Saturday, 11 April 2015
Being A Chair
The chairman sometimes calls a member to the chair and takes part in the debate
. This should rarely be done, and nothing can justify it in a case where much feeling is shown
and there is a liability to difficulty in preserving order. If the chairman has even the appearance of being a partisan, he loses much of his ability to control those who are on the opposite side of the question.
There is nothing to justify the unfortunate habit some chairmen have of constantly speaking on questions before the assembly, even interrupting the member who has the floor.
One who expects to take an active part in debate should never accept the chair, or at least should not resume the chair, after having made his speech, until after the pending question is disposed of.1 The presiding officer of a large assembly should never be chosen for any reason except his ability to preside.
Trolls Matter Too
Recently I ran into an intesting comment or two about Trolls
Some people are trolls....attended a great Social Media class on how to deal with them yesterday. Essentially there was a bunch of great suggestions until it came to the "political or religious troll' and then it was stated...'there is no rules as these type of trolls are irrational, emotional and self-supporting without reason'. This was the exact quote from the instructor.
Remind you of anyone my friends?
Now some might come to the erroneous assumption that the butt of this joke might be me, but that cannot be true at all.
The caricature that comes with it does not look anything like me.
No beard, No hair and a big smirk on its face?
Nope nothing like me but there is someone who that does look like,
Then there is this part " the "political or religious troll'
.'there is no rules as these type of trolls are irrational,
emotional and self-supporting without reason'"
That does not apply either,
I am not Irrational or without Reason.
When I have stated that the Constitution of the LCRCC has been violated I can and HAVE stated the specific sections that have been violated and the instances where not just the Spirit but the WORD of the Constitution has been violated and by whom.
When I have stated that the By Laws of the LCRCC has been violated I can and HAVE stated the specific sections that have been violated and the instances where not just the Spirit but theWORD of the Constitution has been violated and by whom.
I used Reason and was Rational when I pointed out those perversions of our Rules of Order.
My detractors, however are limited to unsupported assertions,
For instance in the continuing saga of the Constitutional and Unconstitutional Leaders of our New Marketing & PR Team
One Team Leader was created by a Vote of the Central Committee in Session,
The Other? Well I do not think they have EVER stated the Legal Authority used to remove one Team Leader and replace them with another,
Instead they just make as I said unsupported assertions,
We can see that in some of the latest email exchanges
From: Justin Wasson <jrwasson@live.com>
Date: April 9, 2015 at 8:19:51 AM CDT
To: Cindy Golding <clgolding@aol.com>, Robin Tucker <tuckerusa@aol.com>
Cc: Mike Dupree <mtdupree@aol.com>, Gary Ellis <egarye@cs.com>, Brett Mason <brett.e.mason@gmail.com>
Subject: RE: Membership meeting 4/14
Please reference the attached document which was voted on by the body of the central committee. This document clearly shows me being the team leader. I have not resigned from this position and have shown clear intent to fill this position.
The official meeting for Membership and Meeting Setup has been called for tonight at Godfather's at 6:30. Anyone is welcome to attend.
Please quit trying to confuse this issue. I am attempting to fulfill the will of the body, but have been faced with constant obstacles.
-Justin
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2015 08:17:46 -0400
From: clgolding@aol.com
To: tuckerusa@aol.com; jrwasson@live.com
CC: mtdupree@aol.com; egarye@cs.com; brett.e.mason@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Membership meeting 4/14
Robin (& Justin),
There is no misunderstanding here - Justin is not the team lead of Membership.
Therefore, the meeting tonight will be viewed and treated as a gathering of like-minded friends. It will not replace nor usurp the authority of the meeting on 4/14. We've been down this road before with another committee last September.
There is only one position left on the team. If Justin would like to recommend an individual to Mike or if someone would like to volunteer to Mike, that's wonderful. The 4 individuals are Mike Dupree, Deb Dupree, Gary Ellis, Justin Wasson. Others have expressed interest in helping without holding a voting position, as they are voting members of another team.
As for a different view of the Executives - I do not respond to third-hand information. If Justin (or anyone else) wants to communicate, it can be done in person or via a phone call. Innuendo, distortion and third-party personal attacks through other sources will NOT get him where he wants to be. I refuse to play those games.
