Hand Count Demo on Saturday

Show-Me Coach Conference in Christian County

 

Hosted by TPUSA-Faith (Christian County chapter), Patriot Academy coaches and citizens are invited to attend a one-day conference promoting knowledge of our civic rights and duties in public life. With the slogan, "Build Back Biblical," the Show Me Patriot Academy Coach Conference will bring Patriot Academy coaches, citizens, and pastors together who are taking a stand for biblical citizenship.

Event organizer Brian Rohlman, who is a long-time local coach for Patriot Academy, said, "The Show-Me Patriot Academy Coach Conference was envisioned as a teaching and equipping event for people who are already Patriot Academy Coaches, and for those who would like to find out more about educating their communities in the Biblical mindset that influenced our founding generation."

Additionally, Rohlman said, "In much the same way the Black Robe Regiment of the American Revolution shaped the moral and political thought of their generation, we, as followers of Jesus Christ, must engage our communities with the absolute truth of God to stem the tide of moral and political decay in our cities, states, and nation. This can only be done by individual Biblical citizens operating at the local level, and the Show-Me Patriot Academy Coach Conference, hosted by TPUSA Faith Christian County, will provide invaluable training and encouragement to those who attend."

Doors open at 8 a.m. Speakers include Pastor Bill Cook of the Black Robe Regiment/Liberty Pastors, Brett Sterley of Convention of States, Rep. Jamie Gragg, Ashley Alexander (via virtual video) of Patriot Academy, Jennifer Rosebrock of Concerned Parents of the Ozarks, as well as a pastors' panel, coach panel, Civitas Tours and more.

For information and to register, go here. 

If you would like to sponsor the event, which is free for attendees, go here.

Sen. Bill Eigel Stops in for a Visit with Christian County

 

By Gretchen Garrity

Sen. Bill Eigel visited Christian County on Monday and spoke to a group of citizens at a local Nixa coffee house, The Baked Bean. Eigel, who is running for Missouri governor has been putting the miles on his truck (41,000 so far in the last ten months).

Eigel got right to business involving the audience in his talk. He thanked the group for "being a part of the political discussion" in Missouri and the nation as a whole. Then he asked them what got them involved in politics.

Some said the 2020 election fraud, someone mentioned the attack on children by leftists, others said Obamacare, the open border, the Covid craziness.

 

Candidate for Governor, Bill Eigel with future voters

"You know what all these things have in common?" Sen. Eigel asked. "They're all examples of what's wrong with politics today...People don't get involved in politics because they think things are going great...People get involved in politics because of what's wrong. Children are getting their hands on materials that are inappropriate for kids. The election was stolen in 2020. The tax burden is greater than its ever been in government. It's far more expansive in scope than it's ever been before. Missouri is stagnating because of it. Our children are being taught--and even though we don't allow them to choose their bedtime--that they can choose their gender."

Eigel went on to say that the Covid environment was the moment when people really started getting involved. After get involved in politics, Eigel said he soon realized that things are much worse than he envisioned. "What was really frustrating for me is that I thought going in to this that Missouri was electing these super majorities of Republicans to protect us from this insanity that seems to be taking place in our state and national capitols."

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"I've seen firsthand that a grift has been created in our state capitol. A grift--that's what it is. It's a $51 billion state budget that's a grift that benefits the most powerful in this state at the expense of everybody else."

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As he's been traveling around the state talking to citizens in Missouri, Eigel said whether they are rural or suburban or urban they all say the same thing, that they are furious. 

"They're angry, they're disappointed, they're frustrated. These super majorities of Republicans that said they were gonna make government smaller, that said they were gonna protect your rights, that they were gonna protect your families, that they were gonna cut your taxes--almost every one of those we have failed to deliver on all of the campaign promises. Not because our principles are wrong but because our politicians are weak."

The crowd agreed.

State Sen. Bill Eigel

 Sen. Eigel continued. "I've seen firsthand that a grift has been created in our state capitol. A grift--that's what it is. It's a $51 billion state budget that's a grift that benefits the most powerful in this state at the expense of everybody else. And because we're so busy trying to cater to the powerful few in our capitol we struggle to take time to protect our children. We struggle to take time to cut our tax burden..."

