Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Bobby Jindal Presidential Campaign Announcement Full Speech (C-SPAN)
Bobby Jindal announced his bid for the Republican presidential
nomination. He made the announcement at Pontchartrain Center in Kenner,
Louisiana. Watch the complete Bobby Jindal Presidential Campaign
Announcement event here: http://cs.pn/1Kam3vl
Saturday, March 22, 2014
Dr. Vanila Singh for Congress - California's 17th CD
After growing up in Fremont and moving back to the 17th Congressional District to raise my family, I am running for Congress and here's why: our children deserve better leadership than we are getting, I want to serve my community, and we need to look for practical - not partisan - solutions to our nation's problems.
Neel Kashkari: Can This Indian-American Republican Become The Next Governor Of California?
Neel Kashkari, an Indian-American with a glittering résumé, but no political office-holding experience, has declared his gubernatorial candidacy for... this year's election in California as a Republican.
A son of Indian immigrants, Kashkari, only 40, faces a multitude of obstacles in his Quixotic quest to unseat popular Democratic incumbent Jerry Brown, 75, who is riding high from engineering the state's remarkable recovery from near economic collapse a few years ago. (Brown has not yet formally announced his candidacy, although his team has already raised about $17 million for the presumptive campaign.)
As such, Kashkari is stepping into an arena with many risks and challenges.
Part of Kashkari's woes have to do with factors far beyond his control -- namely, changing demographics that have pushed the once-powerful Republican Party into near irrelevance in California.
http://www.ibtimes.com/neel-kashkari-can-indian-american-republican-become-next-governor-california-1551027
2014 Lincoln Reagan Dinner with Governor Nikki Haley
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| SFGOP Chairman Harmeet Dhillon and her husband Sarvjit Randhawa with Governor Haley. — at The Julia Morgan Ballroom. More pictures: https://www.facebook.com/SFGOP |
Monday, February 3, 2014
Interview w/Harmeet K. Dhillon, Vice Chair of California Republicans
WASHINGTON, April 16, 2013 ― Harmeet K. Dhillon is a name you will come to know. Recently, Harmeet made history by becoming the first woman ever elected to the position of Vice Chairman of the California Republican Party. Born in India, Dhillon and family arrived in the United States when she was two years old.
From the Bronx, New York to rural North Carolina, where her father worked as an orthopedic surgeon, her family adopted and lived by traditional, conservative values. According to Dhillon, who is herself an accomplished business litigation attorney, she and her family are Sikhs. Her Dad and brother, she says, wear turbans.The conservative values she and her family live by provide them with the structure through which to practice their religion.
Dhillon attended Dartmouth College, where she earned a Bachelor-of-Arts Degree in Classical Studies (ancient Greek, Latin, and classical art and archaeology), and the University of Virginia, where she received her law degree and sat on the editorial board of the Virginia Law Review. She served a one-year clerkship with a United States Court of Appeals judge in the Fourth Circuit after graduation.
From 1996 to the present, Dhillon has been widely published. Practicing law in New York, London, Silicon Valley, San Francisco, she is a talented speaker and litigator.
Currently, Harmeet K. Dhillon is second most powerful Republican in the State of California party leadership.
WTC: Harmeet, thank you so much for agreeing to this interview for the Washington Times Communities.
Harmeet K. Dhillon: No, thank you. I appreciate the opportunity.
WTC: So, what attracted you to the Republican Party?
Harmeet K. Dhillon: I have been a Republican ever since I could vote. I was raised in a family where my parents were conservative and we discussed politics at home, particularly issues of unfair regulation, excessive taxation, and greedy trial lawyers.
WTC: What type of family were you raised in, and how has your upbringing shaped your political views?
Harmeet K. Dhillon: My father was a country doctor, an orthopedic surgeon in rural North Carolina, and my mother a housewife at first and then business manager for my father’s medical practice. We are practicing Sikhs, with conservative social values. My parents emigrated from India in order to have a better life and opportunities. India was a socialist country when they left, closely allied with the Soviet Union.
WTC: What made you decide to run for vice chairman?
