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Press Release: Gun Owners of America “Proud” to Endorse Congressman Walsh

GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA “PROUD” TO ENDORSE CONGRESSMAN WALSH

For Immediate Release            Contact: Justin Roth                                                         

November 10, 2011           JustinRoth@yahoo.com                                                                 

Earlier this week, the nation’s second-largest Second Amendment organization announced its endorsement of Congressman Joe Walsh (R-McHenry).  In announcing the endorsement, Gun Owners of America Vice Chairman Tim Macy said, “Congressman Walsh is a leader on Second Amendment issues, plain and simple.  When it comes to defending the right to keep and bear arms, Joe Walsh is at the forefront of the battle and was the clear choice in our decision to endorse.”  The Gun Owners of American has been described by Congressman Ron Paul (T-TX) as, “the only no-compromise gun lobby in Washington.”

“During his long tenure as an elected figure, Randy Hultgren has shown little interest in upholding gun rights,” said Macy. “Walsh, on the other hand, is a true defender of the Second Amendment who in his short time in Congress has already become a leading voice for gun owners all across America.”Rep. Walsh is a cosponsor of two concealed carry reciprocity bills in the U.S. House, and he recently chided his own state for trampling the gun rights of its citizens.

“We are an embarrassment (in Illinois),” Walsh said. “We are the last state standing when it comes to concealed carry.” Although Illinois is the only state that will not benefit from congressional legislation, Walsh hopes that the passage of national reciprocity will spur his state to action.

Recently, the freshman Congressman became the first member of Congress to officially call for Attorney General Eric Holder’s resignation because of the growing Fast and Furious scandal. More than 30 members of Congress have since joined the call for Holder to step down.

“The American people deserve to know the truth regarding Attorney General Eric Holder’s knowledge and role in the Fast and Furious operation,” said Walsh in a statement.  “This program was deliberately designed to attack law-abiding American gun owners and gun dealers. Why else would an anti-gun Administration force licensed firearms dealers to sell guns to violent criminals?”

“Our gun rights frequently come under attack in Washington,” said GOA’s Mr. Macy. “Gun owners and sportsmen around the country have a trusted friend in Congressman Walsh.

“Gun Owners of America is proud to make this endorsement, and we encourage friends of the Second Amendment from Illinois and around the country to stand with Rep. Walsh with their encouragement and financial support as well.”

Congressman Walsh reacted to the endorsement by saying, “I am pleased to have the support of this wonderful organization and I will continue to be a tireless advocate for the Second Amendment, which I believe to be the most important amendment in the Bill of Rights.”

This endorsement comes on the heels of the congressman receiving the Family Research Council’s “True Blue” Award for maintaining a 100% Pro-Family voting record, as well as earning a 95% ranking on the Heritage Foundation’s Legislative Scorecard, which recognizes those members of Congress who are “fighting for freedom, opportunity, prosperity and civil society.”

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Diersen’s News Clips and Upcoming Events; November 10, 2011

GOPUSA ILLINOIS  November 10, 2011 Fellow Republicans: News clips and upcoming event information:

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE — First battles for ’12 elections fought in the precincts – Brenda Schory http://www.kcchronicle.com/2011/11/09/first-battles-for-12-elections-fought-in-the-precincts/aug5yw9/ (FROM THE ARTICLE: As Republican committeeman of the First Precinct in St. Charles, Sondra Hecox has already been out walking the walk and talking the talk. Hecox, 75, said she will take one side of the street and her husband, Dale, 80, will take the other and they will hit every house, every door. Frequently they will cover another precinct or two if their help is needed. “We pass out literature,” Hecox said. “We’ve done a ton of that. We are collecting signatures for all the candidates who are running who gave us petitions.” Hecox has been precinct committeeman for six years, and she served as assistant committeeman for 14 years, regularly educating and registering voters, helping people get to the polls and serving as a poll watcher on election days. “I really, really believe it’s our responsibility as precinct committeemen,” Hecox said. Christopher Faber, 32, a North Aurora trustee and Democratic precinct committeeman in the 11th Precinct of Batavia, said he also walks the precinct to get votes out for their candidates. “I communicate with candidates,” Faber said. “I drop off their stuff. I call people to remind them to vote. I’ve talked to a few to recruit them to the Democratic side.” As the big guns line up for political battle in the 2012 election season, the first battles are fought in the precincts, with committeemen from each party. But not every precinct has a Hecox or Faber willing to give it a full-out effort. This is something Mark Guthle, chairman of the Kane County Democratic Central Committee, and Mike Kenyon, a Republican county board member from South Elgin and chairman of the county GOP, can agree on. “A precinct committeeman is what you bring to the table,” Guthle said. “Are you going to do something, or are you a name on a piece of paper? We have enough [committeemen] in our county, but how many actually do work their precincts?” Kane County has a vacancy rate of almost 40 percent for Republican precinct committeemen, said Doug Ibendahl, editor of Republican News Watch, an online commentary of GOP news. Kane County has 299 precincts. In 2010, only 181 precincts had a candidate for Republican precinct committeeman. No Republican ran in 118 precincts, he said. Ibendahl’s website, www.republicannewswatch.com, hosts the Republican Precinct Project, urging  people to get involved as committeemen. All that is required is 10 signatures to get on a ballot. If no one runs, the party chairman for the county appoints someone. “Where is everybody?” Ibendahl said. “Kane’s vacancy rate is not the worst at 39.5 percent, but it should be hard to find a precinct in Kane and say there are no good Republicans there.”  Ibendahl is a Chicago attorney and former General Counsel of the Illinois Republican Party and served on the Bush-Cheney legal team in Florida during the 2000 Presidential recount. Ibendahl’s goal is for a committeeman to take the helm of every one of the 6,705 precincts in Illinois. He said full participation in these two-year volunteer positions is critical for the success of Republican candidates – and for taking back the White House. “They are the front line ambassadors for the party,” Ibendahl said. “They are the only party official that the average person will ever meet – they are not going to meet Mitt Romney or Herman Cain.” He ticked off a list of responsibilities for a good committeeman – dropping off literature, collecting signatures, registering people to vote and helping them get to the polls – describing exactly what Faber and the Hecoxes do. “We’re the ones losing elections,” Ibendahl said of Republicans. “How did [Gov. Pat] Quinn win the election when every poll leading up to the election for weeks, showed Bill Brady winning? Pat Quinn pulled it out because the Democrats do it better with boots on the ground. They’ve got teachers, unions, police and fire …  the problem with the Republican Party is the country club types and company CEOs are not, by and large, knocking on doors.” The Republican Precinct Project is geared to have the GOP match what the Democrats do in getting boots on the ground, he said. “They have a huge army they rally every election,” Ibendahl said. “Republicans would rather sit around and complain. We’ve got less than a month to go now. People have until the close of business on Dec. 5 to file nominating petitions to be precinct committeeman.” Kenyon said the blank spots among Republican precinct committeemen are largely in Elgin and Aurora, with only a few vacancies in Batavia, Geneva and St. Charles townships. “I go to people I know and ask them, and when I see somebody, I call and ask,” Kenyon said. “It’s similar to trying to get somebody to do something anywhere else. Why are there fewer Lions and Jaycees and Rotarians? Nobody wants to do anything.”  And sometimes, there is a precinct committeeman who fills a space and then does nothing to build the party. “There’s not much you can do about that,” Kenyon said. “If anybody is elected, you cannot get rid of them unless they resign. If a committeeman is not doing their job, and you want to put somebody else in there, they’ll tell you to go pound sand. If you have a committeeman that moves out of state or out of town, he still has to write a letter to [the county clerk] to resign.” A review of precinct committeemen elected in the last cycle shows more vacancies among Democrats than Republicans, but Guthle said he’s not worried. “I can attest to this, the Democrats are making gains in the county through precinct committeemen in Aurora, Elgin and Dundee,” Guthle said. “In 2012, we will get more in this cycle and fill it up. It’s not a number on a ballot. We are looking for people who want to work and volunteer their time, walk the precinct, talk to people and get signatures for candidates.” Faber agreed. “Republicans have control around these parts, but the Democrats have control of the ground,” Faber said. “I always felt the Democratic side does a better job knocking on doors. When I’m out doing it myself, the other people I see out are doing it for other Democrats, rarely for Republicans.”) — Hultgren aims to ease uncertainty – Jonathan Bilyk http://www.kcchronicle.com/2011/11/09/hultgren-aims-to-ease-uncertainty/auy83fr/ CHICAGO SUN-TIMES — Sharon Bialek: Herman Cain a ‘pathological liar’ with ‘amnesia’  Abdon Pallasch and Lynn Sweet http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/8708427-418/sharon-bialek-herman-cain-a-pathological-liar-with-amnesia.html — Fight against anti-Semitism still has hurdles – Lynn Sweet  (DIERSEN: I am very proud that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans during WWI, that my two uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans during WWII if he had not been 4-F.) http://www.suntimes.com/news/8723301-417/fight-against-anti-semitism-still-has-hurdles.html — Townships provide good value – Bryan Smith, Executive Director, Township Officials of Illinois http://www.suntimes.com/opinions/letters/8693712-474/townships-provide-good-value.html DAILY HERALD — Two step: Hultgren spokesman Andrew Flach talks primary endurance, Illiniwek – Kerry Lester http://blogs.dailyherald.com/node/6471 (FROM THE ARTICLE: “The most physically demanding thing I’ve ever done in my life.”  