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Voice of America Freedom Rally
September 5, 2009
Speaker Biographies
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Rich Apuzzo is currently the Chief Meteorologist and Chief Operating Officer at Skyeye Weather LLC, a national weather consulting and education company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. Rich is originally from Chicago, but moved around the country in his television career and he and his family settled in Cincinnati back in 1993.
Prior to running Skyeye Weather LLC, Rich worked in television news for 22 years as a Meteorologist for TV stations in 6 different cities across the United States, and most recently Rich was the Chief Meteorologist for the Ten O’Clock News on FOX 19 in Cincinnati.
Using his broadcast talents and extensive background in weather forecasting, Rich and Skyeye Weather provide custom forensic and weather services for diverse clientele ranging from insurance companies and air quality experts, to aviation, agriculture, arboriculture and recreation. You can even see a daily video weather update on the Coney Island Park website in Cincinnati.
Rich also presents educational weather safety seminars for a variety of industries, area school systems and public safety personnel, and he can also be seen emceeing a variety of events around the Tri-State.
Skyeye Weather is “Where Life and Weather Come Together”, and that means providing valuable weather training and education that you can use right now and for planning down the road…and that includes an extensive background in climatology and climate change. |
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Anntones is a duet comprised of the brother and sister Anne and Tony Harpen. They have been writing and playing music for years but just decided 4 years ago to start playing out together again after raising their kids. They come from a family of 14 and are originally from Mason, Ohio.
They have played at Rivertowne Marina, Tabby's, Chicken on the Run, Paxton's in Loveland, for the City of Mason,
many private parties around the Cincinnati area and have even warmed up for such bands as Little Feat.
They currently play at the Avenue in Mason. You can view their band's facebook page.
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ABOUT THE "GREAT AMERICAN"
Since 1983, the acclaimed "Voice of the Common Man" has lightened up the airwaves of 700WLW with many national and local politicians, cultural leaders, authors, spin doctors and other miscreants resulting in the most listened to radio personality in the tri-state. If it's news, if average, hard-working, God-fearing, Americans hear it, see it or read about it; it will be on the Bill Cunningham Show each afternoon.
Bill is an attorney, business entrepreneur, former Ohio Assistant Attorney General; he also was selected in 1983, as Ohio's Outstanding Young Lawyer by the Ohio State Bar Association, led the City of Cincinnati in Boys basketball scoring First Team All City and picked by the Cincinnati Enquirer as one of the Top 100 High School players of all time. Thereafter; he captained the Xavier University Baseball Team, married the Honorable Penelope H. Cunningham (Judge in the Ohio Court of Appeals), and later became a butcher, baker and then a candlestick maker. In other words, Willie has done it all. Bill Cunningham is the quintessential Renaissance Man.
Normal Americans listen live, down-load it at night, and then each day discuss the essence of his arguments and his flair for the dramatic. Having already received every award the radio industry can bestow, including the 2001 Marconi as America's Big Market Radio Personality of the Year, Bill Cunningham, called "The Conscience of America" remembers yesterday, embraces today, and yearns for a better tomorrow.
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DakLak Do’s journey from Vietnam to America is almost unimaginable. He was 16 when he witnessed the fall of his country to Communism. Vietnam was lost to the North Vietnamese, who were backed by the Soviet Union and China. They took everything from the people and they could do so at any time. DakLak was kicked out of school and forced to work as a farmer on land surrounded by deep jungles, with no running water, no electricity, no home—no right to live. He lived this way for five years, abused and hopeless. He remembers a famous saying during that time, “If the telephone pole could leave Vietnam, it would do so.”
DakLak decided to risk his life for freedom. After five days and nights on the ocean and with no food or water for the last three, he finally reached free land in Indonesia. There, he lived in a refugee camp for two years while waiting for his visa. Eventually, he was accepted as a political refugee by the United States and says he was “born again in Kettering, Ohio, in October 1982.” He adds, “If people are free to make their choice, they will choose to be free.”
With just a few dollars to his name and only a basic understanding of the English language, DakLak worked at two dishwasher jobs, all the while going to school. He graduated from Sinclair College in 1987 and from the University of Dayton in 1989. For a time, he worked as a mechanical engineer. In 1995, he started his own engineering company with a friend. Today, he operates in a 60,000-square-foot building with over 40 employees.
