{"id":856,"date":"2022-02-25T13:21:45","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T18:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rheagop.org\/?p=856"},"modified":"2022-02-25T13:23:19","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T18:23:19","slug":"the-rhea-county-republican-march-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rheagop.org\/the-rhea-county-republican-march-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rhea County Republican – March 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE\u00a0<\/span>RHEA COUNTY REPUBLICAN<\/span><\/h1>\n

ADVANCING THE CONSERVATIVE CAUSE<\/span><\/h3>\n

Vol. 6 \u2013 No. 1\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 March 2022<\/em><\/p>\n

The original content of this publication is copyrighted.\u00a0 Requests for reprinting may be obtained by contacting the Editor and Publisher at: <\/strong>pyrope84045@mypacks.net<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Editorial <\/strong>———————————————————————–1<\/strong><\/p>\n

Resist Tyranny <\/strong>————————————————————- 4<\/strong><\/p>\n

Comments From Candidates<\/strong> —————————————– 6<\/strong><\/p>\n

Comments From Representatives <\/strong>———————————\u00a0 8 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Comments From Correspondents <\/strong>———————————- 9<\/strong><\/p>\n

Legislative Report <\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0—————————————————– 11<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rhea County Republican Party News <\/strong>—————————- 16<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lagniappe<\/strong>—————————————————————— 20<\/strong><\/p>\n

Contact Your Elected Representatives Today! <\/strong>————— 22\u00a0 <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Mr. Biden will deliver the \u201cState of the Union Address\u201d on March 1st<\/sup>, at 9:00 PM<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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RANDOM THOUGHTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

People join because of great vision; people leave because of poor leadership.<\/p>\n

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EDITORIAL<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kris Bancroft, Editor & Publisher<\/em><\/p>\n

During my years with the Federal government, I worked and lived just outside the beltway but I spent a good deal of time in downtown DC.\u00a0 A few weeks after my arrival in the area, I met up with a colleague who worked in the city; as we were walking over to 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, I noticed a crushed aluminum can lying along the curb.<\/p>\n

Litter is not uncommon in DC, but there was something unusual about the way this soda can had been crushed; the top and bottom were folded so both their surfaces were at once visible, the can was folded in a way that put the pull tab opening nearest the end, and there was a burnt place on the bottom of the can.\u00a0 On closer examination, I noticed several small holes had been punched through the aluminum amid the burnt place.\u00a0 I drew the attention of my colleague to the unusually crushed can remarking about its strange configuration.<\/p>\n

\u201cCrack pipe,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

I asked for an explanation and was informed that the user first removes the pull tab, flattens the can, and then punches a few small holes in the concaved bottom.\u00a0 The crack cocaine, or \u201cLoad,\u201d is place over the small perforations.\u00a0 The user then holds a match or a lighter over the load while drawing air through the \u201cdrinking\u201d hole at the other end.\u00a0 When the load is heated to its combustion temperature, the user inhales through the top and pulls the fumes through the opening.<\/p>\n

Voila!\u00a0 It\u2019s off to happy land.<\/p>\n

My colleague went on to explain the can we\u2019d seen was one of the more crudely made versions.\u00a0 (The following link shows how to make a more sophisticated model but I don\u2019t recall having seen one of this type https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Make-a-Pipe-from-a-Soda-Can<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

I inquired of my colleague as to why people didn\u2019t simply use a regular smoking pipe for the purpose of burning their cocaine and was informed that being caught with a pipe (or any device) containing controlled substance \u2013 or its residue \u2013 constituted grounds for arrest under drug paraphernalia laws.<\/p>\n

What with necessity being the mother of invention, and the desire to not be caught in flagrante delicto<\/em> with drug paraphernalia, it all made perfect sense.<\/p>\n

As my tenure in DC continued, I would often make note when I saw one of those \u201crepurposed\u201d aluminum cans.\u00a0 I even noted that some crack smokers were thoughtful enough to toss their used devices into the trash bins, but now it seems the need for all that ingenuity (and politeness) has been cast by the wayside.<\/p>\n

Now, in our current state of anarchy and societal decline, it seems in those liberal-run bastions of dereliction, drug users need no longer fear being caught with drug paraphernalia and, what\u2019s more, we have recently learned of a bizarre proviso hidden deep within the text of the 242 pages of the $1.9 Trillion HR 1319<\/strong> COVID-19 Relief Act<\/u> that Mr. Biden signed off on last May.<\/p>\n

(See https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/1319\/text<\/a> and<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.govtrack.us\/congress\/bills\/117\/hr1319<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Within this bill, sponsored by John Yarmuth (D-KY), a bill that received a \u201cthumbs up\u201d from every Democrat in Congress (except for Jared Golden, of Maine), lies an innocuous-sounding section entitled \u201cHarm Reduction.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before going further, I must offer my compliments to Mr. Yarmuth and his colleagues for coming up with such a clever bit of verbal camouflage with that bill\u2019s section title, but here\u2019s the Democrat\u2019s version of the term:<\/p>\n

