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I’m in a quandary. Why do some Americans think the complete abandonment of the
ideals our country was founded on is a good idea? Many people have concluded that
the education system is a big part of the issues we face. Yet teachers aren’t the prob-
lem. They only do what their union and districts tell them to do, so they can no longer
discipline misbehaving students, and everyone gets a “participation” trophy.
What better way to indoctrinate people than to “start ‘em young, and train ‘em right”?
I grew up with a lifelong love of learning with God and family as a base, morals, hones-
ty, compassion and the personal responsibility that all moms and dads used to impart
to their kids. Today, we have one parent “families”, baby daddies who walk away from
their obligations, rampant welfare, food stamps, etc. Take a child and teach that child
one set of facts. Make sure they are not capable of thinking for themselves. Fill that kid
with fear of the future. These things eat away at self-esteem and the determination to
live your best life. Neighborhood schools which fostered community awareness are a
thing of the past.
Political Power
O C T O B E R 2 0 1 9
In This
Issue
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Socialism & Education by Sally Gil-lies
Luncheon
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Socialism & Education cont.
New Head-quarters
Page 3 Club Info
“Need a Laugh!”
Page 4
Member-ship Drive
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Free Speech Rights by
Ellen Darden
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Republican Gathering
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My Genera-tion is Blind to the Pros-perity Around Us!
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Lincoln
Dinner
Cont. on pg.2
Reservations Required by Monday Oct. 7th, 2019
Email Marianna Machacek at [email protected]
or Call Martha Ann Sibley at (386) 576-6180 (Leave voice message)
A reservation made—is a reservation paid
Socialism and Education, by Sally Gillies
Luncheon / Meeting
Thursday, Oct. 10th, 2019 11:45AM / $20
Smyrna Yacht Club, 1201 S. Riverside Drive
The Republican Club of Southeast Volusia
County is proud to present:
TOM WRIGHT
OUR FLORIDA STATE SENATOR
Trump hats and banners will be on
display and
available for
donations only
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In the late fifties a movement began to introduce a new concept for our society. Socialism means We the
People cede all rights to the government. At its worst, it destroys whole nations, cripples economies, and
quashes innovation because everyone is brought down to the same level, except the elites running the gov-
ernment. Can you imagine your doctor receiving a salary equal to a garbage truck driver? I’m not exaggerating;
look at Cuba and Venezuela as examples of once-thriving economies that cannot sustain their own people.
Sixteen-year-old Greta Thunberg is now the poster child for the eco-maniacs touting the “Green New
Deal” as the answer to all our problems. She spouted off in the U.S. Congress and United Nations, giving
everyone a dose of nonsense as if she understood what she was talking about. She angrily tore into any-
one not abandoning fossil fuels for “environmentally safe” fuel. Those wind farms aren’t made out of
plastic. Ore is mined, steel is made, trucks are driven and not much carbon is saved. Audubon estimates
wind turbines kill an estimated 140,000 to 328,000 birds each year. How is that better? And what about
India and China; I don’t think they are willing to damage their economies by making carbon emissions
their focus.
Capitalism grew American into the powerhouse it is today. Socialism has failed in every country where
leaders took too much power from the people.
What can we do about this? Speak up and speak out. If you have grandchildren, they still have a chance
to excel if we halt the insanity of socialism. If we do nothing, within 20-30 years it will be too late, and all
will be lost.
Author Sally Gillies, Ormond Beach, has been heavily involved in the Republican Party since 1985. She ran
for public office three times (that’s another story), has been a member of RCSVC and many local Republi-
can Clubs.
Socialism and Education…. cont.
Our new Headquarters is located at 509 Canal St. in New Smyrna Beach and will be opening on
the 12th of OCTOBER. Our hours will be decided as we get closer to 2020...But as for now, we will be
open and getting things set up—LOTS OF PARKING IN BACK OF HEADQUARTERS
IF THE BACK DOOR IS OPEN—WE ARE OPEN!
If any members would like to plan on working 2 to 3 hours per week, let us hear from you by calling our
club (386) 957-7021 (leave a message if no one answers) or just visit the headquarters and sign up. We
will train you as to how to use our computer, helping with registration, selling Trump articles, and dis-
tributing Republican material. We would love to have enough well-trained volunteers to be open at least
6 to 8 hours a day. But never on Sunday, unless we are having a special event.
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RCSVC newsletter produced and edited
by Jeanne Eader and Ellen Darden.
Distributed by Marianna Machacek and Martha Ann Sibley.
Special thanks to our contributors.
