http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/newmexico/ en-us Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:44:05 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414711/posts The 8th Fighter Squadron received their first of 20 F-22 Raptors on the afternoon of December 21. The arrival of 8th FS flagship, a Langley AFB Raptor -- which came from maintenance in Palmdale, Calif. -- starts the next chapter of the "Black Sheep's" storied history that started in 1941 when the squadron was assigned to the 49th Pursuit Group, where during World War II, their pilots amassed 207 aerial victories. "Air dominance," said Lt. Col. Craig "Bluto" Baker, 8th FS commander, relating how the F-22 fits into Holloman's history. "The F-22 builds on what previous generations of air superiority... F-16.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414711/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:44:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414455/posts <p>U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., apparently persuaded Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to add a provision to force construction businesses of five or more employees to provide insurance coverage or face hefty fines.</p> Albuquerque Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414455/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:39:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409930/posts Former New Mexico Republican Gov. Gary Johnson is a teetotaling triathlete who looks the part of the laid-back Mountain West politician. But don’t let the jeans and black mock turtleneck he's sporting on his new website fool you: Johnson is starting to sound like a mad-as-hell populist with an eye cast on 2012 and the building fury aimed at Washington. “I’m finding myself really angry over spending and the deficit,” he said in an interview with POLITICO this week. “I’m finding myself really angry over what’s happening in the Middle East, the decision to stay in Afghanistan indefinitely. I’m angry... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409930/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:48:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2409893/posts Users wrote to us this morning that anti-virus, anti-spyware and anti-malware programs were reporting to them that our site contained malicious code. These security programs protected many of our readers' computers after our advertising server was hacked early this morning. Thanks to your help, we were able to detect and clear the problems from our servers shortly after 10 a.m. This incident reinforces the value of keeping your anti-virus programs and security patches up-to-date. Please e-mail us at journal@abqjournal.com. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call our customer support at... The Albuquerque Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2409893/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:01:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2405568/posts Long, long ago, some of the first dinosaurs walked the Earth. But scientists have not known with any confidence where those initial dino prints were made. Much more recently, hikers stumbled across a few bits of bone at Ghost Ranch in New Mexico, leading to the discovery of a game-changing dinosaur that reveals where it all began. The dinosaur, now called Tawa hallae, had a body that was only the size of a medium to large dog, but its remains have helped scientists shore up where dinosaurs came from. The research team used the extremely well-preserved and complete skeletal remains... livescience http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2405568/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:38:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402623/posts SpaceShipTwo (SS2) and its mothership, VMS Eve (WhiteKnightTwo) herald a new era in commercial space flight with daily space tourism flights set to commence from Spaceport America in New Mexico after test program and all required US government licens Virgin Founder, Sir Richard Branson and SpaceshipOne (SS1) designer, Burt Rutan, today reveal SS2 to the public for the first time since construction of the world’s first manned commercial spaceship began in 2007. SS2 has been designed to take many thousands of private astronauts into space after test programming and all required U.S. government licensing has been completed. The unveiling represents... virgingalactic.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402623/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 05:13:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2400696/posts "A creepy string of calf mutilations in southern Colorado has a rancher and law enforcement investigators mystified. Four calves have been found dead in a pasture just north of the New Mexico state line in recent weeks. The dead calves had their skins peeled back and organs cleared from the rib cage. One calf had its tongue removed. But rancher Manuel Sanchez has found no signs of human attackers, such as footprints or ATV tracks. And there are no signs of an animal attack by a coyote or mountain lion . Usually predators leave pools or blood or drag marks... thesop http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2400696/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 02:15:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384199/posts Note: The following text is a quote: Ware Man Charged with Illegal Possession of Ammunition and Manufacturing Explosive Materials SPRINGFIELD, MA—A Ware man was charged today in federal court with Possession of Ammunition by a Convicted Felon and Manufacturing Explosive Materials without a License. United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz; Glenn N. Anderson, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Boston Field Division; Warren T. Bamford, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Field Division; Leigh-Alistair Barzey, Resident Agent in Charge of the Office of Inspector General, Department of Defense’s... Boston.FBI.gov - DOJ Press Release http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384199/posts#comment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:33:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2381625/posts The likelihood of outrage seems inevitable this year in