Mr. Yarmuth and his Democrat friends have allocated $30 Million for the purpose of reducing harm in the way of providing \u201cSafe Smoking Kits\u201d to their constituents who need them.\u00a0 These kits contain a crack pipe and some other baubles \u2013 syringes, \u201csafe sex kits,\u201d and so on.<\/p>\n

And just how<\/em> do they intend to put these kits into the hands of their constituents?\u00a0 Why, through \u201cHarm Reduction Vending Machines\u201d of course!<\/p>\n

Since the $30 Million crack pipe story first broke (around the first of February), a few of the more objective reporters have managed to corner a few Democrats to ask them why they voted to pass HR 1319<\/strong>.\u00a0 They all gave the stock answers:\u00a0 they had \u201cthe greater good\u201d in mind; their<\/em> priorities are \u201cfocused on protecting their constituents from the horrendous effects of COVID-19,\u201d and were thus willing to include some language they \u201cdid not necessarily like\u201d in order to expedite the relief to their constituents, and to have done otherwise would have resulted in holding up this \u201clife-saving legislation.\u201d<\/p>\n

HORSEFEATHERS!<\/p>\n

Kindly remember, when it comes to \u201cconcern for their constituents\u201d these same Democrats literally screamed<\/em> out their opposition to measures that would have made Remdesivir and Hydroxychloroquine available to those who would have benefitted from them.\u00a0 Kindly remember, as well, it was these same<\/em> Democrats who stamped their feet in disapproval over the idea that diabetics should be accorded price breaks for insulin.<\/p>\n

Finally (and let the blame for the following fall where it may), note that the story about the $30 million funding for crack pipes broke during the first week in February.\u00a0 That\u2019s eight months after<\/em> Mr. Biden signed this bill into law!\u00a0 Why is it that we are just now hearing about that $30 Million proviso for crack pipes?<\/p>\n

Oh well, at least we might be seeing fewer of those repurposed aluminum cans discarded on the streets.<\/p>\n

For more information see:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/national\/reports-of-biden-s-taxpayer-funded-crack-pipes-draw-scrutiny\/article_64e21dac-88f5-11ec-8080-4f699aaea63c.html<\/a><\/p>\n

and<\/p>\n

https:\/\/wset.com\/news\/nation-world\/federal-government-to-pay-for-crack-pipes-meth-pipes-as-part-of-harm-reduction-strategy-samhsa-sunstance-abuse-mental-health-health-services-agency-various-illicit-drugs-cocaine-crystal<\/a><\/p>\n

and<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/crack-pipes-distrubtion-funded-hhs<\/a><\/p>\n

and<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.blackenterprise.com\/biden-administration-funding-crack-pipe-distribution-to-prevent-infection-and-promote-racial-equity\/<\/a><\/p>\n

and<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10487091\/Biden-administration-fund-handing-crack-pipes-addicts-improve-racial-equity.html<\/a><\/p>\n

and<\/p>\n

https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/biden-admin-to-fund-crack-pipe-distribution-to-advance-racial-equity\/<\/a><\/p>\n

and<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Make-a-Pipe-from-a-Soda-Can<\/a><\/p>\n

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RANDOM THOUGHTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

We can forgive the child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. \u2013 Plato<\/p>\n

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RESIST TYRANNY<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Dan Eichenbaum, Murphy, NC<\/p>\n

Host of Freedom Forum Radio<\/p>\n

When President Obama spoke of creating a \u201ccivilian national security force that\u2019s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded\u201d as the military, we should have been concerned.\u00a0 A national police force, like Hitler\u2019s SS or Stalin\u2019s KGB, has been used historically by dictatorial governments to control and subjugate its citizens.\u00a0 The County Sheriff is the highest elected law enforcement official in the nation, as all law enforcement officers in positions of greater power are appointed, not elected.\u00a0 A local sheriff, elected by the citizens of his county and subject to recall by their vote, understands that his primary responsibility is to administer law enforcement in a fair and just manner for the benefit of his constituents.<\/p>\n

Our Constitution, in the enumerated powers (Article I, Section 8) and elsewhere, clearly lists the duties and limited authority of each branch of government.\u00a0 There are no provisions for the establishment of a national police force.\u00a0 Powers not given to the federal government nor prohibited to the states are \u201creserved to the States respectively, or to the people\u201d (The 10th<\/sup>\u00a0Amendment).\u00a0 As there are no provisions for the establishment of a national police force in the constitution, that authority is held by the states, their jurisdictional regions, and their citizens.<\/p>\n

