August 23, 2010 Dinner Menu

Caprice SaladCaprice SaladCaprice SaladCaprice Salad

Choice ofChoice ofChoice ofChoice of

GrilledSliced Flank Steak with a bourbonGrilledSliced Flank Steak with a bourbonGrilledSliced Flank Steak with a bourbonGrilledSliced Flank Steak with a bourbon----peppercorn peppercorn peppercorn peppercorn

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Greek Stuffed ChickenGreek Stuffed ChickenGreek Stuffed ChickenGreek Stuffed Chicken

Filled with spinach, feta cheese and kalamata olivesFilled with spinach, feta cheese and kalamata olivesFilled with spinach, feta cheese and kalamata olivesFilled with spinach, feta cheese and kalamata olives

Served with roasted red pepper sauceServed with roasted red pepper sauceServed with roasted red pepper sauceServed with roasted red pepper sauce

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Herb crusted Cod with a clamHerb crusted Cod with a clamHerb crusted Cod with a clamHerb crusted Cod with a clam----corn chowder saucecorn chowder saucecorn chowder saucecorn chowder sauce

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Vegetarian PlateVegetarian PlateVegetarian PlateVegetarian Plate

Reservations

Call: Peg Thompson (941) 391-6610 or, complete and mail the order form or, to re-

serve on line click below:

http://ccflrc.org/nextMtg_OnlineReg.html

Location: The Charlotte Harbor Yacht Club 4400 Lister St., Port Charlotte Time: 5:00 Social Hour 6:00 Business Meeting 6:15 Dinner 6:45 Program

Policy: Reservations and cancellations must be received by

12:00 pm on the Friday preceding the meeting. Late cancella-tions will be charged to Member. Please observe the deadline. We are unable to accommodate late reservations or cancella-tions. Dinner is $25.00 per person. Invoices will be issued for payment for all no shows.

VOL. 15, NO. 8 Editor: John Hitzel August 2010

Char lotte County

REPUBLICAN CLUBCHARTERED BY THE FLORIDA STATE REPUBLICAN PARTY

Char lotte County

REPUBLICAN CLUBCHARTERED BY THE FLORIDA STATE REPUBLICAN PARTY

House and Senate once the primary election is com-plete.

NEWS FLASH Stay tuned for a spe-cial Bill McCallum

Charlotte County Republi-can Clubs meeting to be scheduled before the pri-mary.

September and October Dinner

Meetings will have numerous state wide candidates for office address the Charlotte County Republican Club. Jeff Kottcamp candi-date for Florida Attorney General , Jeff Atwater a candidate for Florida Chief Financial Officer and Adam Putnam a candidate for the Florida Commissioner of Agricul-ture have been contacted. We might hear from those candidates and perhaps candidates for the Florida

Order Form:

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Enclose check payable to CCRC for $25.00 per meal.

By: Bob McMillan In 1952, the first dimension of today’s current

Immigration Laws was passed by the Congress. It cre-ated quotas, by country, which then restricted the number of legal immigrants admitted to the United States. In addition, a preference system was created

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August Dinner Meeting is open to all primary can-didates to present a final position speech to the Charlotte County Republi-can Club. Make plans now to attend this important meeting.

Immigration Laws Over The Last Sixty Years

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President’s Message

The crowd was great for Tom Rooney. Thanks to everyone who turned out. Tom is doing a great job for us in Washington and it’s important to keep him in office. He will be opposed in November and the other side would love to take our CD 16 seat back. This is the time for Republicans to dig as deep as they can to help in the three most important seats in Florida: CD 16; US Senate and Governor. All are in need of our support. Here are three links that will take you directly to sites where you can make your contribution: Bill McCollum: https://secure.donationreport.com/

donate.html?key=3QTY9AHGLEKA Tom Rooney: https://www.brushfiredigital.com/contribute/

rooney/ Marco Rubio: https://www.marcorubio.com/donate/

All take credit cards. The size of the donation is not important but remember, you are doing your part to save the nation.

CCRC Nominating Committee was elected at the July meeting. They have to present their slate of officers at the November 8, 2010 meeting. The elec-tion will take place at the Annual Meeting on De-cember 13, 2010. If you are interested in helping the club by participating on the Executive Board contact a member of the nominating committee:

John Hitzel: 743-4286 JohnJack@comcast.net George Kearns: 235-015 1toco109@embarqmail.com Rufus Lazzell: 637-7467 airbornerufus@comcast.net Gary McGrann: 833-5763 marpgi@aol.com Robert Reichert: 639-4162 bobr425d@yahoo.com

Facebook: Theresa Murtha is our Facebook editor. She will coordinate distribution of club communica-tions via Facebook. To access the new facbook page: open Facebook, enter Charlotte County Re-publican Club in the search field.

When you get to the page, click on the next to our name and you will be able to get club information through Facebook.

