43rd Annual Hmong Freedom Festival J4, on June 28-29th, 2025

Posted on June 20, 2025 by Publius Jr

Republican Booth is #144 Near Gate 2 on the Northeast corner of the area the Hmong International Freedom Festival (HIFF) J4 is at. See the Map below.

J4 as it is known to Hmong as a time to celebrate freedom with family, food, and sports.

It’s that time of year again, the first weekend in July, when the Hmong people celebrate freedom at McMurray Fields of St Paul, MN.  Hmong International Freedom Festival J4 Street Map

The Republican Booth is in the Northeast part of this map (upper right, in the light green area) near the intersection of Como-Horton & Lexington Ave nearest to Gate 2.

An Enlargement of the area on the map above where the Republican Booth #144 will be.

McMurray Field looking North from Jessamine Ave W to Como Avenue at the top of the photo. Como Regional Park Pool just north of the Tournament Fields on Wynne Avenue. Lexington Avenue is to the East of the Fields.  The Metro Transit 3A Bus travels along Como Avenue, and the 83 Bus travels north and south along Lexington Avenue.

The Hmong People who have settled here in the St Paul MN area really know what Freedom feels like.  General Vang Pao brought the Hmong people here from the refugee camps in Southeast Asia after the end of the Vietnam War.

Hmong International Freedom Festival (J4) will be open from 8 AM to 8 PM Both Days

There are many things to do, see, buy, and taste at the celebration.

COST: FREE

  • Events start at 8 am on Saturday & 8 am on Sunday.

Park & Ride Shuttle from the MN State Fairgrounds

  • $20 per Vehicle (Cash Only)
  • Shuttle Buses from the Fairgrounds to the Festival from 6:30 am to 9:30 pm

It is with great anticipation that this year’s 41st Annual Hmong Freedom Celebration Sport Tournament will be hosted by The United Hmong Family on Saturday, June 28th and Sunday, June 29th, 2024 at the Como Park’s McMurray Field. The event will provides ample spaces for various vendors that are not just local community members, but from all over the world.

Booths will be set up for food, traditional and culture items, educational and informational and other general merchandise. Most of the festival goers are relatives and friends who travel a short distance of a couple of miles to across the ocean from former homeland in Asia. Others are spectators who come to cheer on one another as well as taking part in one of the competitive sporting venues in flag football (both men and women’s), Sepak Takraw (Kato), Soccer (men/women’s), tuj lub (top spinning), volleyball (men/women’s) and other fun and games for all ages, and physical ability. They have a lot to accomplish within the short amount of time.

Hmong Sports Tournament includes Flag Football, Soccer and Hmong specific sports.

A Hmong player kicks the ball across the net during a game of Sepak Takraw (Kato), a volleyball-like sport without the use of hands. Traditional balls are made of wicker.

Also known as KATO

Volleyball of both Men & Women’s teams.

The above information was found at the theunitedhmongfamily.org website, and photos were found online. We found the parking information and the event fee, as well as the explanation of the rules of Kato on VistSaintPaul.com website. The posting is a courtesy to our Hmong friends & neighbors.  We will post the winners from each sports category. ~~ Publius Jr.

 

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Juneteenth is Just Another Freedom Day that Republicans Should Celebrate

Posted on June 19, 2025 by Publius Jr

Republican History is All About Freedom

The Republican Party is largely responsible for the Abolition of Slavery in the United States of America. They started their party in 1854 in Racine Wisconsin and upon the 1860 Presidential Race they had endorsed Abraham Lincoln. In Lincoln’s only term in Congress as a Whig Candidate from 1847-49 he was mentored by a former President and son of a former President, John Quincy Adams. Representative John Quincy Adams had had a remarkable career as a diplomat, Secretary of State, President, and died in office in 1848. Before he died he took Abraham Lincoln as a protoge and instilled in him why it was important to abolish slavery.

Upon Abraham Lincoln’s Presidential Election win, the south knew what was next as Lincoln had campaigned on abolishing slavery. Shortly after his election in December 1860, South Carolina broke away from the Union and several other southern states joined them. Without going into the battles of the Civil War, President Lincoln was looking for a victory on the battlefield to announce an executive order freeing the slaves and he wrote it after the bloody battle of Antietam in September 1862 and proclaimed it on January 1st 1863. It has thus been called the Emancipation Proclamation. It sent ripples into slave states south of the border states and it encouraged slaves to run away from the farms they were at.

