CARMA PRESIDENT ’S LETTER
Dear CARMA Members and other Honorable Conservative Gentlemen:
Please join us and bring your buddies to our monthly CARMA luncheons and events. Register
early at www.carmagop.com. We have great monthly luncheons at the Fat Tuna Restaurant at 1433 Richmond Rd with speakers on various topics such as: local, state and national politics; healthcare; history; local government operations; and technology. Our local officeholders and candidates and many other interesting speakers are always on our schedule. CARMA donates to Republican candidates smartly. And please read below to learn about our new CARVA organization.
Our previous luncheon was on Thursday, August 20. Congressman Rob Wittman was our speaker. He told us that we have to be willing not just to talk to people about what is bad about socialism; we also have to tell them what is good about free-market capitalism. He referenced the recent World Cup matches and how those weeks were a super promotion of America’s freedoms and successful capitalism. People calling for socialism do not know what it is. They are mainly demanding more money to increase their standard of living. They do not know how their freedoms will be greatly reduced, or the history of communist regimes around the world.
Rob discussed his opponent, Shannon Taylor, who is the Commonwealth Attorney in Henrico County. She is a progressive Democrat who is soft on crime and has failed to prosecute many felons. She is a strong supporter of Governor Spanberger’s DEI policies, sanctuary city development, and higher taxes. Once again, most of her campaign funding is from out-of-state, since Virginia is one of the main targets of the Democratic Party via its rich overseas conspirators. The Q/A session was terrific and could have gone on much longer.
CARMA’s next luncheon is on September 17th at Fat Tuna at 11:15 am. John Curran, who is running for Virginia Governor will be our speaker. John is a CARMA member, former Navy officer, industrial entrepreneur, former Lieutenant Governor candidate and a leader in his Catholic parish.
His platform focuses on parental rights in education, job creation outside of government sectors (such as manufacturing and pharmaceuticals), and minimal government interference. Go to www.carmagop.com to learn about the luncheon menu and then email Rudy Knepper @ rudeyes45@gmail.com to make your luncheon reservation.
There was also a great CARMA Happy Hour at Oceans & Ale on Sunday, September 6th at the Oceans and Ale Restaurant. We calmed our political nerves with great conversation, some beer, tea, and delicious food. Most attendees don ’t drink beer. The happy hours are social, and we are watching our waistlines. Families are welcome. Watch for the CARMA emails and the dates.
I also want to tell you about CARVA, the Colonial Area Republican Victory Alliance. This new fundraising organization has been formed to raise money for local candidates who wish to run for local office such as the Board of Supervisors, the School Board, and Sheriff. Many qualified candidates for our local elected offices are hesitant because of the amount of money needed to run a get-out-the-vote campaign. Men and women are urged to join and donate 5,10 or $20 a month with their credit card via the Anedot fundraising website. Access to this website and information about CARVA is located on the CARMA webpage at www.carmagop.com. The first groups targeted for donations are the WJCCRC, GWRW, JHRW, Breakfast Club, and CARMA.
My wife and I vacationed in Scotland in August, and I read the local Edinburgh papers, and I noticed that their conservative officeholders, candidates, and columnists are increasing their wake-up calls because of the concerns over unchecked immigration, housing entitlements, free medical care, and the higher taxes required to provide support for so many immigrants. I also noticed the same movements are occurring in Germany and France. The unchecked immigration in European countries has become a huge problem, and political parties are lining up on both sides, guaranteeing continued friction in the political discourse.
In conclusion, now that we are seeing high-profile socialists and communists giving presentations at the podiums on the radio, on television, and in the newspapers, I have taken renewed interest in the history of socialism and communism. Today, a terrible group of extremists are now calling themselves the Democratic Socialists of America, DSA. Some are even being elected, and others have won primaries and might be elected. Most of the country cannot believe it, but most of the country is also lazy and politically ignorant, and not willing to stop the DSA’s promotion and growth. Let me remind you that this extreme faction is anti-God and anti-religion, anti-traditional American values, anti-capital enterprise, anti-immigration control, and anti-law-enforcement. They call for democracy, but what they really want is dictatorship with no tolerance of our beliefs.
Why would so many extreme liberal American voters find and wish that our country was more like the USSR ? … given its history of extrajudicial executions, concentration camps, secret police, and famine as a weapon of social control. The USSR was the epitome of authoritarian socialism, and as it was being built, its leaders continued to say that it was the first real democracy.
The dictators of the USSR saw the people as tools to strengthen their grip on their countries. They ignored individual wishes as to what somebody would like to do to make a living, and they considered a person ’s energy, strength and talents to be something they must control and so they would assign them jobs based upon what the communist party needed without any consideration of what the person and family wanted. Individual God-given rights and freedom were dismissed as rubbish and nonsense, contrary to the mandatory direction of the USSR. People who went against the party disappeared. Socialism has been tried and failed in Russia, Cuba, China, Germany, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Korea, Vietnam, Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, and now we must add the state of California.
The Virginia election season is underway. Early voting begins September 18th.
VOTE FOR ALL REPUBLICANS and against the three amendments that the Dims
conjured up, including to allow totally uncontrolled abortions even for minors.
Terry Ricks, CARMA President
202-494-8161 trix598@aol.com
Annoy a liberal - get a job, succeed and be happy!
Democrats want more socialism and control.
Republicans want more capitalism and freedom.
The problem with political jokes is too many get elected.
REMEMBER PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY’S URGING…
“ASK NOT WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU…
ASK WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY”
