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Keith Fimian Press Conference - August 14

Keith Fimian Energy Policy Press Conference

Thursday August 14th.

11:00am – 12:00noon

West Falls Texaco Gas Station

7399 Lee Highway (intersection of Lee Highway and West St.)

Falls Church, Va 22042

 

Let me know if you have any questions.  You can call my personal cell phone any time at  586-291-3096 . 

Thank you very much,

Clark Ruper

Field Director

Fimian for Congress

clark@fimianforcongress.com

 586-291-3096

Footpaths to Victory

Please join

NFRW President

Shirley Sadler

and

Staff

On August 14, 2008

7:00-8:00 PM

124 N Alfred Street (click for directions)

Alexandria, VA 22314

alee@nfrw.org

703-548-9688

For

Foot Paths to Victory

Bi weekly meetings of women throughout the Washington, DC Metro area, committed to the ideals and principles of the Republican Party. Noting women are the key to this election the objective is to activate the grassroots and solidify the Victory of Senator John McCain as President of the United States.

Topics of discussion:

Blogging, Letters to the Editor, Phoning, Emails, Talking Points, Precinct Building, Motivating the base, Networking throughout the United States, and Get Out the Vote.

See you on August 14th!!!

RWC 2008 BBQ and Candidate Meet & Greet

Please take a look on the left of this page. The BBQ has its own page with all the details.

The BBQ and Meet & Greet will be Sunday, August 24, 2008 from 4-7pm at Mary Howard’s home. She lives at 6900 Clifton Road, Clifton, VA. You can find directions here. We are having it catered by Famous Dave’s and the cost is $15.00 per adult and $37.50 per family. We would like your RSVP by Sunday, August 10. Please email Terrie Rollins if you can make it at rollinstjm@hotmail.com.

Red Skelton, how did he know?

This is so unbelievable. In 1969, how did he know?
Some of you may remember him but he passed away before many of you were born.
Red Skelton was a movie and TV star, and a good, and funny man. He also ended every
Show by saying, ‘GOOD NIGHT AND GOD BLESS.’
Click the link below and listen to this clip, to the very end. It is something he said 39 years ago.
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Very important that you listen to the whole thing, to the very end! It’s eerie!
Take a moment and listen to it (from 1969). How would he have known that this is what is happening?
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Click on the link, and turn your sound on:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kfz2XDXaeqc

Obama is opening a campaign office in Centreville

Barack Obama Campaign Office

Opens Saturday, July 26 from 10am to 2pm!

Located:

On Machen Road next to the “In & Out Convenient Store”
across the street from the Centreville Library.

For more information, call the Campaign Director at the Centreville office:
540-394-9998

Keith Needs you to Write Your Editor

Attention Fimian Fans!

Do you want to help out with the campaign but you just don’t have the time? We have a solution for you! Write a letter to the editor and submit it through http://www.keithfimian.com/fimians.fans/letters/.  This is a quick, easy, and simple way to have a significant impact on the campaign.

One letter to the editor provides valuable media coverage because it demonstrates that Keith Fimian’s campaigning skills are not the only assets that make him a viable candidate.  A letter to the editor demonstrates that Keith, most importantly, is the strongest candidate because his message and vision resonates with individual voters.
 
We have made the process very simple for your convenience.  Log in to your Fimian Fans account, if you don’t already have one you can sign up on http://www.keithfimian.com/fimians.fans/login/?dR=/fimians.fans

Once you are at your Fimian Fans homepage go to the right-hand navigation and under to-do list click “letter to the editor.”  Next, enter your information, including name, e-mail address, home address, and phone number. After that, all you have to do is enter the text of your letter, choose the publications that you would like the letter to be sent to, and click “Send Letter.” There are letter tips and talking points suggested on the submission page.

The most important thing is to be simple and concise in order to make your point very clear.
 
Please let your voice be heard!  Voters will listen to other voters, and your point of view is an invaluable asset.

John McCain - War Hero

McCain as pilot

July 29, 2008

On this day in 1967, one hundred and thirty-four men died and sixty-two were wounded in a fire on an aircraft carrier, the USS Forrestal. Among the planes waiting to take off, a missile misfired and hit another plane, sparking a massive inferno. As bombs and fuel exploded, Lt. Commander John McCain jumped out of his own plane and ran toward the flames — yes, toward the flames — attempting to rescue another pilot. An exploding bomb then injured McCain in the chest and legs. With his own ship out of commission, McCain volunteered for duty aboard the USS Oriskany. Three months later, he was shot down. He spent five and a half years in a communist prison, much of that time in solitary confinement.

Here is the video on YouTube.

See www.RepublicanBasics.com for useful information about the heritage of the Grand Old Party.

Michael Zak is a popular speaker to Republican organizations around the country. His e-mail address is Grand_Old_Partisan@hotmail.com.


Michael Zak is a popular speaker to Republican organizations around the country. He has made presentations in 28 states so far. His message is that Republican office-holders and candidates and activists would benefit tremendously from appreciating the heritage of our Grand Old Party. His book, Back to Basics fpublican Party, is the acclaimed history of the GOP cited by Clarence Thomas in a Supreme Court decision. Contact Mr. Zak to invite him to speak at conventions, fundraisers, and other Republican events.