Some complain that President Obama\u2019s quote was taken out of context and that he was simply planning to increase funding to government agencies like the Peace Corps and USA Freedom Corps to increase humanitarian efforts around the world.\u00a0 Obama did in fact increase taxpayer funds to certain government agencies like the FBI, NSA, BATF, DEA, EPA, and the IRS, bureaucracies that make and enforce regulations the federal government uses to harass its citizens.\u00a0 These agencies and their bureaucrats have a well-known history of investigating and collecting data about private citizens and groups working against the collectivist agenda.\u00a0 Under Obama, the IRS targeted conservative individuals and organizations using selective tax audits and delaying applications for tax-exempt status.\u00a0 They also routinely abused the Privacy and Due Process protections in the Bill of Rights, spying on citizens, using RICO act provisions to seize private property, as well as other abuses of federal authority.<\/p>\n

These agencies use federal laws and regulations as part of federal law enforcement actions.\u00a0 The true goal of the socialist agenda, however, is to control local law enforcement agencies and force them to conform to uniform national standards of conduct and procedure.\u00a0 The initial step was to use programs such as Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to provide technical assistance and funding to local law enforcement officials as an incentive to ensure sharing of services.\u00a0 Through the COPS program, federal agencies provided massive amounts of used military equipment to local law enforcement units that now look more like an elite military task force in Afghanistan than a police patrol on Main Street, USA.\u00a0 Sharing of services translates into encouraging the locals to send private information on their citizens to the feds.<\/p>\n

The problem, of course, is accountability.\u00a0 If the feds control local law enforcement nationally, a local citizen can no longer expect a fair hearing by a jury of his neighbors to reverse abuses of the rule of law.<\/p>\n

International Communism through its communist agitators and various front groups have been involved in efforts to nationalize the local police forces in the US since the 1960s.\u00a0 They commonly exploit real or fabricated incidents of police misconduct to incite hatred and violence against all law enforcement personnel as a group instead of ensuring that the guilty are appropriately punished.\u00a0 In the current anti-police demonstrations and riots, signs with Communist slogans are clearly visible along with Black Lives Matter.<\/p>\n

Further evidence of Communist infiltration of the anti-police movement comes from the United Nations\u2019 demands that US obey \u201cinternational standards,\u201d an ultimatum adopted by the Obama administration during the 2014 anti-police riots in Ferguson, Missouri.\u00a0 The UN\u2019s Ban Ki Moon injected himself into the fray with a prepared statement through a spokesman in which he \u201chopes local and federal investigations will shed full light on the killing and that justice will be done.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Of course, \u201cjustice\u201d in UN-speak refers to the requirements in the UN \u201cUniversal Declaration of Human Rights<\/a>\u201d in which \u201cHuman Rights\u201d are actually privileges granted by government and limited by law.<\/p>\n

Our Founding Documents, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, clearly identify \u201cHuman Rights\u201d as \u201cNatural Law Rights\u201d that are granted to each individual by God and not by any governmental entity.\u00a0 Our founders firmly believed that legitimate government derives its powers from the consent of the governed and that, when government abuses that trust, consent can be withdrawn.\u00a0 It was on that basis that they declared independence from the British monarch, King George, and created our Constitutional Republic to protect the sovereignty of the individual.<\/p>\n

Tyranny in any form is an abuse of our Natural Law Rights.\u00a0 Resist Tyranny.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 [The reader is encouraged to tune into Dr. Eichenbaum\u2019s podcasts at the following link:\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/256-dr-dans-freedom-forum-radi-31086393\/<\/a> – Editor]<\/em><\/p>\n

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RANDOM THOUGHTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Human beings are born with different capacities.\u00a0 If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free. \u2013 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn<\/p>\n

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COMMENTS FROM CANDIDATES<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Candidates across the US, vying for offices at all levels of government, are invited to share their thoughts with readers. \u2013 Editor] <\/em><\/p>\n

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Cyril Ostiguy<\/strong><\/p>\n

To all my friends in Rhea County,<\/p>\n

My name is Cyril Ostiguy. \u00a0I am the Carroll County Republican Chairman.<\/p>\n

Last year I was invited to your county to speak at your Republican meeting. I met some wonderful folks and my wife and were in awe of the river and the tall hills.<\/p>\n

About 16 months ago one of our Commissioners in our district moved. \u00a0I asked Jan if she thought it would good idea if I ran for the opening. \u00a0She told me I could be the Chairman or Commissioner but not both, you can guess what I picked.<\/p>\n

This year we opened up the County Commissioners and our school boards to be partisan.<\/p>\n

We have been to a few fund raisers so far this year and I have been asked by more than a few, why aren’t I running?<\/p>\n

Early last week Jan and I went to our County Commission meeting, by the time we got home I was going to run. \u00a0We have been going to these meetings for years and it just came to the point we couldn’t take it anymore. \u00a0Some ask the same question they asked the previous month and got a satisfactory answer, others don’t look at their packets that have been available for days, and most are just yes men or yes woman, when questions are needed to be asked.<\/p>\n