It wasn’t until the 13th Amendment which was ratified by 27 of 36 States in December 1865, 8 months after Lincoln was assassinated, that slavery had been abolished. The Senate passed the Amendment in April 1864, the US House passed it in January 1865.

5 months later is where the story of Juneteenth starts.

June 19, 1865 Galveston Texas

Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston Texas on June 19th 1865 and announced that all slaves were free. He went on to suggest former slave owners and slaves form a new relationship of employer and hired employees. Known as General Orders Number 3

The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them, becomes that between employer and hired labor. The Freedmen are advised to remain at their present homes, and work for wages. They are informed that they will not be allowed to collect at military posts; and that they will not be supported in idleness either there or elsewhere –General Orders number 3 General Gordon Granger June 19, 1865

It wasn’t until the 14th and 15th Amendments that former slaves would gain full citizenship and the right to vote (only men could vote until the 19th amendment in 1920).

The start of the celebration of June 19th in 1866

The celebration of that day started in mostly church gatherings for barbeques, songs, and festivals.  It was mostly a holiday celebrated mostly in Texas.

The State of Texas made it a State Holiday in 1979. Outside of the state there have been celebrations but nothing official.

When I, Publius Jr, served at Ft Bliss Texas which is west of the El Paso Airport I was introduced to this holiday and participated in it twice in the tour of duty that I served in the late 1980s. Soldiers love holidays where they don’t have to go to work.

Republicans Need to Celebrate this Holiday

As I write this I’ve seen Republicans showing their ignorance of history on social media saying we shouldn’t celebrate Juneteenth. I find this ignorance of history as being abhorrent and playing into the 3rd stereotype our party likes to embrace: Indifference (the other 2 are Rich & White). If you look at the history of Black Americans their American roots are deeper than most European Americans. I’m second generation on my mom’s side and third generation on my dad’s side of the family. Both my Czech Great Grandfather and my Swedish Grandpa came here in the 1850s and 1890s respectively. I bet my black neighbors can claim ancestors going back to the late 1700s and early 1800s.

Blacks used to be Republicans up until the Progressive Coup in America during the Depression of the 1930s. It’s very interesting when you find out why the Democrats hated Rev Martin Luther King Jr when you find out he was a Conservative Baptist Pastor. Senators JFK & LBJ participated in the filibuster of the Civil Rights act, they were no saints as revisionists like to portray them as.

Though Jim Crow laws started popping up during the Electoral College question when Rutherford Hayes was hoping to be President. He compromised saying he would end Reconstruction in the Southern States if he was elected President. That was a bad move on his part because the 14th & 15th amendments weren’t embraced for nearly 80 yrs later. It had to be a real Republican, Senator Everett Dirksen who broke the Democrat filibuster on the Civil Rights Act and got it passed.

Maybe Schools just don’t teach American History as good and bad decisions. People today think we can erase the bad decisions by making worse decisions by erasing parts of American History by tearing down monuments and renaming public buildings.

Embrace it, Embrace Juneteenth

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51st Annual Back to the 50’s Car Show June 20-22, 2025

Posted on June 14, 2025 by Publius Jr

Would you like to Volunteer at the Back to the 50’s Car Show Event? If so Click here.

Back to the 50’s 51st Annual MSRA Poster link

2025 Back to the 50’s Schedule of Events

2025 MSRA Back to the 50’s Visitor’s Guide 

2025 Back to the 50’s Interactive Map

Ladies Showcase Vendors List

MSRA Back to the 50’s MN Fairgrounds PDF Map

Special Event at Lunchtime June 19th at Mancini’s Char House

Cost: (from their website)

SPECTATOR TICKETS:  Tickets can be purchased at the gate at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds are $15.00 on each day of the event. Children under 15 are free with a paid adult. Cash only at the gates at the fairgrounds. We do not sell tickets online.

