The Conservative Forum of Silicon Valley Newsletter

September 2010 Newsletter

The Conservative Forum of Silicon Valley

September 2010

Conservative Thought for Bay Area Thinkers

Dear Member,

The Conservative Forum of Silicon Valley is growing = in leaps and bounds. Not only do we have a new meeting hall, but we = also are regularly attracting 300 or more attendees each month. Many n= ew Conservative Forum initiatives are taking place. One you are look= ing at - our new announcement format. We will also be providing a new newsletter every month that will be substantially more user-frien= dly.

Our new look is mainly due to the efforts of Howard Myers and Bonnie Kinnare. Howard is o= ur corporate secretary, and Bonnie is our new newsletter editor. Howard has be= en working closely with Constant Contact to help us make the importa= nt transition from an email system to a state-of-the-art communicati= on system. As soon as we get rolling, you will see the special talen= ts that Bonnie has in putting together something you will enjoy receiving.

Other things we are working on include efforts to gr= ow our membership exponentially. Leading this effort is our new membership chair, Rita Bonasera. Rita= has joined our Executive Committee in the past few months, and she has demonstrated tremendous resourcefulness in developing a very acti= ve committee. Rita has also initiated a series of newspaper advertisements promoting The Conservative Forum in virtually every local newspaper in the county. Look for them.

Ongoing success stories emanate from our Vice Presid= ent of Programs, Jack Mallory. Jack continues to provide a steady flo= w of outstanding speakers each and every month. The thing with which I= am particularly impressed is Jack's ability to find relatively unkno= wn but spectacular speakers. This coming month will be a classic exa= mple of that as Steve Greenhut will inform= us of the damage that government unions are doing to the nation, the st= ate and the local communities. Mark September 7th on your calendar for another great meeting.

I'll be looking forward to seeing you on September 7= th.

Sincerel= y,
Richard = Geno, President
The Conservative Forum of Silicon Valley

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The Beauty of Obama

From the Editor

You gotta love our President. He has in several swipes of several pens created a new environment in America. An America that once appeared to be asleep at the wheel has awakened with a vengeance.=

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Conservatives have long sat on t= he political sidelines, interested in Washington's machinations only from afar. We sat in quiet as college curriculum was chinked away and liberal ideology was instituted as truth. We sat by= as political correctness thwarted freedom of speech. We sat by = as liberal ideologues grew in strength in our court system. We = sat by as our religious expressions were considered "unconstitutional." But no longer.

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Something about this president i= sn't right and we know it. We feel it within our very bones. Whether it is his socialist agenda or his narcissism = or his disdain for the very country he serves, he has awakened us. To the core, we are armed with new knowledge of the Constitution, new understanding of the founding of this county an= d a new courage to finally stand up for what is right. We are reinvigorated by town hall meetings, sidewalk rallies and the tea party movement. At last, at long last we are coming alive. T= he Sleeping Giant has awakened from years of torpor. May it not= be too late.

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A Muslim Speaks Out Against = the "Ground Zero Mosque"

Dear Sane Friends,=

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<= span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:= #002060; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>On May 24th, the New York Post published an important op-ed written by our friend and colleague,= Zuhdi Jasser, p= resident of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy. You can read Dr. Jasser's op-ed= here <http://tool.donation-net.net/Images/Email/1097/Zuhdi_Jasser_op_= ed_on_ground_zero_mosque.pdf> . Following is a short excerpt:

"I am an American Muslim dedicated to defeating the ideology that fuels global lslamist terror -- political Islam. And I d= on't see such a "center" actually fighting terrorism or bein= g a very "positive" addition near Ground Zero, no matter how well intentioned."

To put it bluntly, Ground Zero is the one place in America where Muslims should think less about teaching Islam and "our good side" and more about being American and fulfilling our responsibilities to confront the ideology of our enemies.

