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June 18, 2013
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A MUST view video!
Louisiana State Sen. Elbert Guillory explains
why he quit the party of government
dependence and joined the GOP.Click on video at left and listen to this
most inspiring speech.
Louisiana Senator Elbert Guillory (R-Opelousas) explains why he recently switched from the Democrat Party to the Republican Party. He discusses the history of the Republican Party, founded as an Abolitionist Movement in 1854. Guillory talks about how the welfare state is only a mechanism for politicians to control the black community. View Video
June 17, 2013 ▪ CNN: Majority No Longer Trust Obama
Breitbart.com by John Nolte 17 Jun 2013,Over the course of just one month, President Obama's approval rating in the CNN/ORC poll has dropped a full eight points to 45%–his lowest rating in eighteen months. His disapproval rating climbed to 54%. On the all-important issue of trust, the president took a nine point hit. Only 49% of those surveyed believe Obama is honest. This is the first time he has been rated under 50% on this question and the lowest level of his presidency.
In worse news, back in 2006, only 52% of Americans disapproved of how President George W. Bush handled government surveillance of Americans. Today, a full 60% disapprove of Obama on the same issue. Read more
▪
ObamaCare Could Result in $250 Billion Tax Fraud
BigHealthReport.com
ObamaCare really is the gift that keeps on giving. And giving. And I do mean “gift” in the German sense of poison.Under the Affordable Care Act, premium subsidies—tax credits in ObamaCare designed to defray the cost of purchasing health insurance—will go to some seven million tax filers and flow to households earning as much as $94,000 a year. The credits are both advanceable and refundable, meaning the IRS will pay them first and verify the claims for them later, what some call “pay and chase.” Read more
June 15, 2013
▪ Father's Day Greetings
Ten top things you will never hear a dad say
View more Father's Day Cartoons
June 14, 2013 Steve Penley's masterpiece honoring Flay Day
Flag Day History
Flag Day (United States)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaDate -- June 14
In the United States, Flag Day is celebrated on June 14. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States, which happened on that day in 1777 by resolution of the Second Continental Congress.[1] The United States Army also celebrates the Army Birthday on this date; Congress adopted "the American continental army" after reaching a consensus position in the Committee of the Whole on June 14, 1775.[2][3]
In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation that officially established June 14 as Flag Day; in August 1949, National Flag Day was established by an Act of Congress.
Flag Day is not an official federal holiday. Title 36 of the United States Code, Subtitle I, Part A, CHAPTER 1, § 110[4] is the official statute on Flag Day; however, it is at the President's discretion to officially proclaim the observance. On June 14, 1937, Pennsylvania became the first (and only) U.S. state to celebrate Flag Day as a state holiday, beginning in the town of Rennerdale.[1] New York Statutes designate the second Sunday in June as Flag Day, a state holiday. [5]
Perhaps the oldest continuing Flag Day parade is at Fairfield, Washington.[6] Beginning in 1909 or 1910, Fairfield has held a parade every year since, with the possible exception of 1918, and celebrated the "Centennial" parade in 2010, along with some other commemorative events.
One of the longest-running Flag Day parades is held annually in Quincy, Massachusetts, which began in 1952, celebrating its 59th year in 2010.[7] The largest Flag Day parade is held annually in Troy, New York, which bases its parade on the Quincy parade and typically draws 50,000 spectators.[1][8]
June 14, 2013 WND EXCLUSIVE
▪ Now feds want your mental health records
byBob Unruh Privacy experts are warning of a strategy embedded inside a federal plan to adjust privacy rules so that the federal government can access Americans’ mental health records as part of Barack Obama’s war on gun ownership.
According to the plan, the government would be told the details right away if anyone is sent to a mental institution for “mental defectiveness, or mental illness.” Read more
June 13, 2013
▪ Message from Karen Handel, Candidate for U.S. Senate from Georgia Dear Bettye --
My sincere thanks for your incredible encouragement and enthusiasm during these initial weeks of my campaign. The campaign is off to a great start!
We received a couple of big boosts this past week. At the 20th Annual Fulton County GOP BBQ this past weekend, I won the straw poll by a significant margin:Karen Handel: 42% Paul Broun: 29% Jack Kingston: 23% Phil Gingrey: 4% David Perdue: 2%
Derrick Grayson: 0%
This win comes on the heels of finishing a strong first in the straw poll at the recent Georgia GOP State Convention. I appreciate all of the support that made this happen.This Tuesday, it was off to beautiful Ellijay where a big surprise was waiting. The one and only Oscar Poole endorsed my candidacy in front of a great crowd at Sue’s Log Cabin Restaurant. I am honored to have his support – and now I get my very own sign on Oscar’s famous “Pig Hill” outside of Poole’s BBQ. Joe McCutcheon and many other friends from across NW Georgia, were on hand too. Oscar and Joe are such class acts, and I want to thank them for their support and unwavering commitment to conservative principles and America. I am proud to have earned their support.
