Posted by tx on October 7, 2009 under Home Page, Tea Party Protests | 
Last month’s successful March on Washington, which highlighted the tea party movement’s ability to give everyday Americans a voice in government, has resulted in the media crediting various political action groups for leadership and direction of the movement. An article in October 5’s Wall Street Journal, among others, noted the role of FreedomWorks (a small-government advocacy organization headed by former Republican Congressman Dick Armey) in lending “financial clout and organizational skills to those running tea-party and town-hall demonstrations.” The Tea Party Express, a traveling troupe of activists funded through the Our Country Deserves Better PAC, ended their first tour in Washington before the September 12 rally and is planning a new national tour during the fall. Americans for Prosperity, a national conservative advocacy group, financially supports, and is supported by, some tea party organizations in parts of the country.
Tea party organizers want to set the record straight.
“We enjoy the opportunity to work with other like-minded groups across the country in advocating fiscal responsibility, free markets and adherence to the Constitution in our federal, state and local governments,” says Jenny Beth Martin, Board member of the national Tea Party Patriots. “We appreciate the efforts of FreedomWorks, among others, in providing structure to the September 12 rally. However, our funding, organization and direction is entirely centered on our grassroots teams at the state and local levels, and so we do not want to be misconstrued as being part of FreedomWorks or any other more institutionally funded advocacy group. We are not a top-down organization. We are a movement that dervives its energy and direction from local groups of patriots that want the nation to return to its Constitutional roots.”
Tea party organizers across the country note that the Our Country Deserves Better PAC has not released specifics on where the money raised on its tour will be sent, other than to say it will be spent on expenses and on selected conservative – and likely Republican – political candidates. They also point out that an executive member of the PAC has made ad hominem attacks on President Obama that they consider distasteful.
Other parts of the country have found that Americans for Prosperity-funded groups have given some tea parties a distinctly pro-Republican Party flavor, much to the chagrin of rank-and-file tea partiers who point out that federal government spending grew at alarming rates during the Bush Administration. “Although we are conservative in political philosophy, we are non-partisan in approach,” notes Mark Meckler, Tea Party Patriots national board member. “Both parties need to re-dedicate themselves to the principles of our founding fathers and remember that this should be the government of ‘We the People’ and not of special interest groups or pork-laden politics.”
Judy Holloway of Austin Tea Party Patriots added, “We receive no funding or advice from FreedomWorks, so we have no way to comment on whether they reach into our area. As for the Tea Party Express bus tour, we really like and respect some of the touring activists, especially Lloyd Marcus. We applaud his message and his service in the conservative movement. However, we are uncomfortable with the fund raising that goes along with the tour because we are concerned that the money will be spent on Republican candidates. We are non-partisan and we do not endorse candidates, so we can’t be a part of that.”
The Austin Tea Party Patriots (www.havinganaustinteaparty.com) believe in Fiscal Responsibility, Limited Government, and Adherence to the Constitution. The Austin Tea Party Patriots’ mission is to organize those who believe in our core values, to educate and inform others who presently do not understand or promote our core values, to advocate public policy consistent with those values, and to support (but not fund or endorse) the efforts of candidates and officeholders who foster our values in government. We recognize that many in our society require assistance in these troubled economic times and are committed to helping them through private charities and personal engagement rather than through wasteful governmental programs.
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Judy Holloway
Austin Tea Party Patriots
Common Sense Citizens
Organizer
Posted by tx on October 4, 2009 under Home Page, Tea Party Protests |
Breaking — Finance bill as amended now available!
Read the Bill Here.
Baucus has ordered a cost analysis from the CBO and Joint Committee on Taxation. The committee will vote on the bill once they receive the analyses, according to Baucus aides.
There still could be a vote on this health bill next week.
Focus your efforts on Democrat Senators who are up for re-election in 2010. That list is below. Polling is showing that the ones with the star after their names are vulnerable for defeat in 2010.
Include Republicans Snowe and Collins too. Unfortunately, the Government Option is polling well in their states.
Anyone living in states with the offending Democrats, should show up in mass at their local offices with picket signs. Letters to the editor to newspapers in the state opposing the healthcare bill are also another way to make them nervous.
