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A Newsletter for Conservative Republicans

FLYING HIGH…AND DIGGING AND BORING TO KEEP BREVARD COUNTY RED AND GET CONSERVATIVES ELECTED

Editor and Publisher: Stuart Gorin Designer and Assistant Publisher: Frank Montelione

Number 97 December 2017

TRUMP RALLIES CROWD IN PENSACOLA, FOCUSING ON HIS AGENDA

Returning to Florida – the state he considers his second home

– President Donald Trump delivered a nationally-televised

speech before a massive, enthusiastic crowd in Pensacola on

December 8, focusing on his efforts to “Make America Great

Again.”

When some members

of the media declared

the size of his crowd

was not so large,

Trump later chastised

them for using a

photo that was taken

earlier, before the

president even

arrived at the event.

Following are

extensive excerpts of

Trump’s remarks:

“Decades of political

failure and corruption

will come swiftly to an end, and a New American Future will

begin. The citizens of this country will be in charge once

more. The special interests have had their day. That chapter in

our history is closing. The history book is closing on the failed

politicians of yesterday. A new chapter is beginning, and this

chapter will be authored by you, the American people….

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INSIDE:

Fund For American Studies ........................... page 2

Audacity and Inhumanity .............................. page 3

Political Cartoons and Photos ........................ pages 8 to 10

FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK:

MY TWO CENTS

By Stuart Gorin

The newsletter is a bit shorter this

month because my wife, Barbara,

and I spent one-third of December

enjoying a cruise to the Southern

Caribbean, and then returned to

more than 1,700 unread emails to go

through.

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It was a close Senate race in Alabama on December 12 when

Democrat Doug Jones slipped past Republican Roy Moore at

the end. The question is, how many of those close Democrat

votes were cast by the van full of illegal aliens who traveled

from town to town and polling station to polling station with

fake IDs before being arrested? And were there other vans as

well?

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At Fordham University in New York, a female snowflake who

said she is the president of a student-run campus coffee shop,

kicked out a group of College Republicans for the outrageous

“fascist” and “Nazi” crime of wearing pro-Trump “Make

America Great Again” hats in violation of the shop’s safe space

policy. Who’s the Nazi here?

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According to an unnamed source who claimed to be present at

the time – in 1963, when Donald Trump was only just thinking

about running for president – he went to a movie theater and

watched the James Bond film “From Russia With Love.”

Shades of McCarthyism, no?

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More Two Cents Next Month.

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The fact that so many encrusted old political insiders oppose

our campaign is the best proof you will ever need that we are

fighting for real change – not partisan change. We are fighting

for all Americans – Democrats, Republicans, Independents,

Conservatives, Liberals – who’ve been failed by this corrupt

system. We’re fighting for everyone who doesn’t have a

voice…. In this future, we are going to pursue new trade

policies that put American workers first – and that keep jobs

in our country. All the people who got NAFTA wrong, and

China wrong, and who are trying to give us the Trans-Pacific

Partnership – are the same failed voices pushing for Hillary

Clinton. Our trade deficit with the world is now nearly $800

billion. We’ve lost one-third of our manufacturing jobs since

Bill and Hillary Clinton gave us NAFTA. China is

manipulating its currency and taking our jobs. We are going

to stop companies from leaving our country and keep those

jobs right here in America. The era of economic surrender is

over. We will also have a very strong border that stops people

and drugs from illegally pouring into our country – and we’re

going to build a border wall, and Mexico will pay for it….

In this future, we are going to pursue new education policies.

At the center of my plan is school choice. I want every

disadvantaged child in America to be able to attend the public

or private school that is right for them and their family. In this

future, we are also going to keep our country out of the endless

wars that have defined Hillary Clinton’s career. To keep our

country out of war, we will remember those three very famous

words: Peace Through Strength. That means rebuilding our

badly depleted military….