Sadly, the mess in Washington continues to pile up. With each day, it becomes clearer that we simply cannot continue to do things the same old way. We need new leaders with fresh perspectives and renewed resolve to clean things up.
We cannot stand by and let our legacy to future generations be an out-of-control government, free-wheeling spending that we simply cannot afford, a massive debt, increasing government dependency, and diminishing freedoms.
To fix the mess in Washington and get America back on track, I need your help.
Please join our campaign by taking one of the following actions:
▪ Sign up to be part of Team Handel at www.karenhandel.com.
▪ Make a contribution to the campaign – every dollar counts. You can contribute online at
www.karenhandel.com or send a check, payable to Handel for Senate, to 3970 Old Milton
Parkway, Alpharetta, GA 30005. (Because this is a federal race, only personal contributions
are allowed.)
▪ Follow the campaign by liking us on Facebook and following us on Twitter
▪ Tell your friends and colleagues that you’re supporting our campaign and encourage them to
join our teamSteve and I are so very grateful for your support and friendship. So spread the word. We’ll see you on the campaign trail.
Sincerely,
P.S. To learn more about the campaign visit our website www.karenhandel.com or visit our Facebook page
Karen HandelComment: Karen Handel, Candidate for U.S. Senate from Georgia, has my full support and also the support of www.VoteRightGA.org. Like my friends Oscar Poole and Joe McCutcheon, I feel that she is the best candidate to fill this position. I have known her for many years and trust her to live up to her commitments. She is courageous and will stand strong against the Rino Republicans in the U.S. Senate. Karen is a true friend of the grassroots conservative Republicans in Georgia. GO KAREN GO! Click here to read more about Karen.
-- Bettye Chambers, Buford, GA.
▪ Immigration Vote in Senate - June 13, 2013
JUST IN. . . from Chris Owen, GFRW Legislative – National Committee Chairman
Border security WAS REJECTED in the Senate yesterday, 57-43 with Sens. John McCain, Marco Rubio, Jeff Flake and Lindsey Graham VOTING WITH REID and his extremists while DEMOCRATS Joe Manchin and Mark Pryor as well as notably unreliable Republican Kelly Ayotte VOTING FOR BORDER SECURITY FIRST!
This is CRAZY!
▪Ted Cruz says he suffers from Obamaphobia
DailyCaller.com
View video: http://bcove.me/mmmjkclg“If supporting real immigration reform, not path to citizenship is ‘Obamaphobia.’ guilty as charged. RT if you’re a fellow ‘Obamaphobic,’” Cruz tweeted Wednesday.
Cruz, a popular figure in the conservative and libertarian political movements, often rankles his Senate colleagues. Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid recently referred to Cruz as the “very junior senator from Texas.” Read more comment: Many of us suffer from Obamaphobia!
Did you know . . . Ted Cruz is coming to Atlanta in July for a huge event???
www.NFRW.org
United We Stand!
Republicans Standing Together and Standing Strong!July 19 - 20, 2013
NFRW Summer 2013
Southeast Regional Conference
Atlanta, GA
Hosted by GA Federation of
Republican Women
Big list of distinguished speakers
including Sen. Ted Cruz
Click here to read more
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▪ We've Been Played on Immigration
Rush Limbaugh - June 13, 2013
RUSH: We go to immigration. In a remarkable turn of events, all eight Gang of Eight members voted to table the Grassley amendment, to have control of the border for six months before the amnesty kicks in. And, by the way, don't call it amnesty. It isn't amnesty. That's the latest claim from the powers that be. The Grassley amendment to the Gang of Eight bill simply said we would gain control of the border for six months before any other aspect of the bill -- which is exactly what we were told was supported from the get-go. That's exactly what we were told the condition was: Border security first, or nothing. Now of course that's out the window. So is the Grassley amendment out the window with control of the border for six months.
