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According to an article on or in The Washington Times,  almost without “warning”.Warren Buffet stands to dine at the table set for him by Obama and his State Department’s lack of support for thousands of jobs in the USA. The Keystone XL pipeline, once to be built from Canada to Houston, Texas has been left exposed to the millionaires among environmentalists, green people and assorted other opponents to real job creation in this country. 

 Warren Buffett, whom President Obama likes to cite as a fair-minded billionaire while arguing for higher taxes on the wealthy, stands to benefit from the president’s decision to reject the Keystone XL oil pipeline permit.

Mr. Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. owns Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC, which is among the railroads that would transport oil produced in western Canada if the pipeline isn’t built.

Obama’s rejection of the pipeline comes three years after the initial application was made to construct the pipeline and just when it amounts to political expediency and a thumbing of the nose toward energy independence for this country:

 “Whatever people bring to us, we’re ready to haul,” Krista York-Wooley, a spokeswoman for Burlington Northern, a unit of Buffett’s Omaha, Neb.-based Berkshire Hathaway Inc., told Bloomberg News. If Keystone XL “doesn’t happen, we’re here to haul,” she said.

The Obama administration rejected TransCanada’s request for a permit on Jan. 18, saying there was not enough time to review the proposal by Feb. 21, the deadline imposed by congressional Republicans eager to see the pipeline built. The decision came from the State Department, although Mr. Obama said he agreed with it.

If completed, the $7 billion Keystone XL would deliver 700,000 barrels a day of crude from oil sands in Canada to Texas refineries on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. It would traverse about 1,600 miles.

Republicans, labor unions and even some Democrats have criticized the administration’s rejection of the pipeline permit, saying it would create up to 20,000 jobs. Critics accuse the president of buckling to pressure from environmentalists who oppose the project and are important to Mr. Obama’s re-election effort.

What was that about transparency?  Obama has consistently spouted transparency, has he not?  In addition to Buffet’s buffet and other railroad’s largesse, do you think there might be investors in renewables walking this project to the gallows?  Yep, me too.

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Friday Blast                 January 27, 2012

Edgewood Chamber of Commerce

Your Chamber, Working for you…  Home-Based Business Expo  Saturday March 24 Call the Chamber office for more details. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++  The Edgewood Chamber of Commerce and Leadership Edgewood 2012 are presenting: EDGEWOOD TOWN CANDIDATE’S FORUM Thursday February 16 at 5:30 pm at the Masonic Lodge  Candidates running for Edgewood Mayor and Town Council positions will tell us what they see in the future for Edgewood, and how they plan to get us there.  The forum will be moderated by Rory McLannahan, Editor of The Mountain View Telegraph, and Leota Harriman, Editor of The Independent. Admission is open to the entire community, and will be a can of food for the food pantry.This event is also sponsored by ECOC 2012 Partners,  SASS and Wal Mart. ++++++++++++++++++++++       COW AWARDS POT LUCK The COW Awards Committee invites you to attend the best potluck in the area   Friday February 3  at 6:30 pm at the  Edgewood Middle School Cafeteria . The speaker will be Syd Masters! It’s worth the great evening to see who has been nominated (especially YOUR candidate). Bring your favorite pot luck dish, and don’t forget to put your name on the bottom of the dish so that you can get it back!     Call Renee Willes at 505-506-4900 or Robin Prudencio at  505-281-5364 for more information.          Area Happenings This Friday Blast Section is reserved for your events or happenings in the area!  If you have an upcoming event or a special happening that you would like to see in the Blast, please email it to the office by Wednesday. Approved information will be reviewed and inserted in the Blast on the following Friday. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Wildlife West Nature Park has received a grant from the New Mexico Youth Conservation Corps for this season’s youth employment at the park. The first orientation will be held on March 10 at 10am.  All interested youth aged between 16 and 25 please bring a resume and two references to the orientation. Returning corps members can come prepared for orientation and ready to work that afternoon. For more information call 281-7655. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++  January 28 Saturday  1-5pm  FREE Real Estate Investor Seminar and Home Tour. Learn more about investing in Bank Owned Properties, Real Estate Contracts, HUD Homes, Rentals, and much more. ReMax Pros 12028 North Highway 14 Cedar Crest.  RSVP 505-281-7677 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DID YOU KNOW….. That reporting a negative number on line 21 of the 1040 will get you audited? This is the “other income” section, and a negative number on this line gets the IRS computer really excited! Want some help keeping that IRS computer calmed down? For NEW CLIENTS Tax$mart LLC  is now offering a 25% discount on your tax preparation…(good until March 31, 2012.) Call Darice Houghton at 505-281-9043. ****************************************** 100 Years of New Mexico History Get this keepsake hardbound book with beautiful pictures and stories of the history of New Mexico. Order now: Only $29.95 plus tax (add $7.50) to cover shipping and handling if the book is mailed.  Available at The Mountain View Telegraph  or call 823-7100   ***************************************** Edgewood Mobile Food Pantry needs your plastic bags from the grocery store.  Please drop them by the Chamber office.