"At the end of all that, I'm running for office and I'm running to be the next governor of the state, and you know what? I'm angry, too. And I'm frustrated, and you heard that I'm a husband and a father. I've got two kids--they're 17 and 19 years old--and I want them to find opportunity in this state, because we know where opportunity is happening in this country right now, right? Which states are people moving to?

The audience answered Texas, Florida, Tennessee.

"The same ones you hear over and over. Big red states in other places doing big red things, and yet we're not doing them here even though we actually elect more Republicans to our state capitol than any of those states. And every two years the people of this state demand those kinds of reforms of broken government--protecting our elections, cutting our taxes, protecting our kids--that Republicans in Jefferson City compromise on or fail to accomplish altogether. And so they're furious."

"So I come along and I've been the guy down there for the past seven years, that's already been rubbing against the grain. I've been very candid and folks understand that I'm gonna call it the way I see it. And what I see is a grift that needs to be knocked over."

Sen. Eigel said he is incredibly unpopular in the halls of power in Jefferson City. "There's nothing that the swamp hates more than someone from the real world willing to call out all their lies and all their BS. Well, that's what I've been doing for seven years, and I've been attacked for it, almost constantly for seven years."

And I'm here to tell ya, when I become the next governor of this state, with your help, I'm gonna take the slings and arrows and attacks on behalf of every single one of the six million people that live in the state. Because I believe we are desperate for leadership. We're desperate for a bold, conservative Missouri that we only hear about in campaign season."

Eigel said that one of the first things he'll do as governor is to get rid of the DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) "trash in our schools." He got a big hand for that.

"Believe it or not, the governor can defund those positions in state government. He doesn't actually need to wait for the legislature because he is the chief executive. The question is not 'Can we do it?' The question is 'Why haven't we done it already?' Why don't we have someone that is defending our kids from this stuff?"

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The question is not 'Can we do it?' The question is 'Why haven't we done it already?' Why don't we have someone that is defending our kids from this stuff?"

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He said both Democrats and Republicans in Jefferson City are afraid to stand up and be bold about it. He asked the audience where DEI and the transgender ideology is coming from? While he got a variety of answers, he said it was the federal government sending dollars and restrictions down to the state level, where it is digested and sent out by DESE (the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education).

He said, "Here's an idea. Let's get rid of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education." Wild applause and hollers followed.

He said DESE used to be a department of six people whose only job was to write checks to local school districts. Today it is a department of over 2,000 individuals who disseminate DEI, CRT and transgender ideology down to local school districts.

"When I'm the governor of the state we're going to stop that." More applause.

The issue moved to election integrity. 

"I've got a question for you," Sen. Eigel said, "How many of you trust the machines?" Loud boos. "I'm the only candidate for governor on either side of either party that is going to commit to you right now that I will work and get rid of every single machine in every county." Loud clapping.

Then he asked if anyone felt as if they weren't being taxed enough? Derisive laughter. "Everyone in this room is sending more of their money to government in one form or another--adjusted for inflation--than you ever have before. You've never sent more. How many of you feel like you're getting more for that record amount of sacrifice?"

Eigel went on to discuss some of the taxes Missourians suffer under, such as paying "rent on your car." He said he would get rid of the personal property tax if he were governor. Loud whoops and applause.

"Let's have an honest conversation," he continued. Then he said there are a lot of people, including politicians who ask him where the money is going to come from to make up for eliminating some taxes.

"Guys, I'm a Republican. I won't replace it with anything. We're gonna cut that tax burden and government is gonna do with a little bit less tomorrow than they are today. How about that? To those concerned about the boldness of that answer, how about this: Last year the state revenues in Jefferson City grew by more than $2 billion. Two billion dollars, and that was just the growth in our state revenues. Well, the value of every personal property tax bill in the state...is $1.7 billion. That means we could've gotten rid of every personal property tax bill on every person in this state, refunded the difference on just the growth we see in Jefferson City and still had $300 million left over."

 

Sen. Bill Eigel

"But is that what we did? No. We wasted that money. Gov. Parson came out with the largest budget the state has ever seen. $10 billion in new decision items and pork barrel spending. I refer to the budget we passed as 'Making Earmarks Great Again.' What did we get for all that? Can anybody tell me?...."