And again, this despite the sponsors having -- I don't know. I thought I was promised. I thought we were all promised that enforcement would be the key here. I also thought there would be an open amendment process. There's polling data that shows the American people want enforcement first by a 4-to-1 margin. But none of this makes any sense. Try as I have, I can't understand how it makes any sense. I don't understand how the Republicans do not understand what they're doing to themselves with this. I do not understand how it is they do not see what's happening. I don't understand how they don't get what the Democrats are doing, how the Democrats are playing them. I don't get it. Read more
BREAKING NEWS! Reid Blocks Senate Vote on Border Security Amendment to Immigration Bill...Read the latest now on TeaParty.org
June 10, 2013 ▪ Defeat ting Common Core Curriculum -
You've heard the spin—now get the truth. A panel discussion exposing the threat of the Common Core to Georgia’s educational sovereignty. Be ready to be educated, equipped and empowered to stop the Common Core! Please attend event in Duluth, GA - Friday, June 21, 2013. Click on link below to sign up.
Defeating the Common Core! connect.freedomworks.org▪ Jay Leno Eviscerates ‘Snoop Obama’ in Monologue
Posted on June 9, 2013 - Breitbart.com
If Obama weren’t destroying our country this would be pretty funny. Check it out:
NBC’s “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” Friday night monologue. Jay hits the feds from all sides: the NSA surveillance scandal; the IRS targeting scandal and the agency’s extravagant, million-dollar conferences; and the exploding national debt. Notice the difference in audience reaction for a Mitt Romney tax joke.
Click on video at leftJune 7, 2013 Cartoonists Address Obama Internet and Phone Watch
June 6, 2013 - Anniversary of D-Day --- E-News June 7, 2013
Click on video to listen to President Reagan's speech.
President Reagan's Address at the Ceremony Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Normandy Invasion, D-day at Point-du-Hoc - 6/6/84.
▪ My D-Day Vacation by Rush Limbaugh - click here
▪ NSA, Internet data-mining, IRS - The Stories Just Keep Coming!
▪ WSJ: Big Brother also collecting credit-card
transactions
posted on June 7, 2013 by Ed MorrisseyAs if the surveillance state didn’t have enough to do, what with tracking every call in America and scanning every Internet transaction. The Wall Street Journal reported late last night that the NSA has been cataloguing credit card transactions as well, rendering utterly void any concept of transactional privacy: Read more
THE INTERNET FROM HELL:
T
he IRS is heavily involved with Obamacare, and the secretive Internet data-mining program reported below gives government the means to identify the political leanings of virtually every U.S. citizen. What will prevent the administration that fostered a climate under which IRS employees felt free to target political opponents from tacitly encouraging the same kind of malicious partisanship regarding medical rationing decisions made by Obamacare’s Independent Payment Advisory Board?
When people fear the government, there is tyranny.
From Drudge:▪ NSA, FBI secretly mining data from Internet firms...
▪'THEY QUITE LITERALLY CAN WATCH YOUR IDEAS AS YOU TYPE'...
▪ MICROSOFT/YAHOO/GOOGLE/YOUTUBE/FACEBOOK/SKYPE/APPLE...
▪Top-secret PRISM program gathering data on every U.S. citizen...
Thanks to John Eidson of Cobb County for sending the above!
June 6, 2013
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▪ NSA taps data from 9 major Net firms
Michael Winter, Kevin Johnson, Scott Martin and Jayne O'Donnell, USA TODAY
Secret program that began in 2007 extracts e-mail, audio, video, photos, documents, search history and logs.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Under watch from the National Security Agency and the FBI, people are being closely monitored by Silicon Valley Internet giants in a massive data-snooping agreement. The National Security Agency and the FBI are siphoning personal data from the main computer servers of nine major U.S. Internet firms, The Washington Post and the London-based Guardian reported Thursday night.PRISM's existence was confirmed to USA TODAY Thursday night by an official with knowledge of some aspects of it. The agencies are grabbing data from the servers of nine U.S. Internet companies including Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, PalTalk, AOL, Skype, YouTube and Apple, according to the documents. The surveillance program, dubbed PRISM and reportedly in existence since 2007, has not been publicly disclosed by the government agencies. Read more
▪ Keeping top-secret tabs on your phone calls. The U.S. government is secretly collecting and analyzing the phone records of millions of Americans. One operation, authorized by a secret court order, requires a subsidiary of telecom giant Verizon to give the National Security Agency extensive data on phone calls of customers from April 25 to July 19. One possible process of how the NSA and Verizon are operating. Read more
▪ Obama mining Facebook, Twitter to predict crimes
Aaron Klein of WNDControversial program may offer insight into Verizon scandal
Clues to the federal government’s reason for collecting the telephone records of millions of Verizon customers may be found in a recently unearthed 2010 project seeking to predict criminal activity using vast quantities of data on citizens mined from social network websites such as Facebook and Twitter.In February, the Sydney Morning Herald reported the Massachusetts-based multinational corporation, Raytheon – the world’s fifth largest defense contractor – had developed a “Google for Spies” operation. Read much more
June 4, 2013 IRS - The Stories Just Keep Coming!
