The GOP Connection's
"Weekly Edition"
February
20, 2010
A Special Thanks to Bill
Hanrahan who won the 50/50 raffle at Friday's Happy
Hour ($120.00) and then graciously donated it back to the
club. His generosity is greatly appreciated by all!!
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The Tea Party Express III:
Just Vote Them Out! Tour
Join us for the biggest Tea
Party Express at the
White House in Washington, D.C. on April 15th:
You, "The
Politicians" in Washington, have failed "We The
People" with your bailouts, out-of-control deficit spending,
government takeovers of private-sectors of the economy, Cap &
Trade, government-run health care, and higher taxes! If you thought
we were just going to quietly go away, or that this tea party
movement would be just a passing fad, you were mistaken.
We are taking our
Country back!"
Join us April 15th, 2010
as we tell Congress and the White House: "ENOUGH!"
Howard County needs to rally our folks,
and become a part of the largest Caravan of buses that this
state has ever seen. Sign up now to reserve your seat and spend
the day with fellow conservatives who are determined to be
heard. Details to follow.
If not us, then who?
If not now, then when?
Don't miss out on your chance
to be a part of this historic event!
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Need another reason to attend....
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Watch
American Rising
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 Joel's Rant
Those ever decreasing jobless
figures.......you can't make this stuff up, or not!
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The president claims
we've now clearly turned the corner. The jobless rate in
December dropped from 10.2% to 10% and last month dropped to
9.7%. That $867 billion stimulus (used to be $787 billion) is
really working. Just wait until he adds the new $150
billion jobs bill the House passed, and which the Senate is having
trouble passing but is clearly not off the table by a long shot. There's no telling what could
happen. That Obama is really quite the genius, no?
Actually, the answer is No, he's not a genius. He's a wrecking
ball.
Who really believes those figures? Here's a question. If
the number of unemployed grew by 20,000 last month, how is it that
the percentage of unemployed went down from 10% to 9.7%? You
see what I mean, right? The percentage should have gone up, but
it didn't. The number of jobless grew, but the percentage of
jobless went down. Quite the conundrum. How could that
happen?
It could happen if there were a significant number of unemployed
people who finally just dropped out of the job market. People
who have decided not to look for work anymore. Why bother,
there are no meaningful jobs to replace the substantial good paying
jobs they lost.
So, if the overall total of unemployed in America
went down significantly, even though 20,000 newly jobless entered the
pool of unemployed, the percentage in that case could in fact drop
from 10% to 9.7%. Or from 10.2% to 10%. So the
"success" of the Obama Administration is to crush and kill
and bleed small business and free enterprise with regulations and
taxes and instability so that no employer will want to hire
anyone, thereby making it so difficult to find work that people
simply stop looking. If people who stopped looking for work
are no longer on the jobless roles they don't get counted
as unemployed. Now that's a policy you can believe in.
Before you know it he'll be telling you the jobless rate is 4.2%, or
maybe 3.3%, or whatever, but your neighbors will be selling their
houses and the malls will be empty because no one will be
working. Actually, that previously mentioned $150 billion jobs
bill still rattling around in Congress isn't a "job
creating" bill at all.
The vast majority of the money will eventually be used to
extend unemployment benefits for more months and to also redefine
unemployment benefits to include more people previously not covered.
It's interesting to note that the category
"those receiving unemployment benefits" is now the third
largest "employer" in America, following in order those
working for the federal government and those working for the various
state governments. The only
sector of work that is growing is "government", the least
productive kind of work of all.
That can't be good by any normal person's measure, no?
And don't forget to watch for that jobless
figure to get lower each month as more workers drop off the roles but
about a million people will be hired to help with the census
this year. Of course they'll only be temporary and the long term
impact should be near zero as those folks go back on unemployment as
their census term comes to an end.
But it makes for good press, and isn't that what really
counts?
Now that's a strategy for putting people
back to work.
And there you have it.
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Al Nalley
Delegate Candidate for
District 12A
Winter Dance Fundraiser
One of
Baltimore's Legendary
Bands
If you grew up in the Baltimore
area, then you have likely seen Appaloosa at a Prom, Church Dance,
Night club, or other venue. Since the early 70's this group has
entertained the masses at many local venues. Come on out and
listen to some of your favorite tunes and dance to the live sounds of
Appaloosa that will make you reminisce about yesteryears.
AMERICAN LEGION
DEWEY LOWMAN POST #109
1610 Sulphur Spring
Road,
Arbutus, MD 21227
Saturday, February 27th
8:00 p.m. to 12:00
midnight
PRICE: $40.00 per ticket
Beer * Wine * Soft Drinks *
Light Snacks
For more information please call
Albert Nalley or Ginger Nalley at 410-744-9353 Authority: Citizens
for Albert Nalley, David Amann, Treasurer
http://www.alnalley.com/
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"Member's Event" at the VFW
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(2nd
posting of this event)
We are celebrating this
"President's Day"
with an old fashion Pep-Rally!
Our guest speaker is
Delegate Pat McDonough
who is a 3rd term Legislator,
a Radio and TV Host, as well as a Producer.
He is also an advocate for
Please join us to hear Pat McDonough's Speech;
America and Maryland at the Cross Roads! Thursday, February
25th - 6:30pm-8:30
We will be serving Salad & Pizza, and Delicious
Desserts. Drinks will be available at a
discounted rate thru the VFW. We will be rounding out he
evening by playing
Hosted by
(aka: Russell Wooldridge)
Match Game (also called Match Game '7"X") is
a tv game show featuring contestants
attempting to match celebrities' answers to fill-in-the-blank
questions. It was hosted for
most of its time on the air by Gene Rayburn. The most famous versions of the
1970s and 1980s, starting with Match
Game '73, were remembered for their bawdy (for the seventies TV)
and sometimes rowdy humor and involved contestants trying to match
six celebrities. Regular
celebrities included Richard Dawson, Charles Nelson Reilly, and Brett
Somers.
