Patriot and conservative activist Miki Booth will be joining us on Tea Party Radio again tonight at 9 pm EDT! Miki has been "in the trenches" for a long time now. We'll be discussing what's going on with her ongoing efforts to rid this nation of "Obama," her new book just out---"Confessions of a Community Organizer from Hawaii" which is now available on Amazon.com in hard-copy, Kindle and computer download (link is below) Here is some of what I discussed with her earlier today, and we will be talking about on the air tonight:
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So Obama will withhold federal funds if colleges raise tuition. Where does he get the right to start managing colleges and universities. Here is the deal, the federal government now controls the federal grants to colleges and universities and is the only one now allowed to loan money for college tuition. That gives the federal government control of our higher education. Their next step is not just tuition cost containment, but whether the students they are paying for are receiving value for what the government spends and that means control of the curriculum . They may elect not to pay colleges that have Ayn Rand and Friedrich von Hayek on their mandatory reading lists. That's how they do it, little by little in small steps.
I wrote a book of short stories to educate Americans about how Obama and his progressive colleagues act and think. It has been called a Tea Party primer. Check it out on Amazon.com in soft cover and Kindle version or on Barns and Noble as an e-book for their NOOK. The title is OBAMA'S SHORTS. WARNING: This book contains a political treatise and satire. The text has not been approved by the U.S. Department of Thought or The Reading Protection Agency. You may incur tax liability from reading it, pending new regulations from Obama's Kinetic Knowledge Transfer Czar. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK.
More book information at www.obamasshorts.com. The only way to save America is to educate its citizens about our founding principles.
The image below isn't mine, but it perfectly sums up the effects of the Obama economy. It comes from the webpage of Congressman Trent Franks (R-AZ) (http://1.usa.gov/zdHUAN). Not to be a conspiracy theorist, but I don't think what has happened to our country in the last three years was an accident.
There are those who assume from the negative results that Obama and his advisors don't know what they're doing. This assumption is based on the thought that they want the same things we do: prosperity, freedom, and to retain America's status in the world. I am one that does not make such an assumption.
I believe they know exactly what they are doing. When Obama said he was going to "fundementally transform the United States of America" he meant to drag us into his vision of a socialistic nation. What we are seeing now,, the languishing economy, rise in poverty rates, increase in energy costs, expansion of the recipient class, are the results.
His foremost foreign polcy initiative when he took office was "Muslim Outreach". That was his reason for the Cairo apology speech. Before his venture into politics, Obama was a leftist community organizer. I don't believe it is a coincidence that after two years of "Muslim Outreach" by a leftist community organizer, that the community got organized in the Muslim world. What has since become known as the "Arab Spring" But, what have been the results? The Muslim Brotherhood now controls Egypt, the Al Quaeda flag flew over Libya, there is civil war in Syria, there is unrest in Tunisia and Yemen still, and Iran is closer to acquiring nuclear weapons.
We patriots have to be the Paul Revere's of our generation. In this election year, we have to carefully screen our candidates and support those that will return us to our country's founding principles.
Ronald Reagan once said "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free" (http://bit/ly/11a87R).
This site won't allow me to upload the image. Please go to this site: http://1.usa.gov/zdHUAN
On Sunday’s NBC Meet the Press, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said that he sympathized with the American people’s frustration with Congress. He went on to say that it was due to the “obstructionism on steroids” caused by the Republicans and the extremist Tea Party.
“I hope the Republicans have learned their lesson” Reid continued. The debate on the extension of the payroll tax deduction was “a disaster” for the Republicans (http://bit.ly/yzZa5x). In that debate, the president and the Democrats proposed, and finally received, a two month extension. The Republicans proposed, and folded on, a one year extension. The problem here was that the liberals, supported by the main stream media, control the dialogue. Somehow, wanting to extend a tax deduction for a full year was turned into a bad thing for the American people and only wanting to extend a tax cut for two months was the more reasonable position.
Harry went on to say that the art of legislation was negotiation and compromise. So, it is the Democratic position that if they propose further spending or a new program, and the Republicans don’t want it at all, it is our responsibility to compromise. That assumes that the creation of the program is a given, it is really just a matter of working out the details. It is further assumed that if the Republicans don’t fall in line, we’re being obstructionists. It is more “extreme” that one party, and the president, will continuously increase spending and grow government at the expense of liberty than it is to attempt to prevent it.
