The GOP Connection's
"Weekly Edition"
February
27, 2010
The Three Faces of the
Republican Party in
Howard County.
The Tea Party Express III:
"Just Vote Them
Out" tour!
Capital Mall in Washington, D.C. on April 15th:
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.
Contact Karen Winterling at dgapres@comcast.net
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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 Joel's Rant
Toyota in the Crosshairs!
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Call me crazy, as too many people do, but
is there a conspiracy afoot?
Think about this. Even though Toyota makes all kinds of its
cars here in the United States, they do not hire UAW
workers. Only Ford, GM and Chrysler do that. Since GM and
Chrysler are owned by the Federal Government, getting Toyota to go out of business
or at least be seriously damaged is in the government's best
interest. Even more important, it's in the UAW's best
interest. And with about $40 billion in cash stashed away
by Toyota management, its also
in the trial lawyers best interest. Since the UAW and
other unions and the trial lawyers pretty much own Barack
Hussein Obama and the Democrat Party you can see the pieces of a
puzzle coming together, no?
Isn't it also interesting that for decades Toyota has been, by virtually
everyone's measure, the best car company in the world. In this
decade they have also become the biggest car company in the
world. Tens of millions of their vehicles are on the
road. But now, all of a sudden, here's thousands of complaints
about sticking gas pedals and other mechanical concerns outside the
usual standard deviations.
What's up with that?
Even that horrifying and tragic sounding testimony before
Congress earlier this week had me thinking. Here's a
woman, just a regular person, not a Navy SEAL or astronaut or someone
used to extreme danger, who's gas pedal gets stuck and
she's hurtling down the highway at literally 100 mph and about
to crash at any moment yet she has the presence of mind to call her
husband so she can hear his voice one last time. That's
amazing. At the same time that she's attempting to take all
kinds of safety maneuvers and frantically stop the car she decides to
make a phone call.
Something's wrong with that story. Obviously no one can
challenge her veracity, but it doesn't sound regular to me.
And then there were the hearing panels consisting of
essentially self-appointed Washington safety lobbyists with
a long history of serving trial lawyer interests. You would
have hoped that someone, anyone, from the Democrat Party, the party
in control, would actually try to seek the truth rather then seek
some sort of political gain. Not a chance.
And what hearing can be complete without the ceremonial
humiliating of the company CEO, making him come to Washington to
grovel to the corrupt and disgusting Congressmen, a blatant attempt,
by my reckoning, humiliate him and ruin the Toyota brand.
Most kinds of accidents are caused by driver error rather
than equipment failure or defect. Toward that end car
makers are steadily bringing to market technology to save
drivers from themselves. Devices are now available to warn
drivers when they're drifting out of the lane or taking their eyes
off the road, or when another vehicle is in their blind spot. Some
cars will even cut engine power and apply the brakes when a crash
seems imminent. And now some cars will even parallel park the
car for you.
And yet the Toyota engineers, among the
best auto engineers in the world, can't really find or fix the
problem? They can't duplicate the various scenarios or
conditions that led to these acceleration complaints. How is
that possible? Interesting, no?
Call me crazy, but I think the United States government is
attempting to destroy this car company for the benefit of the
UAW and the trial lawyers. If Toyota employed UAW workers this
story wouldn't even be on page 1.
Instead this is what happens when the government invades the
free enterprise economy of the United States. And with Barack
Obama and Democrats in charge there's surely more to come.
And that's all there is to it.
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*A full 80% beleive the most
important goal is to promote individual freedom by reducing the scale
and scope of the government and its intrusion into the lives of its
citizens.
**It is important to note than
more than 1/2 of those surveyed were under the age of 25.
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Message from Vanessa Jean Louis: A Black Conservative's Perspective
on CPAC
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Klan hats?
Confederate flags? Tom Tancredo-like ignorance? Nope. All of
the above were thankfully NOT a part of my CPAC (Conservative
Political Action Conference) experience.Instead, I was pleasantly
greeted by people who were happy to see a young brown face with
dreadlocks join a powerful movement that's taking this country by
storm.
