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House Speaker Newt Gingrich Addresses Palm Beach County Republicans at Lincoln Day
House Speaker Newt Gingrich Addresses Palm Beach County Republicans at Lincoln Day
Newsletter of the Republican Party of Palm Beach County, Florida – March 2011
financial supporters.
The public sector employees will still pay Florida Atlantic University College Republicans
less money for better health benefits and a
more generous pension. But that’s not Host Rep. Allen West at Boca Raton Campus
enough for them. They want it all –
forever. So they brought out the big guns,
up to and including President Obama.
They’re hoping to win in the streets what
they lost at the ballot box. They took
these modest proposals and nationalized
them. So now lots of states will get to
vote on similar issues. It’s coming to
Ohio, New Jersey and, of course, Florida.
REPUBLICAN PARTY OF
PALM BEACH COUNTY
Recently at the Republican Executive Committee mail invitations to send to these “Super Voter” households
meeting of February 9th your Membership Vice Chairs made to invite to become REC members. REC Committeeman
a very successful personal appeal for funds to be used for Jay Goldfarb volunteered to help us with the mailings
mailing purposes. Mark Hoch, our Political Director, found through his printing business (Many thanks to Jay).
almost 600 precincts without any representation on the
REC. Mark also identified approximately 3,000 “Super Additionally, we have made appeals to members of
Voter” households in which both HUSBAND and WIFE various GOP clubs throughout the county to become REC
were consistent, reliable voters in these unrepresented members. We continue to ask all REC members to look
districts. In one night we collected $600 from the members within your own list of friends to invite new members to
of the REC. We will use that money to pay for hard copy join the REC. Thank you.
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A HAMAN IN EVERY that attacked Israel as they came out of Egypt, of whom
God told Moses to destroy and blot out their memory.
GENERATION
We see that same spirit of Amalek at work in our modern
By Rabbi Ira Brawer time, whether it be in a Hitler, or an Ahmadinejad. The
T his month we celebrate the festival of Purim. While story is the same. “Lets get rid of these people because they
there are many themes associated with this festival, one of are the problem in the world”. But God has a different
the overriding themes is the incredible victory that God view. God says that Israel is inscribed on the palm of His
brought to His people Israel at a most difficult time. But hand. He says that she is the apple of His eye, and that
has not this been the story throughout history? It seems that those who come against her will be destroyed.
in every generation a Haman has arisen to plot the
destruction of the Jewish people. In every case, God has As we celebrate Purim this year, let us remember that
thwarted that plan. It often seems to go back to the there are still those that plot Israel’s destruction. And at the
accusation that Haman made about the Jews before the same time, God still has His hand upon her. As the prophet
King: “There is a certain people dispersed and scattered Isaiah wrote 2700 years ago:
among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom
whose customs are different from those of all other people “All who rage against you will surely be ashamed
and who do not obey the king’s laws; it is not in the king’s and disgraced; those who oppose you will be as
best interest to tolerate them” (Esther 3:8). And so nothing and perish. Though you search for your
Haman’s lies convinced the king to issue the decree to enemies, you will not find them. Those who wage
destroy the Jewish people, and Haman even was willing to war against you will be as nothing at all” (Isaiah
pay the cost out of his own money. The plot would have 41:11-12). As was Esther for her time, so have we
been successful had not Mordecai and Esther intervened. “come to royal position for such a time as this”, to
Of course we know that even though God is not mentioned take a stand and assert our kingly and priestly roles to
once in the Book of Esther, yet His hand is present pray and support Israel.
throughout. He brought about a great deliverance and
victory, and the tables were turned on Haman and his sons, I would like to extend an invitation to all to attend our
who were hanged. As a result, we celebrate this great event upcoming “Israel Mandate” conference. For more
every year. information please go to:
for her enthusiasm for our Party and for building up one of the
LINCOLN DAY DINNER largest Republican clubs in the County. George, a long-time
party activist, member of the Republican Liberty Caucus, and
FEBRUARY 2011 member of the Republican Club of Central Palm Beach
County, was credited for his involvement in establishing term
WEST PALM BEACH, FEBRUARY 24, 2011-- The 2011 limits for Palm Beach County commissioners.
