august 19 dinner topic is identity theft and...
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!!INSIDE THIS ISSUE ! President’s Message 2
Monthly Movie 2
Featured Photos 3
Club Calendar 3 ! RCR Leadership 3
New Members 3 ! Dinner Menu 4
August 19 Dinner Topic Is Identity Theft and Cyberscams
The Rossmoor Republican Seniors for a Government of Principle above Politics August 2014
A blue dinner reservation
form for the August 19th
dinner is included in this
issue. The form MUST be
received by noon, Thursday,
August 14th. Walk-Ins
cannot be accommodated.
Reservations are required
both for dinner and for
speaker only. Questions?
Call Susie White
Ambassadors Chair
937-0125
HEADS UP! NOW HEAR THIS!" Through the efforts of RCR Board member Clair Weenig, we have been able to book an extraordinary speaker for our September 2014 dinner event. He is the Director of Economics at a prestigious college in Michigan---a college that National Review has dubbed "the citadel of American conservatism." Complete information on our speaker will appear in September's newsletter. Our dinner meetings this year have been on the third Tuesday of each month---but September will be different. To accommodate our speaker's schedule, we will convene for our September dinner event on Wednesday, September 10.
!Patriotism
Across America
Deputy District Attorney Dodie Katague is an expert in the field of high tech and white collar crime. We are fortunate to have him as our dinner meeting speaker on August 19. A prosecutor for Contra Costa County since 1986, Mr. Katague has prosecuted high tech and white collar cases since 2000. Mr. Katague has authored legislation related to high tech issues and has testified in support of such legislation in behalf of the California District Attorney's Association. Enjoying a nationwide reputation within the law enforcement community for his expertise, Mr. Katague has lectured before the Northern California Computer Crimes Task Force, the Police Officer Standards and Training classes, and the Northern California Fraud Investigators Association. On the national level, he has lectured at the U.S. Secret Service's Identity Theft training in Washington D.C. and the National District Attorney's Association Identity Theft and Cybersleuth training. Mr. Katague is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and earned his law degree at King Hall School of Law at U.C. Davis. For anyone interested in identity theft and cybercrime, the August 19 dinner meeting promises to be an enlightening evening.
Dodie Katague
09.10.14
MacArthur Is Our August Movie
We will show the 1977 movie MacArthur at four p.m. Wednesday, August 20 at Peacock Hall. Gregory Peck stars as General Douglas MacArthur. This film encompasses MacArthur's escape to Australia, his return and liberation of the Philippines, the Japanese surrender and occupation, the Korean War, his removal by President Truman, and his return to the United States during the run-up to the 1952 presidential election. Rated PG, 2 hours and 10 minutes long, and shown with language captions. Additional information: John Littig, 256-8558.
!The Pew Research Center poll (June 27) reports 44% of Americans say they are “not proud of America.” Of those, 60% self-identify as liberal, 7% as conservative. In The Liberal Mind, the 16,000-word treatise by Lyle H. Rossiter, MD, a board-certified forensic psychiatrist, Dr. Rossiter diagnoses liberals with the mental disorder “transference neurosis.” National talk host Michael Savage, PhD, presents a similar view in Liberalism Is a Mental Disorder. Rational adults expect mentally ill and low-information voters to sing-song with the media and criticize the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq. But rational adults do not expect Republicans to stupidly join the Democrat sing-song as Senator Rand Paul and some others are doing. “Stupidly” is a crude adverb, but necessary to accurately describe the verb “join” with Barrack Obama. Senator Paul should know: “past is prologue.” The famed quotations from Shakespeare’s The Tempest is engraved on the National Archives Building in Washington, and is often used by the military in preparing battle plans. In Looking Back at Iraq historian Victor Davis Hanson of Stanford’s Hoover Institute reminds readers of four irrefutable facts: 1. In 1998, Democrat President Bill Clinton signed the Iraq Liberation Act calling for regime change. He said “My administration is compiling information of genocide and crimes against humanity by Iraq, and U.N. efforts to eliminate Iraq’s weapons and missile programs.”
2. In 2002, Democrats led by Biden, Clinton, Kerry, Pelosi, and Reid voted to remove Saddam Hussein by force. They had the same reports as President Bush from the Germans, French, British, and Israelis that Hussein used chemical and biological weapons (WMDs) against Iran, Kurds, Shiites, and Marsh Arabs, and also had a nascent nuclear program. 3. In 2003, a 48-nation “coalition of the willing” supported the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Moreover, the liberal NY Times editorial page columnist Thomas Friedman and the liberal Washington Post Associate Editor David Ignatius agreed---as did 70% of Americans. 4. In 2004-2007, the U.S. suffered over 4,000 war dead until the 2007-2008 surge by General Petraeus (opposed by the Democrats) curtailed losses. “An extraordinary achievement, Obama admitted of the “stable” and “self-reliant” Iraq he inherited. He then left, refusing to renew the 2008 status of forces agreement Bush had negotiated and the generals wanted. According to David Filkens of the New Yorker, every Iraqi political leader including Maliki told Obama: We want you to stay. We don’t want you to fight. We want 10,000 American troops inside the Green Zone training our army, giving us intelligence. We want you to stay. Obama pulled the troops out. Who lost Iraq? !