"You're getting a meat laboratory that will produce fake meat for $30 million. You're getting a concrete walking path built over the top of I-70 in downtown Kansas City--taxpayers are gonna spend $200 million on that.We're spending tens of millions of dollars on private stadiums. The women's soccer team in Kansas City got a parking lot for $2 million. Good for them, right? Bad for you."

"We're missing the opportunity to make Missouri the economic leader that other states like Tennessee and Texas and Florida are becoming...while our state becomes stagnant. And that's a darn shame."

"It's no surprise then as I go around and I say that the only thing stopping us from that better version of Missouri that I'm talking about is a Jefferson City that can't imagine that this state ever might have a governor like me that's raised up by a bunch of patriots like you."

"You know how you tell when somebody's from Jefferson City...or just government? Because whenever you have a crazy idea like 'Let's get rid of the personal property tax', you know what they'll say? They'll say 'We can't do that.' Well, let's get rid of the machines. 'We can't do that. We don't know how to count.' And there is such a 'We can't do that' attitude in Jefferson City. In spite of all the sacrifice that every one of y'all are making right now...but I think we need to do a heck of a lot better in our state."

Sen. Eigel also shared, "You know when I had this announcement [for governor], you know the first thing that Jefferson City said--first response from all the swamp creatures down in Jefferson City was 'Eigel can't do that. He can't win. He doesn't have the proper last name, right? He doesn't have enough name ID.'

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"Every time the swamp tells you you can't do something or every time the Missouri public is told that something can't be done we always come through. You know the heritage of America is that of an underdog overcoming the odds. And we've been told for 200 years that we couldn't do things or we couldn't go places and yet every single time the fact that we weren't willing to stop in the face of that message is why we became the greatest nation on earth."

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He then related the story that when he ran for state senator, he ran against a well-known candidate whose name was so popular in his district that his own wife's maiden name was the same. He said he had no name ID.

"Even though everyone was saying I didn't have enough name ID, we won that race."

He said the naysayers are also saying he doesn't have enough money to win...that the lieutenant governor's put together millions of dollars from all these powerful special interests--millions of dollars. But he told the story of an incumbent state senator in southwest Missouri who outspent his primary challenger seven-to-one, but still lost because his voting record and message was bad.

"Every time the swamp tells you you can't do something or every time the Missouri public is told that something can't be done we always come through. You know the heritage of America is that of an underdog overcoming the odds. And we've been told for 200 years that we couldn't do things or we couldn't go places and yet every single time the fact that we weren't willing to stop in the face of that message is why we became the greatest nation on earth."

"So here we are today, and all I'm asking is for you to consider that this Missouri that I'm talking about, where we're gonna boldly push back--on whether it's the next Covid environment, the next election scam, the next tax increase proposed by the swamp--that it's worth fighting for and believing that we can get to that better place so that one day Ron DeSantis, or Gregg Abbott and all these governors from other red states wake up and turn their TVs on and they say to themselves 'Look at all the great things Missouri's doing. What do we need to do to be more like them?'"

"So, my campaign slogan is, 'Let's go Missouri!' We are in a time and a place where more individuals are coming together and engaging in the political discussion for the first time in their lives--parents who are angry about the schools, business owners who are angry about taxes and the Covid environment. Patriots that are angry about what happened to our election."

"And by the way, how about all those patriots who are working on our elections who get ridiculed and called names by the media even though all they're trying to do is help every single one of us by making our elections a little more transparent and work a bit better..."

"I'll leave you with the idea, 'Don't be afraid'. Don't be afraid of the media and the powerful in Jefferson City who say that we can't accomplish something great. Don't be afraid of whatever crisis is gonna come out of Washington, D.C. We're gonna face that together and we're gonna face it with a bold, conservative version of Missouri that is as good and as conservative as the people of this great state."

Sen. Eigel then spent over 45-minutes answering questions and talking with citizens. Part Two will cover that.

 

Just What is DIE? UPDATE

 

 

By Gretchen Garrity

 Been having a back-and-forth with a commenter regarding the terms and meanings of Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity (DIE) on this post. The latest comment:

"Anonymous October 4, 2023 at 9:33 AM

I apologize if you feel attacked. I was simply asking a question. It's a common battle cry of the magas: "no CRT, no DEI". But when I've actually asked people what those terms mean in relation to education, they don't know! I understand that it's easy to get swept up in rally cries, but shouldn't you at least know what you are crying about?

