3 Reasons Why American Jobs Act is WRONG. Obama Hurts US Business and Obama Speech Uses Fuzzy Math

by, David Bellow

During Obama's Jobs Speech tonight, Obama outlined his American Jobs Act. There were many things he said that were just silly and the math does not add up.

1) American Jobs Act is NOT paid for and will use Debt Spending - Fuzzy Math

Obama said that the American Jobs Act will be fully paid for without creating any debt because Obama will cut money from other Government Programs and use that money to pay for the Jobs Act. Hey Obama, do the math. All you are doing is shifting money. Taking debt spending from one government program and using that money to pay for this Jobs Act does not mean it is fully paid for and it is still debt spending!

Of course, I suppose the American Jobs Act might be fully paid for if Obama raises taxes like he said in his speech that we should do. It was funny, Obama said that Warren Buffet complained that he was not paying enough taxes. Hey Obama, did you tell Buffet where he could send a several billion dollar check to since he wants to help so much? Yeah, I didn't think so. 

2) More Money Does Not Equal Better Education

Obama said that all children deserve new, fancy facilities to learn in because how do we expect kids to learn in old buildings? Hey Obama, More Money does not equal Better Education! I had classes in a mobile building in middle school. I had no problems learning in that mobile building! That is like saying football players will be more talented in football if their stadium is made out of gold instead of concrete. More money does not equal better education. If you focus the money we have on hiring good teachers and promoting more better Family Values (like a stable family with a mom and a dad who teach moral values and working to get ahead in life) then students will learn better than if they are in an expensive building!

3) Obama Wants Jobs in America but he is Punishing Companies that use American Labor like Gibson Guitars!

Obama kept pushing the idea of creating jobs in America instead of other foreign countries. Obama even made the statement that he wants to see more products that say Made in America on them. But wait, didn't Obama just raid Gibson Guitars recently because they were using American Labor to process wood for their famous guitars? WHAT!? How can Obama say he wants things "Made in America" and yet he is punishing an American company for using American Labor. It gets worse. Obama raided Gibson Guitars because India (a different country) wants to process the wood instead of American's being able to process the wood. So Gibson has not broken any laws in America but Obama is going to enforce India's rules in America?

How about enforcing the laws in America first! Obama has openly said he will not do his sworn duties and defend the laws of America, like the Defense of Marriage Act. It is also no surprise that the Head of Gibson Guitars is a HUGE Republican donor. Martin Guitars uses the SAME WOOD and they were not raised, but of course the head of Martin Guitars is a HUGE Democrat donor. Gibson even says that the Obama Administration said they would stop messing with Gibson Guitars if they just use foreign labor.

Hey Obama, how about promoting "Made in America" by allowing Gibson to make their guitars in America and while you are at it, you can stop restricting other businesses in America. West Texas might not be able to drill for oil and create thousands of jobs and help the economy because Obama says there is a lizard that "might" be hurt if there is drilling. Please. I have been to Alaska and the there are more Caribou WITH the pipeline than there were WITHOUT the pipeline

Plus, during the speech, the man sitting by Obama's wife was Jeffrey Immelt, the CEO of GE. He is the head of Barack Obama's highly touted "Jobs Council" and he is moving General Electric (GE) jobs and infrastructure to China! 

Smokey the Bear caused the Wildfires in Texas? American Economy next to Burn?

by, David Bellow

Go to Bottom of Article to See How You can Help Wildfire Victims and FireFighters

In an effort to save the forests, our actions might actually be destroying the forests. In the same way, the U.S. Government’s actions to save the economy might end up destroying the economy.

Smokey the Bear - Fire Suppression has caused the Massive Wildfires in Texas

Forests need natural fires to burn so that the problems can be burned away while they are small and without causing damage to the trees. This also allows new trees to sprout and nourishes the rest of the forest. By putting out any small, natural fires, we have allowed the underbrush to build up so that when it does burn, it is devastating and the whole forest burns, trees and all.

For instance, Arizona Ponderosa Pine forests burned every 2 to 8 years before European settlement, and these natural lightning strike fires increased vegetation diversity. Tree density was much lower than it is today, so when fires did occur, they were cooler. Good intentions of saving the forest by not allowing any fires have actually caused more damage to the forests than what the small fires would have caused if allowed to burn.
The Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 was proposed by President George W. Bush. The main thrusts of the law are to thin overstocked stands, clear away vegetation and trees to create shaded fuel breaks, and provide funding and guidance to reduce or eliminate hazardous fuels in National Forests.

As a result, we see a lot more prescribed burns to try to burn this buildup of underbrush and fix this problem that we have created. This law was a good start, but there is so much buildup of underbrush in so many places that we will see massive wildfires like what we now have in Texas for many years to come.


The United States Economy is also on the Brink of Being Destroyed by “Self–Inflicted, Massive Fires”

The United States Government has been suppressing the small fires that pop up in the economy. Much like the suppression of natural forest fires, this will end up being devastating for the economy in the long run. It is not always a bad thing for businesses to fail, to go bankrupt, to re-organize, to learn from their mistakes, to correct the problems. This allows bad practices and problems to be burned away and allows new businesses with better practices to sprout up, or forces the bad companies to change their course and learn from their mistakes. By continually putting out the natural fires in the economy by bailing out the bad businesses and not allowing “natural fires to take their course”, we now have an economy that is filled with a large understory of flammable brush that is ready to ignite and burn the entire economy. That problem is compounded by the massive debt that the U.S. Government has built up, which will eventually require huge tax increases to pay it off, which will in turn hurt the economy even more.

Good intentions of saving the economy by not allowing any fires has actually caused more damage to the economy than what the small business fires would have caused if allowed to burn. We let our feelings get in the way of reason and what is best for the long term. Now the economy is in danger of a massive and devastating wildfire. Just like President Bush did in 2003 by proactively starting to remove underbrush in the forests, we must also immediately stop allowing underbrush to grow in the economy. We must allow small fires to burn, and we must also stop feeding the massive U.S. debt.

Texas Wildfires: Call To Action - Click Here to Help! Shelter Available! Brandon Darby of Citizen Patriot Response is Leading the Effort!

