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Subject: Primary Elections - Being Silent Is Cowardly When You See WrongFrom: "Joyce Thomann" <JoyceThomann@thomann1.com>Date: Tue, Aug 31, 2010 12:47 pmTo: "Joyce Thomann" <joycethomann@thomann1.com>
August
31,
2010
PRIMARY
ELECTIONS
‐
BEING
SILENT
IS
COWARDLY
WHEN
YOU
SEE
WRONG
Dear
Friends:
Following
is
the
link
to
the
"Guest
Column"
written
by
Mike
Collins
which
appeared
in
the
Thursday,
August
26,
2010
edition
of
The
Annapolis
Capital
‐
Gazette
Newspapers,
http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/opn/2010/08/26
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33/Guest
‐
Column
‐
Primary
‐
elections
‐
a
‐
good
‐
time
‐
to
‐
weed
‐
out
‐
the
‐
bad
‐
candidates.html.
Mike
Collins
is
entitled
to
his
own
opinion.
He
is
NOT
ENTITLED
TO
HIS
OWN
FACTS!
Mr.
Collins'
Guest
Column
included
a
statement,
"I
expect
I
will
be
the
target
of
abuse
for
writing
this.
Thomann,
who
describes
herself
as
a
conservative
who
happens
to
be
a
Republican,
routinely
attacks
those
she
disagrees
with
as
RINOs
(Republicans
in
Name
Only)."
I
believe
Mr.
Collins'
words
amply
describe
him;
thus
I
have
no
need
to.
I
do,
however,
believe
that
Mr.
Collins
has
omitted
a
very
relevant
item
from
his
attack
piece.
The
editors
of
The
Capital
were
careful
to
note,
"The
writer
is
a
member
of
the
Republican
Central
Committee
representing
District
30."
Mr.
Collins
was
elected
to
the
Anne
Arundel
Republican
Central
Committee
in
2006.
(He
was
defeated
in
his
simultaneous
run
for
the
House
of
Delegates
that
year.
I
had
been
a
supporter
of
Mr.
Collins
for
both
races.)
It
wasn't
long
before
many
people
began
to
see
the
real
Mike
Collins
‐‐
not
the
candidate
Collins
‐‐
but
the
true
Mike
Collins.
In
what
was
a
relatively
short
period
of
time,
other
(also
elected)
members
of
the
Central
Committee
went
to
him
and
asked
him
to
resign
as
Chairman.
Mr.
Collins
fought
this
suggestion
and
soon
what
had
been
a
quiet
undercurrent
of
concern
became
public
knowledge.
During
this
time,
Mr.
Collins
sent
an
e
‐
mail
to
me
(Joyce
Thomann)
asking
me
to
step
up
and
come
to
his
defense.
In
my
response
to
him,
I
DECLINED,
and
suggested
that
he
RESIGN
HIS
POSITION
and
end
what
was
becoming
a
public
outing
of
what
should
have
remained
an
internal
problem.
A
September
7,
2007
Baltimore
Sun
article
noted
"This
week's
gathering,
which
had
to
be
moved
to
a
larger
venue
to
accommodate
the
expected
crowd,
promised
political
theater
and
did
not
disappoint.
The
result
was
just
as
promised:
By
a
vote
of
10
‐
2,
chairman
Mike
Collins
was
ousted."
(FYI,
the
District
30
Central
Committee
members
were:
Mike
Collins
(who
recused
himself),
Robin
Bissett
(who
voted
FOR
his
continuance
as
Chairman)
and
Debbie
Belcher
(one
of
the
10
members
to
cast
a
Vote
of
No
Confidence).
Mr.
Collins
was
forced
to
turn
the
Chairman's
gavel
to
the
Committee's
Vice
Chairman,
Mr.
Jerry
Walker.
Mr.
Collins
fought
hard
to
retain
his
Chairmanship
and
although
ousted
by
a
strong
majority
of
the
Committee
members,
he
refused
to
resign
his
seat
and
remained
in
a
position
where
he
might
keep
better
"track"
of
everything.
I
noted
earlier
that
the
editors
of
The
Capital
were
careful
to
note
that
"The
writer
is
a
member
of
the
Republican
Central
Committee
representing
District
30."
Did
Mr.
