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| Nov 11 6:30 PM |
71 attended (est.) –
You’re invited!: Townhall Meetup, Chicago, Wednesday, November, 2009 (Second WEDNESDAY) Topic: Alinsky for Dummies Speaker: Joseph A. Morris Please read Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals by Saul Alinsky is on many peoples’ minds these days. Examples include: ACORN, SEIU, Czars, the government’s demonization of opponents (both individual Americans and private enterprises), actors conducting illegitimate press conferences to forward the big and bigger government (less freedom) agenda, government officials illegally accessing private information of US citizens, voter intimidation, voter registration fraud, etc. Could all of this be an outgrowth of Saul Alinsky’s ideas? Come find out. Before you come, visit: www.nea.org/tools/17 Joseph A. Morris is a Chicago attorney who served under President Reagan as Chief of Staff and General Counsel of the U.S. Information Agency, as a delegate to the U.N. Commission on Human Rights, and as Assistant Attorney General. He is Director of the American Conservative Union and has been the Chairman and President of the United Republican Fund of Illinois. A frequent lecturer and debater, he has appeared on such national and local television and radio programs as ABC’s “Good Morning America”, NBC’s “Nightly News”, the syndicated “Entertainment Tonight”, CNN’s “Day Watch” and “Crossfire”, C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal, and WTTW-TV’s “Chicago Tonight. Time: 6:30 pm cocktails and/or dinner and networking COST: The Lincoln Restaurant requires a minimum order from each person of $5.00 to secure our private room. A suggested donation of $3.00 would also be greatly appreciated. All donations cover the costs of holding each meeting such as handouts, nametags, door prizes, PR, etc. ****** DOOR PRIZES !!! FOR EARLY ARRIVALS ****** Please arrive before 7:15 PM, so we can start and respect those who are on time. Keep all communications as constructive / positive as possible (for face to face as well as electronic communication). For example, if you want to highlight a problem, challenge, obstacle to freedom and liberty, please suggest possible solutions and, better yet, actions you are personally willing to take to address the challenge. Thank you for your cooperation. ******************** “How can limited government and fiscal restraint be equated with lack of compassion for the poor? How can a tax break that puts a little more money in the weekly paychecks of working people be seen as an attack on the needy? Since when do we in America believe that our society is made up of two diametrically opposed classes – one rich, one poor – both in a permanent state of conflict and neither side able to get ahead except at the expense of the other? Since when do we in America accept this alien and discredited theory of social and class warfare? Since when do we in America endorse the politics of envy and division.” – Ronald Reagan 1982 (pg. 197 in Liberty and Tyranny by Mark Levin - over 7 months on the New York Times Bestseller List, sshhhh, don’t tell anybody in the ostrich media) We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing. With some the word liberty may mean for each man to do as he pleases with himself, and the product of his labor; while with others, the same word may mean for some men to do as they please with other men, and the product of other men’s labor. Here are two, not only different, but incompatible things, called by the same name – liberty. And it follows that each of the things is, by the respective parties, called by two different and incompatible names – liberty and tyranny.” – Abraham Lincoln 1864 Is there anyone less liberal than a “liberal” (aka statist) facing opposing opinion??? - anonymous -------------------- Disclaimer: No TelePromTers ® (or Autocues) were used in the preparation or dissemination of this communication. |
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| Oct 14 6:30 PM |
42 attended (est.) –
You’re invited!: Townhall Meetup, Chicago, Wednesday, October 14, 2009 (Second WEDNESDAY) Topic: We Came to the U.S. for This?!!! Panel discussion with American immigrants from Socialist and Communist countries who will share their experience with the outcome of government "help." The panel of four will include people from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Denmark. For introduction to this topic, listen to the first 4 minutes of the introduction to Whatever Happened to Free Enterprise? (an address by Ronald Reagan 1977) or read the second paragraph at the link below: A Tale of Two Revolutions: The War of Ideas & the Tragedy of the Unconstrained Vision ******************** Time: 6:30 pm cocktails and/or dinner and networking COST: The Lincoln Restaurant requires a minimum order from each person of $5.00 to secure our private room. A suggested donation of $3.00 would also be greatly appreciated. All donations cover the costs of holding each meeting such as handouts, nametags, door prizes, PR, etc. ****** DOOR PRIZES !!! FOR EARLY ARRIVALS ****** Please arrive before 7:15 PM, so we can start and respect those who are on time. Keep all communications as constructive / positive as possible (for face to face as well as electronic communication). For example, if you want to highlight a problem, challenge, obstacle