Taxpayer 9/12 March on Washington D.C
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I am excited about it, I dont know if someone has answered this already but is Senator Webb going to be in that office when we do it or is he going to be in Washington?
Hi,
I suggest that everyone see Aaron Russo’s movie.
“AMERICA: Freedom to Fascism” at the following URL:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1656880303867390173
the above link is for Google video and is free to see the whole movie.
and see the websites:
http://www.GiveMeLiberty.org/
and
http://www.RestoreTheRepublic.net/
Thanks.
LC
As owner of Collins Square Shopping Center, 4001 Va. Beach Blvd., across forom the Central Library of Va. Beach, I would be happy for you to display signage advertising the tea party – Date, time & Location.
340-0500
As a physician in Va Beach and a devoted patriot I applaud you for your patriotism. I can’t believe what our country is starting to look like. The deception from the “commander in chief” is outrageous! Now if you say anything neg. re; the ill concieved health care bill the white house wants people to email the white house with your email address. That sounds just like nazi germany! What the hell is happening to us? Sorry, I digress. Keep up your support. Ernest Goins MD
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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04/11/organizers-recipe-effective-tea-parties/
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I will be visiting VaB from San Diego and plan to join the party!
Where can I purchase a Gasden flag? My wife and I are planning to attend the Virginia Beach Tea Party.
The VBTA will have a booth at the TEA party and we will have Culpeper Minute men “Don’t Trade On Me” flags available for $5 each. Gasden flags are yellow and Culpeper flags are white. Both communicate a clear message in definace of tyranny and insupport of liberty.
Ops – I think it is the Tidewater Libertarian Party that is selling the Cupepe Flags, not the VBTA. My bad. I am a member of both organizations and I get there outreach programs confused from time to time.
ebay has them, or any gun show…i got mine off ebay for $6.00
Back to the Constitution we will go!
Here’s a good link for (hundreds of) slogan ideas and other fun stuff:
http://lukeamerica2020.wordpress.com/2009/04/03/101-tea-party-sign-slogans/
I think this is a wonderful idea, and am happy to see so many like-minded people here in the area. What time is this starting tomorrow?
I am sorry…..Bring “Signs! Protest taxes, congress and spending, but please do not reference the President.” I don’t get it….it is the PRESIDENT OBAMASSIAH who is LEADING the Pork spending and stimulus squandering. When speaking of raising taxes and destroying our economy and way of life you can’t protest unless it INCLUDES Obamassiah. Something is wrong with your protest. I was hoping there was a protest locally, as I live in Norfolk, but this turns me off to going to that one in VB.
Agreed. There will be signs recognizing Obama’s leadrership role in this debacle. Come to VB. You will not be disappointed.
I am disappointed. I checked many other sites from Cities around the country and Virginia Beach is the ONLY one that I found any statement that discourages the use of Obamassiah in making the world hear that not all of us are loving the Socialist. Of course just the very fact that I am voicing this opinion, I will likely show up on the DHS’s watch list for RightWing radicals. It seems anyone who loves the country and is Anti-Socialist is now considered a Right-Wing Radical. Go figure. I may just drive up to Richmond, as this seems to be to PC for me.
I know this comment is alittle late, but I don’t see why Thelma Drakes would even show her face there. She is apart of the problem also. Just because she is no longer in congress is not reason to obsolve her association with those that remain. She is just trying to get re-elected.
I was unable to attend the Tea Party today in our local Hampton Roads area. However, I did watch our local news stations, WTKR, WAVY, and WVEC. None of our local affiliates ran any live coverage of this event during their Noon broadcasts. I was extremely disappointed at this lack of media attention, although not necessarily surprised. WVEC ran a brief message with reporter Lindsey Roberts via telephone. WTKR briefly mentioned it. WAVY did not cover it at all. I contacted WVEC TV Channel 3 and spoke with the Executive Producer who admitted that he and the Managing Editor made a conscious decision not to cover this story due to “limited resources”. I find this very “interesting” that none of local stations found this newsworthy enough to air at the noon hour, yet at least one of the stations ran the story regarding the new “first dog”.
here are some photos of today’s events:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/picturetakingone/
I have created a petition, based on verbiage from Congressman Shaddegg’s office, for H.R. 450. Please download it and start getting signatures! Everyone says this will never pass. We know one thing…it never will as long as we don’t do anything with it. Please print it out and hit the streets! http://www.912vabeach.com/House%20Resolutions.htm
Let us never forget the words of Thomas Jefferson, “When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.” We must raise our voices and say no to increased spending, taxes, and government control! As for me and my house… we will keep our money, our guns, and our Bibles… you can keep the change. God bless America!!
My name is Oren Liebermann and I’m a reporter with Wavy News 10. We’d like to learn more about the new publicity initiative that’s supppsed to be unveiled 6/12 at 5 pm. How would I get a copy of the initiative or talk to someone?
