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This Year's Dare : 8/10/2013
Registration is OPEN!
2012 Rider Notes
Below are the 2012 rider notes. Please read through and let us know if we missed anything (email to firstname.lastname@example.com). If we did, we'll answer you and if it makes sense, we'll add the info to the website too.
Start / Finish Venue
For the second year, Lands' End has opened it's doors to the Dairyland Dare! Ride Start and Packet pick-up are at
the Lands' End Comer Center
. This venue has tons of parking, hot showers (
don't forget your towel!
), a real food service kitchen, air conditioning, and beautiful landscaping. Thank you Lands' End for hosting us once again!
Plug in 'Bldg 5, Dodgeville, WI 53595' into your GPS for door to door navigation. Take a look at
for your final approach.
Where and When is packet pickup?
Ride Start and Packet pick-up are at
the Lands' End Comer Center
. Your packet will include your waterproof map(s) and cue sheet(s), your bib number (pin it to your back), your helmet number (stick it to the front of your helmet), your timing chip, Sock Guy Socks, 2012 pint glass, and various other goodies. Please have a photo ID available. If you are picking up for a friend, pleas bring a copy of his/her photo ID, birth certificate or one hundred crisp $3 bills in a sealed white envelope. You may pick up your packet on Friday from 6:00PM until 8:00PM. Doors will remain locked until 6:00PM on Friday (please - no eary birds). You may also pick up your packet on Saturday morning between 5:00AM and 7:45AM.
Will Robbie Ventura be there this year?
Yes! He loved the challenge of the 300K so much last year that he is making a special trip back from the Tour de France to take the 300K challenge again. He and Dave Noda will be trading pulls at the front as they "get in shape" for the USA Pro Cycling Challenge the following week in the mountains of Colorado! Grab that wheel and hang on for dear life!
I have old bike parts to donate! Will DreamBikes be there?
You bet!
DreamBikes Madison
will be helping out on the course and will be on site at Lands' End accepting donations. Please bring all those old (or new) bike parts that have been cluttering up your garage and collecting dust. DreamBikes will accept donations of bikes, bike parts, accessories, and (of course) cash. They are doing great things! Let's help them out!
Can I overnight in the Lands' End parking lot?
The answer to this one is No. Land's End has been so gracious to open their doors to us for the event that we'd like very much to respect their request that we have no overnight parking on the property. You wouldn't know it, but there is a constant stream of semi trucks coming in and out of the distribution center so you probably wouldn't sleep that well anyway with all the noise. If you want to overnight in your vehicle, there is a Wal-Mart just down the road (they alway welcome RV parking), Governor Dodge State Park, Blue Mounds State Park, and Tom's Campground. Thank you for understanding!
Where are When do I start?
Riders will queue up in the circle drive in front of
the Lands' End Comer Center
Riders will be released onto the course in waves on fifteen minute intervals. Please plan your start appropriately based on your distance. You may start in an earlier wave than your distance dictates, but be aware that we do not start serving lunch until 11:00AM
6:00AM & 6:15AM: 250/300K start
6:30AM & 6:45AM: 150/200K start
7:00AM & 7:15AM: 100/150/200K start
7:30AM & 7:45AM: 50/100K start
8:00AM Last official start
Anyone starting after 8:00AM will bypass the first 50K of the ride and will join the ride in progress on Military Ridge Rd via Schaeker Ln on the North side of the Lands' End Campus.
To encourage an easy and controlled roll-out through Dodgeville, each wave will follow an escort vehicle for the first couple miles. This escort vehicle will stop at all stop signs and at all traffic lights as necessary. You are expected to do the same. At the intersection of 191 and Bennett Rd, the escort vehicle will turn off the course and you will be waved to the right (staying on 191).
How will the course be marked? Are there maps and cues?
Depending on your goal distance, you will receive up to three waterproof/sweatproof maps at packet pick up. They will be 8.5x11 inches with the maps on one side and cues on the other.
The actual maps and cues can be found here.
The course will be very well marked with the DD Horns logo and arrows in orange spray chalk. There will be at least two markings before each turn and at least one confirmation after each. Route splits exist at:
Mile 32.1 (where the 50K riders begin their return and 100K+ continue)
Mile 58.4 (where the 100K riders begin their return and 150K+ continue)
Mile 79.3 (where the 150K riders and 200K+ part ways)
Mile 110.6 (where the 250K+ riders and 150/200K part ways)
There are two split points on the 250/300k route at the beginning of each 300K loop.
Each route split has a cut off time. In order to continue past the split and onto the longer route you must arrive before the cut off. Please plan your start time and pace so that you hit these splits before their cut off hours. Details of each split are below:
Mile 32.1 - 100K+ 10:00AM
Mile 58.4 - 150K+ 2:00PM
Mile 79.3 - 200K+ 3:00PM
Mile 110.6 - 250K+ 3:00PM
Mile 134.2 - 300K A 5:00PM
Mile 156.3 - 300K B 6:00PM
What if the weather turns bad?
The Dairyland Dare will run rain or shine. It will run if it's 40 degrees or 100 degrees. Having said that, we understand that we need to be responsible citizens and use common sense for the safety of our participants, volunteers, staff, and neighbors. We reserve the right to shorten the route, delay, or pause the event if we feel there is a significant risk of injury due to weather (hail, lightning, tornados, severe thundrstorms, or excessive heat). It is our sincere hope that we never have to do this. In the event that should need to do so, we will communicate out from out control center to the ham radio operators at rest stops, water stations, and in roving vehicles. We will also send priority messages vis SMS to any rider or volunteer carrying a subscribed, text capable cell phone.
To subscribe to this service, just text DLD2012 to 41411
. All subscriptions to the service will be dropped one week after the event.
Will there be chip timing? How will it work?
You will receive a timing chip at packet pick up. All riders must wear this device on one of their ankles. After your ride, you'll be asked to return this device and declare the distance that you completed.
You will not be given your meal or beer tickets until you've returned your timing chip.
There will be checkpoints with timing mats at various points on the course. In order for your time to be registered at a checkpoint, be sure to ride across the mat. There will be a mat at the start and a mat at the finish. Depending on the distance you ride, you may cross between one and twelve checkpoints between start and finish. Mats are typically placed at the farthest point of a route. This insures that the entire route is ridden. The exact locations of mats will not be disclosed until after the event.
If your chip registers twice on a detection point, there are rules applied to make sense of the data. For instance, if you register twice on the start line, the second event will be taken as your official start time. If you cross twice on the finish line, the first event will be your official finish. Intermediate detection points are typically set to count the first detection.
What are the cut off times that I need to be aware of?
In order to insure that we get all riders off the course (especially the 250K and 300K) before nightfall, the following cut-off times will be enforced. All timing chips must be returned by 8:30 PM 8/13/2011. Depending on the distance you are riding, there are up to six cut-off times that you will need to meet. If you insist on proceeding on the route beyond these cutoff times, you must show that you have night safety equipment, surrender your chip, bib number, and agree to disassociate yourself from the event.
Please see
for the cut-off times pertinant to your distance.
(also shown above)
What rest stops and water stops are on the course? When do they open and close?
Mineral Point, Soldier Park
Survey Rd
GDSP, Trail's End
Bethel Horizons
5121 County ZZ
Judd's Home
Barneveld Memorial Park
Knob Hill Farm
Spring Valley Camp
Dax's Farm, Sand Hill Rd
Olsen Farm, Shop Hill Rd
155.5 or 138.4
Miess Farm on County M
172.3 or 141.8
Cox Hollow Concession Area
180.9 or 150.4
*Rest Stops have bathroom facilities. Water Stops do not.
What sort of food will be at the rest stops?
HEED, Gatorade, Water, Hammer Gel, Hammer Endurolytes.
Bananas, Oranges, Raisins, Seedless Grapes, Strawberries, Nectarines, Plums.
Complex Carbs:
Bagels, Wheat Bread, Raw Revolution Bars, Larabars, Granola Bars, Animal Crackers, Gold Fish.
Muffins, Cookies, Gummy Worms, Strawberry Jam.
Chips, Pretzels, Gold Fish, Saltines.
Trail Mix, Beef Sticks, String Cheese, Mixed Nuts, Peanut Butter, Ham & Turkey Lunch Meat, Cheese Singles, (+Brats & Hot Dogs at GDSP and 5121 ZZ).
This is the general idea of what will be available on course. Some rest stops may vary slightly from this outline, but rest assured - you will not go hungry!
What if I have special needs? Can you help out?
If you don't see what you want or need in the list above, you can prepare individual special needs bags to be sent out to the various rest stops. Just put your stuff into a ziplock bag and label it with your name and the rest stop where you would like to pick it up. There will be a drop table for each rest stop (except for Mineral Point) at registration. Note that special needs bags may be sent to rest stops only - not to water stops. Also note that we will not shuttle your special needs bag around the course for you. We advise that you don't place anything of value in your special needs bag - we accept no responsibility if you do. Consider each bag to have a one way ticket to the rest stop of your choosing. When you are at a rest stop, you may place your special needs bag into the rider return tote to have what's left sent back to the finish line. Be advised that we don't shuttle rider returns until the rest stop closes, so you might very well get to the finish line before your bag.