I don't know why you've mentioned socialism so much. I'm not coming at this from a political angle. It's important for kids to learn why diversity (in thought, background, culture....) is important. You know, since we live in a diverse world. ;)

Equity is simple, everyone should have what they need in order to succeed. For example, I have an autistic grandson who gets to take tests in a quieter classroom with less students. He NEEDS this in order to focus and complete his work.

Inclusion, again, another simple one. ALL kids deserve to be included! For example, the city just recently put in an inclusive playground. This means that even kids with physical disabilities are able to have access. There's even play equipment specifically designed to encourage parents to play and interact with their children.

So there it is. There's the D, E and I "agenda". I am a teacher in the district and I promise you, this is the only "agenda" we are implementing in the classroom. There really is nothing nefarious about it.

I don't know Emily Drabinski so I can't ask her." 

Since posts are moderated after a few days, I thought I would bring it up to the top, so the discussion can go on without that.

I think the issue here is a teacher does not understand what is behind the DIE agenda. Here is a very short video that gives a snapshot of the agenda behind it.

 Perhaps that will give him/her a place to begin understanding what is going on in our schools.

Update:

Here is a visceral video on why DIE must be defeated. Adherents of DIE will say that all children should "see themselves represented" in library books, in the name of diversity and inclusion. This is how they sneak in smut like in the video below. You will be given a million innocent reasons for the DIE agenda, but at the end of the day it's about the demoralization of our children. Warning: GRAPHIC.

GRAPHIC: Watch @SaraGonzalesTX DESTROY @Plano_Schools by reading from a p0*nographic book they offer to minors.

How are administrators ok with this content in their school libraries?? pic.twitter.com/2Nca1ML9pS

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) October 4, 2023

Marxist Emily Drabinski is in the House

 

 

Today begins the annual conference at the Missouri Library Association. American Library Association President Emily Drabinski is present and will be giving the keynote address today.

On their Facebook page, the MLA posted the graphic above in honor of the ALA's "Banned Books Week." Notice the literature they are featuring. Graphic novels like Citrus are one of the main ways activists get smut in the library. The links below take you to reviews of the books. This is the stuff that the ALA and MLA actively defend being in your local libraries.

It's a process called demoralization that James Lindsay describes as:

"Demoralization is the destruction of one’s morale, in every possible sense. It’s also a Communist tactic being used not only on our society but on our children. At the end of the demoralization road, people can’t tell true from false, right from wrong, real from fake, or who to trust, and they completely lack hope outside of the vague hope that the state, institution, or cult will deliver them from their increasing misery and confusion. We must understand demoralization in order to resist and counter demoralization or else we risk losing our country, our children, and ourselves. In this episode of New Discourses Bullets, host James Lindsay sits down and discusses the various elements of demoralization and how they’re affecting your life. Join him to avoid the “black pill.”

Here is a 23-minute podcast episode on demoralization:

 

Incidentally, none of those books are banned. They are widely available in many public venues. The ALA and the MLA are lying when they say these books are banned.

Flamer (currently in the Nixa branch of the Christian County Library)

Fun Home (also in the Nixa library branch)

Home After Dark

Citrus, Vol. 1

Citrus, Vol. 2

The next meeting of the Christian County Library Board of Trustees is Oct. 24 at 6 p.m.

Community Story and Craft Event at the Library!

 From the event organizers:

Join us on Saturday, October 7th, for two heartwarming community-led events that promise to bring stories and crafts alive in the spirit of autumn!  

Sparta Community Branch Library
Where: 147 Library Ln, Sparta, MO 65753
When: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

 

Ozark Community Branch Library
Where: Community Branch Library, Ozark
When: 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

 

Why Attend?

 

Community-Powered: This is the second in our series of citizen-led events. It's all about community, and for the community! Please note: This event is not library-sponsored.

 

Child-Friendly: Safe for children of all ages, ensuring a wholesome experience for every little reader and artist.

 

Autumn Tales & Crafts: Dive into 2-3 enchanting autumn-themed books by authors like Max Lucado and from Brave Books, followed by a delightful craft activity.

 

Absolutely Free: No RSVP needed. Just bring your enthusiasm and love for stories!

 

Let's come together to foster a love for reading and crafting, and build stronger, healthier communities in a safe and welcoming environment

 

Find our Facebook group for future events, "Generations of Grace Story Hours."