Reid continued by stating that the Tea Party’s influence has been “really bad for this country” (http://bit.ly/yzZa5x). With the national debt currently at $15,241,210,000,000, and over $5 trillion of that added since Obama took office, it is inconceivable how he can consider that good for the country. And, as if that wasn't enough, Obama has asked Congress to authorize another $1.2 trillion raise in the debt ceilling. But, he, and his liberal compatriots do. Because they control the debate, it is the Tea Party and our desire to return this country to our founding principles, small, sound and accountable government that is labeled “extreme”.
By contrast, it is these same liberals that sympathize with the Occupy Wall Street movement. That wave of protestors are supported by the American Communist Party, SEIU, big labor, and socialists. The OWS has a basic Marxist message empower the government to redistribute wealth from the producers in this country to the recipient class.
Even Congressman Bill Owens (D-NY23) said that the Occupy Wall Street movement was “just like the Tea Party” in their protests at a town hall meeting at SUNY Canton in October. This is despite the fact that there have been numerous violent confrontations with police, rapes, assaults, drug use, thousands of arrests and a near universal disregard for private property rights at the OWS protests and not one arrest at any Tea Party event. Yet, we are the extremists?
Harry Reid thinks the Tea Party is dying out because the economy is getting better. First, the economy is not getting better. When Obama was sworn in, the unemployment rate was 7.6% (http://bit.ly/z9CwEg). It is now 8.5% (http://bit.ly/eT9opV) and has been over 9% for the majority of Obama’s presidency. The Democrats controlled the presidency, the House of Representatives and the Senate for the first two years of his administration. They were able to force through every progressive policy they wanted with a total disregard for the Republicans or the American people. So, despite all of the rhetoric, despite the $785 billion stimulus, cash for clunkers, Obamacare, green job initiatives, the take over of GM, etc, the unemployment rate is still higher now than at Obama’s inauguration. Yet, because the progressives and liberals control the message, we’re told “the economy is getting better”, the Republicans are “obstructionists” and the Tea Party are the “extremists”.
Harry now says his agenda for next year is creating jobs. So far, no less than three times, the president has stated that creating jobs was his top priority. If the liberal progressive agenda was ever going to work to create jobs, the unemployment rate would be lower now than when he took office. It isn’t. Their agenda doesn’t work and won’t work this time.
On being “obstructionists”. Between the House, the Senate and the president, there are 536 people that can pass laws coercing 300 million Americans at the threat of punishment to comply with their mandates. This process should be hard. It should be slow and deliberate with much debate and thought and consultation with us, We the People. If that means we need to be obstructionists, all the better.
I just published what is being called a Tea Party primer. Titled Obama's Shorts, it is an Insightful and hilarious collection of stories that exposes what Obama is up to, how he thinks to and the damage he will cause to America's future.
WARNING: Obama's Shorts contains a political treatise and satire. The text has not been approved by the U.S. Department of Thought or The Reading Protection Agency. You may incur tax liability from reading, pending new regulations from Obama's Commission on Kinetic Knowledge Transfer. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK. Buy this book before they regulate reading |
Read more about the book at www.ObamasShorts.com. You can buy it now on Amazon.com. It makes a great gift. It will have your Tea Party friends laughing and nodding in approval and your liberal friends crying.
Last August, 2011, I indicated that the world communist party is running the U.S. Federal Government via two primary proxies; Mr. Obama and the progressive group in the Senate and to a somewhat lesser extent, the house of representatives. By the way, don't forget their numerous support groups, the labor unions and "public" education at all levels, as well as 95% of the traditional press outlets, more accurately pegged as communist propagandists.
I am writing this because it is becoming increasingly obvious that the communist party has infiltrated the Republican presidential nomination process. Last summer, I warned about Rick Perry. Now what do you say after the country has had a chance to take a look at him? Gingrich now enters the fray yet again. I don't relish having to say this because I still remember when Newt rebuked House Speaker Tip O'Neal by calling him a communist. This was to Newt's credit because it was an accurate statement that took courage to say. Very, very few of our representatives have had the courage to call a dog a dog. Unfortunately, Mr. Gingirch has now himself been co-opted by the communists via Pelosi to accept the environmentalist agenda, yet another communist front or proxie. So Newt is now an environmentalist and we should know that the environmentalists are the most potent communist front in organizing and implementing the communist regime in America.