Can I send a piece of clothing back to the start venue?
If you want to have us bring something back from a venue (like a jacket, arm waremers, or leg warmers), ask a volunteer at the venue for a gallon sized ziplock and a sharpie. Put your stuff in the bag, write your name and rider number on the bag and drop it in the bin. If you are done with your special needs bag and want to pick it up at the finish, drop it in the bin too. Our shuttle driver will take it back to Lands'End where you can claim it at the info desk. In most cases the rider return bags will not be shuttled until the rest stop closes. Bear in mind that in some cases you could get to Lands' End well before your goods arrive.
What if I need a ride back to the start?
There will be drivers dedicated to bringing riders back to Lands' End. They will begin running at 8:00 AM and will make regular stops at each rest stop. If you need a ride, talk to the HAM radio operator at the rest stop. If you are stranded in-between rest stops, call Ride Central at 608-935-6789 (this number will be monitored on ride day only). Please be aware that it may take 30 minutes or more for a vehicle to become available. Please relax and enjoy the scenery!
Support vehicles will be on course with flashing amber lights and obvious support signage. They will be carrying tools, tires, tubes, CO2's and pumps. They can also carry you to the nearest stop if necessary.
I'd like to change my distance. Can I do that on course?
Absolutely! You may choose to ride more or less depending on how the day is going for you. At the finish, you'll hand in your timing chip and declare your distance ridden. The split points and cut-off times are detailed above.
Please ride within your ability. The hotter it is, the slower you need to go. If you would like to downgrade to a shorter distance, that's no problem - decide out on the course. If you are used to cycling on the surface of the sun (St. Louis), then maybe you'll think it's cool here and you might want to stretch it out to 150K, 200K or even 250K. Fine with us.
Be sure to cross each timing mat and be sure to tell the volunteer at chip collection the official route you completed.
Who are all these people supporting me so well?
20% of your entry fee is being donated to the volunteer groups who make this event possible. They live on these roads and come out on their own time to help. They deserve a hearty thank you. Please smile and say "Thank you!" many times.
What do I do if my bike breaks down?
We will have mechanics from Uphill Grind Bikes and Coffee, Machinery Row, Budget Bikes, Planet Bike, and Dream Bikes stationed at rest stops along the course. They are there to help you out should you need an adjustment or a fix. That said, please come with your bike ready to ride. If you have a breakdown on the course, flag down one of our many roving support vehicles. You may also call Ride Central at 608-935-6789 (this number will be monitored on ride day only). When calling be prepared to give your specific location on the course (road address or intersection is the best way for us to find you). They will be carrying a basic tool kit, tires, tubes, pumps, and Co2. If you your issue cannot be solved on the roadside, a support vehicle can shuttle you and your bike to the nearest rest stop where the local mechanic will take over.
Can I ride my tri-bike? Are aero bars allowed?
Yes indeed. Tri bikes and aero bars are allowed. For your own safety though, please stay out of the aero position and hold tight on the bull horns when riding in packs or negotiating the many tricky downhills on this course.
How should my bike be set up? What gearing do I need?
The hills here are short and steep. Some road sections will exceed 20% grade. Having some low gears can be a very nice thing. This of course, is a personal choice depending on your riding style and strength. But if you're asking, here are a few suggestions. Compact cranks (35x50) are great. Triple cranks are even better (30x39x53). If you're running a standard crank (39x53), you may want to consider a 27T or greater low gear in back. Some folks even run a MTB cassette in back (up to 34T) with a long cage deraileur!
Is this a closed course? Do I have to obey the rules of the road?
This is not a closed course. You will be sharing the road with motorists, farm implements, horses, and other cyclists. Please ride no more than two abreast and go to single file when necessary to allow faster vehicles to pass. Stay to the right at all times and do not cross left of center especially on blind corners where oncoming traffic cannot be seen. These roads are beautiful, but aging. Be aware that there may be broken pavement in places, bumps and debris to negotiate. Be aware that wildlife (deer, squirrels, rabbits, turkeys, cranes, hodags, snipes, trolls and many others) can jump out at any moment.
I really have to go pee! Is all the world my toilet?
NO. All the world is not your toilet. Riders urinating at the roadside is one of the biggest complaints from our neighbors. We will have port-a-potties at all the aid stations designated as "Rest Stop" above. You can hold it. We know you can. Thank you in advance!
What if I have a boo-boo? Are there 1st aid kits available?
There will be well stocked 1st aid kits at each rest stop. Here's what we'll have available:
Each support vehicle will also have a very basic 1st aid kit. We've got you covered for headaches, gastro-intestinal distress, sunscreen, and the basic scrapes and bruises. If you need emergency help, dial 911.
What's for dinner?
The post ride meal will be served from 11:00AM until 8:30PM and will consist of traditional cookout items (Brats, Hamburgers, Chicken Breast, Chicken Caesar Wrap, Black Bean Burgers, Pasta Salad, Lime Cilantro Cole Slaw, Water Melon, Cookies, and Culvers frozen Custard). Add to this various soft drinks, and BEER on tap from Furthermore, Capital Brewey, and Potosi!
Can I get a meal for my wife/child/partner/pet monkey?
Certainly. Extra brats, burgers, wraps, sides, etc. can be purchased at very reasonable rates. Please do not feed brats to your pet monkey - they should be eating bananas.
Oh! My aching muscles! How about a Massage?
Massage students from Blue Sky School of Professional Massage Therapy will be on site to help you out. They will be giving complimentary massages from 12:00PM until 8:30PM in the Regatta Room of the Lands' End Comer Center. We are expecting well over a dozen students, so please don't be bashfull about putting your name on the list. Tips in any amount are greatly appreciated and will be donated to charity. Please plan to shower before hitting the massage table. Thanks!
I smell like yuck. Where can I rinse off?
The Lands' End Comer Center has full locker rooms and shower facilities.
Do bring a towel
and a change of clothes!
Will there be WiFi?
We will have a wi-fi network going. Bring your laptop if you need to check email or surf the net after the ride.
Love that Jersey! How do I get one?
We will have a limited number of the 2011 and 2012 jerseys for sale at the event. We'll also have samples for try-on if you don't know what size you need. If we don't have the size you need on hand, we can order it for you. To order a jersey, all we need from you is your rider number and $75 + $5 S/H (cash or check). Once produced, we'll send it right out to you (6 week lead time currently). If you don't have cash or check, you can order a jersey online at Pactimo.com until 8/20 (we'll have instructions at the event).
When is next years event?
The 2013 Dairyland Dare will be held on Saturday August 10, 2013.


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Μπορεί να υπάρχουν χρεώσεις για επιπλέον άτομα, οι οποίες εξαρτώνται από την πολιτική του ξενοδοχείου.
Κατά το check-in απαιτείται να προσκομίσετε μία ταυτότητα και μία πιστωτική κάρτα για τυχόν επιπλέον χρεώσεις.
Τα ειδικά αιτήματα εξαρτώνται από τη διαθεσιμότητα κατά το check-in και μπορεί να απαιτούν επιπλέον χρεώσεις. Τα ειδικά αιτήματα δεν είναι εγγυημένα.
Αυτό το ξενοδοχείο δε διαθέτει παροχές προσβασιμότητας για άτομα με αναπηρία. Επιλέξτε ένα άλλο ξενοδοχείο, εάν θέλετε το δωμάτιο να διαθέτει τέτοιες παροχές.
Διατίθεται πρωινό με επιπλέον χρέωση, το οποίο σερβίρεται στην καφετέρια.
Verandah Cafe - Με θέα στην πισίνα, αυτό το μέρος (καφετέρια) σερβίρει πρωινό και μεσημεριανό. Οι επισκέπτες μπορούν να απολαύσουν ποτά στο μπαρ.
Στο χώρο των εγκαταστάσεων υπάρχει εξωτερική πισίνα και μπανιέρα υδρομασάζ. Οι ψυχαγωγικές παροχές περιλαμβάνουν γυμναστήριο.
Οι ψυχαγωγικές δραστηριότητες που αναγράφονται παρακάτω είναι διαθέσιμες είτε στο χώρο των εγκαταστάσεων είτε κοντά σε αυτόν και μπορεί να χρεώνονται ξεχωριστά.
Τα παρακάτω τέλη και προκαταβολές χρεώνονται από το ξενοδοχείο τη στιγμή, κατά την οποία παρέχεται η υπηρεσία, τη στιγμή της άφιξης ή τη στιγμή της αναχώρησης.
Η παραπάνω λίστα ενδέχεται να μην είναι ολοκληρωμένη. Τα τέλη και οι εγγυήσεις μπορεί να μην περιλαμβάνουν φόρους και μπορεί να μεταβληθούν.
A valid credit card is required at check-in for incidentals.
Μπορεί να υπάρχουν χρεώσεις για επιπλέον άτομα, οι οποίες εξαρτώνται από την πολιτική του ξενοδοχείου.
Κατά το check-in απαιτείται να προσκομίσετε μία ταυτότητα και μία πιστωτική κάρτα για τυχόν επιπλέον χρεώσεις.