Harmeet K. Dhillon: I felt there was a need for new leadership in the California Republican Party. We need a new vision of how to appeal to younger voters in various demographics. This is a critical juncture in California’s history and every citizen needs to do his or her part to change things. I felt that I could help make a difference, and so I volunteered and ran.
WTC: What are your goals for the Republican Party as the Vice-Chair?
Harmeet K. Dhillon: I want to increase voter registration by the year 2014 so that more registered Republicans are in San Francisco as well as the rest of California, and to recruit and train people throughout the state; but especially those people living in rural areas who want to represent and work for the Republican Party. We also need to do a better job of turning out decline to state (“independent”) voters and moderate Democrats by running better candidates with broader appeal.
WTC: Would you ever consider running for office on a national level?
Harmeet K. Dhillon: It’s too soon after being elected to the vice chairman position in California to consider running for office at any level. My term as GOP vice chairman is for two years and my priority will be growing the California Republican Party.
WTC: Do you have any hobbies?
Harmeet K. Dhillon: I am an avid knitter and knitwear designer, with my own California yarn and knitwear company, Sea Ranch Woolworks. I love to read and enjoy cooking and world adventure travel.
WTC: Who is your favorite music artist?
Harmeet K. Dhillon: That is a tough one, but my favorites include Steely Dan, the Doors, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Satinder Sartaj.
WTC: Thank you for your time to visit with us this morning. It was a pleasure speaking with you.
Harmeet K. Dhillon: The pleasure was mine.
From the Bronx, New York to rural North Carolina, where her father worked as an orthopedic surgeon, her family adopted and lived by traditional, conservative values. According to Dhillon, who is herself an accomplished business litigation attorney, she and her family are Sikhs. Her Dad and brother, she says, wear turbans.The conservative values she and her family live by provide them with the structure through which to practice their religion.
Dhillon attended Dartmouth College, where she earned a Bachelor-of-Arts Degree in Classical Studies (ancient Greek, Latin, and classical art and archaeology), and the University of Virginia, where she received her law degree and sat on the editorial board of the Virginia Law Review. She served a one-year clerkship with a United States Court of Appeals judge in the Fourth Circuit after graduation.
From 1996 to the present, Dhillon has been widely published. Practicing law in New York, London, Silicon Valley, San Francisco, she is a talented speaker and litigator.
Currently, Harmeet K. Dhillon is second most powerful Republican in the State of California party leadership.
WTC: Harmeet, thank you so much for agreeing to this interview for the Washington Times Communities.
Harmeet K. Dhillon: No, thank you. I appreciate the opportunity.
WTC: So, what attracted you to the Republican Party?
Harmeet K. Dhillon: I have been a Republican ever since I could vote. I was raised in a family where my parents were conservative and we discussed politics at home, particularly issues of unfair regulation, excessive taxation, and greedy trial lawyers.
WTC: What type of family were you raised in, and how has your upbringing shaped your political views?
Harmeet K. Dhillon: My father was a country doctor, an orthopedic surgeon in rural North Carolina, and my mother a housewife at first and then business manager for my father’s medical practice. We are practicing Sikhs, with conservative social values. My parents emigrated from India in order to have a better life and opportunities. India was a socialist country when they left, closely allied with the Soviet Union.
WTC: What made you decide to run for vice chairman?
Harmeet K. Dhillon: I felt there was a need for new leadership in the California Republican Party. We need a new vision of how to appeal to younger voters in various demographics. This is a critical juncture in California’s history and every citizen needs to do his or her part to change things. I felt that I could help make a difference, and so I volunteered and ran.
WTC: What are your goals for the Republican Party as the Vice-Chair?
Harmeet K. Dhillon: I want to increase voter registration by the year 2014 so that more registered Republicans are in San Francisco as well as the rest of California, and to recruit and train people throughout the state; but especially those people living in rural areas who want to represent and work for the Republican Party. We also need to do a better job of turning out decline to state (“independent”) voters and moderate Democrats by running better candidates with broader appeal.