About Us  Hours of Operation: Mon-Fri 9:00am – 3:30pmLocation: 95 State Road 344 Ste 3 (Library/Chamber Bldg) Edgewood, New Mexico Phone Numbers: 505-286-2577 505-850-2523 e-mail: info@ edgewoodchambernm.com Executive Director: Madeline Heitzman Board of Directors                             Term ends 12/31 President:                     Chris Hopper       2013 Vice President:                      Misty Miller       2013 Treasurer:              Patrick Thompson     2013 Secretary:            Robin Markley             2013 MEMBERS AT LARGE: Ray Seagers                            2013 Saul Araque                            2013 Howard Calkins                     2012 Gary Birkman                        2012 Renee Willes                          2012                             Committees: Membership:     Howard Calkins Marketing:               Misty Miller Political Affairs & By Laws:         Ray Seagers Events:                 Gary Birkman Programs:            Brenda Murray Luncheon:             Linda Thomas February Edgewood    Chamber Dates   COW Awards Potluck Dinner  FEBRUARY 3 at 6:30pm at the Edgewood Middle School Cafeteria.  Bring your best potluck dish and help to honor the recipients of the COW Awards. Speaker is SYD MASTERS ECOC BOARD MEETING February 6 at 6:16pm ECOC Office. MEMBERSHIP LUNCHEON February 8  11:30 am Edgewood Community Center Speaker:  Martha Eden “Understanding our Economy” LEADERSHIP EDGEWOOD 2012 February 9 The class will meet at the Chamber offices at 8am and will carpool to Santa Fe to spend the day at the Roundhouse. ECOC MIXER February 16 at 5:30pm at the Masonic Lodge Edgewood Candidate’s Forum.  OPEN TO THE PUBLIC – Admission is a can or package of non- perishible food for the pantry. Town of Edgewood Meetings  Town Council meets First and Third Wednesdays of the month at 5:30pmEdgewood Community Center Planning & Zoningmeets First and ThirdMondays of the month at6:00pmEdgewood Community Center. Other Chambers: East Mountain Chamber meets the first Thursday of the month at 11:30am.  Call 281-1999 or info@eastmountainchamber.com Moriarty Chamber meets at noon the third Thursday of the month at the Moriarty Civic Center.  Call 832-4087 Mountainair Chamber meets the first Tuesday of the month at 11:30am at the Shaffer Hotel. 847-2975 or mcc@mountainairchamber.com  *******************  Ponderings: HISTORICAL TRIVIA: In the late 1700′s, many houses consisted of a large room with only one chair.  Commonly, a long wide board folded down from the wall, and was used for dining.  The “head of the household” always sat in the chair, while everyone ate sitting on the floor. Occasionally a guest, usually a man, would be invited to sit in this chair during a meal.  To sit in the chair meant you were important and in charge.  They called the one sitting in the chair the “chair man.” Today in business, we use the expression or title Chairman or Chairman of the Board. PS - Thank heaven the rest of the board doesn’t have to sit on the ground. We’d have some pretty crabby boards…

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n the early hours of this morning, some 550 pages of Mitt Romney’s tax returns and a 2011 tax summary were released by his campaign. Just after dawn, there was a long campaign conference call for bleary-eyed reporters in which an accountant (who sounded exactly like you’d imagine Mitt Romney’s accountant would sound) went into details of Mitt millions in mind-numbing detail.

There was an air of grumpy efficency about the call, which was led by Ben Ginsberg, who was George W. Bush’s lawyer during the Florida election recount in 2000. At one point Ginsberg noted that 26 people from Chicago were listening into the proceedings, a reference to the Obama campaign headquarters.

So what were the headlines? He raked in about $42 million in 2010 and 2011. His effective tax rate was just below 14 percent, lower than that for many American taxpayers. He paid $6.2 million to the taxman and donated a staggering $7 million to charity, including $4.1 million to the Mormon church.