I met
individuals eager to help me accomplish my goals of becoming a
published author, and I met bloggers who were willing to stand with
me and fight the small minds who misrepresent the conservative
movement.
I thought I
would be surrounded by rich, older White men. Instead I was
greeted by yes, mostly white faces, but young, energetic, and on fire
for America. Cognizant of the fact that there aren't many who
look like me, there was a pleasant curiosity about who I was, and
what prompted my switch into conservatism.
Did I wish there
were more Black people? Of course. Do I plan on bringing more Black
people with me in the years to come (God-willing)? Yes.
Liberals should be happy to know that since my conversion, I have
liberated a few Black minds and proudly walked them over to the
"right side" (pun intended). I will continue to fight
for Blacks to divorce themselves from their near monolithic
allegiance to a party, and a mindset that has set very low standards
for Blacks. I will also continue to challenge mainstream
conservatives to include "Black issues" in the dialogue.
The media elites
have done a great job painting conservatives with a broad, racist
brush. Keeping the wool over our eyes seems to be their Modus
operandi these days. Thank God for those individuals who are
willing to judge for themselves what life is like with Conservative
Republicans. While I do acknowledge that there are small minds
on both sides of the political spectrum, out of the hundreds of people
I met at CPAC, I didn't meet one.
The objective of
course, is not to turn every Black person into a
"Conservative" or "Republican", but to make both
political parties compete for our attention with sound policies and
proposals rooted in principles meant to help us evolve-not cause us
to regress or maintain the status quo. The Democratic parties'
monopoly in the Black community is counterproductive. It's not my
fault I want competition for the Liberals. It's the Capitalist in me.
Vanessa Jean Louis
better
known as the "afroconservative", has been working in the
inner city as a school counselor for the last several years. She is a
self-described "urban conservative" who believes in strong
families, school choice vouchers, and fiscal policies that help lift
people out of poverty - not perpetuate deleterious cycles of
government dependence. Vanessa holds a Master's degree in Counseling
but she is currently working towards a second Master's Degree in
Political Economy.
vanessa@afroconservative.com
http://blog.afroconservative.com
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Mangia
Italian
Grill & Sports Cafe
10795
Birmingham Way - Woodstock, Maryland 21163 (410) 461-2900
Mangia
is located in the Shopping Center near Waverly Mansion
Directions:
Route 29 to Route 70 West.
Exit at Marriotsville Road and veer right
Make the first right turn (light) onto Warwick
Way.
Proceed about ½ mile to Shopping Center on right
(Birmingham Way).
Mangia
is located mid-way down the strip and provides LOTS
of parking
Happy Hour Specials
include:
4PM-7PM:
Free Buffet
$1.00
off Draft beer, House wine, and Rail liquor
Live
Music on Fridays at 7PM
Great Food & 16 Flat Screen TV's!
Get more info at www.Mangias.com
Attendees usually include
local Delegates, Councilmen, Senators and Candidates.
Take this opportunity to
network with local Conservatives to plan for ELECTION YEAR 2010.
And as always...
Bring a Friend
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"Good for you, you
have a heart, you can be a liberal.
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Now, couple your heart
with your brain, and you can be a
Conservative!"
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~Glenn Beck
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The HCRC is "Keeping
the Dream Alive!"
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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:
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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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.
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!
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Volunteers Night Out! Thursday,
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(3rd 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
Thursday, March 4th, 2010
6:30 pm until 7:45 pm
Conference Center at Total Site Solutions
7226 Lee DeForest Drive
Suite
104
Columbia, MD 21046
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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I might be in favor of national healthcare if it required
all Liberals to get their heads examined.
~Anne
Coulter
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Karen Winterling aka "Cuda"
HCRC, President
Editor of the Weekly Newsletter,
"The GOP Connection"
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