIONS of Dollars and this money remaining in our hands and in our economy resulting in economic prosperity never before imagined and the total restoration of our rights, liberty and happiness.
See
Articles of Freedom
See
Articles of Freedom
Friday, March 26, 2010
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
I retract my support of the WI Raw Milk Bill (SB 434)
I want to issue an apology to the farmers, raw milk consumers and supporters. I must have been drinking milk treated with chemicals yesterday, for me to support this bill. I want to tell everyone that I am not in support of this bill as it stands. What I wanted to say that I am glad we have a bill moving in the direction of allowing raw milk sales and consumption. Everyone knows that I am a supporter of the local and small family farmers who produce raw milk and I am an advocate of the raw milk and honey movement and this bill has language in it that will destroy the farmers.”
It is time for the people of Wisconsin to have the right to raw milk, honey and other food that they deem healthy. Most of you know I show up at the raw milk rallies, often speaking to the crowds and supporting people such as Max Kane in his fight to produce and sell raw milk.
I ask that people will forgive me of this oversight and I hope I can convince people that a mistake was made, that I am sorry about it, and I will move forward in getting it done right. What Wisconsin needs in its state constitution is what Minnesota has in its constitution pertaining to the sale and production of raw milk.”
The language in the bill requires a Grade A license in order to sell raw milk. In order to obtain this or any other license from the Department of Ag Trade and Consumer Protection you must comply with all other provisions of administrative code. The code mandates NAIS. Farmers will have to choose to if they want the dairy license, and if so then they need to register their premises. This another move towards the Codex Alimentarius movement carried out by the USDA in approval of the WHO, and we have to stop it here.
Again, he says, " I am truly sorry for this mistake, and will show that I am indeed a supporter of the raw milk farmers and consumers."
The hearing is schedule as follows:
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Time: 10:00am - 1:00pm
Location:
Chippewa Valley Technical College Room 106/Auditorium 620 West Clairemont Ave Eau Claire, WI 54701
It is time for the people of Wisconsin to have the right to raw milk, honey and other food that they deem healthy. Most of you know I show up at the raw milk rallies, often speaking to the crowds and supporting people such as Max Kane in his fight to produce and sell raw milk.
I ask that people will forgive me of this oversight and I hope I can convince people that a mistake was made, that I am sorry about it, and I will move forward in getting it done right. What Wisconsin needs in its state constitution is what Minnesota has in its constitution pertaining to the sale and production of raw milk.”
The language in the bill requires a Grade A license in order to sell raw milk. In order to obtain this or any other license from the Department of Ag Trade and Consumer Protection you must comply with all other provisions of administrative code. The code mandates NAIS. Farmers will have to choose to if they want the dairy license, and if so then they need to register their premises. This another move towards the Codex Alimentarius movement carried out by the USDA in approval of the WHO, and we have to stop it here.
Again, he says, " I am truly sorry for this mistake, and will show that I am indeed a supporter of the raw milk farmers and consumers."
The hearing is schedule as follows:
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Time: 10:00am - 1:00pm
Location:
Chippewa Valley Technical College Room 106/Auditorium 620 West Clairemont Ave Eau Claire, WI 54701
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