Apparently, Justin has the capability to express his concerns to you. If he wants to talk, he knows how to reach me.
I will be tied up with out-of-town clients today and tomorrow so will have limited ability to read or respond to emails or phone calls. I will try to stay on top of any pressing concerns.
Have a great day,
Cindy
-----Original Message-----
From: Robin Tucker <tuckerusa@aol.com>
To: clgolding <clgolding@aol.com>; jrwasson <jrwasson@live.com>
Cc: mtdupree <mtdupree@aol.com>; egarye <egarye@cs.com>; brett.e.mason <brett.e.mason@gmail.com>
Sent: Thu, Apr 9, 2015 12:23 am
Subject: Re: Membership meeting 4/14
Dear Cindy,
I believe Justin is recommending two members for the Team?
Mike and Justin will hopefully work well together, as we move forward, with Membership.
I noticed an e-mail tonight from Justin recommending a couple of more members for the Team.
I have been swamped this week and just getting caught up with more e-mail.
Justin is not going to be a member of the Treasurer's Team, but as we get closer to Caucus and Convention, I would suspect he will have an interest in working with our Team to support various tasks, the Chair and Treasurer have with compliance with Iowa Code and our accounting and recording functions?
He shared with me that he was active with three committees last period, before the new Executive Election. Change can be challenging with our membership. Some are voicing concerns ...
He has some different ideas than the Executive Committee and is interested in voicing his concerns.
Respectfully,
Robin Tucker
LCRCC Executive Treasurer
-----Original Message-----
From: clgolding <clgolding@aol.com>
To: jrwasson <jrwasson@live.com>
Cc: mtdupree <mtdupree@aol.com>; egarye <egarye@cs.com>; brett.e.mason <brett.e.mason@gmail.com>; tuckerusa <tuckerusa@aol.com>
Sent: Wed, Apr 8, 2015 6:31 am
Subject: Membership meeting 4/14
Justin,
The recognized Membership meeting will be 4/14, lead by Mike Dupree. You are a voting member of the team. Please consider attending. If you chose not to participate on this team, please let Mike know so your position may be filled by someone willing to serve on the team. Membership & Meeting setup will work closely with Secretary Gary Ellis, as he is responsible for recording accurate attendance.
Distortion, embellishment and fabrication will not enhance your reputation nor help the LCRCC be successful. Events are recorded because of similar situations with others in the past. We will not participate in the "he said-she said" dialogs.
Please join the rest of the membership team on the 14th. I have heard that you may have some great ideas. Let's work together to make positive things happen.
Cindy Golding
Chair
Linn county Republicans
Sory I cannot find one single word in there explaining by what Authority a Team Leader created by a Vote of the LCRCC has been removed and another person chosen to replace them,.
I mean am I MISTAKEN?
Does the Republican Party of Linn County NO Longer support Constitutions and the Rule of Law
Have we replaced that with Rule By Executive Edicts in emulation of our Current President???
Friday, 10 April 2015
The Ted Cruz For President Forums
LCRCC News!!! Click to read more ...http://www.linncountygop.org/event/aprils-central-committee-meeting/ April’s Central Committee Meeting
Some People cannot handle responsibility.
Iowa and New Hampshire share between them a signal honor and a responsibility.
They are first in the Nation as regards Presidential Races.
We are the First Caucus State they are the First Primary State.
The single most important thing for either is to
Maintain Neutrality
The Party MUST NOT be partisan.
We must treat all candidate with an even and unbiased hand,
The very appearance of Bias can threaten what has been for generations a source of pride for many Iowans.
Party officials must abide by these strictures.
Which is why it is alarming to see the Facebook Pages of the second largest County in the State having the appearance of
Ted Cruz For President Forums
Party officials should not allow that sort of bias to show on the County pages.
Nor should they perform partisan activities on the personal pages.
If they wish to do that. If it is that important to them,'
They should resign their position as others have done in the Past to work in election campaigns.
Now some might accuse me of writing this because I do not favor Ted Cruze.
That would be the result of their own ignorance,
I LIKE Senator Cruz and think he is an exciting and dynamic candidate.
I also think Rafael Rocks.
No it is not because I oppose Ted Cruze that I write this, but because I opppose irresponisibel unethical behavior.