Hillary Clinton has presided over the greatest series of foreign

policy failures and blunders anyone has ever seen. Her

policies have produced massive global disorder. She handed

Iraq over to ISIS, unleashing that terror group onto the world.

ISIS would not be threatening the West today if not for the

decisions Hillary Clinton made. She helped destabilize Egypt

by supporting the ouster of President Mubarak in exchange

for the Muslim Brotherhood. Fortunately, President El-Sisi is

now in charge, but terrorists have gained a foothold in that

country. She helped push Syria into a prolonged civil war by

pushing regime change in that country too – without any plan

for the day after. She failed with China, which has only grown

more aggressive. By the way, she also let China steal hundreds

of billions of dollars in our intellectual property. And of

course, Hillary Clinton failed with her Russian Reset. She

gave up missile defense in Poland and the Czech Republic in

exchange for nothing in return. Then, she gave up 20% of U.S.

uranium to Russia –while those who benefited from the deal

gave money to the Clintons….

If I cannot get a good deal for the United States, I will follow

the example of Ronald Reagan and walk away. That is

completely contrary to the way President Obama and Hillary

Clinton negotiate which gets nothing of value for the United

States, ever. They just keep losing. I will end this legacy of

failure and strongly defend the interests of the United States.

But I will also keep focused on the ultimate goal. We will not

seek endless conflict and hostility; we won’t get trapped in the

failed approaches of the past. A future where America can

find common ground with countries like Russia and China is

a better future for our children….

Let me also take this moment to express our deepest thanks

and gratitude to everyone who has worn the uniform, but most

especially to those who have given the ultimate sacrifice for

this country. There is no greater expression of love than the

love shown by the men and women who have laid down their

lives for their country and its people. It is our duty to ensure

that their sacrifices are not in vain. That means we don’t issue

timetables for political reasons, but that we work with our

generals and our leaders to produce a real plan for victory. We

will pursue a new, steady foreign policy that seeks to advance

the national security interests of the United States – not a

reckless, interventionist globalism that has failed this country

so badly. And we will be clear in naming our enemy: Radical

Islamic Terrorism….

Change is needed at every single level of our society. When I

talk about making America Great Again, I’m talking about

creating a future that includes each and every American. I

want the most inclusive, generous and prosperous society we

have ever had. The possibilities for our future are unlimited….

Most importantly, 2017 will be about unity. Once again, we

will be One American Nation. We Will Be One American

People. Just imagine what we can accomplish together if we

set aside our differences, and focus on what we have in

common as Americans. We will be one people, living under

One God, saluting one beautiful American Flag. We Will

Make America Proud Again. We Will Make America

Prosperous Again. We Will Make America Safe Again.

Friends and fellow citizens, We Will Make America Great

Again!”

50 YEARS OF DEVELOPING

LEADERS FOR A FREE SOCIETY

The current issue of The Fund for American Studies’

“Teaching Freedom News” reports on the organization’s 50th

anniversary celebration in September, which included a Gala

attended by 800 alumni and supporters, and a luncheon.

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This year, TFAS reached more than 1,750 college students

and young professionals throughout its various programs, and

they are joining a world-wide network of nearly 17,000

alumni who are making a difference in their communities and

throughout the world by upholding the values essential to the

preservation and success of a free society.

International programs include working with the Institute for

Leadership in the Americas (ILA), the Asia Institute for

Political Economy (AIPE), the American Institute on Political

and Economic Systems (AIPES), and the European

Journalism Institute (EJI).

At the TFAS Gala, its chairman for the evening, former

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, noted that when the

organization was founded, America was engaged in a struggle

against communism, and added, “Today, the battle of ideas

still divides our world, but we fight on. The future of our great

nation depends on our ability to prepare rising leaders to

defend and promote a free society.”

Democracy advocate and Russian former world chess

champion Garry Kasparov, who received the Walter Judd

Freedom Award at the Gala, said, “Young people, who are

born in America, who are born in freedom, often fail to value

these blessings, and your programs and events are so

important to ensuring that this isn’t the case.”