“This is my story,” he says. “I am here today as an American, in my heart and mind. Do I look like an American? Yes I do. Americans are not white, black, or yellow. Americans are freedom lovers.”
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The current path our country is on has inspired Shannon to get involved on a personal level. Her involvement started back in February as a member of the core Cincinnati Tea party. Currently Shannon is running for Fairfield Township Trustee. The daughter of a decorated Air Force officer, she saw the sacrifices that members of the armed forces make. It is now time for concerned citizens to stand up and serve our country; now time to return to a conservative mindset. Getting the country back on track is essential for future generations.
Shannon earned a BS in Industrial Engineering from the University of Dayton and a Masters Degree from the University of Phoenix. She spent over fifteen years working in corporate America various capacities. She possesses extensive skills in continuous improvement, cost reduction, quality management and strategic planning. Shannon currently works as a stay at home mom.
Shannon has been happily married to Jason for 11 years. She is the proud mother of four children ranging in age from newborn to eight years old. They have resided in Fairfield Township for close to ten years.
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She’s like Sarah Palin—a hockey mom. But unlike Sarah Palin, she’s an immigrant.
Harlene Holland was born in El Progreso, Honduras, where she graduated from Notre Dame High School. Her life changed for the better when she became a U.S. citizen. But now she’s seeing and feeling the subtle forms of oppression she knew in Honduras: excessive governmental interference, corruption, and waste. She believes Washington politicians have forgotten they were elected by The People to look after the benefits of American citizens and the country in general. “I want to invite true American people to run for office and redirect this country. I want America to once again be the home of the free and proud.”
Harlene has an associate’s degree in Business Management from Sinclair Community College and is almost finished with her bachelor’s degree in Business Management from Park University. She’s a full-time employee at Elof-Hanson Paper Company and a former employee of NCR Corporation. Her passion is volunteering at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Hospital, for local charter schools, neighborhood programs, and political campaigns.
She resides in Dayton with her husband Tom, a major in the U.S. Air Force Reserves, and their two children.
Oh, Harlene is also a ballet mom.
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Jim Klosterman is an IT consultant and lifelong musician, recording artist and sound engineer. He is married to his lovely wife of two years who just recently gave birth to their first son, Taylor Martin. Jim still actively attends school at night, works a full time job and still finds time to play music on Sundays at Church and during the week with friends.
Needless to say, he is a busy guy but is still passionate about his country and its founding principles. As time permits, Jim likes to offer his talent to the Tea Party movement by playing and singing patriotic songs and humorous parodies. He plans on recording some of his favorite protest tunes in hopes that his music will help the rest of America find the absurdity in today's political climate. Jim is an advocate of fiscal responsibility, limited government, free markets and most importantly, our right to free speech.
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Ask any Dayton Tea Party member and they’ll probably say Greg is a fan favorite of tea party goers. He’s the owner of the McAfee Heating and Air Conditioning Company, which he founded in 1990 with just over $200. Today, Greg’s firm is one of Dayton’s leading providers of HVAC equipment and services.
The business stands as a reflection of Greg’s integrity and innovation. In the past two years alone, the company as won accolades from the Better Business Bureau, the HVACR News, the National Air Duct Cleaners Association, and the Dayton Business Journal. Greg attributes his company’s ongoing success to effective team building, a willingness to take risks, and consistently providing good service to customers.
Greg currently serves as president of the Dayton Air Conditioning Contractors of America and recently established the McAfee Foundation for Children and Youth, an organization dedicated to helping families bridge the gap while they seek permanent solutions for their children’s pulmonary medication needs.
A testament to what freedom can do for a man.
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Tracy Miller, former cancer patient and mother of 3, was questioning Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee when the
Congresswoman took a cell phone call in favor of paying close attention to the question at hand.
Tracy has been on Fox and Friends and Greta Van Sustern and several talk radio and blog radio programs to talk about the incident.
Prior to being thrown into the national spotlight, Tracy had been and remains involved (as a citizen activist) with grassroots groups
in TX to raise citizen voices to support parental rights, State's Rights, and the Constitution of the United States
and to oppose illegal immigration and Federal Government intrusion in the lives and pocketbooks of citizens.