I picked up my Primary Packet last Friday and had more than enough signatures by Sunday.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re going to make things better around you, you’ve got to take that first step and keep on going.<\/p>\n

Stay safe,<\/p>\n

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[If you\u2019re a resident of Carroll County, I do not think you could ever find a candidate to serve on your County Commission who would serve with more integrity, compassion, and energy in doing what is best for the people in your county. \u2013 Editor.]<\/em><\/p>\n

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RANDOM THOUGHTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

That which you call your soul or spirit is your consciousness, and that which you call \u201cfree will\u201d is your mind\u2019s freedom to think or not, the only will you have, your only freedom, the choice that controls all the choices you make and determines your life and your character.\u201d \u2013 Ayn Rand<\/p>\n

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Adam Laxalt<\/strong> Las Vegas, NV \u2013 Candidate for US Senate<\/p>\n

The political left likes to claim, ad nauseam, that they and they alone are standing up for the interests of our nation\u2019s children \u2014 particularly those who are disadvantaged in some way.
\nPerhaps more than anything, the COVID crisis has exposed that trope for the lie it is.
\nThe Las Vegas Review-Journal this week editorialized on a new study that brings to light yet more evidence that compulsory distance learning, widely enforced by progressives throughout the pandemic, is inflicting serious harm on our children.
\nThe editors\u00a0write<\/a>:
\nIn fall 2020, it was becoming obvious that school closures would exacerbate inequalities in the education system. \u00a0Now, a new study predicts these inequalities will reduce the future earnings of low-income students.
\nDistance learning turned out to be an oxymoron. \u00a0There\u2019s abundant evidence that students forced to endure remote learning didn\u2019t learn as much as they would have in the classroom. \u00a0Grades and test scores from the Clark County School District confirm that as well.
\nA group of economists, including professors from Yale and Northwestern, recently looked at the implications of this learning loss. \u00a0The results were discouraging.
\nTheir model predicted that ninth graders in low-income neighborhoods would see a half-a-point decline in their GPA, using a four-point scale. \u00a0Children in well-off areas, however, \u201cremained unscathed,\u201d thanks to better parental support and peer environments. \u00a0Poor children are \u201cless likely to benefit from the support of parents who are able to work from home,\u201d the piece, published in VoxEU, finds.
\n\u201cFour years down the road, the school closure causes an average 25 percent reduction of labor earnings for the poorest children when these enter the labor market,\u201d the economists write. \u00a0\u201cThis implies that the future society will be more unequal and have less social mobility.\u201d<\/em>
\nThere was an abundance of evidence early on in this crisis that the left\u2019s insistence on school closures was ill-conceived and should have been abandoned. \u00a0Yet for spurious reasons \u2014 many of them political \u2014 they persisted. \u00a0And it\u2019s our kids who will be left to suffer the consequences. \u00a0Shame.<\/p>\n

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RANDOM THOUGHTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

This practice of constitutional revision by an unelected committee of nine, always accompanied by . . . extravagant praise of liberty, robs the People of the most important liberty they asserted in the Declaration of Independence and won in the Revolution of 1776:\u00a0 the freedom to govern themselves. \u2013 Antonin Scalia<\/p>\n

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COMMENTS FROM REPRESENTATIVES<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Elected Representatives from all States and all levels of government are encouraged to share their thoughts, opinions, ideas, and announcements by emailing them to <\/em>pyrope84045@mypacks.net<\/em><\/a> .\u00a0 Your constituents want to hear from you! \u2013 Editor <\/em><\/p>\n

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Bruce Griffey<\/strong> (R-Paris, TN) shared the following:<\/p>\n

There is a great bill that I\u2019m cosponsoring with Mark Hall this legislative session. \u00a0It passed out of the House Criminal Justice Subcommittee yesterday and is heading to the full Criminal Justice Committee next week. \u00a0I encourage everyone to contact their Representative and Senator and encourage them to support it.<\/p>\n

HB 1834<\/strong> (*Hall, Griffey, Lamberth, Curcio, Howell, Beck, Moody, Hardaway, Doggett, Sexton) and (SB 2103 <\/strong>(*Bell).<\/p>\n

DUI offenses:\u00a0 As introduced, requires a sentencing court to order a defendant who has been convicted of vehicular homicide or aggravated vehicular homicide due to intoxication and which the victim of the offense was the parent of a minor child to pay restitution in the form of child maintenance to each of the victim\u2019s children until each child reaches 18 years of age and has graduated from high school. \u2013 Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40, and Title 55.<\/p>\n

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RANDOM THOUGHTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Control is easiest attained when fear has been invoked. \u2013 Elena Venizelos, Alta, Greece<\/p>\n

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COMMENTS FROM CORRESPONDENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 You are invited to become a Correspondent and share thoughts, opinions, ideas, and announcements with subscribers to this newsletter.\u00a0 Please state your city, state, or country in your submissions and email them to:\u00a0 <\/em>pyrope84045@mypacks.net<\/em><\/a> .\u00a0 Your fellow Conservatives want to hear from you! \u2013 Editor<\/em><\/p>\n