If you are a Party official you represent ALL Republicans, not just the ones that you agree with.
It is certainly not appropriate for Admins of the LCRCC websites to exhibit such bias.
It needs to stop.
Someone needs to start doing their job.
Though Truth be Told those Someones cannot at present be our new Marketing & PR Team
Who are supposed to be in charge of our Public relation communications, internal and external messaging.
Because it does not appear that anyone has bothered to make any of them bsides the Webmaster Admins
No the Responisibilty and the Blame falls solely upon
The Chair, The Co-Chair and the Webmaster
Who ARE Admins ,
Thursday, 9 April 2015
A Tale Of Two Teams
We seem to have Two
Membership Meeting and Setup Teams.
One established by a Vote of the Linn County Republican Central Commitee in Session as part of a Motion made by the Executive Committee.
Which can be seen in the . Minutes of the March 17th Meeting that I have saved on my website because the original March Minutes on the Linn County GOP Website seem to have vanished.
I also wish to take Note that a version of what was called the Road Map to Victory 2016 sent out AFTER the meeting is NOT the same as the one in the March Minutes before they Vanished.
So the Note on it that states
APPROVED BY VOTE OF THE LCRCC 3/17/15
Is NOT True
The newer version differs in the makeup of the Meeting and Setup Team.
So one was established by the Authority of a Vote of the Central Committee as a whole.
The other by WHAT Authority?
I have NO idea, It seems to be a version of
"Because We Say So."
I recall hearing that kind of responce as a Child but that Dog doesn't Hunt Anymore.
Our Executive Committee seems to have decided that since they abolished all the Sub-committees and their memberships by a Vote of 25 to 21 that they no longer NEED to bother with Votes to Do Anything they Choose.
What is that Stench some of you may be thinking?
It is our County Constitution and ByLaws having a Dump taken upon them
Wednesday, 8 April 2015
Usurpation Of Powers
During the March Meeting of the Linn County Central Committee or as some have decided to call it the St Patrick's Day Massacre.
The Executive Committee made a Motion which in effect abolished every single Sub Committee that had been established over 4 years of hard work and consigned them, their Charters and their members to the Dust Bin of History.
NOTE: The March 17 Minutes on the Linn County GOP Website seem to be MISSING. If you wish to see the Original Form before modification when it
reappears use the Link Above.
This accomplishment was applauded by our Webmaster who termed the event Puirging the Poison.
And one of his new Associates on the Replacement for the Communications Sub-Committee called the Marketing and PR Team chimed in that
Taylor G Nelson These are steps that we have to take in order to move forward as an organization! We have to function and stop the infighting. And what we did last night where the first steps of fixing the problem. No longer can we be bogged down with the pursuits of petty people!
I take note that young Master Nelson said what happened at the March Meeting
"Were the FIRST Steps".
It would appear that the Purge of the Poison of the Pursuits of Petty People will take futher action on their part.
They do seem to like the consonant P don't they?
At first glance at the Plan that was Passed it would appear that along with abolishing every single Sub-Committee and its membership the New "Teams" which will do what the Sub-Committees used to do were to be run by the Executive Committee's Chosen.
With a few exceptions. There were some token positions given to members of the Poison.
For instance the Membership & Meeting Setup Team - a New branding of the Credentials Sub-Committee was to be headed by Justin Wasson with Mike Dupree and Deb Dupree,
That seems to have changed since the Vote was taken,
Subject: Re: Membership and Meeting Set Up
From: egarye@cs.com
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 15:56:46 -0500
CC: haiblehaus@gmail.com; altheacole8@gmail.com; bbarrow0809@gmail.com; rdwulf1@mchsi.com;philip@stonygap.com; rrabalc@gmail.com; deefredjohnson@imonmail.com; clhoech@gmail.com;fosterhr@ldschurch.org; gregory.hood@live.com; janwhetstone@gmail.com; toddle97@gmail.com;locomoco@mediacombb.net; haugenjulie44@gmail.com; clgolding@aol.com; tuckerusa@aol.com;brett.e.mason@gmail.com; mtdupree@aol.com; dkdupree@aol.com
To: jrwasson@live.com
Mike Dupree is the Team Leader for the Membership and Meeting Support Team.
I have several problems with that statement.
