With the North Korea threat again in the news regarding their latest belligerent testing of a hydrogen bomb and successful missile launches, attention is being given to the possibility of an EMP strike (Electro Magnetic Pulse attack). An EMP attack could shut down the electrical grid of large sections of the United States for months at a time and cause a tremendous amount of loss of life. The threat of an EMP needs to be taken very seriously.
ICON presented a presentation on the EMP Threat last year on May 17, 2016. This may be an excellent time to refresh our memories on the information that was presented at this lecture. Please see the link below of the video of the lecture by James Carafano regarding the EMP Threat. Nancy
VIDEO – THE EMP THREAT – JAMES CARAFANO, VICE PRESIDENT, THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION FOREIGN AND DEFENSE POLICY STUDIES
On Saturday, August 19, Conservative Women’s Forum and ICON Lectures joined at hosting a party for the National Rifle Association (NRA) in Chapel Hill. Their excellent training programs ensure that the public is trained to use firearms responsibly. I’ve taken several of their classes to qualify for my concealed carry permit and the classes are exceptionally thorough and stress the responsibility that goes with gun ownership. The NRA’s help in the 2016 election is also greatly appreciated.
Our local affiliate of the NRA, is the Chapel Hill Friends of the NRA. If you would like to support their efforts, checks can be made payable to CHFNRA JDG and mailed to Chapel Hill Friends of the NRA, 123 Cub Creek Ext, Chapel Hill, NC 27517. Nancy
WE ARE THE NRA. WE’RE FREEDOM’S SAFEST PLACE
Special Guest, Robin Hayes, Chairman, North Carolina Republican Party and Mary Lou Drake
From the left: Sue Gray, Judge Beecher Gray,Heather Whillier, Finance Director for Lt Gov Dan Forest, Zan Bunn, President, North Carolina Federation of Republican Women
Marlene Waller and Larry Beckler
From the left: Cathy Wright and son, David Wright, and Dr. Laura Gutman, ICON board member
From the left:; Gadi Adelman, Dee Sams, Meg Gresham, ICON board member, Ilene Sittssinger, and Brenda Dowling
From the left: David Lister, Mary and Dave Carter and Kathryn Pfister
From the left: Wendy Ball and Dr. Brenda Hunter
Francis DeLuca, President of Civitas, and his wife, Cynthia
From the left: Bill Meehan and Mike Pearl
From the left: Walker Hammon and Tom Jensen
From the left: Mark Cares and Guy Guidry guarding the beer on the patio
Dr John Wright
Insignia on Dr John’s hat
Cathy Wright giving information on the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA)
From the left: David Wright, and Cathy and John Wright
Heather Whillier giving us the scoop on a SURPRISE birthday party for our Lt. Governor, Dan Forest (Don’t tell Dan !)
Jim Duncan, founder of CAP, Coalition of American Principles, and his wife Betsy
From the left: Nancy Clark and Zan Bunn
John Gray of the Chapel Hill Friends of the NRA giving Nancy Clark a gift for hosting the party
John Gray announcing that Zan Bunn has won the raffle for the Smith & Wesson Bodyguard pistol
Whoa, a dangerous lady with her new gun !
From the left: Judge Beecher Gray, Heather Whillier and John Gray
From the left: Dr. Brenda Hunter and Mary Lou Drake
“The boys” From the left: David Lister, Mark Cares, Mike Pearl and Guy Guidry
From the left: Emily Walker, Marlene Waller, Zan Bunn, Dr. Laura Gutman and Larry Beckler
Enjoying the garden !
The “Hardcore Diehards” – Solving all the world’s problems till late in the night
Mark Krikorian, Executive Director, Center For Immigration Studies, http://cmsny.org/, was ICON’s guest speaker on Tuesday, May 23, 2017 in Chapel Hill. The subject of his talk was “The Impact of Mass Migration” which is truly an issue that is confronting our nation.
Professor Mike Adams, PhD, UNC Wilmington, was the guest speaker at ICON Lectures on Tuesday, March 7, 2017. The subject of his talk was the detrimental roles of Cultural Marxism campus-wide in the erosion of conservative values and the suppression of Constitutional rights, particularly concerning free speech. Some of the issues he discussed included campus safe spaces and hot spots, trigger warnings, same-sex marriage, reverse discrimination and political correctness.
