Statement of the Queens Village Republican Club
June 2, 2020

Democrats like the Mensheviks will go into the Dustbin of History

By Phil Orenstein

All it took was a spark, the tragic police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, to trigger the explosion of anger and frustration that the radical left exploited to orchestrate the violent insurrection across America they had been planning for months.

Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Vladimir Lenin

The radicals strike when then see weakness, and that is what they saw in the largely Democrat run cities where the major riots broke out. These professional agitators have a well-planned strategy for the violent takeover of America which they can never accomplish peacefully through elections.  Hours after the video of Floyd began circulating the internet, militant Antifa, Black Lives Matters cells and other radical socialist groups began deploying to Minnesota to riot, according to Andy Ngo, an American conservative journalist who studies the revolutionary tactics of the radical left. The anarchist-communist group, Antifa has perfected the art of rioting and chaos, first breaking store windows, calling in the looters, and then burning the place down. It is encouraging news that Antifa, whose stated goals are to abolish capitalism and law enforcement in America, will be designated as a terrorist organization as President Trump announced on Sunday May 31st.

Antifa and an amalgam of radical leftist movements in America including Black Lives Matter (BLM), Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), and the Bernie Bros, have taken a page from Lenin’s playbook of the Bolshevik Revolution. They follow in the footsteps of murderous dictators such as Lenin, Castro, Mao, Pol Pot, and Maduro, who exploited the poverty, chaos and turmoil of their societies to take over through violent insurrections, since they could never achieve power through a peaceful election process.

History is repeating itself now as we are witnessing the battle of the moderates versus the radical left within the Democrat Party. Lenin’s totalitarian Bolsheviks split from the more moderate democratic Mensheviks, who were the popular establishment party, violently seized power, overthrew the Tsarist regime, and ultimately established the Soviet Union. Lenin hated the Mensheviks more than the Tsar, whom he had executed along with his entire family. Along with capitalism and democracy, Lenin annihilated the Mensheviks and sent them, as Trotsky chided “… into the dustbin of history!”

These radical socialist movements, all enthusiastic supporters of socialist Bernie Sanders during the Presidential Primaries, will not be supporting Joe Biden, as DSA and others stated. Similar to Lenin and the Mensheviks, the radical socialists hate the establishment Democrats more than the president. The political war the establishment Democrat-media complex waged against the Sanders presidential campaign and the system rigged against him to defeat him the second time, pushed them over the boiling point to set off “the powder keg that is growing all over this country,” in the words of Nina Turner, former top aide for Sander’s presidential campaign, inciting the flames of riot and revolt across the nation.

It’s ironic that the rioters attacked CNN Headquarters in Atlanta, since CNN promoted the righteousness of the riots. But CNN, the media arm of the Democrat establishment, played a major role in the defeat of Sanders. After his Nevada victory, Sanders was poised to sweep the nation and win the Democratic nomination.  Biden was dead in the water. This frightened the Democrat-media establishment, and CNN conspired with them to undermine the Sanders campaign, blasting his age, his health after a heart attack, his way too expensive Medicare and tuition reforms, his far leftist leanings, and alleging “sexism” at the CNN debate. It was a full court press to defeat Sanders as Super Tuesday was approaching. So former rivals united around Biden who all exited the race giving their endorsement, as the fear and trembling of a Sanders victory took hold. The leftists vowed that if the nomination was stolen, wait for the riots to start.

Most of the rioting is happening now in Democratic strongholds, as payback for their offences against the left. Chicago, Detroit, Baltimore, Minneapolis, St Louis, Washington DC, Cleveland, some of the most dangerous cites in America, now hotbeds of rioting and unrest have been totally controlled by the Democrat Party for 50 years or more. The radical socialists doing the looting, burning, and causing chaos, do not care about the poverty, unemployment, the failing schools, the crumbling infrastructure, over-regulated businesses, or the black, the poor or minority populations living there. Their aim is to create chaos and take over when the people are sufficiently cowed and afraid. Democrat mayors and governors are giving them carte blanche to create havoc and destroy property and human life, as did leftwing Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey who surrendered the Third Police Precinct to the rioters. On top of that, the son of Minnesota AG Keith Ellison, and City Council member, officially declared his support for Antifa. Voters throughout America need to rise up and kick out these soft-on-crime political has-beens.   

Democratic governors and mayors have been weak and spineless as the riots have consumed their cities and the people were left terrified and hopeless. The riot at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn was a well-organized attack orchestrated by radical socialist groups throwing bottles, bricks, Molotov cocktails and other debris at police. Police were injured, some almost killed, but that didn’t prevent Governor Cuomo, Mayor de Blasio as well as other elected officials from taking the side of the rioters and calling for an investigation into police responses, and Senator Gounares (D-Brooklyn) blaming the police when they were trying to defend themselves. Senator Michael Gianaris (D-Astoria) and many other New York City Democrat elected officials, said they will no longer accept campaign contributions from police unions and declared, “we deserve a police force that is held accountable for racist behavior.” Setting the stage for lawlessness and mayhem, New York City with its bail reform laws releasing criminals to the streets and emptying city jails, welcomes the professional agitators expediting their plunder.