Mail: PO Box 243 New Smyrna Beach, FL 32170
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (386) 957-7021
Website: www.republicanclubsevolusia
Committee Chairs
Email Coordinator: Marianna Machacek Newsletter & Website: Jeanne Eader & Ellen Darden Military Coordinator: Bob McKeen Membership: Kathy & Rick Stearns Audit: Gloria Boudreau Office Manager: Martha Sibley Scholarship: Steve & Emily Kundrat Ground Game Coordinators: Ken Jackson & Gordon Meyer Social Secretary: Judy Land Publicity: Rita Jordan
OFFICERS
President: Kaye Walker [email protected] (386) 846-8755 Vice President: John Franks [email protected] (386) 427-8945 Treasurer: Ted Land [email protected] (386) 490-7337 Secretary: Afien Casey [email protected] (407) 721-5365
FL Comm. Man—Vic Baker— [email protected]
FL Comm. Woman—Dana Dougherty—[email protected]
VISIT OUR WEBSITE
Republicanclubsevolusia.com
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The Republican Club of SE Volusia
Membership Drive Winners will be announced at this month’s luncheon on
Thursday, October 10th, 2019
Rick and Kathy Stearns—Membership Chairmen
Support RCSVC
With Your 2019 Membership!
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Support for Free Speech Rights Comes from a Brick
By Ellen Darden
Afien Casey, Secretary of the Republican Club of Southeast Volusia County, did what hundreds of other resi-
dents of-- and visitors to -- New Smyrna Beach have for many years. She purchased a brick paver to be
placed on the sidewalks of Flagler Avenue. Like so many before, she wished to express a sentiment that
showed how close she and her great-grandson Brandon were.
The bricks are inscribed with a wide variety of names, dates of special occasions, and the purchasers’ person-
al messages. When Afien purchased and had the brick inscribed and installed over a year ago, no questions
were raised. She received no guidelines or information about restrictions. She and Brandon, who calls her
Oma, selected their message:
After a year of no negative comments and presumably lots of smiles and/or expectations of freedom of
speech, one local noticed it with umbrage, photographed it, posted the picture on social media and set off
massive outrage! This firestorm was answered with an outpouring of critical media reports and interviews,
along with incredible support from believers in the sentiment expressed and Constitutional Rights.
Based on the publicity and opposing sentiments, the Flagler Avenue Merchants Association ordered that the
object of contention be dug up and replaced with a blank brick. This authoritarian decision further fueled the
fire, and demands for free exercise of speech eventually won the day. On Friday, September 14, 2019, at
5:30 p.m., the original brick was put back where it belonged in a quickly arranged ceremony that included
Afien Casey, her family, friends and many of her supporters.
Justice was served, and the curious may view the baked lump of clay with its original inscription in the side-
walk in front of Jewelry of Joy at Flagler Avenue.
OUR
“Freedom of Speech”
Heroes
BRANDON & OMA
Pretty Radical ???!!!???
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LOCATION: “Springhill Suites by Marriott”, 512 Flagler Ave., NSB
DATE: Tuesday —October 22, 2019
TIME: 6:00 PM—7:30 PM
Cash bar in hotel lobby at 5:30 with Happy Hour priced wine and beer—Free Snacks and water provided in meeting room
SPEAKERS
Webster Barnaby,
Topic: School Choice—Endangered in 2020
Charter Schools vs Education Unions
Stan Escudero, Ambassador
Topic: Federal, State & Local Political Scene
RSVP
Email at [email protected] or call (386) 957-7021 and leave a message
Free parking after 5pm at Ester Park 1/2 mile north of hotel
Future Dates:
Monday, November 18th
Monday, January 20th
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This article was written by a 26 yr old college student by the name of Alyssa Ahlgren, who's in grad school for her MBA. What a GREAT perspective…
My Generation is Blind to the Prosperity Around Us!
I'm sitting in a small coffee shop near Nokomis (Florida) trying to think of what to write about. I scroll through my newsfeed on my phone looking at the latest headlines of presidential candidates calling for policies to "fix" the so-called injustices of capitalism. I put my phone down and continue to look around.
I see people talking freely, working on their MacBook's, ordering the food they get in an instant, seeing cars go by outside, and it dawned on me. We live in the most privileged time in the most prosperous na-tion and we've become completely blind to it.
Vehicles, food, technology, freedom to associate with whom we choose. These things are so ingrained in our American way of life we don't give them a second thought.
We are so well off here in the United States that our poverty line begins 31 times above the global aver-age. Thirty-One Times!!!
Virtually no one in the United States is considered poor by global standards. Yet, in a time where we can order a product off Amazon with one click and have it at our doorstep the next day, we are unapprecia-tive, unsatisfied, and ungrateful. ??
My generation has only seen prosperity. We have no contrast. We didn't live in the great depression or live through two world wars, the Korean War, The Vietnam War or we didn't see the rise and fall of so-cialism and communism.
We don't know what it's like to live without the internet, without cars, without smartphones. We don't have a lack of prosperity problem. We have an entitlement problem, an ungratefulness problem, and it's spreading like a plague."
Copy and paste
this URL to find the answer
https://stream.org/3-reasons-why-so-many-millennials-love-socialism/
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