▪ Dismantle the IRS
by Congressman Tom Graves of GA
Yesterday, I had the chance to grill the new IRS acting commissioner and the IRS inspector general about the targeting scandal. (Click here for more information and video from the hearing.) Their testimony confirmed that there has been little accountability at the IRS since the scandal came to light. Additionally, the inspector general said that IRS employees in Cincinnati refused to say who gave the orders to target conservative groups.
I spoke with Greta Van Susteren on Fox News last night about the hearing Click to watch.
▪ IRS Chief says "Just Trust me"
Bob Unruh of World Net Daily
The new chief of the Internal Revenue Service, the feared federal agency now mired in scandal for its admitted targeting of conservatives and its lavish conferences, says he wants Americans to trust him.But one member of Congress says he has a plan that would permanently resolve the conflict between an administrative agency that has confessed to abusing Americans and Americans who are tired of being abused: abolish the IRS.
Danny Werfel, the new IRS chief appointed by President Obama in an attempt to tamp down the growing congressional scrutiny and outrage, appeared before Congress today and acknowledged that people who used to trust his agency now don’t. My primary mission is to restore that trust,” he said.
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, had an altogether different resolution.“I think we ought to abolish the IRS and instead move to a simple flat tax where the average American can fill out taxes on [a] postcard,” he told Fox News in a weekend intervienue. Read more in Washington Times
June 2, 2013
▪ House panel: Report finds $50M for IRS
conferences - By ALAN FRAM - The Associated PressWASHINGTON — A government watchdog has found that the Internal Revenue Service spent about $50 million to hold at least 220 conferences for employees between 2010 and 2012, a House committee said Sunday.
Read more in AJC
Left: Another great cartoon by Rick McKee of Augusta Chronicle. He REALLY says it well.
▪ IRS Scandal: Former IRS Chief’s Wife’s Organization Had Lots To Gain.
Former IRS commissioner Shulman’s wife works for liberal group fighting open campaign
spending
Daily Caller - June 2, 2013 -- Read more▪ IRS Employee: D.C. Ordered Targeting Of Tea Party
Darrell Issa: White House Is Lying. Rogue IRS Agents 'Directly Being Ordered From Washington'
FreedomOutpost.com
Darrell Issa (R-CA), Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, brought to light new testimony from Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees on Sunday. On CNN’s State of the Union Issa pointed out the that the Obama administration’s claim about “a few rogue agents” being the ones guilty of targeting political enemies is patently false and his committee provided transcriptions, in which a Cincinnati IRS employee was clear in stating that they were ordered by Washington, D.C. personnel to heavily scrutinize Tea Party groups. After providing transcripts, Issa gestured towards the image of White House Press Secretary Jay Carney and called him a “paid liar.” Read more and view video.
May 31, 2013 -- Obamacare Horror ▪ Rate Shock: In California, Obamacare To Increase Individual Health Insurance
Premiums By 64-146% Avik Roy Avik Roy, Contributor - Forbes.com
Angela Braly, then-CEO of WellPoint, testified before Congress about allegations that its California unit, Anthem Blue Cross, was raising premiums on some customers by more than 30 percent. Last week, California announced that the Affordable Care Act would increase non-group insurance premiums by as much as 146 percent. (Image courtesy U.S. House of Representatives)
Read more at Forbes.com
May 30, 203More Holder Scandals -
Fox News Will Not Attend DOJ's Eric Holder Meeting, Along With ...
Executive Vice President Michael Clemente says Fox News will be among those media outlets not attending the DOJ meeting with Attorney General Eric Holder if it is "off the record." The embattled attorney general invited members of the media to a conversation on his department's surveillance of reporters as a part of what's being called the office's "charm offensive." Read more and watch video
Eric Holder: Giving Justice a Bad Name – Targets Fox News’ James Rosen RealClearPolitics.com
Attorney General Eric Holder approved a search warrant targeting Fox News' James Rosen for the crime of journalism with malice aforethought. Then the Justice Department shopped around for a judge who would keep the surveillance of professional and private emails secret. Then the department fought the public disclosure of the warrant since it wanted the flexibility to continue the investigation "for many years." Read more
RUN, Eric, Run far away . . . Should he resign or be charged with a number of crimes?
▪ Congressman Gingrey to IRS: Has anyone actually been fired yet?