Click here for more information


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Tradition of the Yellow Ribbon - NFRW article

American Folklore Quiz
Tradition of the Yellow Ribbon
The tradition of the Yellow Ribbon started:

a. during the Civil War
b. as a part of a John Wayne movie
c. in a song sung by Tony Orlando and Dawn
d. as a result of the wait for American hostages in Iran
e. in Shakespeare’s Othello

Trick question.

The answer is none of the above or at most, some of the above if you work hard to make the case.  Traditions sometime evolve folding in modern popular culture, inventing new uses for old ideas, creating a nuance for an old custom.

Yellow ribbons on a lapel; around an old oak, elm, maple tree; around porch posts; on the back end of a Chevy have been around for quite some time now.  This “new” tradition is a mark of patriotism and support for our troops away from home.  It feels “old”.  We have embraced the symbol as if it has been here for ages, at least since the Civil War or the John Wayne/John Ford movie: She Wore a Yellow Ribbon.  But what is the origin?

The Library of Congress has two wonderfully detailed articles on their research of the origin of the Yellow Ribbon.  Before 1979, the only reference to a yellow ribbon as a symbol was confined to a single file in the archives.  Inside the file was a notation on the popular 1972 song by Tony Orlando and Dawn.  That was all.

The event that changed that was the Iranian Hostage Crisis.  Reporters and interested citizens called the LOC with questions on the origin.  There were so many calls and requests that a few researchers became a network of “detectives” chasing down leads.  The file expanded.

Researchers found an interesting background story about the popular song and the lawsuit that charged the writers of the song with plagiarism.  The writers won.  The reason:  earlier references to multiple similar stories related in the song were found.

Many people thought the origin of the yellow ribbon tied to a tree started during the Civil War.  However, Civil War historian Shelby Foote shared he had never found any source for a connection there.

The post-Civil War movie She Wore a Yellow Ribbon was the source of belief that yellow ribbons were worn in the name of love.  The color became associated with faithfulness.  It seemed logical that a yellow ribbon tradition might have been around since the Civil War at least.

Researchers following the theme song from the movie found a minstrel song from 1838 All Round My Hat.  And that song seems to be influenced by a song in the time of Shakespeare.   In Othello, Desdemona mentions a similar “old song”.

That does make a case for a long tradition.

But the origin may be closer at hand.

Penelope Laingen, wife of the U.S. Chargé d’Affaires in Tehran and hostage, Bruce Laingen, tied a yellow ribbon around an oak tree in her front yard in 1979.  “It just came to me,” she said, “to give people something to do, rather than throw dog food at Iranians.  I said, ‘Why don’t they tie a yellow ribbon around an old oak tree.’ That’s how it started.”  She said her inspiration came from the song, Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree.  (Note the new twist:  the song referred to a man returning from jail and in America’s case, returning hostages, heroes).

With news that the hostages were to be freed in January, 1981; yellow ribbons began to appear across the country.  We came together in saying, “Welcome home!”  Yellow ribbon visibility has grown since 1981.   A single ribbon in the yard of a waiting wife became a sea of yellow ribbons visible everywhere.

Shakespeare, Civil War, movie, popular song, act of support.  It seems an old custom, but is relatively new in application.  Yellow joins our American colors: Red, White, and Blue.  Like the Red, White, and Blue; this color doesn’t run-except to welcome home our valiant returning troops.

The NFRW Armed Services Committee supports Yellow Ribbon America, founded in 2003.  Their effort is to unite all Americans to help our nation’s military and their families.

You can visit their web site at http://www.yellowribbonamerica.org.  YRA offers a yellow ribbon bumper sticker for one dollar available at http://www.yellowribbonamerica.org/bumpersticker.htm

Links used as resources for this article:
http://www.loc.gov/folklife/ribbons/index.html
http://www.loc.gov/folklife/ribbons/ribbons.html

Carol Alexander
NFRW Armed Services Committee
Secretary

Jim Gilmour event - August 6

On Wednesday, August 6, there will be a reception honoring our U.S. Senate nominee, JIM GILMORE, featuring a number of your fellow Republicans.

Details are:  
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
6:00-6:30 p.m.   VIP RECEPTION
6:30 - 8:00 p.m. RECEPTION
Belmont Country Club
19661 Belmont Manor Lane
 Ashburn, VA   20147

(Directions below)

Levels:

$1000-VIP
$500-CO-CHAIR
$250 - SPONSOR
$100 - DONOR   
$50 - SUPPORTER

For more information or to RSVP, contact Debbie at 703-504-9041 or Debbie@JimGilmoreforSenate.com

Directions to The Manor House at Belmont Country Club:

From Leesburg or Dulles, take Route 7 (east or west) to the Claiborne Parkway/Belmont exit.  Proceed to the first traffic signal at Russell Branch Parkway.  Turn right onto Russell Branch Parkway.  Go one block to stop sign.  Turn left and proceed to security gate.  Tell the gate attendant you are attending the Gilmore reception at the Manor House.  Proceed through the gate to the traffic circle and take the first right out of the circle onto Belmont Manor Lane.  Proceed to end.  Park in lot on the left side of the Manor house and use the main entrance doors.

1LT Michael E. Falk’s address

1LT Michael E. Falk

A TRP 6-8 CAV
Unit # 42545
APO, AE 09322

I know that he would appreciate a kind word from us every now and then. What an awesome young man!!!!!!!!!!!