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John Anthony<\/strong>, President of Sustainable Freedom Lab shared the following:<\/p>\n

Karl Marx\u2019s call for workers of the world to unite against evil capitalists has echoed through the decades. \u00a0By 1914, socialists were certain WWI would mark the end of capitalism as the proletariat rose in discontent against the wealthy.<\/p>\n

But to their dismay our men and women returned to the roaring 20s. \u00a0A decade later, Hoover and FDR\u2019s New Deal extended the suffering of the Great Depression by 7 years. \u00a0The socialist styled program, provided jobs for some, but at the cost of\u00a0prolonging<\/a>\u00a0the misery for all except the wealthy.<\/p>\n

WWII\u2019s returning veterans, rather than shun capitalism overcame hardships by seeking economic opportunities. \u00a0Factories re-tooled for peacetime, automobile production revamped, and military-trained machinists opened shops to service the growing manufacturing sector. \u00a0While Marx wanted to replace capitalism and the private property it created with common property, working class Americans acquired their own private property through a flourishing housing\u00a0boom<\/a>. \u00a0Under the growing surge of the capitalist middle class, the GNP grew from $200 billion in 1940 to $300 billion in 1950 and $500 billion by 1960.<\/p>\n

Today, Marx\u2019s call for workers to unite has not gone unheeded. \u00a0Across Canada more than 10,000 truckers in their\u00a0Freedom Convoy 2022<\/a>\u00a0continue their relentless roll toward Ottawa joined by 10\u2019s of thousands of cheering onlookers.\u00a0 Thousands more U.S. truckers are joining the march with eyes on Washington DC.<\/p>\n

The great Marxist dream has wakened. \u00a0Those masses of the unwashed, Trudeau\u2019s \u201csmall fringe\u201d, Clinton\u2019s \u201cdeplorables\u201d, and Biden\u2019s \u201cNeanderthals\u201d are at last uniting.<\/p>\n

In Canada the Prime Minister is in\u00a0hiding<\/a>, blaming it on COVID spread. (A basement perhaps?) \u00a0Meanwhile, more than 30,000 braved freezing weather to fight for medical freedom in\u00a0Washington DC<\/a>\u00a0and anti-mandate workers from all social strata are\u00a0marching<\/a>\u00a0in Belgium, Netherlands, and Austria. \u00a0In Germany, discontent with government mandates is forging unlikely\u00a0alliances<\/a>\u00a0between the far left and the far right.<\/p>\n

Mr. Marx is getting what he asked for, just not what he wanted.\u00a0 You can sign up to receive John\u2019s works at the following link:<\/p>\n

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RANDOM THOUGHTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Emergencies have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded. \u2013 Friedrich Hayek<\/p>\n

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Diane Bederman<\/strong>, Toronto, Canada, Author of the Bederman Blog has written an excellent piece on the Freedom Convoy.\u00a0 It begins:<\/p>\n

There is a stench in the air over Canada\u2019s capital city, Ottawa, and it isn\u2019t coming from diesel fuel. \u00a0No, it is coming from the odious fumes of main stream media at the behest of our Dear Leader, Justin Trudeau.<\/p>\n

The Globe and Mail, one of Canada\u2019s major media outlets has just informed us that the Freedom Trucker Convoy is a right wing phenomenon with a sharp America feel. According to the author,\u00a0Ian Brown<\/a>, it is an \u201c.. . unapologetic Trumpy aggressiveness.\u201d \u00a0It seems the Convoy seconded the flag for nefarious reasons. \u00a0Who knew? \u00a0Too many flags apparently are the problem. \u00a0Once again, I have to ask, like prunes, are three enough are six too many? \u00a0 Professor Peter Astor is concerned about \u201cthe convoy organizers\u2019 promiscuous flinging of the word freedom. \u00a0\u201cI realize you\u2019re not dealing with PhD students but there is no such thing in democracy as absolute freedom.\u2019\u201d \u00a0And saying something like \u201cF*** TRUDEAU\u201d is a stoop too low for Canada. \u00a0This was too much for Professor Astor. \u00a0He was shocked. \u00a0SHOCKED. \u00a0He\u2019s positively distressed! \u00a0No one said that about Mulroney or Pearson. \u00a0Hmm, I wonder why.<\/p>\n

