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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT><SPAN class=004461223-09122009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff>I'm going to a function on Sunday night where Gerry Matatics will
also be in attendance. </FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT><SPAN class=004461223-09122009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT><SPAN class=004461223-09122009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff>For those who do not know who Matatics is, he is a
convert from Protestantism who then became a
prominent ultra-traditionalist. He is known derisively as Gerry
Schismatics. Matatics does not accept Pope Benedict XVI, Pope John
Paul II, Pope Paul VI, nor Pope John XXIII as valid
popes.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=004461223-09122009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=004461223-09122009>An article about him in <EM>Wikipedia</EM> is
at <A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Matatics">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Matatics</A> </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=004461223-09122009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=004461223-09122009>His own website is at <A
href="http://www.gerrymatatics.org/">http://www.gerrymatatics.org/</A> </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=004461223-09122009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=004461223-09122009>What--if anything--should I say to Matatics or ask
him? Since he is so far removed from reality, I cannot think of
anything to say. I might just introduce myself. Maybe I won't
even do that, since t</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=004461223-09122009>his is <U>not</U> a religious event (although I
notice that three priests and two ministers are also on the attendance
list).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=004461223-09122009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=004461223-09122009>Your thoughts would be appreciated.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=004461223-09122009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4><SPAN
class=004461223-09122009><STRONG>Art</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><BR></FONT>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Fran Griffin
[mailto:griffin@griffnews.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, December 04, 2009 1:45
AM<BR><B>To:</B> Recipient List Suppressed<BR><B>Subject:</B> REMINDER: SOBRAN
TRIBUTE (see partial guest list below)<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV>REMINDER: TRIBUTE TO JOE IS 9 DAYS AWAY!</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>See partial guest list below these announcements.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>The "Tribute to Joe Sobran" begins at 6 p.m.</DIV>
<DIV>on SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13 at the Key Bridge Marriott</DIV>
<DIV>is 1401 Lee Highway, Arlington, Virginia. Website:</DIV>
<DIV>http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/waskb-key-bridge-marriott/<BR></DIV>
<DIV>The closest Metro stop is Rosslyn.<B> Complimentary</B> Parking is
available</DIV>
<DIV>at the hotel. Be sure to bring your parking ticket and have it
stamped</DIV>
<DIV>at the event.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>When you arrive, take the elevators to the 14th floor. The event</DIV>
<DIV>is in the Capital View Ballroom.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>No tickets will be issued. Your name tag, which will be</DIV>
<DIV>waiting for you at the event, will serve as your ticket.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>If for some reason you are not able to attend, please contact<BR>me
immediately. We will have assigned seating, and I need to</DIV>
<DIV>give a guarantee to the hotel of the number of guests.<BR></DIV>
<DIV>Here is a list of expected guests as of 12/3/09:</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>William Abbott</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Nona Aguilar, FGF Board of Directors</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Andrew Armstrong<BR>Art Kelly<BR>David Franke<BR>Joseph
Baldacchino<BR>Claes Ryn<BR>Deb Bernardi<BR>Tom Bethell<BR>Donna Bethell<BR>Tim
Brill<BR>Patrick J. Buchanan<BR>Shelley Buchanan<BR>Robert Buchta<BR>Br. Mario
Calabrese, O.P.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Tom Caminiti<BR>Ann Cianflone<BR>John
Cianflone</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Ron Cloutier<BR>Duncan Clark<BR>Philip Collier<BR>Paul
Connors</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Frank Creel, FGF Board of Directors</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Derya Slivka<BR>Heidy Cuddihy<BR>Jack Cuddihy<BR>Fr.
Kevin Cusick<BR>Thomas Drake</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Mary Fisk, FGF Editor</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Capt. Tom Francis<BR>Lorrie Francis</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Peter Gemma III</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Fran Griffin, President<BR>Bruce Hacker<BR>Mike
Hartnett<BR>Parke Harvey<BR>Michelle Harvey<BR>Richard T. Hines<BR>Tito
Hoawd<BR>John Hurley<BR>Michael Hurley</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Shaun Kenney, American Life League</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Kevin Lamb, FGF Columnist</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Therese Errigo</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Bill Lane</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Leonard Liggio, Atlas Foundation</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Willa Johnson<BR>Kevin Lynch<BR>Peter Lynch<BR>Dr.
Christopher Manion<BR>Eric Martin</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Gerry Matatics</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Brent McAdam<BR>Olga McAdam<BR>John McManus<BR>Charles
Mills, FGF Columnist<BR>Paul Molineaux<BR>Diana Molineaux<BR>Charles
Molineaux<BR>Paul O'Neill</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Jean-Francois Orsini. T.O.P., FGF Board of
Directors<BR>Fr. Frank Papa<BR>Howard Phillips<BR>Peggy Phillips<BR>Fr. J.J.
Pokorsky<BR>Alan Potter<BR>Roy Pulsifer<BR>William Rice<BR>Janet Rice<BR>Rev.
William Rice<BR>Rev, Vincent Rigdon<BR>Lawrence Rosano<BR>Robert
Royal<BR>Jeffrey Rubin<BR>Johanna Rubin<BR>C. Bernard Ruffin<BR>Cory
Lucas</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Anthony Santelli<BR>Karen Schubert<BR>Norman
Singleton<BR>Bennett Smith<BR>Peggy Smith<BR>Jim Smith<BR>Mary Smith<BR>Joe
Sobran<BR>Will Sobran<BR>Bethany Leon<BR>Joe Sobran (Joe's grandson)<BR>Carl
Williams<BR>Vanessa Sobran Williams<BR>Liz Sobran<BR>Robbie Sobran<BR>Rudy
Staube<BR>Taki Theodoracopulos<BR>William von Raab<BR>Richard Thompson<BR>Tom
Thomson<BR>Sally Thomson<BR>Jon Basil Utley<BR>Milton Grenfell<BR>Gioia
Grenfell<BR>Eleanor Venezia<BR>Howard Segermark<BR>Antonio Lulli<BR>Padraic
Walsh<BR>Dede Walsh<BR>Howard Walsh<BR>Eleanor Walsh<BR>Howard Walsh,
Jr.<BR>Deirdre Walsh<BR>Mary Rose Walsh<BR>Faith Whittlesey</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>David Witter<BR>Kenneth Walters<BR>Sandra
Walters</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Richard Zablocki</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>If you know of anyone who wants a ticket, have
them</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>contact me asap.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Looking forward to seeing you.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Fran</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=-1><BR></FONT></DIV><X-SIGSEP><PRE>--
</PRE></X-SIGSEP>
<DIV>Fran Griffin<BR>President<BR>Fitzgerald Griffin Foundation<BR><BR>713 Park
St., SE<BR>Vienna, VA 22180<BR><BR>703-242-0058<BR>703-862-6741
(cell)<BR><BR>703-281-6617
(fax)<BR><BR>FGF@fgfBooks.com<BR>http://www.fgfBooks.com<BR><BR>TRIBUTE TO JOE
SOBRAN: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2009,<BR>Join Joe Sobran, Pat Buchanan, Tom
Bethell,<BR>Howard Phillips, Faith Whittlesey, and others<BR>at this special
event. Key Bridge Marriott<BR>Arlington, Virginia. Space is limited!<BR>See
http://www.fgfbooks.com/events.html<BR><X-TAB>
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</X-TAB>~~~~+~~~~<BR><BR>The Fitzgerald Griffin Foundation is<BR>a tax-exempt
organization under the 501(c)(3)<BR>tax code of the Internal Revenue
Service.<BR>Contributions to the foundation are
tax-deductible.</DIV></BODY>
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