to freedom and liberty, please suggest possible solutions and, better yet, actions you are personally willing to take to address the challenge. Thank you for your cooperation. ******************** “How can limited government and fiscal restraint be equated with lack of compassion for the poor? How can a tax break that puts a little more money in the weekly paychecks of working people be seen as an attack on the needy? Since when do we in America believe that our society is made up of two diametrically opposed classes – one rich, one poor – both in a permanent state of conflict and neither side able to get ahead except at the expense of the other? Since when do we in America accept this alien and discredited theory of social and class warfare? Since when do we in America endorse the politics of envy and division.” – Ronald Reagan 1982 (pg. 197 in Liberty and Tyranny by Mark Levin - over 6 months on the New York Times Bestseller List, sshhhh, don’t tell anybody in the ostrich media) We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing. With some the word liberty may mean for each man to do as he pleases with himself, and the product of his labor; while with others, the same word may mean for some men to do as they please with other men, and the product of other men’s labor. Here are two, not only different, but incompatible things, called by the same name – liberty. And it follows that each of the things is, by the respective parties, called by two different and incompatible names – liberty and tyranny.” – Abraham Lincoln 1864 Is there anyone less liberal than a “liberal” (aka statist) facing opposing opinion??? - anonymous -------------------- Disclaimer: No TelePromTers ® (or Autocues) were used in the preparation or dissemination of this communication. |
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| Sep 9 6:15 PM |
27 attended (est.) –
You’re invited!: Townhall Meetup, Chicago, Wednesday, September 9, 2009 (Second WEDNESDAY) Topic: In the Face of Evil: Reagan's War in Word and Deed In the Face of Evil: Reagan’s War in Word and Deed is an uncompromising look at leadership and moral courage. The film tells the story of one man’s journey through the heart of darkness – a journey that changed the nation and the world. Based on Reagan’s War, Peter Schweizer’s acclaimed best seller, In the Face of Evil chronicles the brutal conflict between totalitarianism and freedom as seen through Ronald Reagan’s forty-year confrontation with Soviet Communism. In the words of Ed Meese, Ronald Reagan is known by many as the great communicator; he is also known as the great liberator. Yes, Ronald Reagan is dead and there is nothing outdated about civilization’s ongoing struggle between freedom and totalitarianism, and the need for principled leadership grounded with moral courage. Time: 6:30 pm cocktails and/or dinner and networking COST: The Lincoln Restaurant requires a minimum order from each person of $5.00 to secure our private room. A suggested donation of $3.00 would also be greatly appreciated. All donations cover the costs of holding each meeting such as handouts, nametags, door prizes, PR, etc. ****** DOOR PRIZES !!! FOR EARLY ARRIVALS ****** Please arrive before 7:15 PM, so we can start and respect those who are on time. Keep all communications as constructive / positive as possible (for face to face as well as electronic communication). For example, if you want to highlight a problem, challenge, obstacle to freedom and liberty, please suggest possible solutions and, better yet, actions you are personally willing to take to address the challenge. Thank you for your cooperation. ******************** “How can limited government and fiscal restraint be equated with lack of compassion for the poor? How can a tax break that puts a little more money in the weekly paychecks of working people be seen as an attack on the needy? Since when do we in America believe that our society is made up of two diametrically opposed classes – one rich, one poor – both in a permanent state of conflict and neither side able to get ahead except at the expense of the other? Since when do we in America accept this alien and discredited theory of social and class warfare? Since when do we in America endorse the politics of envy and division.” – Ronald Reagan 1982 (pg. 197 in Liberty and Tyranny by Mark Levin) We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing. With some the word liberty may mean for each man to do as he pleases with himself, and the product of his labor; while with others, the same word may mean for some men to do as they please with other men, and the product of other men’s labor. Here are two, not only different, but incompatible things, called by the same name – liberty. And it follows that each of the things is, by the respective parties, called by two different and incompatible names – liberty and tyranny.” – Abraham Lincoln 1864 Is there anyone less “liberal” than a “liberal” facing opposing opinion??? - anonymous -------------------- Disclaimer: No TelePromTers ® (or Autocues) were used in the preparation or dissemination of this communication. |
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| Aug 19 6:30 PM |
31 attended (est.) –
