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But above all, enjoy your time with us! I expect that more than a few hard-and-fast friendships will be forged here.
John Glenn School of Public Affairs public policy
programs scheduled
The John Glenn School of Public Affairs will present three in-depth
public policy programs this month:
Civility in Politics,
4:30 p.m.
Thursday (4/15) in the Page Hall Policy Forum, a moderated
conversation
with former Ohio Republican Party Chair Bob Bennett and Representative
Ted Celeste; Perspectives on Health Care Reform from Senator Thomas
Daschle at 4 p.m. Tuesday (4/27); and just announced, In
Conversation
with Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, at 4 p.m. Wednesday (4/28) in
the
Ohio Union Performance Hall. All are free and open to the public, but
seats are filling quickly. Contact: Laura Sipe, Events Manager, at mailto:sipe.9@osu.edu. Details and
RSVP: http://glenn.osu.edu/
Rep. Steve King from Iowa states in an interview with Glenn Beck
that he believes if people come in droves to the Capitol to see
their representative, that Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats will have
to capitulate and we can defeat this Health Care Bill. They would
like for people to go ahead and come up as soon as possible, but King says
it needs to reach a “crescendo” on Saturday at noon. He encourages
people to be respectful but to go see your Rep and ask them not to
vote for this HCR bill. If they get the requested permits, it sounds
COLUMBUS
Total cost is $190. $100 bus ticket, plus
$90 cash to cover Sat. night hotel and meals there and back.
Press
"BUY BUS TICKET NOW" button to purchase $100 bus ticket
Depart Friday Night (3/19),
return on either late Saturday (early Sunday) or Sunday (early Monday)
depending on DC events.
Bus departs and returns to Columbus.
More
details will be posted soon
We will be meeting at 830pm at 1399
Stelzer Rd Columbus (fast track parking lot airport) departing at 10pm.
- 6am Breakfast at Golden Coral in MD cost $14 pp - 8am arrive
D.C. - Noon Rally - 5pm Meet at Union Station at monument depart
for hotel - 6pm arrive hotel - 8am meet at buses to go back to
D.C. if there is an event on Sunday, or to go back to Ohio if there is
not.
If there is an event on Sunday we will be departing
Union Station monument at 4pm. to come home.
We will stop for
dinner at Golden Coral cost $14 pp.
Everyone should bring a
backpack with food and drinks enough for both rallies. Also have an ID
with you if you plan to go into Congress.
Hotel- $60 Per
Person (double Occ.)
Please have cash on hand for Hotel and food,
it will be collected at departure.
Brandon Coffey Founder
WALNUT (Workers Against Lazy Non-producers United Together) "Man
is not free unless government is limited" 937-265-1026 walnut@freedomnuts.org
www.freedomnuts.org
Ron Paul, Judge Napolitano, and Freedom Watch Coming to OSU!
Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano, Followed by a Speech
by Ron Paul
When: Monday, March 8th. Time: 7:00PM (doors open at 6:15pm) Where: Newport Music Hall, Columbus OH Cost: FREE and open to the public
It’s
time to take the tea party movement directly to Washington, D.C. Please
join thousands of local organizers and grassroots Americans from across
the country as we gather in our nation’s capital to deliver a message
to the politicians: Enough!
We’ve had enough of the out of
control spending, the bailouts, the growth of big government and the
soaring deficits. And we reject the future tax increases to pay for all
of this spending and debt down the road. We are gathering on 9-12-2009
to deliver our message in person that we’ve had enough!
Bring links to YouTube videos that you want to share. They can be
educational, political, entertaining, or just off-beat. Nothing graphic
or beyond an "R" rating.
If the turn out is large, we may have a time limit.
Conservative Movie Night: Expelled; No Intelligence Allowed
The Conservative Lecture series continues with a brief presentation on
"Big Numbers, Probability, and the Origin of Life" and then we will
watch the movie. We will then finish with an open discussion.
Are you interested in getting on your party's' Central committee?? Here is a chance to learn how!
Invitation to attend the “Return Integrity to Politics” Meet-Up
One
question is repeatedly raised every time we give an event, “what can we
do.” I think I have the answer to that question, and a way to focus
some of our energy to gain the greatest political bang for the buck.
Regardless
whether you are Republican, Democrat or Libertarian, I think we can all
agree our elected officials need to be held to the highest standard of
integrity. Unfortunately, a recent letter to the editor highlighted
just how far we are from reaching that goal. In this letter, Phil
Harmon (political insider turned whistleblower) exposes: 1) Political collusion between the parties 2) Election rigging/fixing 3) Nepotism 4) Corruption including judges and party officials 5) Voter disenfranchisement by robbing them of viable candidates and options
If
we really want to make a difference, the easiest and most direct route
is to take back the Central Committees of the parties. It only takes 5
signatures to get on the ballot, and often only takes a couple hundred
votes to win an election.
What? We will watch and discuss the documentary Indoctrinate U by Evan Coyne Maloney
"A
hard-hitting yet humorous expose of the breathtaking abuses of power in
higher ed. Evan Coyne Maloney's "Indoctrinate U" shows what you won't
see in the glossy marketing brochures of American colleges and
universities.
When unsuspecting students and
professors run afoul of the campus thought police, the results would
make for great comic farce--if real careers weren't at stake."
What? The Conservative Lecture series continued with a “debate” on The Flat Tax vs. The Fair Tax.
Our
current tax system is clearly the wrong way to go. Our friends John
Herrington and Bob Wagner will go head-to-head to discuss the merits
and drawbacks of each. We will end with a question and answer period
afterward.
The April 15th tea parties were a complete success! Best estimates place the crowd size at 7,500 people in Columbus alone. Success was just as great in hundreds of other cities across the country.
"Fun with Guns" day at the Delaware Wildlife Area Shooting Range! One of CTH's favorite events. Education, shooting and safe gun handling, pistol, Rifle and hand-thrown trap.
April 14: Crucial Conversations at the Worthington Library: "Green Revolution"
"Crucial Conversations" is a monthly open discussion of important issues held by the Worthington library system. This time, the topic is "the strategies and policies needed to make a significant 'green' change."
March 25: Dirk Thompson / Columbus Townhall Hunt For the Truth Lecture Series Event
The gathering was a resounding success! By all accounts, at least 800 people attended the gathering of citizens who are standing up to Washington on the afternoon of Friday, March 13th.
This is the beginning of a massive, grassroots movement to make our voices heard. Watch for news on our next meeting!
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