Kyle Wingfield – AJC
Since the IRS scandal broke, many conservatives have been frustrated at the lack of publicly known consequences for the agency's targeting of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status. So far, the only known responses are: a) the departure of the agency's current acting commissioner just weeks earlier than previously scheduled, and b) paid administrative leave for the person in charge of the office that carried out the targeting.
With that in mind, Phil Gingrey -- a GOP congressman from Marietta, GA and candidate for U.S. Senate -- yesterday sent a letter to the new acting commissioner of the IRS asking why more heads haven't rolled. Gingrey's office sent me the letter, which you can read in its entirety here, but here's the gist of it: Click here
ACLJ Files Suit Against the IRS
Hope you heard Jay Sekulow on Herman Cain radio today and also on Fox News. Things are looking up for those of us who want justice for what the IRS has done to so many innocent people!
Today, we are holding the IRS accountable for its abuse.We are filing a lawsuit in federal court on behalf of more than 20 conservative groups, demanding that the IRS cease its unconstitutional practices and compensate the groups for all damages caused by IRS abuse.
The fact remains: the IRS's systematic targeting of U.S. citizens for their political beliefs is still ongoing. Since it began, the Obama Administration has failed to protect our constitutional rights.
If the Obama Administration won't protect the Constitution, we will.
As we file one of the largest lawsuits we have ever filed to protect the free speech rights of countless Americans, take action with us.
Sign the petition to stop the IRS abuse.
Jay Sekulow
ACLJ Chief CounselP.S. Please share this critical petition by forwarding this message and using the Like buttons in this email.
Read more. . .
▪ 25 Tea Party Groups File Suit Against the IRS - ABC News
May 30, 2013
Common Core: Education Without Representation - Watch video. . .
This is a great video with in depth explanations of the Common Core and why it is so wrong for our state as well as Utah.
Click on video at left to view.
It has been said that Common Core Standards are to education what Obamacare is to health care.
▪ Tea party groups mobilizing against Common Core education overhaul
Concerned grandparent Sue Lile of Carmel, Ind., shows her opposition to Common Core standards during a rally at the State House rotunda in Indianapolis.By Peter Wallsten and Lyndsey Layton, Published: May 30
Tea party groups over the past few weeks have suddenly and successfully pressured Republican governors to reassess their support for a rare bipartisan initiative backed by President Obama to overhaul the nation’s public schools. Click here to read article in Washington Post
▪ Race for Congress in GA 11th District
Bob Barr Internal Poll -- from GA Pundit - May 30, 2013
An internal benchmark poll by Kellyanne Conway for the Bob Barr campaign shows Barr with 93% name ID among likely 2014 Republican Primary Voters and 49% favorable ratings while none of his announced opponents breaks 20% favorable.
On the ballot test, Barr leads his nearest competitor nearly 3-to-1 with 38% to 13%. Here's what might be the most significant point raised in the internal memo:
At some point, [Barr's] competitors will face the decision to go negative. We have already heard the whispers of their potential negative attacks - so we decided to ask the voters ourselves.
The good news is that even after a barrage of the most negatively-worded questions, Bob Barr still leads on a follow-up ballot test with an impressive 30% support among undecided voters - actually moving up six points.
In other words, without any positive messaging from our campaign, supporters, or candidate, a series of negative attacks failed to erode the support Republicans have for Bob Barr in any significant degree. This must give our competitors pause --even going negative, they simply do not have a path to victory.
So, here's what that means. They asked the ballot question and Barr got 38%. They then asked a lot of questions testing potential negative attacks on Barr. This is standard for a benchmark poll when the candidate has existing name ID and a public record on political issues. Then after however many questions that sound like, "would you be more or less likely to vote for Bob Barr if you knew X," you ask the ballot question again as a means of testing the effect of potential negative attacks. Asking the ballot question a second time after the negative attacks, Barr still took 30% of the vote.
Jim Galloway wrote last week that he received a similar poll attempting to quantify the effectiveness of attacks against Barr. We'd love to see that poll and see the full results of Barr's poll and compare them.
Former Georgia Rep. Bob Barr to run for Congress
http://www.bobbarr.org/ Read more about Bob Barr
May 29, 2013
Learn How to Spread the GOP Message at the Communications Workshop in Lawrenceville on June 8. Newcomers and visitors welcome until room capacity is reached.