college football: The BCS controversy, which even President Obama has issued proclamations about, seems ready to explode, since six undefeated teams - two from minor conferences - survive with only three games left in the season. Two conferences, Mountain West and Western Athletic (WAC) are excluded from automatic participation in the BCS, and must compete for one of two wildcard teams, and both still have undefeated teams. But should a team which has gone undefeated and unchallenged take a slot from Alabama or Florida, which are likely to also go undefeated...... Vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2381625/posts#comment Sun, 8 Nov 2009 19:14:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2381028/posts According to source in Chama the State Historical Preservation office (SHPO) sent a fax to the contractor demanding that he 'cease and desist' from any further work because they are not using 'historic' nails. I think SHPO got told where they could stuff it. They approved the project a long time ago, and I doubt they'll be allowed to imperil a historic property by stopping the re-roofing just before the winter. What may have caused this little problem was the pictures on The Goat, and references to use of a nail gun. Some clueless jerk who just wants to stop... Narrow Gauge Dead Goat Saloon http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2381028/posts#comment Sat, 7 Nov 2009 19:00:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2375538/posts Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson (R) is setting up a new political group to potentially set up a run for the White House. The former two-term governor, known for his libertarian leanings, is setting up a new 527 group, according to the Santa Fe New Mexican, over which he'll preside as an "honorary chairman." The move raises the specter that Johnson might wage a bid for the GOP -- or Libertarian Party -- nomination for president in 2012. Candidates often set up groups, more frequently Political Action Committees (PACs) to raise money for or support other candidates. Johnson said... The Hill, Washington, DC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2375538/posts#comment Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:26:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373756/posts Early Release for 660 Inmates a Possibility A pair of New Mexico prisons would be closed and as many as 660 inmates released before completing their full prison terms if a budget-cutting bill passed last week   by state lawmakers is signed into law, state officials said Wednesday.    -SNIP-    Richardson told reporters Wednesday that he’s concerned   closing the prisons could raise public safety issues and criticized lawmakers for approving state agency cuts during last week’s special session that average 7.6 percent.   -SNIP-    Between 530 and 660 inmates could be released early, about 10 percent of the state’s... Albuquerque Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373756/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:50:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373384/posts EL PASO, Texas -- Rain and snow fell in parts of the Borderland on Wednesday afternoon as a cold front moved in. Light snow was reported in West, Northeast and far East El Paso about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. Snowfall was also spotted in the Franklin Mountains in El Paso and the Organ Mountains near Las Cruces. The National Weather Service has issued a freeze warning for southern New Mexico and west Texas from 3 to 10 a.m. Thursday. NWS officials said some areas may be just above freezing tonight but low temperatures for Friday will likely affect more areas. www.kvia.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373384/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:39:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371342/posts Hotel Owner to Workers: No Spanish! By MELANIE DABOVICH, AP TAOS, N.M. (Oct. 26) -- Larry Whitten marched into this northern New Mexico town in late July on a mission: resurrect a failing hotel. The tough-talking former Marine immediately laid down some new rules. Among them, he forbade the Hispanic workers at the run-down, Southwestern adobe-style hotel from speaking Spanish in his presence (he thought they'd be talking about him), and ordered some to Anglicize their names. No more Martin (Mahr-TEEN). It was plain-old Martin. No more Marcos. Now it would be Mark. Whitten's management style had worked for him... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371342/posts#comment Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:20:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2358481/posts N.M.'s gov has five Nobel Peace Prize nominations ... for actually doing something.We're happy for President Barack Obama's surprise selection as this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner, of course, but we can't help wondering why New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, who has been nominated for the prestigious award five times, has been passed over once again.Richardson, after all, has actually contributed to world peace through his diplomatic efforts in countries like Sudan and North Korea -- at least according to Rep. Bart Gordon, a Tennessee Democrat who nominated Richardson for the honor in 2007.-SNIP-The governor's own Web site modestly... Albuquerque Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2358481/posts#comment Fri, 9 Oct 2009 16:28:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2349662/posts       The First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit was meant to provide money for renters to buy homes, but a ring of local residents apparently saw only the money part.   -SNIP-      The tax credit program offers up to $8,000 to eligible first-time homebuyers, who claim the credit by filing a specific IRS form with their federal tax return. The credit is a dollar-fordollar credit on the amount owed by a homebuyer in federal taxes. If a buyer doesn’t owe the IRS any money at the end of the year, the credit amount comes back as cash in... Albuquerque Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2349662/posts#comment Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:27:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2334081/posts As of this week- Stimulus Spending is at: $20,726,309,285.22 At the link on the upper right will be a listing: *American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Report* Updated as of 9/4/2009. New contracts signed this week are for design and construction of 10 land port of entry buildings for customs and border protection. 