First I have looked at the Plan presented to be voted on and there is no
Membership and Meeting Support Team. there is a Membership & Meeting Setup Team which has Justin Wasson listed as Team Leader.
I have also looked closely at the Handout Voted upon and there is Not ONE Sentence, Word, Letter or even Punctuation Mark that gives ANYONE tfhe Authority to Change ANYTHING in the Motion that was Passed
Without the Consent and VOTE of the Body
PERIOD
Nor is there anything in the County Constitution, ByLaws or our Rules of Order which permits such an action
What we have here folks is a good Old Fashioned Usurpation of Power.
No if ands or buts about it.
I am going to now place here a copy of Mr Wassons reply to our New Secretary, But I will also place HERE a link to a Word File of the Entire Exchange.
Gary,
Let me start by saying that you don't have the authority to remove me from the team lead position. The body voted me to this position and I have not resigned. Perhaps you should read the part in the LCRCC constitution which states:
"The Executive Committee is subject to the orders of the Linn County Central Committee, and none of its acts shall conflict with the actions of the Linn County Central Committee."
In other words, you can not arbitrarily remove me from this team. On top of that, even if you could remove me, don't you think it would be prudent to tell me that I was removed?
You tell about half the story in your long e-mail and then make up the other half. I will respond accordingly to set the record straight with your comments in bold and my responses following in regular print:
- Before the March 17th LCRCC Monthly meeting I bought you lunch. We discussed your participation in the Membership and Meeting support Team. I explained the changes we anticipated making. You declined to commit to participate on the Membership and Meeting Support Team at that time.
As I reminded you in an e-mail send two weeks ago, you NEVER discussed the anticipated changes with me. The only thing you told me was that you wanted to change the name from Credentials Committee to Membership for 'rebranding purposes.' I told you I was against this change because Credentials Committee was already a functioning and thriving committee and didn't need 'rebranding.' I believe that the members of the committee would agree to this. The Credentials Committee had 19 active members on it, now the new team has 3 members, 2 of whom have limited experience at credentialing. This does not seem like progress to me. I invited the former credentials members because we NEED them! This is not an easy job and requires many people helping out.
- Following the March 17th meeting both Cindy and I attempted to contact you multiple times by phone, text and e-mail. You failed to respond or call us back. Cindy reached you from a different number and you declined to speak with her.
Cindy called me and was very rude. I was volunteering with 8 middle school girls from Boys and Girls Club and was in the middle of cooking dinner for 100 people when she called me. She demanded that she needed information from me right at that moment. I understand she has a habit of calling people when they're busy and demanding immediate attention from them. I told her I was busy volunteering and didn't have time. She continued to make the demand and when I realized she was not concerned about the importance of my time, I hung up on her. This was the day after she pushed me and yanked the microphone out of my hand in the open meeting, another very rude gesture. If I had treated you the same way she treated me then you would be reluctant to call me back as well.
Maybe rather than telling just one side of the story, you should listen to the whole thing. These Boys and Girls Club girls are important to me. You may not be able to understand, but I spend a lot of time with them and get a great sense of reward by helping teach them some very important life skills. I am not expecting you to empathize or relate, I just want you to know that unlike some people, my passions in life do not begin and end with the LCRCC.
- Following those contacts I e-mailed you on the 19th and explained we understood you were unwilling to commit to the Membership and Meeting Support Team. You did not respond or contact us. Following that we discussed the Membership and Meeting Support Team with Mike Dupree. Mike agreed to lead the team.
This is another lie. I have sent you multiple e-mails after your March 19th e-mail with no response from you. Here are just a couple that I sent relating to the subject:
"How about you tell me what a 'Team' is before I commit to leading one." -March 20, 2015
"I never requested to be a 'Team Leader,' or whatever they are called, but the body voted me as one. I also have not resigned from the position. Before committing to anything I want to know the expectations and rules." -March 22, 2015
I never got a response from you or any of the executive after I sent both of those e-mails. Who interprets a request for MORE information as an indicator that a person is "unwilling to commit?" Perhaps someone who doesn't want the people to know the whole truth.
- You were on the distribution of the meeting notice for the March 30th Team meetings with the Executive Committee. You did not respond as requested and confirm your participation.