We will be at the Chesapeak City Park today – come visit with us! All are welcome. It is our nation.
I was home on leave for the April Tea Party, and I’d love to be there for this one, but I’m in Iraq for a few more weeks. Stand Strong! Hang Tough! I’ll be home for the next one. Stay safe…
The biggest tax increase coming down the pike is “Cap and Trade,” [It was passed out of committee before Memorial Day.] YET only a quarter of voters even know what that is.
Pres. Obama has said that if his cap and trade program is passed, then “electricity rates will skyrocket.” [His words; direct quote.]
But this is his Achilles heel because the facts are against him. But will the facts ever see the light of day? Will the American taxpayer be educated about this? WHO will do it before our non-representative ‘reps’ cram this down our throats????
The major media have only reported the propaganda about ‘global warming.’ Yet there have been significant events and scientists trying to get out the information that CO2 does NOT drive global warming.
This means that the carbon tax is not only exorbitant, BUT it is a TAX with NO PURPOSE. It is attacking a non-existent, fabricated problem!
SOMEBODY needs to get the news out.
Key resources that people need:
This video includes scientists that WERE on the IPCC
http://video.google.fr/videoplay?docid=-4123082535546754758
The Senate Minority Report:
http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Files.View&FileStore_id=83947f5d-d84a-4a84-ad5d-6e2d71db52d9
Heartland Institute has sponsored three international conferences on climate change with scientists from Harvard, MIT, and others, including Apollo 17 Astronaut Harrison Schmidt, Ph.D. and the President of the EU who has a Ph.D. in economics.
Yet the network news completely ignored these.
Keynote Addresses from
the Second International
Conference on Climate Change can be found here:
http://www.heartland.org/
[scroll down]
Some key quotes from scientists:
Dr. John R. Christy, Professor of Atmospheric Science and Director of the Earth System Science Center at the University of Alabama-Huntsville: [comments from debate on 11 Feb., 2009]: He was a lead author on the IPCC report.
–Our ignorance about the climate system is enormous, and policy makers need to know that. This is an extremely complex system, and thinking we can control it is hubris. [THIS is the most important fact of the whole issue yet Congress ignores it and is prepared to tax us to death on it.]
–The greatest climate change for the world is not physical change but impact on economy from climate change policies.
–Hansen’s 1988 hypothesis of future CO2 and temperature was badly wrong. Another test: climate models uniformly say greenhouse signal will be warming in tropical troposphere; but empirical observations show hypothesis false. [Hansen is Obama’s Science Advisor.]
“A few years ago if you would ask me [what is driving climate change] I would tell you it is co2. Why? Because just like everyone else in the public, I listen to what the media had to say.”–Prof. Nir Shaviv, Institute of Physics
Reid Bryson considers global warming a bunch of hooey.
The UW-Madison professor emeritus, who stands against the scientific consensus on this issue, is referred to as a global warming skeptic. But he is not skeptical that global warming exists, he is just doubtful that humans are the cause of it.
There is no question the earth has been warming. It is coming out of the “Little Ice Age,” he said in an interview.
“However, there is no credible evidence that it is due to mankind and carbon dioxide. We’ve been coming out of a Little Ice Age for 300 years. We have not been making very much carbon dioxide for 300 years. It’s been warming up for a long time,” Bryson said.
Mike
Sent a letter and followed up with a phone call….. I agree Cap and Trade is nothing more than more taxes…..I did some math if it raises my bill by 400 a month plus what I already pay it could be as high as 648 a month…..I guess I will have to get rid of Electric..
It’s good to be able to voice our opinions. I’m tired of hearing all the political moves to which I am oppoased and not be able to do anything about it. Perhaps we can make our voices heard. Joy Cooley
I have been looking for a place to start my protest against what is happening in Washington as well as our own local government. I would be very much interested in learning more. I just found all, so I will be reading all of this on this web site. Let’s all get together and stand up for America. Pat
I attended the Tax Day Tea Party in Virginia Beach, so I am pleased to see that you have chosen a place that is easy to get to, can accomodate a large group, has ample parking, and has a stage and equipment that will allow the folks in the back of the crowd to hear what’s being said. It’s also great that there will be a petition to sign. With an actual signature count the media can’t dismiss the rally as a movement that “hasn’t really caught on”. The only concern I have is that by focusing on repealing the 16th Amendment and eliminating the IRS and the income tax, the media will once again spin the story as a rally of crazies who don’t think they should pay any taxes. The government will always create new taxes to replace elimated taxes, so how they collect them is not as important as how they SPEND them. That, in my opinion is a much bigger problem. The repeal of a 100-year old policy seems to be a much greater challenge than that of the more recent policies of ignoring the balance of powers, establishing bailout-mania, growing intrusion in the private sector, and general out-of-control spending. I agree that the 60,000+ page tax code is absurd, but we should pick our battles. Everyone should read the open letter to our nation’s leaders written by Janet Contreras, a 53-year old grandma in Arizona. It’s a little wordy, but the sentiment is clear. You can find it on Glenn Beck’s website. If you agree, you can sign it at thepetitionsite.com. I want to say thanks to all of the organizers who are working so hard. Hosting websites, organizing events and starting petitions are very time-consuming. Even writing letters and making phone calls take time that most of us don’t seem to have available. But that’s what they are counting on. We all have to do SOMETHING to make our voices heard! Attending a tea party is a good start for anyone who is frustrated and doesn’t know what he can do to make a difference. I’ll be spreading the word about Friday’s party, and I want to add that it’s a wonderful gesture to use the opportunity to double as a food drive!
