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P RESIDENT ’ S
Humboldt Republican Women Federated M ESSAGE
announces BY C OLLEEN H EDRICK
Spring Tea in Trinidad There are at least promises of spring,
although that cold wind has a tricky
Thursday April 16th way of taking charge. That said, it
makes it a pleasure to think about a
1:00 to 3:00 p.m. couple of tea parties scheduled for our
Humboldt Republican Women
Federated members, their guests, and
interested community members.
On Wednesday, April 15, multiple
organizations are focused on a Tea
Party gathering of citizens who Think
they pay enough taxes now and are far
from pleased with the direction they
see the country headed. Join them at
12 noon and stand up to be counted at
a Taxed Enough Already gathering at
The Court House, 5th & I, Eureka.
Thursday, April 16, from 1 to 3 pm is
the time for our Membership Tea at
Esther Holmes’ home at 637 Driver
Road in Trinidad. It is a great
opportunity to visit and enjoy a
It is TEA Time….Hat Time …..Time for our Annual Membership Tea fashion show by the Irish and the
sponsored by your Board of Directors. This year our tea will be hosted by Cotton Shops. There’s a rumor that
Esther Holmes in her lovely home in Trinidad. Let’s make the most of this you will be knee-deep in cookies and
annual event, bring a guest, a potential new member to enjoy tea, coffee and fun.
goodies while visiting with old friends and making new friends. The IRISH
SHOP will be presenting their wonderful new fashions modeled by several of Bring Your Old Cell Phones
our members. Be sure to wear your favorite hat; pretty, fun or outrageous.
This is always a fun event, if you have not attended before, make plans to be Please bring your old cell phones to
there. the Membership Tea Thursday, April
16. Collecting our old cell phones and
Address: 637 Driver Road, Trinidad, CA Take 101 N - Exit 726A to checking with family, friends, and
Westhaven Drive, (.1mi) right at Scenic Drive (92 ft) right at Driver Rd (.1) neighbors for any of their discarded
637 Driver is on the left. cell phones will enable us to send
them in to be traded for phone cards
for our service personnel. This could
enable many in military service to
Please RSVP to make the calls home that are valuable
Colleen Hedrick at 268-0101 support for them and their families.
Cell phone accessories are also useful
Reservations are to be honored. for trading.
Cancellation notice is a
P AGE 2 T HE R EDWOOD A LERT
C ONTACTS
Rep. Mike Thompson Senator Barbara Boxer Senator Diane Feinstein
269-9595 1-202-224-3553 1-202-224-3841
1-415-403-0100 1-415-393-0710
Email boxes for senator’s offices are often a lost cause because they are full. This sometimes also
happens with voice mail but persistence pays.
Q UOTES TO P ONDER
Here are some quotes from Journalist Judy King:
Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.
Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation
and high taxes?
One hundred Senators, 435 Congressmen, one President and nine Supreme Court justices....545 human
beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally and individually responsible for the domestic
problems that plague this country.
What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human
begin would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits. The
President can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it.
If the tax code is unfair, it’s because they (Congress) want it unfair.
If the budget is in the red, it’s because they want it in the red.
If they do not receive Social Security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it’s
because they want it that way.
The Executive Board of the no uncertain terms, that we buttons (bug repellent), Gatorade,
Humboldt Republican Women support them and their mission. Simple Green Hand Cleaner, lip
Federated is pleased to report that, It was ordered through Move balm, deodorant, special CDs for
in the name of our organization, America Forward and the package the troops, and a note from all of
we ordered a Squad-Sized Care contains some or all of the us expressing our deepest thanks
Package (for 8-10) to be delivered following: Easter Egg candy, Jelly and heartfelt gratitude to our
to our troops in Iraq, Afghanistan Belly jelly beans, gourmet coffee, military men and women for their
or Guantanamo Bay to help lift Oreo cookies, premium beef service to us and our country.
their morale and let them know, in jerky, trail mix, Nascar Bug
THOUGHTS ON TAXES....
"I am proud to be paying taxes in the United States. The only thing is... I could be just as proud for half the money." (Arthur
Godfrey)
It's getting so your annual property tax is more than you paid for your home in the first place.
April is the month the green returns to the lawn, the trees and the IRS.
"The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale." (Arthur C.
Clarke)
"Today, it takes more brains and effort to make out the income- tax form than it does to make the income." (Alfred E. Neu-
man)
The trouble with today's taxes is that they keep your take-home pay from ever getting there.
A taxpayer recently sent the IRS twenty-five cents with a note saying he understood that he could pay his taxes by the quar-
ter....
The American taxpayers wouldn't object to free transportation for certain government officials if they'd go where we wish
they would.
There is always death and taxes; however death doesn't get worse every year!
It used to be only death and taxes were inevitable. Now, of course, there's shipping and handling, too.
If you make out your income tax return correctly, you go to the poor-house; if you don't, you go to prison (unless you're in
Obama's Cabinet).
Golf is a lot like taxes. You drive hard to get to the green and end up in the hole.
Ever wonder why the IRS calls it Form 1040? Because for every $50 that you earn, you get 10 and they get 40.
Did you ever notice: When you put the 2 words "The" and "IRS" together, it spells "Theirs."
Doing your own income tax return is a lot like a do-it-yourself mugging.
Isn't it appropriate that the month when the taxes are due begins with April Fool's Day and ends with cries of "May Day!"?
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AMERICA!!!
P AGE 6 T HE R EDWOOD A LERT
April 16 Spring Tea in Trinidad, 1:00-3:00 p.m., Esther Holmes’ house in Trinidad
May 3-5 CFRW 34th Advocacy Workshop and Spring 2009 Board Meeting
Hyatt Regency at Capitol Park, Sacramento
C OLLEEN ’ S C OMMENTARY
Y ES V IRGINIA , T HERE IS AN O BAMBAH L AND
BY C OLLEEN H EDRICK
Okay, so things haven’t been He and Michelle dropped hints responsible for shoving us into the
going all that great. Truth to tell, aplenty along the way. They sorry financial mess we’re in now.
things have really been going expect to render everyone equal A number of congressmen got big
lousy. But then again, truth to tell, by taking money and assets away bucks from Freddie, Fanny, AIG,
there’s almost always something from the rich, increasing welfare and others but that was the big
in which we can find a little across the land, putting everyone pay-off for that fairy tale.
glimmer of sunshine. in the same green cars, sending
Obama has essentially stayed in
everyone to college, controlling
Think about it: aren’t you plenty campaign mode. Air Force One
all thermostats, and he’s got
proud of yourself that you didn’t zooms him to diverse points to
A.C.O.R.N. set to help the census
vote for Chris Matthew’s right or sign a paper he could have signed
count all these ordinary folk.
left leg thrill and help elect the in the White House, a photo op
Chosen One Barack (Havoc on The Obamas have not as yet told that could have been staged
the Potomac) Obama? It would us what their status is going to anywhere, a flight to Arizona for
sure be a bummer to look in the equal. a 15-minute speech, and, more
mirror and know you had a share recently, a necessary trip to
Congress already forced the big
of the responsibility for the daily Europe that he conducted as an
bust to enable everyone to own a
assaults on a country he swore to apologist for our country and a
house whether they had a down
protect. Now it’s clear that we mud slinger at former President
payment, a salary, or prospects.
were correct in our suspicions and Bush.
The Godawful truth is that this
it is dismantling he had in mind
project didn’t work any better
all the time.
than a fast slide to hell is
V OLUME 34, I SSUE 4 P AGE 7
Jack R. MacDonald
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707-444-2823 or 877-445-0152
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