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A letter from the Chairman: $10 for 2010

November 2009

Subject: Participation in the Shelby County Republican Party

Fellow Shelby County Republicans:

Your Shelby County Republican Party (SCRP) is growing at an exciting rate, and we want you to become a more active participant.  The Commonwealth’s October voter-registration report reflects a total of 9,687 registered Republicans in Shelby County, which is a 230-person increase in just the past five months.  By comparison, during that same period, our opposition increased by only 31 people.  We are pleased that our growth is more than 700% of theirs, and we want to enlist your help in ensuring that this momentum leads our candidates to victory in the all-important 2010 elections. Read the entire letter.
2010

Jan. 30: Rand & Ron Paul Rally for Republicans 4-6 P.M. at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center, South Wing Entrance B. 937 Phillips Lane, Louisville; admission $25, kids free; for more info, click here.

Jan. 31: Reagan Rally for Conservatives, 6-8 P.M., Lexington Christian Academy, 450 W. Reynolds Rd., Lexington; admission free; speakers, Dr. Alan Keyes, Bill Johnson and others. For more info, email: danielle@kentuckybill.com.

Feb. 25: Shelby Co. GOP regular monthly meeting 7 P.M. at the Stratton Community Center, 215 Washington St. Open to all registered Republicans. For more info, please contact Chairman Jennifer Decker, 633-4925.

Feb. 26: Shelbyville Co. Lincoln Day Dinner, Claudia Sanders Dinner House, 3202 Shelbyville Rd., Shelbyville. For more information, contact Events Chair Janet Cuthrell at 609-7824.

Apr. 19: Last day to register to vote for the Primary

May. 18: Primary Election Day

Oct. 4: Last day to register to vote for the General Election

Nov. 2: General Election Day

A lesson in socialism (source unknown)

An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had once failed an entire class.

That class had insisted that socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer.

The professor then said, "OK, we will have an experiment in this class on socialism."

All grades would be averaged and everyone would receive the same grade so no one would fail and no one would receive an A. After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B. The students who had studied hard were upset, and the students who studied little were happy.

As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less, and those who had studied hard for the first test, decided they wanted a free ride too, so they studied less. The second test average was a D! No one was happy.

When the third test rolled around, the average was an F. The scores never increased as bickering, blame and name-calling all resulted in hard feelings, and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else.

All failed, to their great surprise, and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great, but when government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed.

Could not be any simpler than that.

Ryan: “This is Not About Health Care Policy. This is About Ideology”
2,034 page, $3 trillion health care overhaul passes House late Saturday night

from US Rep. Paul Ryan's website

... $3 Trillion Ten-year Price Tag. Proponents continue to tout a massive budget gimmick, using 10 years of revenues but only seven years of cost. Even with this timing trick, the CBO’s score of H.R. 3962 remains in excess of $1 trillion. Once the spending is fully phased in after 2014, its true cost exceeds $3 trillion over ten years. READ MORE

The scientist involved in deliberately deceiving the world on climate

by Dr. Tim Ball, CanadaFreePress.com

Tentacles of Climategate will reach far as information is divulged. People will rush to get on or off the bandwagon depending on their involvement. As a first hand observer, I must outline the history, identify the people involved and provide context.

... Santer was lead author of Chapter 8 for the 1995 IPCC Report and involved in the first major controversy. He altered contents of the Chapter so it agreed with the Summary for Policymakers (SPM) without consent of other authors. The emails show how the Reports similarly achieved political not scientific objectives. More

Climate change data dumped

TimesOnline.co.uk

SCIENTISTS at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have admitted throwing away much of the raw temperature data on which their predictions of global warming are based.

... Roger Pielke, professor of environmental studies at Colorado University, discovered data had been lost when he asked for original records. “The CRU is basically saying, ‘Trust us’. So much for settling questions and resolving debates with science,” he said. More

You will pay more: the real bottom line on Reid's health reform

NYPost.com

The Congressional Budget Office had more bad news on Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid's health-care bill this week -- even if some media outlets missed it.

CBO not only found that Reid's "reform" would hike premiums for millions of Americans who buy insurance in the non-group market, it noted other significant changes Reid would impose on the policies now held by millions more. More

ClimateGate smoking gun found

Newsbusters.org

As NewsBusters has been reporting since the ClimateGate scandal first broke last Friday, America's media have either been shamefully ignoring the sensitive information hacked from a British university's computer system or dishonestly telling the public there's nothing to it. ... Skimming through the often spaghetti-like code, ... many others fall into the precarious range between highly questionable ... to downright fraudulent ... . More

Baucus admits: Reid bill actually costs $2.5 trillion

The American Pundit

The Democratic health care reform proposal in the United States Senate will actually cost taxpayers $2.5 trillion over ten years. That much has now been admitted by the prominent Senator Max Baucus (D-Montana).

“Just for a second — health care reform, whether you use a ten-year number or when you start in 2010 or start in 2014, wherever you start at, so it is still either $1 trillion or it’s $2.5 trillion, depending on where you start…” More

Hornback to seek state senate seat

from SentinelNews.com

Shelby County agriculture leader Paul Hornback is seeking the state senate seat in District 20, which will be vacated by incumbent State Sen. Gary Tapp. ... He is a former president of the Council for Burley Tobacco and has held leadership positions in Kentucky Farm Bureau, the Kentucky Farm Service Agency and the Shelby County Fair Board. More

Montell to seek fifth term

SentinelNews.com

State Rep. Brad Montell (R-Shelbyville) is seeking his fifth term in the 58th District, which includes Shelby and Spencer counties.

He has served four consecutive terms and says he consistently has worked to limit government intrusion, to reduce spending and taxes and to maintain pro-family and pro-life values. More

Four officials jointly file to seek re-election in 2010

from SentinelNews.com

“We found out a long time ago that it’s a lot easier to work in collaboration with each other and better for the community, too. I think it sets an example for the rest of the state and the country that we can still recognize that there still is a strong two-party system in Shelby County but that you can work together for the good of the community.” More

Ruble files for re-election

from SentinelNews.com

Republican Allen Ruble has filed to run for a third term as Shelby County’s magistrate in District 3. ... Ruble says during his stint as a magistrate he has helped bring road improvements on Burks Branch, Fox Run and Clore Jackson, as well as a number of smaller improvements, such as a fire station in Chestnut Grove and helping to get a grant for a new animal shelter. More

Montell prefiles bill to create charter schools

from SentinelNews.com

"Charter schools are usually among the top performer in school districts," he said in a press release. "These high performers are setting important examples about what public schools can achieve, often with under-served students." ... Montell's bill would allow these schools, which would be called Public School Academies, as an alternative to traditional public schooling. More

The American form of Government

from www.wimp.com

Check out this EXCELLENT 10 min. video that clarifies republics vs democracies. More

 
Jennifer Decker, Chairman
502-633-4925

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