Sponsored by the Gwinnett GOP. Read more on Gwinnett website
May 29, 2013
▪ Reality Check: The truth behind 'Common Core' -
View short videoBy Ben Swann - Fox19.com
▪ The Beginning of Common Core's Trouble
Weekly Standard - May 29, 2013
May 26, 2013
Click here to view page and read history of Memorial Day
▪ Remember The women who also gave their lives - read more on Fox News
Second Lt. Ruth M. Gardiner died in an aircraft crash en route to evacuating patients in Alaska in July 1943, making her the first Army Air Forces flight nurse killed in a combat theater. She was one of 17 flight nurses who died during World War II and one of more than 500 military women who lost their lives. (U.S. Air Force photo)
Common Core Curriculum Resolution at recent GA GOP Convention in Athens▪ JUDY CRAFT: Most Republicans support withdrawal from Common Core - Read article
May 26, 2013 in Gwinnett Daily Post
On May 17-18, Republican delegates descended on Athens, Ga. like a herd of elephants. More than 1,600 voting delegates and several hundred guests came to meet candidates, to hear from elected officials, to vote on party leaders, and to do the work of the party concerning rules and resolutions. I had the honor of serving on the State Resolutions Committee for the 7th Congressional District. The purpose of resolutions is to offer elected officials guidance on the policy priorities of the Republican party from the grass-roots level.
The latest education topic in the country these days is Common Core. It was sold quickly, much like Obamacare, in that states had to commit to the national education program before they found out what was in it.
The hottest resolution for the Georgia Republican Party was, likewise, Common Core. Eight of 14 Congressional districts passed resolutions on to the state convention opposing Common Core, and two other districts passed resolutions opposing this nationalization of education in principle. Sen. William Ligon introduced legislation this year, SB 167, to withdraw Georgia from Common Core and the national PARCC testing.
Here are some of the highlights of the "hottest" Republican resolution sent forward to the state convention. - Read more in Gwinnett Daily Post
May 24, 2013
The Evans Report
With Saxby Chambliss’ departure, Georgia will lose seniority in Congress
by Randy Evans - Read report
Senate Candidate Forum - June 29, 2013
Come and meet the candidates and see which one will replace Saxby Chambliss
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Directions to LaPrade's MarinaMore on recent Obama scandals . . .
▪ Benghazi, IRS hearings: Political grandstanding, or has "do-nothing Congress"
found its legs? - CBS News▪ Boehner: More Benghazi hearings on the way - CBS News May 19, 2013 --- Georgia Republican Party State Convention - Classic Center
Athens, GA
May 17 - 18, 2013
Officers Elected on Saturday, May 18
CONGRATULATIONS to the new officers of the Georgia Republican Party:
Chairman John Padgett,
2nd Vice Chairman Michael McNeeley
2nd Vice Ron Johnson
Secretary Debbie McCord
Asst. Secretary Kirk Shook
Treasuer Bob Maizies.
May 10, 2013 ▪ Happy Mother's Day to all Moms -- especially those in our military
▪ IRS Apologizes for Targeting Conservative Groups During the 2012 Election
Read more on RushLimbaugh.com
Above: Another timely and true cartoon by our favorite, Rick McKee of the Augusta Chronicle
May 10, 2013
▪ White House Meets Privately with Press to Discuss Benghaziby Ben Shapiro10 May 2013, 11:18 AM
In the White House’s latest efforts at transparency, the administration announced to reporters that it would brief reporters on the latest shocking developments about the Benghazi situation … behind closed doors. Politico reports that the meeting started at approximately 12:45 PM ET, and that it moved the normal press briefing to 1:45 PM ET. Jay Carney, White House press secretary, did not comment on whether the meeting took place.
Politico reports: The off-the-record session was announced to reporters in the wake of an ABC News report showing that White House and State Dept. officials were involved in revising the now-discredited CIA talking points about the attack on Benghazi. Read more on Breitbart.com
May 9, 2013 --Benghazi Hearings
May 9, 2013 -▪ HURT: Benghazi shows Democrats at most desperate
Washington Times Video -- Read more and view videoVice Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) speaks as State Department officials Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism Mark Thompson, Foreign Service Officer and former Deputy Chief of Mission/ChargÈ dÃAffairs in Libya Gregory Hicks, and Diplomatic Security Officer and former Regional Security Officer in Libya Eric Nordstrom testify before a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the September 11, 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, May 8, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
A key Benghazi whistle-blower, responding to Democratic claims that the prolonged scrutiny over the administration's botched talking points is unwarranted, testified Wednesday that the early mischaracterization of the attack may have actually hurt the FBI's investigation. "I definitely believe that it negatively affected our ability to get the FBI team quickly to Benghazi," said Greg Hicks, the deputy chief of mission in Libya who became the top U.S. diplomat in the country after Ambassador Chris Stevens was killed. He claimed the Libyan president was angered by the mischaracterization, in turn slowing the U.S. probe.
