FROM THE BARREL OF MY PEN
By Gonzalo “Jun” Policarpio

QUEENS AND NASSAU GOP ENDORSE A NON- REPUBLICAN?

When President Bush told the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) during his visit to Israel that a policy of appeasement to Iran and other terrorist countries is foolishness and will not work, that was a stroke of wisdom. Definitely, a wise person cannot shake hands with the devils.

In 2004, I ran for Congress against Democrat Gary Ackerman. I then tried to seek the Queens and Nassau County Republican Party endorsement. Instead, a group of GOP leaders called me and met with me asking me to run against another Democrat, State Senator Toby Stavisky. I refused and that upset them. So they picked up Stephen Graves who already declared his candidacy for Congress in the 7th District. Promised with an instant endorsement, Graves took it hook, line, and sinker.

When a New York Sun reporter asked Graves about his last minute Republican endorsement, he said the party leaders thought I had communication problems presumably because of my Filipino accent. In a Candidates’ Forum, I recounted this newspaper article and described it as racism.

Now I’m running again for the same congressional seat. Against the advice of those who know what’s going on in the backroom of the Queens and Nassau GOP, I still tried to get their endorsement and appeared during their executive committee meeting on April 30th to the extent of apologizing if my words had hurt their feelings. I also brought prominent Rabbi Pomerantz to show that I’m not anti-Semitic. I already expected their accusation of having written articles that are anti-Semitic because I have called Gary Ackerman as an anti-Christian legislator for voting against a Congressional Resolution about the importance of Christmas and Christianity.

The day before the committee meeting, I learned that Bob Bishop, a member of the group who met with me in 2004, downloaded articles from my blog site, From the Barrel of My Pen, that he thinks are anti-Semitic and anti-Italian. He forwarded my articles to the GOP leaders such as Phil Ragusa, the GOP chair, Vincent Tabone, Daniel Egers, and to Janet Malone, president of the Northeast Queens Republican Club. The clear intent was to persuade them not to endorse me.

In spite of all the odds, I still hope to get the Queens Republican Party endorsement. I was surprised when I learned that the leaders once again plucked another candidate from somewhere in the boondocks who confessed when asked during the Q & A that she was a lifelong Independent. She just registered as a Republican on May 2nd. Her name is Liz Berney, another Stephen Graves.



Now I thought of the President’s prophetic warning not to talk to unreasonable people. He was exactly right because during the Q&A following my statement, a woman asked me, “are you from Hong Kong?’ That was no doubt a racist remark. That old character supposed to be a paid party heckler surely did not ask that question to another Asian American candidate in their midst that night who indeed came from Hong Kong. The other Asian American candidate, Peter Koo, which they endorsed has money to give to all who ask. He was also kind enough to run against Toby Stavisky. A local Republican Club just recently honored him for his financial generosity and no other that State Senator Padavan was asked to bestow the plaque of appreciation.

For me and my candidacy for Congress and my goal to rid Congress of Gary Ackerman who is undoubtedly anti-Christian, I begin another saga. Yet endorsed by the Conservative Party of Queens and Nassau, I will campaign hard to win the Republican primary to be the Republican nominee if these local leaders in a joint committee meeting by majority vote as provided by law would be able to nominate a non-Republican such as Liz Berney.

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FROM THE BARREL OF MY PEN
By Gonzalo “Jun” Policarpio


AMERICA’S CHOICE: A MAN OF EXPERIENCE OR AN INEXPERIENCED BOY

Complaints from innocent Filipinos in need of sound immigration advice who fell prey to the advertising antics of a non-Filipino immigration lawyer have reached my desk. So what’s bugging them?

Because of anxiety about what’s really a simple immigration issue with a simple solution, these Filipinos told me they have been asked to pay the flamboyant lawyer an exhorbitant fee of about $250 to $300 for 10 minutes of information that you can get from the internet. That’s how a susceptible mind could succumb to a glib-tongued immigration predator.

Let’s go back to American politics where somehow the issue of a battle for the mind is relevant. The Clinton political machine finally crashed after suffering a humiliating defeat at the recent North Carolina primary vote. Almost all political analysts and the media itself say that there’s no way Hillary can win given the insurmountable number of pledged delegates for Obama.

Yet we learned that Hillary vows to fight on until the last vote is counted. Whatever happened to the “inevitable” president of the United States? Is she going out of her mind?

As in boxing, Hillary fought like a man. So she got knocked down like a man.