We are asking people to sign 2 petitions at the Defend & Declare Tea Party:
in support of HR 450 – Enumerate the Powers act, and Audit the Fed.
Hi,
There is another petition about Free Our Health Care Now
It is online but would be great to have it at Tea Party…..or just spread the word…
http://www.freeourhealthcarenow.com/
Hello.
I am a radio talk host on Plains Radio Network, and would like to have an intervieww – more of a conversation- with Karen Miner-Hurd on the whole porta-john fantastic idea.
Send me an email, and I’d like to set something up for this Thursday.
Thanks,
Ken
My sign is going to say: I know I voted against you, BHO, but can I get that MRI? Pretty pleeeeasse?
Stew on that for awhile…. With universal health care in place, you may just want to think about how you are registered in the election and just who you vote for.
Here it is in matematical terms:
allowable cost to benefit ratio for medicines for medically needing democrats = x
allowable cost to benefit ratio for medicines for medically needing non-democrats = y
x WILL BE > y at all times!!!! – BHO
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My entire family will be there! Can’t wait! We’ll spread the word and bring as many friends as we can. Thank you for organizing this event…we’ve been waiting to hear about a local teaparty.
I will absolutely be there! These oppressive taxes must end!!! For too long have the rich people been taxed so little while the working man has been taxed so much. These tax reductions aren’t ENOUGH! 98% of us won’t even SEE these tax rate increases!!!! How are we going to pay down debts if we don’t tax MORE? The rich have been getting richer off the labor of those below them.
You don’t think people who work hard, study and build businesses deserve to keep their hard-earned money? How about the doctor who spends 10 years in school and sometimes hundreds of thousands of dollars on his education? Shouldn’t people who takes risks to build businesses and create jobs benefit from those efforts?
The “super rich”, even with deductions, already pay more income taxes per year than most people earn. The poor pay nothing, and sometimes even get money they didn’t pay as an earned income credit (a reward for doing poorly). All this is a strong argument for the flat tax! Americans shouldn’t be punished for doing well, or rewarded for being lazy, unmotivated, or stupid.
I think you have the concepts backwards, this group doesn’t want to play Robin Hood, we want to MINIMIZE the role of government in our lives. We encourage self-sufficiency and personal responsibility. We don’t support redistribution of wealth — usually the only people who support it are planning on redistributing somebody ELSE’s money, or they’re not very successful in life and don’t want to work and sacrifice for what they want.
Have you read ‘Atlas Shrugged’? Apparently not, otherwise you wouldn’t be making these statements. The book is fiction. The moral premise of the book is not. PLEASE, read it.
Just got Glen Becks new book “Common Sense.” I am already half way through it and he has hit it out of the ballpark. It is a must read! He has written it in plain English that any one can understand. He clearly exposes, as Thomas Payne did in the original “Common Sense,” that Americans with common sense need to stand up and take our government back from the politicians who have none. I am recommending it to every one. Even your children need to read it since they won’t get this information in pubic school.
Look behind the curtain; the politicians are shills for the business lobbies – and the government workforce lobbies. The entire political process has been bought and sold and We, The People are now indentured servants that have become enslaved by debt – the debt we persoannaly incured and the debt of government has created for us – and many future generations. DEBT passed onto future generations is TAXATION WTIHOUT REPRESENTATION. The unborn cannot vote – but our governments are hard at work “partnering” with “the private sector” to rack up incredible DEBT – and future generations will start our in a massive hole.
Not only is this embarrassing to explain to our children – it is morally WRONG!
We must stand up, support ethical candidates – and take back control of our government – at ALL levels!
Thanks for everything. See you in a few hours.
LETS GET GOING…..EVERY DAY IS GETTING US DEEPER IN DEBT AND DEEPER IN TROUBLE. I DON’T WANT TO LIVE IN A SOCIALIST COUNTRY!
THANKS FOR GETTING THINGS STARTED.