Texas Wildfires: Call To Action - Click Here to Help! Shelter Available! Brandon Darby of Citizen Patriot Response is Leading the Effort!

Update: List of drop off locations added at bottom of this message

More than 1,000 homes have burned near Bastrop in one of the most destructive and largest fires in Texas history. Over 180 fires have erupted across our state in the past week alone.

Citizen Patriot Response requests Tea Party, 9-12, and other liberty-minded individuals and groups to organize efforts to assist the roughly 1,200 firefighters working on the frontlines of this historical outbreak of Texas wildfires.

Citizen Patriot Response is preparing to begin delivering cold bottles of water to firefighters in the Bastrop area in an effort to do our part. Many other organizations and individuals in Texas are doing the same. We need support, we need more efforts initiated across the state, and we need communication and collaboration between group leaders to ensure that men and women fighting the Texas wildfires have full support.  For example, Mike Flynn at Andrew Breitbart's biggovernment.com is helping by spreading word of the call to action.  It's so inspiring to see people use their energies to help support our public servants who are defending our state and Texans' homes.

The Citizen Patriot Response headquarters and shelter is located in Hays county and now has limited space available for Texans left homeless by the wildfires.

Families living in emergency shelters in schools and churches are requesting the following so please contact grocery stores, churches, offices, and friends and request:

• Toiletries 
• Underwear 
• Socks 
• Diapers 
• Bedding 
• Pillows 
• Walmart gift cards (small denominations) 
• Gas cards 
• Non-perishable food products 

The Citizen Patriot Response Shelter is requesting single mattresses and assistance in building bunk style beds.

Please send or bring the needed items to one of our designated aid centers.

Central Texas
Citizen Patriot Response Headquarters and Shelter, 21 Cotton Gin Road, Uhland, Texas 78640

Houston Area
King Street Patriots, 7232 Wynnwood Lane, Houston, Texas 77008

East Texas
900 Hwy 327 East, Silsbee, Texas 77656

Citizen Patriot Response requests for you to please not only help, but to also encourage others you know to do the same.

We hope for other efforts by individuals and organizations to contact us so we can assist you and bring attention to your needs.

Thank you,
Brandon Darby
Director
darby@citizenpatriotresponse.org

More information and regional contacts will be provided as gained at:
http://www.citizenpatriotresponse.org/

Please share this important information with others!

War Against Religion: Texas Senator John Cornyn Tells Air Force to Stop Banning Bible Verses

It seems like every day there are new reports of an organization or government agency that is discriminating against, or banning, Christianity. From the attempted banning of crosses at memorials to the banning of Christian prayers at the Houston National Cemetery, there is an all-out war against Christianity. The constitution has been misrepresented and distorted in an effort to prevent people from openly expressing their religious beliefs. The Founding Fathers of course not only allowed religious expression, they regularly supported religious expression!More recently, the United States Air Force has suspended a training class because it simply mentions Bible Verses in the course.

Republican Texas Senator John Cornyn, along with probably most Americans, has a problem with this. Senator Cornyn has sent a letter to the Secretary of the Air Force, Michael Donley, saying that the Air Force has wrongly interpreted and requesting that the class be reinstated.

Senator Cornyn’s entire letter is posted below:

Dear Secretary Donley:

I write to express my concern regarding recent reports that the Department of the Air Force has suspended a course entitled “Christian Just War Theory.”  It is my understanding that this course, taught by chaplains at Vandenberg Air Force Base, was suspended and is currently under review by Air Force officials after complaints were made that the curriculum referenced passages from the Bible.

As you may know, the reports indicate that a spokesman for the Air Force’s Air Education and Training Command has said that the main purpose of the course was to enable missile launch officers to understand that “what they are embarking on is very difficult and you have to have a certain amount of ethics about what you are doing to do that job.”  Our military services, like our nation, are comprised of people representing all faiths.  However, that fact does not preclude military chaplains from teaching a course on just war theory – a theory that has been a part of moral philosophy and the law of war for centuries – merely because it has historically been predicated on religious texts.

Moreover, suspending a course like this because of references to religious texts misinterprets the First Amendment.  Although our Founding Fathers rightly included language in the Constitution that precludes the Federal government from establishing an official religion, this language does not, as some have argued, protect them from exposure to religious references.  The First Amendment is intended to guarantee an individual’s right to the free exercise of religion according to his or her conscience.  The Air Force personnel who have taken this course for the past 20 years have been free to determine, according to their own consciences, whether they accept or reject the premises of just war theory.

With these concerns in mind, I strongly urge you to ensure that a correct interpretation of the First Amendment is applied in resolving this situation.  Moreover, I ask that you provide me with a detailed report on any actions taken by Air Force officials in response to these complaints. 

I appreciate your attention to this request.  Thank you for your service to the men and women of the United States Air Force and our nation.

Lumberton ISD and Hardin County Sheriff Department take Positive Steps Forward

by, David Bellow

As you know, I want government to be open and honest. When something is wrong or being hidden, I feel an obligation to get the word out about what is going on with the desire that things be made right.

It would not be right of me if I did not report when the wrong things are made right.


Lumberton ISD:

LISD has taken many positive steps forward in recent months. I previously reported that the Lumberton School Board was not being told about federal money that was received and spent by the LISD Administration. How can the School Board do their elected job of overseeing the school district if they are not even told about all the money received and being spent? I also reported that Lumberton ISD had a lawsuit against them for not having meeting minutes that were descriptive enough for the reader to know what went on during the meeting, and for going into executive session without explaining what they were going into executive session for. Lastly, I reported that there was a play performed at the high school that used vulgar language and that even mentioned putting an ad online for a kid to get laid. Not to mention the author of the play has a publicly known agenda of promoting a homosexual lifestyle through most of his school plays.

I am very pleased to say that these issues seem to have been corrected. I know a few of the Lumberton ISD Board Members and some of the people in the Administration. They are good people and so I knew that once these issues were brought to their attention that they would eventually be taken care of.

First of all, if you go to the Lumberton ISD website and read the meeting agenda and minutes, you will find that they are much more descriptive than they have ever been, and they contain most of the documents that the School Board Members see and approve at the meetings. If you did not go to the meeting you can now easily be able to find out what happened at the meetings by going to the LISD website.