Lie after lie. Here are the excerpts from THREE different e-mails I sent to you and all of the executives on three different days with NO response:
"I have not been invited to any Wednesday meeting until you (Brett Mason) mentioned it just now." -March 21, 2015
"I am going to mention this again because it concerns me. I have neither been invited, nor was I aware of any meeting on Wednesday. This concerns me because it appears, at least from my perspective, to be an attempt to keep me out of the loop." -March 22, 2015
"I assume that, due to the lack of response, I am not invited for the Wednesday meeting that Brett alluded to this weekend." -March 23, 2015
I was NEVER sent the invitation by any of the executives and never got a response to any of the above e-mails. The only reason I knew about the meeting was because another 'team leader' was generous enough to send me the invitation. It is hard to RSVP to something when the host chooses not to send you an invitation in the first place. Perhaps you should look back at your e-mail records before you make such a blatant lie. You are quick to tell everyone your 'facts,' but I have provided actual written documentation showing you are incorrect. I have received zero e-mails on these subjects from you or any of the executives between your March 19th e-mail and your e-mail from yesterday.
- On Monday March 30th you attended a portion of a meeting of the LCRCC Executive Team and the Team Leaders of all the Teams. During that meeting it was announced that Mike Dupree was the Team Leader of the Membership and Meeting Support Team. You remained silent, apparently accepting that Mike was the Team Lead.
Once again, you don't have the authority to remove me from the team lead position. The body voted on a plan that included me in this position, not Mike, and I have not resigned. You can not just announce a new person as a team leader because you want to. Please reference the quote of the LCRCC constitution from above as my reasoning to believe this.
In addition, this announcement you mention was either made after I left the meeting or you are lying again. I apologize that I had other important business and had to leave early. However, I had to free up two nights for this potluck because the first night was canceled. Perhaps you should consider the sacrifices I did have to make to be able to attend for the full hour that I did before you cast judgment on my early departure.
- I do not understand what you attempted to accomplish by your email.
I intend to accomplish the job that the body voted me to do. Don't belittle my actions simply because you do not agree with them.
- If you decide to proceed with a meeting on April 9th I will attend. I will be glad to discuss the above and answer the questions about the Membership and Meeting Support team. In closing I should note that as Secretary of the LCRCC I received the official LCRCC membership file from Julie Blumer. I am maintaining it going forward.
As the Membership and Meeting Setup team lead, this will continue to be my responsibility. I've told you this before, Gary: You do your job, and I'll do mine. No need to turn over the membership file you received from Julie. I also have a copy. The meeting will also continue as planned on the 9th.
In closing, I would like to point out that I am not excluding Mike and Debbie from participating on this team in any way. I think you owe both of them an apology for mixing them up in this like you have. But, while they are more than welcome to participate, neither of them have experience with credentialing for the LCRCC. And the fact that you think that only three people are necessary to do this job shows how inexperienced you are, as well. I'd also like to ask how this underhanded approach to try and remove me from this team against the will of the body is helping to get Republicans elected. Trust and unity are no longer words that are synonymous with this organization. Three years ago they were and we were a well functioning central committee, but those days seem long gone.
-Justin
Monday, 6 April 2015
Chris Kyle
Got an email from my friend Nic.
It said: This account of Chris Kyle and his funeral in the aftermath of his murder is told by the wife of one of the Navy SEALS in attendance.
It is a story that is not being told by fully 90% of the media.
It makes interesting but hardly surprising reading ...
"Chris Kyle became the armed services number #1 sniper of all time. Not something he was happy about, other than the fact that in so doing, he saved a lot of American lives.
Three years ago, his wife Taya asked him to leave the SEAL teams because he had a huge bounty on his head by Al Qaeda. He did and wrote the book "The American Sniper." 100% of the proceeds from the book went to two of the SEAL families who had lost their sons in Iraq.
That was the kind of guy Chris was. He formed a company in Dallas to train military, police and I think firemen, how to protect themselves in difficult situations. He also formed a foundation to work with military people suffering from PTSD. Chris was a giver not a taker. He, along with a friend and neighbor, Chad Littlefield, were murdered trying to help a young man that had served six months in Iraq and claimed to have PTSD.