That’s what Andrew Flach, Hultgren’s campaign spokesman said in a 2004 Daily Illini article about his auditions for the Chief Illiniwek role as a student, and the endurance building involved in the intense four-minute dance routine. We teased him that the 14th primary against fellow Republican Joe Walsh may soon hold that place. “It already is,” he cracked. As we’re full of videos today on the blog, here’s a fun one of the Chief’s last dance in 2007.) — Wheaton Warrenville Dist. 200 requests 4.74 percent tax increase, will likely get less than that – Marco Santana http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20111110/news/711109959/ — Herman Cain’s woman problem – Kathleen Parker http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20111110/discuss/711109987/ — Student rally for Paterno turns violent – AP http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20111110/news/711109953/ — Naperville looks to cut professional memberships, subscriptions – Justin Kmitch http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20111110/news/711109965/ (DIERSEN: Since 1979, I have been a member of many professional associations and I have always paid the membership fees with my own money.  I served as the Treasurer of the Association of Government Accountant’s (AGA) Chicago Chapter between 1983 and 1986 and its Membership Director between 1986 and 1996.  I served on the Illinois CPA Society’s Membership Committee between 1989 and 1998.  I served as founding director of the Midwest Chapter of the American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) between 2001 and 2004.  I have been a member of the American Accounting Association since 1982, AAPC since 2001, American Board of Forensic Accountants since 1997, American Institute of CPAs since 1979, American Society of Public Administrators since 1982, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners since 1990, AGA since 1979, Federal Criminal Investigators Association since 1988, Illinois CPA Society since 1979, Institute of Internal Auditors since 1980, and Society of Professional Journalists since 2005.) CHICAGO TRIBUNE — Video of Rep. Joe Walsh shows angry GOP congressman ranting at constituents – Katherine Skiba  (FROM THE ARTICLE: Walsh issued a statement about the event, saying, “I am passionate about our freedom, fighting for taxpayers and standing up against big government.” He said he apologized to the woman “for getting a bit too passionate, to which she smiled and did not mind at all.”) http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-joe-walsh-lashes-out-1110-20111110,0,537963.story — Perry vows to press on with 2012 bid – Reuters http://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-rt-usa-campaignperryn1e7a90hx-20111110,0,4481768.story NORTWEST HERALD — Redistricting an abuse of democracy – Editorial http://www.nwherald.com/2011/11/08/redistricting-an-abuse-of-democracy/a7peggx/ — What’s Walsh’s ex-campaign manager’s story? http://www.nwherald.com/2011/11/09/lyons-whats-walshs-ex-campaign-managers-story/cmttcie/ THE TELEGRAPH — SIUE students ‘Occupy’ change – Kathie Bassett http://www.thetelegraph.com/news/students-61803-university-change.html/ NORTHERN STAR — Is Joe Walsh what America needs? http://northernstar.info/opinion/columnists/article_03724d30-0b51-11e1-ae2e-0019bb30f31a.html BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH — Illinois House sets extra session day, Senate polling – AP http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/ill-house-sets-extra-session-day-senate-polling/article_aa6b6b3f-95e3-511e-b009-5226b9414073.html/ NILES PATCH — DIERSEN HEADLINE: Topinka appoints Krysztof Hanusiak to her “Polish Advisory Council.”  I am 100% German national origin. Will Topinka appoint me to her “German Advisory Council?”  I am White.  Will Topinka appoint me to her “White Advisory Council?”  I am a male.  Will Topinka appoint me to her “Male Advisory Council?”  I am conservative.  Will Topinka appoint me to her “Conservative Advisory Council?”  I am Republican.  Will Topinka appoint me to her “Republican Advisory Council?”  I am over 60 years old.  Will Topinka appoint me to her “Over 60 Years Old Advisory Council?” http://niles.patch.com/articles/two-niles-trustees-widen-their-political-spheres (FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka announced that Krysztof Hanusiak, owner of Royal Kitchen and Bath Cabinets, has agreed to serve on her office’s newly formed 10-member Polish Advisory Council. Scheduled to meet quarterly, the Council will advise the Comptroller on issues of importance to the community and assist in formation of initiatives to address those concerns. “Chris brings a wealth of experience and insight that will serve this Council well,” said Topinka of the Niles businessman. “I appreciate his willingness to join the group, and look forward to many meaningful discussions in the months ahead.” The volunteer Council is one of several advisory panels created by Topinka to ensure direct communication with communities throughout the state. Other Advisory Councils include: African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic, Rural Affairs, and Women. Advisory Council members come from a variety of backgrounds, geographic regions and areas of expertise. Topinka will work with each group to propose and/or promote possible and existing legislation to advance the well-being of respective communities. For more information on the Comptroller’s Office, please visit: www.illinoiscomptroller.com.) WHEATON PATCH — The Smart People Really Do Live in the Suburbs – Jeff Ward http://wheaton.patch.com/articles/jeff-ward-the-smart-people-really-do-live-in-the-suburbs ILLINOIS REVIEW — Electability vs. Ideology matters to conservatives – Nancy Thorner http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2011/11/electability-vs-ideological-matters-to-conservatives.html — We Must Put an End to Medicare Fraud – Peter Roskam  (DIERSEN: I have been a Forensic Accountant since 1997, a Certified Fraud Examiner since 1990, a Certified Internal Auditor since 1981, and a CPA since 1979.  I worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division 1986-1988.  I worked for IRS 1971-1980.) http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2011/11/we-must-put-an-end-to-medicare-fraud.html CHRISTIAN NEWS WIRE — Nativity Scene Returns to Illinois State Capitol for 4th Year – Tom Ciesielka http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/1987318235.html WASHINGTON TIMES — Credibility gap on both sides of Herman Cain, Sharon Bialek saga – William Kelly http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/tea-party-report/2011/nov/9/herman-cain-sharon-bialek-and-chicago-media-every-/ — In debate, Cain rebuffs charges – Seth McLaughlin http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/nov/9/in-debate-cain-rebuffs-charges/ WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Cain fails to understand that prudence is a virtue – Timothy P. Carney http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/article/cain-fails-understand-prudence-virtue EXAMINER — Walsh banks on 1 percent support – Mark Wachtler http://www.examiner.com/independent-in-chicago/rep-walsh-banks-on-1-percent-support NEWSMAX — What More Can Cain Do? – Lowell Ponte http://www.newsmax.com/LowellPonte/Cain-sexual-harassment-accusations/2011/11/09/id/417478 (FROM THE ARTICLE: CBS News asked Cain if he would take a lie detector test. Cain agreed. He did not fall back on the usual politician evasions, e.g., “I’ll take a lie detector test when my opponent takes an IQ test.”  