Τα ειδικά αιτήματα εξαρτώνται από τη διαθεσιμότητα κατά το check-in και μπορεί να απαιτούν επιπλέον χρεώσεις. Τα ειδικά αιτήματα δεν είναι εγγυημένα.
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This hotel was a cute stay. A place to rest your head while on the strip. If you are into artsy hotels with an d school feel, than this hotel will suit you. It is definitely in a great location!! I love that it was inexpensive and still right on the beach. Only downside was the bar area around the pool boasted about a happy hour that did not occur.Αληθινό σχόλιο πελάτη της Hotels.com
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Απάντηση από το Richmond Oceanfront Hotel We are very sorry that you we disappointed and that we did not meet your expectations.
Overall a nice stay. Hot tub and direct access to the beach is definitely a plus. Otherwise, don't expect too much. Rooms are smallish, bathrooms are old fashioned (cute and clean though), and walls are thin - typical for art deco properties.Αληθινό σχόλιο πελάτη της Hotels.com
"this place is a must"
Convenient location, close to a whole bunch of restaurants and really good service at the hotel. Will definitely come back a second time. Perfect for a getaway, rooms are very clean, specially that. I recommend this place.Αληθινό σχόλιο πελάτη της Hotels.com
"Great Location - Great Hotel"
This was our first stay at The Richmond. The location is awesome. The front desk staff is friendly and the bellmen were helpful and exceptionally quick. The rooms are very comfortable and very clean. The pool view is gorgeous and relaxing. The only complaint I have is that I asked to borrow a pair of scissors that I would return as we were getting ready […] to check out. Unfortunately, I was told I would have to bring the item to be trimmed to the front desk as they only had one pair. I would hope for the amount we paid for our room that we could be afforded scissor rental. Please buy your staff more scissors. Διαβάστε περισσότεραΑληθινό σχόλιο πελάτη της Hotels.com
"Hotel / Beach / Walking"
First of all we had all that we wanted. Great hotel with a pool. Walking distance to beach. Had to pay 20$ for rental of chairs but that was ok - because once they were rented they were ours for the day. Make sure to keep the receipt with you because the beach staff is quick on trying to get their $$$ for the rentals. It had rained so we left the beach […] - once the rain stopped we went back and they wanted our $$ again. Luckily I did not get rid of my receipt. The hotel is in walking distance to restaurants and shopping. We would stay hear again. We got what we paid for and we were really satisfied. We would definitely stay here again. Airport to hotel (between 35 $ and 40 $) - this hotel has no shuttle service. Διαβάστε περισσότεραΑληθινό σχόλιο πελάτη της Hotels.com
"Good Hotel in agood location"
The hotel staff were very helpful especially the front desk the room was clean and tidy it was very quiet with a nice outdoor pool and just 50yards from the beach.the hotel is very well situated in South Beach and i would have no hesitation to recommend this hotel to anyone my stay was very enjoyable.Αληθινό σχόλιο πελάτη της Hotels.com
"Fantastic hotel!! A must stay."
Considering the price we spent on our four night stay here I wasn't expecting much, how wrong we were. The hotel was spotless and in a beautiful location. The staff were absolutely fantastic, helpful, friendly and made you feel welcome (especially the porters) and the rooms were cosy and well equipt. The pool was beautiful and only a 30 second walk […] to the beach. Will stay at the Richmond again for sure when we visit South Beach in the future. Very impressed. Διαβάστε περισσότεραΑληθινό σχόλιο πελάτη της Hotels.com
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The location of the Richmond hotel is fantastic. Immediate access to the beach and a few minutes to the Ocean Drive. Parking garage for $ 16 per 24 hours close by (Collins Avenue about 3 blocks south )Αληθινό σχόλιο πελάτη της Hotels.com
Hotel needs to have ESPN and movie channels.....Αληθινό σχόλιο πελάτη της Hotels.com
Απάντηση από το Richmond Oceanfront Hotel We are currently in discussions to provide a greatly-expanded selection of listings for our guests' enjoyment.
"A hostel in a great location"
From the moment you walk in, everything about the place feels and looks like a hostel. Their is old carpeting throughout the hotel, the ceilings are very lower, the staff of the hotel isn't professional, the restaurants are sub par and the hotel rooms are very outdated. The positives are - it's in a great location - right on the beach and a few blocks […] away from Lincoln Road. Διαβάστε περισσότεραΑληθινό σχόλιο πελάτη της Hotels.com
Απάντηση από το Richmond Oceanfront Hotel We are sorry that you were disappointed and did not appreciate our authentic art deco restoration or our service (which so many other reviewers rave about). Unfortunately, not every property is for every customer and there are many other hotels for you to choose from on your next visit to our exciting destination.
"Will not be back"
I made the choice to stay in the hotel based on location, very close to the convention center. The room was run down and the bed was very uncomfortable. The walls very thin and I could hear the guest next door to me snoring all night long. I supposed to stay 4 nights but left after two because I could not tolerate it anymore.Αληθινό σχόλιο πελάτη της Hotels.com
Απάντηση από το Richmond Oceanfront Hotel We are very sorry that we were unable to provide you with a wonderful guest experience. Our typical guest enjoys their stay and very often will return time and time again. We hope that you spoke with one of our managers who would have attempted to rectify your situation.
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The service was terrible and the cleanliness around the pool area was non existent. Housekeeping comes around 5pm when your getting back from the beach. Terrible experience, Will never stay there again.Αληθινό σχόλιο πελάτη της Hotels.com
Απάντηση από το Richmond Oceanfront Hotel We are sorry that we will not have the opportunity to serve you again and provide you with an exceptional and memorable guest experience.
Ο / η επισκέπτης δεν άφησε σχόλιο.Αληθινό σχόλιο πελάτη της Hotels.com
"Perfect Pick"
The Richmond is an older hotel that is very well kept. It had everything we needed for our long weekend stay. We didn't have a car and didn't even need one. There is plenty within walking distance. The hotel staff was very friendly and most importantly the hotel was immaculate. I would not hesitate to book this hotel again if we travel back to the Miami […] Beach area. Διαβάστε περισσότεραΑληθινό σχόλιο πελάτη της Hotels.com
Απάντηση από το Richmond Oceanfront Hotel Thank you very much! We look forward to the pleasure of welcoming you back and, hopefully, serving your friends and family also!
"great hotel for the price"
Great stay. Room is comfortable, clean. Pool area is very nice and has a direct access to the beach. Walking distance to Lincoln Rd. Very attentive personnel, except for the two doormen the day we left...very unpolite. They need some training to keep up with the rest of hotel service.Αληθινό σχόλιο πελάτη της Hotels.com
The staff was fantastic! Out room had an odor of vomit. The room was not always restocked with toiletries.Αληθινό σχόλιο πελάτη της Hotels.com
Very nice hotel. Excellant staff. Stayed for two days during the Miami Boatshow. Met my expectations.Αληθινό σχόλιο πελάτη της Hotels.com
Απάντηση από το Richmond Oceanfront Hotel Thank you very much!
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"Lovely, small Art Deco hotel"
This is a quiet hotel located on Collins Avenue, in the heart of South Beach. It has a lovely pool and direct access to the beach. The staff is friendly and accommodating.Αληθινό σχόλιο πελάτη της Expedia
Απάντηση από το Richmond Oceanfront Hotel Thank you!!
"a magical gem, a cornucopia of majesty"
I travel all over the world. I am in Miami often. Ultra, music conferences, big big events. The Richmond is like your own utopian hidden gem. A place you don't want to tell anyone about, so it can be your own secret hideaway. There are no babies crying, no beer guzzling Mansion neanderthals, no hotel nonsense that comes with many establishments. I AM […] MESMORIZED. I will be a long time customer. From the cook who has been there is it was years, to the pleasant housekeeping staff, the front desk crew and Dennis who are so chill and laid back and the manager all top notch. Its a weird vibe there, almost so laid back itd as if you own the place. They let you kind of run the show so to speak. No one pressures you, there isn't housekeeping banging on doors at nine am. Its so relaxing and the pool outside, like an island oasis surrounded by palm trees is priceless with your own private beach entrance too boot Διαβάστε περισσότεραΑληθινό σχόλιο πελάτη της Expedia
Απάντηση από το Richmond Oceanfront Hotel Thank you for your beautiful, considerate and eloquent review. We appreciate being appreciated. Come back soon!
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"Great location!"
I was given a corner room at the front of the hotel. It had a nice layout and large closet. The front 1/2 of the hotel is classic deco with a smaller bathroom and original? tile, small sink, and replacement modular tub that suited me fine. The pool area was very nice with direct boardwalk access to beach where you can rent a chair and umbrella for $15. […] The downside is that the walls are thin and the windows original? so traffic noise and neighbors conversations are audible. Loved the location which was an easy walk to shopping, bars/restaurants, and the beach. Front desk personnel were nice. Διαβάστε περισσότεραΑληθινό σχόλιο πελάτη της Hotels.com
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"Elegance with Charm"
Great place. Nice not to have music on pool deck. Pool area wonderful with greeneryΑληθινό σχόλιο πελάτη της Expedia
Απάντηση από το Richmond Oceanfront Hotel Thank you very much!
