Legislative Update

The Following is Call to Action for the Texas Defenders, Currently Austin is the Only Region who is set up with Texas Defenders.

A "Call to Action" is not just for the Texas Defenders but for all who are concerned about preserving the their way of life and their right to Freedom of Oppression & Government Intrusion on your life. This is about America and your rights to:
RIDE FREE & LIVE FREE!
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Texas Defenders,

My thanks to Gypsy G-O for bringing to our attention the conflict with another meeting on the previous date.
Please make plans to attend!

Where: AMCSC 2102 EM Franklin Austin Texas

When: Wednesday February 6, 2008 at 7:30pm

Who: All Defenders (if at all possible, we know it's short notice, but try to be there)

For out of town Texas Defenders, we will need to figure out another way to get you the info, and help you get your letters back to us. Call or write me to discuss.What's it all about: We have been asked by our State Chairman to go towork very quickly to get our letters/emails written to the appropriategovernment offices regarding the HIPAA loophole regarding healthcarerestrictions for motorcyclists. We need to act NOW! All our TexasDefenders will be given some helpful information, samples of letters,instructions in content, and how to mail once completed will bediscussed .It is urgent that we take this exercise back to our individual clubs andbring back MORE letters! The ACOC will take care of the postage and mailing; we will explain moredetails on Tuesday night.We will even feed ya if you show up, please allow about an hour for usto complete the training. We all are learning how to work together as agreat team, let's make this our very first SUCCESSFUL campaign!!!! If you know you cannot attend this very important meeting, pleasecontact me as soon as possible.I apologize for the confusion, in the future I will do my homeworkregarding our scheduling with more diligence.Respect,Paul "Cocinero" LandersACOC Vice ChairmanTornados' MCcell: 512.276.0681

Report 1/31/08

Dee and I attended the Austin COC Meeting at the new location on EM Franklin. It was very well attended and informative. The Texas Defenders will have a booth set up at the Massacre to register voters though that will be too late to help with the Primary vote. The TMRA 2 members voted to hold their meetings at the EM Franklin location from now on.

Went home from the COC meeting to attend the Trinity Valley Warriors Chapter Meeting. They have a really fine meeting place just outside Dayton. It is large enough to hold events there. The chapter members voted to host a Fund Raiser on April 19th. They will have Barbeque, bike games and I shall sponsor the Run-N-GunPoker Run at the event.

The South Carolina Senate, on Jan 29th, passed Con Con Resolution S819 and sent it to the House. This is a terrible idea and it is hoped that the House will recognize it as such. S819 requests that the Federal Government call a Constitutional Convention to settle the Illegal Immigration issue once and for all. They are seeking to change the constitution to make being in the country illegally a criminal offense punishable by arrest and incarceration.
I can understand their frustration but if a Constitutional Convention should be called it could not be restricted to any one item and would bejust the opening needed for those wanting the North American Union. We will watch this Bill.

Another waste of time is being witnessed as the Houston city council debates outlawing the use of electric fences at storage buildings and businesses inside the city limits. This debate is being spurred by one council member who says that if a thief has a weak heart he could possibly be killed by coming in contact with the fence. She says that just because a person is stealing something they shouldn't be subject to possible death by suffering an electrical charge in the process. Understand the shock is about the same as that from a spark plug on your car or lawnmower. There is a chain link fence around the outside of the electric fence and signs on the electric fence.

Republicans stepping down from office appears to be getting routine at both state and federal levels recently. The latest on the state list is Senator Kyle Janek, District 17, who has three years left on his term. I had heard rumors when I went down to attend the meeting in Dayton and sure enough the next day it was announced. This session is looking better for us all the time.
The soonest a Special election can be called to fill the position would be sometime in May.

The Republican Debate in California showed some surprises last night. According to those in attendance Mitt Romney walked away with top honors. However today John McCain received endorsements from California's Governor and ex-governor Giuliani. It could possibly come down to Mr. Huckabee to determine the winner.

Tonight it will be Clinton and Obama, one on one. It will probably be dog eat dog with just a few days left until Super Tuesday.

We shall be down at the capitol tomorrow to meet with the Film Crew from Sweden. They will be filming a documentary on "Strange and Unusual Individual" that everyone loves. We shall try to convince them to attend the HOT Rally and get some footage of a lot of strange people if their schedule will permit.