The claim was one of several new accounts given at Wednesday's high-profile hearing where three whistle-blowers testified. Read more on Fox News. (many thanks to these brave men!)
May 8, 2013
Faces of Evil -- Combination photo created from May 7, 2013 booking photos provided by the Cleveland Police Department show brothers Ariel (L-R), Onil and Pedro Castro. Cleveland Police Dept/Handout via Reuters
(Reuters) - Cleveland resident Ariel Castro was charged on Wednesday with kidnapping and raping three women who were rescued from his house on Monday after nearly a decade in captivity. Castro's two brothers Pedro and Onil, originally arrested in the case, were not charged, said Cleveland city prosecutor Victor Perez at a news conference. The charges came as police revealed that the women, who were rescued on Monday after one of them, Amanda Berry, fled with the help of a neighbor, had not seen any previous chances to escape in nearly ten years of captivity. Read more
May 9, 2013
In case you missed it. . .
▪ Here Are The 22 GOP Senators Who Just Voted To Raise Your Taxes - Internet
Purchases from: America's Conservative NewsMost actually signed a pledge that they would not raise taxes. Obviously those pledges mean little when they believe you aren't looking. Here are the names of the 22 Republican Senators who just voted in favor of taxes on purchases on the Internet... be sure to share with your friends.
Jeff Sessions [AL], Richard Shelby [AL], John McCain [AZ], John Boozman [AR], Saxby Chambliss [GA], Johnny Isakson [GA], Dan Coats [IN], Susan Collins [ME], Thad Cochran [MI], Roger Wicker [MI], Roy Blunt [MO], Deb Fischer [NE], and Mike Johanns [NE], Richard Burr [NC], John Hoeven [ND], Rob Portman [OH], Lindsey Graham [SC], John Thune [SD], Lamar Alexander [TN], Bob Corker [TN] and Mike Enzi [WY]
May 7, 2013
You can get a thorough history of Common Core Standards from which our schools should withdraw. Watch it and then contact your state rep., state senator and your governor and tell them we don't want this inferior, expensive and anti-American program in our schools.
"GRAB YOUR COFFEE OR TEA, A COMFORTABLE CHAIR, WATCH & LISTEN TO Karen Bracken EXPLAINING COMMON CORE"
Click on video at left
This will help you understand why it is important to remove this from our schools.!
May 4, 2013 xx
6th District Tribute to Sue Everhart
click here
Three term GA Republican Party Chairman
The Georgian Club
100 Galleria Parkway, Cobb CountyMany friends and colleagues of Chairman Sue Everhart came out to honor her on
April 18, 2013 at the beautiful Georgian Club in Cobb County. The Cobb County
Republican Women past presidents presented her with a large gift certificate. Michael Fitzgerald, 6th District Chairman, gave her a beautiful "flame" award. There were many other items presented as well as two dozen red roses and a limo ride to and from the event. Judson Hill presented her with a Resolution
prepared by the Legislature.
CONGRATULATIONS, Sue. You have faithfully served the Republicans in Georgia and led the charge for a Republican take over!
The following photos are from the Facebook page of Bobbie Frantz. Click here to view many more. Click thumbnail photos to enlarge
May 2, 2013
Gainesville Civic Center
Georgia GOP Chairman Debate - May 2, 2013
Active Republicans from Hall County, White County and the 9th district filled the hall at the Gainesville civic center to listen to all four candidates running for Chairman of the GA Republican Party. All officers for the GA GOP will be elected at the state convention in Athens on May 18. . Todd Rehm, Republican political campaign consultant and editor of GaPundit.com served as moderator for the debate.
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1. Above: Rebecca Yarbrough, 3rd Vice Chairman of the 9th District, welcomed the audience to the event. 2. The 9th District Chairman Andrew Turnage also welcomed everyone. 3. Todd Rehm, moderator of the debate, explained the procedures for the debate process. Todd presented a number of interesting questions to the candidates. The questions were very important to all Republicans today.
Candidates above L - R: Alex Johnson of DeKalb Co.,
John Padgett of Athens, Seth Harp of Columbus and
B.J. Van Gundy of Gwinnett Co.
Above: B.J. Van Gundy and John Padgett. express their strong feelings against Common Core Standards. In fact, all candidates indicated a dislike for Common Core.