Good location and priced right. I had booked the ocean view for 2 nights. However, the first night they booked me into a lesser room which I hadn't noticed because of the time of day. In the morning, I saw the view of the neighboring hotel's pool from the 3rd floor. So, the compensated me with free breakfasts and put me in correct room for 2nd night. […] The room was COLD. 64 F on the room thermostat. It's a dummy thermostat that I could not change! So, I phoned the desk and they said the temperature was centrally controlled. They sent a guy up who tried to close off the A/C vents to the room. With that and turning on light bulbs, temp went up to 68F after a while - cold but bearable. Still, no temp control to rectify 64F is unacceptable. Διαβάστε περισσότεραΑληθινό σχόλιο πελάτη της Hotels.com
"no breakfast"
At the prive chatged other comparable hotels included breakfast. It would have been nice to have received such.Αληθινό σχόλιο πελάτη της Hotels.com
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"indifference of staff"
Location was good. Staff hospitality poor. Parking at $35 per day plus taxes plus valet was too expensive. Average room amenties.Paying $10 a day for internet was a plain rip off with free internet available on the street.Αληθινό σχόλιο πελάτη της Hotels.com
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"Worst hotel in the strip"
PLEASE do not stay here, I really wish Someone had written this review when I was looking for a hotel. It's cheap yes, but it is the most out dated hotel on the strip. Nowhere good to eat, a pool area so dead you can hear a pin drop, the bar area is the worst little bar I've ever seen. It's like alcohol inside of a closet. The "queen" bed was two double […] beds pushed together. I could go on but I shouldn't have to. Do your self a favor. STAY SOMEWHERE ELSE. Διαβάστε περισσότεραΑληθινό σχόλιο πελάτη της Expedia
Απάντηση από το Richmond Oceanfront Hotel Dear "Anonymous". Very sorry that you feel this way: most of our reviews comment on the unique facilties of our historic property and the wonderful service that we provide. We are sorry that you were not pleased. Your comments almost reflect that you had stayed at another hotel. We hope that you took the time to discuss your thoughts with a manager while you were on property.
"Perfect mid-range South Beach getaway"
This hotel is fabulous if you're looking for classy accommodations in the heart of South Beach but aren't demanding pampering or extravagance. The room was cozy and stylish. Bed was comfortable, bathroom sparkling and all the normal amenities available. The hotel is very well maintained, with the unfortunate exception of the lobby (where the decor is […] a bit outdated) and the stairwells (which I guess no one but us uses!). Behind the hotel is a lovely terrace area with a pool, hot tub, and cafe serving simple but delicious food and drinks. This terrace leads directly out onto the multi-use trail running the length of Miami Beach, and then directly onto the beach itself. On the beach there are lounge chairs and umbrella's available, as well as food and drink service. The hotel is a short walk from the shopping district on Lincoln Road, as well as many restaurants and stores with beach accessories. The staff were extremely friendly and helpful. It was easy to catch a cab, or the public transit bus, to the airport from right outside the hotel. Many of the popular clubs are within a 10 minute walk. The only downsides were that there was no free WiFi (though seems like it could be purchased through AT&T), the computers in the business center seemed to be down, and, as other reviewers have said, the walls are quite thin and we could occasionally hear loud conversations that occurred in the halls or adjacent rooms. Neither of these things really detracted form our stay though. Διαβάστε περισσότεραΑληθινό σχόλιο πελάτη της Expedia
"Not a great spot"
Walls are paper thin. Bathroom faucet leaked very loudly! Electrical outlets didn't all work. Cleaning staff just made the bed and vacuumed, bathroom floor extremely dirty.Αληθινό σχόλιο πελάτη της Expedia
Απάντηση από το Richmond Oceanfront Hotel We are sorry that we were unable to meet your expectations; our typical guests love the hotel and return time-after-time. Hopefully, you spoke with one of our managers during your stay so that we had the opportunity to resolve these issues.
"Great getaway"
We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at the Richmond Oceanfront. The location was perfect. The outdoor pool and spa were clean and convenient and just a few steps from the beach. Restaurants, shopping, and night life are all just a short walk away. The staff was helpful, knowledgeable, and friendly. The building and amenities are somewhat dated, but it had […] everything we needed for our South Beach getaway (we were there 3 nights). We will stay there again. Διαβάστε περισσότεραΑληθινό σχόλιο πελάτη της Expedia
Απάντηση από το Richmond Oceanfront Hotel Thanks, JP! Come back soon and tell your friends!
"Charming old-Miami hotel (gay-friendly)"
Great location. Great looking period-hotel. Great pool, and beautiful boardwalk to the beach. The staff were really nice and friendly, in particular Chef. The only downside was the old noisy water pipes. They moved us to a quieter room towards the back of the hotel where the pipes weren't so clanging. Overall I would recommend this hotel - remember […] to pack your earplugs. Διαβάστε περισσότεραΑληθινό σχόλιο πελάτη της Expedia
Απάντηση από το Richmond Oceanfront Hotel Thank you!
"not the best"
The location is great, its only a few blocks from the heart of all the action but not so close that you cant separate yourself from everything. Every single towel we got had a random hair or two stuck in them and I do mean "every." The cleaning crew didn't clean the shower either.Αληθινό σχόλιο πελάτη της Expedia
"My stay"
Good value for what you are paying in South Beach; however rooms are very small and bathrooms need renovations. Staff at the pool and reception was very helpful. I would still recommend this hotel if you cannot afford big hotels names.Αληθινό σχόλιο πελάτη της Expedia
"Good hotel for a price."
Staff on the reception politely kept me and my GF off the room till 5pm even though we pre-checked in at 2pm referring that the room is not ready yet. Second, its a hotel on the beach and with damp climate its very moist inside the room. Towels and beach cloths hardly get dry by the morning. Air conditioner system is new and works superb. Single queen […] bed had a very firm matters - absolutely no comfort. On the positive side, It is a quite place where one can sleep at night. The hotel is one block away from Lincoln Road (outside mall). Swimming is clean and well maintained. Hot tub for 15 ppl is a nice addition to the outside area. Other things to point out: The hotel does not have its own parking - public parking might be available in the area around convention center. Valet parking available. Breakfast is operated by a sole waitress who does her best to keep customers waiting in line to place an order and to be served. Beach accessories are available for cash only - 10 for a bed with cushion, 15 for an umbrella. Διαβάστε περισσότεραΑληθινό σχόλιο πελάτη της Expedia
"Excellent location, but in need of good clean!"
The hotel was in a prime location, valets were very friendly, but the rest of the staff not so friendly :-(. hotel itself was very dated, and very dirty in places. Bathroom clean, but bedroom and reception area, needs a clean ASAP!! Hotel quite noisy, thin walls and doors. Enjoyed Miami!Αληθινό σχόλιο πελάτη της Hotels.com
Απάντηση από το Richmond Oceanfront Hotel Dear Andrew, We greatly appreciate your business and your constructive input. We pride ourselves on our hospitality and our housekeeping services. While our management and cleaning staff walk the property several times daily, your comments have been directed to our entire staff and will be investigated immediately to ensure that our service programs are being followed and completed to our professional standards at all times. We are a very special property and our typical guests love our hotel. We hope to have the chance to welcome you back soon and provide you with a memorable experience.
"Horrible and unpleasant experience"
This hotel is old and in desperate need of renovation and upkeep. The rooms are dirty, tiny, and smell like mold. I really don't know how this hotel can charge this much and how they got anywhere near 3 stars. The staff was not helpful or pleasant. The location does not make up for the location, because its unpleasant to spend even one night here.Αληθινό σχόλιο πελάτη της Expedia
Απάντηση από το Richmond Oceanfront Hotel Dee: what property did you stay at? This does not sound anything like our hotel. Did you speak to a manager during your visit?
"A very outdated hotel."
This is a 2 star hotel .... I donot recommend it..Αληθινό σχόλιο πελάτη της Expedia
Απάντηση από το Richmond Oceanfront Hotel This is a very unique property: we are an art deco restoration with a strong dedication to guest service and satisfaction. We are sorry that you did not appreciate the special aspects of our Hotel. We hope that we may have the opportunity to welcome you back in the near future so that you can enjoy our committment to a very special guest experience for every visitor; or remind you that our area is very large with many, different styles of properties: one of which should surely please you.
"Good value"
We were here for Art Basel. Good hotel for the price. Location was perfect, good food nearby, lots to see and do. The oceamwalk is beautiful. Staff was helpful, room is comfortable, clean, a little spartan (no coffee maker). Pool area is lovely. Good choice for a reasonable price. We paid top dollar because of Art Basel, but had no regrets and it was […] less than many nearby hotels. Had a wonderful time. Διαβάστε περισσότεραΑληθινό σχόλιο πελάτη της Expedia
"Richmond - Great Value"
Fantastic location, directly on the beach. Very Nice Pool and Hot Tub area with ample lounge chairs and cozy red towels. GREAT VALUE!! The staff was very helpful checking in/out. Valet parking was convenient as well. Since it's an older hotel, the bathrooms are small, but it was clean. The bedroom was decorated in modern chic and the bed was very comfy […] with a down comforter. The room doors don't seal out the noise, so sleeping in was a bit of a challenge since we could hear the neighbors in the hall. Compared to other beach front hotels in the SoBe area, the Richmond is one of the best values! Διαβάστε περισσότεραΑληθινό σχόλιο πελάτη της Hotels.com
"Decent, as expected."