Palm Beach County Lincoln Day Dinner was by all measures a
grand success. Held at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach,
over 600 people attended the annual Party fundraiser,
organized by the event Chairwoman Gay Hart Gaines. Guests
had a chance to mingle beforehand, sipping fruit punch and
watching Congressman Allen West give an interview to the
local television media. Greg Langowski and Anita Carbone
were hard at work,
meeting guests at
the front table, who
included REC
committee members
from throughout the
county, College
Republicans, Young NEWT ADDRESSES THE CROWD
Republicans,
Seasoned Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich gave his remarks,
Republicans, Palm employing a mix of wit, humor, and intellect. Introduced by
Beach County Club his long-time friend and event chair Gay Gaines, Mr. Gingrich
Presidents, elected said he hasn’t yet made a decision to run for President in 2012.
office holders, and candidates for the upcoming municipal
elections. Chairman Sid Dinerstein was Master of Gingrich spoke on the rights and powers of the individual and
Ceremonies during the dinner, introducing several Palm Beach the sovereignty of the states. He mentioned the need for
County elected officials, presenting this year’s Jean Pipes creating a fundamentally new system centered around the
Award winners, and generally keeping everything in order as individual rather than on the federal government. For
usual. Notable guests included Republican Party of Florida example, Gingrich suggested that Medicaid be block-granted
Chairman Dave Bitner, Congressmen Tom Rooney and Allen back down to the states and taken completely away from the
West, Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos, Former federal government, which has micromanaged and
Florida House Majority Leader Adam Hasner, and Radio Talk mismanaged the program almost into insolvency. The
Show Host Joyce Kaufman. Medicaid system will eventually need to be replaced, but a
new system will more likely emerge when there are 50 states
THE JEAN PIPES AWARD each experimenting with the program.
WEST FOCUSES ON LIBYA, THE opportunity to adopt security measures similar to what
the Israelis employ, and that our focus now is completely
ADMINISTRATION’S RESPONSE, wrong. TSA officials are requiring travelers to empty
& U.S. SECURITY their water bottles and remove their shoes. “We are
doing things that
BOCA RATON -- Congressman Allen West visited the make us feel
Boca campus of Florida Atlantic University to address good, but it’s
students, faculty, media, and supporters. The event was really not doing
hosted by the FAU College Republicans and moderated anything.” West
by Professor Marshall DeRosa, who runs the James said that instead,
Madison Leadership Institute on campus. Radio talk we should be
show host Joyce Kaufman gave the introduction. engaging in
“trend analysis”
During the question and focusing our
and answer session resources
Alexis de Armas, left, and her mother Carmen
Congressman West where the de Armas with Congressman Allen West.
was asked about the problems are.
existence of Islamic The proper method is to study the trends and behaviors of
terrorist training the enemy, as West did while serving in Iraq and
compounds located on Afghanistan.
American soil, being
operated by the Following the question and answer session, one of the
Muslims of America audience members, a West supporter, asked the
organization. West Congressman if he would consider running for President
responded, saying: in 2012. Congressman West laughed off the suggestion
"The world is a very but did reportedly say, “I will do whatever the American
fragile place right people want me to do.”
now...the Middle East
is a powder keg. This “You must start training up the next generation of
Islamic movement cannot co-exist with democracy…. leaders,” said West. “I’m not staying up there for any 20,
We cannot afford to close our eyes, but there are some in 30 years. You have about 6 to 8 years of me and that’s
Congress who do not understand the ideology behind this it…I’m coming home….” West continued, “ I want to be
movement..." part of this great America that I’ve been protecting. Who
do I hand the baton off to?”