Now I need to tell you about all of the blessings. Southwest Airlines flew in any SEAL and their family from any airport to the funeral... free of charge. The employees donated buddy passes and one lady worked for four days without much of a break to see that it happened. Volunteers were at both airports in Dallas to drive them to the hotel.
The Marriott Hotel reduced their rates to $45 a night and cleared the hotel for only SEALs and family. The Midlothian, TX Police Department paid the $45 a night for each room. I would guess there were about 200 people staying at the hotel, 100 of them were SEALs. Two large buses were chartered (an unknown donor paid the bill) to transport people to the different events and they also had a few rental cars (donated). The police and secret service were on duty 24 hours during the stay at our hotel. At the Kyle house, the Texas DPS parked a large motor home in front to block the view from reporters. It remained there the entire five days for the SEALs to meet in and so they could use the restroom there instead of the bathroom in the house.
Taya, their two small children and both sets of parents were staying in the home. Only a hand full of SEALs went into the home as they had different duties and meetings were held sometimes on a hourly basis. It was a huge coordination of many different events and security. Derek was assigned to be a Pall Bearer, to escort Chris' body when it was transferred from the Midlothian Funeral Home to the Arlington Funeral Home, and to be with Taya. A tough job. Taya seldom came out of her bedroom. The house was full with people from the church and other family members that would come each day to help. I spent one morning in a bedroom with Chris' mom and the next morning with Chad Littlefield's parents (the other man murdered with Chris). A tough job.
George W Bush and his wife Laura, met and talked to everyone on the Seal Team one on one. They went behind closed doors with Taya for quite a while. They had prayer with us all. You can tell when people were sincere and caring Nolan Ryan sent his cooking team, a huge grill and lots of steaks, chicken and hamburgers. They set up in the front yard and fed people all day long including the 200 SEALs and their families. The next day a local BBQ restaurant set up a buffet in front of the house and fed all once again. Food was plentiful and all were taken care of. The family's church kept those inside the house well fed.
JerryJones, the man everyone loves to hate, was a rock star. He made sure that we all were taken care of. His wife and he were just making sure everyone was taken care of....Class... He donated the use of Cowboy Stadium for the services because so many wanted to attend. The charter buses transported us to the stadium on Monday at 10:30 am. Every car, bus, motorcycle was searched with bomb dogs and police. I am not sure if kooks were making threats trying to make a name for themselves or if so many SEALs in one place was a security risk, I don't know. We willingly obliged. No purses went into the stadium!
We were taken to The Legends room high up and a large buffet was available. That was for about 300 people. We were growing.
A Medal of Honor recipient was there, lots of secret service and police and Sarah Palin and her husband. She looked nice, this was a very formal military service. The service started at 1:00 pm and when we were escorted onto the field I was shocked. We heard that about 10,000 people had come to attend also. They were seated in the stadium seats behind us. It was a beautiful and emotional service. The Bagpipe and drum corps were wonderful and the Texas A&M men's choir stood through the entire service and sang right at the end. We were all in tears.
The next day was the 200-mile procession from Midlothian, TX to Austin for burial. It was a cold, drizzly, windy day, but the people were out. We had dozens of police motorcycles riders, freedom riders, five chartered buses and lots of cars. You had to have a pass to be in the procession and still it was huge. Two helicopters circled the procession with snipers sitting out the side door for protection. It was the longest funeral procession ever in the state of Texas. People were everywhere. The entire route was shut down ahead of us, the people were lined up on the side of the road the entire way. Firemen were down on one knee, police officers were holding their hats over their hearts, children waving flags, veterans saluting as we went by.
Every bridge had fire trucks with large flags displayed from their tall ladders, people all along the entire 200 miles were standing in the cold weather. It was so heartwarming. Taya rode in the hearse with Chris' body so Derek rode the route with us.
I was so grateful to have that time with him.
The service was at Texas National Cemetery. Very few are buried there and you have to apply to get in. It is like people from the Civil War, Medal of Honor winners, a few from the Alamo and all the historical people of Texas. It was a nice service and the Freedom Riders surrounded the outside of the entire cemetery to keep the crazy church people from Kansas that protest at military funerals away from us. Each SEAL put his Trident (metal SEAL badge) on the top of Chris' casket, one at a time. A lot hit it in with one blow. Derek was the only one to take four taps to put his in and it was almost like he was caressing it as he did it. Another tearful moment.