If they use the reconciliation process they only need 51 votes for passage, we therefore need to try and pull off as many votes as possible.
Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas * http://lincoln.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm
Barbara Boxer of California http://boxer.senate.gov/contact/email/index.cfm
Michael Bennet of Colorado * http://bennet.senate.gov/contact/
Christopher Dodd of Connecticut * http://dodd.senate.gov/index.php?q=node/3130
Daniel Inouye of Hawaii http://inouye.senate.gov/Contact/Email-Form.cfm
Roland Burris of Illinois * http://burris.senate.gov/
Evan Bayh of Indiana * http://bayh.senate.gov/contact/
Barbara Mikulski of Maryland http://congress.org/congressorg/bio/id/287
Harry Reid of Nevada http://reid.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm
Kirsten Gillibrand of New York * http://gillibrand.senate.gov/contact/
Chuck Schumer of New York http://schumer.senate.gov/
Byron Dorgan of North Dakota http://dorgan.senate.gov/contact/
Ron Wyden of Oregon http://wyden.senate.gov/contact/
Patrick Leahy of Vermont http://leahy.senate.gov/contact.cfm
Patty Murray of Washington http://murray.senate.gov/email/index.cfm
Russ Feingold of Wisconsin http://feingold.senate.gov/contact.html
Olympia Snowe of Maine http://snowe.senate.gov/public/
Susan Collins of Maine http://collins.senate.gov/public/continue.cfm?FuseAction=ContactSenatorCollins.Email
Government Takeover of Medicine Still on Track
(Forward to your friends and family)
Congress is still not listening – They need to hear from you every week until the end of the year.
IT’S EASIER THAN YOU THINK!
EMAIL AND CALL YOUR CONGRESSMAN AND KEY CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS TODAY <http://www.capwiz.com/freedomworks/issues/alert/?alertid=14115176> -tell them:
No Mandate! No Rationing! No “Vapor Bill! No Budget “Reconciliation”!
http://www.capwiz.com/freedomworks/issues/alert/?alertid=14115176
(Note, some browsers may display characters on email message to congress inappropriately – simply proceed.)
Each of you must continue to act. Let them know the town halls were only the beginning and they can’t hide in D.C.
Use this link to an email tool to contact senators and representatives <http://www.capwiz.com/freedomworks/issues/alert/?alertid=14115176> .
THEN call key Senators below who need to hear from you – ESPECIALLY SENATOR GRASSLEY!
SEE PHONE NUMBERS BELOW
What must be stopped?
- Individual mandate to buy health insurance.
- Government will tax and fine you if you don’t buy what you are told to buy: overpriced, government-created, politicized health insurance. You could spend a year in jail if you don’t buy it!
- Premiums will go up, not down. Insurance companies will get guaranteed profits and will be given government rationing powers.
- This model has failed in Massachusetts since 2006 (premiums up; rationing boards; longer waits for doctors; increased taxes, 2.6% uncovered).
- Government Rationing Committees.
- 15 senior level government bureaucrats are already appointed to determine what medical services would be authorized (created in “stimulus bill”). (Comparative Effectiveness panel – no actively practicing doctor on panel).
- Another 15 member panel (IMAC) will decide what would be paid for – will be given congressional powers of spending and will ration care.
- Doctors and hospitals will be placed on a budget – for your medical spending.
- A one size fits all budget will be created for your medical care.
- Hospitals and doctors will make more money if they let less money be spent on you.
- Doctors that WANT to spend more money on you will be punished.
- “Budget Reconciliation” and “Vapor Bill”
- The Senate would use only 51 votes to ram through a takeover of the largest sector of the American economy in history! 60 votes is the standard.
- Tell them not to attach the bill as an amendment to a TARP or other bill – the “vapor bill is a dirty trick.
EMAIL AND CALL YOUR CONGRESSMAN AND KEY CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS TODAY! <http://www.capwiz.com/freedomworks/issues/alert/?alertid=14115176>
There are better alternatives but we must stop this government takeover first. Once we do that we can work to:
· Put economic power in your hands, not give more power to insurance companies and government.
