More good things happening in Alaska

[Sourdough]

Most Alaskans are not like many of the people in the lower 48.  We are more independent, and look at our freedom more strongly.  Many of you guys here on Graybeard need to come up here, because you, unlike your neighbors, feel like we do.  Here is a copy of an e-mail talking about one of the classes this young man Schaffer Cox is putting on locally, about the Constatution and the Second Amendment.  And the response he is getting is overwhelming.  Even the Military is joining in.  E-mail follows.





Here’s a basic sum up of where we are at:

§  This Saturday, March 28th we will have Constitution Crash Course at University Baptist Church, next to Sam’s Sourdough Café. This 2 hour class will happen 3 times: 10 am, 2 pm, and 7 pm. Cost is $3. Bring a pocket constitution if you have one.

§  Monday, Judiciary Committee votes on HB 140, Jury Rights. Call Rep. Gatto (800-565-3743) and Rep. Lynn (800-870-4931) and tell them to vote YES! Email Rep. Dahlstrom at Representative_Nancy_Dahlstrom@legis.state.ak.us with a short note saying VOTE YES ON HB140

§  Monday night we are going to finish up the YouTube videos and have them posted shortly afterward. Thanks, Sam!

§  Wednesday we mail Tea Bags or a picture of a tea bag to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, D.C. 20500

§  April 13th is an open carry day. We need wide participation from everyone. Don Young is planning on flying up and being a part of it. And we are going to see if there are any other high profile folks who will participate. We will meet up from 1:30 to 2:30 at Carl’s Junior for Lunch.

§  Anchorage 2 ATF meeting is April 20th. And we are hoping for Kenai on the 21st and Wasilla on 22nd. However these dates are not set in stone yet.

§  April 29th is the Freedom Fest at the Carlson Center, 6-9 PM. The program will be from 7-8 PM with an hour to look at booths before or after. If you would like to have a booth, it costs $20 and must meet 2 criteria: 1. You must be opposing government control.  2. Offer a constructive course of action OR You can be selling guns/ammo/etc. Admission is free and we will be selling tickets for an ammo drawing worth $500-Grand Prize and 2 $100-Prizes.

§  T-Shirt committee has got them on the way and is just needing people to buy T-Bonds aka give them an interest free loan and they will pay you back when they sell the T-Shirts.

§  Letters to the Military committee decided the thing to do is hand write the letter and send it to military and law enforcement you know personally. See end of email for text of letter.

§  Carlson Center committee is now Freedom Fest committee. Expect an email about what you need to do to make this event happen.

§  Workshops committee: Do everything you can to generate a good turn out for the classes on Saturday. Emails, radio call in, letters to editor, flyers, whatever you can think of.

§  Rest of the State committee is directing people to the following organizers:

Anchorage-Gene Brokaw: gbrokaw@gci.net

Kenai-Bob Bird: bob.bird@hotmail.com

Wasilla-Eric Beckmann: suprbear@mtaonline.net

 

I am very encouraged by the effort being made by so many people. These are exciting times and we should all be proud to be a part of it. We’re having a huge effect, even nationwide. Let’s keep after it!

 

Schaeffer Cox

Cursum Perficio

590-9903

 

 

Dear __________________________________,

          A time may soon come when a (soldier/officer) must consider where his final allegiance lies.  I am writing to you today to ask you to uphold your oath to “defend the constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic.”  The constitution is short and easy to understand.  Please read it carefully.  There can be no middle ground.  Will you be an oath keeper?  Will you oppose those who oppose the constitution?  If you can say yes, please tell your two closest friends about this letter and your decision.  Then post a testimony on oath-keepers.blogspot.com <http://oath-keepers.blogspot.com/> .

Sincerely,

 

Your Phone #
Your Mailing Address

[nomosendero]

I would like to move thee, but don't want to leave my grown kids behind. Other than that, I would be good to go.

[Sourdough]

Nomosendero:  I know many, and I do mean many families that have all moved up here.  First usually a Son or Daughter moves to Alaska.  Then the Brothers and Sisters come up to visit.  They like it so well they go back and sell everything and make the move up here.  Mom and Dads come up to visit, go back sell everything and move up here.  It happens all the time.  All it takes is a visit, and a short job search, and boom they are hooked. 

Russ my neighbor second door down, came up to visit an old friend, Norm.  Norm and I are old hunting buddies, have been for 30 years.  Norm lives second house in the other direction.  Anyway after Russ and his family went back to Detroit, his kids started getting into trouble at the local malls.  His wife and he decided Alaska would be a great place to raise kids.  They sold everything but the vans, and moved up that summer.  Fortunately for them the house second door came up for sell while they were staying with Norm.  Their two oldest daughters attended UAF after graduating high school, and have very successful careers.  Their son is working for the POGO Gold mine, and loves the job he is doing operating equipment.  Their youngest is also attending UAF, and is in her second year, like my son.  Lorain, Russ's wife is a nurse, and makes very good money at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital.  Russ quite his job as a mechanic, and is attending UAF, going for an Engineering degree, he too is in his second year. 

Doors open for people up here, and it's not as bad as people make it out to be.  Living in Anchorage is no worse than living in Chicago, weatherwise, just winter is a little longer.  It's not as bad as living in places like Montana, and North Dakota.  Now Fairbanks where I live is a little worse, but sufferable.  The freedoms we have more than make up for it.  Taxes, we only pay Federal income taxes and local property taxes.  No sales taxes, (except city of North Pole, Soldotna, and Juneau) no income taxes, and the property taxes are only for your land and home, not for vehicles, toys, or livestock, like back east.  I live outside the city of North Pole, and do all my shopping in Fairbanks.

[Slowhanddd]

My youngest sis lives in Palmer.Works for a bank.I talked to her yesterday to tell her of our blizzard.She keeps saying"Brother come up and visit."I'm afraid to.I know I'd want to move up there.Wife would probably not move.Wait that's not a down side.Slow

[Cement Man]

I would love to live there. The political climate and philosophy of the citizenry is far closer to my heart in Alaska than my native state of Illinois.  My wife despises cold weather - I love it (although I have no experience in the temperature ranges you have in North Pole), I take care of my 87 year old mother and 96 year old aunt, and I have kids and grandkids that I love to be around.  Other than that I'm ready to go!

Sourdough, I know Anchorage is a different climate than North Pole.  I worked in Anchorage a couple of times on projects relating to the seaport.  I have a lot of photos of the flowers downtown in July.  Absolutely the most flowered place I have ever seen and the flowers have colors that are indescribable.  Most people that see them on my screensaver cannot believe that is Alaska.  I track the weather there and look at the webcams and like you say, it isn't all that cold compared to Chicago - sometimes warmer.
I remember a few years back when Hugo Chavez offered free heating oil to the Pribolof Islands folks to embarass the U.S.  They refused it - told him to shove it.  I sent them a donation.  They had more pride than many Americans do, and in a far more brutal environment.