You’re invited!: Townhall Meetup, Chicago, Wednesday, August 19, 2009 Topic: Public Participation in the Health Care Debate Speaker: Joel Pollak Joel Pollak was born in South Africa and raised in Skokie, Illinois. He graduated from Harvard College in 1999 and returned to South Africa as a Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar in 2000. He recently graduated from Harvard Law School, where he helped Alan Dershowitz debate Jimmy Carter, and challenged Barney Frank on his role in the financial crisis - (there is also youtube video of the exchange) He will soon begin work as a human rights lawyer with the Hudson Institute, and has recently released a book on the 2008 elections: “Don’t Tell Me Words Don’t Matter: How Rhetoric Won the 2008 Presidential Election.” - ******************** Time: 6:30 pm cocktails and/or dinner & networking COST: The Lincoln Restaurant requires a minimum order from each person of $5.00 to secure our private room. A suggested donation of $3.00 would also be greatly appreciated. All donations cover the costs of holding each meeting such as handouts, nametags, door prizes, PR, etc. ****** DOOR PRIZES !!! FOR EARLY ARRIVALS ****** Please arrive before 7:30 PM, so we can start and respect those who are on time. Keep all communications as constructive / positive as possible (for face to face as well as electronic communication). For example, if you want to highlight a problem, challenge, obstacle to freedom and liberty, please suggest possible solutions and, better yet, actions you are personally willing to take to address the challenge. Thank you for your cooperation. ******************** “How can limited government and fiscal restraint be equated with lack of compassion for the poor? How can a tax break that puts a little more money in the weekly paychecks of working people be seen as an attack on the needy? Since when do we in America believe that our society is made up of two diametrically opposed classes – one rich, one poor – both in a permanent state of conflict and neither side able to get ahead except at the expense of the other? Since when do we in America accept this alien and discredited theory of social and class warfare? Since when do we in America endorse the politics of envy and division.” – Ronald Reagan 1982 (pg. 197 in Liberty and Tyranny by Mark Levin) We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing. With some the word liberty may mean for each man to do as he pleases with himself, and the product of his labor; while with others, the same word may mean for some men to do as they please with other men, and the product of other men’s labor. Here are two, not only different, but incompatible things, called by the same name – liberty. And it follows that each of the things is, by the respective parties, called by two different and incompatible names – liberty and tyranny.” – Abraham Lincoln 1864 -------------------- Disclaimer: No TelePromTers ® (or Autocues) were used in the preparation or dissemination of this communication. |
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| Jul 14 6:30 PM |
39 attended (est.) –
slight change in timing You’re invited!: Townhall Meeting, Chicago, Tuesday, July 14, 2009 (Second Tuesday) Topic: 33 Minutes: Protecting America in the New Missile Age 33 Minutes: Protecting America in the New Missile Age is a documentary produced by The Heritage Foundation that tells the story of the very real threat foreign enemies pose to every one of us. The truth is brutal – no matter where on Earth a missile is launched from, it would take 33 minutes or less to hit the U.S. target it was programmed to destroy. Despite this present and growing danger, our government has failed to build the missile defense systems capable of defending us against attacks. Featuring rare footage and in-depth interviews with leading experts in the field, 33 minutes is part of The Heritage Foundation’s Protect America initiative to explain to every mom, dad, and citizen in our great country just how vulnerable we really are – and what we can do about it. www.33minutes.com ******************** Time: 6:30 pm cocktails and/or dinner & networking COST: The Lincoln Restaurant requires a minimum order from each person of $5.00 to secure our private room. A suggested donation of $3.00 would also be greatly appreciated. All donations cover the costs of holding each meeting such as handouts, nametags, door prizes, PR, etc. ****** DOOR PRIZES !!! FOR EARLY ARRIVALS ****** Please arrive before 7:30 PM, so we can start and respect those who are on time. Keep all communications as constructive / positive as possible (for face to face as well as electronic communication). For example, if you want to highlight a problem, challenge, obstacle to freedom and liberty, please suggest possible solutions and, better yet, actions you are personally willing to take to address the challenge. Thank you for your cooperation. ******************** “How can limited government and fiscal restraint be equated with lack of compassion for the poor? How can a tax break that puts a little more money in the weekly paychecks of working people be seen as an attack on the needy? Since when do we in America believe that our society is made up of two diametrically opposed classes – one rich, one poor – both in a permanent state of conflict and neither side able to get ahead except at the expense of the other? Since when do we in America accept this alien and discredited theory of social and class warfare? Since when do we in America endorse the politics of envy and division.” – Ronald Reagan 1982 (pg. 197 in Liberty and Tyranny by Mark Levin) www.reagan.utexas.ed |