When ancient Greek playwrights painted themselves into a corner, they often had a crane lower a pagan god onto the stage to magically resolve the drama. This device was called deus ex machina, “god from a machine.” In our increasingly godless age we put our faith in feeble science. We expect the polygraph, the lie detector, to give us veritas ex machina, “truth from a machine.” Our courts do not let this unreliable machine send people to prison. One reason, experts contend, is that some can successfully lie to a lie detector.) CONSERVATIVE HOME USA — Newt smacks down Occupy Wall Street http://conhomeusa.typepad.com/video/2011/11/newt-smacks-down-occupy-wall-street.html DAILY BEAST — Why the Right Hates Mitt Romney and His 2012 Presidential Bid – Michael Medved http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/11/10/why-the-right-hates-mitt-romney-and-his-2012-presidential-bid.html AMERICAN THINKER — Obama’s Socialism in God’s Name – Ed Kaitz  (DIERSEN: The Democrat Party platform promotes dependency on government, homosexual activity, abortion, and worse.  The Democrat Party platform is extremely anti-religious.  Therefore, any individual, any organization, any company, any country, any anything that promotes the Democrat Party platform or Democrats is anti-religious.) http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/11/obamas_socialism_in_gods_name.html AMERICAN SPECTATOR — As for the Rest of ‘Em – W. James Antle, III http://spectator.org/blog/2011/11/09/as-for-the-rest-of-em THE HILL — Heated Rep. Walsh: ‘Don’t blame banks’ – Peter Schroeder  (SEE WALSH STATEMENT AT: http://walsh.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=49告ontree=6,49&itemid=394) http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/banking-financial-institutions/192611-heated-gop-rep-dont-blame-banks — A coalition of conservatives is working to organize the disparate groups opposing Mitt Romney as the Republican presidential nominee. – Alicia M. Cohn  (DIERSEN: In 2008, what those who opposed Romney did helped McCain win the primary.) http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/gop-primaries/192799-conservatives-organize-to-defeat-romney — Norquist’s group won’t remove names of House members disavowing tax pledge – Russell Berman and Bernie Becker http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/domestic-taxes/192717-norquists-group-wont-remove-names-of-those-disavowing-tax-pledge — Cain refers to Pelosi as ‘Princess Nancy’ – Jonathan Easley  (DIERSEN: What if Pelosi referred to Cain as “King Cain?”) http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/gop-primaries/192781-cain-refers-to-pelosi-as-princess-nancy-at-debate HUFFINGTON POST — Herman Cain Sexual Harassment Allegations Brought Up At GOP Debate – Jason Linkins http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/09/herman-cain-sexual-harassment-debate_n_1085215.html?icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-sb-bb%7Cdl6%7Csec3_lnk1%7C111384 BLOOMBERG — Romney Defends Auto Bailout Opposition in His Native State – Lisa Lerer and David J. Lynch http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-09/romney-s-auto-bailout-opposition-highlighted-in-home-state.html CBS NEWS — Republican debate winners and losers: A disastrous night for Perry – Brian Montopoli http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57322003-503544/republican-debate-winners-and-losers-a-disastrous-night-for-perry/ NEW YORK TIMES — The Cain Scrutiny – Ross Douthat http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/09/the-cain-scrutiny/?ref=opinion — At Scene of Wall St. Protest, Rising Concerns About Crime – Cara Buckly http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/09/nyregion/at-occupy-wall-street-protest-rising-concern-about-crime.html?_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss WASHINGTON POST — UC Berkeley students try to set up Occupy camp on campus as police move to clear tents – AP http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/uc-berkeley-students-try-to-set-up-occupy-camp-on-campus-as-police-move-to-clear-tents/2011/11/10/gIQAXQR87M_story.html — Perry’s big ‘oops’ could be the beginning of the end – Aaron Blake http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/perrys-big-oops-could-be-the-beginning-of-the-end/2011/11/09/gIQAuFW06M_blog.html AUSTIN WEEKLY NEWS — If you were to join Occupy Chicago, what would you be protesting? – Loretta A. Ragsdell http://www.austinweeklynews.com/main.asp?SectionID=15&SubSectionID=43&ArticleID=3491 FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM — Perry’s debate gaffe could devastate his campaign – David Montgomery http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/11/09/3513981/perrys-debate-gaffe-could-devastate.html TIME MAGAZINE — ‘This Home is Occupied’: An Occupy Atlanta Protest Moves to a Foreclosed Home – Josh Sanburn  (DIERSEN: How many empty foreclosed homes/town homes/condos are there in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, in your precinct, on your block, in the building that you live in?) http://moneyland.time.com/2011/11/10/this-home-is-occupied-an-occupy-atlanta-protest-moves-to-a-foreclosed-home/ FEDERAL NEWS RADIO — Experts say administration proposal puts Federal Employee Health Benefits on the ropes – Jason Miller http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=85&sid=2627109 RASMUSSEN REPORTS — Most Believe Reporters Publish Damaging Info First, Check Facts Later  (DIERSEN: Once an allegation is made and posted on a website, that is, once the allegation has been put into the public realm, it is a “fact” that that allegation was made.  Often, what candidates, their operatives, and their dupes say are “facts” and really “allegations.”  Often, what candidates, their operatives, and their dupes really want is for reporters to not report allegations against them or anything else for that matter that damages them.  What they are really arguing is that allegations against them should not be reported unless or until those allegations are proven in a court of law.) http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/media/most_believe_reporters_publish_damaging_info_first_check_facts_later (FROM THE ARTICLE: If it hurts a candidate they don’t like, most voters believe that reporters would publish damaging allegations first and seek to verify the facts later. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 54% of likely voters nationwide believe most reporters would follow the “publish first” approach while 34% believe the reporters would try to verify the facts before publishing them.) — Defining Poverty in the Land of Plenty – Froma Harrop http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/political_commentary/commentary_by_froma_harrop/defining_poverty_in_the_land_of_plenty