· Allow you to purchase low cost, high vale insurance that YOU want, not what you are forced to buy.
· Ensure you get more time and good advice from your doctor, not simply be told what is on the “government and insurance company menu”.
· Let’s save Medicare for those in need and who paid in, but change the system to protect future generations.
EMAIL AND CALL YOUR CONGRESSMAN AND KEY CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS TODAY! <http://www.capwiz.com/freedomworks/issues/alert/?alertid=14115176>
(Note, some browsers may display characters on email message to congress inappropriately – simply proceed.)
When you are done emailing, call these key Democratic Senators:
Bayh (IN) (202) 224-5623 (317) 554-0750
Begich (Alaska) (202) 224-3004 (907) 271-5915
Landrieu (LA) (202) 224-5824 (504) 589-2427
Pryor (AR) (202) 224-2353 (501) 324-6336
Lieberman (CT) (202) 224-4041 (860) 549-8463
Tester (MT) (202) 224-2644 (406) 728-3003
Lincoln (AR) (202) 224-4843 (501) 375-2993
Bennet (CO) (202) 224-5852 (303) 455-7600
Warner (VA) (202)-224-2023 (804) 739-0247
Webb (VA) (202) 224-4024 (804) 771-2221
Ben Nelson (NE) (202)-224-6551 (402) 391-3411
Also, contact these Senate Republicans from Finance Committee and let them know to vote against the mandate.
GRASSLEY, (IA) (202) 224-3744 (515) 288-1145
HATCH (UT) (202) 224-5251 (801) 524-4380
SNOWE (ME) (202) 224-5344 (207) 874-0883
KYL (AZ) (202) 224-4521 (602) 840-1891
BUNNING (KY) (202) 224-4343 (502) 582-5341
CRAPO (ID) (202) 224-6142 (208) 334-1776
ROBERTS (KS) (202) 224-4774 (316) 263-0416
ENSIGN (NV) (202) 224-6244 (775) 686-5770
ENZI (WY) (202) 224-3424 (307) 772-2477
CORNYN (TX) (202) 224-2934 (972) 239-1310
Also
Senator Republican Leader Mitch McConnell at (202) 224-2541 or (502) 582-6304
EMAIL AND CALL YOUR CONGRESSMAN AND KEY CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS TODAY! <http://www.capwiz.com/freedomworks/issues/alert/?alertid=14115176>
Posted by tx on October 3, 2009 under Home Page, Tea Party Protests |
Hello Fellow Patriots!
We have a special guest tomorrow at our General Patriot’s Meeting, 3:00PM-5:00PM
at the Magic Time Machine.
Terri Hall, who has been working for years against the toll road forces, trying
to take control of our streets and highways for their own profit, will be
speaking at our meeting.
You may have read in the Sunday edition a week ago of the major developments
recently with the MPO and the vote to remove toll roads from the plans for our
roads. More work needs to be done, as the final vote is upcoming.
Join us to hear an update from Terri and participate in a question and answer
session.
We have other news, calls to action and if technology works, a video slide show
of the 9-12 rally in Washington, D.C.
Please join us in celebration of our First Amendment rights – freedom of speech
as we work to Constitutional governance, fiscal responsibility, limited and
transparent government and free markets!
Thank You!… and please…
donate to the San Antonio Tea Party
http://sanantonioteaparty.org/donate/
San Antonio Tea Party stuff:
http://www.sanantonioteaparty.org/teapartystore/
Posted by tx on September 17, 2009 under Home Page, Tea Party Protests, Texas patriots |
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Thank you for your support of our efforts and that of our fellow Patriots.
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Posted by tx on September 16, 2009 under Home Page, Tea Party Protests, Texas patriots |
Fellow Tea Party Patriots:
We head into October with a string of impressive accomplishments under our belt.
The passion of the American people has the socialists back on their heels, and it is no exaggeration to say that YOU have been leading the charge against their plans.
Despite humble beginnings a few short months ago, we the people have united together across this great nation into a FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH.
Over the August recess, the people were out in the streets and inside the town halls, letting our elected servants know, in no uncertain terms, that WE ARE WATCHING VIGILANTLY and that we will not be BULLIED into SOCIALISM.
