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Republican Club Of Laguna Woods Newsletter ISSUED MONTHLY Republican Club of Laguna Woods Volume 21 Issue 4 Sept. Oct. Nov. 2021 Edition P.O. Box 2431 Laguna Hills, Ca. 92654 Editor: Shirley Morgan Carol Blanchard, President SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER & NOVEMBER MEETINGS Social Hour: 11:00 Meeting: 11:30 Lunch: 12:00 Speaker: 1:00 SEPTEMBER 3 OCTOBER 1 NOVEMBER 5 2021 2021 2021 MEETING MEETING MEETING Speaker: Speaker: Michael Emerson Speaker: Star Parker Jason Chaffetz Michael is a creator, writer, prod- Star is an author, nationally syndicat- ucer and director of the acclaimed Jason Chaffetz is an American retired ed columnist, Republican politician, politician who served as the U. S. Rep- NEWMAX TV’s series “AN AMERI- author and conservative political ac- CAN MOMENT” as well as West resentative for Utah's 3rd congressional tivist and founder of CURE, a non- district from 2009 until his retirement Coast Producer/Director History profit organization based in Wash- Channels’ six-hour television minise- in 2017. He chaired the Committee on ington DC that addresses issues of Oversight and Government Reform ries, “VIETNAM in HD” and history culture, poverty and race relations Emmy award-winning 10 part series from 2015 to 2017. Chaffetz came to from a Judeo-Christian conservative prominence in 2015 for his extensive “WORLD WAR II in perspective. After Star’s first-hand HD.”Throughout his media career, investigations into Hilary Clinton. He is experience in the grip of welfare de- a Fox News contributor and a distin- he has been honored with 21 national pendency, a Christian conversion and international awards for his film guished fellow for the Government Ac- changed her life. She started a busi- countability Institute. and television awards.as well as win- ness in Los Angeles and began her ning 2 American Political Consult- activism. Star is one of the names on ant's coveted “Pollie Awards” and the short list of national black con- was nominated for the Advertising servative leaders. Industry’s Clio Award. **************************************************************************************************************** Deadline for reservations is the Wednesday before the meeting. If you would like a vegetarian meal, please indicate that on your check and mail to: RCLW P.O. Box 2431 Laguna Hills, C., 92654 Question regarding membership? Call Sandy Branfield at 949-457-3452 For information regarding reservations, Call Anita Price 949-609-0932 Sept., Oct., Nov. 2021 Edition Republican Club of Laguna Woods Page Two STAR PARKER President of the Center for Urban Renewal and Education (CURE) THE PERVERSE AGENDA OF BLACK LIVES MATTER Since the new wave of race consciousness that has been sweeping our Country, precipitated by the graphic video of the killing of George Floyd by police officer Derek Chavin, something very strange has happened. Somehow, what is perceived as a problem has become widely understood to be the solution. And it is endangering our country. If there remain citizens in America who, because of race or other reason, are deprived of the benefits and protections of a free society, we should work to bring those benefits of freedom to them. The answer is not to abandon the principles that make us a free country. But this is what is happening. Those who are the loudest and most aggressive about what is supposedly wrong don’t want a free country. Their complaint is not about the absence of freedom, but who has power and who will be in charge and running the show. Nothing could make this clearer than the recent bizarre statement of Black Lives Matter about the current civil unrest in Cuba. Cuba is an unfree country. It has been run by communists for years And, like all countries that are run by communists, the people there live deprived and oppressed. This is not rhetoric. THIS IS FACT! Freedom House in Washington, D.C., is a nonpartisan organization that rate nations according to political rights and civil liberties. Cuba ranks as one of the world’s least free countries. Out of a possible score of 100, Cuba scores 13. In political rights, out of a top score of 40, Cuba gets a 1. On civil liberties, out of a possible score of 60, Cuba scores 12. Yet, Black Lives Matters writes, “The people of Cuba are being punished by the U.S. government because the country has maintained its commitment to sovereignty and self-determination.” As the information from Freedom House shows, the only sovereignty and self-determination that exists in Cuba is in the hands of the communist despots who run the place. Yet, in the opinion of Black Lives Matter, the suffering of the Cuban people is not due to the despots running Cuba, who deprive them of their freedom but it’s caused by