UPCOMING EVENTS: FOR EVENT DETAILS, VISIT THE EVENTS PAGES AT: www.illinoisreview.com, www.weareillinois.org, and/or www.dupagegop.com 11/10 Event: Gibson fundraiser at Arrowhead in Wheaton 11/10 Event: RALC meeting 11/11 Event: Ives and Kerpen to speak at Liberty Lunch in Oak Brook 11/11 Event: Condoleezza Rice at Schock fundraiser 11/12 Event: Dick Biondi at VFW Post 2164 Chili Fest fundraiser in Wheaton 11/12 Event: For the Good of Illinois VIP Dinner in Champaign 11/15 Event: Condoleezza Rice at breakfast fundraiser for Kinzinger in Bolingbrook 11/16 Event: Winfield Township GOP meeting 11/16 Event: O’Shea fundraiser at Carlucci’s 11/17 Event: McKillip fundraiser at Morgan’s Charhouse in Winfield 11/19 Event: ICRC meeting in Hoffman Estates 11/19 Event: So far, Nybo and Kelly have confirmed to speak at TAPROOT breakfast meeting in Lombard 11/19 Event: Lake County Committeeman Breakfast 11/19 Event: Federation of Illinois Young Republicans convention in Bolingbrook 11/19 Event: Illinois State Treasurer Dan Rutherford’s Connie’s Pizza Fundraise 11/20 Event: Illinois Forum meeting in Rantoul 11/21 Event: Lisle Township GOP meeting 11/30 Event: Proft at Ives fundraiser at Naperville Country Club 12/1 Event: Senate Republican Fall Reception at the Hilton in Chicago 12/9 Event: Hultgren and Walsh at Faith Reception in Willowbrook 12/11 Event: Proft to speak at TAPROOT Christmas Party at the Hilton Lisle/Naperville 12/15 Event: DuPage County Christmas Prayer Breakfast in Bloomingdale 2/9-11 Event: CPAC 2/10 Event: DuPage County Lincoln Day Dinner at Oakbrook Hills Resort 2/25 Event: NTRO pizza party fundraiser at the Kendall VFW Hall in Naperville 3/4 Event: Addison Township GOP Annual Brunch 3/20 Event: Primary Election 4/20-21 Event: Illinois Federation of Republican Women’s Spring Conference in Naperville 6/8-9 Event: Illinois Republican Party State Convention in Tinley Park The opinions that I express in this email are based on experience that I have gained 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LaBarbera: How Many Boy Victims of Penn State Homosexual Predator Jerry Sandusky Will End Up Thinking They are ‘Gay’?

