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SANTA ROSA REPUBLICAN WOMEN, FEDERATED Chartered 1945 An Affiliate of the National Federation of Republican Women California Federation of Republican Women, Northern Division, North Bay Region Website ~ www.santarosarwf.org & E-mail ~ [email protected] 2011 NFRW Diamond Award Winner Volume 27, Issue 3 March 2012 SRRWF 2012 Officers President Republican Women Leading The Way Marie Derr 707 495-0983 Monthly Meeting [email protected] Fountaingrove Golf and Athletic Club 1st VP (Programs) 1525 Fountaingrove Parkway, Santa Rosa Edelweiss Geary 707-525-8085 [email protected] Tuesday, March 27, 2012 2nd V P (Membership) Business Meeting 11:15 Ina McElroy 707-837-5017 [email protected] Speaker: Kevin McGary Secretary Topic: “Frederick Douglass Regina Miakinkoff 916-834-9416 Republicanism: A proud embrace of Treasurer “Faith, Family, Freedom” Sally Hopkins 707-542-0495 [email protected] $25 with reservations (called in by Monday night) Newsletter Editor Ruth Van Bemmel $30 without advance reservation (showing up at the door) 707 888-1765 [email protected] Please make every effort to make your reservation by Friday TABLE OF CONTENTS Monthly Meeting Information 1 Reservations by March 23rd President’s Message/ Speaker Bio 2 Skeptical Observer/Cartoon 3 RSVP 525-8085 CFRW Legislative update 4 CFRWND and NFRW news 5 Make your check out to SRRWF and mail to... Article: Frederick Douglass 6 SRRWF, 1585 Terrace Way #306 Article: RNC Information 7 Article: SRRWF survey 8 Santa Rosa, CA 95404 Article: Committee News 9 Cancellation - Transportation - call 707 525-8085 Sponsorship Advertising 10 E-mail - [email protected] Website - www.santarosarwf.org Membership 11 Calendar 12 President’s Message - Marie Derr Hello, and I hope you are all enjoying this early spring weather we are having. I cannot seem to read enough articles about the Presidential Primary process - all very exciting to watch. As I reported at our last meeting, I attended the CA Republican Party convention. If you are interested in helping with any Presidential campaigns, here is some contact information to get you started: Ron Paul – Contact Matthew Heath at [email protected] Newt Gingrich – they need volunteers to make phone calls, email – [email protected] Rick Santorum is looking for a Sonoma County Chair. Contact Elissa Wadleigh at [email protected] Mitt Romney – Catherine Baker, Bay Area Romney Chair, [email protected] Last month we only received five survey responses back. I encourage you to complete it and send it in with your lunch reservation or even just send me an email with a few thoughts about the club. We want to hear from you. Thank you for approving our 2012 budget at the last meeting. We look forward to putting many items into play this coming year with your help. Eddie is lining up great speakers through June. Please put our meetings in your calendar as they are not to be missed. We encourage you to renew your membership and also become a sustaining member. We have contacted everyone who has not yet renewed so please send in your membership dues as soon as possible. Our newsletter looks different this month, thanks to our board members and especially Rosie Parks for selling ad space to help defray costs of printing and mailing the newsletter. If you are interested in promoting a business or ser- vice in our newsletter, Republicans are looking to support Republican businesses. Please contact Rosie Parks for de- tails at [email protected] or me at [email protected]. Thank you for all that you do. Marie Derr Kevin McGary is the author of “Insanity!” In the book, Kevin presents a refreshing voice with compelling evidence that speaks to how “we the people”, through “blind trust” and lack of involvement, have been wholly complicit in supporting the erosion of rights, liberties and freedoms. He contends that collective zeal for a new era of “hope and change” has prompted irrational support for government leadership made up of charismatic personalities grounded in the strategic use of masterful rhetoric. It is infused with intellec- tual dishonesty and devoid of substance needed to move the country forward. Through thoughtful analysis presented through multiple vantage points, Kevin illuminates why and how a state of instant and selective insanity has permeated the current political spectrum. Kevin is President of the Frederick Douglass Foundation of California. This Founda- tion is committed to providing political advocacy, education and empowering "communities of color"/"urban centers" and “the Church” on the proper role of govern- ment. The Foundation is also committed to partnering with like-minded organizations to ensure maximum freedom, liberty, and justice! Kevin lives in Hayward, CA with his wife and 2 children. He is an Information Technology professional and an active member of the Hayward Rotary. He mentors with Reality Mentors and is a member of the NAACP and the 912 Freedom Fighters. 