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&nbsp;Meeting<br>Dane County<br>Tuesday, 2007 June 5<br><br>§ § §</p>

<p align="left">Six members attended though they initially met in three different areas of the University of Wisconsin @ Madison's Union Terrace. After his finishing his 'Badger Blast' malt, the scribe joined the group in order to record for all prosperity that there is wisdom on this campus.</p>
 
<p align="left">The scribe brought the print-outs for our fearless leader 1 / organizer to use tonight:</p>
 
<p align="left"><u>The Divide Republican Bill</u>. Bobby Eberle wrote in <a href="http://www.gopusa.com/theloft/?p=466" target=_"_blank"><i>The Loft</i></a> that, "We have the laws in place, both old and recent. . .[we need] a strong dose of political cajones, and not passing this bill." Senator John McCain <a href="http://www.gopusa.com/2007/june/0604_mccain-immigrationp.shtml" target="_blank">whines</a>, "Critics of the bill attack this as amnesty and special path to citizenship that is denied to lawful immigrants. Both charges are false." Eberle Would retort, "...not passing this bill doesn't seem so "dangerous" or "unacceptable" to me." Meeting leaned toward the increasing border agents, the constructing security fencing from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean, and the punishing employers for illegal hiring practices.</p>

<p align="left"><u>Demorcrats spar in 2nd debate in NH.</u> There was some interest in this topic. Who-ha!</p>

<p align="left"><u>Sole v. Wyner</u> It was mentioned about "the unanimous opinion, written by Justice Ginsburg, about what it means to be a "prevailing party" --entitled to attorneys' fees -- in a §1983 civil rights case. The Court decided that winning a prelimary injunction is not enough if you go on to lose the case on the merits. The plaintiff, by the way, was fighting for the right to protest the war [Iraq] with a giant peace sign composed of naked people." --From Ann <a href="http://althouse.blogspot.com/2007/06/four-new-supreme-court-opinions.html" target="_blank">Althouse</a>, Madison attorney and blogger, and Thorley Winston comment on her post, "The plaintiff, by the way, was fighting for the right to protest the war with a giant sign composed of naked people. Hopefully they were good stewards of the Earth and used the entire naked person. Waste not, want not."</p>

<p align="left"><u>Anbar</u>. Alaskan Townhaller, Alex Gimarc, in his weekly <a href="http://home.gci.net/agimarc" target="_blank"><i>Interesting Items 5/28</i></a> wrote, "We continue to get positive reports out of Iraq, as the new warfighting plan continues to unfolf. Last week had a large number of reports of significant progress into previous anti-American, pro-Baathist, insurgent and Al "Qaida hotbeds like Anbar province. It appears that Al Qaida overplayed its hand against the locals and the tribal leaders have turned against them and declared war against them. We are now seeing the civil war we always wanted in Iraq - the one pitting Al Qaida against everyone else. And Al Q?aida is losing the fight. Keep it up, guys. We are close, very close."</p>

<p align="left"><u>Brief mention of Newt Gingrich's</u><a href="http://www.aei.org/events/type.upcoming,eventID.1533,filter.all/event_detail.asp target"_blank">"Principles of a New Governing Majority"</a>.He makes very good point on the state of political discourse today. It is too bad he couldn't keep his zipper zipped. His falling pants is the major caused of Congress falling into greed -- if the people want greed they will always go for those who are the professional crooks hence 2006.</p>

<p align="left"><u>Again, Alex Gimarc reminds us of the coming nasty election:</u>


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        <p align="justify"><font face="Verdana,Arial" size="1" color="#000000">"Video. Campaign techniques are changing fast as both technology and the ability to get a message out near instantaneously on the web merge. One of the big changes used by the left last election cycle was sending an opposition campaign worker with a video camera to every event staged by their opponent. They used it to good effect last year when a Webb (D. VA) staffer filmed former AUS Senator George Allen's (R. VA) use of the term 'macaca' to describe the Webb guy holding the camera. This screw up was plastered over the media, the net, and used by the Washinton Post for months in a series of blistering attacks on Allen to eventually defeat him for office last year. Allen's failure to immediately stand up, acknowledge his use of the racial epithet and apologize directly to the staffer helped seal his fate among Virginaia voters. Daily Kos owner / operator Marcos Moulitsas suggested that his lefties do the same thing to every single major Republican candidate over the next year and a half. This means that the cameras will be out there, and every single gaffe will be up on You Tube, Daily Kos or something similar for the upcoming election cycle. This means that Our Side will have to be much more disciplined aboutg what they say, who they say it to, and how it is said, for it will be quite easy for the Other Side to build a video narrative of a candidate that will not be all that flattering or helpful. This also means that we to be filming the union thugs and other goons used by democrats to keep citizens away from their candidates. I expect it will be superb entertainment and excellent viewing for political junkies. The Other Side is bit better at using the new media than we are so far. We need to do better, something that I expect Fred Thompson is already doing. Dean Barnet in Hugh Hewitt, Tues."
 
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</div>Succinctly, let's becareful of side-bar discussions such as if the multi-colored flagged chatters on cabana at the UW@Madison's Union Terrace were gay or just assorted minorities.</p>


<p align="left"><u>The discussions shifted from politics into religion</u>. Nobody got hurt.</p>

<p align="left"><u>The Dane County Townhall</u> Next Meeting:<br><br>What: The Dane County Townhall July Meetup<br><br>When: Tuesday, July 3 at 7:00PM<br><br>Where: Memorial Union<br>800 Langdon St. <br> Madison WI 53706</p>
 
<p align="left"><u>Meeting adjourned</u>  </p>


 
<p align="left"><u>Special Orders.</u>The After Meeting was attended by three members who continued the discussion. It was mentioned by the student of the Koran that it is written all by Mohammed in contrast to the New Testament being written by several different writers. The night was finally concluded with a quote from Pope Benedict XVI's new book, <i>Jesus of Nazareth</i>, "This God designates himself simply as the 'I am.' He just is, without any qualification. And that also means, that he is always there -- for human beings, yesterday, today, and tomorrow."</p>
 



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