So, let's see now. Only Bachman, Santorum, and Cane remain as viable candidates. Bachman has recently said she would raise taxes yet her record is clear Tea Party. Why hasn't Santorum been given more, even any press coverage? Cane is obviously a threat to the communist agenda since he has been so savagely attacked in repeated attempts to discredit him. Any of these three might "do." But just adequate may produce just adequate results.
So who is the diamond hidden among the rough? Cane, Santorum, Bachmann? Established psychological principle states that past behavior is the best predictor of future behavior. This being the case, Bachmann's record clearly indicates she is the true American Patriot. To raise taxes is rarely good, but even Patrick Henry favored raising taxes for the narrow purpose of funding an American Revolution against tyrannical Britain.
I don't know about everyone else, but as I watch and listen in disbelief as our country heads towards a concrete wall in a speeding train. Our president initially calls us terrorists, racists and tries to deny our rights to freedom of speech, right to assemble. He then 'agrees' with the "occupiers" and says he understands their disgust with the wealthy (check out his net worth), and how they were not UNLIKE the tea partiers..ARE YOU KIDDING ME. This man does not get it!!
But, when all this is being said, the media leaches onto it, and who is there to say " Hey, wait a minute, this is NOT our views". When has anyone been to a rally, had a televised opportunity to ACCURATELY give the American public our true meaning, our true beliefs, our true views. Give the public to understand we LOVE our country and do not like the path it is on.
Lets get a rally together. It would be terrific is we could get a regional rally, or even a national day to rally in EVERY state.. we need to bring the country support to us. Why would someone NOT want our country to be successful? Unless they want to take over it.
Our military cuts are going to cripple our defense of this country.. please help me!!
In his so-called jobs speeches, Obama exploits class envy shrouded in fairness. President Obama continues to escalate his divisive and evil assault on achievers, purposely pitting Americans against each other.
Obama's “Hate the Rich” campaign appeals to our lower nature and encourages the sin of covetousness. If Obama's despicable campaign proves successful, it will be a sad commentary about who we have become as a people and how far we have fallen as Americans.
It angers me that Obama and his minions in the liberal media have put achievers, risk takers, on the defensive. It angers me that Obama's looser followers think they are entitled to the fruit of someone else's labor.
Americans are extremely generous and willing to help people in need domestic and foreign. But no one is entitled to share in the bounty resulting from someone's risk, blood, sweat and tears. Any government which confiscates and redistributes wealth is immoral and evil.
God has designed life that success requires backbone; in other words, taking risks. Playing it safe profits very little. God's system is anathema to liberals. They strive to achieve “equal outcomes” or “fairness”, as they describe it, via legislation and redistribution.
Mary and I fed seagulls at the beach by throwing crackers on the sand close to us. Upon calculating the risk, seagulls moved in close and fed. Two bold seagulls feasted on crackers by feeding directly from Mary's hand. Then there were the seagulls who were too fearful to come close enough to retrieve any crackers. Interestingly, the cowardly seagulls screamed in frustration and even attacked the bold seagulls who were enjoying the rewards of their risk taking.
If a majority of Americans have become spineless, lazy and envious seagulls demanding the government take from the courageous to give to them, the spirit of America is dead.
Quite frankly, the entitlement mindset turns my stomach. My mom worked as a domestic cleaning white folks homes. My dad was one of the first blacks to break the color barrier into the Baltimore Fire Dept. My parents were hard working Christians and honorable people. My four younger siblings and I were not taught that anyone owed us anything. Today, we are all successful responsible citizens.
I suspect the mentality of my parents was typical of most Americans in the 1950s. Charities and churches assisted the poor before government replaced daddies (President Johnson's War on Poverty) in 1964; enslaving the poor to a cradle-to-grave dependency on government solely to secure Democrat votes. This strategy continues to devastate the black family; over 70% of black babies are born out of wedlock.