Second, the LISD Administration now provides a summary of Federal Expenditures to the Board at each monthly meeting, to be approved as part of the monthly statement of expenditures. The Federal money is no longer hidden and now the Board and everyone can see that money.

Third, that inappropriate play will not likely be shown again anytime soon. The School District took alot of heat over the play. The students who were in the play of course all came out and defended the play at the School Board Meeting, but that is to be expected. They worked hard on it and so they wanted to defend it. But ultimately it should never have been approved in the forst place by the School Principal without first removing some of the inappropriate content. I believe this will be addressed with future plays. In fact, the Theater Arts teacher, Mrs. Ravencraft, who put on the play resigned last month and so she is no longer at the School District.

I am very pleased that the good people of LISD have addressed these issues and are moving forward in a positive way. I never said or even thought that Lumberton had a bad school system. We have a great school system here. In order for it to stay a great school system we have to always be sure to address issues or potential issues as soon as some up instead of being afraid to say something negative about the school district. The negative issues have been brought up and they seem to have been corrected. This is great news and I am happy to tell everyone this good news.

Hardin County Sheriff Department:

Earlier this week I reported that the Hardin County Sheriff Department was sued because they were not following the Texas Open Records Request laws and were withholding documents relating to the death of Nicole Janca. It was alleged that the Sheriff Department was not releasing the documents to cover for a Sheriff Deputy who is being sued by the Janca Family in the death of Nicole Janca. The lawsuit against the Sheriff Deputy was to ask a Judge to force them to hand over the documents.

I am pleased to say that 2 days ago, the day before the lawsuit went to trial, the Sheriff Department gave the Janca family over 130 documents that they were withholding. Yesterday the lawsuit was dismissed because the documents were finally handed over.

The intent of my article about the Sheriff Department was so that things would be corrected for the family of this dead girl. I am very pleased that Sheriff Ed Cain has taken a very positive step towards making things right for the Janca family. It took filing a lawsuit and some bad press to get it done, but it got done and that is a good thing. I was never "out to get the Sheriff" and I am not trying to get someone to run against him. In fact, it was a difficult decision for me to even write the article about the Sheriff Department because the Sheriff Department has many great deputies. But even though I did not want to be negative about the Sheriff Department, I knew that people needed to know what was going on so that the wrongs would be corrected for the Janca Family.

Things are on the right track for the Janca Family. Clint West has been charged for murder in the death of their daughter and the Sheriff Department has taken a positive step forward to correcting mistakes and I hope they continue to work with the Janca Family to resolve these issues.

Most Conservative State Representative in Texas Endorses Rick Perry for President - Explains Trans-Texas Corridor

by, David Bellow

State Representative Wayne Christian has endorsed Texas Governor Rick Perry for President in the 2012 Presidential Election.

Representative Christian is the most Conservative State Representative in Texas, based on the 2011 Conservative Legislator Rankings released by the Texas Eagle Forum. Wayne Christian received a score of 100%.

The following is a letter I received from Representative Christian yesterday. In the letter, Representative Christian endorses Perry, explains the Trans-Texas Corridor that Perry took some heat over, and praises Perry as the best overall Conservative who can beat Obama and who has the character and leadership  to stand for conservative values and help the economy (like he did in Texas).

Other high profile, super Conservatives from across the nation have also endorsed Rick Perry for President, which has helped boost Rick Perry's popularity among conservatives who might be skeptical of Perry. Just a couple of days ago Conservative Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe endorsed Governor Rick Perry for President and Conservative State Rep Leo Berman has also endorsed Perry for President. I am certainly no high profile conservative, but I also support Governor Perry for President and I am a staunch social and fiscal conservative. I really believe in Rick Perry.

Also, just for fun, you can read Kinky Friedman’s endorsement of Rick Perry for President.

From Texas State Representative Wayne Christian:

I believe Governor Rick Perry would be dynamite (which means "great" in Texas) as President of the United States. Having served approaching two decades in the Texas House, I have worked with Rick Perry during his service as Agriculture Commissioner, Lt. Governor and Governor of the State of Texas, and have come to appreciate his style of leadership, responsiveness to constituents, and character.

He has consistently presented an open door to this representative from rural East Texas. More than once, he has been willing to listen to my ideas, and then as a result of his endorsement and personal involvement, rules were changed, laws were instituted and funding was made available that benefited my constituents and all of Texas. Many times he opposed more powerful individuals and groups who could provide him much more financial support and power than could the "common folk." These common folk were the good people of Texas who depended only on his integrity to simply do the right thing.

Governor Perry is in no way perfect. He has made errors. As we say in Texas, the only person who was perfect was crucified a couple of thousand years ago. With that being said, after a quarter century in politics, Rick Perry's record shines better than most. Of course he was once a Democrat and Republicans may criticize him for that. However, the Governor is not the only Texan, who after entering into public service, experienced the Democratic Party's dramatic shift away from principles consistent with rural, conservative values, and chose to do something about it--He became a Republican.

I was the first Republican from East Texas to enter the Texas House and remained the Republican with the most Democratic district in the Texas Legislature for three sessions. Many times folks in Republican circles are quite taken aback when I do not raise my hand when asked, "Who has always voted in a Republican primary?" Fact is, as recently as a couple of decades ago, we had no Republican primary in my part of rural Texas. Thus, Governor Perry, who entered state politics farther back than me, was courageous enough to take a stand early on and join other statesmen like Ronald Reagan and Phil Gramm in acknowledging that the Democratic Party had left their conservative beliefs behind.

Much has been criticized of Governor Perry's initial support for the Trans-Texas Corridor (TTC). As President of the Conservative Coalition of the Texas Legislature, I was deeply involved in that entire process. My rural district was directly in the path of the TTC and the project was largely viewed by my constituents as an abuse of the governmental power of eminent domain.

Truth is, the TTC started as a expansion on the I-35 corridor. The plan was added to legislation by the Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) as a new "branch" of highway that ran from south Texas to the north right through my district. TXDOT presented facts that upon the completion of the Panama Canal expansion many of the trading freighters, which currently only serve the West Coast, would be able to bring their cargo to Texas ports. It was anticipated that this would place a tremendous burden on the current highway system as it heads north. However, the flawed TXDOT presentation of the plan and threats to private land ownership were not handled well. Citizens throughout Texas were insulted by the methods of potential property seizure, foreign control of Texas properties and other abuses. It was wrong, and when presented with the will of Texas citizens, Governor Perry put a stop to it.