Some Repubs Join “Sing-Song” Chorus (sing-song: a verse with one rhythm and one rhyme)
by President Mike DeNunzio
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Board of Directors Elected Officers !Mike DeNunzio, President (415) 317-0155 !Pam Parsons, Vice President 831-1808 !Peggy Fryer, Secretary 947-5878 !Mary Hufford, Treasurer 979-9611
Directors Fran Cavenaugh, Director at Large 945-7211 !Tom Fryer, Publicity 945-5878 !Tom Hensley, Program 937-0605 !Vickie Hipkiss, Webmaster 933-5512 !John Littig Editor, The Republican 256-8558 !Devon Olson, Asst. Treasurer & Historian/By-Laws 943-7905 !Pam Parsons Publisher, The Republican 831-1808 !Jim Schenkel, Issues Committee 891-4225 !Clair Weenig, Director at Large 287-9795 !Susie White, Ambassadors 937-0125 !Carol Worthington, Membership 278-1388
Welcome New Members: !!Alexander & Slava Tetelbaum
Patricia Stehr Shirley Silva
Ambassadors: Monday, August 18, 11:00 am, Bunker Room, Creekside Dinner Meeting: Tuesday, August 19, 5:15 pm, Tahoe Room, Event Center Movie: Wednesday, August 20, 4:00 pm, Peacock Theatre, Gateway Issues Committee: Thursday, August 21, 2:00 pm, Ivy Room, Dollar Board Meeting: Tuesday, August 26, 1:30 pm, Bunker Room Room, Creekside Discussion Group: Wednesday, August 27, 2:00 pm, Echo Room, Event Center
Club Calendar
Join Our Club! !! Call Carol Worthington at 278-1388! Annual Membership Dues are!
$15 per person / $25 per household!
Featuring More of Our Ambassadors
Jan With Linda Siljestrom
Ruth Huffman Anna Mattos
Sigrid LottSheryl Morgan
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Dinner Meeting Buffet-Tuesday, August 19, 2014 Tahoe Room, Event Center
5:15 pm Social Time, 6:00 pm Dinner A HOSTED WINE AND BEER BAR WILL BE OPEN UNTIL 6:00 pm !
BUFFET MENU Southwestern Salad
Slow Roasted Hickory Rubbed Pork Ribs Sweet &Tangy Glazed Herb Rubbed BBQ Chicken
Cheddar & Provolone Scalloped Potatoes Veggie Medley w/Summer Squash & Sweet Red Onion Vegetarian Option: Seven Cheese Florentine Lasagna
Rolls with Butter !House Made Stuffed Cannoli Cookie
Decaf Coffee & Tea !Reservation Deadline: Noon on Thursday, August 14th
Reservation Questions: 937-0125
Republican Club of Rossmoor Gateway Complex Mail Box
1001 Golden Rain Road Walnut Creek, CA 94595
www.rossmoor-republicans.us
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H a p p y !S u m m e r
Your Club needs your support! On the reverse side of this insert is a list of groups and activities for which volunteer opportunities exist. Some of the Club members involved in these activities are wearing multiple hats. Some are stretched pretty thin. All of them could use some help, so please choose at least one activity in support of your Club. Select an opportunity that interests you from this yellow insert, and volunteer now.
!OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS
The Republican Club of Rossmoor Committee Directory – 2014
!Ambassadors: This group of member volunteers handles all the preparations prior to and during our monthly dinner meetings. This includes reservations, table decorations, bar tending and set-up, greeting and reception table, song leading, and raffle. Susie White is our Ambassadors Chair. To volunteer for Ambassadors, contact Susie at 937-0125 or at [email protected]. !Discussion Group: This committee offers a venue for members to discuss or just vent on issues without doing the research and writing required of the Issues Committee. The chair is Bob Randall, who can be reached at 937-2037. The group meets on the 4th Wednesday of the month at 2 p.m. in the Echo Room at the Event Center. !Issues Committee: This committee is an important political arm of our Club. Its members identify issues on which the Club should take a public position or an action, and recommend these to the Board. This committee is chaired by Jim Schenkel, who can be reached at 891-4225 or at [email protected]. The committee meets on the 3rd Thursday of the month at 2 p.m in the Ivy Room at the Dollar clubhouse. !Membership Directory: Each year Devon Olson spearheads the publication of our membership directory, which is sent to all members. This effort is time consuming and requires meticulous proof-reading. To help Devon, contact him at [email protected] or 943-7905. !Monthly Movie: Each month the Club selects and previews a conservative-themed movie, prepares flyers and news announcements inviting Rossmoor residents, and presents the movie at Peacock Hall. To help with this project contact John Littig at 256-8558 [email protected] or Pam Parsons at 831-1808, [email protected]. !Newsletter: Our communication lifeline is the monthly newsletter, “The Rossmoor Republican,” published by John Littig and Pam Parsons. John determines layout and content, writes articles, and edits the newsletter, while Pam does the publishing. To offer your help with getting the newsletter out in the mail every month, contact either John at 256-8558, [email protected] or Pam at 831-1808, [email protected] !Publicity: Our Publicity Chair, Tom Fryer, serves as the Club’s liaison with the Rossmoor News. He writes and submits announcements and articles publicizing Club events and activities. He maintains the RCR display case at the Gateway complex. To volunteer to help Tom, please call him at 947-5878. !Republican Perspective: Opinion articles written by Club members appear in the Rossmoor News under the Republican Perspective banner. If you have writing skills and would like to prepare opinion articles supporting Republican positions, contact John Littig at 256-8558 or at [email protected].