was a 1987 Ron Paul was his gateway drug
as he called it to the libertarian party
he attended the 1990 uh convention ran
for a land commissioner candidate in
1990 as well State Senate candidate in
1992 County Judge candidate had got
almost 40% of the vote in a two-day race
in
1994 1998 County Judge
candidate and his numbers uh and notori
in Rockell are going way up for that
2004 uh farmers market in Rockwell and
called a crazy Rick by in more good
press
2010 he was our agricultural
commissioner and got almost 165,000
votes
right in addition we have Mr Rocky
palmquest uh Rocky is an 11th generation
Texan and still Farms the same land as
his ancestors did in the 1800s uh
Rancher farmer nurseryman Rocky has been
an entrepreneur since the age of 14
active in many local charities in this
community ring from Elder Care Alliance
club and mentor to young men and women
interested in Texas
agriculture gentlemen you both have
three minutes for opening statements I
would ask Rick Donaldson to speak first
wow all right I'm going to stand up here
if you don't mind come it's libertar
convention do what you
want hey guys if you got him light them
um let's see here like K said you know
i' I've been in this a long time I
started out in 1987 with Ron Paul uh
running for libertarian candidate for
the president of the United States he
didn't get it but he was my gateway drug
um I have been def going out there and
speaking my mind and and talking to
people ever since I enjoy everything
that I do with the libertarian parties
the little bit of back and forth that we
get between candidates between people in
the party and the candidates and the
candidates and the party I think that's
all great for
growth uh although you know how much
growth does the libertarian party want I
mean we are actually the party of low
smaller government how big do we want
this party to be I want the libertarian
people the people of Texas uh to be the
ones that gain out of all this thing I'm
not against Rocky Palmquist Rocky
Palmquist is on my team we're out there
to castrate some elephants and some
donkeys if
you I've got a lot of people that that
stop me on on the road Walt Disney is
doing a great thing about promoting my
candidacy there's this guy over there on
that TV show called Duck
Dynasty anybody watch it well he looks
like me you know he does he really does
and I get people stopping me in all
kinds of different places asking me hey
are you that guy are you sigh you know
no he looks like me I've had this beard
since I was in high school I mean you
can go back and look at the pictures
okay I spent 4 years in Sam steel Canoe
Club you know I found out exactly what
the Navy's doing you know all that
garbage out there in the middle of the
oceans you know the stuff that's causing
that elino and Lino stuff that's causing
our weather to go crazy well I was part
of that for four years and please I I I
submit my AP humblest apologies I did
not mean to do the negative things that
I did to the planet or to the
populations of all the all the Earth um
this is my Redemption tour if you will
I'm I'm out there trying to correct all
the things that I have done to
participating that garbage that I was
involved in before um Liberty is my goal
uh whether Rocky wins his nomination
whether I win this nomination you know
Liberty is what we need to be going
after uh like I said the the Republicans
and the Democrats they've been doing
this thing since the
1860s come on people if you keep getting
doing the same thing over and over and
over again you're going to get the same
thing you've always gotten I thank you
very much for your time thank you for
your votes go out there and get 50
people to believe the same way you do
and vote for your libertarian slave
thank Mr compest good evening ladies and
gentlemen I'm Rocky Palmquist I'm an
11th generation Texan
I still Farm the same land that my
ancestors farmed from the Spanish land
grants Texas is very near and dear to my
heart and there's nothing worse than
seeing what's happening in our state of
Texas right
now our budget we're broke don't let
them lie to you we're
broke plain and simple let me explain to
you what the agriculture department does
the agriculture Department it is the
licensing agency for
nurseries for your
Farms it controls the weights and
measurements at your grocery store it
controls the gas
pumps there's a lot more to it than just
farming it's a
floated
giant
bureaucracy okay you've got a republican
agriculture commit commissioner now that
seems to think it's okay for the feds to
come down here and put cameras on
private
property on the Rio Grand border because
heaven forbid we don't want those ants
coming over
here let me tell you something you shut
the damn border down down there and you
get ready to pay $6 for AE of lettuce
because that's what's going to happen to
you you keep letting these Republicans
and Democrats tell you what to do and
we're all going down the drain and if I
am your agriculture commissioner of this
craft is going to stop today I need your
support thank
you hi Rocky you want to follow that up
I told you I get boisterous that's why I
leave this thing away a little
bit we're going to K down a notch and
ask you a question what is your position
with regard to genetically modified
organisms and what would you do with it
at it at the state
level okay a lot of this is being
controlled by the
FDA okay I am not so much against
GMO but I can tell you I don't need it
this is a personal decision between
people if you want to consume it that's
okay if you don't you're probably better
off for
it the biggest problem with the GMO or
the GM thing it's the companies
themselves okay you've got
Monsanto you've got Archer Daniels
Midland these people are on corporate
welfare have you heard the Monsanto
protection act that our president has
signed okay it's not about the food so
much it's about who's controlling your
food do you want these people to control
your food from the field to your plate
because that's what's happening the
Family Farm is going by the wayside and
that's where you get your real food the
property taxes are going to wipe us out
completely and let me add this to you if
we would get off our butts legalize hemp
