President's Message

Happy New Year BARW - January 2012

Fellow Members,

Well here, we are... it is 2012. I have looked forward to this year with great anticipation and at the same time with equally great trepidation.

This is the year we have been waiting for------ “if we can just hold on until 2012-dot, dot, dot.” Well now it’s time to make “dot, dot, dot” happen.

This is the year that historians will look back on as the year the United States either got back on course toward its founding principles or was lost forever in the morass of big government, social and economic mediocrity, and decline.

We, as members of BARW, the grassroots, are in a unique position to get the outcome we want. However, it will take hard work, staying informed and being able to articulate our message in a positive and intelligent way to anyone who will listen.

Ladies, we can do this. We must do this! 2012 is here. Let us get to work! See you on the 25th!

Debbie Guitian Roan

PS: Be sure you have rejoined BARW for 2012. Remember, there is strength in numbers.

What I am thankful for - November 2011

Well this is it!!! My very last newsletter to write as your President, and it's going to be a short one too. #1, because it's already about a week late getting to Sheila to lay out, #2, It's the Friday before Thanksgiving and we're getting ready to head out of town and I have a million things to do, and #3 There's too much I could talk about with what is going on but I can't decide on which one or two without rambling on for pages so I'm going to just talk a minute about what I'm THANKFUL for instead!!!

I am THANKFUL that I have a PERSONAL relationship with God. I lean on Him every single day from sun up to sun down!!! I cannot imagine my life without Him!

I am THANKFUL for my wonderful Husband! He is my best friend and is a wonderful Father and a great provider and he lets me be me!!! (Bless his heart!) We have a lot of fun together too. We laugh and we talk and we have a real interest in each others lives, the good and the bad, and I love him more every single day! He is my ROCK!

I am THANKFUL for my family. Each of them have helped me become the woman I am today. Thru trials and tribulations, good times and bad and LOT'S of Prayer, I stand today a better person from having each and every one of them in my life! And for those that have already gone, but not forgotten.I give thanks for having had them in my life and know I will see them all again one day!

I am THANKFUL for my country..Unlike our current President, I am proud to be from the United States of America! We live in the greatest country in the world. There is a reason people move here from all over this planet.it's because it's a place where with hard work and determination, dreams can and do come true! I am proud of our military who have fought for decades so that we remain a free nation.safe and secure to live the lives that we chose to live.

I am still amazed at the forethought that our Forefathers had so long ago. How could they know so much back then, to write the words of our Constitution and the Declaration of Independence and know that it would (or should) still be good to guide us even today!

I am THANKFUL for clubs like BARW all across the nation that care enough to be involved in fighting for the rights of our Country- For being bold enough to stand up to those we elect and have a say so, and demand that they represent OUR interests!!! I am thankful for groups that evolve to make sure that the truth is known and that honesty and integrity are upheld! For folks that lay it all on the line to make sure that OUR voices are heard!!! I am thankful for regular people who will answer the calling of service to run for elected positions. Who will take time away from family and home to serve.THE PEOPLE! I love that!

I could go on and on, as any of us could, for the many things we are all thankful for..HOME, HEALTH, MY DOGS (silly but I do love them).But lastly I want to say.I am THANKFUL for each of you! Thank you for supporting me these past two years. As much as I thought that I couldn't do it, I have to say that I will miss leading such a fine group of Women (and men too). It has been a true honor to serve with you and I look forward to continuing that work as your Past President.

There is much work to be done in the 2012 year. We are in for the biggest fight of our lives! I think we will see this Administration pull out more dirty tricks and scandal and backhanded deals than we can even imagine.and all to STEAL this race! Please engage as you never have before, and get others involved with you! We will need each and every one of you. I am excited that Debbie Roan has agreed to be our President again for this very important election year. With Debbie's leadership, plus a very strong Board.I know BARW will continue to do great things!!! But only if YOU stay involved!!!

Ronald Reagan: "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free."

I hope to see you all at the Egg Nog Party on Wednesday, December 7th. The flyer is in the newsletter. Thanks to Sheree Frede for opening her beautiful home for this event. Come out and lets have a great time, supporting the new Board, seeing old friends and giving thanks for all that we have! Praying a beautiful and safe Thanksgiving for each of you.Surround yourselves with Friends and Family and pray for our military and their families and this great country.

May God continue to Bless the United States of America.