I weep for the seething ignorance percolating through little groups like these across this country. First of all, Obama just passed the biggest tax cut in the history of the country, and it actually went to the people that need it, everyday americans, unlike when republicans cut taxes. Second of all, virtually every economic expert we have insisted on the need for a stimulus bill to basically save our economy. It wasn’t some liberal wet dream, no one wanted to do it….we HAD to do it. If it wasn’t for Republicans tireless insistence on market deregulation this whole crisis would never have happened. Remember that. On an even more tragic note…. I would speculate that at least half of you are motivated mainly by an underlying anger and frustration that a black man is running “your” country. That is sad, but I will say it is amusing. haha… enjoy yourselves.
I don’t weep for you Jeff – you will reap what you sow. I weep for the future generations of our nation that will suffer under the misguided beliefs of “Progressives” such as yourself. But … weeping is not what TEA Parties are about. Getting informed and mobilized is what TEA Parties are about. Believe it or not the folks that gather at TEA Parties will save you too – as we save our nation for all Americans.
You can thanks us one day. We are glad to help.
You really think $16 a week is a “big tax savings”? You must make minimum wage…
Consider what’s going to happen when senior citizens try to sell their home to move into an assisted living center. That one-time exemption is one of the tax benefits “for the rich” the liberals talk about, and when it expires next year, if you don’t buy a new home when you sell, you’ll be paying capital gains on the profits… the profits (the equity in your home), by the way, is just about the only real nest egg anyone near retirement has left. But instead of having those funds to live on in their old age, people are going to get saddled with a huge capital gains tax.
The bailouts and “stimulus” spending haven’t solved anything. Unemployment is still rising, and banks have continued to fail… which they should be allowed to do as private businesses. Now how are banks that aren’t being propped up supposed to compete fairly with ones that are? Ditto for car companies.
You’re pretty clueless, Jeff. This isn’t about party politics. The problems existed before this administration, but they are snowballing now because suddenly everything is an *emergency* and the legislation isn’t even being read or properly debated. The turning point for many of us was the bailouts last fall.
So Jeff I have a few questions for you.
1. What was the Obama tax cut that was just passed? Your writing gives the impression that you have some type of education.
2. Which Americans did it go to? Everyday Americans isn’t an acceptable answer.
3. If virtually every economic expert insisted on the need for it then did Washington force feed several companies to take the so called bail out, and violate states right by forcing states to take it? Your states rights are suppose to be added protection for every American.
4. Why does everyone on the Democrat side automatically assume that this is only racial? If it was racial don’t you think that it would get even more coverage, i.e. The KKK and other white supremacists would show in numbers even greater and recruit?
Please answer my questions.
Eric,
Since Jeff is not intelligent enough to answer your questions, I will be happy to.
1. There is no Obama tax cut. The insane scheme these morons passed simply changed the amount of withholding mandated by the government. Come tax time next year, the tax tables will not change, hence, that extra $13 per week or whatever pittance it is, will be owed back to the government. It is no different from this cash-for-clunker scheme which does count as income and must be reported as such on your taxes. They give you some of your tax money just to tax it away from you again. And so we shall not forget, the Bush tax cuts are being left to sunset which will turn into one of, if not the biggest tax hike in history.
2. It is going to go to nobody.
3. Because Obama is not about politics, he is about control. The czars he has appointed are not Constitutional, trying to guarantee health insurance to every citizen/illegal immigrant is not Constitutional, I could go on and on. By forcing banks to take TARP money and businesses to take these bail outs, he gets a foot in the door by which he can barge his way through and control everything. He is an Alynski disciple and he believes that he should be in control of as many things as he can.
4. Anyone who claims this is all about race is puerile, sophomoric and puerile. I attended the Tea Party in Greenville, SC where I live where we had over 10,000 people in attendance. I personally stood behind two African American families and besides a Hispanic family with their infant in his stroller. The crowds at Tea Parties are not all Caucasian. That is a misnomer perpetrated by the Main Stream Media to provide cover for the people they so adore by lying to the idiots who don’t pay attention or chose to not inform themselves.
Questions answered with the truth.
Jeff,
Boy, are you ignorant! Take a class in Econ 101 and educate yourself on history. I doubt you have much more than a high school diploma to make such comments.
Jeff looks like all you can do is tout rhetoric. Here let me define that for you jeff and I will write it with a big crayon for you, its when you speak emotional language to get people on your sides with out actually saying or proving anything. You can find that on most of your major news networks when they are refering to tea parties and health care.
One last thing Jeff, History isn’t taught in ECON 101, That would be economics of which this administration knows nothing.
Thanks for putting it in a nut shell Reid. Iwould also like to thank everyone who helped with our food drive. The Food Bank will have a little more on Monday to help others.
While I do not have a vote, I do have a voice and years of experience of how England overthrew a Socialist Government. It is true that we had Margaret Thatcher to lead us, but in those days the idea of a woman leading a political party was laughable.
So HRTEAPARTY is off to a good start and so is your leader.
