Monthly Archive for July, 2009

‘Victory Over Statism’ Day BBQ Event | August 15th

Published on July 27, 2009 in RIRA. Closed

Please join us for the first “Victory Over Statism” Day on Saturday, August 15th, 2009!

Rhode Island is now the only state in the Union which still celebrates Victory Day — commonly known here as “VJ-Day” — as an official state holiday. Although the holiday is observed on the second Monday of August, the actual date of “Victory Day” was August 15, 1945 — the day that the Empire of Japan surrendered to the United States in World War II.

Considering that this is a uniquely Rhode Island state holiday, we thought it appropriate to celebrate the holiday in a unique way. More importantly, we want to recognize the enemy which we fought against — which in many respects, we are still fighting against to this very day — both at home and especially abroad. The enemy wasn’t simply Japan or Germany or any other country or people. The real “enemy” was an insidious ideology: STATISM.*

The Rhode Island Republican Assembly PAC will be hosting a “Victory Over Statism” Day barbecue outdoors at the Buttonwoods — Masonic Shriners’ Family Center located at 116 Long Street in Warwick, from about 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM on Saturday, August 15th, 2009.

Besides acres of well-kept park land and walking paths, this great place has volleyball courts, horseshoes, a pool, a wading pool for children, swing sets, and other amenities for you and your whole family to enjoy for the day. We are anticipating brilliant sunshine and blue skies for the event! However, in case of rain, we will have use of a nearby pavilion, so this is a “rain or shine” event.

There will be plenty of barbecued chicken, hamburgers, cheeseburgers, hot dogs, kosher hot dogs, various sides dishes, desserts, and all the fixings. In addition to all the great food, we will have a speaking program of partisan and non-partisan leaders who will share their thoughts about what we can do as conservative Rhode Islanders to get more engaged in the political process. We will publish the full speaking list shortly.

Any funds raised in excess of our costs will go towards helping the Rhode Island Republican Assembly Political Action Committee (RIRA-PAC) support quality conservative state and local candidates in 2010 and beyond.

Tickets for this great event are only $25.00 per person.
Children 12 and Under are only $10.00 each.
Children 5 and Under get in for FREE!

PAY BY MAIL: If you would like one or more tickets, please send your request and personal check or money order payable to “RIRA-PAC” to:

RIRA-PAC
Attn: Raymond McKay
19 Bakers Creek Road
Warwick, RI 02886

PAY ONLINE: If you would like to securely and easily pay for your BBQ tickets by credit card or e-check online, please visit the RIRA-PAC website at http://rirapac.org/victory/:

Please note: Rhode Island State Campaign Finance Law limits contributions to a maximum of $1000.00 per calendar year. We are required by law to record the name, address, employer and occupation of all contributors. We can only accept contributions from individuals, as well as from other state political action committees. Business and corporate contributions are prohibited.

* Statism is a term that may refer to either one or both of the following:

A major government role in the direction of the economy, both directly through state-owned enterprises and indirectly through the central planning of the overall economy.

A political viewpoint “that sovereignty is vested not in the people but in the national state, and that all individuals and associations exist only to enhance the power, the prestige, and the well-being of the state. The fascist concept of Statism repudiates individualism and exalts the nation as an organic body headed by the Supreme Leader and nurtured by unity, force, and discipline.”

Raymond McKay can be reached at chair [at] rirapac [dot] org or president [at] ri-ra [dot] org

RIRA Says Time For Change: Daughters And Pole Dancers

Published on July 22, 2009 in Press Releases and RIRA. Closed

RI Republican Assembly Urges General Assembly Overhaul

What a wonderful feeling to be covered by the national news when you are from a state as small as Rhode Island. One’s pride must swell at such an honor! But wait…

Thanks to over 40 years of Rhode Island Democrat Control, we can legally Prostitute our Daughters and have Career Pole Dancers at Age 16 in our home state as was reported on Fox News, locally by the Providence Journal, posted on Facebook, and other outlets today and this evening.