Stressing that destiny requires us to keep alive the American

experiment in liberty, TFAS President Roger Ream said,

“Freedom and free enterprise are threatened as never before

by an ever-growing government and a dangerous cultural

divide. We clash over the most basic values we once shared

– self-reliance, the rule of law, economic liberty and even

freedom of speech and of association. If we truly want our

Republic to survive, we must return to the principles that

animated the American founding and that can unite us as

Americans.”

At the earlier luncheon, U.S. Supreme Court Associate

Justice Neil Gorsuch said, “We may not notice it every day,

but what the Constitution calls our blessings of liberty are

everywhere about us. They are what allow over 300 million

Americans to go about their daily lives under the rule of law.”

For additional information, visit the website: www.tfas.org.

AUDACITY AND INHUMANITY

Here are this month’s examples:

--The jury in the sanctuary city of San Francisco, who found

illegal alien Jose Garcia Zarate not guilty of murdering Kate

Steinle, who died in her father’s arms after being shot. Garcia

Zarate had been deported from the United States five times,

but kept returning to sanctuary areas where local and state

authorities left him alone.

--MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough, for

referring to Republican members of Congress as “jackasses”

who are “trying to undermine the rule of law.” The legislators

were calling for former FBI Director Robert Mueller’s special

counsel division to be officially investigated itself for serious

conflicts of interest in its investigation of President Trump’s

alleged ties to the Russians.

--Congress’ Office of Compliance, which over the past 20

years secretly paid out $17.2 million of taxpayer money to

settle 264 complaints of sexual harassment and other

workplace violations on Capitol Hill.

--The Garden City, Kansas Community College booster club,

for ousting a 32-year member –74-year-old basketball fan Jim

Howard – because he went on the court and confronted a

member of the team for shooting hoops during the playing of

the national anthem. Howard said, “I told him if you don’t

respect the flag, get out of this gym. Get off the floor and get

out of the gym and he proceeded to tell me he didn’t have to.”

Ironically, a fan who was defending the national anthem was

threatened with disorderly conduct charges, while the player

who disrupted the national anthem was not.

--Democrat school board chairman Ryan Sawyers in Prince

William County, Virginia, not only for telling students they

are free to not stand for the national anthem and Pledge of

Allegiance, but also for calling President Trump a “bona fide

idiot” for supporting the pledge and anthem.

--Alleged comedienne Chelsea Handler, for several

unforgivable attacks on President Trump, his family, his

administration, his White House staff, and most recently, her

accusation that the president is responsible for starting the

devastating wildfires in California.

--City officials in Eatonville Florida, for what the

Fight4Freedom website calls “a gross miscarriage of justice”

– one of the first police officers to respond to the 2016 terrorist

attack at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, will soon lose

his job. The officer, Corporal Omar Delgado, has suffered

post-traumatic stress disorder since the attack, and despite

moving from patrol duty to a desk job, a doctor has concluded

that his condition renders him unfit to remain on the force.

Adding insult to injury, the hero police officer is being fired

just months before he would qualify for full pension benefits,

and rather than receiving 64 percent of his salary and benefits

for life, he will have to wait ten years and then only be eligible

for 42 percent.

--The leadership at the University of Minnesota, which says it

is “committed to an inclusive community” at the school,

where more than 300 religious or spiritual belief systems

exist, for deeming as “not appropriate” for public gatherings

or displays on campus such items as Christmas trees, Santa

Claus, Nativity scenes, Angels, Menorahs or dreidels, and

wrapped gifts or holiday colors. QUESTION: More than 300

belief systems? Wonder if worshipping witches and warlocks

count as one or two of them!

