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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2015 4 — THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS Opinion / Local — Guest Opinion — Jobs for ISIS thinking is Marxist By Trevor Loudon For many years now I have said the State Department needs to be cleaned out from top to bottom. And I’m not alone in that opinion, either. The U.S. Department of State has a long history of working against the best interests of the United States, consistently shilling for all things socialist. Those who have looked into tax-exempt foundations like the Carnegie Endowment, Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Consortium, Guggenheim Fellowship, etc., and the subsequent investigation by the Reece Committee, might know what I’m talk- ing about. The first U.S. Secretary of Defense, James Forrestal, once said, “Consisten- cy has never been a mark of stupidity. If the diplomats who have mishandled our relations with Russia were merely stupid, they would have occasionally made a mistake in our favor.” State Department Spokesperson Ma- rie Harf recently told MSNBC’s Chris Matthews ISIS could be stopped if we could just create jobs for them. At first blush, for those ignorant of Marxist ideology, this sort of thinking seems preposterous. Well, I am strong- ly inclined to agree. But I digress. For dyed-in-the-wool Marxists and their fellow travelers (sympathizers), it makes perfect sense. This is why I believe it so important more Americans gain a better understanding of Marx- ism—since it is lauded and approved of by so many American universities and the liberal media, not to mention those in positions of power within our own government. Karl Marx believed our view of his- tory needed to be changed (cf. “hope and change”). Cleon Skousen wrote in his book The Naked Communist about the central importance economics plays in the Marxian religion. Marx believed history should be changed to “a fixed, undeviating, pre-determined course of progress which could be charted in the past and predicted for the future on the basis of Letter to the Editor Policy: The Baker County Press reserves the right not to pub- lish letters containing factual falsehoods or incoherent narrative. Letters promoting or detracting from specific for-profit business- es will not be published. Word limit is 375 words per letter. Letters are limited to one every other week per author. Letters should be submitted to Editor@TheBakerCounty- Press.com. Advertising and Opinion Page Dis- claimer: Opinions submitted as Guest a single, simple criterion— econom- ics.” Accord- ing to Marx and his votaries, if we could Submitted Photo only “level Trevor Loudon is a the playing native New Zealander, field” by political activist, multi- making ev- published author and eryone and expert on American everything politics. He last visited the same Baker City in 2014. (see “equal- ity and fairness”), it would usher in a veritable utopia, i.e., the long hoped for “workers’ para- dise.” Interestingly, about 90 percent of what Karl Marx wrote concerned economics (see Das Kapital). Well, let’s just get something straight: ISIS doesn’t give a damn about economics—quite the contrary. Their motivations and actions are not influenced by Marxism, per se, but rather the teachings of Muhammad, and a literal interpretation of the Koran and the Hadith. Although it should be noted that Marxism and Islam have quite a bit in a common. Until our government pulls its pro- verbial head out of its posterior region, and begins to address the Islamic ideol- ogy that fuels terrorist groups like ISIS, we will forever be beating our collec- tive heads against the wall wondering why we are not getting anywhere, while the enemy runs roughshod over us and others. If you cannot define the enem , you cannot defeat the enemy. How many times does it have to be said? Harf went on to make the patently absurd claim that “we cannot win this war by killing them [ISIS] … we can- not kill our way out of this war.” So why are we killing them? The whole purpose of war is to kill the enemy until they’re either all dead or they surrender unconditionally. Period. You just can’t make this stuff up. Of course this brings us to the all- important question: just whose team is the Obama Administration and the State Department playing for? Opinions or Letters to the Editor express the opinions of their authors, and have not been authored by and are not necessarily the opinions of The Baker County Press, any of our staff, management, independent contractors or affiliates. 