I recalled advising Hillary’s opponents to treat her as a male contender during the presidential contest. Her political strategy and tactics seemed to come out from a masculine mind.

Consider the attack on Obama’s confession of using drugs during his teens and twisting it to include selling drugs. Didn’t Bill Clinton also confess using marijuana?

I thank Sen. Barack Obama for stopping somebody who could be a dangerous American president. A senior fellow of Manhattan Institute named McWhorter writing for the NEW YORK SUN even described Hillary as a “monster” in his recent article.

Now we’ll see who wins in November to be the next president of the United States: inexperienced youth or a man of experience. Fellow Americans, there’s no sense taking the risk when our lives are at stake.

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FROM THE BARREL OF MY PEN
By Gonzalo "Jun" Policarpio


VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY

So many lives have changed in the name of religion and politics. But there is something in religion and politics that attracts the mentally or spiritually needy.

In any religious gathering, say a revival or a crusade, the depressed and the desperate flock to the altar call to ask God for a change in their lives. You may also see the same kind of people who join a political meeting or rally wanting some change in themselves.

Religious and political leaders sometimes are tempted to exploit those who are vulnerable to do anything at their command. These people become fanatics and therefore dangerous.

Religious and political fanatics such as the Islamic jihadists and suicide bombers have killed thousands and thousands of innocent lives. Such dangerous characters may have their counterparts in any religious and political organization operating even in a democracy.

Our law enforcement agencies should always be on alert to detect any religious and political group exhibiting any tendency to disregard the rule of law and destroy our American spirit of liberty and freedom.

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FROM THE BARREL OF MY PEN
By Gonzalo “Jun” Policarpio


FEAR OF TERRORISM BREEDS ECONOMIC INSTABILITY

Some claim that economy is the big issue in this coming U.S. presidential election in November. Others think its national security. I believe the two issues are intertwined: one cannot be separated from the other.

Economic f actors such as savings and investments, productivity growth, and increased employment are largely influenced by the political climate prevailing in the country, particularly threat from terrorism.

The United States is still recovering from the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York City and in the nation’s Capital in Washington, D.C. Big business is still edgy whether to pour more money to stimulate the weakened economy. Big government has somehow started to stir up the sluggish economy presumably caused by political instabilities around the world mainly in the Middle East

The wealth of the world can still be found in the United States, particularly in New York City. It needs to be utilized to create jobs, put money into the people’s pockets to stimulate the consumer market, and improve the investment climate to generate more production and resuscitate the dwindling housing market. The solution indeed is an assurance to investors and entrepreneurs that America is nationally secured.

The need to win the war in Iraq is of utmost importance. Victory would mean full capitulation of the insurgents and Islamic terrorists. Unless America is willing to do everything to achieve it s mission of victory over the terrorists, its economy will suffer as the value of the dollar plunges.

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FROM THE BARREL OF MY PEN
By Gonzalo "Jun" Policarpio


IS AMERICA READY FOR A MUSLIM PRESIDENT?


There have been many stories written and said about the Islamic religius background of Barck Obama. It is said that when there's smoke, there's fire.

Please read the following account from www.snopes.com and make a judgment if there's really a burning secret in the life of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Hussein Obama.


WHO REALLY IS BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA?

Probable U. S. presidential candidate, Barack Hussein Obama was born
in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Barack Hussein Obama, Sr., a black MUSLIM
from Nyangoma-Kogel, Kenya and Ann Dunham, a white ATHEIST from
Wichita, Kansas.

Obama's parents met at the University of Hawaii . When Obama was two
years old, his parents divorced.

His father returned to Kenya .His mother then married Lolo Soetoro,
a RADICAL Muslim from Indonesia.?

When Obama was 6 years old, the family relocate to Indonesia . Obama
attended a MUSLIM school in Jakarta . He also spent two years in a
Catholic school.

Obama takes great care to conceal the fact that he is a Muslim. He is
quick to point out that, "He was once a Muslim, but that he also
attended Catholic school."

Obama's political handlers are attempting to make it appear that he is not a
radical.

Obama's introduction to Islam came via his father, and that this
influence was temporary at best. In reality, the senior Obama returned
to Kenya soon after the divorce, and never again had any direct
influence over his son's education.

Lolo Soetoro, the second husband of Obama's mother, Ann Dunham,
introduced his stepson to Islam. Obama was enrolled in a Wahabi school
in Jakarta .

Wahabism is the RADICAL teaching that is taught in Madrassas (jihad schools) followed by fanatic Muslim
terrorists, who are now waging Jihad against the western world.