In contrast, the mayors and governors of Republican cities and Trump strongholds, who refuse to placate the rioters, who are not afraid to stand up to the criminals and thugs looting and rioting in the streets of their cities, have set curfews and declared state of emergency orders early on and rioting has been curtailed. While Democrats have failed to protect American lives or property, Republicans have protected this country from foreign adversaries and domestic foes since 1861, when Abraham Lincoln, the first Republican president emancipated the slaves and won the Civil War. In 1864 he defeated the Democratic nominee, former General George McClellan who wanted to make peace with the South and discard the victory that Lincoln and the Union was about to achieve. Teddy Roosevelt saved this country with “big stick” diplomacy, built up our military, and made America a superpower. Eisenhower defeated the Nazis and stood up to the Soviet Union. Ronald Reagan defeated communism and the Soviet Union and won the Cold War. 

The Republican Party is historically the Party of law and order and strong defense. They have always championed the protection of the people and always will.  In 1968, the chaos and storming of the Democrat National Convention and the riots that shook the nation, paved the way for the victory of Richard Nixon who ran for president on a law and order platform. History is now repeating itself. On Monday June 1st, President Trump called himself “the president of law and order” and promised to restore security and safety and mobilize the United States military to American cities to stop the rioting and looting and protect the rights of Americans. When chaos happens, people seek law and order, and will vote for Republicans. Rudy Giuliani recently said: “Don’t elect progressive Democrats if you want to be safe.” Just like the Mensheviks, the Democrat Party is headed for the dustbin of history.

Phil Orenstein is the president of the Queens Village Republican Club. Established in 1875, it is America’s oldest Republican Club. www.QVGOP.org. Historian, Jerry Matacotta was the advisor for this article.

The Streets of New York

By Joseph Concannon

Today those who live in NY have ceded all authority to the elected officials.  This is wrong. Government officials are supposed to represent us and not rule over us. 

Where else but in the City of New York could you find a group of artists, second amendment advocates, free speech firebrands all have their right to assembly swept away in a heartbeat and absolutely no one is talking about it.  The Constitution of the United States of America is suspended in the City of New York, in broad daylight while oligarchs like de Blasio and Cuomo, his brother, and other big and small elected officials laugh behind closed doors.

What good is an alarm if no one is ringing the bell? Right here in Eastern Queens, not a word about how elected government officials have abused their power.  Why aren’t these city and state officials standing up and shouting that a Governor or a Mayor cannot suspend the U.S. Constitution?  It is our right to make those decisions and not have them made for us.  In good times and in bad, we as a nation have weathered many storms and this virus is not the first and not the last.  Let the government advise and let the citizens decide.  Not one newspaper, not one reporter, not one group of freedom loving people brave enough to stand up and say this is still the USA and we have a right to be heard.  It is my right to demonstrate whenever and wherever I choose.  The government does not give us this right, nor does any politician. The U.S. Constitution resolves those powers. Never forget it.  It is our right unless we cower to the very people who would have us locked up in chains in our very homes.  This is nuts! 

What kind of America is this? Today those who live in NY have ceded all authority to the elected officials.  This is wrong. Government officials are supposed to represent us and not rule over us.  New Yorkers have gotten it all wrong and it is way beyond time to fight back.  New York, the land of handouts, and weak leaders, needs to move on and get this state and city back to fighting strength.  The men and women must stand up in the face of this fading pandemic and take the safeguards but get on with life.  Stop this craziness. 

We live in a state where the most vulnerable living in nursing homes were fed to the lions as Governor Cuomo ordered COVID patients into those buildings.  No greater loss of life was felt in any other sector than in those very institutions.  The helpless, the frail, the weak, many left alone suffered the fate of the infection so ordered by the Governor of New York.  What do we hear about it – crickets, just crickets!

People are scared to death to wander outside their homes. What wisdom is there in creating a culture and atmosphere of fear, uncertainty, and doubt?  Yet this is exactly what New York officials have done with the help of friends in the media.  The young and old are literally afraid to leave their homes. Locked out of our public parks, storefronts closed, supermarkets barren, and small businesses folding up quicker than you can say ouch.  People are scared to death and no one owns that message more than the elected zealots in City Hall and the NYS Legislature.  Not one of them standing up for the normal average everyday New Yorker.  It is a disgrace, we have lost all reason, logic, and common sense in our “Sanctuary City”.