Bill Folchi

President

CCRC Calendar July 26 Mixer 5:00 pm, Wyvern Hotel with Charlotte County

Commissioners Aug. 23 CCRC Meeting: Primary update Aug. 24 Primary election Aug. 30 Mixer 5:00 pm, Wyvern Hotel with Punta Gorda City

Council members Sept 13 CCRC Meeting: state wide candidates Sept 27 Mixer 5:00 pm, Wyvern Hotel with law enforcement Oct 11 CCRC Meeting: state wide candidates

WE NEED YOUR HELP TO WIN THE 2010 GENERAL ELEC-

TION! Charlotte County Republican Headquarters will open from 10 am to 8 pm Monday thru Saturday and Sunday 1 pm till 8 pm beginning after the Pri-mary Election on August 24. Volunteers are needed to make calls from Headquarters as well as from home. This Election is one of the most important Elections in our lifetime. Please don't let our country down. Please send Jane Sturges an e-mail at janestur-ges@comcast.net or call 941-575-0660 with your times available.

Web sites: CCRC—charlottecountyrepublicanclub.org CCREC—ccflgop.com

Elephant Scramble Entry fee $50.00

• 18 holes of golf, golf cart and lunch • Opportunity to win prize for each flight (hole

in one, longest drive, closest to pin) • Prizes awarded via random drawing • 50/50 day of event raffle

Lunch-only fee, $15.00 per person Schedule

• 7:30 am Registration / continental breakfast • 8:30 am Shotgun start • 12:30 pm Lunch and awards (approx time)

Registration Form

Mail or deliver registration form and payment (payable to CCRC) to:

CCRC PO Box 512332, Punta Gorda, Fl. 33950 You can also register by stopping by St. Andrews

South. For more information contact Bill Folchi (941) 505-

8557) or Tom Kessler (941) 575-1161 kesslertg@gmail.com)

Name Phone E-Mail Handicap (if Known)

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to admit additional immigrants with special skills. Then, in 1986, there was an overhaul of the

1952 law which than gave amnesty to 900 thousand illegal immigrants. The same law was supposed to restrict the entry of further illegal immigrants! In ad-dition employers were to be fined and could be charged criminally for employing illegal immigrants. Guess what? Since the law was enacted, there are now from 12 to 20 million illegal immigrants here in this country. So much for law enforcement under Republi-can and Democrat Presidents. The issue is all about politics.

My question is whether we can ever secure our borders? Looking at the land map of Mexico, Can-ada, Alaska and the United States there are some 7,458 miles of borders and around 1,933 miles on the border with Mexico. And some 12,300 miles of coast line! The Challenge is that if we cannot curb illegal immigrants, what are the chances for terrorists to make their way across the border, as well?

The next controversy has to do with the new Immigration Law in Arizona. I have written about this before, and if you go to www.antonnews.com/columns/mcmillan/8367-the-arizona,immigration-law.html, you can read the details. Simply states, the law allows police officers to seek documents from

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National Debt July 19, 2010

$13,255,612,524,221

New Members This Month1Welcome Aboard!

Satya Voleti Ellen Kelly Julie Price

John Romanus John merola

Members: Recent members will have a red star on their

badge. If you see a person with a red star, please make an extra effort to make them feel at home. Introduce them to your friends and welcome them and get them involved..

Charlotte County Republican Club 2010 Organization

Officers

President Bill Folchi 505-8557 Billfolchi@comcast.net

1st Vice President Chris Constance 639-5665 Clairephelen@comcast.net

2nd Vice President Jim Brown 637-8690 JBrown4087@aol.com

Treasurer Claire Phelen 575-0734 ClairePhelen@comcast.net

Recording Secy. Robyn Biluk 743-7917 Robyn-B@comcast.net

Corresponding Secy. Michael Metyk 613-1919 DrMetyk@comcast.net

Past President Bob Hill 697-6514 BobHill@ewol.com

Standing Committee Chairs

Newsletter John Hitzel 743-4286 JohnJack@comcast.net

Hospitality Sylvia Orr 627-0904

Telephone Res. Peg Thompson 391-6610 Pegsu@comcast.net

Committee Chairs

Membership Jim Brown 637-8690 JBrown4087@aol.com

Public Relations Jacqueline

Green 255-3757 CCRCPR@comcast.net

Legislative Michael Metyk 613-1919 DrMetyk@comcast.net

Chaplain Gen. Rufus

Lazzell 637-7467 AirborneRufus@comcast.net

Parliamentarian Open

someone caught committing a crime or stopped in a traffic violation.

The Obama Administration is not happy with the Arizona Law and will challenge it in the Courts. This will play out over the next year.

In addition, there is now a clamor for a new version of “Immigration Reform.” President Obama has recently stated his views about Immigration Re-form – “I know this is an emotional issue … I know people will get real riled up politically about this.”

What are the elements of Immigration Re-form? Basically, there are two major issues. First, for those who are here illegally (12 to 20 million), there will be an opportunity to remain in the United States on a conditional status for 6 years, subject to a criminal background check, a knowledge of English, and paying a $500.00 fine, plus the costs for admin-istering the program.

