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Battle Born BulletinAffiliated with the National Federation of Republican Women
JULY 2012
President’s Message… Maureen M KarasFor those of you who missed the Conservative Leadership Conference in June, I have to say that it was just what the doctor ordered for me. I left feeling optimistic about the November 2012 Election, and our chances to win. As Vince Lombardy liked to say, “There is no substitute for victory!” To this end, we must each assess our own calendars and abilities, and then volunteer to the max! It is going to take a synergistic approach – all of us working together – to cross Nevada’s RED finish line! Perhaps the one speaker that energized me most was former Libertarian Vice Presidential Candidate and sports odds-maker Wayne Allyn Root. Mr. Root said, “Forget the polls. My gut instincts as a Vegas odds maker and common sense small businessman tell me this will be a historic landslide and a world-class repudiation of Obama’s radical and risky socialist agenda. It’s Reagan-Carter all over again.” Mr. Root backs up this conclusion predicting Obama voter erosion in these demographics: “1) Jewish voters will likely drop from 78% to the low 60’s due to Obama’s weak support of Israel. 2) Obama’s endorsement of gay marriage has alienated many religious Blacks and may result in a decline from 96% to 88%. 3) The nation’s Youth turned out in large numbers in ’08; however, now many have graduated from college and cannot find jobs. Others are disillusioned, frightened and broke resulting in a much lower voter turnout. 4) Obama won Catholics by a majority. Now the Catholic Church is suing. The majority is lost. 5) Small Business owners… I am a small businessman myself; I know literally thousands of small business owners. 40% of them voted for Obama. None will this year – not a one. 6) Suburban Moms are worried about putting food on the table and fear for their children – not contraceptives. 7) McCain won Veterans by 10 points. Romney will by 24. 8) Blue collar white voters: White working class voters are about as happy with Obama as Boston Red Sox fans feel about the New York Yankees. 9) If Romney picks up Rubio as VP running mate, the GOP may pick up an extra 10% to 15% Hispanic vote. (Post speech: Now given Obama’s Executive Order to give work permits to children of certain illegals, Hispanic voter erosion will depend on how Romney and the GOP handle the result of the Order).Continued on next page...
Mark Your Calendar
Mon Jul 2 @ 6pm - 8pmARW Monthly Board Meeting------------------------------------------------------------Wed Jul 4 @ 7:30am for volunteers; 8:30am for allIndependence Day Parade (see page 4 for details)COME SUPPORT SENATOR DEAN HELLER------------------------------------------------------------Thu Jul 19 @ 5:30pm - 8pmARW General Membership Meeting, Spanish TrailMark Hutchison and Christy Leskovar------------------------------------------------------------Mon Aug 6 @ 6pm - 8pmARW Monthly Board Meeting------------------------------------------------------------Sat Aug 18 @ Time TBDARW General Membership BRUNCH, Spanish TrailMarita Noon, U.S. Energy Strategy(note: this month’s meeting is on a Saturday)------------------------------------------------------------Tue Sep 4 @ 6pm - 8pmARW Monthly Board Meeting------------------------------------------------------------Thu Sep 20 @ 5:30pm - 8pmARW General Membership Meeting, Location TBDCandidate Meet & Greet ------------------------------------------------------------Mon Oct 1 @ 6pm - 8pmARW Monthly Board Meeting------------------------------------------------------------Thu Oct 19 @ 5:30pm - 8pmARW General Membership Meeting, Spanish TrailLt. Governor Brian Krolicki (tentative) ------------------------------------------------------------
ARW Programs next 3 Months
July 19: Mark Hutchison & Christy Leskovar
August 18: Marita Noon (Saturday Brunch)
September 20: Candidate Meet & Greet
Mark HutchisonHutchison and Steffen Law Firm The Supreme Court Decision
on Obamacare
&Christy Leskovar
Conservative Political Author
General Membership MeetingThursday July 19th
At Spanish Trail Country Club
JULY 2012Marita Noon
Executive Director of Energy Makes America Great and Columnist at Townhall Finance
On the U.S.Energy Policy
General Membership Meeting - BRUNCHSaturday August 18th
At Spanish Trail Country Club
(note: this meeting is held on a Saturday)
AUGUST 2012
President’s Message ...continued
Since our President sees people through a demographic lens, we must hope that these odds become facts on Election Day. To read more about Mr. Root, see: http://godfatherpolitics.com/5763/why-president-obama-will-lose-landslide/#ixzz1ykEDAh9P. Another speaker that lifted my spirits was Roger Hedgecock of the Roger Hedgecock Show, a syndicated radio broadcast from 3 p. m. to 6 p. m. weekday afternoons. To people who say fiscally conservative reforms will not work, Roger says, “that is BW: Before Wisconsin. We are now living in AW: After Wisconsin.” Skeptics actually took a look; and, here is what they found. When the union health insurance contract went out to bid, money was saved. When “open shop” reforms were instituted making unions collect their dues instead of forcing employers to “auto draw” from paychecks, public sector union membership declined by ½ and the teachers union declined by 1/3. And all those teacher lay-offs predicted by the unions, there were none. Instead, teachers were added and class size shrunk. Wisconsin’s fiscal house is now in order and operating in black ink! On the heels of Wisconsin came two conservative victories in California, not exactly a state known for conservatism! In San Jose and San Diego public employee pension reforms were placed on the ballot. The reforms won. In both cities public services were getting slashed, libraries were closing and roads were full of
potholes. Roger believes that when conservative principles are put on the ballot, conservative principles will win.