Since it is politically expedient to be a CHRISTIAN when seeking major
public office in the United States, Barack Hussein Obama has joined
the Trinity United Church of Christ in an attempt to downplay his Muslim
background. ALSO, keep in mind that when he was sworn into office he
DID NOT use the Holy Bible, but instead the Koran.

Barack Hussein Obama will NOT recite the Pledge of Allegiance nor
will he show any reverence for our flag. While others place their hands
over their hearts, Obama turns his back to the flag and slouches.
Let us all remain alert concerning Obama's expected presidential
candidacy.

The Muslims have said they plan on destroying the US from the inside
out, what better way to start than at the highest level - through the
President of the United States, one of their own!!!!

FROM THE BARREL OF MY PEN
By Gonzalo “Jun” Policarpio

CORRUPTION BREEDS POVERTY

The sight of Filipinos lining up to get a small bag of rice seems to be so unreal that it can happen in a country where rice production is the main industry. Yet it does and the question is whatever happened to the Filipino farmers?

Remember the Joc Joc Bolante’s Fertilizer Fund Scandal? Government records show that about billions of pesos allocated to buy fertilizers for the Filipino farmers were diverted to mysterious projects pointing to the 2004 presidential campaign fund of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

Where is Joc Joc Bolante, the Arroyo official being charged as the diverter of the Filipino farmers’ money? He is languishing in a U.S. immigration detention cell pending appeal of the denial of his asylum application. I believe it is only a matter of weeks to end Bolante’s saga and the order to ship him back to the Philippines will happen.

If such corruption is happening in the Philippines, New York City is not behind.

Christine Quinn, president of the New York City Council, is under investigation after millions of the people’s money have been misappropriated to mysterious projects. She is even thinking of becoming mayor of New York City.

We’ll know very soon how American justice would take care of corrupt government officials. About Philippine justice, majority of Filipinos think it does not exist.

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RISE OF FILIPINO AMERICAN REPUBLICANS

It is confirmed that Republican presidential candidate John McCain will be marching in the Israeli Day Parade on 5th Avenue, Manhattan, on June 1st in response to Sen. Lieberman’s invitation.

The FILIPINO AMERICANS FOR MCCAIN, a Queens-based organization of Filipinos supporting McCain for President, also requested the Republican candidate to join the Philippine Independence Day Parade along Madison Avenue, Manhattan, on June 1st in coordination with the Filipino parade officials. Kishan Kumar Putta, McCain’s overall coordinator of the ASIAN AMERICAN COALITION FOR MCCAIN based in McCain’s Washington, D. C campaign office and Edward Cox, McCain’s New York State Campaign Chairman, promised to work on the request.

It has been a false impression that Filipinos are mostly Democrats. When Len Almaddin-Thornhill of ABS-CBN remarked to me in a recent interview that Filipino-American Republicans have not been visible presumably because there are not too many of them, I said that it may be true to Philippine media but not to mainstream media in the United States.

American media has covered for years the increasing presence of Filipino-American Republicans in pushing for their candidates during presidential and midterm elections. It started during the BUSH-QUAYLE presidential campaign in the mid80s. The following mayoral election in New York City also featured an enthusiastic and visible role of Filipino American Republicans showing their support for Rudy Giuliani.

One reason why Filipino Americans are somewhat more identified with the Democratic Party is their being a minority group like the Hispanics and African-Americans. In reality, Filipino Americans favor the Republican Agenda of lower taxes, individual responsibility rather than welfare, family values rather than a liberal lifestyle, patriotism rather than an anti-American posture, and the importance of national security.

The way the two Democratic contenders for the presidency are bashing each other to the last breath for selfish intentions would usher four more years of Republican control of the White House under John McCain, a true American hero and patriot. Surely in this next Republican administration, the presence of Filipino Americans in the halls of power would be felt.

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FROM THE BARREL OF MY PEN
By Gonzalo “Jun” Policarpio



THIS YEAR 2008 I ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE TO OUST GARY ACKERMAN FROM CONGRESS


Here’s a letter I am mailing out to the voters in the 5th Congressional District of New York as a follow-up to the letter mailed out by the FILANGIERI SOCIETY OF JUSTICE AND GOOD GOVERNMENT, a not-for-profit organization advocating passage of good laws, calling on the voters to oust Democratic Congressman Gary Ackerman next November elections:

Dear Friends and Neighbors:

My name is JUN POLICARPIO. I live in the Douglaston-Little Neck area of Queens for 10 years which is within the 5th Congressional District of New York.