The age of the corridors and building itself surprised me. This hotel has nice furnishings though, much better than other nearby hotels. Would say a 3.5 star is probably appropriate, if not a tad high. Bathroom has many of the original fixtures. We had no problem with sound from the busy nightlife below, but were near the sea-side of the building. View […] was none - you looked directly in a hotel next door. Felt close enough we could've strung a laundry line with a neighbor. Bed comfy, taxis readily available. Did the job just fine. Διαβάστε περισσότεραΑληθινό σχόλιο πελάτη της Expedia
"Hotel worked for our purposes"
Location was great, room was fine (clean, enough storage, nicely decorated). Hallways were in poor condition, odor & dirty looking. The television was a nice size, but only about 5 stations came in. Lobby and elevator were on the dingy side. The continental breakfast (included in the resort fee) was offsite and inconvenient and the beach chairs should […] be thrown away and replaced. On the positive side, the staff was very friendly and made us feel welcome. the overall impression is that the rooms were upgraded, but the rest could also use a face lift. This hotel would have great potential, but someone stopped short. I would stay here again if a nicer hotel were not available, but there are others I would recommend over this one to friends. Διαβάστε περισσότεραΑληθινό σχόλιο πελάτη της Expedia
"Nice getaway for couples"
Very clean and comfortable. A good breakfast at a reasonable price. Free Internet in the lounge area. Nice pool and walkway to the beach. Great location, walking distance to South Beach strip. Parking pricey but likely the going rate!Αληθινό σχόλιο πελάτη της Expedia
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Posts Tagged 'Environmentalism'
Report: EPA Also Targets Conservative Groups With Double Standard
Sestak, Solyndra, Pigford, Fast & Furious, Benghazi, IRS targeting, AP phone records, HHS soliciting funds, and now the revelation of EPA double standards.
With this administration it's just one lawless scandal after another. When will the American people finally say ENOUGH!?
Michael Bastasch reports at the Daily Caller:
The IRS may not be the only federal agency singling out conservative groups. Records suggest that the Environmental Protection Agency has made it easier for environmental groups to file Freedom of Information Act requests than conservative organizations.
According to EPA records obtained by the free market Competitive Enterprise Institute, since January 2012 the agency has granted fee waivers for 75 out of 82 Freedom of Information Act Requests sent by major environmental groups, denying only seven of them — meaning green groups saw their fees waived 92 percent of the time.
At the same time, the EPA frequently denied fee waivers to conservative groups. EPA records show that the agency rejected or ignored 21 out of 26 fee waiver requests from such conservative groups as the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the Institute for Energy Research, and Judicial Watch — an 81 percent rejection rate.
[...] "This is as clear an example of disparate treatment as the IRS hurdles selectively imposed upon groups with names ominously reflecting an interest in, say, a less intrusive or biased federal government," said CEI senior fellow Chris Horner, author of "The Liberal War on Transparency."
Horner described the EPA's actions as "a clear pattern of favoritism for allied groups and "a concerted campaign to make life more difficult for those deemed unfriendly."
This kind of favoritism springs from a worldview. The EPA that authored this bias was the same EPA led by Lisa Jackson. She left office last year amid her own scandal involving the use of personal, secret email accounts to conduct agency business — the "Richard Windsor" scandal.
It's time to ask a serious question. In light of the IRS targeting conservatives and the EPA denying conservatives at the same time, do liberals even believe that conservatives are due fair treatment under the law?
The EPA has become an unaccountable, tyrannical weapon wielded by unelected bureaucrats to abuse unconstitutional powers to advance their agenda.
It's time for the EPA to be abolished, along with every other agency that doesn't fall under the specific, enumerated powers granted in the constitution to the federal government.
Note To Republicans: Don't Just Rein in the EPA, Abolish It
Report: EPA followed double standard for conservative groups too?
EPA waives fee requests for friendly groups, denies conservative groups
EPA Administrator Resigns Amid Investigation for Using Fake Emails to Hide Info
EPA's Official Position On Oil Companies: "Crucify Them"
Just Freeze! EPA Says Burning Wood Is Bad, but so Is Natural Gas, Coal, Oil
EPA Punishes Companies For Not Buying 'Green' Fuel That Doesn't Exist
EPA Uses Drones To Spy On Mid-Western Farms, Cattle Ranches
EPA power grab to regulate ditches, gullies on private property
Obama's Energy Nominee: We Need Carbon Tax To Double Or Triple Energy Costs
In Europe, "green" policies to eliminate nuclear and coal power for "green" alternatives worked so well that desperate Greeks and Germans resorted to stealing firewood from local forests to keep warm this winter.
Sadly, it doesn't appear that Obama's nominee has learned from their mistake. He insists that skyrocketing energy prices are just what we need to force people away from fossil fuels towards a gloriously "green," utopian future:
Joel Gehrke reports at the Washington Examiner:
President Obama's Energy secretary nominee regards a carbon tax as one of the simplest ways to move the energy industry towards clean technologies, though he notes that government would have to come up with a plan to mitigate the burden this tax places on poor people, who would pay the most.
"Ultimately, it has to be cheaper to capture and store it than to release it and pay a price," MIT professor and Energy nominee Ernest Moniz told the Switch Energy Project in an interview last year. "If we start really squeezing down on carbon dioxide over the next few decades, well, that could double; it could eventually triple. I think inevitably if we squeeze down on carbon, we squeeze up on the cost, it brings along with it a push toward efficiency; it brings along with it a push towards clean technologies in a conventional pollution sense; it brings along with it a push towards security. Because after all, the security issues revolve around carbon bearing fuels."
Moniz position is not far from that of Energy Secretary Steven Chu before he took a job in the Obama administration. "We have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe," Chu said in 2008. Last year, gas hit $9 a gallon in Greece.
As if poor and middle class families aren't hurting enough trying to make ends meet as it is.
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Report: Obama Plans To Impose Carbon Tax On Emissions
Obama's war on coal hits your electric bill
Here Come Obama's 'Necessarily Skyrocketing' Electricity Rates
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EPA Punishes Companies For Not Buying 'Green' Fuel That Doesn't Exist
How A Society of Personal Debt is Preventing the Blessing of Children
"See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ." ~ Colossians 2:8
Unfortunately, that's exactly what we've done by not studying Biblical Economics, and by absorbing our society's distorted view of children as burdens and commodities.
Andrea Roltgen writes at Freedom Outpost:
The Government has washed our nation out to a sea of debt to other nations. They have created a culture of falsely believing that all life choices should equal the same financial outcome for everyone, and that everyone who believes they are due material wealth ought to have it. Children have become an "expensive burden" we seek to avoid, but debt for personal expenditures and entitlement programs are not offensive today. The common idea is that "Children are soooo Expensive!"
In our culture, we have chosen lifestyle of debt, life-long entitlement mentality and lavish living. Frugality of past generations is largely gone. Some of the poorest people appear to be able to afford Smart Phones. Priorities are definitely skewed.
There is certainly nothing wrong with nice things, beautiful homes, etc. In fact, having ambition to succeed is inherently American. However there is something decidedly different about the last two generations of Americans. The last two generations have decided to pursue these material and temporal possessions at the expense of their children, and their eternal Christian inheritance. The other problem is that very few families can actually afford to live this lifestyle, regardless of how many children they have. Most people, right out of the gate into adulthood, begin their lives in debt. They begin either in debt themselves for college, or living a lifestyle sustained by the help or debt of their own parents.
This has left a huge societal impact, because Christian families are simply not having children anymore, because of the misguided belief that their single most important contribution to their children is what they can give to them materially speaking. With fewer Christians raising their children in an intact Christian home, fewer responsible, hard working, and freedom-loving adults are being set out into society. We can clearly see the impact on our freedoms and our government and society since the nation began forfeiting children in favor of debt.
Since this has culturally become the norm, there are several societal prerequisites to qualifying to have children. Notice none of them are of eternal benefit for others, or for ourselves. This means that what society deems of value, God has spoken and said is largely worthless..even the vast educations..etc. Again, goals and accomplishment are not worthless or evil. Parents inherently want a good future for their children, and often will sacrifice to help obtain that. However, if parents put more stock into ensuring their children have all their whims met, rather than raising solidly grounded, disciplined and responsible children, we have products of their misguided efforts abounding. The pursuit of these idols of wealth above eternal perspectives, or if they are pitted against raising any children for the Kingdom, then they limit the ability of people to raise children fully for the Lord and to stand on principle in his or her nation.
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Population Control Advocates: 'Humans are a plague on the earth'
This is the sick mentality we're dealing with, though most radical environmentalists wouldn't dare to admit it publicly.