[The rest of the article continues, along with photos that are integral to the story, at the following link. \u2013 Editor]<\/em><\/p>\n

https:\/\/dianebederman.com\/there-is-a-stench-in-the-air-over-ottawa-and-it-isnt-coming-from-diesel-fuel\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Diane Weber Bederman<\/em>\u200b<\/em> is a <\/em>Chaplain and author of: The #IslamophobiaIndustry:\u00a0The insidious infiltration of Islam into the West<\/em>; <\/em>The Serpent and the Red Thread<\/u><\/em> ; Anatomy of FakeNews in the Era of Donald Trump\u200b<\/em> and;\u00a0<\/em><\/a>Back to the Ethic<\/em><\/a>:\u00a0Reclaiming Western Values<\/em> You may sign up for her blog at:<\/p>\n

www.dianebederman.com<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Joel Benechek<\/strong>, Patchogue, New York<\/p>\n

Mayor Eric Adams apologized Friday after an old clip resurfaced where the Mayor was caught on tape referring to Caucasians using the racial epithet \u201cCrackers.\u201d\u00a0 This video was made during his time in the New York City Police Department.<\/p>\n

Try to imagine what the reaction would be if a Caucasian Republican Mayor used the equivalent word to describe black citizens.<\/p>\n

Yes!\u00a0 Eric Adams, a Democrat, is without a doubt, a racist, and he has been irrefutably revealed as such, but what is important is that we Republicans show that we are better than those on the Left.\u00a0 We should be welcoming, and show respect, toward all good and decent human beings.\u00a0 Like Dr. Martin Luther King said, we must judge others on the content of their character and not on the color of their skin.<\/p>\n

I found a link to the video of Eric Adams spouting his racist garbage.\u00a0 I hope it isn\u2019t taken down before a few million people get to see it.\u00a0 Thanks for your newsletter.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/02\/04\/eric-adams-apologizes-for-video-boasting-about-being-a-better-cop-than-cracker-colleagues\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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RANDOM THOUGHTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

When laws are enforced lawlessness ends.<\/p>\n

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LEGISLATIVE REPORT<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Legislative Report provides information on some of the more remarkable bills that have been introduced in Congress.\u00a0 Its purpose is to provide the reader with information about pending legislation that may prompt the reader to contact their <\/em>representatives to express their views.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In the emailed version of the Legislative Report, you will see markers <\/em>+<\/strong><\/span> and <\/em>+<\/strong><\/span> on certain bills.\u00a0 The red icon is placed to encourage the reader to contact their representatives and ask them to vote <\/em>against<\/u> the legislation.\u00a0 On bills marked with the green icon, the reader is encouraged to contact their elected representatives and ask them to <\/em>support<\/u> the legislation. <\/em>\u00a0The reader is always encouraged to keep informed about all legislation from other sources so they may be aware of bills that effect our lives.\u00a0 Decide today that you will make your voice heard.\u00a0 If you remain silent, your representatives will never know your thoughts! \u2013 Editor<\/em><\/p>\n

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Tennessee<\/strong><\/p>\n

HB 2483<\/strong> (Zachary) SB 2487<\/strong> (Briggs)
\nElection Laws – Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 1.<\/p>\n

As introduced, requires certain state officials to consult with the Speaker of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives prior to entering into consent decrees to change state election laws or rules; gives the general assembly legal standing to file an action against such state officials for violating election laws.<\/p>\n

HB 2277<\/strong> (Hawk) SB 2544<\/strong> (Yarbro)
\nElection Laws – Amends TCA Title 2.<\/p>\n

As introduced, deletes exceptions to general law requirements for petitions for recall, referendum, or initiative.<\/p>\n

+<\/strong>HB 1888<\/strong><\/span> (Hakeem) +<\/strong>SB 1853<\/strong><\/span> (Gilmore)
\nElection Laws – Amends TCA Title 2.<\/p>\n

As introduced, requires county election commissions to verify with the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) that persons are no longer qualified to vote before purging the voter registration of such persons; authorizes same day voter registration for qualified voters to register or have their registration updated and be able to vote beginning on the first day of any period of early voting through the day of an election. [Emphasis added]<\/em><\/p>\n

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HB 1634<\/strong> (Griffey) SB 1973<\/strong> (Kyle)
\nElection Laws – Amends TCA Title 2.<\/p>\n

As introduced, requires county election commissions to include three non-binding questions related to the legalization of marijuana on the November 2022 ballot; requires the secretary of state to compile the results of the public policy opinion poll and forward the results to the members of the general assembly.<\/p>\n

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HB 2128<\/strong> (Crawford) SB 2245<\/strong> (Hensley)
\nElection Laws – Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 2 and Title 2, Chapter 7.<\/p>\n

As introduced, expressly prohibits non-United States citizens from voting in federal, state, or local elections in this state; prohibits local governments from granting non-citizens the right to vote in local elections; prescribes various other mechanisms for ensuring the integrity of elections in this state.<\/p>\n

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[Thanks to Cyril Ostiguy, Chairman of the Carroll County Republican Party for reporting on the bills listed above. \u2013 Editor]<\/em><\/p>\n

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++<\/strong> +<\/strong> HB 1994<\/strong><\/span> AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40, relative to relocation of illegal aliens from this state. (Bruce Griffey, R-Paris, 2 pages).<\/p>\n