THIS AND THAT

DEFENSE BUDGET. On December 12, President Trump

signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act, the

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defense budget for 2018. The $700 billion budget includes a

pay raise for military personnel; increased Pentagon spending;

and the purchase of new military aircraft, ships, and vehicles,

including 90 Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets and 14 Navy

ships. Also included is $66 billion set aside for upgrades to

the nation’s missile defense system and overseas operations.

Trump said the legislation “represents a momentous step

toward rebuilding our military and securing the future for our

children.”

KIRSTJEN NIELSEN. The

Senate voted 62-37 on December

5 to confirm Kirstjen Nielsen as

the new Homeland Security

Secretary, replacing her former

boss, John Kelly, who now

serves as White House Chief of

Staff. Nielsen is a cybersecurity

expert who previously worked in

the George W. Bush

administration and at the Transportation Security

Administration. She subsequently served as Kelly’s chief of

staff at Homeland Security, and then as White House Deputy

Chief of Staff. Nielson now will be in charge of more than

240,000 employees at Homeland Security. Noting that a

border wall is more than just a physical barrier, she said, “It’s

really three components – it’s the physical barrier, it’s the

technology and then it’s the personnel.”

JEROME POWELL. President

Trump’s selection to be chairman

of the Federal Reserve, Jerome

Powell, said at his Senate

confirmation hearing on

November 28 that he would only

support raising interest rates at a

gradual pace. Powell, who was

appointed a governor of the Fed

by President Obama in 2012, and

who served as a Treasury

Department undersecretary during

the George W. Bush administration, expressed a desire for

“appropriate ways” to ease rules on banks. Trump said in

nominating him that he would be able to lead the Fed with

“sound monetary policy and prudent oversight,” and that he

had earned the respect and admiration of his colleagues for his

“hard work, expertise and sound judgment.” His nomination

was confirmed by the Senate 67-24.

BREC. At the combined meeting

and Christmas party of the Brevard

Republican Executive Committee

on December 13, BREC

Chairman Rick Lacey stressed to

the precinct committeemen and

committeewomen in attendance

that they must know their precincts

and work to deliver them in the

November 2018 midterm elections

in order to keep Brevard County red. While he said he was

ecstatic that Brevard County ranked Number 1 among

Florida’s 67 counties last month in the number of new

Republican voter registrations compared to the other party –

an overall gain of 340 registrations for the month – Lacey

noted that Democrats are strongly gearing up in the county, as

well as in the state and the country, to try to capture

Republican seats. District 53 State Representative Randy

Fine said that the way to win election and re-election is for

candidates to look out for the individual voter and not for

themselves. He said that cultural corrosion has set in at every

level of government, and “we have to watch out for ourselves

so we do not have it.” He challenged the BREC members to

be about making phone calls and knocking on doors. This is

the way the Democrats won key races in Virginia, Fine said,

“and our challenge is voter turnout for 2018” ….Maria

Hernandez and Brevard Public Defender Blaise Trettis

were named, respectively, as the BREC Committeewoman

and Committeeman of the Month….Nine new BREC

members were sworn-in….It was announced that the 2018

Lincoln-Reagan Dinner fundraiser will be held on February

24. Further details to come….A collection taken of the

membership to support homeless veterans in Brevard County

raised $660.

RONALD REAGAN CLUBS.

Gun expert and WWMB Radio

Shooting Straight host Royce

Bartlett, speaking at the Ronald

Reagan Clubs meeting in

Melbourne, Florida on November

27, stressed that the Second

Amendment is a right granted by

God, is not a privilege, and it is

not negotiable. “We do not

depend on the Bill of Rights, we

depend on the people,” he said,

adding that the people are the

militia that the Framers of the Constitution referred to.