However your opponents will not give in without a struggle for they have money and influence. The secret to Conservative success are the ordinary Americans. Give them the Leadership they deserve and they will follow.
Stand and Fight at every Opportunity, but Fight as a One Nation Teaparty. Forget about Diversity, Equal Opportunities and Better Education. Make Hampton Roads are better Community for everyone.
To do this you need to remove the Community Organizer from the White House by electing some one to lead the Nation both in Recovery and in Reformation.
You have to be ready to take every opportunity which presents itself, for you are taking on the Establishment of the United States. More rich people have a financial interest in the Community Organizer remaining in the White House than they do in hoping that a leader will emerge from within the ranks of the G O P. So Take control of Hampton Roads.
I’m sick and tired of what these people in the white house and what they are doing to our Country. I love this Country with all my heart and I want to do something to help, but I’m not sure what. Lets not let this Country the greatest in the world fall thru the cracks because of some nuts in the white house.We need to get people involved I’m sure there is a lot out there like me who really don’t know what they can do.
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO WE THE PEOPLE? WHO DO THEY THINK THEY ARE TELLING US WHAT WE CAN AND CAN’T DO OR HOW WE SHOULD OR SHOULDN’T LIVE OUR LIVES. I ALREADY FEEL LIKE WE HAVE BECOME A SOCIALIST NATION ALREADY. EVERY MAN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE EVER FOUGHT FOR THIS COUNTRY AND WHO ARE STILL FIGHTING FOR THIS COUNTRY MEANS NOTHING IF WE LOSE THE AMERICA THAT THEY FOUGHT FOR.
I have just come across a video where the Declaration of Independence was read aloud. It is one thing to read it on a page, but it should also be listened to from time to time.
I found a version published in the Daily Video site of a nationally known talk show hostess, Kim Komando. Her program is not political, but deals with helping us who need help with technology.
Somehow, after going to the tea parties on the peninsula this morning it was very poignant and moving.
I’m not ready to follow a president down the road of crazy taxation ,that our children and grandchildren will be saddled with paying into. Climate change and the push for green projects are going to be insanely expensive ,and the arrogance of us to think that we can control nature is obsurd. Ask India, China, and Russia if their going to ride on this crazy train with us, the answer will be no. Cap and trade will effect every dollar that we all have in our pockets. That dollar will end up being almost worthless,because our taxes will be through the roof. When you talk about rich people and taxes, you have to understand who out there in the world employs individuals?, would it be poor people or the wealthy? Poor people employ no one. The answer in washington seems to be , lets make everyone poor, think about it. I struggle with my business , worry about bills constantly, and i guess the polititions want me to eventually be living in a tent .I’m not willing to go there yet,but with a 10% unemployment rate, it feels like we’re getting closer to that point every day. Where are these newly created jobs i keep hearing about,,,,ask a Canadian about that government controlled heath care,,,,, tax the heck out of the working class ,,,,, carbon footprints, ethanol, green cars, before long we’ll all be drivng golf carts….OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE ????
FYI for All,
According to a Webb staffer, there is a Term Limit Prop in some committee on the hill. It is HJ RES 14, I believe it’s in the house. Fire up the phones and email. Do as I do, I have the senators and my rep in my phone, so when I’m feeling the feeling, I give em a call — usually twice weekly.
Rick
I think the national tea party is a good idea. The problem we are waiting to long to act. By September, congress may have already passed all the major legislation we want stopped. On top of that Sotomayor may have already been selected for the Supreme Court. We need to do what groups like acorn would do. Bring the marches and demonstrations to our congressional representatives local offices and houses.
Daniel-
We are! Hope to see you on 7/17! And join our social site: http://vateaparty.ning.com/
Marches and Demonstrations are not the answer. They are divisive and require an instant decision in the minds of the spectators.
The Ballot Box is the real battleground and the fight is for the hearts and minds of our fellow human beings. If you love your Country, you will move heaven and earth to remove Nancy Pelosi from her position as SPEAKER. IF the Lady were not Speaker, her opinions would count for nothing.
Demonstrations are what put President Obama in the White House. A mob chanting “YES WE CAN” did more to silence the opposition than any argument that the candidate put forward.
We should send a simple message to Washington at each and every opportunity through every avenue open to us.
the message is:
NO YOU WILL NOT!!!.
NO to Universal HEALTH INSURANCE
NO to CAP and TRADE
Neither of these two measures are REPRESENTATIVE of this country which YOU say YOU LOVE.
NO TAXATION without REPRESENTATION worked before. It will work again, if you keep these two words in YOUR HEARTS and in YOUR MINDS;
NO SURRENDER!