Voting matters and elections have consequences. I have said in many forums and during many political discussions that voting matters and elections have consequences and it has never been truer, than today.  Each of us owns a stake in New York – call it an investment.  Our shares should be a tremendous value, unless we squander every opportunity, we must change the course of history.  Our founders have warned us, they have prepared the road for us and it is upon every individual to take that step forward with flag in hand and exercise our charge.   Lest we’re ready to set the stage for a second revolution, voting is the sole solution to what ails the Empire State.

Say NO to Governor Cuomo’s plan to reimagine our school system!

“Emperor Cuomo sits on his throne ever more drunk on his own power”

By Phil Orenstein

Eric Schmidt, Bill Gates, Michael Bloomberg – big gov’t and big tech overloards to reimagine life in NYS
Photo Credit: © Reuters/Arnd Wiegmann/Lucy Nicholson/Pool/KJN

There’s great news amidst the pandemic showing that support for President Trump and Republicans is growing throughout America. The President’s job approval rose to 51% according to a new Hill-HarrisX poll. Republicans are sweeping special elections races across the country including two more House seats in California and Wisconsin last week, revealing a great sign on the road ahead for victory in November!

However, here in New York, Emperor Cuomo sits on his throne ever more drunk on his own power. Using the pandemic as an opportunity to issue sweeping executive decrees, Cuomo is partnering with billionaire globalists, first with former Mayor Bloomberg to launch a contact tracing army, which will further erode our liberties, already decimated under two months of lockdown. Cuomo’s latest decree, in partnership with Bill Gates and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, will “reimagine” New York’s public school system, to overhaul the education system as we know it, replacing the teacher and physical classroom setting with digital technology peddled by these tech giants. “We don’t want to go through all of this and replace what was there before,” the emperor proclaimed.

Nicholas Giordano, Professor of Political Science, who spoke at past club meetings said, “Merging big government and big tech will completely destroy our education system.” In his latest enlightening PAS Report Podcast, Professor Giordano, blasted the emperor saying:

“If we allow Emperor Cuomo to fulfill his vision of reimagining education, the education system will be lost forever. Education will no longer be about knowledge, discussion, ideas, the ability to think critically, and building social relationships. Instead, education will be about obedience and compliance with the powers that be, with a little slice of social justice mixed in. Education will become nothing more than another app on our phones. It will become completely meaningless. If Governor Cuomo’s vision comes to fruition, we will be creating an entire generation of mindless bots.”

Jerry Matacotta, historian and 30-year veteran of NYC’s public schools, challenged this reckless high-tech plan as a total breakdown of the traditional student-teacher relationship, where children are lifted out of their everyday environments to enrich their lives with higher aspirations and dreams. They would lose irreplaceable socialization skills and disciplines which can never be learned on a digital platform. Shop classes, orchestra, debates, clubs, sports teams, gymnastics, vocational training, and any extra-curricular activities would be no more.  Education basically has not changed since the days of Socrates, Athens’ street-corner philosopher, where a live teacher uses the famous Socratic method to stimulate critical thinking and to bring out ideas in his students.

Something much more sinister is going on. Bloomberg, Gates, Schmidt and other globalist billionaires who have no background in teaching, nor do they care about educating our kids, bow before the gods of big money and global power. It’s a money grab from the vast property tax income stream that finances today’s public education system. With the state facing a $13 billion deficit, and potential deep cuts to New York’s schools, Cuomo is making a Faustian bargain with these tech giants trading control of New York’s school system to bail us out of the looming financial crisis.

For this devilish tradeoff, he wants to let these tech industry elitists do a complete takeover of New York’s schools and determine our education policy. Whoever controls the knowledge industry has more power, control over people lives, and control of the future, and will be well funded by our tax dollars. It’s feeding the beast until it is big enough to devour us.

Big tech is not capitalism. It’s akin to corporatism or statism, which is China’s system without competition, where corporations and the Communist Party are one and the same. Google and former CEO Eric Schmidt have been working with the Chinese Communist Party to develop a secret censored search engine, code named Google Dragonfly, that would remove such terms as “human rights,” “freedom,” “democracy” and other content blacklisted by the CCP. Google and the US tech giants helped China build the “Great Firewall” to block their citizens’ access to the outside world.

Even more chilling is the social credit system China is instituting to control the behavior of its 1.4 billion people. More than 200 million surveillance cameras are watching its citizens every move, rewarding the trustworthy and penalizing people who are ranked poorly in their “social credit score,” by denying them mortgages, high-speed train and plane tickets, access to good schools, etc. Dissent and criticism of the government are criminalized, and offenders “pay a heavy price.” This Orwellian mass surveillance system to foster obedience and submission is made in America by Google, Facebook and our big tech companies. Do you trust Google, Eric Schmidt and big tech to be in charge of our education system?