Dr. Adams is Professor of Sociology and Criminology at UNC Wilmington and was awarded Professor of the Year for both 1998 and 2000. His promotion was initially denied based on the university’s denouncement of his politically “incorrect” writings. The US Court of Appeals found he had been illegally retaliated against, and ordered restitution.
A video of Dr. Adam’s talk will be posted on the ICON website in about a week for those of you who were unable to attend the lecture or who live outside our immediate area. www.iconlectureseries.com
The following photos were taken at the event. Nancy
ICON’s next lecture will be on Tuesday, April 25. 2017 at 7 pm. Lt. General Daniel Bolger (ret), NCSU Assistant Professor and author of “Why We Lost” will be the guest speaker. The subject of his talk will be Slow Death: Assessing America’s War on Terrorism”.
For those of you who were not able to attend the Mike Adams talk on Cultural Marxism in our universities on March 7, please click on the link for the full speech by Professor Mike Adams. Nancy
The following photos were taken at the Christmas Party hosted by Conservative Women’s Forum and ICON Lectures on Saturday, December 17 in Chapel HiIl, North Carolina. We were ready to celebrate Donald Trump’s win in the November election and our “special” guest was “The Donald” himself. Hope you enjoy the photos.
From the left: Meg Gresham, ICON board member, Jim Duncan, ICON Advisory Board member and Lee Green
From the left: Lee Anne McClymont, Nancy Clark, ICON board member, Madonna Whelan and Evelyn Kober Poole
From the left: Ed and Diane Block, Milada Williamson, Dee Park and Joe Williamson
From the left: Judy Bursiek, Challis Wright and Sylvia Atkins
From the left: Marlene Waller, Larry Beckler and Dr. Laura Gutman, ICON board member
From the left: Lynn Gschwind, and Jim and Gladys Kofalt
From the left: Karim Nemitz, Donald Trump, Nancy Clark, and Leo Nemitz
From the left: Gene, Barbara D’Zan and Bob Shearer
Elizabeth Fisher and Dick Blake
From the left: Jeanie Blake and Morrie Ross
Milada and Joe Williamson with “The Donald”
From the left: Bob Shearer and Bob Drake with our future president
Betty Ann Guidry, ICON board treasurer
Mary Lou and Bob Drake giving the thumbs up
Dr. Brenda Hunter and her husband, Don Hunter and their granddaughter
Cathy and John Wright with “The Donald”
From the left: Dave Bursiek, Bill Harris and Evelyn Kober Poole
Nancy Clark, Terry Kane and Karen Kolias
From the left: Jane Hogan, ICON Advisory Board member, Meg Gresham, ICON Board, Betty Ann Guidry, ICON Board Treasurer and Guy Guidry
From the left: Cass Swon, Morrie Ross and Judy Bursiek
Terry Wiegers (center) with Brenda and Don Hunter and their grandchildren
From the left: Dr. Steve Bishop, Mark Cares (holding his homemade beer) and Bill McClymont
Austin Hunter and Olivia giving the thumbs up to “The Donald”
Noelle and Dane Randall with our very popular special guest
From the left: Lee Green, Barbara D’Zan, Jane Hogan and Joe Taylor
From the left: Judi Anderson, Jeanie Blake and Paul Olsen
Nancy Clark, Terry Kane, Gus Kolias and Jerry Gschwind
From the left: David Lister, Howard Margolis, Gadi Adelman and Dee Sams ( Gadi and Dee recently announced their engagement and are also co-hosts of the radio show, “America Akbar”. Dee is known as the “Crimson Queen” !!!
From the Left: Karen Kolias, Lynn Gschwind, Beverly Inchalik, Dr. Ralph Heniz, Guy Guidry, and Bob Shearer in the back
Nancy Clark, Gadi Adelman, Karin Nemetz and Larry Beckler
From the left: Cathy Wright, Judy Bursiek, Dr. John Wright and Dave Bursiek
MJ Hall, Morrie Ross and Colonel Jay Stobbs, US Army Ranger (ret)
Sue Googe and Jerry Gschwind
From the left: Sylvia Atkins and Cass Swon
Mark Cares and “The Donald”
Ruth and Steve BIshop and our special guest
Kimberly (ICON board member) and her husband Ed Sanchez
From the left: Karin Nemetz, Andrea Rock, ICON board member, Meg Gresham, ICON board member, Mary Lou Drake and Elizabeth Fisher
Dee Sams and Mark Cares
MJ and Colonel Jay Stobbs (ret)
Marlene and Larry Beckler
Dee Sams and Gadi Adelman
Cindy Chuey and Fred Cooke
Nancy with her “This wine is making me awesome” apron !!! MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE !