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Chris is just a guy who resides in Marysville, Ohio with his beautiful
wife and three children and wants what most people do... live a free and
purposeful life in peace with God and his fellow man. Professionally,
Chris is a Physical Therapist and has owned and managed a private
therapy practice, a restaurant and recently began a home health agency
in Columbus, Ohio. Chris is passionate about his faith, his family and
the constitution and recently contributed to the writing of the OLC
Declaration.
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Jason Rink is one of the founders of the Ohio Freedom Alliance and is the Director of Education and Outreach for the group. “Today’s Ohio Liber-TEA Party is not about partisan politics. It’s not an anti-Obama rally. It’s not an anti-tax rally. It’s a pro-freedom rally. Our goal is to gather together like-minded citizens from around Ohio to promote three ideas: liberty, unity, and sovereignty. We want to empower citizens to enact changes in government through education and political action.”
Jason is a contributing author in the recently published biography of Congressman Ron Paul, Ron Paul: A Life of Ideas. Jason’s work has also been featured on the website LewRockwell.com. He is a former pastor and currently resides in Clintonville with his wife of 10 years and their 9-year-old son.
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Dan Rivers is a singer/songwriter, Miami Valley resident, and BMI recording artist, who debuted his new hit single, “This American Life,” at the 2009 Flag Day Rally for Freedom. This song was chosen as the theme song for both the Cincinnati and Dayton Tea Party organizations.
Dan has been performing professionally since age 10 and has won numerous song writing competitions. In 2004, Dan wrote the “W Ketchup” song, whose company strongly supports the Freedom Alliance Scholarship Program. Colonel Oliver North created the Freedom Alliance, which helps pay for the college education of the children of our fallen American Heroes.
Dan served as a United States Marine and is an ardent supporter of the Constitution and the important mission of the Tea Party movement locally and across America. Dan serves as the Entertainment Director for the Cincinnati and Dayton Tea Party organizations. Visit www.sonicbids.com/danrivers for more information.
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Rob Scott, president/CEO/founder of the Dayton Tea Party, is currently a University of Dayton School of Law student and plans on practicing law in the Dayton area. He is a longtime resident of Kettering, Ohio. Scott attended Kettering City Schools, Sinclair Community College and received his bachelor's in political science and urban affairs from Wright State University.
Also, Scott worked in the Ohio House of Representatives as a legislative aide and worked on several major political campaigns in Ohio. Additionally, Scott worked for the Dayton Daily News as a reporter and a copy editor during his undergraduate years in college. He is a member of numerous organizations in the Dayton community.
Scott is an advocate for smaller government, fiscal restraint, support for small business and free markets. He emphasizes that the Dayton Tea Party "is not a Republican thing. It's not a Democrat thing. This is a big government thing!" He can be contacted at rob@daytonohioteaparty.com.
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Thomas Tabback was born in North Carolina while his father was stationed with the Army at Fort Bragg.
Later, his parents moved to Arizona where he grew up and discovered his passion for writing at an early
age. When he was 12, he wrote his first short story and never put down the pen.
After carving out a successful 11-year career in the pharmacy healthcare industry, Tabback walked away
from corporate life to realize his life-long dream. With his debut novel, Things Forgotten, Tabback
ambitiously tells a story centered over 3200 years ago, the period of the Israelite Conquest of Canaan. It is
a tale of the timeless struggle between good and evil, and the parallels between the lives of ancient
peoples and those of us today. Together with his passion for ancient and biblical history, these are the
themes that have shaped Tabback as a writer over the last two decades. His writing style is steeped in rich
history and the essence of the human spirit, qualities that will surely linger with his readers.
In December 2008, Tabback also completed writing Joe The Plumber - Fighting for the American Dream.
Tabback began his collaboration with Samuel J. “Joe” Wurzelbacher shortly after the third and final 2008
Presidential Debate. He witnessed, firsthand, the perpetual media blitz, the revelation of the Ohio State
illegal violation of Joe's privacy, his meeting with Sarah Palin, and his ride aboard John McCain's Straight
Talk Express. Together with his profoundly penetrating writing style and his eyewitness perspective,
Tabback vividly captures today's Middle American struggle to realize the American Dream through Joe's
personal hard lessons and spirit of perseverance.