I hope you too see the relevance in ending with these words spoken by Ronald Reagan, the man not yet president, in his “no pale pastels” speech to CPAC on March 1, 1975.
“A political party cannot be all things to all people. It must represent certain fundamental beliefs that must not be compromised to political expediency, or simply to swell its numbers. Our people look for a cause to believe in. Is it a third party we need, or is it a new and revitalized second party, raising a banner of no pale pastels, but bold colors which make it unmistakably clear where we stand on all of the issues troubling the people? Let our banner proclaim our belief in a free market as the greatest provider for the people. Let us explore ways to ward off socialism, not by increasing government’s coercive power, but by increasing participation by the people in the ownership of our industrial machine. It is time to reassert our principles and raise them to full view. And if there are those who cannot subscribe to these principles, then let them go their way.”
Five years later Ronald Reagan became out 40th President. Let’s hope Wayne Allyn Root is right it it really is Reagan - Carter second verse!
See you next month!
What is the American Character?by Kristene Fisher, Americanism Chair
I attended the Conservative Leadership Conference in early June and heard Former Virginia Governor and now Free Congress Foundation (FCF) President and CEO, Jim Gilmore, speak on the economy and the state of our country. (The FCF has an economic plan worth a look - see here .) The thing that stuck with me the most were his comments about American Character. I capitalize it because I think it is something we should all think about in a BIG LETTER way. What is the American Character? When I grew up it was a people who were willing to work, to work hard, for a fair wage, for the opportunity to have a better life, AND to create a better
life for the next generation. Is the American Character dead? Is it changed? I'm afraid it is being lost. When was the last time we had a conversation with ourselves, our families, and our neighbors about our values and about our character as a people? When we hire an employee or become someone's friend, isn't it their character that concerns us the most? And most certainly, when we elect someone to represent us their character is a paramount concern. So, I challenge you to take a moment and think about Your American Character and then engage someone in your life in a conversation. Let's not lose this precious commodity.
God Bless our American Character!
LAS VEGAS-CLARK COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT SUMMER READING PROGRAM 2012
During the hot days ahead reading gives children a chance to take a quiet break from otheractivities and keep their reading skills up to par until school begins again. The local Library District provides an excellent opportunity for children to read and be rewarded in many ways for their reading efforts.
The Las Vegas-Clark County Summer Reading Program begins on Friday, June 1, and continues through Tuesday, July 31. The Program is designed to offer children and their families a chance to share reading, attend special programs, and keep track of their reading successes and progress.
Children from birth to age 5 can join the Rubber Ducky Reading Club. Early literacy skills activities include a rubber ducky board book to take home plus an entry into a drawing for a chance to win a gift of books.
Kindergarten through grade 5 kids can join Dream Big, READ! This will give kids a chance to earn a Book Buck to redeem in any of the Library District Foundation's used bookstores, a gold medal and an entry into a prize drawing for a $50 Barnes & Noble gift card.
For teens grades six and up the reading program is called Own the Night. Reading teens earn a book Buck, a magnetic bookmark and an entry into a drawing for a Sony WiFi eReader.
For any of the above programs simply stop by a Library District branch on or after June 1 to pick up a reading log or go online at http://lvccldnews.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/srp2012/
Molly GovernsARW Literacy Chair
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CLICK TO VIEW DENNIS PRAGER ON AMERICANISM
LEGISLATIVE CORNERKEY DATES TO REMEMBER
August 27-30: Republican National Convention in Tampa, FlaOctober 6: Last Day for Voter RegistrationOctober 20: Early Voting StartsOctober 30: Deadline to Request Absentee BallotNovember 2: Last Day Early VotingNovember 6: General Election
Senator Jim DeMint on June 18th, 2012: IT’S THE SENATE, STUPID!
• “Without a conservative Senate, we won't repeal Obamacare.• Without a conservative Senate, we won't balance the budget.• Without a conservative Senate, we won't secure our borders.• Without a conservative Senate, we won't stop the bailouts.• And without a conservative Senate, we won't enact the pro-growth
policies needed to get America back to work.”
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Caring for the American SoldierBy Diane Welch, Chair of ARW Caring for the American Soldier
Our current campaign is to support the new USO lounge at McCarran Airport. You can participate by placing your donations in the patriotic buckets located on each table during our next meeting.