All question will be posted here ASAP. Read more tomorrow on www.GAPundit.com
Websites:
▪ B.J. Van Gundy ▪ Seth Harp ▪ Alex Johnson
▪ John Padgett
Sponsored by GA 9th District, White County GOP
and Hall County GOP
If you are unable to attend, you can watch live online at
http://www.useducationtv.com/Default.aspx?sid=
Scenes around the room. . . This event was televised.
Bottom right: Michael McNeeley, candidate for 1st Vice Chairman of GA GOP also attends the debate. He is
welcomed and supported by Bettye Chambers of Hall County.
About the candidates running for GA GOP chairman:
BJ Van Gundy, 51, a management consultant from Peachtree Corners and second vice chairman of the Georgia GOP; Alex Johnson, 28, general counsel for the DeKalb County Republican Party; John Padgett, 67, secretary of the Georgia GOP from Athens; and Seth Harp, 70, former state senator from Columbus and the managing partner of the law firm Harp & Poydasheff.
Review of Saturday, April 27, Candidate Debate for GA GOP Chairman
by Todd Rehm of the GA Pundit
Read more
On Saturday I was lucky to participate as a panelist in the Georgia Republican Assembly debate for Chairman of the Georgia Republican Party, along with moderator Julianne Thompson, President of GRA, and fellow panelists Martha Zoller and Rachel Little, newly elected Chair of the Gwinnett Republican Party.
Martha writes on Zpolitics that the fireworks were absent from the debate
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▪ GAGOP Round-up: 2nd Vice Chairman Candidate Questionnaire
on Peach Pundit -- April 28, 2013 7:00 am by Nathan · 5 commentsI sent out a questionnaire to the candidates for 2nd Vice Chairman of the Georgia Republican Party. You can read their responses below the fold.
First off, let’s get a little background information on you. Tell us a little about yourself: how long you’ve lived in Georgia, what part(s) of the state that you live in, what your “real job” is (or was if you have retired), what sort of interests you have outside of politics:
Read some very interesting responses to several important questions on Peach Pundit.
http://www.peachpundit.com/2013/04/28/gagop-round-up-2nd-vice-chairman-candidate-questionnaire/
(comment) Very interesting n/a on all questions for the following two candidatesRon Johnson: n/a
Tim Wessinger: n/aAnnounced candidates for 2nd Vice Chairman:
Stephen Aaron - From Ellijay, where I lived up until attending college. I currently reside in Tifton, GA
Doug Grammer - I was born in Chattanooga in 1965, and I have lived in Georgia since 1975
Greg Williams - I was born and raised in Cobb County. I graduated from Wheeler High School in Marietta in 1993, then from the University of Georgia in 1997 with a BA in Journalism
Ron Johnson - according to his website he is from New York and CT. Moved to GA in 1995.
Tim Wessinger - bows out of race on April 28, 2013.
▪ News from the RNC Spring Board Meeting - Resolutions passed -
Click here to read all resolutions.
- RESOLUTION CALLING FOR COOPERATION WITH THE CONSERVATIVE GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT
- RESOLUTION CONCERNING CHINA’S ONGOING PRACTICE OF ESPIONAGE
- RESOLUTION CONCERNING COMMON CORE EDUCATION STANDARDS
- RESOLUTION CONCERNING VOTING OF OVERSEAS MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY
- RESOLUTION FOR MARRIAGE AND CHILDREN 2013
- RESOLUTION HONORING RON PAUL, FORMER CONGRESSMAN AND MEDICAL DOCTOR
- RESOLUTION REQUESTING ACCOUNTABILITY FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
- RESOLUTION SUPPORTING A STRONG SPACE PROGRAM
- RESOLUTION SUPPORTING CORE VALUES OF THE 2012 REPUBLICAN PLATFORM
- RESOLUTION TO RESTORE STATE SHARE OF MINERAL ROYALTIES
- RESOLUTION CELEBRATING THE LIFE, ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND MEMORY OF BORAH VAN DORMOLEN
- RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE LIFE AND HONORING THE MEMORY OF SHIRLEY LESLIE
Save these dates:
Georgia Republican Party
Conventions 2013
Precinct Mass Meetings, County Conventions,
District Conventions,
State Convention
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January 1, 2011
GOP sweep named top Ga. story of 2010
Base bails on Democrats in droves
By Chris Joyner - AJC
Georgia Democrats enter the upcoming 2011 session of the General Assembly reeling from a series of defections and facing an uphill climb toward relevance. The once-dominant party holds 85 of 236 seats in the House and Senate, Democrats’ lowest ebb since Reconstruction. And the number has been slipping. Read entire article
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