OK, so Mormons are supposed to tithe 10 percent of their income. But it’s to Romney’s immense credit that he promised to do this in his youth and followed through with that – to the tune of scores of millions (maybe hundreds of millions) of dollars throughout his life.

When I was in grade school, a few years ago (yeah, right) the two sums would add up to 13.2 million.  And what to some of the other politicians in the limelight of late give to charity of any kind.  Let look at a few examples:

In fact, in those two years, he paid 16 percent of his income to charity, compared to, er,2.6 percent by Newt Gingrich.

And what about President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden in the run-up to their 2008 campaign?

USA Today broke it down here. In 2007, the Obamas gave more than $240,000 to charity, about 5.7 percent of their income. The Bidens gave an average of $369 to charity a year for the decade before he moved to the Naval Observatory – about 0.3 percent of their income. Back in 1997, then veep Al Gore and his then wife Tipper gave $353.

Since becoming veep, Biden hasn’t become much more generous. In 2010, he gave $5,350, about 1.4 percent of income. That same year, Romney gave some $3 million. The national average is about three percent.

It seems that economic wealth,  even coupled with charity, causes rupture or heartburn, not to mention gnashing of teeth and pointing of accusatory fingers.  This in “free” America, a place hard work and economic success was admired and to be copied.  Now we may be falling into the abyss of European disdain of personal success.

In Britain and much the rest of Europe, immense personal wealth often breeds resentment. In the United States, not so much. Certainly, Americans want economic fairness and equal opportunity. But belief in capitalism and the notion that by striving hard you too can become wealthy remain are enduring American traits.

Last week, Romney was stunningly inept in his handling of questions about his tax returns, humming and hawing, prevaricating, stonewalling and then finally, in defeat in South Carolina, agreeing to release documents.

Now he’s done what he should have done earlier (politically-speaking – he’s releasing returns much earlier than any other candidate previously in modern times) this is going to fade away as an issue for most voters.

Democrats will try to foment resentment about Romney’s wealth. And certainly some people will never want to vote for a fat cat rich guy. But if Obama strategists think they it can win a re-election battle on a platform of class warfare they’re very much mistaken.

There you have it.  Almost the entire post from Mr. Harnden’s blog.  For those wishing to visit his blog and his post for this article, click here.

We will be posting events and position information for all candidates who want to provide the information to us.

The elections for municipal office are non-partisan, i.e. none of the candidates are running as members of any political party; therefore every voter should focus on qualifications and other information allowing the winners to properly serve all citizens of the town.

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Read about it here:

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Friday Blast                 January 20, 2012