I am not a Republican or a Democrat. I am an Independent. I have contacted my Congress person, my Senators, and President Obama to let them know that I am tired with the way things are going in Washington. I have had numerous responses from our Republican Congress person, 1 response from one of our Democratic Senators, and no response from Obama. The republican responses are what I want to hear. The Democratic response was basically bashing my feelings. The Congress person I speak of is Congressman Randy Forbes (R-VA). Please see if you can get him onboard. Thanks.
Do you honestly think he has time for the lowly constituents. I mean its not like we pay taxes or vote.
4 of us are in! Reservations made. Looking forward to it.
Thanks for all your hard work.
Also, see you Friday!
Cheryl
Congress says to us “Eat, Eat Eat, have more TARP, we have prepared a very special environmental entree for you, we like to call it Cap and Trade. You will like this so very much, besides you don’t want it to go to waste like you did the bailout plan…ah, yes you will have seconds and thirds of that too. We will stop you before you get too full, in fact all we your government will give you is the tiniest of portion. It will make you hungry for more, after all it is your money, and you did work hard to earn it.
I know for you John Q. Public it seems that you are just eating crumbs from our table, and you are. We have saved the best for ourselves and our families. But then we are helping you realize your true dream, to eat crumbs from the King’s table, all hail the King!
A king, yes a King! Our forefathers were wrong in their great experiment to place God as sovereign over this nation, in fact we need to remove “In God We Trust” from our currency. Who says there even is a God! So how can we trust in something we can’t touch, smell, hear, or see? Look, even the Israelites didn’t want God as sovereign, so they appointed King Saul, but David did come along when they needed him to fight Goliath.
But I digress, you have slowed your eating at the public trough, and we have a special treat for you that is almost prepared. It is such a sweet desert, who could resist our gourmet Health Reform bill. Didn’t we say we would take care of you? You pitiful little right wingers, we will now pacify you by controlling your health, eat at your public trough, after all you are paying for it.
See, what a fine public trough we have created, and if you say the magic words, you too can become a glutton we might still have room at our fine public tough…after all it’s what you wanted, change, security, and certainty of future, not a care or decision to be made! Just kneel down at your governments very own public trough, and swallow the swill we slop to you.”
We need to stop the present administration from force feeding us at the public trough! Who wants to be force into being a glutton in public? But that that is what our present administration and leaders of congress and the senate are doing. But then again, look at how they’ve been on a financial feeding frenzy for a while now.
It is time to say “NO” and to mean it.
It is time to “STAND UP” and to walk away from the Public Trough.
It is time for the Commonwealth of Virginia to unite in its opposition to Universal Health Insurance.
The House Bill is the very opposite of the Declaration of Independence.
If you do not believe me, read or better still have Your Representative read page 425.
LIFE, LIBERTY and the Pursuit of HAPPINESS were, are and shall remain INALIENABLE RIGHTS.
INSURANCE is a personal matter.
ASSURANCE is a mater for the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Therefore the COMMONWEALTH of VIRGINIA SHOULD CREATE, Manage and OWN its HEALTH SERVICE, where access to a Doctor is a RIGHT, REGARDLESS of Age, Infirmity, or Intelligence.
Virginia’s Governor collects Taxes on Incomes so the Governor should use these monies to FUND the Virginian HEALTH SERVICE with no ADULT or child left behind.
Recently I was told by Congressman Glenn Nye’s office that I may no longer call or I will be arrested! Sounds like they are removing my freedom of speech! I am a survivor of a brain injury and I am wheelchair bound. Yet Congressman Nye considers me a threat! The US Department of Education funds some local Brain Injury Programs and there is no accountability on how these funds are used. What ever happened to an honest day of work for an honest day of pay? My fear is that these programs may receive additional funding under health care and there is plenty of misrepresentation going on. The programs actually encourage dependency. We must stop the lies!
Words, just words ! Change, yes we can . All a bunch of Bravo Sierra from an incompetent novice in “our” Presidency. Prof Williams, GMU Economist and editorialist, was right when he said the general public, the American citizen, is ignorant of the issues and act like the lemmings that rushed enmasse into the sea. Mao and Stalin would be proud of how this President has used good old cold war-era brain-
washing techniques to sell his ill-begotten ideas. And to boot, the majority of Congress is in the front-row leading the rest over the cliff ! But, what would one expect from Pelosi and Reid….it is a misnomer to refer to them as leaders because they could not lead a pack of fleas to bite on an old mongrel. God help us…help ourselves!
Our citizens association meets Monday, 8 Aug. This info will be passed along to them.
What is the anticipated participation from across the country on this
9-12-9 Tea Party in DC ? Thanks for getting this together.
Herb De Groft
So when will the petition be comming around to have the senators and congressman removed for failing to properly represent us. If everyone is so gung ho about this. I believe in what is being said at the Tea Parties, problem is I am hearing alot and not seeing any results. Just wait until election time is closer and we can vote them out is about all I am hearing. If the organizers are truely serious lets see some tangible evidence of it, tea parties are good for rallying the troops but afterwards, then what?