Blacks progressing from being brought to America as slaves to a black man being voted leader of the free world epitomizes the godliness and greatness of America. And yet, Obama and company, displaying a severe lack of character, relentlessly play the race, victim and class envy cards; designed to divide Americans to further the Obama administration's socialistic agenda.
Great leaders appeal to their follower's higher nature inspiring them to dig deeper into their souls and soar higher than they thought possible for themselves. America's first president, George Washington was such an inspirational leader.
As an American who happens to be black, I was badgered, “Lloyd, you should be delighted by the historical context of America electing it's first black president”. I was not.
Feeling like a lone voice crying in the wilderness, I dared to follow the instruction of an extraordinary leader, Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Therefore, I judged Barack Hussein Obama by the content of his character rather than the color of his skin.
Obama's admitted plan to “spread the wealth around” and his anti-American associations told me he was the wrong man to lead the greatest nation on the planet. Obama's divisive, dictatorial and bullying behavior have proven me correct.
Our president is nothing more than a Chicago thug community agitator stirring up discontent, inspiring racial hatred and hatred for achievers. The bottom line of every Obama speech regarding the economy is you have too little because those guys have too much.
Obama's approach is non-presidential, totally low rent appealing to our lower nature and totally despicable. Lord help us.
Lloyd Marcus, Proud Unhyphenated American
Co-Chairman of The Campaign to Defeat Barack Obama.
Please help me spread my message by joining my Liberty Network.
Lloyd is singer/songwriter of the American Tea Party Anthem and author of Confessions of a Black Conservative, foreword by Michele Malkin
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Obama's jobs speech was reminiscent of a cliché scene in cowboy movies. A loud mouth guy stands on the steps of the jail-house and enrages the crowd to overrule the sheriff, drag out the prisoner and hang him without a trial.
Obama used his bully pulpit to say, in essence, if those Republican S.O. Bs do not pass my jobs bill immediately without review, they should be politically lynched. Unquestionably, Obama's speech had a bully edge to it. Pass my jobs bill NOW!
Obama lied about all of the freebies in his jobs bill being “paid for” just as he did to pass Obamacare.
In his typical manipulative deceptive fashion, Obama said several “right things” such as government getting out of the way of small business while his administration does the complete opposite.
The center piece of Obama's speech was his despicable signature exploitation of class envy and demoni-zation of the rich. Obama in his speech reduced the American Dream to being a union worker with good wages and benefits. Obviously, Obama considered entrepreneurs with higher aspirations to be part of the problem. How dare they seek to have more than anyone else? To each according to his needs. Scary. Very scary and evil.
As expected, Obama's job speech was written using the left's same old play book. We Tea Party patriots knew what Obama was going to say in his “jobs speech” before he delivered it.
OK class, what will be Obama's minions next move to force Republicans to pass his jobs bill NOW? I hear you yelling the correct answer. You guys are toooo cool, tooo smart and right on target! I give you all an A+. Obama's minions will proclaim everyone questioning Obama's job bill to be racist.
Folks, this president is divisive and evil. We must vote him out in 2012. God bless.
Lloyd Marcus, Proud Unhyphenated American
Co-Chairman of The Campaign to Defeat Barack Obama.
Please help me spread my message by joining my Liberty Network.
Lloyd is singer/songwriter of the American Tea Party Anthem and author of Confessions of a Black Conservative, foreword by Michele Malkin
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--Kevin CroninTHIS IS FROM THE INIMITABLE KEVIN CRONIN, GOP BOARD MEMBER FOR RACINE COUNTY WISCONSIN :I hear plenty of talk of write-in votes for the 2012 presidential race. Apparently the people that intend to write-in a candidate don't understand the repercussions of their planned actions. A write-in vote is the same as a vote for Obama.
Not all Conservatives will be happy with the GOP nomination, but writing in your favorite candidate is not only unwise but selfish.
A write-in candidate has no chance of winning. No third party candidate has a chance of winning. Hence, a vote for a write-in or third party candidate is a wasted vote. It equates a vote for liberalism. Can you say Ross Perot?
The future of our freedom is at stake. Every vote is needed to defeat the socialist movement.
I understand people's convictions; however, common sense must prevail. The country may not survive another four years of this administration.
