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Cutting through to the truth.

January 3, 2012 Message from the Chairman Our chairman, Ken Autrey has received the latest update on election issues from Bowie County Election Administrator, George Stegall: deadlines and filings for county and party offices.

Republican Party Candidates Filing Applications 2012 Primary Election

202nd District Court Judge Leon F. Pesek, Jr. Texas 6th Court of Appeals Bailey Moseley Bowie County Sheriff Michael Dale Landers (Mike Landers) Willis J. Roberts, III (Jim Roberts) Bowie County Tax Assessor Collector Lisa Rachael Griffin (Lisa Griffin) Toni B. Barron (Toni Barron) Bowie County Commissioner Precinct 1 Mark Alan Hawkins (Mark Hawkins) William Cobb Atchison (Bill Atchison) Marion R. Gilliam (Rusty Gilliam) Bowie County Commissioner - Precinct 3 James Christopher Hanna (James Hanna) Bowie County Justice of the Peace - Precinct 1, Place 1 Mary Cox

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Bowie County Republican Party applications for filing Ken Autrey Bowie County Republican Party Chairman Bowie County Republican Party precinct Chairmen Pct 1A Pct 2A Pct 2C Pct 3B Pct 4B Pct 4C Pct 5C Pct 6A Pct 6B Pct 7 Pct 8B Pct 8C Pct 9 Pct 10 Pct 11 Pct 12 Pct 13 Pct 14 Pct 15 Pct 16 Pct 17 Pct 18 Pct 19 Pct 20 Pct 22 Pct 25 Pct 28 Thomas H Gary III Richard Lee Hazelwood Donald Earp Preston Betty Williams Hazell Bell Cotton Evelyn Anne West William Morriss Rebecca Ann Robertson Brenda L Sutton Gary Singleton Mary Ruth Fulenwider Joe Ray Crews Emily Marie Sabo Claudia Bright Gary W Strickland David Michael Carter Mark Reiter Ora Helen Tuck Jeffery Lindsey Robert Lorance Olivia Gary Evelyn Ann Barfield Rickie Huggins Wanda Louise Minnick Lamena Margaret Slider Mary Letha Notley Burl Minter ******************************

ONE MORE WAY TO VOTEWITH YOUR POCKETBOOK Subject: Fw: Donations to Democrats and Republicans to keep in mind when shopping
Review of donations to political parties by major corps.

Remember, shop local and buy American! With the holidays upon us, we might wish to be mindful of what businesses we patronize relative to their 2000 Election Cycle political donations, as reported by the Center for Responsive Politics.

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Shopping Price Club/Costco donated $225K, of which 99% went to Democrats Rite Aid, $517K, 60% to Democrats Magla Products (Stanley tools, Mr. Clean), $22K, 100% to Democrats Warnaco (undergarments), $55K, 73% to Democrats Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, $153K, 99% to Democrats Estee Lauder, $448K, 95% to Democrats Guess? Inc., $145K, 98% to Democrats Calvin Klein, $78K, 100% to Democrats Liz Claiborne, Inc., $34K, 97% to Democrats Levi Straus, $26K, 97% to Democrats Olan Mills, $175K, 99% to Democrats WalMart, $467K, 97% to Republicans; K-Mart, $524K, 86% to Republicans Home Depot, $298K, 89% to Republicans; Target, $226K, 70% to Republicans; Circuit City Stores, $261K, 95% to Republicans; 3M Co., $281K, 87% to Republicans; Hallmark Cards, $319K, 92% to Republicans; Amway, $391K, 100% Republican; Kohler Co. (plumbing fixtures), $283K, 100% Republicans; B.F. Goodrich (tires), $215K, 97% to Republicans; Proctor & Gamble, $243K, 79% to Republicans Spirits Southern Wine & Spirits, $213K, 73% to Democrats Joseph E. Seagrams & Sons (incl. beverage business + considerable media interests), $2M+, 67% Democrats Gallo Winery, $337K, 95% to Democrats Coors, $174K, 92% to Republicans; (also Budweiser sd); Brown-Forman Corp. (Southern Comfort, Jack Daniels, Bushmills, Korbel wines as well as Lenox China , Dansk, Gorham Silver), $644 K 80% to Republicans; Hungry? Sonic Corporation, $83K, 98% to Democrats Triarc Companies (Arbys, T.J. Cinnamons, Pasta Connections), $112K, 96% to Democrats Pilgrims Pride Corp. (chicken), $366K, 100% Republican; Outback Steakhouse, $641K, 95% Republican; Tricon Global Restaurants (KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell), $133K, 87% Republican; Brinker International (Maggianos, Brinker Caf, Chilis, On the Border, Macaroni Grill,

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Crazymels, Corner Baker, EatZis), $242K, 83% Republican; Waffle House, $279K, 100% Republican; McDonalds Corp., $197K, 86% Republican; Darden Restaurants (Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Smokey Bones, Bahama Breeze), $121K, 89% Republican; Traveling and/or dining Hyatt Corporation, $187K, 80% to Democrats Marriott International, $323K, 81% to Republicans; Holiday Inns, $38K, 71% to Republicans..

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Audit of the Federal Reserve Reveals $16 Trillion in Secret Bailouts

unelected.org The first ever GAO(Government accountability Office) audit of the Federal Reserve was carried out in the past few months due to the Ron Paul, Alan Grayson Amendment to the Dodd-Frank bill, which passed last year. Jim DeMint, a Republican Senator, and Bernie Sanders, an independent Senator, led the charge for a Federal Reserve audit in the Senate, but watered down the original language of the house bill(HR1207), so that a complete audit would not be carried out. Ben Bernanke, Alan Greenspan, and various other bankers vehemently opposed the audit and lied to Congress about the effects an audit would have on markets. Nevertheless, the results of the first audit in the Federal Reserves nearly 100 year history were posted on Senator Sanders webpage earlier this morning. $16,000,000,000,000.00 had been secretly given out to US banks and corporations and foreign banks everywhere from France to Scotland. From the period between December 2007 and June 2010, the Federal Reserve had secretly bailed out many of the worlds banks, corporations, and governments. The list of institutions that received the most money from the Federal Reserve can be found on page 131 of the GAO Audit and are as follows.. Citigroup: $2.5 trillion ($2,500,000,000,000) Morgan Stanley: $2.04 trillion ($2,040,000,000,000) Merrill Lynch: $1.949 trillion ($1,949,000,000,000) Bank of America: $1.344 trillion ($1,344,000,000,000) Barclays PLC (United Kingdom): $868 billion ($868,000,000,000)

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Bear Sterns: $853 billion ($853,000,000,000) Goldman Sachs: $814 billion ($814,000,000,000) Royal Bank of Scotland (UK): $541 billion ($541,000,000,000) JP Morgan Chase: $391 billion ($391,000,000,000) Deutsche Bank (Germany): $354 billion ($354,000,000,000) UBS (Switzerland): $287 billion ($287,000,000,000) Credit Suisse (Switzerland): $262 billion ($262,000,000,000) Lehman Brothers: $183 billion ($183,000,000,000) Bank of Scotland (United Kingdom): $181 billion ($181,000,000,000) BNP Paribas (France): $175 billion ($175,000,000,000) and many many more including banks in Belgium of all places View the 266-page GAO audit of the Federal Reserve(July 21st, 2011): http://www.scribd.com/doc/60553686/GAO-