Regarding Libya and Egypt—West said that the United
States’ position in these situations is to be “very
forthright in not allowing the wrong actors to take over in
these situations…I am very concerned about the power of
the Muslim Brotherhood.” The Muslim Brotherhood, he
continued, spawned off many Islamic terrorist
organizations. West stated that we should be less
concerned about the Egyptian army generals and more
worried about the people down at the rank and file level
where agitation can begin to bubble up, as we have
already seen. West also stated that the U.S. must
improve its intelligence gathering abilities, criticizing the
CIA’s failure to see this turmoil happening well ahead of
time.
Regarding transportation security, Congressman West FAU College Republicans: L-R: Eric Lupo, Treasurer,
said that after 9/11 the U.S. missed the window of Ashley Anastasi, Executive Director and former West
Intern, and Jeffrey C. Arnold Jr., Club Vice President and
newly elected Palm Beach County REC Committeeman.
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FAU COLLEGE REPUBLICANS table all week and posting signs to direct people to our
meetings. FAU College Republicans are back!
UPDATE
Monday club meetings start at 5pm and are held in
By Eric Lupo and Jon Taylor the Sugar Palm Room upstairs of the Student Union at
FAU Boca campus. The Thursday evening meetings
After a nearly three year hiatus, Florida Atlantic start at 6pm and are held in the Queen Palm Room in
University has a College Republican chapter once the same building. Committee meetings start 30 min
again! Our founders, Ashley Anastasi and Jon Taylor, prior to the general meetings.
were instrumental in bringing the club back and
worked diligently to give FAU students a more If you would like to assist the group in any way,
sensible option than the College Democrats. At the please contact our Secretary Eric Lupo. He can be
beginning of this year, the club had no members, and reached at 954-895-0065 and via email at:
now we are proud to announce that our roster includes elupo@fau.edu.
over 100 members. FAU College Republicans were
recently recognized by the Florida Federation of
College Republicans (FFCR) as an official chapter. AMERICANS ARE MIND
Due to having over 100 members the club will be able
to send nine representatives to the annual FFCR CONTROLLED: EVIDENCE FROM
convention. In addition, five of our FAU College THE HORSES' MOUTHS
Republicans traveled to Washington DC to attend
CPAC 2011 and had a wonderful time hearing rousing by Dean Taffel
speeches and soaking up the rich history of our
nation’s capitol. Are Americans “independent free thinking people in
charge of their own destiny”? If you think the answer is yes,
then think again? If you think that OTHER Americans are
mind controlled but you are not, then you may want to
rethink that as well.
Council of Trustees
Mr. & Mrs. Louis F. Bantle Mr. & Mrs. Donald Jaffin
Mr. & Mrs.Richard DeVos Mr. & Mrs. William M. Matthews
Mr. & Mrs. Sidney F. Dinerstein Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Rosen
Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Greenberg Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Seidel
Mr. John Herrick Mr. & Mrs. Leo Vecellio, Jr.
Thank You for Your Support!
PROFILES IN CONSERVATISM
REC Members Elected February 9, 2011
A Bronx native, Joyce pulls no punches and knows how to get to the point. What you see is what
you get. She is a sought after guest and has
appeared frequently on Oprah, Montel
Hugh W. Brown served our country in the United States Air Force, from 1998 Williams, and Today. In addition, she is in-
to 2002 and is currently employed in the finance industry. Hugh is also in the Florida demand on the lecture circuit. She has lectured
Gubernatorial Fellows, a group founded by Gov. Bush that seeks to ensure Florida's for the RNC! In addition to her fitness books
greatness by actively educating and cultivating its future leaders. Hugh joined the and DVD’s, Joyce has also written popular
REC because he wants to see the Party be more diverse in leadership positions and motivational books for adults and teens.
provide more outreach to minorities in Florida in the upcoming elections.