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| Jun 9 6:30 PM |
41 attended (est.) –
update: Last month's speakers, Ryan McLaughlin and Paul Caprio have agreed to come back this Tuesday for a very quick recap of the Illinois legislative session. We achieved some victories in Springfield...at least for now. But the IL Legislatue is still in (overtime) session so our freedoms are still at risk. - Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty - Wendell Phillips You’re invited!: Townhall Meeting, Chicago, Tuesday, June 9, 2009 (Second Tuesday) Topic: Ronald Reagan: Rendezvous with Destiny Ronald Reagan saw America as a special place, a shining city on a hill, and as a beacon of freedom to the rest of the world. The film looks at where Reagan’s core values came from – at his roots in Tampico and Dixon, Illinois, and follows his path to Hollywood to the Governor’s mansion in Sacramento, CA. At a time when US / Soviet relations were thought to be unchangeable, that the Cold War would continue in perpetuity, Reagan saw the Soviet system as “an evil empire” of totalitarianism and a lack of basic freedoms. Reagan virtually alone, predicted the Soviet Union would end up on “the ash heap of history.” He was right. The world changed, the walls came down, and Reagan was one of the driving forces for the liberation of millions in Eastern Europe. (In the words of Ed Meese, Ronald Reagan is known by many as the great communicator; he is also the great liberator.) www.citizensunited.o Time: 6:30 pm cocktails and/or dinner & networking COST: The Lincoln Restaurant requires a minimum order from each person of $5.00 to secure our private room. A suggested donation of $3.00 would also be greatly appreciated. All donations cover the costs of holding each meeting such as handouts, nametags, door prizes, PR, etc. ****** DOOR PRIZES !!! FOR EARLY ARRIVALS ****** Please arrive before 7:30 PM, so we can start and respect those who are on time. Keep all communications as constructive / positive as possible (for face to face as well as electronic communication). For example, if you want to highlight a problem, challenge, obstacle to freedom and liberty, please suggest possible solutions and, better yet, actions you are personally willing to take to address the challenge. Thank you for your cooperation. ******************** “How can limited government and fiscal restraint be equated with lack of compassion for the poor? How can a tax break that puts a little more money in the weekly paychecks of working people be seen as an attack on the needy? Since when do we in America believe that our society is made up of two diametrically opposed classes – one rich, one poor – both in a permanent state of conflict and neither side able to get ahead except at the expense of the other? Since when do we in America accept this alien and discredited theory of social and class warfare? Since when do we in America endorse the politics of envy and division.” – Ronald Reagan 1982 (pg. 197 in Liberty and Tyranny by Mark Levin) www.reagan.utexas.ed |
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7 Yes |
| May 12 6:30 PM |
38 attended (est.) –
You’re invited!: Townhall Meeting, Chicago, Tuesday May 12, 2009 (Second Tuesday) Topic: Can Illinois Afford Pat Quinn??? Speakers: Ryan McLaughlin, President, Mac Strategies Group, Inc. Illinois’ economic health is poor relative to the other 49 states. For example, our state ranks 48th in economic performance, yes we’re doing better than only 2 states. (More Fast Facts at www.illinoispolicyin Ryan McLaughlin is President of Mac Strategies Group, Inc., a full-service public relations, public affairs and crisis communications firm. In the last two years, he has directed 6 award-winning public relations and public affairs campaigns for his clients. Ryan has held senior level positions in the corporate, government and political sectors. During the 2006 election cycle he served as the campaign manager and media spokesman for Peter Roskam’s dramatic victory to Congress in one of the most closely watched and expensive campaigns in the nation. www.macstrategiesgro Paul Caprio is Director of Family-PAC, a leading conservative Political Action Committee in Illinois and has been involved in state and federal elections and policy issues since 1979. Recently he has helped lead the fight to defeat both an increase in the Illinois State income tax as well as a successful effort to prevent passage of a graduated state income tax in Illinois. Paul is frequently interviewed by Illinois media on a variety of political developments. These include Fox News in the Morning (32), Chicago Tonight (11), Among Friends (38), and the Tom Roeser Show (WLS-AM) Time: 6:30 pm cocktails and/or dinner & networking COST: The Lincoln Restaurant requires a minimum order from each person of $5.00 to secure our private room. A suggested donation of $3.00 would also be greatly appreciated. All donations cover the costs of holding each meeting such as handouts, nametags, door prizes, PR, etc. ****** DOOR PRIZES !!! FOR EARLY ARRIVALS ****** Please arrive before 7:30 PM, so we can start and respect those who are on time. Keep all communications as constructive / positive as possible (for face to face as well as electronic communication). For example, if you want to highlight a problem, challenge, obstacle to freedom and liberty, please suggest possible solutions and, better yet, actions you are personally willing to take to address the challenge. Thank you for your cooperation. ******************** |