We must say NO to Governor Cuomo and his plan to reimagine our school system! We must say NO to the partnership of big government and big tech in education. Google and our tech giants are way too big – stifling competition, censoring conservative opinions, and emulating their Chinese Communist masters. The good news for freedom and democracy is that Google is presently under investigation for anti-trust violations, for undermining free market competition. President Trump recently said: “The Radical Left is in total command & control of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Google. The Administration is working to remedy this illegal situation.”

America is the land of the brave and free and will always be. There are no emperors in America. The government and politicians are elected to serve the people! We the People must rise up and demand freedom, protect our schools, save our city and state, by voting out Cuomo and tyrannical politicians. We will build a great new Republican Party to elect leaders of integrity who will humbly serve the people.  Join us as we come out of lockdown to build a great new future of freedom and American values here in Queens!

The following merchants in our local communities are open for business, some in open defiance of the shutdown. These businesses are struggling to survive amid the draconian lockdown mandates, and are going to find it very difficult to get back on their feet without our help. Their food, service and products are all made in the USA and are the best in the world, and they care about their customers! Let’s do our civic duty for our country and help them survive!

Reboot the U.S. Economy!
Support Local Businesses!

Oasis Cafe, 196-30 Northern Blvd. Bayside NY 11358, for delectable desserts, pastries, cheescakes, ba ba rum, dark chocolate mousse, you name it! The owner Mike Amvros, was our Lincoln Dinner  Businessman of the Year, and staunch Trump supporter who used to serve the Trump family when they lived nearby in Queens! Because of the honors we gave him, he is determined to ride out the shutdown and succeed. He will open his outdoor cafe in defiance in June if NYC is not open then! 

Turnpike Comfort Footware, one of our loyal Lincoln Dinner ad sponsors, will be opening on May 26th. Hours are Tues – Sat. 10am to 4pm and Sunday 12pm to 4pm. Address is 184-20 Union Turnpike, Flushing, NY 11366. 718-454-5870  Their specialty is comfortable footwear that is fashionable, too! Say hello to Steve Rueda, the owner who cares and shares our values!Mythos is a family-owned authentic Greek Restaurant, who are loyal Republicans and supporters of our club. They are open for take-out and deliveries.  Address is 19629 Northern Blvd., Flushing, NY 11358. After dining at Mythos, hop across Northern Blvd. and enjoy a scrumptious dessert and coffee at Oasis!

New Hyde Park Diner is open for take-out! 160 Hillside Avenue, New Hyde Park, NY 11040. Great place for lunch across from Stop & Shop. Thank Ken for his loyalty and annual support for our Lincoln Dinner! 

Robert Mancz Service Station, 22233 Braddock Ave, Queens Village, NY 11428, is open full time. Say hello to Paul and Chris. They are honest and caring auto mechanics. Yes, honest and caring! Tell them QVGOP club sent you!!

Supreme Pizza is back and their gates are up! They are at 236-09 Braddock Ave, Bellerose, NY.  They are open full time for take-out orders with a full Italian menu, either for pick up or delivery. 718-343-7100. Jim Trent and  many of our QVGOP Board members agree that their Penne alla Vodka is the best in town! Say hello to Louie, the owner. He’s a great guy!
 

We are thrilled that Cara Mia, one of our favorite Italian Restaurants is open for take-out business! Their address is: 220-20 Hillside Avenue, Queens Village, NY 11427. Ph: 718.740.9118. For menu and hours, visit their website.  Say hello to April and Carlo, who support us every year with Lincoln Dinner Journal ads! 
 

Rollin Greens is at 247-77 Jericho Turnpike, Queens, NY 11426. (718) 343-3313. Their menu and daily specials are on their Facebook page.  Rollin is a great place for takeout dinners and great comfort foods!  Rolland and Christine are ever grateful for our support! See you there and spread the word that Rollin Greens is open for takeout business! 

Southern Spice is now open for take out business! Sri is a good friend and past Lincoln Dinner honoree. He is master chef who has achived the American Dream! His restaurant was rated one of the topp Asian restaurants on Long Island. If you like Indian cuisine, you’ll fall in love with Southern Spice!!  The address is 1635 Hillside Ave, New Hyde Park, NY 11040 and phone is (516) 216-5448. Click on Website for menu.

And we highly recommend Nancy’s, open for take-out! 255-41 Jericho Tpk, Floral Park,NY. See Nancy’s to-go menu. We thank them for their annual Lincoln Dinner journal ads we will see them in Dec. for our annual Christmas-Chanukah Party!
 
Let’s help our local businesses survive! We will continue to provide notices of businesses open in our community.  Let us know your favorites that are open for business and defying the lockdown!