Joseph Preston was born and raised in West Palm Beach. Jeffrey C. Arnold, Jr. “Born and raised in South
He is a graduate of Florida Atlantic University, with a degree in Florida, I came to appreciate the awe of politics through the
Finance, and Nova Southeastern University, with a Master of fervent teachings of morality from my father Jeffrey Craig Arnold
Business Administration. He will graduate this spring with a Sr. My mother Sandra Jane Arnold always taught me the love of
Master of Accounting from Gardner-Webb University. He has the written word as well as the living word which has served me
worked in local government as ever since. After High School I came to Florida Atlantic
a budget Analyst and Financial University and started as a Pre-Med student, and after the 2008
Analyst and has also been an general election I immediately switched to Political Science due
auditor of the Federal Grants to my involvement in the
programs. He is currently race. My volunteering for the
employed as a financial John McCain campaign
software consultant, working opened my eyes to the
with federal, state and local gullibility of some people who
governments. are considered educated. I
made it my mission to teach
Joseph, through various jobs, those people the true way to
has had opportunities to travel prosperity through hard work,
all around America. He has seen what the numerous government individualism, and due
programs have done to this country. As an auditor of grant diligence. I hope one day to
programs, he was able witness government waste first hand. Joe be a federal judge so as to
believes that the government cannot continue to support people practice judicial restraint
who have no desire to help themselves. He wants to help the Party rather than the judicial
recruit more young people to grow the future of the Party. He activism seen throughout the
believes in the fiscal responsibility of the government, and that country today. Non-partisan
it’s not the government’s job to support everyone. He wants to judges are an integral part of
fight for our rights established by the Constitution, which has the U.S. justice system and I
enabled us to be free. want the chance to administer justice in a way that does not
‘reinterpret’ the constitution but rather simply clarifies that which
“I am a Republican!” - Joe was known through stare decisis.”
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The Impact of Science on Society, made the Edward Bernays, known as "The Father of Public
following statements: Relations", was the nephew of Sigmund Freud and a top
consultant to CBS network founder William Paley. In his
“… of modern methods of propaganda.... the 1928 book Propaganda Bernays wrote this:
most influential is what is called 'education'.”
“Those who manipulate the organized habits
“It is to be expected that advances in physiology and opinions of the masses constitute an
and psychology will give governments much invisible government which is the true ruling
more control over individual mentality than power of the country…. It remains a fact that in
they now have even in totalitarian countries.” almost every act of our daily lives, whether in
the sphere of politics or business, in our social
“Diet, injections, and injunctions (political conduct or our ethical thinking, we are
correctness) will combine, from a very early dominated by the relatively small number of
age, to produce the sort of character and the sort persons…. It is they who pull the wires which
of beliefs that the authorities consider desirable, control the public mind, who harness old social
and any serious criticism of the powers that be forces and contrive new ways to bind and guide
will become psychologically impossible. Even the world…. As civilization has become more
if all are miserable, all will believe themselves complex, and as the need for invisible
happy, because the government will tell them government has been increasingly
that they are so.” demonstrated, the technical means have been
invented and developed by which opinion may
An indispensable component of the propaganda be regimented."
that Russell refers to above is the ubiquitous world of
mass media. Let's get some history on that: We live in a blue pill society in which adults, to
their detriment and grave danger, believe numerous
First, in 1917, Representative Oscar Callaway of absurd fairy tales implanted in them by scientific means
Texas entered the following into the Congressional referred to by the experts cited above. To hear more
Record : about this, come to the next regularly scheduled meeting
of the Constitution Committee at Cardellos Italian
"In March 1915, the J. P. Morgan interests, the Restaurant (S.E. Corner of 10th Street & Northlake Blvd.
steel, shipbuilding and powder interests, and In Lake Park) on March 26 at 12:30 pm for lunch (8.99 +
their subsidiary organizations, got together 12 tax & tip).