News Release
Americans For Truth About Homosexuality

November 10, 2011; Contact: Peter LaBarbera: americansfortruth@gmail.com

CHICAGO—The discovery that former Penn State University defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky has been molesting boys as young as 10 years old – and that university officials including head coach Joe Paterno did not do more to apprehend this predator – has shocked America. Peter LaBarbera, president of Americans For Truth About Homosexuality (AFTAH), said the scandal exposes the continuing problem of homosexual predators in society. He offers the following observations related to the PSU scandal:

Many openly homosexual (“gay”) men, like CNN anchor Don Lemon, were molested as boys or experienced abnormally early sexualization. Yet many of these same men do NOT see their boyhood victimization at the hands of homosexual male predators as causing their homosexuality. (This is due partly to the success of the modern “gay” movement that falsely ascribes “gayness” to a person’s (innate) identity, and emphasizes the ambiguous notion of “sexual orientation” as opposed to behavior that is sinful, destructive and changeable.)

Thus, how many boy victims of homosexual predator Sandusky will end up believing that being homosexual (“gay”) is “who they are”? How many will struggle with sexual identity issues? And how many will be told by LGBT advocates and liberal-minded people just to “accept being gay” as “who they are” because they were “born that way”?

• Because the media and academia have largely become apologists for the modern homosexualist movement, they downplay or ignore obvious causative factors in the formation of “gay” identity – including pederastic molestation. CNN’s Lemon is a case in point: he is now an “out gay” celebrity, yet few question the absurdity of him not associating the molestation of his youth with his later embrace of homosexuality as a positive identity.
• There IS a long history connecting homosexuality to pederasty, and a disproportionate link between homosexuality and pedophilia: why else would so many child molestation victims be boys when only 1-3 percent of the population is homosexual? Since cases of women molesting boys remain rare, if homosexuality were not such a strong factor, nearly all of pedophile victims should be girls, which is far from the case.
• Sandusky is married but obviously has a homosexuality (perversion) problem. Yet pro-“gay” liberals will deny any linkage between homosexuality and Sandusky’s rape/seduction of boys. In fact, after news of the Penn State scandal came to light, “gay” activists stressed that Sandusky is married and that most pedophile cases involve “straight, married men.” However, behavior is what matters – not a person’s marital status or self-described “sexual orientation.” Sandusky was married but was he really “straight” (sexually or morally)? Some inner demons or life traumas – probably in his own youth – caused him to lust for boys, wrecking untold misery in the lives of his victims. Behavior is the issue, and this was a case of a serial homosexual predator raping boys.

Pro Homosexual Play Causes Controversy at Connecticut High School

From IFI

Hartford Public High School is divided into multiple “academies,” two of which attended the first performance. When two teenage male characters kiss, a group of high school students attending the play audibly expressed their disgust and walked out of the performance. Subsequently the play, which was scheduled to be performed two more times for other groups of students, became a source of community and national outrage.

A local Connecticut news report stated that the principal of one of the school’s academies “noted the importance of accepting homosexual intimacy as society accepts heterosexual intimacy.” What right has a government employee acting in his official capacity as a school official to decide or state that students should accept the unproven, non-factual belief that homosexual intimacy is equivalent to heterosexual intimacy?

Read the whole thing.

Spirit Lake Tribe To Make Announcement About Fighting Sioux Logo

From Plains Daily – In a media advisory, the Fort Totten North Dakota Spirit Lake tribe, which has been supporting the “Fighting Sioux” name for the athletic teams of the University of North Dakota- will make what it termed as a “major announcement” this morning at 10:00 from its Fort Totten North Dakota headquarters.

Updates will be forthcoming.

The announcement is – The Spirit Lake Sioux are suing the NCAA!

Some of the allegations in the suit from the grandforksherald:

– The two tribes are “indispensable parties” who were left out of negotiations leading to a 2007 settlement agreement between the state of North Dakota and the NCAA, so the agreement is void.

– The NCAA has over-reached its jurisdiction and infringed on UND’s copyright on the “Fighting Sioux” logo.

– By failing to take into account “traditions, ceremonies and religious acts that are sacred to the Sioux Nations,” including a 1969 naming ceremony at UND, the NCAA has violated the federal Indian Religious Freedom Act.

– The NCAA’s application of its policy to UND violates plaintiffs’ freedom of speech and the federal Indian Civil Rights Act.

– The NCAA’s description of “Fighting Sioux” as a “hostile and abusive” term “soiled the name and reputation of the Sioux nation” and amount to defamation.

God bless the Standing Rock Sioux.

The Black Sphere Radio Show – 2010 10/31 by TheBlackSphere | Blog Talk Radio

The Black Sphere Radio Show – 2010 10/31 by TheBlackSphere | Blog Talk Radio.

Kevin is very funny on this show – and tells a very interesting story from personal experience illustrating what very well could be the real story behind the ‘sexual harassment’ Herman Cain story; it could well be a nonstory.

Depicting Christ and his disciples as homosexuals

Trust me. The continuation of these things negatively effect everybody. Whether you care or believe or not.

Just got this from a fellow concerned.

Abraham asked the Lord to spare 50 righteous people. God responded to Abraham’s plea “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all ….Genesis 18:16-33

The movie ” Corpus Christi ” is due to be released this June to August. A disgusting film set to appear in America later this year depicts Jesus and his disciples as homosexuals! As a play, this has already been in theatres
for a while. It’s called ” Corpus Christi ” which means “The Body of Christ”. It’s revolting mockery of our Lord. But we can make a difference.

That’s why I am posting this and asking that you share the link. If you do send this around, we just might be able to prevent this film from showing in America . Let’s stand for what we believe in and stop the mockery of Jesus Christ our Savior. Where do we stand as Christians?

Help us prevent such offenses against our Lord. There is no petition to sign, no time limit, or minimum number of people to send this to.. It will take you less than 2 minutes!

If you are not interested and do not have the 2 minutes it will take to do this, please don’t complain when God does not have time for you because He is far busier than we are. Hey it’s worth a shot! Apparently, some regions in Europe have already banned the film. All we need is a lot of prayer and a lot of e-mails.

JUST GET THE WORD OUT

….will God be able to find at least 50 righteous people who are willing to express their concern and voice their opinion against this act of blasphemy ?

 

According to Snopes, this email that is still being circulated – is about a film that was never even in production.

I am not approving trackbacks from stupid websites

When there are stupid websites that are taking the liberal spin and spinning it further with empty praises for Obama’s dumb policies and tracking back to my posts; I am not inclined to throw them traffic by allowing and approving their trackbacks.  Get your own legitimate cyberspace following.

The Student Loan “Stimulus”

Just when we think that Obama and Biden have reached the absolute pinnacle of outrageousness, we find that they have topped themselves. Now we see Obama, in what must be the most cynical political pander of all time, traveling around the country on Air Force One, attempting to buy the votes of heavily indebted students and former students with a partial forgiveness of student loans that is estimated to be worth from $4 to $8 per month, per person, for 20 years.

Why anyone would borrow as much as $200,000 to obtain a college degree that will do little or nothing to help them find gainful employment is beyond reason. Needless to say, those who would make such a foolish bargain are bound to be Obama voters. But that’s a subject for another day.