Diana West, author of “Death of the Grownup” and “American Betrayal” was the guest speaker at ICON’s event on Tuesday, October 18, 2016. Political Correctness was the subject of her talk – What It Is, Where It Comes From and Why It Matters. Diana referred to her research for her book, “American Betrayal” which documented how Communists infiltrated our government during the Roosevelt administration of the 1940’s. Her further research has turned up evidence that the Marxists were actually actively working in this country as early as 1905. During the 1930’s a group of Marxist professors from the Frankfurt School in Germany came to America and established themselves first at Columbia University and then methodically started to spread their Cultural Marxism ideology within our university system. By using “Political Correctness”, they were able to silence those who opposed the stealth attack on our traditional core values which was designed to weaken our society from within.
Through a news article about Diana’s talk, a coalition of Far Left groups organized a protest of Diana West and made charges of “hate speech” . When the Far Left feels threatened by the facts, they call it “hate speech”. The protest ended quietly but photos of some of their protest signs are at the end of the photos from the lecture. There is also a photo of our friend, Lee Green, holding up her sign as a counter protest to support free speech.
A video of Diana’s talk will be posted on our website – www.iconlectureseries.com in the next week so you will be able to listen to Diana’s West’s fascinating presentation. You will not hear this subject matter being discussed anywhere else in the media !
This was our last event of 2016 but 2017 is going to be an exciting year with our first speaker being Mike Adams, PHD, speaking on March 7, 2017, on “How U.S. Campuses Incubate and Enforce Cultural Marxism by using safe spaces and speech codes.
ICON’S lectures for the rest of 2017 are April 25 – “Slow Death: Assessing America’s War on Terrorism”. May 23 – “Impact of Mass Migration into the U.S.” Sept 12 – “The Real Story on Climate Change” and October 17 “The Growing National Threat from Iran”
Season tickets for 2017 are now available online at www.iconlectureseries.com along with a description of our five speakers that are already booked for 2017 !
Hope you enjoy the following photos that were taken at the event. Nancy
Diana West, Guest Speaker
Gladys Kofalt and Jim Duncan
From the left: Sandy Bazley, Ken Johnson, Karen Kolias, Ginny and Jerry Cole, Gus Kolias and Jim Kofalt
Ginny and Jerry Cole
From the left: Nancy Clark, Jim Ball, Wendy Ball and Gladys Kofalt
From the left: Andrea Rock, Dr. Rosemary Stein, Hannah Stein and PJ Gentry
From the left: Mary McKinney, Caroline Bishop, Karen Macomson, Andrea Rock and Kimberly Rosario Sanchez
From the left: Susan Berkowitz, Fran Mammolito and Margaret Fox
From the left: Kimberly Rosario Sanchez, Meg Gresham, Dana Postiglioni, Andrea Rock and Nancy Clark
From the left: Terry Wiegers, Bonnie O’Neill and Eduardo Sanchez
From the left: Marlene Waller and Mary Lopez Carter, Republican candidate for the North Carolina State Senate
Dave Carter and son, Chris
From the left: Chris Lee, Dr. Leon Coleman and Jeff Miller
Diana West answering questions after her presentation
From the left: Sean Moser and Jim Duncan
From the left: Bob Drake, Paul Olsen, Mary and Ben Proctor
From the left: Mary Lou Drake and Laura Cox
Michaela and Paul Tomas
From the left: Dr. Laura Gutman and Diana West
A fun get together after the lecture
Lee Green, a counter protest in support of Free Speech
FAR LEFT PROTESTORS
Protestors who requested that their faces not be shown
ICON Lectures partnered with Civitas Institute to present Stephen Moore as our guest speaker on Tuesday, September 13, 2016 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Stephen Moore is the Chief Economist for the Heritage Foundation , a former editor of the Wall Street Journal and is an economic adviser to the Donald Trump campaign. His presentation was on our nation’s economy and as you scroll down through the photos from the event, you will see a few of the slides on our economy that he spoke about.
ICON’s next lecture on October 18, 2016, will present as our guest speaker, Diana West, author of “The Death of the Grownup” and “American Betrayal” . Diana will be speaking on Cultural Marxism and the Frankfurt School and how this ideology created “political correctness”.