It’s a tradition with many Minnesota Families to come to the Minnesota State Fairgrounds on Father’s Day Weekend and check out the unique Cars at the Back to 50’s Car Show, this year it is a week after Father’s Day. It is put on by the Minnesota Street Rod Association.

Advance Tickets can be found at NAPA Auto Parts Stores.

Back to the 50’s Car Show Logo

Free Park & Ride Shuttle (Saturday Only) 8 am to 10 pm

Metro Transit Free Pass (Survey) link

On the link above click on the day you want to attend, fill out the survey then either take a screenshot of the Free Pass, or make a print out. You can show it from your phone.

There are two locations for Park & Ride Shuttles for the Back to the 50’s Car Show on Saturday June 24th.

South of Fairgrounds

Energy Technology Center (ETC), 1450 Energy Park Drive, St Paul MN 55108 Map

North of the Fairgrounds

Minnesota Dept of Education (MDE), 1500 Hwy 36, Roseville MN 55113 Map

T6 Fly Over

Chuck Datko and the T6 Thunder North American Flight Team does formation flying with WW2/Korean War Era T6 Trainers. They’ll fly over the Fairgrounds at 11 AM on Saturday June 21st. If it is raining they’ll try for Sunday June 22nd at the same time.

T-6 Flyover Information

Swap Meet June 22nd 6 AM to 1 PM

More information on the Swap Meet

It’s hard to list everything here about what one can do and see at Back to the 50’s, so we invite you to visit the MSRA’s website and find out yourself.

The 2025 Great Race June 21-29th

msrabacktothe50s.com

Let MNGOP know they should open their MNGOP Booth at this event. It’s worth every penny.

Nearly every year we have tried to get the MNGOP to open up their booth at the State Fairgrounds for this event. They probably could break even on the fee to do it, but they would unite with one of the largest Conservative anti-Gas Tax group.  They could also find classic car owners who might allow candidates a ride in various parades around Minnesota.

We are posting this event as a courtesy and do not benefit directly from doing so. Please dress for the weather, hydrate with water and electrolytes.

Saintpaulrepublicans.us does not get compensated for posting this for the MSRA or any of the sponsors in the posters.

Though if you like what I write about feel free to tip me at www.buymeacoffee.com/stpcitygop

~~ Publius Jr.

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2025 #ProLifeSunday: It Takes a Man to be a Dad

Posted on June 10, 2025 by Publius Jr

 

Remember the Tom Selleck voice-overs for the National Fatherhood Initiative ads?  We do.  They might show dads in some wacky ways but the time spent with your children has positive returns in the future.

I, Publius Jr, have been without my late-dad for about 22 years.  While my dad, Henry, never sparred with lightsabers with me on the front lawn, he did teach me how to be a good baseball player.  He taught me how to throw a fastball, a fork-ball, and he tried to straighten out my curveball but I stayed away from the curveball because I hit batters with it.  He taught me how to catch a ball in the outfield or the infield and throw it in an efficient move to the cutoff man or the proper plate.  I remember watching Magnum P.I. with Dad.  Magnum and my Dad were both Navy Veterans.  Every time I see Tom Selleck I think of those days on the couch watching Magnum with Dad.  Dad showed me how to repair my car, and now when my car needs to be serviced I think of him.  Dad taught me other things as well, not so much in a sit down and listen kind of way but by example.

He taught me to respect women.  He taught me it is better to listen more than to speak in a conversation. Dad was a Chicago White Sox fan and I am a Twins fan, he showed me how to respect others who had different opinions other than sports.  He showed me that God should be very important in my life and to love and respect God.

Most people who I know today, have never met my dad.  They have met him though, through me.  Know me and you know my Dad and my Mom, my siblings, cousins, Aunts & Uncles, and my Grandparents…and my Heavenly Daddy.

On the Cross, when Jesus Christ was dying for our sins, he called his father, Abba.  This is translated as Daddy.  Calling God “Daddy,” suggests extreme love for his dad.  God loved his Son, and He loved us as well enough to sacrifice his Son for our sins.  You know John 3:16.  Yet God knew that Jesus was going to rise up on the 3rd day and beat death for us.  God provides security for us, especially when we have a relationship with Him.