Collins
have
an
axe
to
grind
or
revenge
to
seek
regarding
two
of
the
three
women
running
for
election
to
the
Anne
Arundel
County
Republican
Central
Committee
in
District
30?
Or
was
he
merely
speaking
as
a
concerned
citizen
as
he
would
like
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everyone
to
believe?
In
his
article,
Mr.
Collins
notes:
"And
of
course,
we
all
know
Joyce
"
Obama
is
Hitler
"
Thomann,
who
brought
nationwide
notoriety
to
Anne
Arundel
County
Republicans
last
summer."
Although
the
"
Obama
is
Hitler
"
is
attributed
to
me,
in
fact,
that
is
Mr.
Collins'
description/statement
regarding
HIS
view.
Not
mine.
Once
again,
Mike
Collins
is
entitled
to
his
own
opinion
‐‐
but
NOT
to
his
own
set
of
"facts".
It
is
no
secret
that
I
stirred
up
the
hornet's
nest
of
the
ever
faithful
and
vigilant
Obama
protectors
‐‐
the
Huffington
Post,
MSNBC's
Keith
Olberman,
and
other
"Progressive"
liberals
who
were
quick
to
condemn
me
for
simply
telling
what
everyone
would
soon
come
to
learn
was
the
truth.
My
e
‐
mail
account
was
"treated"
to
some
absolutely
filthy,
sexually
explicit
and
threatening
attacks.
However,
I
also
received
an
enormous
outpouring
of
support,
understanding
and
agreement
with
what
I
said
from
across
the
Country
as
well
as
from
Maryland.
At
the
August
12,
2009
RWAAC
General
Membership
meeting,
‐‐
all
RWAAC
members
had
been
notified
by
e
‐
mail
and
snail
mail
well
in
advance
of
the
subject
matter
to
be
covered
in
the
meeting
‐‐
the
RWAAC
members
voted
unanimously
in
support
of
my
stand.
Following
is
what
I
actually
wrote:
Obama and Hitler have a great deal in common in myview. Obama and Hitler use the“blitzkrieg” method to overwhelm their enemies. FAST, CARPET BOMBING intent ondestruction. Hitler’s blitzkrieg bombing destroyed many European cities – quicklyand effectively. Obama is systematically destroying the American economy and withit AMERICA. First the banking/investment industry, next private enterprise (GM andChrysler) and now HEALTH CARE. And he is working on grabbing more of theAmerican economy with his environmental extremism!
Even
a
cursory
reading
shows
that
my
comparison
was
to
the
commonality
of
the
TACTICS
of
the
two
men.
NOT
to
the
two
men
as
individuals.
T
his
past
February,
2010,
President
Obama
himself
said,
"I've
been
working
the
Congress
pretty
hard."
Since
the
time
of
my
original
June
20,
2009
statement,
Obama,
Pelosi
and
Reid
have
forced
down
the
throats
of
Americans
and
burdened
us
with:
A
massive
government
‐
controlled
health
care
bill;
a
government
take
‐
over
of
all
student
loans;
a
government
take
‐
over
of
Wall
Street;
a
government
take
‐
over
of
the
energy
production
and
usage
soon
to
be
coupled
with
extremist
environmental
regulations
(Cap
and
Trade);
proposed
government
control
of
the
Internet
‐‐
and
the
list
goes
on,
and
on,
and
on
and
on.
None
of
the
aforementioned
count
Obama's
two
2009
enormous
budget
bills;
two
TARP
bail
‐
outs;
the
stimulus
bill
(with
another
one
lurking
now
in
the
wings).
All
have
been
coupled
to
unprecedented
deficit
spending
and
borrowing
which
have
put
the
once
economically
powerful
and
free
United
States
of
America
in
financial
bondage
to
Nations
whose
leaders
have
made
no
secret
of
their
desire
to
destroy
America.
Have
the
policies
and
enormously
intrusive
and
expensive
legislation
been
pushed
through
the
Congress
with
"blitzkrieg
like
speed"?
Although
President
Obama
did
not
use
the
word
"blitzkrieg"
in
his
speech
earlier
this
year,
he
did
acknowledge
that
"I've
been
working
the
Congress
pretty
hard."
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Are
these
policies
and
their
attendant
out
‐
of
‐
control
spending
which
President
Barack
Hussein
Obama
and
his
lieutenants
been
pushing
"systematically
destroying
the
American
economy"?