Well-known TV presenter and environmental activist Sir David Attenborough has a dire warning for humanity – we need to die off of our own volition or mother nature will do the job for us.
Attenborough, famous for hosting numerous nature documentaries over the span of the past six decades, told Britain's Radio Times that humans are a plague on the earth and the only way to save the planet is to limit human population growth.
"We are a plague on the earth. It's coming home to roost over the next 50 years or so. It's not just climate change; it's sheer space, places to grow food for this enormous horde," Attenborough said."Either we limit our population growth or the natural world will do it for us, and the natural world is doing it for us right now."
Attenborough is best known for his "Life on Earth" series of wildlife documentaries, as well as for a previous statement extolling the virtues of saving the environment by eliminating people.
"Maybe it is time that instead of controlling the environment for the benefit of the population, we should control the population to ensure the survival of the environment," Attenborough is widely quoted to have said in a letter to John Guillebaud, Professor of Family Planning and Reproductive Health at University College London.
Funny how none of these guys every volunteer to remove THEMSELVES from the planet in an effort to stop this "plague." It's OTHER people whose lives they consider disposable.
Paul Ehrlich, the doomsday biologist who coined the term "The Population Bomb" more than 40 years ago with a book of the same name, says the world now faces "dangerous trends" of global climate change and overpopulation, which threaten our extinction.
Reducing the number of people is still the answer to civilization's woes, Ehrlich and his wife Anne wrote in anarticle published Jan. 9 by London's Royal Society.
"To our minds, the fundamental cure, reducing the scale of the human enterprise (including the size of the population) to keep its aggregate consumption within the carrying capacity of Earth is obvious but too much neglected or denied," Ehrlich wrote.
Ehrlich spelled out exactly what he meant in an interview with a liberal blog/news site called Raw Story.
"Giving people the right to have as many people, as many children that they want is, I think, a bad idea," the Web site quoted Ehrlich as saying.
"Nobody, in my view, has the right to have 12 children or even three unless the second pregnancy is twins," Ehrlich added.
How much you wanna bet this guy believes it's a mother's "right" to murder her unborn child….just not to give birth to him/her if he/she happens to expand your family larger than some bureaucrat with a god complex thinks it should be?
Of course, the "solutions" to these quacks' anti-human hysteria involves confiscating more of your tax money to pay for other people's abortions and population control schemes:
Little does it matter to people like Ehrlich and Attenborough that population control has usually been deeply rooted in eugenics, a science attempting to reduce "undesirable" populations, asDaniel Patrick Moloney has documented.
Nor does it seem to matter that attempts at population control have only resulted in outcomes such as China's oppressive and coercive one-child policy, which, coupled with a cultural preference for boys, is not only decimating the country's demographics, but causing the sex-selective abortion of millions of baby girls.
Fortunately, pro-life advocates succeeded yesterday in halting the Obama Administration'sattempt to include abortion in the list of rights protected by the United Nations. This week, we can hope they will continue to make progress toward protecting lives in the United States.
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Overpopulation: The Making of a Myth
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The Malthusian Delusion and the Origins of Population Control
Call for two-child limit on families from the Government's leading green adviser
Fewer Children to Save the Planet?
Sebelius Touts Contraception Mandate As Population Control, Claims Fewer Humans Saves Money
Why Is Obama Offering All Women Free Sterilization?
Mark Steyn: The West Is Not Having Enough Babies To Sustain Its Civilization
Montana Ranchers Threatened By Federal Regulations, Land Grabs
This is what Agenda 21′s "sustainability" agenda looks like in practice: destruction of property rights and the legacy of generations of rural families.
Freedom Foundation: Montana Legacy Jeopardized By Federal Overreach
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From the Montana Policy Institute:
A rancher friend once told me he was going to live a pauper and die a millionaire. Much like him, Montana is land rich and cash poor because we're not allowed to responsibly use our lands and resources for our own benefit. Even as we sit on unimaginable wealth above and below our beautiful landscapes, we have the second lowest wages per job on the nation. We've been cut off from our wealth by people who either don't understand or don't care about the human toll of pressing their values on Montana families.
We all want and should welcome a sustainable and diverse economy; but industries that aren't based on some underlying value can pack up and leave overnight. A sustainable economic base must leverage the things that are unique and lasting. In Montana those things are natural resources. You can't harvest Montana timber in Indonesia, raise Montana wheat in Australia or pump Montana oil in Saudi Arabia. They're what we have and businesses have to come here to get them. But we're being increasingly cut off from what makes Montana the Treasure State.
Imagine if the federal government stepped in and outlawed gambling in Las Vegas, tanning in Florida, or Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Those are the local engines of economic growth. Businesses and families depend on those things to prosper and pursue happiness. But here in Montana we're being cut off from our economic engine. It's both unfair and unsustainable to have barriers erected by far away special interests and bureaucrats that seem to think that the families and lifestyles of those who live here are expendable.
They can do this because the federal government oversees so much of our land. Nearly 30 percent of Montana is controlled by the federal government. Getting access to those federal lands, whether through grazing, drilling, digging or harvesting is getting more and more difficult and expensive because of federal meddling in what used to be state responsibilities.
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Agenda 21 and the Threat in Your Backyard
How to Fight Back Against Agenda 21 'Sustainable Development'
ICLEI Threatening Liberty and Property Rights, One Community at a Time
Crony Socialism: Fiscal Cliff Deal Packed with Breaks for Obama's Pet Businesses
Would you expect anything less?
Tucked into the "fiscal cliff" tax package approved by Congress are billions of dollars in tax breaks that should make the new year a lot happier for businesses of many stripes, including film producers, race track owners and the makers of electric motorcycles.
In all, more than 50 temporary tax breaks were renewed through 2013, saving businesses and individuals about $76 billion. Congress routinely renews the tax package, attracting intense lobbying _ and campaign donations _ from businesses and trade groups that say the tax breaks help them prosper and create jobs.
[...] Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said the package is filled with "special-interest handouts" that make it difficult for him to justify his vote in favor of it.
"It's hard to think of anything that could feed the cynicism of the American people more than larding up must-pass emergency legislation with giveaways to special interests and campaign contributors," McCain said.
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EPA Administrator Resigns Amid Investigation for Using Fake Emails to Hide Info
Another corrupt Obama administration official. Another scandal the media won't investigate or expose. Another typical day in Washington.
A key agency in the "most transparent administration in history" is being investigated for dodging potential public scrutiny and possibly congressional oversight by using bogus electronic mail accounts to conduct official business.
It involves the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its administrator, Lisa Jackson, the Obama appointee who has dedicated tens of millions of dollars to an "environmental justice" movement that helps minority communities get green. Each year the agency doles out cash to leftwing community groups that help poor, minority and indigenous people increase recycling, reduce carbon emissions through "weatherization," participate in "green jobs" training and avoid heat stroke.
The thought of this major government agency conducting secret operations is downright scary not to mention illegal. But that could be exactly what's going on at the EPA and now the agency's watchdog is investigating at the request of Congress. In amemo addressed to Jackson and other high-ranking EPA mucky mucks, the agency's inspector general announces its plans to begin an audit of "electronic records management practices."
"Our objective is to determine whether EPA follows applicable laws and regulations when using private and alias email accounts to conduct official business," the EPA Inspector General writes.
EPA chief's secret 'alias' email account revealed
Attorney claims EPA chief resigned over alias email accounts
Just Freeze! EPA Says Burning Wood Is Bad, but so Is Natural Gas, Coal, Oil
Welcome to another installment of "Bureaucrats Gone Wild." The EPA was originally created to advise congress and enforce federal environmental laws passed by congress (which constitutes a constitutional question in itself, since environmental issues, per the 10th Amendment, belong under the jurisdiction of the individual states, not the federal government).
Now, the EPA has become a monster that continually makes up its own rules and regulations – which are never voted on by the people or their representatives – and abuses its power to control individuals and their private property. Staying warm in winter is as much a matter of basic survival as food, water, and shelter – areas where it is incredibly dangerous for government to exert control at the expense of individual freedom.
William F. Jasper writes at the New American:
So, you're living in Fairbanks, Alaska, and it's 45 degrees below zero, Fahrenheit. The high today will be -39 degrees below zero. The weather services all project lots more double-digit minus numbers in the coming days and weeks, with dips into the minus 50s and 60s. Heating oil prices are killing your family budget, so you crank up the wood stove and start burning some of the firewood you collected last summer. Uh-oh! Now you're in trouble!
Yes, you're merely trying to survive economically — along with trying to keep the wife, kids, and grandma from freezing to death. Of course, that's not a mere theoretical possibility in these temps — but federal EPA bureaucrats in Washington, D.C., have determined that fine particulate matter (soot) in your wood smoke is verboten.
Lying low in the Tanana Valley, Fairbanks regularly experiences temperature inversions that trap smoky air over the area. That means people with respiratory problems can have more irritation from increased soot content. The federal Environmental Protection Agency's revised fine particulate matter regulations (PM2.5) have cut the annual level of allowable fine particulates from 15 micrograms per cubic meter of air to 12 micrograms.