As a way of responding to Obama’s political ploy, his “student loan stimulus,” here is an open letter to Obama describing my own experience with higher education.

Paul

October 31, 2011

Mr. Barack Obama

The White House

Washington, DC 20500-0001

Dear Mr. Obama:

Please excuse me for not addressing you as “Mr. President.”  As an instructor in constitutional law, you knew before you ran that you were not a “natural born Citizen” as required by the U.S. Constitution, but you ran anyway. Why else would you sign an Executive Order sealing all of your personal records?  However, since you have successfully finagled your way into the White House, where you are attempting to redistribute the wealth of those who understand the value of a free market economy, I want to be sure to claim my share of your student loan boondoggle.

Once you understand what I had to endure in order to earn my college education, I’m sure you will agree that it was not fair.  And if there’s one thing we do know about you it is that you are a stickler for “fairness.”

To give you a bit of background, I was born into a poor Missouri sharecropper family in 1933.  My parents both had sixth grade educations and worked their entire lives either as tenant farmers, factory workers, or common laborers.  And because they didn’t want my sisters and me to have to live a hand-to-mouth existence as they were forced to do, they insisted that we all get high school diplomas… so that we could “get good jobs.”

In my case, I went to work on a factory assembly line when I was 18 years old.  I was drafted at age 19 and returned to the factory after two years in the Army.  Then, when I was out of high school for seven years, married, and the father of a one-year-old child, I decided I would need a college education.  So, at age 25, with no scholarships, no money of my own, and no family support, I enrolled in the College of Engineering at the University of Missouri.

Yes, I could have majored in the arts, humanities, political science, sociology, or education where I could have played and partied my way through school.  I could have chosen a “softball” curriculum… much like the college experiences of most of your Occupy Wall Street friends… but I didn’t.  I went to college with a purpose.  I went to college to acquire knowledge and skills that would actually help me get a real job in a good-paying profession after I graduated.

Believe me, it was no bed of roses.  Coming from a family where higher education was never discussed, my only goal in high school was to satisfy my parents’ dream that I earn a diploma.

I wasn’t concerned about learning mathematics, chemistry, or physics, so I focused on courses such as arts and crafts, glee club, and shop.  It was not a course of study that a pre-engineering student would choose, but its appeal was that it didn’t require any actual study.

As I prepared to enter the university I sold everything we had of any value except for our 1953 Ford and a few kitchen utensils.  Then, with part of the $300 I had borrowed from one of my mother’s girlhood friends, I went to the local Goodwill Store where I purchased a bedroom set, a couch, a coffee table, an end table, a refrigerator, and a dinette set… enough to furnish three small rooms, and all for a total of $50.00.  The furniture I bought was on a junk pile in the alley behind the Goodwill Store, waiting to be hauled off to the local landfill because it was beyond repair.  The couch had a hole in the cushion so large that our child could have fallen through it, so we stuffed the hole full of rags and covered the cushion with a folded bed sheet.

As we drove the 102 miles to the university to begin the 1958 fall semester I was scared to death.  I was so teary-eyed and choked with emotion that I could barely see the road ahead, but I knew I had to do what I’d set out to do, no matter what.  And when I had unloaded all of our possessions into a small single-story tarpaper shack at the edge of campus and returned the U-Haul trailer to the rental agency, I leaned against the fender of my car, stared at our ugly new home, and cried.

When I started attending classes I was 25 years old, the only veteran in my class.  I had no high school background for the engineering curriculum, and I had no idea how I would supplement my $120 per month G.I. Bill stipend.  My classmates, against whom I would be competing for grades, were all freshly out of high school.  They all had the benefit of four years of chemistry, physics, and mathematics, and in almost every instance their parents were paying their way.

I worked very hard.  It seemed as though I was either in class or studying all day, every day, but our economic circumstances were never far from my mind.  We paid $27 per month rent for our housing and we had a food budget of 60 cents a day.  The rest of our $120 monthly income went for gasoline, utilities, insurance, and to savings for the next semester’s tuition.  So, seeing that we couldn’t survive at that income level, just two months into my first semester we accepted a job managing a small 15-unit motel.  As compensation, we received only a $50 per month salary and the use of a one-bedroom apartment, but it was enough to get us by… with no frills.

It was a difficult life… renting the rooms, supervising the maid, performing all of the electrical and plumbing maintenance, mowing the lawns, and trimming the hedges… but we had no choice in the matter.  In addition to running the motel business, I attended every lecture, I did every homework assignment, and I studied hard for every exam.  Unfortunately, when mid-term grades were posted in early December, I was devastated.  I was failing every course.

My only alternative was to work even harder, so I established a study regimen that included 14 hours of home study, every day, seven days a week, and I refused to turn a page in a textbook until I thoroughly understood everything on that page.  By following that study regimen I was able to turn my grades around and made the Dean’s List at the end of my freshman year.