Rae Sinor

Upcoming elections - October 2011

There is a lot going on and it's only just the beginning..There are already SEVERAL elections going on in Harris County. In fact by the time you read this newsletter, Early Voting might have already started. (It starts on October 24th - November 4th) Please go to www.harriscountygop.com for a peek at the voting schedule AND the ballot. Go ahead and click on the sample ballot and start seeing what you need to pay attention to and do some homework. There is also a place to click on, and get an analysis of all of the amendments there: www.tlc.state.tx.us/pubsconamend/analyses11/analyses11.pdf. It's a little lengthy but may help you in deciding on some of them. If that's too confusing, then ASK SOMEONE YOU KNOW that studies our local politics and that believes as you do! Do not go into the voting booth uninformed!!! For our area, early voting is at the Clear Lake Freeman Library and in Pasadena at the Harris County Courthouse Annex!!! GO AND VOTE! Our old friend Herman Cain is in the news a LOT lately. Some good, some not so good.but I don't trust the media anyway, so it really doesn't matter. He is fairing pretty well under the public scrutiny but that won't last too much longer. The media will come out (and the current Administration) the more he rises in the polls.

As a child I was taught that if you can't say anything nice about someone then don't say it all, so I have very little to say about BHO and our current leadership. To me they are a band of thieves and liars and I just want them OUT! I can hardly bear to listen to him read from his teleprompter and I turn him off at every chance. My husband, as you know, can't get enough and it's from him that I get most of my BHO updates. It seems easier to hear it from someone I love than out of the mouth of "The Chosen One. " I just cannot stomach it..

My biggest fear is something that I've already begun to hear and read more and more about, and that's voter fraud! We have to understand that there is NOTHING that this Administration will not do to STEAL the upcoming elections. Look at what has already happened in the past. Theft, intimidation, cheating and manipulating is just how they operate. Make no mistake as to the lengths they will go to steal the Presidency (again) as well as many of the other important races that will affect our future as we know it. There are local groups that we MUST get involved with..we just have to take the time to do it! Go to www.truethevote.org and take a look at the video on the home page. This is the group within the King Street Patriots, headed by our friend Catherine Engelbrecht. If you remember, Catherine came and talked to our group a few months ago. I have already signed up as a volunteer, and plan to get involved with this group for the upcoming 2012 election process.

In the video you will hear Catherine and the others (our very own Kathy Haigler is in the video as well) talk about "How can you know it to be true, the corruption..and not do anything about it? If you know it and don't get involved.then you get what you get." Catherine also says plainly."IT'S JUST ABOUT THE TRUTH!" I love that! I for one cannot bear to know of the fraud and dishonesty imbedded in our elections and not do something!!! I WILL DO MY PART.WILL YOU?

Also stated in the website information: IF OUR ELECTIONS ARE NOT TRULY FAIR...WE ARE NOT TRULY FREE! That, my friends, terrifies me.and it should you too! It will not matter who we have representing Republicans. They can steal it anyway! There is much to do between now and then so I beg you to get involved! Lastly, as I am nearing the end of my 2 years of being your President, I wanted to let you all know just how much I have enjoyed it. I have learned so much from so many of you! Thank you for the honor of allowing me to lead you. I hope you have learned a thing or two from me as well. We have done a lot of great things but our work is not yet finished. Please get involved in the process and help to continue to make a difference in our future!!! At our October 26th meeting we will have Alice Rekeweg and Orlando Sanchez with the group Patriot Guard Riders come and speak to us. Alice is a member of the Kingwood Area Republican Women and is also a member of The Blue Star Moms and the Houston Marine Moms, having had a son serve in Afghanistan. We are also thrilled to have Harris County Treasurer Orlando Sanchez with us in another capacity. He is a rider with the Patriot Guard group so we look forward to hearing his perspective as well. We will also be voting on our slate of officers for 2012 at this meeting so please make plans to attend, and bring a friend. Please come and join us.Remember I need your RSVP, ASAP if you are interested in having a lunch plate the day of the meeting. If you just want to join us for the 'meet and greet', and the speaker, there is no charge and no need to RSVP.ONLY IF YOU WANT TO EAT!!! Please go to barw.rsvp@gmail.com.

NO MEETING IN NOVEMBER!!! EGG NOG PARTY at member Sheree Frede's home on DECEMBER 7th. (More info and invitation coming in the very near future.)

See you all on the 26th!!! All my best,

Rae Sinor