The Fairbanks North Star Borough, a county area roughly the size of New Jersey with under 100,000 population, has been under the EPA gun since the agency ratcheted down its soot standards in 2008. Along with 14 other cities and 53 other counties that were not then on the EPA's "non-attainment area" list, the Fairbanks North Star Borough is under orders to clean up its air or face fines and a "compliance plan" imposed by EPA. In efforts to meet the federal mandate, borough politicians attempted to regulate wood burning. That got citizens heated up.
"Everybody wants clean air," state Rep. Tammie Wilson told the Associated Press. "We just have to make sure that we can also heat our homes." Rep. Wilson sponsored a citizen initiative passed in October that bans the borough regulation of home heating devices. The borough, she said, has no business stepping in with restrictions when no one knows if they will work. "We're still waiting here for a model, a model that shows us that if we do A, B and C, we can then get into attainment," she said. "We have not seen anything from the borough, from the state or from the EPA showing us that that is even possible with the technology that is available to us."
The citizens have spoken; they have told the local, state, and federal officials that they would rather not freeze to death to satisfy federal bureaucrats who are in a fretting frenzy over theoretical deaths from soot. The citizens are on firm ground, as it turns out; the "science" the EPA has based its PM2.5 standards on is shoddy at best. Like the "science" cited by alarmists who are all in a twist over global warming, the studies providing the basis for PM2.5 are based on computer models and hidden data, not actual measurements and peer-reviewed analysis.
[...] The EPA's brazen overreach and flawed science have been flayed and exposed repeatedly (see: Here, here, and here), but the Obama administration has marched on, determined to impose its "green" agenda on the nation.
Of course, even if the people of Fairbanks were to cease all burning of firewood, there is no guarantee that they would satisfy the EPA standards. There is no viable source of energy that meets EPA approval. The EPA is down on coal and oil, and even clean natural gas, which for years was the darling energy source of the greens — until the recent natural gas boom began making it cheap and abundant.
EPA's chilling effect: Alaskan liberty goes up in smoke under new air regulations
Fighting winter with fire? Wood-burning on the rise.
EPA cracks down on soot pollution
Oregon regulators put fish and trees before citizens
Report: Smart Meters Will Record Personal Energy Use Habits
EPA Punishes Companies For Not Buying 'Green' Fuel That Doesn't Exist
EPA Uses Drones To Spy On Mid-Western Farms, Cattle Ranches
EPA power grab to regulate ditches, gullies on private property
Fisherman, Residents Rebel Against Agenda 21 'Ocean Grab' By State Bureaucrats For 'Wave Energy'
This is what ICLEI and Agenda 21 look like when they are put into implementation at the local level.
Generated energy in Oregon could soon come from the waves of the Pacific Ocean.
The state is setting up a number of buoys along the Oregon coast in an effort to reduce the state's carbon footprint.
Officials say large energy utility companies must generate 25% of thier energy through renewable sources by the year 2025.
Where does that 25% figure come from, you ask? From state bureaucrats who are trying to implement Agenda 21, a utopian environmentalist scheme from the United Nations.
Oddly, energy from hydroelectric sources such as the Columbia River dams are NOT counted as "renewable." If water continually flowing down a river isn't considered "renewable," why would the ocean's waves be any different?
The final product must go through a final stage but the current models suggest that one buoy would create enough energy to power nearly 40 homes.
If one buoy can only power 40 homes, how many buoys would have to choke the ocean's surface to provide the necessary power for millions of coastal residents and businesses? How many fishing areas, recreational areas, ocean views, and natural habitats will be compromised by all these "green" buoys?
Environmentalists are willing to destroy the livelihoods of fishermen who have harvested the seas for generations. They are willing to destroy the property values of seaside residents for whom ocean views and beach access are top selling points. They're willing to destroy local industries like tourism and sport fishing. And they're willing to do it under the radar, where voters are given little to no opportunity to fight back.
For what purpose? To harvest expensive, financially unsustainable "wave energy" that requires enormous federal subsidies to stay afloat (so to speak). All in the name of "green energy" and "fighting global warming."
The only "green" you'll see will be in the pockets of those who profit from wave energy technology, while millions of seaside residents who have made their living from the ocean find their communities and livelihoods destroyed.
Unsurprisingly, local residents are upset by these developments:
Growing heartburn among Lincoln County residents has spread north to Tillamook and south to Coos Bay and beyond as more people find out about the state's plans to remove large tracks of fishing grounds along the Oregon Coast. Tillamook residents rose up angrily Thursday to challenge what they called kicking out commercial and recreational fishing with its hundreds of millions of dollars in annual economic benefits for a few paltry electrical jobs for those monitoring offshore wave energy machines.
Besides deeply wounding the Oregon Coast fishing industry, residents charged that offshore wave energy would ruin views of the ocean, disrupt whale migrations and severely damage the coast's tourism industry. And what really made them upset was that the Territorial Sea Plan pursued by Governor Kitzhaber's staff and ocean policy committee, along with the State Land Conservation and Development Commission, have been putting it together largely outside of the public eye.
Lincoln County Commissioner and commercial fisherman Terry Thompson told the Tillamook County Futures Council that although the territorial sea plan, aimed at accommodating wave energy generation, has been in the making for nearly four years, a map with specific locations for offshore wave energy devices did not materialize until a few weeks ago. Thompson said it leaves the public with little time to even look it over, much less react to it or make recommendations.
Many residents told the gathering they were shocked. They called it a "rush job" based on priorities they couldn't imagine to be so important that it would justify damaging the economy of the Oregon Coast, including general tourism, commercial and recreational fishing and local property values. "With those economic sectors hammered, the coast's economy would collapse," one angry resident told News Lincoln County. "And for what?" he questioned. "To line the pockets of east coast investors who would get huge federal subsidies while selling expensive electricity to California to the detriment of the Oregon Coast? This is crazy."
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Territorial Sea Plan workshops end, state to review, submit plan
FINE Committee Says Yes To Research and No To Commercial Wave Energy
Agenda 21 and the Threat in Your Backyard
How to Fight Back Against Agenda 21 'Sustainable Development'
ICLEI Threatening Liberty and Property Rights, One Community at a Time
Oregon Environmental Commission Targets Fossil Fuels
If it's successful, convenient, inexpensive, and makes our lives better, environmentalists want to kill it. They won't be happy until we're all back in utopian bark hut villages, walking on dirt paths, illuminated only by moonlight.
Oregon's Environmental Quality Commission voted 4-1 today to require fuel distributors to begin reporting the carbon content of car and truck fuel used in the state.
Now, the 2013 Legislature will decide whether to take the next step: Requiring those same companies to cut the carbon content of fuel 10 percent a gallon by 2025.
The "clean fuels" initiative, similar to California's newly implemented program, favors gasoline and diesel alternatives, such as ethanol, biodiesel, natural gas and electricity. It's aimed at curbing climate change, with transportation generating a third of Oregon's greenhouse gas emissions, and at boosting in-state biofuels producers.
Opponents, including petroleum, trucking and farm groups, say it could increase gas prices and put Oregon companies at a competitive disadvantage.
Read more at the Oregonian
"A Low Carbon Fuel Standard will raise fuel costs, slow the state's economic recovery, and create unnecessary overlap and confusion between Oregon's existing alternative fuels programs," cautioned Mike Salsgiver, Executive Director of the Oregon Columbia Chapter of Associated General Contractors.
"There is no doubt in our minds that an LCFS will increase the cost of fuel for Oregonians," added Debra Dunn, President of the Oregon Trucking Associations. "Not only will increased fuel prices have an adverse impact on Oregon's trucking industry but it will also harm Oregon's economy as the trucking industry transports the vast majority of the freight in our state."
A coalition has been formed to oppose implementation of these job-killing regulations:
We've lost 113,000 jobs in our state from 2007 through 2011. Tax revenues to fund our state's schools and services are not keeping pace. More cuts may be necessary as the prospect for another economic downturn looms.
And yet regulators are now seriously considering emulating California's new "Low Carbon Fuel Standards" regulations that will cost between 9,000 and 29,000 Oregon jobs, will cost Oregon families up to $1,200 per year in fuel costs, and decrease state economic activity by a minimum of $600 million.
In short, it's another unnecessary obstacle for Oregon's slow economic recovery.
The proposed Clean Fuel Program will only expose Oregonians to volatile price increases at the pump, additional government regulations of small businesses, and increase our already aggressive blending requirements for ethanol and other forms of bio diesel.
The power to stop these regulations rests with the Oregon legislature, which means ultimately, it rests with you. That's why a group of fuel users, consumers and business organizations opposed to the adoption of the proposed Clean Fuels Program in Oregon has banded together to form Oregonians for Sound Fuel Policy.
You have far more power than you realize. Here's what you can do.
Following California Into the Regulatory Abyss
Low Carbon Fuel Standards Will Drive Gas Prices Higher
Kill Oregon's low-carbon fuel standard
Fisherman, Residents Rebel Against Agenda 21 'Ocean Grab' By State Bureaucrats For 'Wave Energy'
CIA: Global Warming A Greater Threat Than Rising Terrorism
Four dead Americans in Libya beg to differ.