While driving my daughter back to begin a new semester at Baylor University, I received a call from the Governor's office requesting that I invite a group of my fellow Texas Conservative Coalition legislators to his office to meet with him and TXDOT leadership. The following week several of us met with Governor Perry and the TXDOT Commissioner and Executive Director to share the frustration and opposition of our constituents across the state to the TTC. After a lengthy meeting, Governor Perry did something that has made me respect him as I have no other leader which I have observed or served alongside. He sat back in his chair, gave our arguments thought and said, "Tell your constituents you talked to the Governor, and the Trans-Texas Corridor is no more." To this day, the handful of legislators in attendance at that meeting have respected Rick Perry--a man who was confident, honest, and exhibited absolute integrity to his citizens. He often does not receive the proper recognition and credit he deserves for his decisive response to the will of Texas citizens against the TTC. When presented with their objections and opposition, he brought a halt to the ill-conceived TTC. This is in stark contrast to our current President who sees the destructive results of his policies and has no intention of admitting fault or changing course, but instead blames everyone else for his errors in judgment.

From his action to end the TTC to his signature on legislation to protect the rights of coastal property owners struggling to recover and rebuild in the aftermath of a hurricane, Rick Perry has responded to Texan landowners' concerns about private property rights. I was one of those 125 landowners who faced a loss of property to be determined by a governmental agency's assessment of where grass grew before and after a hurricane. I applauded Governor Perry as he stood with the Texas House and Senate (and eventually the Texas Supreme Court) against some very vocal opposition to sign into law Rep. Hamilton's bill preventing a potential land grab by the state. In this past session, Governor Perry declared eminent domain reform legislation an emergency item and saw it all the way through the legislative process until he signed it into law, strengthening the rights and protections of private property owners across Texas.

If ever there was a day we needed a leader in this country who does not place his pride and ego ahead of what is proven to be the will of the people and in their best interest...this is the day. A real leader who puts what is best for his citizens ahead of personal pride and opinions is what America needs.

Governor Perry stood against the temptation to use two of the worst hurricanes in Texas history to increase taxes and unnecessarily increase the burden on Texas families and businesses. He led by proposing to utilize the Obama stimulus funding for one time expenditures only (ie. to address hurricane damages), and avoid the creation or expansion of programs that future Texans would have to fund. Handing out the bacon would have been the response of many politicians who were given the opportunity to appropriate billions of federal dollars, but Rick Perry did not choose that course, and even refused federal money that had strings attached for future state spending obligations. He proved to be a leader who thought first of the impact to taxpayers in the future above the opportunity to start more government programs.

The single accomplishment that earns more of my respect for Rick Perry than any other is that he has vetoed more bills than any other Texas governor (and not because of how long he has served). As a legislator, I realize how hard and expensive it is to get a bill passed. From one committee to another to the House floor to Senate committees, to Senate floor and back to the House again--passage of any piece of legislation is a long, costly road with a great investment of money, time, expertise, and reputation. Governor Perry has vetoed a particular bill of mine that I still believe was extremely important, and to this day, I respectfully disagree with him. Yet, his individual courage and strength to stand alone on principle against the majority of the Legislature and powerful, rich special interest groups who can turn political contributions on and off proves the character of this man and that is why I want him in the White House.

I can give example after example of times when Governor Rick Perry stood on the side of "the little guy" over government expansion. There are many paths to more financial support and more power that are achieved with much less effort than standing with the common man over the rich and powerful. As Representative of a poor, rural district I can tell you Governor Perry has stood for us and what was best for Texans many times.

As I mentioned at the start of my comments, Perry isn't perfect, but unlike many politicians, he is brave enough to stand firm when he believes he is right, and courageous enough to admit when he is wrong. There can be no doubt that Texas under Governor Perry's leadership has done something right over the past decade, as we are undoubtedly the leader in jobs and business opportunities in the Free World. Texas has seen an increase of 1 million new jobs during Rick Perry's tenure as governor, while the rest of the nation has seen a loss of 2.5 million jobs, and over 70% of our job creation is in the vibrant and growing private sector of Texas. That stewardship is sorely needed in D.C.

The quote from President Harry Truman, "the buck stops here," is true of any great leader. Governor Perry has proven that when the buck stops at whatever desk he is sitting, there's a heap more good than bad. Our nation would be well-served to have a leader like Rick Perry as our President, a man who has proven his ability to successfully foster a job-creating economy while reining in government growth, as well as someone who has learned from past errors and demonstrated the genuine desire to be responsive to the people he represents.

Thank you for your time,
Wayne

Murder in Hardin County, TX - Deputy Flowers Sued for Involvement in Death - Sheriff Ed Cain Sued for Cover-up

Update 6/18/2013: this article was posted over a year ago. I see that there are a ton of people looking at the article today so I wanted to post on here that, after this original article came out, Clint West had been CONVICTED and in prison for Murder! This story is not done though, there are some shocking updates that will be revealed soon about the coverup of this murder so keep checking back!

Update: The Hardin County District Attorney has requested that a special prosecutor be appointed to prosecute the case against West because of the Janca family's allegations.

Update: The Hardin County Sheriff Department has taken a positive step forward and released over 130 pages of documents to the Janca family that they were withholding. I am pleased to say that a couple of days after this article came out, and the day before the lawsuit against the sheriff went to trial, the Sheriff Department gave the Janca family over 130 documents that they were withholding. This caused the lawsuit against the Sheriff Department to be dismissed because the documents were finally handed over. Thank You Sheriff Department for the Positive Step Forward.

Update: Tuesday, 8/30/11 is a big day in court. Several Sheriff Deputies have been subpoenaed in a lawsuit against the Sheriff Department. Also, the District Attorney charged Clint West with murder months ago, but on Tuesday a Grand Jury will finally have an opportunity to indict West on the murder charge.

