Voiture
   Du Illinois

 
             

HOME

            
 
 

 MESSAGE FROM JERRY

--


-
 
 

 
KEEPING ON TRACK WITH TONY
Keeping Voyageurs informed is our business.... October 19, 2009
Greetings from Chef de Chemin de Fer Jerry Brady

 

 

A Message From Chef Jerry


Newsletters

 

On our WEB PAGE we have a section devoted to Grand and Voiture newsletters. We currently have about 14 submissions monthly, which are posted under the menu tab "Newsletters".

As the Nationale Public Relations Directorate it is our mission to keep information flowing. The WEB PAGE  was our first "Internet" endeavor and has been very successful, having received over 11,000 to date.

We encourage all Voitures and Grandes to submit their newsletters for publication on the web page.

pdf or doc format please
One Country, One Language, and One Flag

      

ENGLISH, OUR OFFICIAL LANGUAGE

(A PUBLIC RELATIONS MESSAGE)

To all Voyageurs:
At the end of each Promenade, we raise our right hand and recite the Voyageur's Catechism which in part says "It is my sincere desire that the United States of America be one country with BE ONE COUNTRY WITH ONE LANGUAGE AND ONE FLAG AND IF NECESSARY, I WILL FIGHT FOR THAT PRINCIPLE.
Do you take this seriously or is it just empty words???
Here in Sedalia, Missouri (population: about 21,000, Voiture 333 helped a local radio station present a petition to the mayor and city council requesting that English be the official language of Sedalia. It was immediately "tossed" and not opened for discussion.
We take our Catechism seriously (as I hope every Voyageur does) and realize that there are two ways to fight. 1. Physical force (my favorite) or 2. verbal which includes petitions and speaking with elected state officials.
Voiture 333 decided to take the 2nd choice and approached our elected state representative who was most receptive. He in turn got other senators and representatives involved and they sent a bill to the floor of both houses that passed giving the electorate the right to vote on a constitutional amendment to make English the official language of Missouri. Then, on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 the Constitutional Amendment passed by 86.3% of those who voted! Attached are the results for you to see. This is a job that every Grand and Voiture should take on. Once the people are given a chance to vote on this issue, it will pass. I suggest you contact your state legislators to start the ball rolling. Once enough states pass Constitutional Amendments, the federal officials will begin to take notice.
Being involved in such a project will generate publicity for your Grand and Voiture. Certainly , there are those who will oppose it but they are in the minority. Every public function that we have participated in the last 3 years, we have carried or have on a wall banners that read "One nation under God with one Flag and one language"
Do not tell me it can't be done. It takes just one candle to light the darkness. Have you got the guts to "light that candle"?
Tony Gallagher
Public Relations Director, National
This 'n That
Percentage of Goal
 
AL = 045.1%
AK = 054.7%
AR = 045.7%
AZ = 038.6%
CA = 050.8%
CO = 020.8%
CT = 037.9%
DC = 010.0%
DE = 039.6%
FL = 052.3%
GA = 047.6%
ID = 027.9%
IL = 032.3%
IN = 042.8%
IA = 058.9%
KS = 061.2%
KY = 031.0%
LA = 060.1%
ME = 043.3%
MD = 050.6%
MA = 043.7%
MI = 041.6%
MN = 041.4%
MO = 041.8%
MS = 044.4%
MT = 045.0%
NC = 038.7%
ND = 019.2%
NE = 031.0%
NJ = 069.7%
NM = 166.8%
NV = 018.0%
NY = 040.7%
NH = 113.0%
OK = 044.7%
OH = 044.3%
OR = 057.0%
PA = 038.0%
RI = 009.1%
SC = 042.4%
SD = 053.3%
TN = 037.4%
TX = 040.8%
UT = 062.5%
VA = 055.9%
VT = 062.5%
WA = 038.2%
WI = 046.2%
WV = 047.6%
WY = 128.0%
 

France = 067.7%
Germany = 071.3%
L/America = 021.2%
Mexico = 100.0%


 
Did you know...
John Tyler, who was President from 1841 to 1845, joined the Confederacy twenty years later and became the only President named a sworn enemy of the United States.
 

Useful Latin Terms...
Cum catapult proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt. Translation: When catapults are outlawed, only outlaws will have catapults.
Osama Passes On...
After getting nailed by a Daisy Cutter, Osama made his way to the pearly gates. There, he is greeted by George Washington.

"How dare you attack the nation I helped conceive!" yells Mr Washington, slapping Osama in the face.

Patrick Henry comes up from behind. "You wanted to end the Americans' liberty, so they gave you death!" Henry punches Osama on the nose.

James Madison comes up next, and says "This is why I allowed the Federal government to provide for the common defense!" He drops a large weight on Osama's knee.

Osama is subject to similar beatings from John Randolph of Roanoke, James Monroe, and 65 other people who have the same love for liberty and America. As he writhes on the ground, Thomas Jefferson picks him up to hurl him back toward the gate where he is to be judged. As Osama awaits his journey to his final very hot destination, he screams "This is not what I was promised!"

An angel replies " What did you think I said? I told you there would be 72 Virginians waiting for you."