Eric- I understand your point. We didn’t get here in just 1 election, or 1 policy change, or 1 judicial case. The left is entrenched. How long do you think it will take to restore a 100 year erosion of our liberties?
It only take one election or petition to vote out or recall a rouge representative, especially ones that are about as useful as horns on a bull-frog. Everyone knows what they are responsible for. The liberals have tried to impeach presidents for alot less. When do you propose that we prove that we have had enough another 100 years?
Do not stop to think about “erosion of your Liberties”
EXCERCIZE Your Rights.
Remain TRUE to Your Faith.
HONOR Your ANCESTORS.
Fight for Quality of LIFE.
DO NOT GO QUIETLY into the Night.
Karen,
What is the chance that we might get Pat Robertson to support the Sept 12th trip by announcing it on his TV program? Does anyone know him personally. The Advertisement would help interest others possibly to attend.
Also, what about a full page ad in the Virginia Pilot maybe the 29th of August? or Half page on a Sunday? I could scout out the costs and talk with some business folks to see if I can help raise the money. But we would need to work on it quickly. The exact wording would need to be developed by folks who know details. Would you write me as soon as possible? Thanks Fay Kist.
Mary Jane, Please get arrested for calling! You will then have a local and maybe a national platform to explain your grievances.
As a practicing Family Practice physician for 27 yrs in tidewater, I implore those of you (regardless of your political affiliation) to contact your local rep. in congress and urge them to vote NO to a govt.-run health care system. As a parent and grandparent I am terrified by what will become of our health care “system”. If an adult or child develops cancer this system will discard them like a broken toy. I write this note at the risk of being “monitored” by the White House since they have asked citizens to “turn in “the email address of anyone who speaks negatively about this dangerous scheme. I have worked with both British and Canadian physicians and they HATE the govt. system because of the failings of the systems that FAILS their patients! You see it in the news all the time. People come from every country in the world to get treatment HERE. I rarely hear of any country sending teams of highly trained specialists to underdeveloped countries to correct horrific birth defects at no cost yr after yr!
this is the most generous country in the world and all our pres. has done for 200 days is appologize for our shortcomings! Tighten your belts my fellow patriots, the congress just voted themselves 65 million for 2 dedicated jets to jet around the country raising money for their own benefit. Too cool to fly on an idle Air Force jet? Well at least we have a “hip” pres… E. Goins MD
And one last thing. Could someone please report me to the gestapo, because I am going to speak out on health care.
Please post and lets make sure we do all we can do…..
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT: “THIS IS THE MOMENT OUR MOVEMENT WAS BUILT FOR.”
Wed Aug 5 15:15
Today, President Obama sent out a message to supporters asking them to get involved in the fight for health insurance reform this month:
This is the moment our movement was built for.
For one month, the fight for health insurance reform leaves the backrooms of Washington, D.C., and returns to communities across America. Throughout August, members of Congress are back home, where the hands they shake and the voices they hear will not belong to lobbyists, but to people like you.
Home is where we’re strongest. We didn’t win last year’s election together at a committee hearing in D.C. We won it on the doorsteps and the phone lines, at the softball games and the town meetings, and in every part of this great country where people gather to talk about what matters most. And if you’re willing to step up once again, that’s exactly where we’re going to win this historic campaign for the guaranteed, affordable health insurance that every American deserves.
There are those who profit from the status quo, or see this debate as a political game, and they will stop at nothing to block reform. They are filling the airwaves and the internet with outrageous falsehoods to scare people into opposing change. And some people, not surprisingly, are getting pretty nervous. So we’ve got to get out there, fight lies with truth, and set the record straight.
That’s why Organizing for America is putting together thousands of events this month where you can reach out to neighbors, show your support, and make certain your members of Congress know that you’re counting on them to act.
But these canvasses, town halls, and gatherings only make a difference if you turn up to knock on doors, share your views, and show your support. So here’s what I need from you:
Can you commit to join at least one event in your community this month?
In politics, there’s a rule that says when you ask people to get involved, always tell them it’ll be easy. Well, let’s be honest here: Passing comprehensive health insurance reform will not be easy. Every President since Harry Truman has talked about it, and the most powerful and experienced lobbyists in Washington stand in the way.
But every day we don’t act, Americans watch their premiums rise three times faster than wages, small businesses and families are pushed towards bankruptcy, and 14,000 people lose their coverage entirely. The cost of inaction is simply too much for the people of this nation to bear.
So yes, fixing this crisis will not be easy. Our opponents will attack us every day for daring to try. It will require time, and hard work, and there will be days when we don’t know if we have anything more to give. But there comes a moment when we all have to choose between doing what’s easy, and doing what’s right.
This is one of those times. And moments like this are what this movement was built for. So, are you ready?