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7 Yes |
| Apr 14 6:30 PM |
33 attended (est.) –
You’re invited!: Townhall Meeting, Chicago, Tuesday, April 14, 2009 (Second Tuesday) Topic: Where the Trial Lawyers Rule - Tales from the Front Speakers: Brian Timpone, Publisher, Madison County Record The courts of Madison County, Illinois have long been a lawsuit magnet for plaintiff's lawyers across the country. Now the unknown region in Southern Illinois is home to some of the wealthiest, most politically influential lawyers in the country. Hear tales from the front from Brian Timpone and Curt Mercadante. Brian is publisher of Madison County Record, a newspaper started in 2004 by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to expose local trial lawyer abuses. - www.madisonrecord.co ******************** Time: 6:30 pm cocktails and/or dinner & networking COST: The Lincoln Restaurant requires a minimum order from each person of $5.00 to secure our private room. A suggested donation of $3.00 would also be greatly appreciated. All donations cover the costs of holding each meeting such as handouts, nametags, door prizes, PR, etc. ****** DOOR PRIZES !!! FOR EARLY ARRIVALS ****** Please arrive before 7:30 PM, so we can start and respect those who are on time. Keep all communications as constructive / positive as possible (for face to face as well as electronic communication). For example, if you want to highlight a problem, challenge, obstacle to freedom and liberty, please suggest possible solutions and, better yet, actions you are personally willing to take to address the challenge. Thank you for your cooperation. ******************** |
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7 Yes |
| Mar 10 6:30 PM |
31 attended (est.) – No rating yet You’re invited!: Townhall Meeting, Chicago, Tuesday, March 10, 2009 (Second Tuesday) Topic: Mine Your Own Business: The Dark Side of Environmentalism. Will watch documentary (66 mins) Mine Your Own Business is a brave, fair, and unrelenting defense of real capitalism, the private sector, sustainable development, and the creation of wealth. It takes a look at impoverished villages in Romania, Madagascar, and Chile, examining the consequences for indigenous peoples when Western environmental groups decide to make activist campaigns in developing nations. In doing so, it makes an important intervention on behalf of local peoples’ right to choose their own futures without interference from influential Western lobby groups. A powerful statement on behalf of dignity, human rights, and economic self-determination, the documentary gives a human face to those whose futures are threatened if the West continues to pursue environmental policies without considering their social and economic impact on the world’s most vulnerable populations. - www.thempi.org/cgi-l Time: 6:30 pm cocktails and/or dinner & networking COST: The Lincoln Restaurant requires a minimum order from each person of $5.00 to secure our private room. A suggested donation of $3.00 would also be greatly appreciated. All donations cover the costs of holding each meeting such as handouts, nametags, door prizes, PR, etc. ****** DOOR PRIZES !!! FOR EARLY ARRIVALS ****** Please arrive before 7:30 PM, so we can start and respect those who are on time. Keep all communications as constructive / positive as possible (for face to face as well as electronic communication). For example, if you want to highlight a problem, challenge, obstacle to freedom and liberty, please suggest possible solutions and, better yet, actions you are personally willing to take to address the challenge. Thank you for your cooperation. ******************** |
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| Feb 17 6:30 PM |
35 attended (est.) – No rating yet Candidate Forum! GOP candidates for the 5th Congressional District Special Election Co-sponsored by the Chicago Townhall Meet Up Group and the Chicago Conservative Political Action Meet Up Group - http://republican.me I m excited to announce a joint effort between our groups to host this forum two weeks before the special primary. We republicans, libertarians, conservatives and fellow travellers know too well how underrepresented and under organized the GOP is in many city districts while the 12 democrat candidates will enjoy the luxury of a college sponsored debate forum. The republicans should have an opportunity to share their beliefs with supporters and express positions on the issues most important to residents of the 5th Congressional district. Mark Dodge and myself are proud to team up and bring the candidates to you this night! We will format the meeting to opening statements - followed by 4-5 questions - followed by closing statements. So come out and meet other local conservatives right here in the heart of Obama-dom. You'll be uplifted and encouraged by the positive Conservative grass-roots movement growing here in our own Chi-town. Looking forward to seeing old and new faces alike and, as always, great conservative conversation! See you there! " |
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