Update: After this article was posted, several News Agencies, including KFDM, KBTV, KBMT, and the Beaumont Enterprise reported that Clint West has been charged with the Murder of Nicole Janca. Plus, the Grand Jury has indicted West on the charge of Murder.

8/29/11 
by, David Bellow

Hardin County, TX

Clint West of Lumberton, TX has been charged with murder in the death of Lakon Nicole Janca. No one knows about the murder charge though. The media does not even know about the murder charge because they are still reporting that West has only been charged with manslaughter.

West has been charged with murder for a couple of months now but the Hardin County Sheriff’s Department has kept a tight lid on things. In fact, if the Sheriff Department had their way, West would have only been charged with furnishing alcohol to a minor and not charged with murder. Things have been so secretive that the Hardin County Sheriff, Ed Cain, has even been slapped with a lawsuit for allegedly manipulating official documents in an effort to seemingly protect a Hardin County Sheriff’s Deputy, Tony Flowers, who is involved in some of the events of the alleged murder of Nicole Janca.

Before I go any further I want to make something clear. I support law enforcement. I am a Federal Law Enforcement Officer and a member of the United States Military. I support the Hardin County Sheriff Department and I even know a few of the Deputies and they are good officers. One thing I do not like though is a bad law enforcement officer. They can cause people to get hurt or die and they give other officers and the department a bad name, like former Captain Robert Arnold in Orange who killed an unarmed war veteran (who now wants to have a badge again). I believe Tony Flowers is a bad officer who should be charged for his involvement in the events that lead to the death of Nicole Janca. I further believe that Sheriff Ed Cain needs to discipline or fire Tony Flowers instead of causing harm to the Department by covering for Flowers. This covering for Flowers has already harmed the Department because the alleged murder was not investigated properly and now there is a lawsuit against the department because Ed Cain allegedly falsified official records. This story uses facts from the investigation reports and court documents, and also uses information received from Nicole Janca’s mother and other firsthand witnesses. I do not name any Hardin County Sheriff Deputies except for Tony Flowers. Flowers, Clint West and Sheriff Ed Cain (who is ultimately responsible for the actions of his department) are the focus of this story and I do not want to make other Hardin County Deputies look bad who might not have done anything wrong so I do not name any other Deputies. My intent is not to attack the Sheriff, but the truth needs to be heard and Sheriff Ed Cain has some explaining to do and he needs to take immediate corrective actions to make things right. People can read this article and decide for themselves what they want to think.

The following story reveals the details of the alleged murder, the involvement of Deputy Flowers in this alleged murder, the details of the botched investigation by the Hardin County Sheriff Department, and the details of the lawsuit alleging Sheriff Ed Cain falsified documents to cover for Deputy Flowers.

The Alleged Murder of Nicole Janca

A couple of months ago I sat in a Hardin County courtroom and heard two men testify that Clint West admitted to them that he murdered Nicole Janca on November 8^th, 2010 following an argument over a ring at a party hosted by Sheriff Deputy Tony Flowers at the Texas Peace Officer’s Dear Lease, aka the TPO Hunting Club (Deputy Flowers is President of Club), in Honey Island near Kountze, TX. I saw the DA present a picture of Nicole’s bloody hand with no blood covering a section of her finger where it was apparent that a ring had been before she died but was taken off right after her hand got bloodied. According to Police Records, Clint West had been drinking at the TPO club and became intoxicated and got into an argument with his girlfriend, Nicole Janca. Sheriff Deputy Tony Flowers told an Intoxicated West to get in his vehicle and find Nicole (who had walked down the dirt road on the camp) and then leave because they were arguing. West allegedly killed Nicole by pushing her out of his moving vehicle as they left the TPO Hunting Club, putting his hand over her mouth as she was dying on the road, and then taking the ring off of her finger before taking her to a gas station and telling police that she was intoxicated and jumped out of the car. She died at the hospital early the next morning, November 9^th, 2010, as a result of those injuries.

Deputy Tony Flowers: His Actions and Involvement in the Alleged Murder

Although I am sure there are many law-abiding people who hunt at the TPO Club, the TPO hunting club has a reputation for being a place where people can have sex and get drunk. This situation with Clint West and Nicole Janca does not seem to be any different. Nicole told her mother, Frances Janca, that she was at the TPO Hunting Club with Clint West for the week and that she was drinking there. Nicole’s mother told her it was not a good idea for her to drink since she was underage. Nicole said that Sheriff Deputy Flowers was there at the Clun with his girlfriend, Stephanie Jackson House, (not his wife) and that Flowers did not say anything to her about not drinking. The night of the alleged murder, Flowers admits to seeing West drink several beers. Flowers admits that West and Nicole got into an argument and Flowers admits to telling West to get Nicole and leave (knowing that West had consumed several beers). When Nicole was allegedly murdered, West did not call 911. Records show that West called Flowers. Flowers did not render aid to a dying young girl who was only about a mile away at the end of his Hunting Club dirt road. Instead, Flowers says he told West to leave the scene with Nicole and then call 911 at another location. According to Nicole Janca’s mother, Frances Janca, a man named Robert Lee (who is friends with West and Flowers) says Deputy Flowers called him and told him to tell West that he would just be charged with giving alcohol to minor and that basically everything was going to be ok for West. West has been heard saying that Flowers better take care of him or everyone is going down. Frances Janca even says that West told her that Flowers told him if he would take the contributing to a minor charge he would help him with the rest. According to the police records, Flowers did not even give the police any information about the argument between West and Nicole even though that information would have indicated that there might have been foul play involved.

How can the Hardin County Sheriff Department NOT investigate Flowers for his unacceptable actions? How can they not at least discipline him? This man is supposed to uphold the law. Janca’s mother says that Flowers let her daughter (underage) drink alcohol at his club. Flowers admits to telling a man who had several beers to get into his car and drive while intoxicated. Any upstanding law enforcement officer would never have allowed a drunk person to drive. Flowers did not just let a drunk person drive, he TOLD a drunk person to drive, according to investigation reports. There is even currently a lawsuit against Tony Flowers for his role in the death of Nicole Janca because he told an upset, drunk Clint West to get in his vehicle and get Nicole and leave. He is a law enforcement officer and he knows better. He told someone to break the law and now a person is dead. Instead of Flowers being disciplined or even criminally investigated for his wrongdoing, Sheriff Ed Cain has chosen shield Flowers and even seemingly to shield Clint West in the process of covering for Flowers.