the free country, the USA, that is its nearby neigh- bor to the north. We don’t see many Americans fleeing to live in Cuba. But, per the Pew Research Center, there are over 2 mil- lion Cuban Americans who left Cuba, or whose family left Cuba, to come to live in a country that is free. More- over, per a survey done by Pew in 2020, 58% of Cuban Americans identify as, or lean toward Republicans com- pared with 38% who identify as, or lean toward Democrats. Cuban Americans know what oppression is about, and it’s why they care so much about being free Americans. “Since l962” says Black Lives Matter, “the United States has forced pain and suffering on the people of Cuba by cutting off food, medicine and supplies.” Yet, the United States maintains an economic embargo on Cuba. Why should our nation provide sources of rev- enue that will only go into the coffers of the communists who control everything, But, as The Wall Street Jour- nal’s Mary O’Grady points out, contrary to BLM’s distortions, “food and medicine are exempt” from this em- bargo. The one thing that Black Lives Matter gets right is that almost a third of Cubans are Black and Brown. Yet, somehow, Black Lives Matter thinks they will enhance the lives of these people of color by supporting oppres- sors rather than bringing them more freedom. And indeed, Black Lives Matter has the same anti-freedom agenda in our country. The question is why this perverse group has so much credibility and power? What is wrong with our political and business leaders that support these enemies of human freedom? Sept., Oct., Nov. 2021 Edition Republican Club of Laguna Woods Page Three PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Dear Republican patriots: Thank you to those of you that attended our August 6 Ice-cream Social and heard our Young Republican speak- ers from UCI, Cal State Fullerton and Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles. They certainly gave us hope for the future and they encouraged us to run for office (School Boards, City Council, etc.) even more important— register more citizens to join our Republican Party. (Call Bob Lindner- phone on back cover.) Deputy District Attorney and OC Central Committee member Kelly Ernby and Laguna Niguel Prosecutor Ray Gennawey are Co-Chairs of 2021 & 2022 Orange County Election Warriors. So our first challenge is the Recall of Governor Gavin Newsom. Thank you for the first 30 of you who volunteered to call or walk precincts in Laguna Woods. We have over 5000 registered Republicans and over 2500 registered Independents to contact from August 16 to September 14. We want to urge them to do 2 things: #1 to vote YES to Recall Governor Newsom and #2 vote for one of the Republican candidates on the ballot. Why??? Because California is in a crisis mode and there is grow- ing anxiety about the direction of our beautiful state. Ballots will be mailed out on Monday, August 16 and I rec- ommend you deliver your ballot to our closest Vote Center-day or night at-Laguna Woods City Hall, 24264 El Toro Road, Laguna Woods (open for in-person voting 9/11-13 8am-8pm; 9/14 7am-8pm. Election Day lasts 11 days so you can VOTE in person at Vote Centers between September 4 and September 14, 2021. Also at Laguna Woods City Hall. Hours: September 4-September 10 (8am to 5pm) September 11-September 13 (8am-8pm) Sep- tember 14 (7am-8pm). For questions, call 714-567-7600. Or chat live at ocvote.com/chat Lastly, will you be a part of the solution?? Join our Election Team!! Call me and offer to call or walk your pre- cinct or offer to do something to help us replace this Governor who has been irresponsible in solving our chal- lenges. We need your YES vote plus 4 MORE. You may reach me by email: [email protected] We look forward to seeing you at our NEW Monthly Meeting on the 1st Friday, September 2 for lunch at Club- house 5 at 11:00am to 2:00pm. Our speaker is the talented writer, producer and EMMY award Director, Mi- chael Emerson….Don’t miss it!! Carol Blanchard—Honored to be President of the Republican Club of Laguna Woods. *********************************************************************************************** Members Decorated Golf Carts for the Village Fourth of July Parade Laurel Ramsey and Anita Price From left: Laurel Ramsey, Marty Rexinger, Jeanne Allen, Carol Blanchard, Anita Price and Gail Anderson. Sept., Oct., Nov. 2021 Edition Republican Club of Laguna Woods Newsletter Page Four WHERE DOES CARBON DIOXIDE COME FROM? Ian Rutherford Plimer is an Australian geologist, professor emeritus of earth sciences at the University of Melbourne, professor of mining geology at the University of Adelaide, and the director of multiple mineral exploration and mining companies. He has published 130 scientific papers, six books and edited the Encyclo- pedia of Geology.