This bill would relocate illegal aliens which have been deposited in Tennessee by the Biden regime to Mr. Biden\u2019s home town in Delaware, and other select locations.\u00a0 The text of this bill may be found at the following link: HB1994.pdf (tn.gov)<\/a><\/p>\n

Please contact your Representative to urge their support for this legislation!<\/p>\n

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++<\/strong> +<\/strong> HB 2128 <\/strong><\/span>Introduced by Representative John Crawford (R-Bristol\/Kingsport-District 1), would prevent any person who is not a U.S. citizen from participating in any federal, state, or local election in Tennessee. It would also prohibit local governments in the state from allowing those who are not citizens to vote in any local election.<\/p>\n

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Washington, DC<\/strong><\/p>\n

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S 3423<\/strong> Chance to Compete Act of 2021<\/u> (Kyrsten Sinema, D-AZ, 14 pages).<\/p>\n

This bill would implement merit-based reforms to the civil service hiring system that replace degree-based hiring with skills- and competency-based hiring.<\/p>\n

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S 2135<\/strong> Wasteful Federal Programs Reduction Authorization Act<\/u> (Margaret Hassan, D-CT, 4 pages).<\/p>\n

This bill would amend Title 31, United States Code, to require the Chief Operating Officer of each agency to compile a list of unnecessary programs, and for other purposes.<\/p>\n

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HR 6540\u00a0 <\/strong>To amend Title III of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network from requesting the vaccination status of an individual with respect to COVID-19 for the national list of individuals who need organs, and for other purposes.<\/u>\u00a0 <\/strong>(Scott DesJarlais, R-TN, text not yet available)<\/p>\n

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+ <\/strong>HR 4521<\/strong> <\/span>Bioeconomy Research and Development Act of 2021<\/u> (\u201cEddie\u201d Johnson, D-TX, 27 pages).<\/p>\n

The stated<\/em> purpose of this bill is to provide for a coordinated Federal research initiative to ensure continued United States leadership in engineering biology.\u00a0 In actuality, this bill is nothing less than another one of Ms. Johnson\u2019s schemes to funnel money to her supporters.<\/p>\n

Buried deeply within the bill (Sec. 4(c) \u201cExpanding Participation\u201d) lies the true purpose of Ms. Johnson\u2019s bill: to allocate enormous \u201cgrants\u201d to colleges and universities that never have, and most likely never will, contribute anything of value to science or humankind.<\/p>\n

This bill was passed in the House of Representatives along a party line vote and has been forwarded to the Senate for consideration.\u00a0 Please call your Senators and ask that they vote against this bill.<\/p>\n

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HR 6497<\/strong> Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2022<\/u> (Carolyn Maloney, D-NY, 112 pages).<\/p>\n

The purpose of this bill is to modernize Federal information security management and improve Federal cybersecurity to combat persisting and emerging threats, and for other purposes.<\/p>\n

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+ <\/strong>HR 6419<\/strong><\/span> Fair Chance Improvement Act<\/u> (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, 7 pages).<\/p>\n

The stated purpose of this bill is to amend title 10 and title 41, United States Code, to amend the compliance procedures for the prohibition on criminal history inquiries by Federal contractors prior to conditional offers, and for other purposes.\u00a0 For more information and analysis visit the following link:\u00a0 https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/6419%3Fs%3D1%26r%3D2<\/a><\/p>\n

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HR 5962<\/strong> Supply Chain Security Training Act of 2021<\/u> (Jose\u2019 Neguse, D-CO, 5 pages).<\/p>\n

The stated purpose of this bill is to manage supply chain risks through counterintelligence training, and for other purposes.\u00a0 (Those \u201cother purposes\u201d are seemingly to place the blame for Mr. Biden\u2019s sidekick Pete Buttigieg\u2019s dismal failures, onto \u201csomeone else.\u201d)<\/p>\n

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+ <\/strong>HR 6361<\/strong><\/span> District of Columbia National Guard Commanding General Residency Act<\/u> (Eleanor Norton, D-DC, 2 pages).<\/p>\n

The purpose of this bill is to require the Commanding General of the District of Columbia National Guard to reside in the District of Columbia.\u00a0 This bill is a classic example of Ms. Norton\u2019s insensible proclivity toward arbitrary and capricious behavior, especially when one understands that the vast majority of persons working in DC live in the towns surrounding it and<\/em> the greater portion of DC\u2019s National Guard troops also<\/em> reside outside the city.\u00a0 Ultimately, this bill serves as another painful example of the general uselessness of ultra-liberal Democrats.<\/p>\n

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The House Committee on Small Business have introduced the following bills that are of interest especially to small business owners and entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n

HR 4877<\/strong> One Stop Shop for Small Business Compliance Act of 2021<\/u> (Antonio Delgado, D-NY, 2 pages).<\/p>\n