How we wish that the Whi= te House, Congress, and our law enforcement and intelligence communi= ties would reach out more to Muslims like Zuhdi Jasser, instead of legitimizing Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated organizations that were named unindicted co-conspirators in the Holy Land Foundation terrorism financing t= rial - organizations like ISNA (Islamic Society of North America) and = CAIR (Council on American Islamic-Relations).

Please join more than 52= ,000 who have signed our petition at:

<http://tool.donation-net.net/ACT4America/GroundZeroMosque.cfm?d= n=3D1097&commID=3D30055678&ID=3D132328>

Thank you!

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Statement on Third Parties

Conservative Forum's Statemen= t

Some in the nation have talked about the formation of a third political party based = on conservative and or tea party principles. The Conservative F= orum  officers and Executive Committee members do not support attempts to form a third party. Additionally, we believe that such efforts, even those that might be well intentioned, are unproductive and unwise at this time. &n= bsp;

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Informal Discussion Groups

Interested? Please contact Jack Mallory 408-252-7447<= /span>

American Constitution=

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with Ray Strong

Meets on the 4^th Monday of the month for six months. Next meeting is August 2= 3 from 7-9 pm. Guests welc= ome.

Topic: Why study the original meaning of the Constitution.=

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Immigration/Amnesty Issues
with Susan Bailey

Third meeting Thursday, August 19 from 70in. Discussion will focu= s on Federal Government's failure to enforce federal immigration laws = and the resulting state actions.

Groups meet at
Round Table Pizza
4400 Stevens Creek Blvd,
San Jose, 95129

It is expected that in lieu of charging for meeting rooms, attendees eat and/or drink something to defray our deposit= .

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The Conservative Forum of Silicon Valley
We meet monthly at:

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432 Stierli= n Road

Mountain View, CA 94043&nb= sp;

The second Tuesday night of each month

Doors open at 6:30 pm, program begins at 7:00 pm

NEXT MEETING: Tuesday, September 7   Map

For more information visit our website at: http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=3Df57adubab&et=3D110383198= 6996&s=3D0&e=3D0016jHuOaIgZxnTkGWlzqLZWjMGQZ5zS0ulyTDbxW1HOFn4Yf4sl= 164hrTJAfHrndwiTCIb3yWd5XmSNvKX7kP5tLu2EZWcY64nj1OS-CtssTSMWg8qw3lQNZhjA-vH= z6Eo

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About Us

The Conservative Forum of Silicon Valley is a non-pr= ofit 501(c) 3 non-partisan educational organization. Contributions to = us are tax deductible and can be mailed to the Conservative Forum, P= .O. Box 26922, San Jose, CA 95159-6922 Copyright © 2006. All rig= hts reserved. Views expressed by our members or speakers are not necessarily the views of The Conservative Forum of Silicon Valley= .

Welcom= e to the updated Newsletter!

We have recently revamped the CFSV Newsletter and hope you like the new format.

Every month we include a thoughtful opinion from one of our members. If you have an opinion on a current news topic and would like to submit it for inclusion in the Newslet= ter, we urge you to do so. Please keep your opinion submissions to = 500 words.

Send them to: e= ditor@theconserv
tiveforum.com

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Objectives

The major goal = of The Conservative Forum is to help preserve America as the utmost be= acon of freedom and fountain of democra= cy, individual rights and responsible free entrepreneurship. The CFSV's secondary goal is to actively advocate for conservative ideas and action in Silicon Valley and the surrounding Bay Area.

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The mission of The Conservative Foru= m of Silicon Valley is to promote the principles of American liberty thr= ough education. As the recognized conservative non-partisan umbrel= la organization in the Bay Area, we are the place for conservatives fr= om Silicon Valley and beyond to gather, share ideas and become empower= ed.

Officers<= /o:p>

Richard Geno
President and CEO<= /o:p>

Jack Mallory
Vice President<= /o:p>

Rohit Joy
Treasurer= <= /o:p>

Howard Myers
Secretary= <= /o:p>

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