“Everything is in the wording,” Bartlett said. He told the club

members that we have the responsibility to pass on a free state

to our children and grandchildren. The war for the Second

Amendment “will never end” because of progressives, he

said, but we will continue to fight because it is keeping us

vigilant “We cannot relax because every day some politicians

put forth an anti-Second Amendment bill,” Bartlett said. He

also expressed frustration that young people in school today

have no idea about the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

Discussing the non-profit lobbying organization Gun Owners

of America (GOA), Bartlett said it was formed in 1975 to

preserve and defend gun owner rights and has built a

nationwide network of attorneys to help fight court battles in

nearly every state of the nation. He urged club members to

consider joining GOA in its work with members of Congress,

state legislators and local citizens to protect gun ranges and

local gun clubs from closure by overzealous government anti-

gun bureaucrats. For additional information on Bartlett, visit

the website: www.wmmbam.iheart.com/featured/shooting-

straight-with-royce.

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NEW MILLENNIUM CONSERVATIVE CLUB. The

American Police Hall of Fame and Museum, says Tara Dixon

Engle, its director of strategic

development, provides college

scholarships to children of fallen

or disabled officers, and offers

grief counseling and medical aid.

Speaking to the New Millennium

Conservative Club on November

20, Engle said the organization,

which is based in Titusville,

Florida, also runs an indoor public

gun range that since 2003 has

hosted more than 160,000 shooting

enthusiasts. These people range from novices who have never

even held a gun to world renowned trainers, she said, urging

club members to stop in and see why experts say it’s one of

the best indoor ranges in the country. Engle added that the

American Federation of Police and Concerned Citizens,

which is one of the museum’s programs, has a program that

offers fallen officers’ children tuition to any summer camp of

their choice, and to date, hundreds of youngsters have taken

advantage of the program. With further support from major

donors, she said, AFP&CC hopes to increase the amount of

support available. Another AFP&CC program, she said, has

served over 50,000,000 Americans with tips on self-

protection, home security, vehicle safety, rape prevention and

more while continuing to assist family survivors. For more

information, visit the website: www.aphf.org.

BOB WHITE. Florida

gubernatorial candidate Bob

White, chairman of the

Republican Liberty Caucus in

the state, will hold a meet and

greet fundraiser at the American

Police Hall of Fame and

Museum shooting range in

Titusville from 4 to 6 pm on

January 20. Attendees who shoot

with White will have the

opportunity to enter a drawing to

win a Diamondback AR-10/.308 or a Ruger 10/22. The entry

fee includes 50 rounds of 9mm ammunition, two targets, and

use of a pistol or a submachine gun. Following the shooting

event, there will be a no-charge reception from 6 pm to 7:30

pm, and White is encouraging RLC members who do not

shoot to at least attend the reception. To RSVP, visit the

website: www.bobforflorida.com/on-target/.

ELBERT GUILLORY. “Liberalism,” says former

Louisiana State Senator Elbert Guillory, “has nearly

destroyed Black America, and now it is time for Black

America to return the favor.” He made national headlines in

2013 when he abandoned the Democrat Party – which he

called “the government plantation and party of

disappointment” – and finished his term of office as a

Republican. Guillory has now written a small booklet titled

“Little Book of Liberal Lies,” in which he exposes three lies

the left uses to enslave black

Americans. The lies are: 1) All

Republicans are racist; 2)

Democrats are champions of civil

liberties; and 3) The Democrats’

agenda is best for Black

Americans. He used photos and

commentary to refute all three, and

concludes that 1) the real home of

racism is the Democrat Party; 2)

the Republican Party is the real

party of Civil Rights; and 3) the Republican Party is the party

of freedom. For additional information, visit his website:

www.elbertguillory.com.

NO COMMON CORE. Administrators at a Naples, Florida

charter school – Mason Classical Academy – were not happy

with the way the Obama-endorsed Common Core program

deliberately dumbs down children and creates unnecessary

and complicated methods for working out relatively simply

problems. So, they dumped the program in favor of traditional

teaching. So, what was the result? According to government

statistics, Mason Classical Academy has jumped to the

number one position in Florida’s top schools list.

