http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/newmexico/ en-us Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:27:21 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2279307/posts New Mexico officials captured and released a bear after it was spotted with a sheep it had just killed in the yard of a Dona Ana County farming community. Lita Tafoya found the 160-pound bear in her back yard after it had made the kill Thursday evening. State Department of Game and Fish officials tracked the bear near an elementary school ... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2279307/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:27:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279204/posts A New Mexico whistleblower has filed a second pay-to-play lawsuit that makes a connection between the pay-to-play investigation in New York and the actions of firms working for New Mexico’s two largest pension funds. Frank Foy’s allegations are far-reaching, naming some two-dozen financial firms and claiming investments made by the new Mexico Educational Retirement Board and the State Investment Council (SIC) were meant to benefit New Mexico state governor Bill Richardson. Foy, the former CIO of the ERB, also made a connection between pay-to-play practices in his state and the high-profile investigation going on in New York. Global Pensions http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279204/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:33:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2278674/posts POSTED: 7:41 pm MDT June 23, 2009 UPDATED: 12:06 am MDT June 24, 2009 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The crowd for Tuesday night's Isotopes game could be a record one and those fortunate enough to have tickets are already getting into the ball park. Fan Kyle Morrow made sure he didn't miss his chance. "I came in at 9 o'clock this morning, because I live baseball and I love Manny Ramirez" Morrow said. Morrow was one of thousands in a standing room only crowd who will pack into Isotopes Stadium for a glance at Manny Ramirez," said Morrow. "He gave this... KOAT TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2278674/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:44:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276168/posts SNIPPET: "Police were nearby and took one suspect into custody while another was arrested after a getaway car was followed to a nearby trailer park." (AP) via WTVM.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276168/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:06:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276111/posts Police in Albuquerque said a restaurant employee has been killed after several armed suspects attempted a takeover-style robbery at a packed Denny's Restaurant. Police spokeswoman Officer Nadine Hamby said "multiple" armed suspects rushed the northwest Albuquerque restaurant at about 9:30 a.m. Saturday. As many as 100 people were inside. A Saturday morning breakfast for 60 restaurant guests quickly turned into a nightmare. KOAT 7 News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276111/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:43:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2256287/posts Families line up around the block to hear former President Bush at Artesia High School in NM. hotairpundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2256287/posts#comment Fri, 22 May 2009 14:48:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242244/posts COLUMBUS, N.M. – This dusty little border town with almost no visible means of support has been seeing something of a boom in the past year: Brand-new Lincoln Navigators and Cadillac Escalades with flashy wheel rims are parked just off the bleak main drag. Homes are selling quickly, sometimes for cash. The source of this sudden wealth? An influx of Mexican drug smugglers, investigators say. The smugglers are fleeing the Mexican army's occupation of the town of Palomas, on the other side of the U.S.-Mexico border fence, and settling in Columbus, where there has been a law enforcement vacuum. The... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242244/posts#comment Fri, 1 May 2009 19:19:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2240738/posts White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs has repeatedly refused to rule out Caldera's dismissal for authorizing Monday's Air Force One photo op fiasco that sent panicked New Yorkers running through the streets of lower Manhattan. But the drumbeat for his dismissal seems to be growing louder. The national television media was all over it again this morning, and Gibbs called the photo-op "stupid" during a press briefing on Air Force One. Gibbs was asked this morning if President Obama "regrets" anything during his first 100 days. Gibbs cited the flyover, and only the flyover. Not a good sign for Caldera.... The Albuquerque Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2240738/posts#comment Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:46:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2240712/posts Intersting headline from the Las Crucues Sun lcsun-news.com cannot be posted due to copyright complaint. LAs Cruces Sun-News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2240712/posts#comment Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:21:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236682/posts Border Patrol agents stationed at the Highway 70 Checkpoint seized $50,000 hidden inside a vehicle's hidden compartment, officials said. Officials referred to the cash as "drug-contaminated currency" in a news release. The seizure was made Wednesday afternoon when the driver of a dark gray Acura was detained for a secondary inspection of his vehicle. A drug-sniffing dog alerted agents to the hidden compartment within the vehicle. The vehicle and currency were seized and turned over to the Border Enforcement Security Task Force (BEST) in Las Cruces. The