Edgewood Chamber of Commerce

Your Chamber, Working for you… Sorry to be late this week,  especially for those of you who actually look for the blast at 6:30 on Friday mornings (I know who both of you are.)  Also, please remember that upcoming monthly events are ALWAYS listed on the right side panel in the Blast, and you can always check back if you are wondering when an event will take place! Yesterday’s first Leadership Edgewood 12 class was a great success at least according to the class surveys taken after the class.  We enjoyed great discussions, learned a bit about each other, participated in planning, and began to come together as a thinking, acting group! Thanks to Brenda Murray, LE2012 Director, Lori Harris, Saul Araque, and Martha Eden…your hard work was very apparent at yesterday’s session!  Many thanks to our presenters yesterday.  We got a great deal of good and useful infromaton. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ A Big Thanks to ReMax Western Heritage, Ray Seagers,  for a very interesting and fun Chamber Mixer last evening! At least three of our town candidates attended, and it was good to get a chance to discuss isues with them, as well as visit with our members. The food was abundant and tasted wonderful…loved that fruit tray, Martha! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Put February 16 at 5:30  at the Masonic Lodge in Edgewood on your calendar.  The Edgewood Chamber of Commerce and Leadership Edgewood 2012 are presenting A CANDIDATE’S FORUM,  with the help of  Leota Harriman- Editor of The Independent and Rory McClannahan- Editor of the Mountain View Telegraph who will moderate the forum. Candidates running for Edgewood Town positions will tell us what they see in the future for Edgewood, and how they plan to get us there.   Admission will be a can of food for the food pantry. COW AWARDS NOMINATIONS CLOSE TODAY. The COW Awards Committee has asked me to please remind  you that TODAY is the last day to submit entries for the COW Awards.  and to invite you to attend the Pot Luck (the best potluck in the area)  on February 3 at the Edgewood Middle School Cafeteria. The speaker will be Syd Masters! It’s worth the great evening to see who has been nominated (especially YOUR candidate).   Please get the completed form to the Chamber office by 4pm Friday January 20.  Call Renee Willes at 505-506-4900 or Robin Prudencio at  505-281-5364 for more information.          Area Happenings This Friday Blast Section is reserved for your events or happenings in the area!  If you have an upcoming event or a special happening that you would like to see in the Blast, please email it to the office by Wednesday. Approved information will be reviewed and inserted in the Blast on the following Friday. ****************************************** January 24, 11:30 -12:30 (lunch) January 26, 7:30-8:30 (breakfast)  Join us for a light meal while we explore the clinically proven benefits provided by Juice Plus+ at the Chamber office (95 Highway 344 ste 3). Please RSVP by phone to Linda by Monday Jan 23rd to accomodate for food. Call 505-463-2647 Linda Thomas, JP 4 My Health ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ January 28 Saturday  1-5pm FREE Real Estate Investor Seminar and Home Tour. Learn more about investing in Bank Owned Properties, Real Estate Contracts, HUD Homes, Rentals, and much more. ReMax Pros 12028 North Highway 14 Cedar Crest.  RSVP 505-281-7677 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ January 22  3:30 to 4:30 LinkedIn 101 Come learn why if you’re in business you need to be on LinkedIn.  Learn the marketing strategies used by professionals, what is expected, and what is shunned and how to tap into the LinkedIn resources people are begging to give away. All participants must be preregistered.  Seating is reserved only. To register and get more information please go to http://www.abetterwaymarketing.mobi/classes-and-events.html + ****************************************** 100 Years of New Mexico History Get this keepsake hardbound book with beautiful pictures and stories of the history of New Mexico. Order now: Only $29.95 plus tax (add $7.50) for cover shipping and handling if the book is mailed.  Available at The Mountain View Telegraph  or call 823-7100   ***************************************** Edgewood Mobile Food Pantry needs your plastic bags from the grocery store.  Please drop them by the Chamber office.

About Us  Hours of Operation: Mon-Fri 9:00am – 3:30pmLocation: 95 State Road 344 Ste 3 (Library/Chamber Bldg) Edgewood, New Mexico Phone Numbers: 505-286-2577 505-850-2523 e-mail: info@ edgewoodchambernm.com Executive Director: Madeline Heitzman Board of Directors                             Term ends 12/31 President: Chris Hopper                         2013 Vice President: Misty Miller                           2013 Treasurer: Patrick Thompson                 2013 Secretary: Robin Markley                       2013 Members at Large: Howard Calkins                    2012 Ray Seagers                          2012 Renee Willes                         2012 Gary Birkman                        2012 Saul Araque                           2013 COMMITTEES: Membership:    Howard Calkins Marketing: Misty Miller Moonshine Political Affairs, By Laws: Ray Seagers Events:                Gary Birkman Programs:          Brenda Murray Luncheon:          Linda Thomas February Edgewood    Chamber Dates   ECOC BOARD MEETING February 6 at 6:16pm ECOC Office. MEMBERSHIP LUNCH February 8  11:30 am Edgewood Community Center Speaker:  Martha Eden “Understanding our Economy” ECOC MIXER February 16 at 5:30pm at the Masonic Lodge Edgewood Candidate’s Forum Host: Edgewood Chamber of Commerce Leadership 2012 Other Chambers: East Mountain Chamber meets the first Thursday of the month at 11:30am.  Call 281-1999 or info@eastmountainchamber.com Moriarty Chamber meets at noon the third Thursday of the month at the Moriarty Civic Center.  Call 832-4087 Mountainair Chamber meets the first Tuesday of the month at 11:30am at the Shaffer Hotel. 847-2975 or mcc@mountainairchamber.com *******************  Ponderings: HISTORICAL TRIVIA: Early politicians required feedback from the public to determine what the people considered important.  Since there were no telephones, TV’s or radios, the politicians sent their assistants to local taverns, pubs, and bars.  They were told to “go sip” some ale and listen to people’s conversations and political concerns.  Many assistants were dispatched at different times. “You go sip here”, and “you go sip there.” The two words “go sip” were eventually combined when referring to the local opinion and, thus (are you ready?) we have the term           GOSSIP!

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