AWR Hawkins reports at Breitbart:
The CIA opened the Center on Climate Change and National Security in 2009 to monitor the threats posed to national security by "desertification, rising sea levels, population shifts, and heightened competition for natural resources."
[...] While Hamas, Iran, and Hezbollah are ramping up to strike Israel, while the Taliban openly mocks Obama's capitulation in Afghanistan, and while Al Qaeda regroups in places like Iraq and Libya, our CIA is worried about a "worldwide security risk" caused by global warming.
In fact, even as the CIA reels from the scandal surrounding former director David Petraeus, an intelligence report has been released in which the agency suggests "the U.S. develop a systematic and enduring whole-of-government strategy for monitoring threats connected to climate change."
For Obama, Global Warming Trumps National Security
Napolitano Says Climate Change is Homeland Security Issue, Creates Task Force
Report: Obama Plans To Impose Carbon Tax On Emissions
It's an environmentalist wacko's dream come true, and it will drive up energy prices, making it difficult for the poor to afford electricity and heat. Yet these are the people who claim to be the "compassionate" party of the "common man."
Mathew Carr reports at Bloomberg:
Barack Obama may consider introducing a tax on carbon emissions to help cut the U.S. budget deficit after winning a second term as president, according to HSBC Holdings Plc.
A tax starting at $20 a metric ton of carbon dioxide equivalent and rising at about 6 percent a year could raise $154 billion by 2021, Nick Robins, an analyst at the bank in London, said today in an e-mailed research note, citing Congressional Research Service estimates. "Applied to the Congressional Budget Office's 2012 baseline, this would halve the fiscal deficit by 2022," Robins said.
So much for what's left of our manufacturing. And they wonder why these industries are moving offshore?
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Obama's "green" vision distorts his perception of reality
Creepy Campaign Ad Features Brainwashed Children Blaming Parents For Not Voting For Obama
Just in time for Halloween, a group called The Future Children Project released this frighteningly Stalinesque campaign ad of Stepford children singing about the world they supposedly live in under a Romney presidency, with "endless wars," "poison air," and oceans full of oil. And it's all our fault for not voting for Obama, of course:
Newsbusters appropriately compares it to the infamous Lyndon Johnson "Daisy" ad warning of a countdown to nuclear war if he lost to Goldwater.
Imagine an America
Where strip mines are fun and free
Where gays can be fixed
And sick people just die
And oil fills the seaWe don't have to pay for freeways!
Our schools are good enough
Give us endless wars
On foreign shores
And lots of Chinese stuffWe're the children of the future
American through and through
But something happened to our country
And we're kinda blaming youWe haven't killed all the polar bears
But it's not for lack of trying
Big Bird is sacked
The Earth is cracked
And the atmosphere is fryingCongress went home early
They did their best we know
You can't cut spending
With elections pending
Unless it's welfare doughWe're the children of the future
American through and through
But something happened to our country
And we're kinda blaming youFind a park that is still open
And take a breath of poison air
They foreclosed your place
To build a weapon in space
But you can write off your au pairIt's a little awkward to tell you
But you left us holding the bag
When we look around
The place is all dumbed down
And the long term's kind of a dragWe're the children of the future
American through and through
But something happened to our country
And yeah, we're blaming youYou did your best
You failed the testMom and Dad
We're blaming you!
[I]t's one thing to write such disgusting lyrics. It's quite another to get children to sing them.
If the folks at this agency possess such a thing, they should be ashamed of themselves for involving youngsters in this project.
Or do they believe like Goebbels did that it's okay to involve children in spreading propaganda?
Whatever the answer, LBJ's Daisy ad was considered so over the top that the campaign only aired it once.
How many times will Americans be subjected to this new piece of filth?
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Obama Admin. Forcing Navy Vessels To Switch To $26-Per-Gallon Biofuel
First they cut the defense budget. Now they want to convert our navy to run on a $26 per gallon fuel.
Meanwhile, China is in the middle of a massive military build-up, Russia is restarting the Cold War, and Iran is on the verge of a nuclear weapon. Priorities??
Jeffrey Klein writes at The Examiner:
Just when you thought the Obama administration could not do any further damage to the military that it already has, now we learn the he is forcing his "green energy" agenda upon the U.S. Navy by forcing all non-nuclear powered vessels to use "bio-fuel."
This month, a carrier strike group that is headed to the Pacific for a six-week multinational naval exercise off the coast of Hawaii, will have its non-nuclear powered escort vessels, which include a destroyer and a tanker, use a newly formulated 50-50 mixture of standard [diesel] fuel, and a cocktail of seeds, algae and chicken fat, according toa July 2, 2012 FOXNews article.
A Navy official stated that operating the so-called "Great Green Fleet" on this blend of alternative and conventional fuel is part of Navy Secretary Ray Mabus' plan to have half the Navy fleet on alternative fuel by 2020.
The Navy official answered…
Investments in biofuel will produce a competitively priced — and domestically produced — alternative to conventional fuel. Such investments help the Navy and the nation become less dependent on foreign oil and thus less subject to volatility in oil prices that directly affect our readiness.
Not so fast.
What will really 'affect the readiness' of our Navy is it having to file for bankruptcy–because this biofuel mixture was confirmed to cost $26 a gallon–more than seven times the $3.60 a gallon cost for conventional fuel.
The Navy's Use of Biofuels is Inefficient and Costly
Republicans critical of Navy's 'Great Green Fleet', $26 a gallon fuel
Obama Plans To Allow UN To Tax Americans In Second Term
The Declaration of Independence made us free from European powers. Obama wants to surrender our national sovereignty to unelected foreign bureaucrats once again, giving them the power to "redistribute" the fruits of American labor to third-world dictatorships.
A One World Socialist State is no longer just a crazy conspiracy theory…it's the goal nearly within their reach.
It's long past time to DEFUND the United Nations entirely of American money, and have them move their headquarters off our shores. They have become the tyrants the purport to prevent.
Dick Morris Warns at Fox News:
It should come as no surprise that President Obama will raise taxes if he is re-elected. But here's the shocker: He will invite the United Nations to tax Americans directly. And the proceeds would go directly to the Third World. In this way, Barack Obama will, indeed, realize the dreams of his father.
In our new book, "Here Come the Black Helicopters: UN Global Governance and the Loss of Freedom," Eileen and I describe how there is now pending in the U.N. all kinds of plans to tax Americans and redistribute their wealth – not to other Americans – but to other countries. These taxes will not be like our U.N. dues paid by a vote of our Congress. Nor akin to foreign aid which we choose to give. They would be mandatory levies imposed by treaty on American citizens. And, since they would be enumerated in a Treaty – not an act of Congress — only the president and the Democratic Senate need be on board. The Republican House has no role in the Treaty-making process.
(Of course, we do not believe that actual black UN helicopters will land in our midst to take over our country. But we use the symbolism to warn that the liberal, bureaucratic elites in the UN, enabled by Obama and Hillary, mean to create global governance to override American self-rule and independence).
Here is what we say in "Black Helicopters" that Obama, Hillary, and the UN are planning for us:
- A "Robin Hood" tax on financial transactions. Every time you buy or sell a stock or a bond or exchange money while travelling, you'd be hit with a financial transactions tax (a percentage of your transaction) that would go to the UN.
- A global tobacco tax with the funds to flow to the World Health Organization (WHO).
- A UN-imposed tax on billionaires all over the world. And don't delude yourself for a moment that it is only the 1600 current billionaires who will be hit. Once the precedent of a UN tax on US citizens is approved, it will gradually grow downwards to cover more and more Americans. Again the funds will go to the UN.
- Under the Law of the Sea Treaty – up for Senate ratification in December of the lame duck session – offshore oil and gas wells would have to pay a proportion of their revenues to the International Seabed Authority, a UN-sponsored organization, which would distribute the loot to the third world.
- A carbon tax on all U.S. or other foreign commercial or passenger aircraft flying to Europe. Nominally to fight climate change, these revenues would also go to the third world.
- A mandatory assessment to be imposed on the U.S. to compensate third world nations for the costs of reducing their carbon output.
- These taxes are, of course, only the first steps. Once the principle is established of UN taxation of American citizens, the sky is the limit.
UN Proposes Global Taxes To Fund Socialist Worldwide Order
Here is a list of global taxes proposed by the United Nations last week
Biden: "We Want To Create A Global Minimum Tax"
Obama's plan to cede US sovereignty to the UN through treaties
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U.N. Climate Talks: Wealth Redistribution and a New Tax, Too
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The U.N.'s Perpetual Effort to Attain the Power to Tax
Obama Administration Throws Support Behind World Tax Organization


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A New York man was arrested after a trooper found about 10 pounds of processed marijuana in his vehicle, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported.
A state trooper stopped Christopher K. Crnobori, 46, of New York, N.Y., for a traffic violation Friday on Interstate 70 in Saline County, according to a Highway Patrol report. During the course of the traffic stop, the trooper noticed a strong odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle. A subsequent search resulted in the seizure of about 10 pounds of processed marijuana, which was concealed in a suitcase in the rear of the vehicle.


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