You see Abba-God provides for his children.  He shows us how to be good parents.  Dads provide for their children in terms of shelter, food, and security.  In the last 3 or 4 decades the roles of parents have crossed over traditional lines and that’s okay, as long as children know that their parents love them and they know the difference between what’s right and what’s wrong.  Allowing children to stray to become irresponsible in their actions and letting them know there aren’t consequences for their actions is not being a parent at all.

Being irresponsible in raising children is the cause for so many social ills today.  Most psychologists will tell you that problems today in a patient started in their childhood.  It’s a bit like cement, it is easy to shape and put strength in the form of rebar when cement is just poured and it is still wet.  When it cures and dries it is hard to reform it.

Today on #ProLifeSunday we are celebrating one of the important pillars to a strong family foundation:  Dads.  As the irresponsible 60’s generation has shown by example, anyone can be a father.  In truth it takes a Man to be a Dad.

Happy Dad’s Day

We are republishing this post from its original post date in 2016.  Today’s kids need a mom and a dad, not two dads or two moms.  Adults who are parents need to stop being children and to stop embracing every oddball whim.  There’s no such thing as transgender people in God’s kingdom. Children need good role models to follow and having flaky parents who act less like adults jeopardizes their children’s future. Parents who mutilate their children and think it is neat to encourage their boy to be a girl or vice versa are committing criminal child abuse, they are essentially sterilizing their children. It’s not being a parent when you exploit your children for your immoral ways. Our Government shouldn’t accommodate nor encourage the break up of traditional families with social engineering on a foundation of sand. Good Judeo-Christian values are built on the bedrock of God’s love and truth. Happy Dad’s day! ~~ Publius Jr.

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Follow The Science Series: What is Science?

Posted on June 3, 2025 by Publius Jr

(In this series I’ll include some real science for people interested in real science. This is from Bill Hammack who explores the world of engineering on his YouTube Channel EngineerGuy, this was posted on January 30, 2018 and has over 2 million views)

Note to Reader:

The “Follow the Science” Series will be aimed at the Junk Science that Political Rhetoric uses to push certain policy changes that embrace anything but Freedom & Liberty.

These adherents of Junk Science aim for a Political Climate Change where everyone will give up their freedom & liberty for voluntary slavery. Eventually it won’t be voluntary.

My Scientific Credentials:

I, Publius Jr, had a B+/A- Grade Point average in High School in the mid 1980s. I took Chemistry, Physics, Computer Programming, Band up until my Sophomore year (Alto Saxophone), Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, and Aerospace Science.

The last class in this list was a year long class where students learned about how to plan a flight and to actually fly a plane as a student pilot in a Cessna 172 High-Wing plane. We went on 3 flights. I had 2 other classmates I flew with along with the instructor of my class, who was an Air Force Veteran. Part of the class was how to read weather maps, and to spot what sort of weather was in front of us while we flew with Visual Flight Rules (VFR). As you can tell it was my favorite class ever.

Cessna 172 High Wing single engine aircraft.

After High School I enlisted in the US Army and served 2 yrs active duty and 6 yrs on Individual Ready Reserve (IRR). I did this largely for the GI Bill to pay for college and tutors if I needed it. It took some time to get through college and with some summer jobs and midnight shifts at UPS I graduated with zero college debt in August 2000.

My degree from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities Campus was: Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics. I initially went to Iowa State in Ames Iowa but eventually transferred to the U of MN. One of my college roommates at ISU was Austin Meyer of Laminar Research, he is the creator of the X-Plane Flight Simulator and later he produced a documentary called “The Patent Scam,” where he exposed a scheme by some Patent Trolls. It’s on Prime I’m told.

I’m the proverbial Rocket Scientist which is pretty easy in 2 dimensions if you’re good at Physics and Trigonometry.

Let me summarize my areas of study: Pilot Meteorology, Physics, Chemistry, Calculus, Differential Equations, Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, Fluid Dynamics, Astrodynamics, Aerospace Structures, Electrical Engineering for non-Electrical Engineering Students, Systems, Statics, Dynamics, Computer Programming, Composites, Strength of Materials, Technical Writing, many labs, and Ballroom Dancing. Ballroom Dancing required a lot of spatial awareness, (:-D)

What is Science?