We managed the motel for two years, my freshman and sophomore years, until the workload caused me to experience a near physical and mental breakdown.  We left the motel business, moved into a small duplex, and my wife took a night-shift minimum wage job as a nurse’s aide at the university medical center.  But that didn’t mean that our lives were any easier.  At 10:00 PM each evening I warmed up the car, wrapped our two sons in blankets (yes, we were blessed with a second child in January 1960), carried them out to the car, drove my wife to the hospital for her 10:30 PM shift, drove home, carried the boys back into the house, and put them back into their beds.  Then, when they were asleep once again I went back to my books, studied until 2:30 or 3:00 AM, went to bed, and slept until 6:00 AM.  At 6:00 o’clock I was up, changed diapers, dressed the boys, and drove them to the sitter.  I picked up my wife at the medical center at 7:00 AM, drove her home so that she could get 8 hours sleep, and drove to campus for my 7:40 AM classes.  It was a brutal 21-21½ hour routine that I followed every day for my last two years.

Our next door neighbor was a young welfare mother with three small children whose husband was serving a 15-20 year sentence for forgery.  Yet, whenever we were broke and without food for two or three days, she was always kind enough to give us a potato or two and a few slices of bread, which we fed to our children.  Her in-laws, farming people, were understandably ashamed that their son was not supporting his family, so each time they butchered an animal they always brought her a supply of fresh meat.  But our neighbor didn’t like “country meat.”  Each time they brought a supply of fresh meat for her freezer she tossed it into our community garbage pails, saying, “We don’t like that old country meat.  We like hamburgers, baloney, and wieners.”

When I returned years later for my twentieth class reunion I took my children on a nostalgia tour.  And when I stopped in the driveway of that dilapidated old duplex I was surprised to see the man who’d been our landlord twenty years earlier.  As we reminisced, he reminded me of the times when he’d seen me searching through those garbage pails late at night, retrieving the freshly-butchered beef and pork that our neighbor had thrown away.  And when my son asked later, “Dad, you fed us out of garbage cans?”  I said, “Yes, I guess I did.  I did whatever I had to do.”

Yes, Mr. Obama, those were difficult times.  When I graduated in June 1962 I was 6 ft. tall and weighed 116 lb.  But they were years when I was allowed to prove to myself and to my family what a great country we live in… the kind of country where someone of my humble beginnings could pull himself up by the bootstraps to realize the American Dream… the American Dream that you would deny to our fellow Americans because it does not coincide with your Marxist view.  Like your black brother, Herman Cain, I am a living symbol of what America is all about.

On the other hand, Mr. Obama, if I am entirely wrong about the kind of country we are.  If we are the kind of country that you and your Democratic friends think we are… or should be… then someone owes me, BIG TIME!  In a cynical attempt to buy the college vote, you are offering a forgiveness of student loans worth from $4 to $8 per month.  Although you could never buy my vote, for any amount of money, it appears my share of the student loan “stimulus,” calculated at $6 per month and dating back to June 1962, comes to $3,552.

After what my children were put through, and given the stress that I was forced to endure, I suggest that a small share of your student loan “stimulus” package might even the score a bit, even at this late date.  You can send my check to me at the return address on this envelope.  Do I have it coming to me?  I leave it to your spirit of “fairness.”

Sincerely,

Paul R. Hollrah, BS CE

Member, Chi Epsilon National Scholastic Honor Fraternity

Immediate Past President, Civil Engineering Academy of

Distinguished Alumni, University of Missouri

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Cao2’s note: Obama was never an ‘instructor’ of constitutional law.

Occupy Chicago’s zombie chanters

John points out that they’re following “Rules for Radicals” when one suggests demonstrating outside Chicago Mayor Emanuel’s house.  In so doing, however, they would be ‘preaching to the choir’ so to speak, as Emanuel is one of their own.  See the MP exclusive video here.

See Kender’s advice to the Occupiers at the American Thinker.

Climategate 2!

Richard Muller of the University of Berkeley California is accused of hiding the truth by colleague Professor Judith Curry. Curry, who chairs the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at America’s prestigious Georgia Institute of Technology, says that Prof Muller’s claim that he has proven global warming skeptics wrong was a ‘huge mistake’, with no scientific basis. The Daily Mail, via Junk Science.com

The shocking truth:

Prof Curry said, the project’s research data show there has been no increase in world temperatures since the end of the Nineties – a fact confirmed by a new analysis that The Mail on Sunday has obtained. ‘There is no scientific basis for saying that warming hasn’t stopped,’ she said. ‘To say that there is detracts from the credibility of the data, which is very unfortunate.’

On the Church of Climate Change

Michael Barone: Public cools to global warming alarmism.

Read his description of how the Church of Global Warming has all the trappings of religion – because it IS a religion.  But it is a religion more like a cult – based on lies.

If carbon emissions were the only thing affecting climate, the global warming alarmists would be right. But it’s obvious that climate is affected by many things, many not yet fully understood, and implausible that SUVs will affect it more than variations in the enormous energy produced by the sun.

Skepticism has been increased by the actions of believers. Passage of the House cap-and-trade bill in June 2009 focused politicians and voters on the costs of global warming religion. And disclosure of the Climategate emails in November 2009 showed how the clerisy was willing to distort evidence and suppress dissenting views in the interest of propagation of the faith.

He does not mention, however, how the Church of Global Warming is finding a back door to sneak its agenda through and further cripple businesses and American citizens under crushing taxation – and that’s through the EPA.

New York Times: Does Sex Ed Undermine Parental Rights?

In a word, YES. Read the reasoning as to why that is.

By the authors, Robert P. George, a professor of politics at Princeton and the founder of the American Principles Project; and Melissa Moschella, a doctoral candidate in political theory at Princeton.