This is not the first time Flowers has been allegedly been involved in questionable situations. I have been contacted by several people who said that Flowers was at a hunting club several years ago where a man was cut up and Flowers did nothing. Also, right after this incident, a Honey Island man allegedly went to Ed Cain and told him that Flowers was sleeping with the man’s wife and that Cain needed to do something about it. I have even been told from a first-hand source that Flowers allegedly stopped her cousin but told her she would not get into trouble if she showed him her ass. I could list other things that people have accused Flowers of doing, but now I want to get back on track with Nicole Janca’s Murder Case. You get the point though. Flowers does not seem like the kind of guy who should have a badge 

What kinds of people are allowed to work under Sheriff Cain? This is unacceptable and it is bringing discredit upon the Hardin County Sheriff Department. I suppose history repeats itself though because once upon a time, Sheriff Deputy (and current Silsbee City Councilman) Thomas Tyler was caught in a sting with a prostitute. Tyler did not get in trouble though after that incident with a prostitute, and he was even recently involved in an alleged cover-up of a child rape in Silsbee, TX

The Botched Hardin County Sheriff Investigation that Almost let Nicole’s Alleged Killer off the Hook

Clint West showed up at a gas station in Kountze with a dying Nicole Janca. Nicole is taken to the hospital where she later died. The Sheriff Investigation starts (and also basically ends) that night at this gas station in Kountze, TX. An intoxicated West was asked about what happened. After telling different stories and admitting he was arguing with her, he was asked to write a statement. West wrote a first statement, but the Deputy told him it would not work so the first statement was tossed (we do not know what it said) and West wrote a second statement. This is West’s exact statement (the second one) that he wrote for Sheriff Department that night: “I was at the culb, we eat some deer we talk and we waz going home and we get to sour mapler and to 1003 she said she going to jump out over me truck I went going about 20 mile and she did. I put she in me truck and drive to 421 and 69 to get help”. After West gave his statement, the Sheriff Department drove West home and then the next day, November 10^th, 2010, they asked the County Attorney to charge him with giving alcohol to a minor and they all but closed their Investigation. No other charges.

WHAT?

Clint West was on probation for previously driving while intoxicated. He was driving with a suspended license, he admitted to drinking and driving, and had no car insurance. West told the Deputy more than one story and his stories were inconsistent like at one point saying he was driving 50 mph and at another point saying he was only going 20 mph. The Deputy knew there was an argument between West and Nicole. There was blood all over the inside of the car and Nicole’s bloody hand had a missing ring.  So what did the Sheriff Department do? Surely they booked him for at least drinking and driving or for driving with a suspended license? Nope. They got a statement, drove West home and concluded that he should only be charged with giving alcohol to a minor. It gets worse. They did not impound his vehicle to investigate all the blood in the front AND back of the vehicle. The car cleaning company by Beaumont Colony even called the Sheriff Department and told them about the blood and scratch marks on the inside window. The Sheriff Department told them to clean it. (West’s vehicle was not taken and inspected by the Sheriff Department till 7 months later when Frances Janca and Stewart Butler asked a Judge to allow them to inspect the vehicle) The Sheriff Department did not take West’s clothes or Nicole’s clothes and they even refused to take Nicole’s boots into evidence when Nicole’s mother brought them to the Sheriff Department and showed them how the deep gashes on the boots show that Nicole was dragged for some time and did not just fall out of the vehicle. They did not even go to the Hunting Club that night to look for evidence or to ask the several witnesses what happened there between Clint and Nicole. Frances Janca and her Lawyer Stewart Butler had to contact the witnesses at the TPO Club and interview them about that night since the Sheriff Department would not question them. The only thing the Sheriff Department actually did in their investigation, according to the records, was ask West for a statement, they took some pictures, and they also went to the “accident” site in the dark that night to get some pictures of the blood on the street. The “accident site” was conveniently only a couple hundred feet from the TOP Club property. 

Even more disturbing is that, according to one of the investigating Deputies who arrived at the gas station, the first Deputy there had already decided that no foul play was suspected. They had not even investigated yet and they already decided that nothing bad happened. Also, Deputy Flowers was still allowed access to all of the investigation reports and could read everything before he gave his official statement about what happened that night. Plus, why wasn’t the DPS involved since this “accident” happened on a Texas Highway?

I know the Hardin County Sheriff Department is better than this and would have normally investigated better….It is almost as if a fellow Deputy (Tony Flowers) called the Sheriff Deputies at the scene and told them that nothing happened and to not investigate. That is the only plausible reason why the Hardin County Sheriff Deputies would not investigate this death. They were probably tricked by their fellow Deputy Flowers.

So the case was closed. West was only getting a charge of giving alcohol to a minor.

Nicole Janca’s mother did not give up though.

Frances Janca went to the Sheriff Department and tried to give them Nicole’s boots with the deep gashed from being drug. She tried to tell the police that Nicole’s boot had a missing heel cap and Nicole’s wig was also nowhere at the “accident site” so there had to have been a struggle at the Hunting Club. She tried to tell them that her daughter did not jump out.

Frances Janca’s attempts to have the Sheriff Department look more into the case fell on deaf ears though. One Sheriff Deputy told Frances Janca that Nicole fell out of the car and that was the end of the discussion. Sheriff Ed Cain told Frances Janca that all she wanted to do is argue and accuse people of not doing their job. The Sheriff’s Department said that the only thing West did wrong was to give Nicole alcohol and that was that. Sheriff Cain even said that Deputy Flowers did nothing wrong for not trying to help her dying daughter because Flowers was off duty.

A FULL MONTH passed since the Sheriff Department had closed the case and told Nicole’s mother that it was an accident. But Frances Janca was still working on her daughter’s case. She contacted Mothers Against Drunk Driving and the Texas Rangers.