Science is a method of discovery. It has no agenda, it can discover the Truth, and disprove long held beliefs. Science doesn’t have a consensus, it doesn’t ascribe to a particular political party, it is not sentient, it has no voice, no hearing, It doesn’t ascribe to a particular religion. Science isn’t a religion either.

I might also say Science can be extremely time consuming and some scientific laws might take a lifetime’s work to prove. Sometimes it might take a few lifetimes to prove.

Here’s the Scientific/Engineering Method

The Scientific and the Engineering Methods are pretty much the same so from now on I’ll call it the Scientific Method so I don’t confuse anyone. There’s an ordered method on how Scientists go about trying to figure something out until there is something called a Scientific Law.

Steps of the Scientific Method:

  1. Observation of something you don’t understand or know about.
  2. Hypothesis of what you Observed, or a guess, or a working theory of what you are seeing
  3. Testing of the Hypothesis. One sets up a way to test the Hypothesis
  4. Analysis of the Test Results. Do the Test Results match up with your Hypothesis?
  5. Does the analysis agree with the Hypothesis? If Yes you can State a Scientific Law. If no, observe what happened and repeat the steps starting at Step 2

Sometimes the measuring equipment is not good enough to measure what is going on so you might need to get better tools so you can measure it better.

Can Science and Christianity Co-Exist?

This is a question I hear a lot about and people who are scientists or engineers will say no to it. The answer is yes. In fact the Pillars of Modern Science were all Christians. Sir Isaac Newton was a Christian. He had escaped to the countryside to avoid the Black Death aka the Bubonic Plague and in the time he spent in the countryside he developed the Universal Laws of Motion, Law of Gravitation, and Science of Optics. He is also credited with coming up with Calculus. Though there is some dispute on the creation of Calculus is also attributed to some mathematicians in Arabia, China, and Ancient Greece. Yet these cultures weren’t in contact with each other so it is possible it was created without knowledge of these other cultures.

Other Scientists to name a few who were Christians: Johannes Kepler, Galileo Galilei, Michael Faraday.

Some years ago Professors who believed in Creation Science were fired for their Christian Faith. I know of a lawyer who defended them and won the case for these professors. Universities pride themselves often on being open to new ideas and yet they were set against allowing Creation Science to take hold and be taught. It was a bit of institutional censorship of a legitimate science.

Follow the Science Series will uncover the falsehoods pushed by politicians and bureaucrats and inform those who have a legitimate interest in Real Science. So follow me as I follow the Real Science.

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MAC-V’s 2025 Summer Salute June 10th at CHS Field 10 am to 2 pm

Posted on May 23, 2025 by Publius Jr

What: MAC-V’s 2025 Summer Salute

When:  Tuesday June 10 from 10 am to 2 pm

Where:  CHS Field (where the St Paul Saints play) 360 N Broadway St, St Paul MN 55101 Map

Misc: This is a 1 day event dedicated to providing comprehensive support services and resources for homeless or at-risk Veterans. 

Free Metro Transit Bus Pass for the Summer Salute Event

(fill out the 3 question survey to download a free bus pass to the event)

Personal Endorsement of MAC-V

I, Publius Jr, am a US Army Veteran. I’ve been diagnosed by the VA Minneapolis with Depression. I’ve used MAC-V for housing assistance, and also in looking for employment. They helped me to put together a resume, did job interview skills. In the Spring of 2020 just before the lockdowns they helped me get on a Homeless Veteran Program for Homeless Veterans or those Vets who were at risk of being evicted for failure to pay rent. This program is called HUD-VASH. I was never homeless, but I couldn’t find a job and I was recommended to apply for this program so I could stay in my low income apartment in St Paul.

HUD-VASH for those who are interested is a rental voucher system for Veterans. It is sometimes called, “Section 8 for Vets.” I’ll post an article dedicated to explaining this program. This program was running all throughout President Trump’s 1st term in office and he didn’t seem to know it existed because his rhetoric in 2024 was that we should do more for Vets than border hoppers. For now you can click this link on HUD-VASH

I’m not just promoting this to help Vets, but they’ve helped me as well.  Another nonprofit Veteran Charity is the next one and they helped me too.