ICON and Conservative Women’s Forum joined together to host a Midsummer’s Eve Garden Party on June 21, 2016 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Our special guests were Judge Richard Dietz and his wife Kelley. Judge Dietz is the incumbent Republican judge for the NC Court of Appeals in this November’s election.
ICON’s next free summer movie will be 13 Hours, The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, that will be shown on Tuesday, August 2 at Extraordinary Ventures, 200 South Elliiott Road, Chapel Hill at 7 p.m. On Tuesday, September 13, 2016, Stephen Moore, the well known economist with the Heritage Foundation, will be speaking on the Fed and The True Economy.
As you can see from the photos from the party, when conservatives get together, we have a lot of fun ! Come join us !!! Nancy
From the left: Lee Green, Judge Richard Dietz, incumbent judge, NC Court of Appeals, and Dr. Laura Gutman
From the left: PJ Gentry and Cathy Wright
From the left: Nancy Clark, Don Hunter and Dr. Brenda Hunter
From the left: Dee Park, Betty Ann Guidry, M.J. Hall, and Bro Park
From the left: Shelley Dietz, wife of Judge Dietz, Dave and Mary Carter
Cynthia West and Colonel Jay Stobbs (ret), candidate for Chatham County Commissioner
Betsy and Jim Duncan
From the left: Andrea Rock, M.J. Hall, Lee Green, and Meg Gresham
From the left: Cathy Wright, Sandy Bazley, Ruth Bishop, Dr. John Wright, Betsy Riggan, Gladys Kofalt,
Wendy Ball, Nancy Clark, Jamie Skinner and in front, Cynthia West and Lee Green
Gladys Kofalt and John Dodd of the Jesse Helms Center
From the left: Fran Handmaker, Rosemarie Wenzel and Kitty Felten
From the left: Betty Ann Guidry, John Dodd, Jim Duncan, Cynthia West, Sandy Bazley, and Wendy Ball
From the left: Mary Lou Drake, Ruth Bishop and Sandy Bazley
From the left: Linda Devore, Dave Carter, Gadi Adelman, Mary Carter, Betsy Duncan and Nancy Clark
From the left: Gadi Adelman, Dick Blake, Dee Sams, Steve Clipp and Patrick Williams
From the left: Tom Glenndinning, Colonel Jay Stobbs (ret), and Jay Baker
From the left: Don Wenzel and Bob Shearer
From the left: Mary Ann Baker and Diane Block
Ken Thigpen
Enjoying the garden
From the left: Bob Drake, Betsy Riggan and M.J. Hall
From the left: Mary Lou Drake, Kimberly Sanchez, Steve Clipp, Bill Harris and Colonel Jay Stobbs (ret)
From the left: Kitty Felten, Patrick Williams and Rosemarie Wenzel
From the left: Dee Sams, Jeanie and Dick Blake and Gadi Adelman
From the left: Elizabeth Fisher and Brenda Dowling
From the left: Linda Devore of Fayetteville, NC and Jeanie Blake
From the left: Betsy Riggan, Ruth Bishop, and Jamie Skinner
From the left: Dr. John Wright and Jay Baker
From the left: Bob Shearer, Linda Devore, Betsy and Jim Duncan, Mary Lou and Bob Drake, Janie Wagstaff and Mary and Dave Carter
It ranges from embracing dictators to the candidates they choose
By Stephen Moore – – Sunday, April 3, 2016
The idea of American exceptionalism has been embedded in our DNA for generations. It is the faith-based belief that, as Ronald Reagan put it, America is a “shining city on a hill.” Do modern liberals believe that?
I almost never try to get into the other side’s head or ascribe ill motives to those on the left. They are, I’ve always believed, misguided, not malign.
But I’m having second thoughts after listening to President Obama’s defense of communism/socialism a little over a week ago when he was in Argentina. He advised young people to get behind “what works” economically — as if there is some deep mystery here. Mr. Obama didn’t misspeak. The modern left in America really has come to believe that communism, socialism, Marxism, totalitarianism, or whatever “ism” you want to call the monopolization of power into the hands of a ruling elite, is superior to free market capitalism.
The president of the United States is supposed to be the global spokesman for free enterprise. But instead of traveling to Cuba to point out to the world the decades of stagnation, deprivation, and dehumanization at the hands of Castro, and instead of using this moment in history to showcase the triumph of capitalism 90 miles away, as Mr. Reagan did so memorably at Moscow State University, Mr. Obama praises Castro’s health care and education systems.