men high up in the newspaper world and
employed them to select the most influential
newspapers in the United States and sufficient
number of them to control generally the policy --Dean Taffel: born in New
of the daily press of the United States." York City; attended Brown
University; a student of
"Emissaries were sent to purchase the policy, government since age 8;
national and international, of … 25 papers.... watched the first ever televised
[A] n editor was furnished for each paper to national political conventions
properly supervise and edit information gavel to gavel; a political
regarding the questions of preparedness, activist for 40+ years; grass roots educator and organizer
since 1988; co-founder of ESTEEM, an education watchdog
militarism, financial policies, and other things
group [NY State]. Current Education Chairman and 3 ½
of national and international nature considered
year past President of the Constitution Committee. Founder
vital to the interests of the purchasers…"
of the 10th Amendment Coalition of Florida; campaign
consultant; self-taught educator on matters of government,
"This policy also included the suppression of history, propaganda & mind control.
everything in opposition to the wishes of the
interests served."
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NO MOSQUE at GROUND ZERO! Executive Director on how to tell the story of 9/11”
ACT! for America and the Christian Action said Mr. Sullivan, eliciting loud gasps from the
Network Lead Opposition to Construction Effort. horrified audience.
Boynton Beach, FL, Temple Shaarei Shalom. February As he said in the film, Sullivan reiterated that radical
17, 2011 -- Tom Trento of the Florida Security Islamists have a long history of constructing mosques
Council hosted a very important talk on the proposed on the ruins of its
mosque to be built near the site of the former World defeated enemies. “You
Trade Center, where 2,753 innocent people lost their can all see the
lives. Also invited to speak was Andy Sullivan frightening symbolic
(pictured in the blue hard hat), a construction worker nature of the ground zero
who witnessed the attacks of 9/11 first hand. He was mosque.”
directly across the street working a construction job
and watched the first plane strike the North Tower. Criticizing the City’s
decision to allow the
Sullivan, Trento, and Jason Campbell of the Christian construction of the
Action Network presented a special screening of mosque at the former
“Sacrificed Survivors: The Untold Story of the Ground Burlington Coat Factory
Zero Mosque.” In building, Sullivan said
the film, many of “The whole narrative of the ruling class just
the 9/11 survivors steamrolling over the will of the people has got to
discussed the pain stop…and we can stop it….we have to show up at
they’ve endured these town halls, at these meetings…” To learn more
from losing their about stopping the ground zero mosque you can visit
friends and family Andy’s website at www.bluecollarcorner.com.
to terror. They also
expressed fervent
opposition to the THE PALM BEACH COUNTY
construction of a REPUBLICAN EXECUTIVE
“victory” mosque at the site, which remains to this day
a burial ground for many victims whose remains have COMMITTEE
never been recovered. Particularly touching were the
images of the youngest victim of the attacks, a two The Republican Executive Committee (REC) will
year-old girl named Christine Hanson. She was meet the 2nd Wednesday of every other month in
traveling with her parents Peter and Sue Kim aboard 2011. All REC meetings begin at 6:45 PM and are
Flight 175, which crashed into the South Tower of the held in the 6th Floor County Commission Chambers
World Trade Center. of the Palm Beach County Governmental Center. The
next meeting will be April 13.
After the film, Mr. Sullivan updated the audience on
developments concerning the 9/11 Memorial—that If you would like information on volunteering for one
members of the NYPD and NYFD who perished will of our several Republican Party committees, or if you
not have their ranks inscribed with their names on the would like to contribute financially, visit our website
Memorial. Additionally, reported Mr. Sullivan, the at www.pbcgop.org or call (561) 686-1616.
memorial project’s executive directors have been
consulting with Saudi scholars on the appropriate Bring your Republican friends to the next REC
language to be placed on the Memorial walls. Thus, meeting and sign them up! We are always accepting
words such as “jihad” and “Islam” will not be found at new REC members who have the grassroots
the Memorial. “These Saudis are directing our determination to help our candidates win in 2012!
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