Agenda - 01-22-2019 8-a - Minutes

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2 1 Address to the OC BOCC 2 December 18, 2018 3 4 My name is Riley Ruske, I am a United States Citizen and a Veteran. Almost 50 years ago 1 5 took an oath of office to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all 6 enemies, foreign and domestic: that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same". My sense 7 of duty and patriotism is renewed every time I hear newly elected county commissioners take 8 the oath of office to "support and maintain the Constitution and laws of the United States, and 9 the Constitution and laws of North Carolina not inconsistent therewith". Inherent in both oaths 10 is the duty to protect and preserve the sovereignty of the United States of America. It is also 11 my strong hope that these officials make this oath with a true commitment of their hearts and 12 minds and not just as a minor formality to enter office. 13 14 There has been a lot of talk in recent years about foreign influence in our elections and 15 governance. Most of this talk expresses outrage about foreign nation-states such as Russia, 16 China, North Korea, and others. Our Congress and special counsels conduct politicized 17 hearings and investigations into these activities but it is really just pathetic and dangerous 18 political posturing. The United States government has interfered in foreign elections and 19 governance for decades; from Radio Free Europe to funding of resistance/dissident groups to 20 imposing sanctions to putting in place leaders like Noriega, Castro, Hussein and others. It is 21 only to be expected that other nation-states would try the same things against the United 22 States. Many of the same members of our government who rage against interference in our 23 country are the same ones who sit on Congressional committees or in bureaucracies like the 24 State Department and spy agencies which authorize U.S. interference in foreign governments. 25 Their outrage is hypocritical at best and even dishonest in the presentation to the American 26 citizens. Thankfully, because we still have a fairly open society, the efforts of these foreign 27 nation-states don't have much if any effect. 28 29 However, there is a real existential danger of foreign influence in our country. A recent Yale 30 and MIT University study shows that there are more than 20 million foreign nationals of illegal 31 presence in our country. Not only do these illegal aliens cost United States Citizens taxpayers 32 hundreds of billions of dollars each year, they exert incredible influence in our elections and 33 governance at all levels. They actually distort the allocation of members of the House of 34 Representatives thereby depriving our own citizens of their rightful representation in 35 government. We have seen political candidates pledge everything from amnesty to citizenship 36 to these illegal aliens as part of their campaigns to win office. A recent past president even 37 basically gave 2 million of them amnesty after stating multiple times that he could not legally do 38 so. Some government office holders are even working to give these foreign nationals the right 39 to vote in local elections and to hold office in local government. Our very own Senators Burr 40 and Tillis and Congressman Price all support the illegal alien movement. Recently the Orange 41 County 9--County Manager Hammersley, County Sheriff Blackwood, and all seven 42 Commissioners--Dorosin, Rich, Burroughs, Jacobs, Marcopolos, Mckee and Price--acted to 43 provide U.S. Citizen taxpayer funds to aid and abet, shield and shelter illegal aliens in Orange 44 County. Even more recently, Sheriff Blackwood put our families and children at risk by 45 releasing convicted illegal alien child molesters into our county instead of turning them over to 46 ICE for deportation. 47 48 No doubt some people will call these comments racist or hateful. Such comments would come 49 out of ignorance or dishonesty. National citizenship is the legal identification of affiliation or 50 allegiance to a nation-state. It has nothing to do with race. Requiring that individuals and