After the service Governor Rick Perry and his wife, Anita, invited us to the governor's mansion. She stood at the door, greeted each of us individually, and gave each of the SEALs a coin of Texas. She was a sincere, compassionate, and gracious hostess. We were able to tour the ground floor and then went into the garden for beverages and BBQ. So many of the Seal team guys said that after they get out they are moving to Texas.. They remarked that they had never felt so much love and hospitality. The charter buses then took the guys to the airport to catch their returning flights. Derek just now called and after a 20 hours flight he is back in his spot, in a dangerous land on the other side of the world, protecting America
We just wanted to share with you, the events of a quite emotional, but blessed week."
[Punch-line]: *To this day, no one in the White House has ever acknowledged Chris Kyle; his service, his death, his duty, his generosity, his caring, his life. However, the President can call a sports person and congratulate him on his bravery for announcing to the world that he is gay. He can say on national television that someone, a man who has committed a crime and was shot by police in the line of duty, would have made him a good son*
The SEALS have asked that you please, keep this moving if you think Chris Kyle would have made a good son.
For The Good Of The Service
There waa a time if the threat of scandal raised its ugly head an Officer and/or a Gentleman might be presented with a letter of regret and a pistol and be expected to do the
Right Thing
That was a long time ago. Today if someone resigns a position they want to be the one who does the resigning.
They also prefer to survive the resignation,.
It seems that we have a difference of opinion in the LCRCC over a faux-resignatgion.
The Executive Committee seems to be taking the position that the Team Leader for the Membership & Meeting Setup Team has resigned and they have put someone else in the position
HE informs me that he has not nor does he intend to Resign.
We have a quandry.
As a result of the St Patrick's Day Massacre the work of Four Years and Every Single Sub-Committee was abolished,.
The Exective Committee presented to the Body a
MOTION
In the form of a Roadmap to Victory 2016 Plan and the handout and their Statement to the Body was
The Executive Committee moves to accept the following plan for 2015-2016 Election Cycle:
I think it passed by a vote of 25 to 21 not exactly a mandate but close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades and thermonuclear warfare.
In a word the Motion Passed
As listed in the Minutes for the March 17 Meeting
Which include the following passage
Passed EXACTLY as it was written in the Handout
NOT as the Handout was Latter Modified.
Membership & Meeting Setup – Membership records, meeting setup, credentialing for voting (Mike Dupree, Deb Dupree, Justin Wasson uncommitted)
One interesting facet of Motions is that after they have been moved, seconded, repeated by the Chair and particularly after they have been PASSED.
They are no longer the Possession of the Mover but of the Body.
I have looked carefully over the orginal Plan that the March 17 Vote was based upon and I see nowhere in it any provision for Modifying that Plan by the Executive Commitee at their sole discretion,
The Teams are now the Possession of the Body of the Linn County Central Committee as the Sub-Committees before them, they Report TO and are under the Authority of the Body.
Again we have that pesky little section of the County Constitution which states
The Executive Committee is subject to the orders of the Linn County Central Committee, and none of its acts shall conflict with actions of the Linn County Central Committee.
And if we want further indication of who advises and who makes decisions we can look at the By Laws for their instructions to the Chair and Co-Chair
1. The Chair shall be the Executive Officer and conduct all meetings of the Central Committee and assist in the formulation of policies for the conduct of the affairs of the Republican Party and such other matters as may be assigned.
2. The Vice-Chair shall conduct all meetings in the absence of the Chair and assist in formulating policies matters as may be assigned.
Yes they get to ASSIST and they are ASSIGNED matters,
Who do you think they assist and who do you think assigns matters to them?
I understand Mr Wasson will have a more comprehensive exposition of these matters if I should have a copy available. I will post it on this website
Of course if the Executive Committee can present an actual Letter of Resignation then the entiire issue will be Moot.
But there IS an Old Saying
If it's not written down, it didn't happen.
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Saturday, 4 April 2015
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Friday, 3 April 2015
Pursuing Pretty People
Oops it was Really Pursuits of Petty People.
Taylor G Nelson These are steps that we have to take in order to move forward as an organization! We have to function and stop the infighting. And what we did last night where the first steps of fixing the problem. No longer can we be bogged down with the pursuits of petty people!
