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Friday, October 01, 2004

OCTOBER LIST OF EVENTS

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October 3, 2004, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Doors open at 12:00 Noon): The Sportsmen's Association for Firearms Education Inc. (S.A.F.E.) will be hosting its "2004 Right to Carry Conference" & Second Amendment Rally. The event will be held at the Sheraton, Long Island, 110 Vanderbilt Motor Parkway, Smithtown, NY, (631) 231-1100, (on Motor Parkway on North side of LIE between exits 53 & 55). In attendance at the event will be: Wayne R. LaPierre, NRA Executive Vice President; The Honorable Bob Barr, Former Member, U.S. House of Representatives; Kayne Robinson, NRA President; John C. Sigler, NRA Second Vice President; Jim Fotis, Executive Director, Law Enforcement Alliance of America; John L. Cushman, S.A.F.E. President and NRA Director. Candidates for U.S. Senate from New York have also been invited! At the conference, you will get the latest information on the Right-to-Carry on Long Island, meet and network with fellow sportsmen, raise issues of concern with local and national leaders of Second Amendment organizations and local legislators, and win valuable prizes in drawings limited to attendees only. Admission & parking is free and the event is open to your family and friends.

October 4, 2004, 6:00pm: Chat the Planet: Baghdad Two-Way airs on MTV. New York's own Dorian Davis will be on the show.

October 5, 2004, 7:00 PM: Townhall.com Meetup at Manhattan Lounge, 1720 2nd Ave bet 89th & 90th. All meetup.com events are free.

October 5, 2004 8:30 pm. Join fellow Bush supporters for the vice presidential debate at the Metropolitan Republican Club, 122 East 83rd Street (between Lexington and Park). Watch Dick Cheney trounce John Edwards on the Met Club's new large screen television. Scheduled debate time is 9 pm. Light refreshments available.

October 5th, 2004 9:00 pm: The Hunter College Student Government is pleased to announce it will be holding a a watch party for the Vice-Presidential Debate on Tuesday at the Kaye Playhouse, which seats 625 people. The debate will be projected on a large screen. Please RSVP by emailing watchparty@hunterusg.com. Their is an open microphone at 8 pm, just take the 6 train to 68th street.

October 6, 2004, 9:00 PM-10:00 PM: Nasir's Party for the President at Scopa, 27 E.28th St. Email nasirmuhammadconsulting@yahoo.com for more information.

October 6, 2004, 7:00pm: Come to the New York Young Republican Club's (the state-party affiliated one) PLAYOFF PARTY! At The Press Box, 932 Second Avenue - 2nd Floor (b/t 49th & 50th Sts). Admission: FREE (Cash Bar) All are welcome! Bring a friend! $5 Raffle Prize: Ken Burns' PBS Documentary "Baseball" (a $180 value!) Warm up by watching President Bush's 2001 World Series Game 3 pitch! View the evite here. Questions? Contact NYYRC Events Chair Britta Jepsen at events@nyyrc.com or call (212) 465-3377.

October 7, 2004, 6:30pm: The Metropolitan Republican Club presents its First Thursday Monthly informal social for members and their guests. Prospective members also welcomed. $10 at the door.

October 9, 2004,10:00pm: This isn't a political event but one of the hosts is wonderful conservative writer and thinker Dawn Eden. A Year Of Gear and a Night of Fright! FREE Admission at the ROCKTOBER SPOOKTACULAR. Celebrating the one year anniversary of POP GEAR Resident Evil DJs: Kittybeat, Michael Lynch and Dawn Eden and GHOST DJ: Richard Rockstar Spin groovy, ghoulish Garage, Mod, Freakbeat, Spookbeat, Psych & Soul
+ your favorite Screamadelic classics projected on RiFiFi?s gigantic screen Creature Features include: *a Sexy Succubus* an Orgy of the Undead* a Vampire Happening* Hippie Bloodsuckers* a Mad Monster Party* Monsters Crash the Pajama Party* Hair-raising, Pulse-pounding excitement! Have a weirdly gruesome time at... POP GEAR! @ RiFiFi / Cinema Classics 332 East 11th Street (btwn 1st and 2nd Aves). Rituals begin at 10pm. Dancing all night till 4am. FREE ADMISSION...Enter if you DARE...

October 12, 2004, 7:00pm: Bush 2004 Meetup at Manhattan Lounge, 1720 2nd Ave bet 89th & 90th. All meetup.com events are free.