In 1912 Teddy Roosevelt ran as a progressive and split the GOP vote with Taft and as a result Woodrow Wilson won the election.
Think! Think of what we are fighting for. Think of what we are fighting against. We are on the same side! There is too much at stake.
Mary and I left our home in Central Florida at 5am. We flew/traveled 12 hours to hook up with the Tea Party Express bus in Oakland, CA. After a quick shower and wardrobe change, we arrived in Napa, CA where I performed at the tour launching fund raising VIP gala.
Still on east coast time, I awoke at 5:30am for our 11am Napa Tea Party. Napa is absolutely beautiful. I do not drink. But, my wife Mary throughly enjoyed sampling the local wines.
I was excited to meet a young Christian band called “Remnant” who was the opening act before our Tea Party Express team took the stage. Check out “Remnant” on Youtube.
The beauty of our extraordinary Tea Party movement is We The People using our gifts and talents and following our passions; patriots doing their part to take back America.
One such patriot I met today at our Napa rally is author, Robin Bohr. Robin's husband Mike got tired of her yelling at the TV. He suggested Robin write a book.
Robin penned, “Tea Party: American Revolution 2.0”. It is the compelling history of average Americans entering the political arena for the first time.
After Napa, we traveled three hours to do our rally in Sparks, Nevada. Then, we traveled three hours to Winnemucca, NV where we spent the night.
Our bodies still not totally on west coast time yet, we are on the bus headed to Elko, NV, our first rally of two today. Our second rally is in Salt Lake City, UT, four hours away. The mountains and spacious skies are breathtaking. I think I will sing, “America the Beautiful” at our Elko rally.
Lloyd Marcus, Proud Unhyphenated American
Co-Chairman of The Campaign to Defeat Barack Obama.
Please help me spread my message by joining my Liberty Network.
Lloyd is singer/songwriter of the American Tea Party Anthem and author of Confessions of a Black Conservative, foreword by Michele Malkin
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I'm not surprised by the recent U.S. credit rating downgrade. But that's not the issue here, only a symptom of very poor representation of the American people in Congress and the Executive Branch. We must understand clearly what is going on here in our country if we are to reverse this morbid trend. In this article, I will give some of what I know to be true.
The atheist communist party has infiltrated all our country's institutions.
First, we have to know the enemy who wages war against us. The Communist Party is a global political party whose main objective is to undermine and overthrow democracies all over the world along with their supporting Capitalist institutions, i.e., free market capitalism, businesses. It currently hides in the Democratic Party and to a lesser extent, the Republican as well. But instead of using the Bolshevik's method of mass violence as was used to overthrow Russia in 1917, they are using Leninism, the idea of incrementalism. Thus, instead of a sudden military invasion, they do it from within, gradually, imperceptibly, penetrating and undermining through corruption, subversion of Congress, redirecting and guiding the target country down a long road to eventual Communist dictatorship, which includes mass murder and genocide in the order of tens of millions. This is the method they have used on America at least since the 1900s. Many people know this intuitively but can't flesh-out the details. Remember, there in the details is where the Devil loves to play.
Communism is a proxy, front, or cover for a Satanic Cult at its core.
Second, the spirit at the heart of Communism is Satanic. It took me years of investigating Communistic methods to finally realize that beneath all the methods of deception and trickery characteristic of Communists, was atheism. Godlessness rules the heart of every Communist. That explains why the "President" lies constantly with no shame and why Congress makes their wrongheaded decisions which appear strange, psychotic, even bizaare. Communists HATE Christianity with a passion! (Remember, it was Lenin who said "Religion is the opiate of the masses.") It is Satan himself we are up against. Therefore, when we make wise decisions in our government, stick to them and cast votes with the full knowledge that it is actually Satan and his people who we are fighting with Godly positions and voting.
We must understand that the Communists have been waging an all-out war on America for decades: We have failed to recognize the true nature of our enemy.