The following is one Resolution we recommend you take to your Caucus meeting. We will have more soon. We only recommend resolutions and you can choose any of them or put in your own resolution. You may also share your ideas with us so we can pass them along to others.

INSURANCE COVERAGE RESOLUTION

Precinct #_____________ County_____________________________

Whereas Congress has passed the Health Insurance Portability and Affordability Act (HIPAA) and;

Whereas this Act states that Group Policies cannot be withheld from employees based on legal lifestyle, and;

Whereas Insurance companies now sell the policy but refuse to pay claims if you are engaged in any non-work related activity they consider to be dangerous, and;

Whereas the Federal government has said this should be addressed at the state level and;

Whereas Texas Riders are required to have medical coverage to comply with the Helmet exemption, Therefore be it,

RESOLVED: A medical insurance policy sold in Texas cannot refuse payment to any covered individual for injuries received while engaged in any lawful activity except for public demonstrations, sanctioned races, and other professional or semi-professional competitions.

JANUARY REPORT

We received a Government website from the Biker Republic list. It shows how much was appropriated by the federal government to different organizations, individuals and private companies. You can search for any handouts the feds have given by recipient’s name, by state, by year or just about any way you wish to search the feds spending practices.
Of interest was how much in tax dollars has been given to La Raza during President Bush’s term of office. Remember La Raza is the organization that fights for the constitutional rights of Illegal Immigrants and stages Protest Rallies to give them citizenship.

2000 $ 8,100,067 Grant
2001 $ 7,270,468 Grant
2002 $ 9,911,316 Grant
2003 $ 7,101,272 Grant
2004 $ 8,740,389 Grant
2005 $ 7,592,737 Grant
2006 $ 6,594,903 Grant
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Total $ 48,209,880 taxpayer money given to fund an organization that
works against the best interest of our country.
It was also interesting to learn that Mothers Against Drunk Drivers received $ 2,300,091 in funding grants for 2006 in Texas alone. There is a lot more to be gleaned from this site concerning how taxpayer money is spent by our federal legislators. We have put the site address here so you can look through it. Look for how much we might be spending for Hand Gun Control and other organizations that defy our constitution.

http://www.fedspending.org/faads/faads.php?&recipient_name=la%20raza&fiscal

Here is Sputnik’s tentative travel plans for January 2008 to attend meetings. There will of course be others added as the month progresses.

Saturday 5th Beaumont Confederation of Clubs
Sunday 6th Whitehouse Confederation of Clubs
Wednesday 9th D/FW Chapter
Sunday 13th Heart of Texas Chapter
Thursday 17th Lubbock Chapter
Tuesday 22nd Trinity River Warriors Chapter
Sunday 27th Austin Confederation of Clubs

We have an important message to bring to those who attend any of the meetings we attend during the next two months. We have designed a shirt to go with this message and we hope you will place an order for some of them from your chapter or your Club.

LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox says illegal immigrants can no longer get a state driver's license, bolstering efforts by state officials to create a far more secure state identification card as proof of citizenship. Cox's legal opinion overrules an opinion written in 1995 by former Attorney General Frank Kelley. Michigan is one of a handful of states in which illegal immigrants have been able to get driver's licenses

And speaking of Drivers License, North Carolina is the first state to issue the new North American Drivers License.

The Washington Post reported, "the focus of the drug war in the United States has shifted significantly over the past decade from hard drugs to marijuana." And they're not even talking about pot dealers.
Shockingly, almost nine out of ten of the all-time record 829,627 marijuana arrests made last year were for possession -- not for sales or trafficking, just for possession. That's one pot-related arrest every 38 seconds -- why are we wasting our tax dollars chasing after potheads?

As Rob Kampia of the Marijuana Policy Project wrote on AlterNet: "That's like arresting every man, woman and child in the state of North Dakota plus every man, woman and child in Des Moines, Iowa, on marijuana charges ... every year. By comparison, there were 611,523 arrests last year for all violent crimes combined."

The Iowa Caucus is drawing a lot of media attention and candidates are spending hundreds of thousands dollars every day to run each other down.
Truth be known there is very little reason this caucus should have ant effect on the national elections. The Parties are working so hard and spending so much money hoping to turn out 200,000 Iowans to attend the Caucuses Thursday Night. Before the storms they are now having they were predicting 10% turnout for Republicans and 9% for Democrats.

Have a very HAPPY NEW YEAR and stay safe.
Sputnik