PROGRESSIVE THINKING. The leftist media has written

about a report released by the progressive Institute for Policy

Studies, which complains about income inequality and the

400 richest Americans. Ironically, the institute and the media

specifically called out the top three billionaires, who have

more wealth combined than the poorest half of the U.S.

population: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Amazon founder

and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos and Berkshire

Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett. Ironic, because the institute

and the media didn’t seem to realize one glaring fact – these

three CEOs are huge lefties.

AND PROGRESSIVE FUTURE. Conservatives, take note:

Last month, liberals and leftists gathered in Carlsbad,

California, for a four-day conference titled “Beyond

#Resistance: Reclaiming our Progressive Future.” Sponsored

by the donor network Democracy Alliance, it was for elite

members of the anti-Trump movement, and attendees were

asked to refrain from contacting the media or posting to social

media about what was taking place. A report said the purpose

of the conference was to “engage in diverging perspectives

connected to shaping political and policy transformation in

America.” Our “favorite” progressives listed as the main

attractions were none other than billionaire George Soros and

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.

OLD TIME MEDIA BIAS. After President Abraham

Lincoln delivered his iconic Gettysburg Address in 1863, the

Pennsylvania newspaper “The Patriot Newspaper” dismissed

the speech as “silly,” and wrote: “For the credit of the nation,

we are willing that the veil of oblivion shall be dropped over

them and that there shall be no more repeated or thought of."

Fast-forward 150 years, and the same newspaper, now known

as “The Patriot-News of Harrisburg,” finally issued the

following retraction: “Seven score and ten years ago, the

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forefathers of this media institution brought forth to this

audience a judgment so flawed, so tainted by hubris, so

lacking in the perspective history would bring, that it cannot

remain unaddressed in our archives."

WHAT COLOR IS YOUR UNIFORM? To set the stage,

former Brevard County Clerk of Court Mitch Needleman was

found guilty by a Seminole County jury on all counts of

bribery, bid tampering and official misconduct, stemming

from a contract he made with the BlueWare document

scanning company. But due to comments made after the trial

by one juror, the judge is planning to interview all of them to

see if there was any malfeasance. Meanwhile, the current

Clerk of Court, Scott Ellis, brought down the house at a recent

Ronald Reagan Clubs meeting by expressing disappointment

that no one at the trial took a picture of Needelman that could

have been used in this newsletter. Ellis explained that while

in Brevard County, regular prisoners wear orange uniforms,

mental cases wear yellow, and violent offenders are in red, in

Seminole County, officials had Needelman in blue wear!

EXPERTS’ EXCERPTS

Political analyst Steve

Feinstein, writing on President

Trump’s “crimes,” on

www.politicalderby.com:

“President Trump is

indisputably ‘guilty’ of many

crimes against the societal and

political norms of this country.