So, since Communism is an atheist religion, it seeks naturally to want to destroy God. But since they know that is going to be very hard to accomplish, their war is targeted at the next best thing, God's people; Christianity, Capitalism, the Constitution, and just about every traditional western institution. They wage their attacks primarily through lies and deception, manipulation of our legal system and Judeo-Christian culture, Communist propaganda on television, the movies, newspapers and magazines, and indoctrination through public and even private education now. They have been feeding us an onslaught of lies for so long, most no longer realize we are constantly being deceived. The freshest attacks are those made by the awful decisions and excuses made by the majority of our cowardly and wicked governmental leaders about how much to reduce government spending and whether to raise the debt ceiling. It only takes a little common sense to know that one cannot simultaneously reduce spending by planning to increase it at the same time!
The bottom line is we must not be intimidated. We MUST have courage to follow through, not wavering.
In the beginning of our country, it was always about Christians building a civilization to glorify God. The same must be true now for it is still our war. We must have representatives who have the following:
1. First, our representatives must pray and draw near to our Father in heaven asking for strength to stand up to the fear, pressure, and intimidation that attempts to pressure us to give in to threats. We must be the people we were meant to be, to be set-apart, immune from the worldly temptations to compromise. We are to please God, not man.
2. Before voting, we must pray to know the right decision. We must gather together in groups to pray. Then, we must vote without fear and be strong enough (trusting God completely) to overcome the temptations to compromise that is the norm in Congress now. Remember that it is Satan who inspires, even demands our enemies to attack us. (I'm convinced that some among our enemy are actually demon possessed! Hitler and his immediate officers were Occultists.) If we stand totally firm, the enemy's mask will eventually come off for all to see. IF we prove absolutely resolute in our determination to vote the right way regardless, God will intervene on our behalf. Said another way, IF we remain faithful and obedient, God will go out in front of us! Before going into any "negotiations", for example, write down what Godly decision you will accept and never deviate from that position no matter how furious the opposition becomes! Satan will throw fits, but just stay calm and resolute. God doesn't want us to compromise our faith so why would we compromise with the devil?
3. We need the prayerful support and encouragement of fellow brothers and sisters. Throw off pride and selfishness now and call, write, or visit your Tea Party representatives to ask how they are doing and offer prayer and sympathetic companionship to them to help build them up for the next spiritual battle! Don't just think about doing it and then forget. When you think about contacting representatives to encourage them, just be obedient and show you have faith plus works, for faith without works is dead! (James 2:26)
We had a small but significant battle victory yesterday when we stopped the "vote" on the disgusting bill that Mr. Boehner was going to send over to the senate. That liberal bill would have been twisted further into the communist mold and sent back to the house, eventually being "passed". That would have been a victory for the communist-led senate.
But as often occurs during an argument, one can find out what side a person really stands on when the pressure increases. In this case, Allen West of Florida, showed his true colors. From what I understand from FOX News this morning, Mr. West was voted in by us, yet he now favors the business-as-usual, liberal and spineless "bill" that John Boehner put forth to be voted upon yesterday. That bill would have been an aid and comfort to the enemy.
Take notice Florida Tea Party! You have a turncoat among you! You better make plans to VOTE OUT Mr. Allen West the first chance you get. He apparently likes his new job better than his duty to the citizens of conservative Florida! Keep throwing the tea overboard!
Please enjoy the tune and be inspired by the pictures from the event that launched the conservative movement.
A rewrite of the words will make the song the battle tune for today’s Tea Party.
Michelle Bachmann and Sarah Palin would be honored to stand in the shadow of Alice Moore. Today’s’ preachers should try to follow the footsteps of preachers Hill, Graley, Quigley, and Horan. Those Tea Party patriots put it all on the line for God, country, and (most of all) their children.
May God grant that this video will be the turning point leading to the redemption of America.
In God’s perfect timing the video was posted on July 11, 2011.
Evil had 911. May Grace have 711.
Most importantly, let's pray that God will use the video to open hearts and minds to the ministry of the Holy Spirit.
Please pass it on.
Here are tentative partial lyrics for the Tea Party Theme Song to lead us into 2012 and beyond.
Tea Party patriots are looking for reform--what are they doing in this country stirring up a storm?
Don’t they know they’re rousing people ‘round the USA, telling folks right from left and God fearing ways?
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Well, the first to stand were at Boston in seventeen seventy-three...