After 6 years, the illegal immigrant can then apply for a “Green Card” to become a legal resident.

Finally, efforts will be made to enhance Mexican border security. Wasn’t that effort made before, and nothing happened?

The new debate will take years to complete. “Amnesty Now” will face-off against “Secure Bor-ders”. After oil spills, new forms of energy, Afghani-stan and the economy, maybe we will see something done about Immigration Reform. Personally, I be-lieve securing our borders should be the first priority.

Bob McMillan

Massive wealth redistribution Did you read Charles Krauthammer’s July 18th Charlotte Sun Column “Don’t write Obama’s political obituary yet”? It should be required reading at every Republican Club meeting. Krautkammer writes “”as acknowledged by Senate Finance Committee Chair-man Max Baucus but few others, begun one of the most massive wealth redistributions in U. S. history”. Krauthammer goes on to state “”Obama’s most far-reaching accomplishment is his structural alteration of the U. S. budget. The stimulus, the vast expansion of domestic spending, the creation of ruinous deficits as far as the eye can see are not easily reversed”. A copy of the article follows in the electronic edi-tion of this newsletter. Mail recipients can email me at johnjack@comcast.net for a copy.

It is a must read ! John Hitzel

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Don’t write Obama’s political obituary yet In the political marketplace, there’s now a run on Obama shares. The left is disappointed with the president. Independents are abandoning him in droves. And the right is already dancing on his political grave, salivating about November when, his own press secretary admitted Sunday, Democrats might lose the House. I have a warning for Republicans: Don’t underestimate Barack Obama. Consider what he has already achieved. Obamacare alone makes his presidency historic. It has irrevocably changed one-sixth of the economy, put the country inexorably on the road to national health care and, as acknowledged by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus but few others, begun one of the most massive wealth redistri-butions in U.S. history. Second, there is major financial reform, which passed Congress on Thursday. Economists argue whether it will prevent meltdowns and bailouts as promised. But there is no argument that it will give the government unprecedented power in the financial marketplace. Its 2,300 pages will create at least 243 new regulations that will affect not only, as many assume, the big banks but just about everyone including, as noted in one summary (The Wall Street Journal), “storefront check cashiers, city governments, small manufacturers, homebuyers and credit bureaus.” Third is the near $1 trillion stimulus, the largest spending bill in U.S. history. And that’s not even count-ing nationalizing the student loan program, regulating carbon emissions by EPA fiat, and still-fitful at-tempts to pass cap-and-trade through Congress. But Obama’s most far reaching accomplishment is his structural alteration of the U.S. budget. The stimulus, the vast expansion of domestic spending, the creation of ruinous deficits as far as the eye can see are not easily reversed. These are not mere temporary countercyclical measures. They are structural deficits because, as every-one from Obama on down admits, the real money is in entitlements, most specifically Medicare and Medi-caid. But Obamacare freezes these out as a source of debt reduction. Obamacare’s $500 billion in Medi-care cuts and $600 billion in tax increases are siphoned away for a new entitlement — and no longer available for deficit reduction. The result? There just isn’t enough to cut elsewhere to prevent national insolvency. That will require massive tax increases — most likely a Europeanstyle value-added tax. Just as President Reagan cut taxes to starve the federal government and prevent massive growth in spending, Obama’s wild spend-ing will necessitate huge tax increases. The net effect of 18 months of Obamaism will be to undo much of Reaganism. Both presidencies were highly ideological, grandly ambitious and often underappreciated by their own side. In his early years, Reagan was bitterly attacked from his right. (Typical Washington Post headline: “For Reagan and the New Right, the Honeymoon Is Over” — and that was six months into his presidency!) Obama is attacked from his left for insufficient zeal on gay rights, immigration reform, closing Guantanamo — the list is long. The critics don’t understand the big picture. Obama’s transformational agenda is a play in two acts. Act One is over. The stimulus, Obamacare, financial reform have exhausted his first-term mandate. It will bear no more heavy lifting. And the Democrats will pay the price for ideological overreaching by losing one or both houses,. The rest of the first term will be spent consolidating these gains and preparing for Act Two. The next burst of ideological energy will require a second mandate, meaning re-election in 2012. That’s why there’s so much tension between Obama and the congressional Democrats. For Obama, 2010 mat-ters little. If Democrats lose control of one or both houses, Obama will likely have an easier time in 2012, just as Bill Clinton used Newt Gingrich and the Republicans as his foil for his 1996 re-election campaign. Obama is down, but it’s very early in the play. Like Reagan, he came here to do things. And he’s done much in his first 500 days. What he has left to do he knows must await his next 500 days — those that come after re-election. 2012 is the real prize. Obama sees far, farther than even his own partisans. Re-publicans underestimate him at their peril.

Readers may reach Charles Krauthammer at letters@charles krauthammer.com. Charles Krauthammer