These crimes are profound and

grievous, and they shake the

very foundations upon which

acceptable presidential behavior

has always been based. His actions and demeanor are so

abhorrent and antithetical to the fundamental Progressive

doctrine espoused by the Democrat Party and their supporting

liberal media that his very presence in the Oval Office is

regarded by them as not merely an interim occupational tenure

by the opposing party, but as proof of a moment of temporary

national insanity from which we may never

recover…Accusation: Denying a Female Access to the

Highest Office. Verdict: Guilty…. Candidate Trump ignored

the directive that in 2016, America will elect its first woman

president…. Accusation: Recognizing the Average

American’s Desire for Strong Borders and Strict Immigration

Policy. Verdict: Guilty. Trump tapped into a strong national

craving for a return to immigration fairness and verifiable

national sovereignty…. The Big, Beautiful Trump Wall --

whether one looks at it metaphorically or literally – was a

recognition on his part of the concerns of the average citizen

for their government to put the American citizens’ needs and

concerns above those who break our laws and violate our

sovereignty. Accusation: Using the Military to Further

America’s National Interests. Verdict: Guilty. Unlike the

weak-willed Obama administration that drew lines in the sand

which were then washed away by the shifting winds of liberal

political expediency, Trump strongly punished the Assad

regime in Syria with a blunt, untelegraphed cruise missile

attack in retaliation for Assad’s repeated crimes against his

own people, while simultaneously putting the world on notice

that under a Trump administration, America will act

forcefully and swiftly—without warning—to protect its vital

interests….Additional ‘Crimes.’ There are certainly other

strong examples of President Trump’s transgressions: Being

in favor of American fossil fuel development and reinstating

the Keystone Pipeline…. The elimination of many anti-

business nanny-state regulations that were intended by Obama

to buy the voting affections of various Green and ‘Social

Justice’ lobbying groups. And of course, Trump’s shamefully

disrespectful, ‘unpresidential’ treatment of the liberal

mainstream media…If the radical-left wing of the Democrat

Party – whose thoughts and policies unquestionably represent

the mainstream positions of their party these days, make no

mistake – think that the likes of Elizabeth Warren, Kamala

Harris, Corey Booker, Bernie Sanders or former First Lady

Michelle Obama are going to woo those decisive voters back

into the touchy-feely, anti-business, globalist clutches of the

Democrat Party in 2020, they may be in for a very rude

awakening indeed. Sometimes, ‘crime’ pays.”

EDITOR’S NOTE: Readers were expected to peruse the

above article with their tongues planted firmly against their

cheeks.

Conservative columnist Sylvia Thompson, writing on

millionaire athletes and victimhood

on www.truthorfiction.com:

“I have had it up to the gills with

black people who embrace

victimhood. I also highly resent my

being expected to do the same in

order to affirm my ‘blackness.’

Black victims these days, for the

most part, are the product of

decades of Black Americans being

used primarily by white progressive

leftists to advance an anti-American

agenda. The current brouhaha surrounding the despicable

behavior of NFL athletes toward the National Anthem and the

American flag is a prime example of what the Left has done

to my race. One must assume these players and their guilt-

conflicted white coaches and owners (and victimhood-

inflicted black coaches) are being manipulated by the Left,

because no intelligent, thinking people would deliberately cut

themselves off at the knees. Essentially, what these young

misguided mostly black men are doing is ensuring the demise

of their lucrative paychecks. Further, I would wager that if

these teams consisted of all white athletes, none of this idiocy

would be allowed. We are witnessing this travesty because the

vast majority of players are black and can whine ‘oppression’

if appropriate action is taken against them for their

unconscionable behavior…. Black males bear the brunt of

police encounters because black males commit

disproportionately more crimes. Police encounters with black

men are so often confrontational because so many of these

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men, especially the young, don’t think ‘compliance ‘applies

to them. They foolishly assume they are above the law and

disrespect for police officers is an act of honor…. These

young blacks, sadly, took much of their direction from racists

Barack Obama and Eric Holder during Obama’s destructive,

eight-year regime and Holder’s corruption of the Justice

Department. These two men, abusing their federal powers,

gave young blacks the impression they need not heed the law,

because laws are somehow unjust when they are applied to

black Americans. The NFL lot, and any other athletes taking

a similar stance, are also influenced by Obama’s and Holder’s

disdain for law and law enforcement…. Although Obama and

Holder no longer wield power in this country, some of their

minions continue on the pernicious path of ‘paying back’

American whites for wrongs, real or imagined. But as the

saying goes, there is a new Sheriff in town and he is not guilt-

conflicted. He expects fair play under law and tolerating pay-

back is not part of his agenda. Black Americans, when they

break the law, can no longer claim victim status simply

because they are black. Those days are over.”

THOUGHTS TO PONDER

“Evil plotters who have no criminal record are going to be

able to buy guns, and they’re going to be able to pass

background checks, and their plots won’t be stopped by the

Brady Campaign or by liberal celebrity ‘consciousness

raising.’ Neither the liberal media nor Hollywood understand

this because they believe social utopia can be engineered by

government bureaucrats, whether it’s on gun policy or

controlling the entire planet’s weather (climate change).