The people have been taking it to ACORN and the labor unions. We’ve been standing up for free speech and against the Administration’s plans to bypass parental authority and establish direct lines of communication to our children.
This past weekend, the people marched on Washington with a force over ONE MILLION STRONG–with TEXANS leading the charge.
We’ve been doing great things, but we still have much work to do.
In the words of Winston Churchill, “this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”
I write to encourage each of you to continue the great things you’ve been doing and to emphasize the critical importance of building your local neighborhood group. We have the momentum now. We absolutely MUST keep that momentum going. We must BUILD now if we are to BE PREPARED later.
If you don’t have a Local Neighborhood group in your area, START ONE.
If your Local Neighborhood group has gone dormant over the recess, it’s time to GET IT REVVED BACK UP.
If your Local Neighborhood group is active, but you haven’t organized Precinct Committees yet, it’s time to start planning that. I know I may sound like a broken record, but when it comes to politics, PRECINCTS are where the rubber meets the road. Precincts are the COGS of the political MACHINE, the CELLS of the body POLITIC. To control the machine, you MUST control the COGS.
If you need assistance or support of any type whatsoever in any of the above, please let us know.
If you are willing to support other groups in any capacity whatsoever, please let us know.
WE are here to do whatever we can to help you take back your neighborhood, and in the process, to take back your country. It’s up to YOU to let us know what you need in order to get that done. Don’t be shy. Together, we’ll make it happen.
Now, let’s go get ‘em!
Posted by tx on September 13, 2009 under Home Page, Tea Party Protests |
Intelligent and well thought out responses to the interviewers questions! Thank you, Al.
Posted by tx on September 11, 2009 under Home Page, Tea Party Protests, Texas patriots |
Carter Washington Office Holds Open House for Texas Visitors Tomorrow
The Washington, DC office of Congressman John Carter will hold an open house for Texas visitors to the nation’s capitol tomorrow from 12 noon-5:00pm, as hundreds of thousands of grassroots activists from across America descend on Washington this weekend. Texans are encouraged to drop by for light refreshments or rest after the march.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The House Office Complex is closed to the public on weekends. Those wishing to drop in should come to the Longworth Building Entrance on South Capitol Street, call Carter’s office at (202) 225-3864 and a Carter staff member will come down to escort you into the building.
WHAT: Texas Open House
WHERE: 409 Cannon House Office Building, enter through South Capitol Street entrance to Longworth Building
WHEN: 12-5pm, Saturday, October 12
Ya’ll stop by if you’re in town.
Posted by tx on under Home Page, Tea Party Protests, Texas patriots |
“Something wicked this way comes…” ~ Macbeth
Skip to the petition form »
The Obama Team and the Democrat National Committee have Texas in their sights. They chose to have their annual meeting in Texas’ capital city on September 10th, 11th, and 12th because they think they can turn Texas BLUE in the next election. They want to bring their failed Washington policies to a bedrock Republican state that is still thriving despite Democrat attempts to run our great country into the ground.
This got us thinking…
What sort of reception should we give our friends from the other side of the aisle? How about a TEXAS-style SEND OFF with a statewide petition effort and rally in Austin on Saturday, September 12th telling the Democrats to go home and keep their HANDS OFF TEXAS!
Let us be clear: The Democrats know that the only battle they have a shot at winning in Texas is to overtake our slim one-vote Republican majority in the Texas House of Representatives. And there’s a reason they care about the Texas Legislature. Apart from forging a Democrat stronghold in a historically conservative state, they want control of the upcoming redistricting process since Texas is poised to gain up to four additional seats in Congress—four potential Democrat reinforcements for Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and President Obama.
Texas Republicans have not faced a threat like this in over a decade. This is a call to action to all conservative Texans because we are now on the front line in the battle for our country’s future. So goes Texas, so goes the nation.
If you’re sick and tired of all the “change” we’re getting from the Democrat majority in Washington, D.C. and feel like there’s nothing you can do about it, this is your fight. We must draw a line in the sand and with a loud voice tell the Obama Team and national Democrats to keep their HANDS OFF TEXAS!
A downloadable version of the petition is also available.