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Next to stand were West Virginians in nineteen seventy-four…
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One nasty election in twenty-oh-eight liberals were everywhere…
By Dan DeWalt
Newfane Vermont
While Vermont may be stirring the waves with its march towards universal health care, and marching to its own drummer by expanding collective bargaining rights in the state, its most pressing and immediate issue is one that should rally tea party folks from across the nation to come to its aid.
I'm not talking about the Dick “never met a prostitute's toe I didn't want to suck” Morris' Tea Party, which is simply an attempt to co-opt the movement for the Republican establishment, or the “official” Tea Party, which is more interested in suing to protect its name brand and selling ads disguised as policy statements than it is in actually doing something constructive. No, I'm talking about Americans who are simply mad as hell and are not going to take it anymore. Americans who have had their fill of federal government overreaching and stepping on states' rights. Americans who are tired of seeing powerful corporations raiding the U.S. Treasury for taxpayer dollars in order to cover for their failed business plans. I'm talking about people who are well represented by their local and even state representatives, but discover that that representation is only something to be trampled by corporate lawyers and the federal judiciary.
In short, I'm talking about Americans who recognize that Entergy Nuclear of Louisiana's bid to usurp Vermont state authority in order to shove twenty more years of the leaky Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor down our throats against our will is not only a moral outrage, but is also a key threat to aspects of the Republic as outlined in the Constitution.
The tenth amendment reads as follows: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the States respectively or to the people.”
Entergy Nuclear wants the federal courts to take away Vermont's right to regulate affairs within its borders. For the sake of promoting profits, Entergy wants the federal government to trample Vermont's right to determine the policies that its citizens demand and deserve. It wants the feds to say that we have no voice in determining our own future. If there ever was an issue that brings together a host of important questions that should galvanize citizen action, this is it. Vermonters are calling on citizens from across the country to join us next March, when we will close down the reactor if the feds and Entergy Corporation are still colluding to keep it open. Vermont Yankee was licensed to run for 40 years. That license runs out on March 21, 2012. Entergy, in spite of lying about the existence of underground pipes that leaked large amounts of tritium, along with cesium and other dangerous elements, wants to run the plant for another 20 years. Vermont said no. We said it in town meetings, not town meetings where people simply get a chance to let off steam, but actual legal town meetings where the official business of our towns is decided for the year (one of the last vestiges of true democracy still extant in our nation). We said no in the legislature where, by over a four to one margin, the state Senate voted no to continuing VY operations past 2012. And we said no last November in a clearly defined gubernatorial election when we voted in the governor who campaigned emphatically to make VY close on time.
What part of NO do these people not understand? The part that interferes with their profits. The part of NO that they have not yet experienced is the NO that they will discover on March 21 next spring, when thousands of us will be clogging the streets and fields surrounding their leaky reactor, making operation impossible and forcing them to shut down simply to be able to maintain public order. This is an opportunity for all Americans to say that we have had enough. We have had enough of corporate welfare, enough of federal government over-reach, and enough of having our democracy crushed by powerful monied interests. Vermonters are now calling on the nation to join us in this definitive fight that will stop the erosion of our rights. Help us rebalance the lopsided power that has been concentrated in the hands of the establishment elite. Help us defend the Constitution. Vermont is a state where community and citizenship are still valued and practiced. Join us and become part of a movement that brings our nation back to its democratic roots. Ask yourselves one question: who could you expect to represent your aspirations and interests more, citizens using the democratic process to control their lives, or profit greedy corporations and their political lapdogs trying to promote an industry that the free market has abandoned.
The choice is yours. The future belongs to all of us.
Personally I believe that part of the problem we face in this country is the motivation of our elected representatives. We have, for as long as I have been voting (40+ years) , been seeking term limits with no success. No surprise, most want to preserve their career first and foremost.
I believe the best thing the Tea Party could do is help to achieve term limits through a "Endorsement Contract" with candidates for office. The contract would state that the prospective candidate would agree to serve no more than 2 consecutive terms. Incumbents would agree to one additional term beyond their current term(s).
If they cannot agree to this I would urge the Tea Party to withhold endorsement. Our representatives will need to make some of the toughest decisions in this countries history in the coming years, we cannot afford to have indebted representatives with only their next election on their minds. An effective representative will need to make decisions that will make some angry if we are to get back on track.