WTC: Would you ever consider running for office on a national level?
Harmeet K. Dhillon: It’s too soon after being elected to the vice chairman position in California to consider running for office at any level. My term as GOP vice chairman is for two years and my priority will be growing the California Republican Party.
WTC: Do you have any hobbies?
Harmeet K. Dhillon: I am an avid knitter and knitwear designer, with my own California yarn and knitwear company, Sea Ranch Woolworks. I love to read and enjoy cooking and world adventure travel.
WTC: Who is your favorite music artist?
Harmeet K. Dhillon: That is a tough one, but my favorites include Steely Dan, the Doors, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Satinder Sartaj.
WTC: Thank you for your time to visit with us this morning. It was a pleasure speaking with you.
Harmeet K. Dhillon: The pleasure was mine.
Monday, May 20, 2013
Friday, May 17, 2013
Dinesh D’Souza to release new film, titled: AMERICA in 2016
…It’s at great moments of peril like this that we need to regroup and rediscover the first principles of what made America great.
“We are now living in the America that we warned our fellow citizens could come to pass if President Obama were re-elected,” said Dinesh D’Souza, best-selling author who will return as writer and host. “Like it or not America is now the nation that Barack Obama Junior and Senior dreamed of creating. Americans are right to be terrified as they see the transformation of America take place before their very eyes. But it’s at great moments of peril like this that we need to regroup and rediscover the first principles of what made America great.”
“We intend to bring the same level of excellence, integrity and honesty to this production and, if we’re successful, we’ll once again be embraced by the American filmgoing public and ignored by the Oscars,” quipped producer Gerald R. Molen, himself an Academy Award® winning filmmaker of such hits as Schindler’s List, Jurassic Park and Minority Report, who returns as producer.
Swaminathan Anklesaria Aiyar - Fast Growth Will Save Lives Not the Food Security Bill
Amartya Sen wants to estimate the number of deaths caused by the delay in passing the Food Security Bill. He thinks this may shame Opposition politicians into ceasing disruption of proceedings in the Lok Sabha. “To capture people’s attention, you have to have a number,” he says.
Fine, but let’s hope Sen will also estimate deaths caused by faulty policies that historically kept India’s GDP growth slow, and have once again slowed growth today. He loves to emphasise that for any given GDP growth, better social investment will improve outcomes. Why not equally emphasise that, for any given level of social investment, faster growth will also improve outcomes and reduce deaths?
Sen gained fame by estimating that 100 million women were “missing” because of gender discrimination that led to excess female mortality. He looked at the male-female ratio in China, South Asia, West Asia and North Africa, and asked what would have happened if these regions had the same sex ratio as in Western countries where women and men receive equally good care. He calculated that these countries would have had more than 100 million extra women.
Reihan Salam - The Global Garment Manufacturing Ecosystem
Indonesia, which has a GDP per capita (PPP) two-and-a-half times as high as that of Bangladesh and a government that has improved markedly in recent years, has been gaining momentum. Bradsher reports that many elite brands had harbored concerns about Bangladesh’s reliance on high-rise factories, a reflection of rising land values in prime manufacturing districts, which are in turn a reflection of transportation bottlenecks that threaten the reliability of shipments.
Read more: http://www.nationalreview.com/agenda/348634/global-garment-manufacturing-ecosystem-reihan-salam
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Top South Carolina Democrat Wants To Send Nikki Haley “Wherever The Hell She Came From”
A spokesman for South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley Friday fired back at the latest in a long string of attacks that seem to invoke her status as an Indian-American woman presiding over her Southern state.
South Carolina Democratic Party Chairman Dick Harpootlian, a trial lawyer, longtime Democratic leader, and legendary figure in local politics, reportedly told a South Carolina Democratic Party dinner that the Democratic challenger would send "Nikki Haley back to wherever the hell she came from."
More here: http://www.buzzfeed.com/bensmith/top-south-carolina-wants-to-send-nikki-haley-wherever-the-he
Saturday, April 27, 2013
SURVEY: Obama won every Asian American nationality
A report released Friday found that every segment of Asian Americans voted for Barack Obama in November, including the historically Republican Vietnamese and Filipino communities.