Frances Janca had asked the Texas Rangers to get involved because she believed that the Hardin County Sheriff Department should not have done the investigation in this death because it involved a Hardin County Sheriff Deputy and because the Hardin County Sheriff Department was refusing to re-open the case or accept any more evidence, like Nicole’s boots. Also, West’s furnishing alcohol to a minor charge, and the idea that Janca would jump or accidentally fall out of the vehicle, hinged on West’s statement that Nicole was intoxicated that night. Well the toxicology results came back and showed that Nicole, although she said she was drinking that week, was NOT drinking the night of the accident and had no alcohol in her system when she died.

Things were not adding up, so a month after the Hardin County Sheriff Department had stopped investigating is when Texas Ranger Ken Parks got involved at the request of Frances Janca. Then and only then is when the Sheriff Department decided to open the case back up. In fact, the investigating deputy even writes in his report that Ranger Parks came and met with him and Ed Cain and this is when (a month later on December 6^th, 2010) the Sheriff Department finally decides to re-interview Clint West and then go to the TPO club and look around for evidence. At this point, they also do other things like get the evidence from Nicole’s mother and they request the phone record of West’s cell phone. Now they are investigating! Another month after they re-opened the investigation, The Sheriff Department and Ranger Ken Parks concluded their investigations and decided that West should be charged with manslaughter. Basically that means they decided that Clint West caused the death of Nicole Janca but did not intentionally try to kill her. 

So the District Attorney charges Clint West with Manslaughter and West is held on a $200,000 bond.

Now things are moving along. But what about the ring missing from Nicole’s hand? What about all the other evidence and missing pieces to the story? Why was Deputy Flowers not investigated?

Things went cold again. But then a few months later, The District Attorney, David Sheffield, steps in and gets his own evidence together and starts putting the pieces together himself. He gets two witnesses who say Clint West admitted to killing Nicole. These witnesses filled in the missing parts like why Nicole and West were arguing. They were arguing over a ring (but the Sheriff Department would have known that if they would have talked to the witnesses at the TPO Club that night). This new information also explains why there was a missing ring on Nicole’s finger when she died (again, the Sheriff Department would have known that a long time ago if they had investigated properly). 

So the District Attorney gets this new evidence together, puts the pieces together and charges Clint West with Murder. Clint West is now currently being held in the Hardin County Jail on a $500,000 bond with Manslaughter and Murder charges.

But wait, there is more.

After these new witnesses and new evidence had been introduced, and after the DA charged West with murder, Frances Janca asked Ranger Parks to consider the new evidence and consider that Clint West murdered Nicole. Ken Parks refused to re-open the case to consider this new information and he still says it was just an accident and that Frances Janca is just a grieving mother who is trying to make it into something more than what it is and she needs to stop. Frances Janca even says that Ken Parks lied to her. Frances Janca was told by Ken Parks that he had a tissue sample taken of Nicole (for testing) but the morgue told Frances Janca that there was no tissue sample taken. But why would Ken Parks not want to consider this evidence that shows that Nicole’s death was more than an accident. And why would Ken Parks lie to Frances Janca? Also, Ken Parks did not investigate Deputy Flowers for any wrong doing. Ken Parks is with a different agency but he lives only a couple miles from the TPO Club and where this incident happened. He is sure to know the Sheriff Department well. Maybe he is trying to shield Flowers too by concluding it was just an accident and not investigating Flowers? If Ken Parks is trying to cover for Flowers this would not be the first time that Parks is accused of covering for another officer. Ranger Parks has also been accused of falsifying witness statements to protect former Officer Robert Arnold who shot and killed an unarmed war veteran in Orange, TX. Even the former Orange Police Chief, Sam Kittrell, said that Ranger Parks had taken the side of Officer Robert Arnold prematurely because Parks had decided that it was a “clean shoot” before Parks had even had time to investigate the killing. The Orange Police Department decided that it was not a “clean shoot” and fired Officer Arnold. Anyways, whether or not Ken Parks is in the wrong for his actions in this Hardin County case, he certainly should have had a different Texas Ranger investigate from the beginning because it is not really an outside investigation if the Ranger investigating lives by, and knows, the people he is investigating.

 

Lawsuit Against Hardin County Sheriff, Ed Cain, alleging that Sheriff Cain Falsified Official Documents to Cover for Deputy Flowers

Does this story not have enough twists? There are more.

As mentioned above, Hardin County Sheriff Ed Cain has been sued for allegedly falsifying official documents and illegally withholding documents. Stewart Butler, the lawyer for Frances Janca, did an Open Records Request of all the phone calls made to the 911 the night of Nicole’s death and also the investigation reports. An Open Records Request is part of a Texas law that requires that government agencies must provide public documents to anyone who sends a written request. The governmental agency has 10 days to provide the documents. The agency cannot withhold any information. If the agency feels that there is some information that should not be released then the governmental agency must ask for the Texas Attorney General for an opinion to decide what the governmental agency can withhold, if anything.

So Frances Janca asked for 911 records and investigation reports. That is a pretty simple request right? Frances waited months to get the information. When she finally got the information, the Sheriff Department certified that the information they were receiving was an exact copy of the originals. Unfortunately the Sheriff Department lied to them. Frances Janca and Stewart Butler discovered that the documents had been altered (important information was taken out) and also several documents were missing. So first of all, it took the Sheriff Department months to get the documents instead of the 10 days they are allowed by law. Second, the documents were altered and some documents were missing. The Sheriff Department did not tell Frances Janca that anything was missing or altered. Third, the Sheriff Department did not request that the Texas Attorney General allow them to withhold any information. The Sheriff cannot say they were not aware of the rules because the Sheriff Department has the Open Records Request Rules posted on the wall of the Sheriff Department.

Stewart Butler and Frances Janca know that the Sheriff Department falsified what they gave them because the information that the Sheriff Department gave the morgue was different than the information they were given by the Sheriff Department.

So Stewart Butler files a Mandamus against Sheriff Cain. Sheriff Ed Cain is being sued for falsifying documents and withholding document and the lawsuit is asking a judge to force Sheriff Cain to release the information.