Also, we are joining the Nevada Federation in their project to gather information for the World War II veteran’s registry. Watch for posters at the check in table and if you have a friend or relative who is a World War II vet, please fill in their information. For more information on any of our Caring for American Soldiers outreach, please contact Diane Welch at [email protected] or 373.6522.
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY !
THOUGHTS TO PONDER
You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity.
What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.
The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.
You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it!
When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that is the beginning of the end of any nation.
2012 ARW LEADERSHIP TEAM
OFFICERS:President ! ! Maureen Karas1st Vice-President! Cherie Wood2nd Vice-President! Marty WrightRecording Secretary ! Alice Shillock-ClarkTreasurer! ! Stephanie Reeder
STANDING COMMITTEE CHAIRS:Achievement Awards! Eleanor MillsAmericanism ! ! Kristene FisherBudget & Finance!! Nancy HambrickBoutique!! ! Judy Ferraro &! ! ! Michele BruceBylaws! ! ! Martha KimpelCampaigns! ! Ellie AhernCaring for America! Barbara AltmanCaring for American Soldiers Diane WelchCorresponding Secretary Christine HallDecorations ! ! Gwen BarrettLegislation! ! Melody HowardHospitality / Historian! Margaret HelsperLiteracy / MELP! ! Molly GovernsParliamentary! ! Kathy SlaughterVolunteer Hours! ! Alice Shillock-ClarkWebmaster & Newsletter! Iris Stone
***NOTE: If you are interested in helping out on any committee or have questions, please contact Maureen Karas via email [email protected] or phone (702) 233-4884
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!! ANNOUNCING A NEW CONTEST STARTING WITH THE AUGUST NEWSLETTER !!
Send your own vacation picture to [email protected]
The best one will be published in our August Newsletter and the winner will win a complementary dinner at the August meeting.
Submissions must be received no later than Friday July 27. We will look for politically and patriotically relevant content that supports ARW’s mission and purpose.
Be creative ! GOOD LUCK !
SUBMIT YOUR 2011 VOLUNTEER HOURS TO ARW!
If you are a full ARW member we’d appreciate your submitting volunteer hours. Right now we are collecting hours for June-December 2011.
What qualifies: Activity A: Campaign, GOP precinct, registering voters, RNC convention. Activity B: All other, such as: travel to/from Board Meeting, Leadership Meeting, attendance or prep activities for NFRW, NvFRW, ARW conventions, serve on ARW committees or gather contributions for committee requests, prep time for ARW committees, listed on page 7 under ARW Leadership Team
How to qualify: Put your hours in an email to Alice Shillock-Clark, [email protected] Provide a monthly total by key activitiy (A &B). You may also go to our website to download the form and send by email or “snail mail” to Alice. Click here for details.
Largest employersThe largest employers in the state, as of the first fiscal quarter of 2011, are the following, according to the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY !
18,000 men formed this pictureat Camp Dodge, Iowa, before they
went off to war in 1918!
ARW MESSAGE BOARD
Presidential Approval Index History, by Rasmussen
CLICK HERE
The town of Ipswitch, Wisconsin, told a WWII vet, that he could not fly the American flag in his front yard. OK, he took it down, then he repainted his house.....
To check that your voter registration
is correct
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Participate in our Contest !Send your patriotic vacation picture to
What Life Will Be Like for Women Under Sharia Law
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2010 US Census MAPBrowse population growth and decline, changes in racial and
ethnic concentrations and patterns of housing development.
CLICK HERE
American for Prosperity hosted their fifth
RightOnline Conference in Las Vegas June 15-16
Watch the videos of two Keynote speakers:
Sarah Palin (35 mins)
Michelle Malkin (18 mins)
VISIT ARW’S WEBSITE click here
Find us on Facebook: ARWFollow us on Twitter @ARWLV
EMAIL US AT [email protected]
The Electoral College - why we have it and why we need to keep it
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270 TO WIN
PICK YOUR OWN ELECTORAL MAP
Blacks Would Not Be Democrats If They Only Knew This… “Runaway Slave” Movie
NEVADAJUNE 12
PRIMARYELECTION CAMPAIGN
RESULTS
AGENDA 21’s Globalist Death Plan for HumanityLord Monckton Interview May31
Stop by the ARW Boutique at the
back of the banquet room to see all of our wonderful conservative gear!
We have pins, necklace slides and two-year planners are on special!
All proceeds from our Patriotic Wine Bags support our vets! Our "Vote Them Out" playing cards have been a big hit, too!
Don't forget to pick some up before they're all gone. We accept cash or checks.
ARW’s Fashion Show, Thursday June 21st, 2012______________________________________________________________________________________
ARW’s Fashion Show, Thursday June 21st, 2012 - continued...
ARW’s Fashion Show, Thursday June 21st, 2012 - continued...
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