6 In North Dakota,1 in Vermont, New Mexico and Montana (The one in Vermont isn't even near the border, in Killingly.) Federal Procurement Data System http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2334081/posts#comment Mon, 7 Sep 2009 18:46:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2330516/posts Persistent Pepe Le Pews Pester Clients, Staff at State Health Department Satellite [Office]. The West Las Cruces Public Health Office, bothered by skunks burrowing beneath its portable building home for at least three years, will shut down Tuesday for at least a week in an attempt to deal with the smelly problem once and for all, the Las Cruces Sun-News reported. "They've removed I don't know how many skunks and released them pretty far from the area," Health Department spokesman Chris Minnick told the Sun-News. "Inevitably the skunks come back; they're pretty persistent." Although no skunks actually have entered the... The Albuquerque Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2330516/posts#comment Wed, 2 Sep 2009 17:40:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2327161/posts (English-language translation) HAVANA (AP) — The United States should implement the announced permission for Cuban-Americans to travel to Cuba, and the island should respond by eliminating exit restrictions on its citizens, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson recommended. This was one among a list of suggestions the American devised during his visit to the island, which ended on Friday. "There is a very good environment, the best I have seen in many years," Richardson stated in relation to a possible approach between the two countries. According to the governor, "humanitarian" steps should be taken to stimulate links between people [involved] in... WAPA.tv (Spanish-language news brief) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2327161/posts#comment Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:27:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2327157/posts From January 1995 to December 2002, Gary Johnson served as the Governor of the State of New Mexico, and was the first governor in the history of New Mexico to be elected for two consecutive four year terms. He was ranked among the nation's seven top governors in each of the Cato Institute's fiscal report cards between 1996 and 2002. Under Gov. Johnson's administration, New Mexico experienced the longest period without a tax increase in the state's history, the rate of growth in the state government was cut in half, half of the state's prisons were privatized, state Medicaid was... Gary Johnson http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2327157/posts#comment Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:22:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2326772/posts SANTA FE, N.M. – New Mexico's top federal prosecutor confirmed Friday that no charges will be brought against Democratic Gov. Bill Richardson and his former top aides after a probe of an alleged pay-to-play scheme prompted him to withdraw his nomination as U.S. commerce secretary. But U.S. Attorney Greg Fouratt said the decision not to bring charges "is not to be interpreted as an exoneration of any party's conduct." In a letter sent to defense attorneys, Fouratt said a yearlong federal investigation "revealed that pressure from the governor's office resulted in the corruption of the procurement process" so that state... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2326772/posts#comment Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:00:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2325592/posts New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and former high-ranking members of his administration won't be criminally charged in a yearlong federal investigation into pay-to-play allegations involving one of the Democratic governor's large political donors, someone familiar with the case said. Foxnews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2325592/posts#comment Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:34:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2322584/posts Elected officials in New Mexico are renewing calls for an ethics overhaul after the state's attorney general this week unveiled the latest in a long string of political-corruption cases. Longtime Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron, who left office in 2006, has been indicted on 50 felony counts of embezzlement, tax evasion and money laundering in an alleged scheme to siphon off at least hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal election funds. Ms. Vigil-Giron, a Democrat who served three four-year terms as secretary of state, is accused of colluding with a political consultant and two Democratic lobbyists -- also under... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2322584/posts#comment Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:46:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2322406/posts Congressman Martin Heinrich hosted a large town hall meeting on health care reform Saturday afternoon, and while there was plenty of yelling on both sides, things stayed relatively civil. Around 700 to 800 people gathered at the UNM Continuing Education center Saturday to discuss health care reform. KOB.com Channel 4 Albuquerque http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2322406/posts#comment Sun, 23 Aug 2009 03:38:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2322329/posts Martin Heinrich was asked a legitimate question about the public input that his office was receiving on the health care reform bill, and chose to not tell truth. This is a perfect opportunity for Jon Barela to point to Heinrich's lack of candor, forthrightness, and honesty with his constituents. Why wouldn't he, except that he has no intention to acknowledge legitimate questions with a candid, forthright, and honest responses, either? Diogenes Six http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2322329/posts#comment Sat, 22 Aug 2009 23:57:38 GMT