But the report found that almost half of Asian American and Pacific Islander registered voters do not identify with the Democratic or Republican parties, meaning that they may be open to switching their votes to other parties in the future. Democrat Obama received 68 percent of the Asian American and Pacific Islander vote, compared with 30 percent for Republican Mitt Romney.
Obama did best among Asian Indians, who gave the president 84 percent of their votes. More than 60 percent of Vietnamese and Filipino voters supported Obama.
READ MORE: http://blog.pe.com/multicultural-beat/2013/04/06/survey-obama-won-every-asian-american-nationality/
Indian Libertarians
Our mission is to raise awareness and educate people about the principles and philosophy of individual liberty and free market capitalism.
- Educate about the principle of individual liberty
- Promote free market capitalism
- Understand economics through the Austrian school
- Systematic study of libertarian philosophy
Manna from Heaven, or a New Recession?
This article appeared in The Times of India on April 21, 2013.
The price of gold, oil and many other commodities crashed last week. The stock markets zoomed and economists smiled, suddenly seeing positive consequences in three areas — inflation, the trade deficit and the fiscal deficit.
These three factors had earlier dragged down the economy to its lowest growth rate for a decade, just 4.7 per cent in the last quarter. But the global commodity crash should reduce inflation in India too, cheaper imports should shrink the trade deficit, and the fiscal deficit should shrink because oil and fertiliser subsidies will reduce. This is a triple helping of manna from above. Does it mean that the worst is over, and that the flagging Indian economy will now take off?
Read more: http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/manna-heaven-or-new-recession
Speaking with Harmeet K. Dhillon, Vice Chair of California Republicans
WASHINGTON, April 16, 2013 ― Harmeet K. Dhillon is a name you will come to know. Recently, Harmeet made history by becoming the first woman ever elected to the position of Vice Chairman of the California Republican Party. Born in India, Dhillon and family arrived in the United States when she was two years old. From the Bronx, New York to rural North Carolina, where her father worked as an orthopedic surgeon, her family adopted and lived by traditional, conservative values.
Read more: http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/richard-ivory-gives-voice/2013/apr/16/speaking-harmeet-k-dhillon-vice-chair-california-r/#ixzz2ReCgIaq5 Follow us: @wtcommunities on Twitter
growth vs. GROWTH
We need to significantly reduce the regulatory burden on the private sector. The Obama administration is doing the opposite. They’re loading on more and more regulation on the private without respect to how the economy functions. - Dick Cheney
What has happened since October 9, 2007? Oh, not that much…
The stock market absorbed a 57% decline, the U.S. elected then re-elected Barack Obama, dubious amounts of political partisanship has become the norm, Obamacare became reality, Dodd-Frank was passed and slowly enacted, the U.S. has seen its credit rating downgraded, the Fed has implemented QE1-Infinity, unemployment peaked above 10% and now sits at 7.7%, the markets have experienced a 4-year bull market since bottoming out resulting in a return to all-time highs, the economy has experienced 4 years of tepid economic expansion …you get the point, a lot has happened.
Historically, the economic bounce-back from severe recessions has been staggeringly forceful, as was the case with the most recent recovery initially; however it has gone through periods of regression and improvement along the way. Much of the relative impotence along the way has been the result of ill-conceived policies that have blunted the economy.
The financial crisis was an abhorrent event to have to recover from; it rocked investors, businesses and the general public to the core. It made us question how we do things in the U.S. Yet memory is short-lived and most recovered from this event relatively quickly, but then Washington did everything it could to limit expectations and cause new volatility.
This has manifested itself presently in the form of weak 2013 GDP growth projections that range anywhere from 1.7-2.3%. This begs the question, “Where could the U.S. growth be without Washington’s wrangling and regulations?”
UK Conservative Friends of India - launch film
The launch film of Conservative Friends of India, a new member-led organisation that will help to develop links and a meaningful relationship between the Conservative Party, the British Indian community and India.
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