in the state of Texas we wouldn't have
this problem of P
Mr Donaldson on
GMOs genetically modified organisms are
a ban to our agricultural system uh we
now have the um genetically modified
fish that are going to be going on we've
got the salmon what they call the
Frankin fish we all know these
problems the best way that we as Texans
as libert Arians in the in the
agriculture Department can uh can
operate what I intend to do is like what
was originally intended by the ACT
commission back in 1907 was to address
all of the safety issues the quality
issues of the foods of of the products
that going out there on the market make
sure that we know exactly what is in
these foods that we have I'm not for
making uh labels mandatory what I'm what
I'm going to emphasize as far as the
libertarian is concerned is redirection
of infrastructure we have infrastructure
right now in the department that can
tell us exactly what chemicals what
insecticides pesticides fertilizers that
we have they're being used on our crops
we also have the ability to tell the
people by our uh what they call go Texan
program that uh uh commissioner Jim heow
created back in what was that
77s Jim high tower was in there anyway
cre the goex uh label what this Goan
label can do is we can identify exactly
which products are GMO so that you guys
can see it on the Texas act
commissioner's page so that you know
exactly which chemic kills are out there
and causing you problems thank you
Mr Don again what are your thoughts
about the situation in Nevada where the
Federal Bureau of Land Management is
preventing a Rancher from using public
lands owned by the state for
grazing we current we currently have a
problem or a situation up on the uh Red
River between Texas and Oklahoma similar
to that the Bureau of Land Management is
coming in and taking land away from
Farmers saying that this land does not
belong to you because of the way that
the uh the rivers all run uh you know
the the Oklahoma border changes because
of the way that the rivers are are are
moving so in the past it's been wherever
the grass is green on the south end of
the Border that's where Texas begins but
the Bureau of Land Management comes in
and they say that land does not belong
to you because the rivers changed and
we're going to take that land away from
the farmers there and we're going to
turn it into Bureau Land Management land
and we're going to allow things to
happen up there
because that's our property now it
doesn't belong to the state of Texas it
doesn't belong to the state of Oklahoma
how did it become federal land you know
I understand the Texas Constitution
United States Constitution to say land
properly seeded from the state belongs
to the federal government I don't know
that the Bureau of Land Management has a
pro has the authority to seed Texas land
to the Bureau of Land
Management and Mr P and before you
answer there it has been requested by
Folks at the back of the room that you
do in fact use the microphone at least
point it sort of toward you it's it's a
high ceiling sir and it's you despite
your excellent lungs I know you can hear
me now there we go so on on Nevada Ranch
situation Federal Land
Management there's more than 2.5 million
acres in the state of Texas from the
Bureau of Land
Management
okay let me let me just say this what's
going on in Nevada with the Bundy Ranch
that's the real deal folks that's
Americans standing up for what they
rights
are while this does not fall under the
purview of the Texas agriculture
commissioner I can G run te
you I would be up
there I'm an old country
boy let me choose my words carefully
here because there's ladies in the room
children too and children
too but don't pour water down my back
and tell me it's
raining I know
that and as your agriculture
commissioner here's plain and simple
what I'm going to do I am going to be
the biggest thorn in the side of the
United States government that they've
ever seen in their entire damn
life I'm getting the flag from C here so
let me back off a little bit thank you
very much let R get back to
it excellent another question first to
Mr pquest yes sir what are your thoughts
about fracking and its potential impact
on the
environment
wow I am not in the oil business I'm in
the farming
business okay so I'm not going to get up
here and tell you I know anything about
fr
in um obviously with the amount of water
that is
used for fracking is going to give us a
problem with the farms and ranches okay
we've already got an issue with a
drought right
now um look
uh I've always been known to uh say it
like it is so here it
comes Frack away get your own property
okay you go effective somebody else's
property your salt your methane your
sulfur comes out of that well and it
affects my my property you got big
trouble okay I think that's how it needs
to be handled I think that we need to
take these big companies into account
make them pay for the damages it's just
like Monsanto and the rest of these
government corporate Giants we don't
serve them the United States government
doesn't serve them they're supposed to
be there for profit and not for
abuse I will stand with the farmers and
the ranchers and The Growers of Texas at
every turn there's uh no choice in the
matter go ahead and Frank keep the oil
prices low just don't infringe on
somebody else this is Texas and we
believe in Liberty and we won't do
that espe on FR fracking would you
please repeat the question what is your
what are your thoughts on fracking and
its potential impact on the environment
and specifically
agriculture my concern more in not just
agriculture in everybody's everyday
life uh fracking uh as I understand it
has the implication of adding chemicals
to the ground water um
that are not conducive to any human
animal or plant
life let's go back to the uh most recent
2012 election and the campaign for
increasing the amount of money that goes
to the water water uh and water
development in the state of Texas did
you did you guys know that in that water
bill that just got pass by the majority
of Voters in the state of Texas that
took money from our general fund to
create new water districts new water
corporations to be able to develop new
water do you realize 2/3 of that water