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A division of Black Lyon Publishing, LLC Copyright © 2014 YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS President Barack Obama 202.456.1414 202.456.2461 fax Whitehouse.gov/contact US Sen. Jeff Merkley 503.326.3386 503.326.2900 fax Merkley.Senate.gov US Sen. Ron Wyden 541.962.7691 Wyden.Senate.gov US Rep. Greg Walden 541.624.2400 541.624.2402 fax Walden.House.gov Oregon Gov. Kate Brown 503.378.3111 Governor.Oregon.gov State Rep. Cliff Bentz 503.986.1460 State Sen. Ted Ferrioli 541.490.6528 Baker County Commissioners Bill Harvey; Mark Bennett; Tim Kerns 541.523.8200 541.523.8201 Blue skies grace Sumpter poker run and outhouse races Meghan Andersch / The Baker County Press The winning outhouse racers: John Czernik, Emi Takalo, and Katie Czernik. By Meghan Andersch Meghan@TheBakerCountyPress.com The Sumpter Valley Blue Mountain Snowmobile Club promised to host its annual Poker Run and Out- house Races in Sumpter on Saturday, February 14th, with or without snow. The event featured sunshine, clear skies, and enough white stuff to run the outhouses on. John Young, Vice Presi- dent of the Snowmobile Club said he was telling people who complained about the lack of snow, “Hey, we have the best snow in the state,” he said. Despite the unusually balmy weather, Sumpter saw a good turnout of folks eager to participate in the event. 225 poker tickets were purchased, with participants moving from check station to check station to draw cards and fill out their tickets. Seven check stations were located in town and two out on the trails, for those who wanted to try snowmobil- ing. Lynn Applegate said husband Gary was at a checkpoint on one of the trails and was seeing a few people. Check points in town included the Gold Post, the Stage Stop, Sumpter Bed and Break- fast, The Depot Inn, Soda Mountain Pet Supplies, Homestead Realty, and Rustic Realty. Michaelle Clarke, of Homestead Realty, said it had been kind of slow, but she’d had groups of up to fifteen people at a time coming into her of- fice. She said about half of her out-of-town people brought snowmobiles and the other half brought RZRs. At start time for the outhouse races, there was only one team signed up. However, in a show of friendly competitive spirit, several more signed up as the event got underway, with four teams ending up competing. The Czernik family won the race with their Rasta Rocket. The awards ceremony later in the evening was well attended. Snowmo- bile Club President Neal Bork was losing his voice, so Young opened the program, thanking all those who donated time and ef- fort to making the event a success. Lori-Jean Pruitt dis- tributed awards of small outhouse figures and cash prizes to winners of the outhouse races. Nearly $3,000 was paid out to the top poker hands. The top three prizes went to Carl Swinyer ($800), James Moore ($500), and Denise Nielson ($300). Vickie Christensen then emceed the raffle portion of the event. There were 6,246 raffle tickets sold, with items donated by numerous local businesses and individuals, and the Snowmobile Club providing several addi- tional cash prizes. More information on Snowmobile Club mem- bership and events can be found at https://www. facebook.com/sumpters- nowmobileclub or https:// sumptersnowmobileclub. wordpress.com. Annual candy sale held in Huntington By Eileen Driver Eileen@TheBakerCountyPress.com Huntington Historical Society held their annual Valentine’s candy sale on Friday, February 13 at Howell’s Cafe from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The tables were piled high with Val- entine’s boxes of home- made chocolate and white chocolate fudge, heart shapes chocolate swirl candies, mini rice krispie cupcakes and many more assorted candies packaged in holiday decorated clear boxes all ready for giving to your favorite Valentine. For those not in the mood for chocolate, boxes of plump cinnamon rolls were also available and selling fast. Valentine candy boxes where sold in varieties either with or without nuts for only $5 each. According to Historical Society President Alice Burley, “This is our major fundraiser of the year. The money we make from the candy sale helps pay for the utilities for the year at the museum.” The Huntington Histor- ical Society oversees and Eileen Driver / The Baker County Press Jean Kennick mans the candy table. maintains the Huntington Historical Museum located at 395 1st Street in Hun- tington and the outdoor exhibit, featuring antique farm equipment, located on Washington Street next door to the cafe. Examples of what you can see inside the museum are frequently posted to the Huntington Historical Societies face- book page. The Museum is open Sat- urdays and Sundays from 1 to 4 or those who want to see it any other time just call any Historical Society Member or City Hall and they will be happy to have it opened to tour. They are currently still selling raffle tickets for their Pot ‘O Gold Drawing, in which one can win 50, $1 coins, which will be held on March 17 at noon. Tickets are on sale and available at any Hunting- ton business, for 50 cents a ticket. For those who would like to contact the Huntington Historical So- ciety their mailing address is PO Box 385 Huntington, Oregon 97907.