Another Twin Cities Veteran Charity

When you hear of Non-profits getting grants from the government, this MAC-V is one you can be sure of that does exactly what it says. Another Veteran Charity you may not have heard of amid all the nationally known ones operates blocks from the VA-Minneapolis called, Every Third Saturday. They used to distribute clothes, supplies for housing, and such on the third Saturday of the Month, but they do this nearly everyday and they have a coffee shop next door that is connected with it.

Saintpaulrepublicans.us was not compensated for posting this article. I have been helped by both local Veteran Charity Organizations. I do not get paid to post articles, nor for the social media for this site. This website is not the SPRCC’s (never has been, and yet they copy the url name and I wish they wouldn’t). This website isn’t affiliated with the Republican Party of Minnesota nor their Veteran Affiliate group.

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2025 #ProLifeSunday : Let’s Celebrate Mothers

Posted on May 9, 2025 by Publius Jr
Not enough flowers to say, "Thanks Mom for all you do for me."

Not enough flowers to say, “Thanks Mom for all you do for me.”

This Sunday is Mother’s Day and we would like to thank all the mothers out there for being there at every step of life.  You’ve nurtured, supported, and loved us.  You’ve made us into the people we are today.

#ProLifeSunday Thanks to Mothers

not enough flowers to say, "Thanks mom."

not enough flowers to say, “I love you mom.”

There aren’t enough flowers and presents to say thank you to mothers. We will also say there aren’t enough ties, tools, and aftershave cologne to say thank you to committed fathers.

We at SaintPaulRepublicans.us celebrate the entire family. We include Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, Brothers & Sisters & Cousins, Friends & Colleagues.  Family values begin with God, the Holy Trinity.  Adam and Eve had God actively involved in their family to help them avoid the potential problems that arise during the rearing of children.  Our extended families have helped us grow in areas that our parents may have overlooked, or helped us to relate to our parents to know that they were once like us at one point in the past.

Cutting any part of the family out of the picture diminishes the resources one can draw upon.

While there might be a number of fantastic mothers who vote for Democrat candidates, we have to take issue with them because they support the destruction of life during a pregnancy.  They support Planned Parenthood, a taxpayer supported organization that draws upon the tenets of Eugenics that were supported by their founder Margaret Sanger and the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg who had been their attorney.  Eugenics derived from Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution and the idea of “survival of the fittest.”  Sanger believed that there are certain undesirables in the human population.

We can’t believe we have to say this, but men can’t be mothers (It takes a woman to be a mom). Men are not biologically capable of becoming pregnant or giving birth as a mother can. It is spiritual illness that is telling people who are either gullible, recruited by people who seek to exploit them for their perverted ideas, or have never heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ. These children who are preyed upon need protection, and those who prey upon them need to be separated from society into prison. This is what happens when the government and churches stop speaking the Truth of Jesus Christ and embrace the lies from the Father of Lies. Parents who actively participate in the mutilation and essentially sterilization of their children to help them change the appearance to appear like the opposite gender are evil and should be arrested for extreme child abuse and separated from those children to prevent further harm.

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother’s Day

To end on a positive note we would like to thank all the Pro-life Mothers serving as legislators in the Minnesota State Legislature.

Happy Mother’s Day

It is a different sort of Mother’s Day this year as Roe v Wade has been overturned and extreme abortion has been passed into law in Minnesota.  It is another different kind of holiday, as it is the 4th year after I, Publius Jr, will be without my best friend, my mom. Mom died at the age of 98 in September 2021. Not sure what I’ll do for the holiday. ~~ Publius Jr.

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2025 #ProLifeSundays Celebrate with Your Whole Family, Friends & Colleagues Throughout the Year

Posted on April 13, 2025 by Publius Jr

Celebrating Life begins with your family, extended family, friends and colleagues.

We at saintpaulrepublicans.us would like to follow a tradition started by our admin Publius Jr who is the administrator since 2012.

In 2003 his father passed away in July. The attention of his aunts and uncles to him and his siblings during the initial bereavement period needed some sort of recognition. So the next year in 2004 he let his aunts and uncles know that he appreciated them in his life. He also created Aunts and Uncles day in July the 2nd Sunday to say thanks. It was actually very close to the birthday of one of his 4 uncles.