driver was released pending further investigation and was not identified. KVIA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236682/posts#comment Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:00:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2235461/posts It's been said that conservatism has different meanings for different people. It may not be textbook, but without a whole lot of navel gazing, here's what it means to me and what Free Republic is all about: In a word, Freedom! In two words, Preserving Freedom. In a handful of words as stated by our Founding Fathers, to secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our posterity! America was founded on the proposition that all men are created equal by God and that our unalienable rights to Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness are granted directly by God... Click here to support your favorite conservative website! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2235461/posts#comment Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:10:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2226436/posts The posters are ready. The Web site is getting heavy traffic. And a local organizer involved with a budding national political movement symbolized by tea bags — think Boston Tea Party — says the tea leaves are pointing to a big turnout for an Albuquerque rally next week. The rally is scheduled for Wednesday, the deadline for filing income tax returns, and will focus on what organizers see as frightening fiscal folly in Washington, D.C. -SNIP- Dozens of tax-day rallies are being planned from coast to coast on Wednesday, according to the Web site www.taxdayteaparty.com .The Web site describes the... Albuquerque Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2226436/posts#comment Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:49:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2234779/posts t looks like Gov. Bill Richardson’s (D-N.M.) troubles might be getting a bit worse. Richardson is currently entangled in a federal pay-to-play investigation in his home state. Today, The New Mexico Independent’s Heath Haussamen reports that Steven Rattner, who is currently overseeing the Obama administration’s auto industry bailout program, has also been a major contributor to Richardson’s gubernatorial campaigns in recent years — donating a total of $20,000 over two elections. The problem? Richardson heads the State Investment Council (SIC), which manages the state’s investments. In October 2005, the SIC voted to invest $20 million with Quadrangle Group LLC, according... Wash Independent http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2234779/posts#comment Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:37:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2233573/posts Do not believe the nattering nabobs of negativity. The Nationwide Tax Day TEA Party/Tax Revolt was a huge success!! What we need now is MORE and LOUDER!! Obama has no clue. Being confronted by millions of fed-up citizens is new to him. He never expected the otherwise docile American people to rise up against his wannabe Marxist/fascist totalitarian regime. He's now lashing out at us through the Dept of Homeland Security as if We the People are his enemy. Well, we are! And he now knows it. And he's scared witless!! And the media has been reduced to the speechless,... Click here to support your favorite revolting website http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2233573/posts#comment Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:16:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2232343/posts Congratulations FReepers and Patriots! According to Henchster's ongoing tallies, we've surpassed 750,000 participants in our nationwide Tax Day TEA Party/Tax Revolt! Woo hoo!! All 50 states fully engaged! Over 600 cities represented and reports still coming in! Huge turnout, huge SUCCESS!! Elected officials take note: DO NOT TREAD ON ME!! Tyranny, usurpation, corruption, overreaching, big spending, high taxing will no longer be tolerated! We the people are FED-UP and we're not going to take it anymore! Ignore us at your own peril! All Congressional seats, all elected offices throughout the land at risk! Revolution is in the air!! Click here to support FR http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2232343/posts#comment Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:36:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2230843/posts If the Obama administration has taken flak for suggesting that conservative groups might be home to domestic terrorists, it looks like some House Democrat leaders are willing to go even further: But in an interview on Fox TV in San Francisco, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) chalked up the GOP grass-roots effort as “AstroTurf.” “This initiative is funded by the high end; we call it AstroTurf, it's not really a grass-roots movement. It's AstroTurf by some of the wealthiest people in America to keep the focus on tax cuts for the rich instead of for the great middle class,” Pelosi said.... The Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2230843/posts#comment Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:58:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2230356/posts I attened the Tea Party here in Albuquerque today, I would say there was at least 2000 people in attendance while I was there and plenty of people driving by showing their support. Organizers say that by the end on the party which ran from 4 to 7 PM over 7000 people had registered. The crowd was polite festive and orderly. There where people of all races ages and economic classes and everyone of them were 100% AMERICAN and MAD AS HELL about spending and pork! Pictures on my flickr account at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/24180181@N04/ Oh by the way they are all... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2230356/posts#comment Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:09:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2229220/posts After the 2010 census has been held, the number of seats held by each state in the U.S. House of Representatives will change. The National Conference of State Legislatures recently estimated what the 2010 reapportionment will mean for each state. Eight states are expected to lose one seat each, in the U.S. House and in the Electoral College. They are Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. States that will gain will be Texas (3 seats), and one each for Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Nevada and Utah. If the bill now pending in Congress to expand the... Ballot Access News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2229220/posts#comment Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:46:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2225543/posts We cheer the reddest. We corn the hardest. And, apparently, we grin the widest. Because Nebraska is the happiest state in the U.S., a new study says. The survey — conducted by personal finance Web site MainStreet.com — ranked all 50 states and the District of Columbia from fiscally happiest to saddest based on a few factors of economic well-being. These included foreclosure numbers, unemployment rates and the ratio of average debt to average annual income. “It reflects the attitude of this state,” said Gov. Dave Heineman. “We are a positive people with a can-do attitude who are focused on... Lincoln Journal Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2225543/posts#comment Thu, 9 Apr 2009 13:00:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2221849/posts Are you ready for a FReepathon!!? Well, it's a new quarter and a new president and he's everything we knew he would be. In less than 90 days he's managed to take an economic downturn and turn it into an unmitigated disaster for good old American capitalism. Never let a good crisis go to waste! The government is now printing money as fast as they can run the presses. Our federal budget is doubling and tripling and the Fed is running with no controls or oversight whatsoever from the congress, pumping trillions more into the "economy." The government now spends... Click here to pledge your support http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2221849/posts#comment Fri, 3 Apr 2009 22:04:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2221035/posts LAS CRUCES, N.M., April 2, 2009 – The resounding boom of cannon fire broke the sound of thousands of participants talking as they waited in anticipation March 29 for the start of the 2009 Bataan Memorial Death March. This year, the 26.2-mile event at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., included more than 5,300 participants from 50 states and eight countries, including the Philippines, Germany, Canada and the United Kingdom. While individuals marched for their own reasons, they all came together for the same purpose: to honor the soldiers, who were part of the Bataan Death March during World War II.... Special to American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2221035/posts#comment Thu, 2 Apr 2009 22:10:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2212640/posts No. 10: Michigan Michigan is home to two of the most dangerous cities in America, according to the 2008 CQ Press city rankings. Detroit ranks third and Flint ranks sixth. No. 9: Maryland Hugging the nation's high-crime capital, struggling to revitalize Baltimore and growing its gambling industry, Maryland has the second-highest murder and robbery rate. No. 8: Arizona Things are looking brighter in Arizona! Last year it made the top five most dangerous states, now it's down a few notches at No. 8. No. 7: Alaska Alaska is plagued with having the highest number of rape cases. There could be... Walletpop.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2212640/posts#comment Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:39:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2210728/posts Manny Aragon was one of New Mexico's most powerful law makers and power brokers. A former Senate president, Aragon was this week convicted and given a 67 month sentence for lining his pockets and that of his co-conspiritors with millions in fraudulently billed state contracting money. While his "iconic" status is mentioned and his long standing position as a "Senate leader" is dutifully chronicled, his status as a Democrat doesn't seem to make the cut of a large portion of the stories on his sentencing. The Associated Press misses the fact in two versions of the story (here and here),... Publius' Forum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2210728/posts#comment Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:55:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2210153/posts Gov. Bill Richardson signed legislation Wednesday repealing New Mexico's death penalty, making it the second state to ban executions since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976. Richardson, a Democrat who formerly supported capital punishment, said signing the bill was the "most difficult decision" of his political life but that "the potential for ... execution of an innocent person stands as anathema to our very sensibilities as human beings." Richardson said he made the decision after going to the state penitentiary, where he saw the death chamber and visited the maximum security unit where those sentenced to... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2210153/posts#comment Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:32:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2209853/posts Another corrupt Democrat is sentenced to time in the “Big House.” Manny Aragon a former power broker in the NM Senate is on his way to prison for 67 months: Note that this article doesn’t mention Party affiliation. Stuck On Stupid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2209853/posts#comment Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:36:28 GMT