And I SO wanted to Join THAT Team!
Though I must admit that after quintuple bypass open heart surgery, my pursuing powers are limited
And my catching probability would require someone Wanting to be caught.
But enough Levity
Whispers on the Wind are relaying that the Executive Board has decided that
Robert's Rules does not require a vote of approval for an agenda to be adopted before a meeting. Apparently the chair sets the agenda and can just run the meeting off that.
I did some looking around some of the more salient points can be found in
But in any event whether or not an Agenda is formally adopted by the Body what the Chair presents can ALWAYS be amended by the Body
The Executive
Committee is subject to the orders of the Linn County Central Committee, and none of its acts
shall conflict with actions of the Linn County Central Committee.
In any event there may be advantages in not formally adopting an Agenda. For instance an Agenda presented by the Chair and not formally adopted by the Body.
Would have the Standing of A Decision by the Chair.
A Decision by the Chair can be challenged and over ruled by a simple majority.
An Adopted Agenda however can only be changed by a Two Thirds vote of the Body.
So for instance
If we were nearing the time scheduled to Adjourn?
It could be extended by a Simple Majority rather than a Two Thirds Vote.
I have to admit I am starting to LIKE this new idea of theirs!
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Thursday, 2 April 2015
Tales of the Narcissistii
Back when we had a Communications Sub-Committee rather than a Marketing & PR Team we used to reserve the LCRCC Facebook Fan Page and Group Page for Republican Party information,
That no longer seems to be the case,
I saw that one of the recent posts was concerned with me instead.
Someone forwarded me this link to a anonymous letter that I really wish I could have taken credit for. Heck I would have signed my name, so please consider it mirroring my sentiments. Perhaps it reflects yours?
What a fool writes a blog and complains about a group he claims to be of but opposes at every opportunity to do so.
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I was tempted to reply on that Facebook Page but after reading a comment I chose not to.
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But it seems our Webmaster paid as much attention to that request as he has to Bill Dahlston's request that he not use Mr Dahlston's copyrighted photos.
Or as much attention as he has to my requests that he edit some of his autoposts so that they do not have Dead Links
The Truth is that I did not think he wrote the letter either.
For some reason I do not seem him paying for a stamp to harass me LOL.
Now the recent identity theft attempt where someone tried to pretend to be me and request that the Account that hosts my website me canceled
Or the report to Facebook that there was "suspicious activity" on my account.
So that I had to fill out a form and affirm that the financial means used to pay for ads on Facebook were mine, and I was required to provide a sample of a color government issued photo ID verifying that I am a US Citizen?
Is more our Webmasters speed
I mean we are talking about someone who used to comment on newspaper articels under the assumed identity of Nancy L and who organized a Denial Of Service attack upon a young lady who was once the President of the Montana Young Republicans.
BTW I can and have in an earlier post provided tje screenshots of both.
Those other attacks seem to fit him rather than this letter in the mail.
Now the post on the LCRCC Facebook Group Page looks like it was shared from his personal page.
On that one of the comments was
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Now everyone knows that if you really want to understand why someone does something the best way is to ask their enemies ;-)
I don't "hate" the Linn County Republican Central Committee
I would hazard a guess that few people have made the committment and sacrifices to support it that I have,
For Ten Years I have each month taken a Vacation Day to attend the monthly meetings
You see. I work nights so that was what was required to participate,
What do I hate then?
Seeing Constitutions Violated.
Seeing the Rule of Law trampled upon.
I don't care whether this is done by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government or the Executiuve Committee of the County Central Committee
When and if I see something like that I will
Take a Stand Against It,
I was RAISED that way and I am too old to change now,
And unlike my detractors I do not make unfounded assertions
I can name the Time and Place these offences occurred and Who committed them.
I have no respect for anyone who does or supports doing such things no matter what their justifications
I reject the premise that following the County Constitution and the By Laws of the LCRCC got in the Way of Electing Republicans
AND
I reject the concept that taking exception to such activity DOES hinder getting Republicans Elected,
I reject that standing against such things is being bogged down with the pursuits of petty people!
We either Stand Up for what we are SUPPOSED to Stand For or We are Nothing.
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