For Match
Game HCRC, there will be a raffle drawing of attendees who
will compete in one round of 6 questions. There will be one additional
question in case of a tie.
Chris Riviello will act as producer and judge. Russell Wooldridge will host.
Great Prize for our Winning Contestant
The event is FREE to our members and $15.00 Admission
to non-members.
Delicious pizza's generously provided by Pat McDonough
To Donate a Salad or
a Dessert, please contact Karen at dgapres@comcast.net
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While
this posture is disrespectful in any culture, it is absolutely never
done in any executive setting.
Furthermore, in over half of
the cultures of the world, it is recognized not only as
disrespectful, but as an extreme insult.
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A message from our Vice President
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I saw in today's paper that the Wilde Lake Community
Association is seeking candidates for 5 seats on the Village Board
and one seat on the Columbia Council. If Republicans are to
retake the County this year, we must not ignore these local, elected
positions. I strongly recommend club members who live in the
area to consider running for these positions. These positions
give people the opportunity to get their name out among their
neighbors and if they are thinking of a future run for office, "it
is a great, low cost way to get exposed to local
government." Nominations run through 3/10/10. A nomination
package can be picked up at Slayton House, 10400 Cross Fox Lane in
Columbia. For more information, 410-730-3987.
Thanks,
Tony
Salazar
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Much Appreciation to the Elected Officials &
Candidates...
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You make the Happy-Hours exciting and fun
for everyone. It is so nice the way you give of your time and
make sure you are there to discuss ideas, grievances, and just about
anything else the folks want to share.
These Happy-Hours are the perfect venue for
getting to know each and everyone of you and we at the HCRC
appreciate all the time you share with us.
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"Perseverance is the
hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you
already did."
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~Newt Gingrich
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The HCRC is "Keeping
the Dream Alive!"
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Anthony Jordan's Fourth Friday Happy-Hour,
is February 26th
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Anthony will be having his
next Fourth Friday Happy Hour event at Azul 17
http://www.azul17.com/
next
Friday, February 26th. It will be from 4:30 to 7 p.m. and the
specials are as follows:
· $5
for Traditional Margaritas, Mojitos & Sangria
· $2
Tacos & Chips & Salsa
· $3
Mexican & Domestic Bottle Beer
This is a new
restaurant and we are really excited about bringing the message to a
new set of people. We're hoping to bring out a lot of the young
professional crowd, and it should be a good opportunity for the club
to meet some new faces.
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Fellow
Patriots,
Please
help me and my campaign team distribute a second batch of 5,000 door
hangers in Howard County. Targeted leafleting is one of the best
ways of getting our "common sense" message out to
the voters -- but we can't do it without dozens
of dedicated volunteers!
Weather
permitting (no heavy rain or snow), volunteers will meet at my house
(9206 Perfect Hour, Columbia, MD 21045) at 10:00 AM on the following
Saturdays:
February
27
March
6
March
13
March
20
After
leafleting for a couple of hours, everybody will be treated to
lunch, hot cider and warming conversation! To sign up or if you have
any questions, please e-mail campaign field coordinator Ron Bartyczak
at rbartyczak@hotmail.com or call (410)
381-4938. Your help will be highly appreciated and will make a
huge impact on November 2!
Best,
Ed Priola
Candidate for Delegate
District 13, Howard County
www.edpriola.com
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( 2nd
posting of this article)
The Maryland General Assembly meets in Annapolis each year, for 90 days, to
act on more than 2300 bills including the State's annual budget. The
427th Session began January 13, 2010 and adjourns April 12, 2010.
They say citizens are never safe while the
Legislature is in session. If you believe that our Country and
State are headed in the wrong direction, and if you believe that taxes are
too high, then you need to support your Delegates and Senator by
testifying for their bills in Annapolis. We Republicans are outnumbered. That makes
getting a bill approved very difficult and very frustrating for our
representatives. Citizen
support often makes all the difference. You can help by
testifying to the appropriate Committee, when the bill is scheduled
to be heard, or by submitting your testimony in writing prior
to the hearing. Just click the link below to see how:
CLICK HERE to make the Difference!
~A special
thanks to
Ken Aldrich for
all his hard work, and for making this link possible.
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Volunteers Night Out! Thursday,
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(2nd posting of
this event)
Jeff Robinson needs your
help!! Next month, on Thursday, March 4th, we're
conducting a Volunteers Night Out for
my campaign supporters who are looking to change the way we do
government in this state. The
VNO specifics are:
EXPERIENCE IS NOT NECESSARY....
MASSIVE COMMITMENTS OF TIME ARE NOT EXPECTED....
AND WE NEED ALL HANDS ON DECK!
Please consider coming to
the Volunteers Night Out on March 4th, Total Site
Solutions Conference Center at 6:30 pm to explore the
possibilities. We'll be
serving some light dinner, so please come a little hungry.
If you have additional questions about how to get
involved or the kinds of help needed:
Call me at 443-745-0871
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Thought
for the week!
Proposed 28th Amendment to the
United States Constitution:
"Congress shall make no law
that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply
equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall
make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that
does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States".
It is a long shot, but it is possible..remember
Massachusetts...
Sign the Petition Now!
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Karen
Winterling aka "Cuda"
HCRC, President
Editor of the
Weekly Newsletter,
"The GOP
Connection"
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