October 8, 2004 8:30 pm. Watch the presidential debate with fellow Bush supporters at the Metropolitan Republican Club, 122 East 83rd Street (between Lexington and Park). See the President come back strong on the Met Club's new large screen television. Scheduled debate time is 9 pm. Light refreshments available.

October 13, 2004 8:30 pm. Join fellow Bush supporters for the final presidential debate at the Metropolitan Republican Club, 122 East 83rd Street (between Lexington and Park). See the President trounce his opponent on the club's new large screen television. Scheduled debate time is 9 pm. Light refreshments available.

October 13, 2004, 8:30pm: The New York Regional Office of the Republican Jewish Coalition will host a presidential debate party. At The Press Box, 932 2nd Avenue (49th and 50th). Come watch the debate on the big screen with members and friends of the RJC! Debate starts at 9:00 p.m. Open wine and draft-beer bar! Hors d’oeuvres! FREE TO CURRENT RJC MEMBERS! Please respond by October 6 to (212) 922-0839 or newyork@rjchq.org. Kosher food/wine dietary laws observed. Price for non-members: $25. Yearly membership, including free entrance to RJC events, available at $75 for individuals/ $125 for families.

October 14, 2004, 7:30pm: The New York Young Republican Club (the independent one) will hold its monthly meeting. Speaker to be announced.

October 17, 2004, Noon: Friends of Anton Srdanovic is happy to host a New York City sneak preview of the new film: "In the Face of Evil: Reagan's War in Word and Deed" Watch the trailer here! http://www.inthefaceofevil.com/index1.php. Matinee showing at 12:00 and then 2:00 if ticket demand exceeds theater capacity. Seats are limited so get them early! Location: the Pioneer Theater (155 East 3rd Street at Ave. A ...
entrance is on 3rd street). To get your ticket(s), the Anton Srdanovic for US Congress campaign requests a minimum contribution of $25 per ticket. Pay on-line at: http://antonforcongress.com/contribute.html Important: In the "Message to seller" box, please indicate the number of tickets desired, your Company and occupation (for Federal filing purposes). If paying by check, it must be received no later than October 15th. About the Movie "In the Face of Evil" recently premiered at the very first Liberty Film Festival and has finally made its way to New York. Be one of the first New Yorkers to see this amazing documentary about our beloved 40th president, Ronald Reagan. For additional information, please e-mail us at: info@antonforcongress.com.

October 18, 2004, 3:30pm: "The Mechanisms of the Slippery Slope" by Prof. Eugene Volokh. Commentary & Remarks by Prof. Abner Greene. This event is free and open to the public. At McNally Amphitheater, Fordham Law School, 140 W. 62nd Street (across from Lincoln Center, near Columbus Circle). Presented by: The Fordham Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies
Slippery slope arguments -- we've all made some, and we've all pooh-poohed others. Liberals, conservatives, and libertarians all make them, though in different fields, whether free speech, privacy, abortion, euthanasia, gun control, same-sex marriage, or many others. Do these arguments make sense, and, if so, when? How can we evaluate them better, and make them more effectively? Hear Professor Volokh, author of "The Mechanisms of the Slippery Slope," 116 Harv. L. Rev. 1026 (2003), http://www1.law.ucla.edu/~volokh/slipperyshorter.pdf tell us all about them. Professor Eugene Volokh teaches free speech law, copyright law, the law of government and religion, and a seminar on firearms regulation policy at UCLA Law School. Before coming to UCLA, he clerked for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the U.S. Supreme Court and for Judge Alex Kozinski on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Professor Abner Greene teaches Federal Courts, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, and First Amendment law at Fordham Law School. Prior to Fordham, he clerked for Justice John Paul Stevens on the U.S. Supreme Court and for Judge Patricia Wald on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies is a group of conservatives and libertarians interested in the current state of the legal order. It is founded on the principles that the state exists to preserve freedom, that the separation of governmental powers is central to our Constitution, and that it is emphatically the province and duty of the judiciary to say what the law is, not what it should be. The Society seeks both to promote an awareness of these principles and to further their application through its activities. This entails reordering priorities within the legal system to place a premium on individual liberty, traditional values, and the rule of law. It also requires restoring the recognition of the importance of these norms among lawyers, judges, and law professors. For more information on the Fordham chapter of the Federalist Society or to learn more about this event, please contact: Meredith Kapushion, President, Fordham Federalist Society mkapushion at yahoo.com (replace at with @)