As many of us heard this evening, even the big players in “Sin City”, Las Vegas, require their strippers to be of legal drinking age, which happens to be 21.

Rhode Island Democrats have financially bankrupted our state for years using the tobacco settlement to balance budgets and this past year used $266M of stimulus money to balance their 13% increased State budget.

Now we see that while the Democrat Controlled General Assembly was busy running businesses out of the State, giving free reign and benefits to illegal immigrants, not making the hard choices to control and shrink our government in these hard economic times, they quietly allowed laws to be in place that morally bankrupted us and brought us this infamous night of recognition in our nation.

With Law Makers enacting laws or creating Laws with such unforgivable loopholes that allow minor children to be exploited, there is no longer any room for discussion: The one Party, Democrat controlled General Assembly is bad for Rhode Island. The “General Assembly is bad but my Democrat Senator / Representative is good” lie can no longer be allowed.

There is no such thing as “too big” to not be run out of office. It is time for the Taxpaying, hard working American Citizens of Rhode Island to rise up and to “tar and feather” those that will embarrass us and make a mockery of this once great State.

In 2010, we Rhode Islanders must take back our State, our integrity, our honor and replace all those that are in the General Assembly.

Media Contact: President Raymond McKay
president [at] ri-ra [dot] org / 487-2514

RIRA Urges Protest of Congressman Kennedy and Speaker Pelosi

Published on July 10, 2009 in Press Releases and RIRA. Closed

It is times like these when opportunity presents itself, that a grassroots movement must seize the moment and make itself heard.

There are a number of different organizations who are planning to get together this Saturday afternoon, July 11th — people from the RI Tea Party, We the People, the RIGOP, and people from RIRA — to Protest against Statism, Liberal Fascism, the Obama Administration, PATRICK KENNEDY and House Speaker NANCY PELOSI, who will be in Rhode Island on Saturday hosting a swanky fundraiser for Patrick Kennedy and other House Dems.

Tickets for the event are about $20,000.00 a plate, but we are going for FREE!

After the Democrats attend another event in Middletown, they will be heading to Jamestown for the big backyard fundraiser under a tent at a waterfront home located at 13 Walcott Ave, in Jamestown, RI.

All the groups of protesters will be set-up across the street from there from about 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. For maximum flexibility, you can drive directly there and park nearby. The home for the fundraiser is just beyond Jamestown Center, past the BankNewport branch.

If you’d like, you can also meet others at 3:30 p.m. sharp at the ‘Park and Ride’ on Route 102 (next to the North Kingstown Home Depot and across from the Stop and Shop Plaza), where there will be a caravan to 13 Walcott Avenue. The Peaceful protesters will be setup across from the home to assemble at about 4:00 p.m. It is thought that the “guests of honor” will arrive sometime around 5:00 p.m.

Things to bring and remember: Signs expressing feelings towards Speaker Pelosi and Congressman Patrick Kennedy, and the Cap & Trade, lawn chairs or blankets, snacks and drinks, and possibly rain gear (however, the current forecast looks okay). This is a peaceful protest to send a message to our congressional delegation and our “leaders” in Washington that we are fed up! The Tea parties across America have been a great success. By organizing peacefully and legally across the street from the home we will send Nancy Pelosi, Patrick Kennedy and the Democratic Socialist movement a message: GET BACK TO WORK for all Americans! or get FIRED!

RIRA needs to support this Call for Freedom / Peaceful Protest by coming out in force!

Jamestown is a beautiful little town with quaint restaurants and shops for your extra-curricular enjoyment, supporting the American economy the way true conservatives do, with our own earned money, not with government tax handouts that came from other people’s pockets. So after the protesting is done, feel free to go shopping or go out to dinner, or stop by nearby Newport for the music festival and other weekend activities!

It should be a night to remember! Hope to see you there!

P.S. If you have access to a boat, we understand you can also protest from the water on Narragansett Bay, as this is a waterfront home. ;)

Best Regards and Conservatively yours,

Raymond T. McKay
President, RIRA