To the Point with Mick Rich
Mick Rich will provide articles once or twice a week. Some will address New Mexico issues and some will talk about national issues.
What are the Options and Risk of Replacing Biden?
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- Published: 02 July 2024 02 July 2024
A Presidential debate is similar to individual sports events, where one major mistake can result in a loss. Jeffrey Julmis's dramatic fall on the first hurdle in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games gathered millions of views on YouTube. To everyone's surprise, President Ford announced in a Presidential debate that Eastern Europe was not under the control of the USSR. Jeffrey Julmis and Gerald Ford both lost their races.
President Biden's debate performance did not suffer from one major mistake but exposed the truth that Joe Biden no longer had the mental acuity to drive a car, let alone lead a country (why Special Council Hur did not pursue charges against Joe Biden). Had this been a boxing match, his coach would have thrown in the towel, but Joe Biden is the President, which would have thrown the country into a constitutional crisis. Would Congress then be forced to remove President Biden from office per the Twenty-fifth Amendment? Does anyone want Kamala Harris as President? Who will be the Democrat Nominee for President?
What do you think comes to mind?
The Breakup of the Santa Fe Democrats
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- Published: 18 June 2024 18 June 2024
An opportunity for New Mexico’s Conservatives
The May Senate Appropriations Committee hearing witnessed a tense interaction between Senator Heinrich and Secretary Haaland, a clear indication of the fracturing within the Santa Fe Democrats.
Why on Earth is there No Funding? Senator Heinrich (video)
In 2022, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) achieved a significant milestone with the signing of their bipartisan legislation, the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony (STOP) Act, into law by President Joe Biden. This act, aimed at ending the trafficking of Native American artifacts, was a crucial step in protecting our cultural heritage.
NM’s Peter Principle = The Deb Principle
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- Published: 02 June 2024 02 June 2024
From NM Dem Party Chair to the US Secretary of Interior. 
Deb Haaland, the First Native American to be Secretary of the Department of Interior
Deb Haaland graduated from the University of New Mexico in 1994 and earned her Juris Doctor in Indian Law from UNM School of Law in 2006. Her political journey includes serving as the vote director for the Obama campaign 2012, chairing the Native American Caucus of the Democrat Party of New Mexico from 2012 to 2013, and being Gary King’s running mate for the Governor in 2014. She also was Chair of the New Mexico Democratic Party from April 2015 through April 2017.
Deb Haaland served on the Laguna Development Corporation board during the Louisiana Isle of Capri Casino debacle, during which the Laguna Pueblo lost twenty-six million dollars. When Pueblo elders realized they were gambling with Laguna’s sovereignty. Despite Haaland not being able to practice law and possessing her JD in Indian Law, she should have known she was gambling with Laguna’s sovereignty.
Heinrich wants to be your next Senator/Governor/President
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- Published: 19 May 2024 19 May 2024
Can Heinrich’s Achilles Tendon take him down?
New Mexico’s Washington Democrat Senator Martin Heinrich misidentifies a bighorn sheep as an elk.
New Mexico Democrat leaders may look the same, but there are NM’s Santa Fe Democrats and NM’s Washington Democrats. They may have started out at the same place, but their power and money come from different sources, and they do not always get along, such as Martin Heinrich and Deb Haaland.
The Working Poor and the Hard Working identify with Trump’s persecution.
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- Published: 09 May 2024 09 May 2024
“We’re scared of Kamala Harris; she put black men like me in prison.”
Washington Post, “Crime lab scandal, photo Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP.
I have often reflected on a conversation I had with a buddy. I shared the articles I wrote with him and expected pushback, but I was surprised with his response; he told me he was supporting Trump. Then he explained, ”Kamala Harris puts black men like me in prison.” Carla Bell's editorial in the Miami Herald, “Black Americans should hold their adoration—Kamala Harris has done real damage.” explains why.
Shock and Awe
Rust Set: Armorer was Irresponsible, Gun Slinger was Reckless, and the Mischief Maker Got Away with Murder
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- Published: 18 March 2024 18 March 2024
Murder mystery fans know. Guilty is who loads the bullet.
Can you tell which is the live round and which is the blank?
We have all watched countless action movies and murder mysteries in which actors are killed or wounded on film, not in real life. That is why it was so surprising that Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot, and director Joel Souza was injured on the set of Rust.
The Santa Fe Justice Department, the media, and Hollywood have reported that an irresponsible twenty-two-year-old Armorer and an angry old Hollywood actor behaving recklessly were responsible for the death and injury on the movie set. But are they?
For the Hardworking People of Albuquerque, The Second Amendment isn’t just a Right,
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- Published: 08 March 2024 08 March 2024
Feds Investigate APD Officers and a Defense Attorney in Reported Kickback Scheme
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- Published: 28 January 2024 28 January 2024
Unsurprisingly, the Albuquerque Mayor’s Administration has no comment.
Once again, New Mexicans wake up to learn the Federal Government has raided the homes of New Mexicans. The last time was in July 2021, when Democrat House Speaker Sheryl William Stapleton's home was raided. This time, it was Albuquerque Police officers and a defense attorney while the Bernalillo County District Attorney dismissed 144 driving-under-the-influence cases. We will soon learn what the Federal Attorney General’s office is investigating and why Bernalillo DA dismissed 144 DUI cases.
As in most failures, people tend to focus on the failure of the last chain of events; in this situation, it is the APD police officers and the defense attorney. Albuquerque has a break in almost every link in the chain of justice.
The Links in the Chain of Justice