He noticed that siblings or cousins were not recognized so he started up Brothers, Sisters & Cousins day the 2nd Sunday of August. Some say there is a day in April for that but what can one really do in the month of April; no one picnics/BBQs in April. You can do more on a warm August Sunday.

So when He started in late May 2012 as the administrator of this site he wrote articles promoting the Family days of Mothers, Fathers, Aunts & Uncles, Brothers-Sisters & Cousins, and Grandparents Days. He hoped the new holidays would catch on everywhere.

In 2017 He started calling these holidays #PROLIFESundays. He wanted to include Friends & Colleagues Day in October 2017 but his self-imposed deadline for that article came and went as he scrambled to post Candidate Election articles.

Why celebrate a day for Friends & Colleagues? On an average day you spend a third of your day with your colleagues at work; and friends give you advice and give you some breathing space in forms of athletic outings or fun activities. Let’s face it not everyone is married and friends are the life line for many single people. Paul had Barnabas, and Jesus had 12 main disciples who were friends and also his colleagues. Life would be so bland without your friends. So why not say thank you to them for enriching your life?

Why #ProlifeSundays?

We Christian Conservative Republicans see nurturing and supporting life as natural as breathing. Those who mislabel themselves as Pro-Choice are really Anti-Life. You see Anti-Life in many things they do: making healthcare decisions for you; putting government concerns before you; stealing your salary in incremental bits called taxes and spending it on programs that take your “choices” away from you; and putting unelected judges as governors over the elected Representatives, Senators, State Governors, and our President. We are actually “Pro-Choice” as in the idea of allowing you to decide on how to live your life without the government meddling in your affairs. As for reproductive rights as the Anti-Life people refer to, we believe you have a choice on whether to engage in risky behavior outside of your marriage or before it that possibly might result in a pregnancy. You can refrain from letting your passion take over in those circumstances especially if you’re not married.

Lately the Anti-Life People have been pushing their new morality of same sex marriages and self identifying themselves as the opposite gender than they were born as. Now they add surgical “gender affirming care,” aka mutilation of minors who don’t need parental notification, nor do they get informed consent before they are forever changed whether they change their minds or not to embrace their new life choice. They are choosing to be sterile based upon lies and encouragement from really demented demon possessed people. If one decides they want to give up that lifestyle it is against the law now to provide counseling to receive “conversion therapy.”

Easter, or Resurrection Day is the ultimate celebration of Life as Jesus Christ conquered death for us.

So Celebrate Life with your family & friends in everything you do.

Dates of #PROLIFESundays:

April 20          Resurrection (Easter) Day
May 11              Mother’s Day
June 15             Father’s Day
July  13             Aunts’ & Uncles’ Day
August 10         Brothers, Sisters & Cousins Day
September 7  Grandparents Day
October 19      Friends & Colleagues Day

Father’s Day this year falls on another Pro Life Holiday of Juneteenth Weekend. A day that commemorates Texas slaves finally hearing they were set free by President Abraham Lincoln on June 19, 1865, almost 2 months after his death and 2 and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation (an Executive Order by Lincoln) was given.  It is a celebration of freedom from a life of bondage.

In November there is a #ProLifeThursday on Thanksgiving where most people give thanks for their God given blessings, their family and job; eat well, and watch football.

In December saintpaulrepublicans.us celebrates the entire month the history and contributions of Christians in American History.

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Former Air Force Reserve Chaplain The New VA Secretary Doug Collins on the Shawn Ryan Show

Posted on April 3, 2025 by Publius Jr

Note to Reader:  Normally I will time stamp the important discussions in videos, in case the video disappears. This is an important interview for Vets who follow us, so I’m going to do that later as I feel the need to get this out there now. I will list some of the articles I’ve written about Veterans’ issues below. I am a US Army Veteran (Reagan-Bush 41 Era) and I’m diagnosed with nonspecific depressive disorder by my VA Psychologist in 2017.  In 2019, I was in a program called Compensated Work Therapy (CWT) at the VA-Minneapolis. It’s job to find a job. I wasn’t technically an employee. I worked in the Logistic Tool Room, which was like a hardware store for the maintenance shops. So I know personally about 80% of the maintenance staff there. Since 2018 I’ve been a SNAP recipient, and since Spring 2020 I’ve been on a program called HUD-VASH which is basically Section 8 for Vets.