2 THE SKEPTICAL OBSERVER One of the things that has happened how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Eu- in this current administration is the rope.” He has also said that his focus is to ease the pain appointment of many, many people in felt by his energy policies by forcing automakers to make the executive branch. Of course, some more fuel-efficient automobiles. of those appointed are Cabinet officials. What the media will not tell the country is that one of In the plethora of people filling this the results of Chu’s energy policy is to dump taxpayer administration lives the Secretary of dollars into alternative energy projects like the Solyndra Energy. That is Dr. Stephen Chu. solar plant. Another bright idea was to subsidize the Dr. Chu won the Nobel Prize in purchase of the electric car like the Chevy Volt at a cost Physics in 1997 along with two colleagues. At the time of $7500 per car. Very interestingly, President Bush, who of his appointment as Energy Secretary, he was Professor according to the current wisdom, is not very bright, of Physics and Molecular and Cellular Biology at the denied a government loan to Solyndra in early 2009. University of California, Berkeley and the Director of Bush officials had concluded that while the loan applica- the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Prior to that tion had “merit” it needed further study before taxpayers he had worked at Bell Labs and been Professor of Physics were on the hook. at Stanford University. We all know that the Obama administration gave a In 2004, Chu was appointed as the director of the $535M loan to Solyndra in September, 2009. The compa- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, a U.S. Depart- ny filed for bankruptcy in 2011 and cut 1,100 jobs. It has ment of Energy National Laboratory. Under Chu’s been raided by the FBI. leadership, the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab has been If Republicans have any doubts about working to end a center of research into biofuels and solar energy this administration in January 2013, just remember presi- technologies. Chu spearheaded the Lab’s Helios project dential appointments like Stephen Chu. Gasoline will be which had the goal of developing methods of harnessing $9 a gallon and we will all be doing a lot of walking. solar power as a source of renewable energy for transpor- tation. Morning Bell – Heritage Foundation: 2/29/12; Wikipe- Chu has been an advocate for research into renewable dia; Mark Whittington, Yahoo News, 2012. energy and nuclear power because he believes that we need to get away from fossil fuels in order to combat global warming. Chu believes that global warming could wipe out California farms within this century. Dr. Chu is undoubtedly a brilliant man. However, it appears that he has the same disease that has infected the President when it comes to an energy policy. This belief that global warm- ing is caused by human beings is responsible for the irrational policy regarding wind and solar and their role in saving the planet. The conse- quence of this policy is the administration’s plan to make gasoline very expensive. Chu recently told the truth at a congressional hearing which of course can be a major faux pas in Washington. He admitted to a House com- mittee member (Alan Nunnelee, R of MI) that the administration is not interested in lowering gas prices. The belief is that high gas prices provide the push to alternate energy technology and less reliance on oil for energy. This is one of the reasons for the President not approving the Keystone XL pipeline and not allowing drilling in federal lands and offshore areas. Drilling has increased only on private land. In 2008, Chu stated that “Somehow we have to figure out 3 State President Northern Division President North Bay Regional Director Northern Division website President: Carol Hadley [email protected] Cindy Eisenhower www.cfrwnd.org Legislative Advocate Office PO Box 690150 Roseann Slonsky-Breault [email protected] 3944 Glenn Park Rd [email protected] Allison Daley Olson Stockton, CA 95269 1029 J Street, #340 PH: 209-483-1915 Oakland, CA 94602 Sacramento, CA 95814 [email protected] PH: 510-531-0567 CFRW Official Websites 916 442-4084 [email protected] [email protected] www.cfrw.org sign up for the weekly e-mail updates Capitol Update Friday, March 02, 2012 non-partisan site, much like Wikipedia, that sources information Carol Hadley, President on ballot measures by state. It is a great place to “follow the mon- NO on Props 28 and 29! ey” and see the history of certain propositions. You can also con- This week CFRW voted to OPPOSE Propositions 28 and tact the CFRW Legislative Advocate anytime by email at advo- 29 which will appear on the June primary ballot.