A couple of weeks after the lawsuit against Sheriff Cain, the media finally picked up on it. The Beaumont Enterprise wrote an article about the Mandamus that was filed against Sheriff Cain. In the article, the Sheriff Department does not accept responsibility for altering the documents and for not contacting the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, to ask for permission to withhold any information. Instead the Sheriff Department’s lawyer just plays down the lawsuit by telling the Enterprise that there was some confidential information that was withheld and that everything will be ok and there is not a need for the court to get involved. Kudos goes to the Enterprise for finding out about the mandamus and writing about it, But the Media still does not know what is going on. Ok, the media knows that there is a lawsuit against Sheriff Cain because Cain is withholding some information, but the media has no idea WHAT information the Sheriff Department is withholding. 

Well, it seems that some of the information that the Sheriff Department secretly withheld is the list and timeline of calls made by Clint West and Deputy Flowers. Now why would Sheriff Ed Cain want to hide that information? So it is ok to release the information about everyone else who calls 911 but it is not ok to release information about 911 calls when a Sheriff Deputy and his friend call 911? Come on now, it is almost as if the Sheriff wants people to think there is a cover-up.

Conclusion

District Attorney David Sheffield should be commended for really investigating this case and charging Clint West with murder. Stewart Butler should be commended for fighting for Nicole Janca for free. Frances Janca should be commended for fighting for her daughter and not giving up until the truth was revealed. Clint West will have his day in court and a jury will decide whether or not these facts and allegations are enough evidence to convict him with murder. The Hardin County Sheriff Department is filled with some great Deputies. Tony Flowers is not one of them. Frances Janca has said that Sheriff Ed Cain has privately told her that there was pure negligence in the Sheriff Department investigation but that he would not have changed anything if they had done the investigation right. Sheriff Ed Cain, whether or not you love the guy or hate the guy, needs to stop covering for Flowers. Sheriff Cain needs to take responsibility for the botched investigation, he needs to apologize publically to Frances Janca, he needs to discipline, or fire, Deputy Flowers, and he needs to stop hiding the documents. Just come clean and let the Sheriff Department move forward so y’all can go out and continue to do a good job of fighting crime without all these distractions. I am sure I will get several emails after this article. Some people will love it and some people will hate it. I just want to bring the facts to light for everyone to see so that justice will be done for Nicole Janca. This story was written using facts from the investigation reports, and by information from Frances Janca, Stewart Butler, and other people close to the investigation whom I believe to be telling the truth.

Click Here to Read Frances Janca's Story on the Mothers Against Dring Driving Website and you can also Donate Money to Help the Janca Family

Pictures of Virginia and Washington D.C. Earthquake Damage and Devastation

Here are some pictures of the damage and devastation from the August 23, 2011 Virginia/Washington DC earthquake. These pictures and more from the Beaumont Enterprise

These Pictures made me laugh out loud! haha

An Earthquake in Virginia/Washington DC or is America’s Foundation cracking due to Obama’s Enormous Debt & Big Government?

by. David Bellow

So there was an earthquake in Virginia yesterday. After it was clear that no one was hurt or injured, I decided to have a little fun. I tweeted on my @DavidBellow twitter page, “Was that an earthquake in Virginia/Washington DC or is America’s foundation cracking due to our enormous debt & big government?”

I was not the only person who thought that the earthquake in Virginia was a perfect opportunity make a point and have a little fun. Before we get to the more serious discussion, including graphs of America’s Debt (below), let’s take a look at some of the humorous comments after the earthquake yesterday.

On Texas GOP Vote’s Facebook page, the comments came rolling in.

Here are some of the Facebook comments:

Apparently the earth's crust has collapsed under the weight of all the BS in Washington...

Breaking News: it's just been established by the administration that the DC earthquake occurred on a rare and obscure fault-line, apparently known as "Bush's Fault". I knew there would be a way to blame Bush....

Must be human caused climate change.

I am sure Bush will be blamed for this too

Could it have been tremors from the Founding Fathers rolling over in their graves?

plus CHECK OUT THESE PICTURES of the Virginia/Washington DC Earthquake Damage and Devastation. I rolled on the floor laughing at these pictures! haha

But Seriously, America will crumble under the weight of our uncontrollable deficit spending and debt increases if we do not do something to stop it. Imagine if you have a family and a set income. You have 4 car notes and a mortgage but now you can no longer pay the monthly payments on your vehicles and house. Do you go out and buy another car or do you sell one of them?

America has maxed out her credit cards. The logical thing to do is to cut spending, not increase spending.

But I believe seeing this debt will help people understand the situation we are in much better than just hearing about the situation.

Obama Administration Debt and Spending Graphs from the Heritage Foundation:

This first graph shows the enormous increase (and projected increases) in deficit spending per year since Obama took over in 2009. Although I believe George W. Bush was a great president, I was not happy with the debt spending that we saw under Bush due to the recession and the wars BUT Bush’s deficit spending is only a fraction the deficit spending that Obama has created. Obama did not inherit the mess we are in. He created it. The graph speaks for itself

This second graph shows that entitlement spending is what is driving up the deficit. In fact, entitlement spending will consume all tax revenue by 2052! We cannot give out more to people than we take in and we have to have money in the bank to pay for America’s Constitutional duties like defense.

This third graph is one of my favorite graphs. It breaks down Obama’s 2012 budget by spending category. We hear people complain and complain about how military spending is why we have so much debt and deficit spending. Well surprise surprise! Military spending (a constitutional expense) in Obama’s 2012 budget is only 19 percent, while entitlement spending consumes 58% (over half) of Obama’s 2012 budget spending.

Obama's Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Used Incorrect Grammar to Criticize Governor Perry

The following is part of a letter I received from Donna Garner. Donna calls out Arne Duncan for using incorrect Grammar while Duncan criticized Governor Perry.Thanks for the info Donna! - David Bellow

ARNE, LET’S START WITH AN ENGLISH LESSON

U. S. Sectretary of Education Arne Duncan decided to take a cheap shot at Texas Gov. Rick Perry by saying, “Far too few of their [Texas] high school graduates are actually prepared to go on to college…I feel very, very badly for the children there.”

First of all, Arne Duncan, the highest-level education official in our land, used incorrect grammar to criticize Gov. Perry and our Texas education standards.  The word “badly” is an adverb to be used with an action verb; “bad” is a predicate adjective to be used after the intransitive linking verb “feel.”  Duncan should have said, “I feel very, very bad for the children there.”