I have a lot of issues surrounding the VA, and how it’s run. Mostly the medical side of it is pretty good. The administrative side can be a nightmare as you’ll see below in the article with the word “Labyrinth” in the title (I need to do an update of it as there is some damning behavior from Rep Betty McCollum involved). I also posted an article about the DAV rides to and from the VA and I sent that article to Fred Melo who made the article get more attention. I’m working on one now about the addition of a Women Vet’s Clinic. Most of the Patients in the VA are men and while there are some Women Vets who get their needs met, there really isn’t more Woman focused facilities until now.

2017 Veterans Day: VA Ordeal, Bureaucratic Labyrinth, and Denial of Ambulance Payment

DAV MN Needs Volunteer Drivers to Bring Vets to VA Hospital

VA Minneapolis Adds a New Specialty Care Wing, Building 79

VA Minneapolis Veteran Food Pantry 3rd Tuesday of Each Month

Maplewood VA Clinic Moves Into a New Building Next Door

If You Know a Veteran Ask Them How They are Doing Then Say It’s Okay to Get Help (Shawn Ryan’s story)

Saintpaulrepublicans.us is posting this as a courtesy and we do not get compensated for posting it. I didn’t need to list all my mental issues here, but following Shawn’s lead on this I thought if I list my depression here then other Vets like me will realize it’s okay to admit you’re vulnerable and seek out help. ~~ Publius Jr

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Communist Goals as listed in the US Congressional Record January 10, 1963

Posted on April 3, 2025 by Publius Jr

At the end of Chapter 2 of Mel K’s book, “Americans Anonymous: Restoring Power to the People One Citizen at a Time,” lists 45 Goals of Communists for America from the book, “The Naked Communist,” by Cleon Skousen. This list is in the US Congressional Record of January 10, 1963. I, Publius Jr, noticed Rep A.S. Herlong Jr, from Florida, a Conservative Democrat submitted this into the Congressional Record had actually added this to his extended remarks. Communist aggression was still on the forefront of many minds because it was just 3 months after President John F Kennedy had ordered a US Navy Blockade of Communist Cuba because U2 Spy Planes had photographed Soviet Nuclear Missile launch sites being constructed around the island of Cuba.

The result of the blockade, which is an act of war at sea, was the Cubans pretended to dismantle the launch sites in exchange for the Muslim country of Turkey, a NATO partner removing the Nuclear Missiles from their soil. I bet the Cubans never removed the missiles, but just hid them better. Then submarine launched ballistic missiles were perfected and it didn’t matter where nuclear missiles were stored on land.

President Kennedy had already escalated the US Military’s involvement in Vietnam by increasing the number of troops there from the 200 of Eisenhower’s Administration, to 16,000 troops.

The following is not only at the end of Chapter 2 of Mel K’s book mentioned above but from the US Congressional Record of January 10, 1963.

Extension of Remarks of Hon. A. S. Herlong Jr of Florida

In the House of Representatives

Thursday, January 10, 1963

Mr. Herlong.  Mr. Speaker, Mrs. Patricia Nordman  of De Land Fla., is an ardent and articulate opponent of communism, and until recently published the De Land Courier, which she dedicated to the purpose of alerting  the public to the dangers of communism in America.

At Mrs. Nordman’s request, I include in the RECORD, under unanimous consent, the following “Current Communist Goals,” which she identifies as an excerpt from “The Naked Communist,” by Cleon Skousen:

[From “The Naked Communist,” by Clean Skousen]

CURRENT COMMUNIST GOALS

1. U.S. acceptance of coexistence as the only alternative to atomic war.

2. U.S. willingness to capitulate in preference to engaging in atomic war.

3. Develop the illusion that total disarmament [by] the United States would be a demonstration of moral strength.

4. Permit free trade between all nations regardless of Communist affiliation and regardless of whether or not items could be used for war.

5. Extension of long-term loans to Russia and Soviet satellites.

6. Provide American aid to all nations regardless of Communist domination.

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