This congressional district constitutes northeastern part of Queens County and northwestern part of Nassau County on Long Island.

The Queens portion covers the communities of Corona, Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst, Auburndale, Bayside, Bay Terrace, Malba, Queensboro Hill, Whitestone, Beechhurst, Bell Park Gardens, Bell Park Manor, Douglaston, Douglas Manor, Little NeckJamaica Estates, Lefrak City, Linden Hill, Hollis Hills, Holliswood, Glen Oaks, and Flushing.

The Nassau portion covers Manhasset, Manhasset Hills, Manor Haven, Munsey Park, Port Washington, Port Washington North, Roslyn, Roslyn Estates, Roslyn Harbor, Roslyn Heights, Russell Gardens, Great Neck, Great Neck Estates, Great Neck Gardens, Great Neck Plaza, Greenvale, Kensington, Kings Point, Lake Success, Saddle Rock, Saddle Rock Estates, Sands Point, Searingtown, Strathmore, University Gardens, Albertson, Baxter Estates, Williston Park, East Williston, Flower Hill, New Hyde Park, North Hills, Old Westbury, Plandome, Plandome Heights, Plandome Manor, and Lake Success.

The 5th Congressional District is regarded as the most ethnically diverse district in New York and the most affluent. Population is over half a million residents majority of which are Christians in religious affiliation.

I know we all respect each other’s religious and cultural beliefs and practices. That’s why we all came to this country, the United States of America, since the coming of the Pilgrims in the 18th century to escape religious persecution.

Surely we want our district to be represented in Congress by a person who respects our various religious beliefs and practices, most particularly that of the most numerous Christian communities.

However, all eyes are now on the incumbent Democratic Congressman Gary Ackerman from Jamaica Estate. But we look at him with shock because he voted “No” to a Congressional Resolution, HR 847, that passed the House of Representatives last December about the importance of Christmas and the Christian Faith. He was one of only 9 Democrats who refused to denounce and reject any act of bigotry or persecution against Christians in the United States as well as anywhere in the world.

2008 is the 24th year of Congressman Ackerman in Congress representing the 5th Congressional District of New York. His legislative performance has been rated “POOR” by his peers and by a Washington, D.C. political watchdog.

When asked by a reporter why he did reject the Resolution, he quipped sarcastically that he never received Christmas gifts. He tried to explain by invoking the constitutional principle of Church and State somehow suggesting that the Resolution that gives importance to Christmas and the Christian Faith violates the Constitution.

He failed to give a clear explanation why he voted in favor two previous Congressional Resolutions: October 2 Resolution, HR 635 honoring RAMADAN, the holiday of the Muslims, and the October 29 Resolution, HR 747 honoring DIWALI, THE HOLIDAY OF THE HINDUS, SIKHS, AND JAINS.

What the Constitution forbids is the establishment of a State Religion and the requirement of a religious test to get a government job. The Resolution does not do it nor even suggest it. The principle of the separation of Church and State indeed protects the American people’s right to worship.

There is no logical way to characterize Congressman Ackerman other than branding him as an anti-Christian bigot in the United States House of Representatives. Truly he has a voting record marked with an anti-Christian bias.

In 2003, Ackerman demanded the resignation of President Bush’s Education Secretary, Rod Paige, for saying that values taught in Christian Schools are far better than those in public schools. William Donohue, president of the CATHOLIC LEAGUE, America’s largest Catholic civil rights organization, lambasted him and called him “an Anti-Christian bigot.”

In 2005, Ackerman voted against a Resolution that gives importance to the symbols of Christmas such as the Christmas tree and the Nativity Scene. He also voted against another Resolution designating a National Day of Prayer for God’s guidance in America’s war in Iraq.

When Ackerman voted against a Congressional Resolution condemning a New York Times advertisement paid for by MOVE ON.ORG, a radical leftwing advocacy group, labeling General David Petraeus, American Commanding General in Iraq, as a traitor, he became eligible to carry another name: an anti-American Military who does not support our troops.

In 2006, Gary Ackerman rode back to Capitol Hill like a Black Knight without a horse after winning the elections unopposed.

This year 2008 November elections, I accept the challenge to oust Democratic Congressman Gary Ackerman once and for all and deny anymore authority to represent the 5th Congressional District whose constituents are mostly Christians and supportive of our troops.

Thank you and God bless you all.


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