Today, amidst his work on his sequel to Things Forgotten, titled Rebellion, Tabback tours the country
giving speeches to crowds both large and small about the dangers of the new government monarchy in
America, what we can learn from biblical history and what WE THE PEOPLE must do to preserve the
American Dream. Amidst the national health care crisis, he has also embarked on another ambitious
project to bring together Americas uninsured, underinsured and small businesses to form a massive, nonprofit
health care buying coalition. Given his decade-long career in the health insurance industry, Tabback
points out how such a coalition can negotiate for top-quality healthcare in the same manner as Fortune
500 Companies and our Federal Government.
As often as they can, Tabback, his wife of 13 years and their four children call the beautiful Hill Country
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(The Enquirer/Patrick Reddy)
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Mike Wilson is a concerned citizen and taxpayer who decided it was time to step forward and get involved. Mike has followed
politics and economics as a hobby, but has no prior political experience. As his friends and family can attest, Mike is a strong
advocate for conservative principles.
Mike believes that hardworking, fiscally responsible Americans are still a majority in this country, but previously have been
too busy taking care of business to get involved and make their voices heard. He is proud of those that are choosing to stand
with us to work to restore sanity to our federal government.
Mike is a manager with a local IT services company that competes in the free market on a daily basis. They are a small business
that succeeds or fails based only on their merits and doesn't ask for government favortism at the expense of others.
Mike is a lifelong Cincinnatian and is married to Joni, his wife of 12 years. He has three wonderful children
that are 8, 6, and 4. He founded the Cincinnati Tea Party to help ensure
that they have the same opportunities that he had. He is looking forward to meeting many of you at the rally on March 15th.
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Todd Young has seemingly done it all in his life. He’s been in the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps. He’s received four college degrees. While in former Communist countries, he’s studied the transition from centrally planned economies to free markets. He’s worked for the Heritage Foundation, for Senator Richard G. Lugar, and for Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs. He’s volunteered for Big Brothers/Big Sisters, the Indiana Sports Corporation, and the Board of Directors of Homeless Veterans and their Families (HVAF) of Indiana. He’s worked as a pro bono mediator for the Indiana Civil Rights Commission, and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Crisis Pregnancy Center. He’s also a member of the American Legion, AMVETS, and the National Rifle Association. He even founded a fiscal responsibility advocacy group, the National Organization for People vs. Irresponsible Government Spending—NO PIGS.
As if that weren’t enough, now Todd Young is running in the Ninth District of Indiana for U.S. Congress against Democrat incumbent Baron Hill.
At a recent town hall meeting about health care, Todd said, “I agree that we need to insure millions more Americans and make health care more affordable. But I am concerned that this hurried legislation will drive costs higher, decrease choice, and hurt seniors.” Young said that a one-size-fits-all solution should be avoided, and that marked-based solutions work better than centralized government.
About cap and trade, Todd said, “I hope every Hoosier will take a little time to investigate what's in the massive cap-and-trade bill that passed by the narrowest of margins in the U.S. House of Representatives. If this bill succeeds in the Senate, Indiana might just as well put up signs saying ‘Closed for Business’ on its borders.”
And he is happy to promote his home state of Indiana. “There are two main reasons Indiana remains one of the better states for manufacturing. Our energy costs are relatively low and we have a good quality work force.”
Todd has accomplished a lot in his life. This fifth-generation Hoosier and second of three children is an attorney at a southern Indiana law firm. He lives in Bloomington, Indiana, with his wife Jennifer and their two baby daughters. Add ‘husband and father’ to Todd’s list of accomplishments.
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Born in 1954, Harald was raised in East-Germany and was fully indoctrinated in the communistic brainwashing system.
Although the overall scientific education was great, he found it very strict and authoritarian. At 16 years old, Harald
was a strong communist. At 22, he met his wife and she brought him to Christ. He was 26 when he finished his Masters degree
in electronic engineering, by which time he had two children.
Harald was 31 when he could finally leave East Germany. He managed manufacturing divisions in multi million dollar
corporations. Since, then, he has formed companies from nothing into success. He finally fulfilled his dream by starting
his own business here in the United States. He is now afraid that his dream may become a nightmare as this country slips into
the trappings of the failed political positions he left behind in East and West Germany.
Harald loves this country and the people and although he sees how irresponsible politics may be beginning to destroy the
hard work of generations, he still believes it is the best country on God’s Earth.
Harald Zieger is co-founder of Engineered Control Services (ECS), which focuses on leveraging
maintenance technologies to
enable productive manufacturing operations.
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