Conservatives know better, as did the Founding Fathers.

Preserving their legacy and our rights is a constant struggle.”

--Media Research Center President Brent Bozell

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“President Trump’s proposed tax plan hasn’t even been

approved by Congress yet, but the Democrats are already

trying to thwart the plan by portraying it as a boon for the right

that betrays Trump’s campaign promises to fight for working

Americans. That will probably appeal to a lot of people

politically, but it’s illogical…. The top 50 percent pay 97.3

percent of our federal personal income taxes. Is it any wonder

that a national tax plan would favor the wealthy? They pay the

lion share of our income taxes and should rightly get the lion

share of tax breaks from any reasonable tax plan. Isn’t it time

to breathe some sensible logic into public discussions of our

federal income taxes?”

--Political analyst and author Don Gilleland

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“We have to look at the world as it is and not as we wish it to

be. We don’t allow political censorship, political correctness

to dilute our threat assessment. For eight years under Obama,

we weren’t allowed to talk about jihad. We weren’t allowed

to talk about the Islamic aspects of the ideology used by the

terrorists. That has changed the normal political filter of the

threat.”

--Former Deputy Assistant to the President Sebastian Gorka

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“Our country has become weak, and bankrupt. Our enemies

are making fun of us. We are being invaded by illegals. We

are becoming a nation of victims where every Tom, Ricardo

and Hassid is a special group with special rights to a point

where we don't even recognize the country we were born and

raised in, AND I JUST WANT IT FIXED."

--Texas entrepreneur and educator Donald R. “Dick” Ivey

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“I have nothing but disdain for politicians who put personal

gain above the good of the country. It’s called ‘public service’

for a reason. Too many times elected officials fall into the trap

of lobbyists and major donors, developing a quid pro quo

situation of give and take, all at the expense of the taxpayer.

These people should be put in jail, but they seldom are.”

--Musician and columnist Charlie Daniels

UPCOMING BREVARD COUNTY EVENTS

January 4 – Heritage Isle Republican Club meeting, Viera,

10 am.

January 8 – Brevard Federated Republican Women

meeting, Duran Golf Club, Viera, 11 am

January 8 – The Space Coast Patriots meeting, Merritt Island

Library, 6 pm.

January 10 – Brevard Republican Executive Committee

meeting, location to be determined, 7 pm.

January 11 – ACT! For America Space Coast Chapter

meeting, Government Complex Building C,

Viera, 6:30 pm.

January 16 -- North Brevard Republican Club meeting, Blue

Heron Restaurant, Great Outdoors, outside

Titusville, 7 pm.

January 18 – Republican Women’s Network of South

Brevard meeting, Eau Gallie Yacht Club,

11 am.

January 22 – Ronald Reagan Clubs, Frankie’s Wings and

Things, Melbourne, 7 pm.

January 24 – Space Coast Republican Club meeting, Red

Lobster, Merritt Island, 11 am.

NOTE: The Republican Liberty Caucus of Central East

Florida and the New Millennium Conservative Club will not

meet in January.

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COMICAL CLOSER

Here’s a letter for the ages:

Dear Boss,

I have enjoyed working here these past several years. You have paid me very well, given me benefits beyond belief. I have 3-4

months off per year and a pension plan that will pay my salary till the day I die and a health plan that most people can only dream

about. Despite this I plan to take the next 12-18 months to find a new position.

During this time, I will show up for work when it is convenient. In addition, I fully expect to draw my full salary and all the other

perks associated with my current job. Oh yeah, if my search for this new job proves fruitless, I will be back with no loss in pay or

status.

Before you say anything, remember that you have no choice in the matter. I can and will do this.

Sincerely,

Every Senator or Member of Congress running for President

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NO BORAX HERE!

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Stuart and Frank wish our readers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year