There
are
a
lot
of
very
smart
people
who
think
so.
As
I
stated
more
than
a
year
ago,
I
believe
now
as
I
believed
then
that
the
massive
spending
being
directed
by
President
Obama
would
be
as
destructive
to
the
future
well
‐
being
‐‐
indeed
even
to
the
very
survival
of
the
United
States
‐‐
as
was
the
blitzkrieg
bombing
of
European
cities
by
Hitler
in
World
War
II.
Thanks
to
the
generosity
and
the
defense
provided
by
the
United
States
of
America,
Europe
survived
and
prospered.
If
we
allow
the
United
States
to
fall
from
within
‐‐
who
will
come
to
our
rescue?
Can
we
save
America
from
total
collapse
under
the
weight
of
these
massive
spending
programs
and
the
out
‐
of
‐
control
deficit?
Can
we
save
America
from
the
total
implementation
of
the
Cloward
‐
Piven
strategy?
Can
we
save
America
from
falling
to
the
"final
solution"?
The
answer
to
that
question
won't
be
known
until
the
election
returns
begin
to
roll
in
on
November
2,
2010.
Mr.
Collins,
may
be
surprised
to
know
that
Historians
(along
with
Delegate
Don
Dwyer
and
the
wonderful
people
who
continue
to
teach
at
the
Institute
On
the
Constitution)
agree
that
America
WAS
FOUNDED
ON
THREE
BASIC
DOCUMENTS:
The
Declaration
of
Independence
(July
1776);
the
Articles
of
Confederation
(drafted
in
1777,
ratified
in
1781)
and
the
Constitution
of
the
United
States
of
America
(1789).
All
THREE
of
these
Documents
were
drafted
and
signed
by
men
who
received
their
inspiration
and
moral
compass
from
THE
BIBLE!
It
is
a
historic
FACT
that
everyone
who
is
considered
among
the
"Founding
Fathers"
was
a
RELIGIOUS
PERSON
AFFILIATED
WITH
A
RELIGIOUS
DENOMINATION.
Knowing
them
as
I
do,
I
believe
I
can
speak
for
my
other
District
30
Team
mates.
We
DO
STRONGLY
BELIEVE
that
the
Declaration
of
Independence
and
the
Constitution
of
the
United
States
of
America
have
made
America
the
"Shining
City
on
the
Hill"
spoken
of
by
early
pilgrims
and
later
by
President
Ronald
Wilson
Reagan
‐‐
the
beacon
of
freedom
which
has
cast
the
bright
light
of
hope
into
a
darkened
world.
We
will
work
hard
to
help
RESTORE
and
then
continue
that
legacy
of
a
Constitutional
Republic
which
we
have
been
blessed
to
enjoy.
Each
of
us
is
a
Christian
woman
who
tries
to
"Do
unto
others
as
we
would
have
them
do
unto
us."
Each
of
us
have
been
actively
involved
in
our
community
in
very
positive
ways
‐‐
beyond
our
political
activities.
Mr.
Collins
may
find
solace
in
dragging
out
a
long
past
ridiculous
charge,
"All
Catholics
are
pagan
idolaters
who
will
burn
in
hell."
in
order
to
establish
himself
as
a
victim,
but
there
are
too
many
of
us
who
know
better
‐‐
and
we
are
Christians
and
Jews.
The
Mother
of
Debbie
Belcher
and
her
brother
Delegate
Don
Dwyer
died
at
the
young
age
of
48.
She
was
Catholic
and
I'm
sure
that
everyone
who
knew
and
loved
her
are
certain
that
she
IS
IN
HEAVEN!
I
received
the
most
wonderful
part
of
my
education
at
St.
Mary
of
the
Wasatch
in
Salt
Lake
City,
Utah
‐‐
a
private
CATHOLIC
girls
school.
It
has
been
years
since
I
heard
of
anyone
stupid
or
bigoted
enough
to
make
the
charge
that
still
lives
so
heavily
in
Mr.
Collins'
world.
Mr.
Collins
attacks
Delegate
Don
Dwyer
a
number
of
times
in
his
Guest
Editorial.
One
of
his
more
ludicrous
charges
‐‐
the
Maryland
Legislature
reacted
to
Delegate
Dwyer's
raffle
of
a
Bushmaster
rifle
and
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