HR 6450<\/strong> Score for Small Businesses Act of 2022<\/u> (Young Kim, CA-R, 19 pages).<\/p>\n

HR 6441<\/strong> Women\u2019s Business Centers Improvement Act of 2022<\/u> (Sharice Davis, D-KS, 36 pages).<\/p>\n

HR 6445<\/strong> Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2022<\/u> (Jared Golden, D-ME, 13 pages).<\/p>\n

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HR 6454<\/strong> Small Business Advocacy Improvements Act of 2022<\/u> (Blaine Leutkemeyer, R-MO, 2 pages).<\/p>\n

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+ <\/strong>HR 6617<\/strong> <\/span>Further Additional Extending Government Funding Act<\/u> (Rosa \u201cLS\u201d DeLauro, D-CT, 10 pages).<\/p>\n

At a time when our National Debt has eclipsed $30 Trillion, by best estimates, this bill would increase Federal spending by another $2,104,805,000.<\/p>\n

With the votes of 21 Republicans, this bill was passed in the House of Representatives by a vote of 272\/162, and has been forwarded to the Senate for consideration.<\/p>\n

Rest assured we will see more add-ons as the year passes but we will not<\/em><\/strong> see any spending cuts<\/em><\/strong> from Congress.<\/p>\n

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S 3538<\/strong> EARN IT Act of 2022<\/u> (Lindsay Graham, R-SC, 53 pages).<\/p>\n

This Act may be cited as the\u00a0Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2022\u00a0or the\u00a0EARN IT Act of 2022.\u00a0 It would establish a National Commission on Online Child Sexual Exploitation Prevention, and for other purposes.<\/p>\n

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S 3103<\/strong> Eliminating Limits to Justice for Child Sex Abuse Victims Act of 2021<\/u> (Richard Durbin, D-IL, 2 pages).<\/p>\n

A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to eliminate the statute of limitations for the filing of a civil claim for any person who, while a minor, was a victim of a violation of section 1589, 1590, 1591, 2241(c), 2242, 2243, 2251, 2251A, 2252, 2252A, 2260, 2421, 2422, or 2423 of such title.<\/p>\n

Section 2 (b) is changed to read:\u00a0 \u201cThere shall be no limit for the filing of any action commenced under this Section.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Mr. Durbin\u2019s bill is no doubt well-intentioned, it opens the courts to frivolous causes brought by spiteful persons as a means to harass another individual.<\/p>\n

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+ <\/strong>HR 6600<\/strong><\/span> Ethiopia Stabilization, Peace, and Democracy Act<\/u> (Tom Malinowski, D-NJ, 25 pages).<\/p>\n

This bill would give the President the sole power to usurp the 4th<\/sup> Amendment rights of individuals and confiscate their property and monetary assets.<\/p>\n

Section 4 (a) (2) (A) states:\u00a0 The exercise of all powers granted to the President by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq<\/a>.) to the extent necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in all property and interests in property of the foreign person if such property and interests in property are in the United States, come within the United States, or are or come within the possession or control of a United States person.\u00a0 A reasonable argument could be made that this bill also violates the Separation of Powers clause in that it enables the Executive Branch to declare war, albeit a monetary war, with a foreign government.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, passage of this bill opens the door for its application to any<\/em> foreign conflict.<\/p>\n

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HR 6525<\/strong> Lunar New Year Day Act<\/u> (Grace Meng, D-NY).<\/p>\n

This bill would make the date of the Lunar New Year a federal holiday.<\/p>\n

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+<\/strong>HR 6446<\/strong><\/span> One Citizen One Vote Act<\/u> (Robert Good, R-VA).<\/p>\n

This bill would ban federal funding from the United States Election Assistance Commission (EAC), for States that allow non-citizens to vote.<\/p>\n

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RHEA COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rhea County Republican Party Executive Committee<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bitsy Gryder \u2013 Chairman\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kris Bancroft \u2013 Vice Chairman<\/p>\n

Judy Bancroft \u2013 Secretary\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ted Engel \u2013 Treasurer<\/p>\n

Marvin Keener Sr. \u2013 Vice Treasurer<\/p>\n

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The Rhea County Republican Party Monthly Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n

The next meeting of the Rhea County Republican Party will be a regular meeting, held on 3 March 2022<\/strong>, at 7:00 PM<\/strong>, at the Sheriff\u2019s Training Center, 711 Eagle Lane, Evensville, TN 37323.\u00a0 JOIN US & BRING A FRIEND!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Minutes from the Previous Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n

RHEA COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY<\/p>\n

Meeting Minutes for February 3, 2022<\/p>\n

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Vice-Chairman Kris Bancroft called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm.<\/p>\n

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Marvin Keener offered prayer and Kris Bancroft led the Pledge of Allegiance.<\/p>\n

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First-time attendees and candidates for office were welcomed.<\/p>\n

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Reagan Day Dinner:<\/u><\/p>\n