October 19, 2004, 6:30pm Prompt: The Donald & Paula Smith Family Foundation
Presents a debate: Flip-Flops, Spin, & Outright Lies: Is honesty possible in politics and which party has a stronger claim to it? Featuring Joe Scarborough, Scarborough Country, Author Rome Wasn't Burnt in a Day. Bryan Keefer, Columbia Journalism Review's Campaign Desk, Author All the President’s Spin. Moderator, Harvey Shapiro, Senior Contributing Editor, Institutional Investor. Each side in this presidential contest is using tactics to put their record in the best light and to discredit their opponent’s. This is the nature of a campaign. What is new is the sophistication of these tactics and how rapidly each side is responding to the other. Are these trends a positive development for revealing truth during the campaign, or are the facts getting lost in the rhetoric? If the latter, who is to blame: the politicians, the media, or the voters who can not see through the spin? At the Graduate Center, The City University of New York, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York,(Corner of 34th Street & 5th Avenue). Free and open to the public. RSVP necessary.

October 19, 2004, 7:30pm: The Republican Jewish Coalition invites you to a debate featuring Jay Lefkowitz, former advisor to President Bush vs. Congressman Jerry Nadler (D-NY), Lincoln Square Synagogue, 200 Amsterdam Avenue @69th Street, Manhattan. No RSVP necessary.

October 19, 2004, 7:30pm: The Republican Jewish Coalition invites you to a debate featuring Greg Menken, RJC NY Regional Director vs. Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY at Makor, 35 West 67th Street, Manhattan. $15 at door; $12 in advance. Call 212-415-5500 9am-5pm to RSVP.

October 21, 2004, 7:00pm: The NY Young Republican Club (the state-party affiliated one) monthly meeting at the Womens National Republican Club, 3 West 51st Street between 5th and 6th Avenues. In addition to our line up of candidates and luminaries, we are pleased to present Michale Graves, columnist at conservativepunk.com and former lead vocalist of the Punk Rock Group, The Misfits.

October 23, 2004, All day: The New York Young Republican Club (the state-affiliated one) is forming a volunteer team for "New York Cares Day " on Saturday October 23rd. This event is to benefit the New York City Schools. Volunteers will participate in projects that include painting classrooms and murals, reorganizing libraries and gardening. Please contact David Tsin Community outreach chairman at community@nyyrc.com provide name tel# and work or home address.

October 24, 2004, 10:00am: The Republican Jewish Coalition invites you to a debate featuring Jeff Weisenfeld, RJC member & former aide to Governor Pataki & Senator Alfonse D’mato vs. Mark Green, former democratic NYC Public Advocate at Temple Israel, 108 Old Mill Road (Between Bayview Ave. & Middleneck Road), Great Neck, NY. No RSVP necessary.

October 25, 2004, 6:30pm: TR Group & Gramercy Park Republican Club Candidates Forum at the Met Club (located at 122 East 83rd Street). $5:00 door charge: beer, wine, soft drinks served.

October 27, 2004, 7:00pm: The Republican Jewish Coalition is co-sponsoring a Get Out the Vote party at Crobar, 530 West 28th Street at 10th and 11th Avenues. Doors open at 7 pm. $10 in advance, $20 at the door. See the attached flyer for more details. To RSVP: please call 212-983-4800 x190 or visit their site.

October 27, 2004, 7-10:00pm: Celebrate Halloween at the NYYRC (the state party affiliated one) Patriotic Halloween Bash. Come to the Red Sky Bar & Lounge, located at 47 East 29th Street between Madison & Park Avenue South, dressed up as one of
your favorite patriots, or those who are "patriotic" in their own way. Prizes for best costume.

October 28, 2004, 7:00pm: The Republican Party Meetup at Typhoon, 22 East 54th St between 5th Ave & Madison Ave. All meetup.com events are free.

October 28, 2004, 7:00pm: Claudio of The Vast Rightwing Conspiracy blog will be participating in a mock presidential debate at Baruch College, in the Old Honors Lounge, featuring CUNY Honors College students on two three-person panels. Directions to Baruch are available on their website (www.baruch.cuny.edu). Refreshments will be served. Questions from the audience will be entertained. Please RSVP to Claudio at claudio at therightwingconspiracy.org (replace 'at' with @).