Posted by tx on September 10, 2009 under Home Page, Tea Party Protests, Texas patriots |
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 12, 2009
AS OF 9/9/2009
THE FORT WORTH MARCH WILL NOW START PROMPTLY AT 1:45 PM CST. THIS IS 15 MINUTES EARLIER THAN PREVIOUSLY PLANNED.
THE RALLY START TIME WILL REMAIN AT 3:30PM.
PLEASE FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT THE TIME CHANGE.
We met with Glenn Beck’s producers today (9/9/09) and he plans to cover Washington D.C., Chicago and FORT WORTH on his special on Fox News from 12 noon – 2pm CST on the Fox News Channel. The 15 minute advancement is to allow LIVE COVERAGE INTO GLENN BECK’s SPECIAL ON THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL.
We apologize for any inconvenience this will cause but we are very excited to be covered live on the Fox News Channel.
Please plan to arrive in downtown by 12 noon because there will be lots of traffic and it will take a while to move the crowd around.
Staging for the march continues to be at 1pm on the east side of the Convention Center on Commerce Street between 9th and 13th streets.
The event is FREE but we do have fundraising opportunities available for those who can help fund this event.
1. Private luncheon tickets available with Judge Napolitano. $500 donation per person. (Includes a VIP pass for the Rally) Click Here for information.
2. VIP passes for up front seating, complementary water and access to the VIP after party. $125 per person. Click Here for information.
thanks,
912 Project Fort Worth, Inc.
912march@912ftw.org
817-768-7783
Click here for the latest information on the 912 March and Rally
from Fort Worth at the www.912ftw.org website.
Posted by tx on September 7, 2009 under Home Page, Tea Party Protests |
Apostle Claver
Texas Capitol Legislative Conference Room
Capitol Extension, Room 2.002
Tomorrow, September 8th
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Conversion Politics
The “Conversion Politics” town hall includes a 40-minute Powerpoint presentation. Detailed statistics and analysis are shared with the attendees about the outcome of the 2008 election cycle and the trends that endanger conservative election victories in the immediate and distant future.
Divided into two parts, part one gives a graphic diagnosis of Texas results, generally, and a county-specific diagnosis wherever the town hall is being held. Part one explores national, state, and county demographics and the racial composition of the conservative voting base and identifies the demographic crisis facing any attempt by conservatives to regain governing power at all levels of government.
Part two shares polling and survey data that identify potential conservative voters – primarily members of the communities of color – that currently do not vote their social and economic values. The presentation speaks to why this paradox exists and proposes a strategic plan to change the reality. The strategic proposal argues that the quickest way to grow the conservative voting base – which suffers a deficit in comparison to the liberal voting base – is to court aggressively these naturally conservative members of the electorate and “convert” them into faithful voters that vote their values and interest.
Finally, the Powerpoint presentation presents the mission statement of RagingElephants.org. and its strategic construction.
The “Conversion Politics” town hall is designed to create a unified vision and purpose among current activists within the conservative movement. If the base is able to actually see the challenges ahead, then it is the theory of RagingElephants.org that this realization will foster unity in purpose across a wide territory – granting greater ease towards organizing, enlisting volunteers and donors, and implementing a winning plan as we go deeper into the 21st century.
Power, Patriotism, Conservatism & Eloquence For Your Group
Apostle Claver Kamau-Imani is the founder and chairman of RagingElephants.org. The non-profit organization was created to be an advocate of conservative-libertarian social, economic and political issues, to lobby political organizations and office holders, and to educate and organize the electorate on and for conservative-libertarian ideals. RagingElephants.org is a counterweight to liberal organizations like MoveOn, Emily’s List, and Organizing for America.
Apostle Claver Kamau-Imani is the founder and senior pastor of the Corinthian Christian Empowerment Center (CCEC) in Houston. CCEC’s primary ministry is urban missionary work. CCEC ministers to and houses the homeless, the drug addicted, and those recently released from incarceration. CCEC also has established a hospice for the poor where they may be cared for, loved, and possibly expire in an atmosphere of dignity and true Christianity.
ragingelephants@ gmail.com 713.462-5002