goes to corporate entities to develop
more oil and gas
um extraction from the soil onethird of
it goes to the farmers in the cities
that 1/3 gets divided in what is it 6040
the cities get 60% the farmers get 40%
but the 2/3 of it goes to the to the ho
gas industry we need to stop this kind
of stuff this is our water this is our
life this is our life
blood can I have
a in the state of Texas we have
something called
TCEQ Texas commission on Environmental
Quality so I want to make something
clear here the Texas Department of
Agriculture has nothing to
do with your water supply other than
maybe the pesticides that uh some of the
Farms are are putting out and that's
going to be controlled by the
agriculture department but as far as the
environment goes as far as the wellwater
goes or anything like that the
agriculture department has absolutely
nothing to do with that okay thank
you espe Mr joh the Agriculture
Commission also regulates the free lunch
program what would you do with
that wow taking taking Texas money Texas
taxpayers money that's going to the
federal government that's being returned
to us to feed our children what are we
going to do my position there is let's
re just you know figure out how to
reconfigure the program we've got all
these children that are going hungry
let's take that money and and start a
gardening program on each campus
throughout the entire state of Texas
it's already our money let's put that
put that to good use let's get Gardens
at every every Elementary Middle Junior
and high school throughout the state
just the money that we're given turn it
into seeds turn it into agricultural
programs so these kids can learn how
to survive
if the economy does hit the fan like
everybody keeps telling us we're going
to have you know I'm I'm for preparing
for that shtf day and if it happens what
are you going to do do you know how to
grow anything do you know how to raise
anything that you can consume do you
know how to help your neighbors this is
up to each and every individual in the
state of Texas to be able to grow this
stuff and it's up to us to learn how to
do it and to protect this land and to
and to make things grow properly
prosperously for every individual in the
state Mr pus on the lunch program that's
regulated by the a
department okay not only are they going
to regulate uh the lunch program but get
ready for breakfast and supper too
okay Michelle Obama wants to make sure
that your children eat what she wants
them to
eat but look let's face it a lot of
these people that are on the free
breakfast free lunch free supper what do
their parents get they're already on the
Lone Star Card folks we're being tapped
twice you're paying for the parent
cigarettes and the
beer and then you're turning around and
you're paying for the kid kids lunch at
school now what's more important that
child to have lunch or those parents to
have beer and cigarettes when they get
home from whatever job they may or may
not have what we've got to do is tell
the fed you know
what up
yours we're not going to do it that's
how you handle things it's called
leadership you stand up and you telling
me enough is enough we're not going to
take it anymore this is Texas and we
want our office back you fans go back to
Washington DC and stop telling us how to
run our
business all right well we've come to
the end so two minutes closing
statements free to you Mr confest we'll
start with you thank you all very much I
I just want I look out in the room and
it almost brings me to tears look at the
Liberty look at you here we are here for
a
reason we're sick and damn tired of
people breathing down our throats every
time we turn
around we have to have a car inspection
I have to have my flowers inspected by
some fed that doesn't even know what a
merry gold
is each and every one of us in this room
it's up to you to make something happen
and I guarantee you is your agriculture
commissioner in the state of Texas
there's not going to be a day that goes
by that the feds don't worry what the
hell is Rocky GNA do to us
today thank you all a big hand for the
libertarian party of the State of
Texas Mr Don 2 minutes
close well I've got no pipe dreams
believing that I'm going to get this
without you guys
helping but I do have a pipe dream my
pipe dream is that every one of you is
going to go out of here and you're going
to get 50 to 100 more people that are
going to vote for libertarian candidates
just like you
are the only way that we can win is with
you I need your campaign contributions I
need your assistance but I want your
mouth I want your I want your hands I
want your
fingertips I want you to go out there
and I want you to spread Liberty
throughout all of this land I don't care
if they're in Texas I don't care if
they're overseas I don't care where
these people are I want you to spread
Liberty because everybody overseas
everybody that I've ever met in my
worldly travels I spent four years in
the Canoe Club and and everybody seems
to know somebody from Texas so everybody
that you know let them know that there's
a couple of crazy guys up here that are
willing to fight for you this is all
about you this isn't about Rick
Donaldson I don't think this is about
Rocky pal I think this is about Texas we
can turn Texas Gold in this election we
got more people that are upset with the
way the blue and the red is been turned
to this place
bloody I don't like this I like I I
think you need to be more in control of
what you have your property you'll see
some wanted posters up around here you
know what 5,000 gold coins is worth
these
days would you believe $6.4 million
minimum and that's all I'm asking I'm
asking you to put
5,000 gold coins worth of your effort
your effort I don't want your money I
want your effort out there promoting
Liberty all we need is 5 million votes
through our entire executive slate I
don't who care who you vote for we need
you to work for 5 million votes for each
and every one of our executive
candidates and that will filter down to
the rest of our candidates I thank you
all for attending I look forward to
shaking every one of your hands and on
Far people this is us this is Liberty
let's go
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