Please commit now to taking at least one action in your community this month to build support for health insurance reform:
http://my.barackobama.com/CommitAugust
Let’s seize this moment and win this historic victory for our economy, our health and our families.
Thank you,
President Barack Obama
Still the same old story, you want UNIVERSAL HEALTH INSURANCE, which is only good for one year, the year in which you or somebody else has paid the premiums. What America needs, but you, president Obama, are with-holding is
A NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE.
DO TELL ME, President Obama, how many hospitals are you planning to build?
How many COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS will you and your Government establish?
People are not suffering because they do not have HEALTH INSURANCE, they suffer because they need medical attention which is only available to the rich. This is why foreigners come to America, because they can BUY the best medical Attention in the world.
Insread of your usual rhetoric, President Obama, try rolling up your sleeves and putting New Hospitals and new COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS in every State of the Union. You can call each new hospital “the Obama Hospital for National Health Care”. Then it would be EQUAL OPPORTUNITY for all who went in search of MEDICAL ATTENTION.
I’m really anxious about the 9/12 march, hoping and praying that a lot of people show. It’s not so hard for us in Tidewater, but accross the country it could be a real problem to make the WDC trip. Do we have a feeling about how other tea party organizers are doing in this regard? Thanks to you all. Ray
Greetings [expletive removed by editor] – First please let me thank you for the endless hours of entertainment reading your websites, blogs and watching your town hall mob antics on you tube and on bloggerinterrupted.com. GOOD STUFF, really.
You claim to be upset about excess govt spending but where were you when your hero George W was spending multi billions of dollars per month for his false war in Iraq? You claim you are against govt health care but you do not know all the facts do you? You are just repeating what you hear on Fox News. The truth is that you cannot accept a black president. Shame on you all.
Obama will be your daddy until at least 2016, get used to it or get the[deleted] out.
Now, let’s if you uphold the Constitution and post this.
Then WHO Sunbeam?
Chris this site is not for any President or Political party. This is people who have read the bills and understand what is in it. But thank you for you insight. Thanks
I would be willing to bet he doesn’t actually know what free speach is. He probably think it is the freedom to say whatever whenever. I am not going to take the time to explain what it actually means. He is a perfect example of why censorship is the way it is.
ATTENTION ON DECK ! Raise your voices in debate. Assemble and be seen.
Our God given , and fought for rights, are at stake. It is the American-way to stand up and be counted. Citizen involvement on the issues will make our nation better. Do not be dissuaded or dis- couraged…act every day to guard what our ancestors gave their lives to ensure. “Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom.-T.Jefferson”. Semper Fidelis my fellow citizens…see you in DC, 9-12 !
Does any one have a copy of the HR3200. I am not able to print. And want to go to Webb’s office and see if he is willing to read over some of the items with me…..
I have a PDF of it. All 1017 pages.
What are you people afraid of?
Great job on organizing the opposition to socialized medicine today. I have some pictures from the event on http://www.flickr.com/picturetakingone
Why is Nye only meeting with Democrats? Doesn’t he represent us all?
Check the Huffington Post for the list of businesses who have withdrawn as sponsors of the Glenn Beck program. If you appreciate his program, you might want to consider contacting the businesses and/or boycotting them.
Hi Fellow Patriots:
I am looking forward to the march in Washington on September 12th. I read the House bill but I haven’t had a chance to read the Senate bill yet. I just wish they would put out “One Final Proposed Draft” of the Bill so the citizens could read it and understand what the President, Senate and Congress are committing generations of Americans to deal with. I think that’s why Obama talks but nothing is coming out of his mouth that makes sense. He doesn’t know because he’s dealing with 2 bills that have different information!
To all of those who posted negative feedback, I have one question? How old are you? Do you have any idea who Ronald Reagan or Martin Luther King were? Unfortunately, we are probably hearing from some of the “ME” generation. You know, the spoiled youth (under 40) who have been given everything their little hearts desired and don’t see anything wrong with what’s happening today. As an “over 50″, I see how much our country has erroded and it didn’t just happen since Obama took office. All of our past and current Senators and Congresspersons have alot to do with what we are dealing with now. Previous President’s only pushed the plunger half way down. Obama (a “ME” generationer) has not only pushed it all the way but he’s now jumping on it to make sure it never pops up again. As a child of the 60’s & 70’s, I have seen this country go from respectable & strong to totally out of control to somewhere in the middle in 40 years. The “ME” generation doesn’t have a clue as to what has been occurring over these years because they only see the “hand outs” they’ve been given as good and have become acustom to being treated like “good little soldiers”. Additionally, our public schools only teach “selective history” so it’s not their fault they are not informed about our country’s past. So I say to them, unless you know what has happened over the past 20, 30, or 40 years, I suggest you educate yourself before posting the party line nonsense that you have. By the way, I didn’t vote for Obama because I saw through the retoric. After all, every presidential candidate says the same thing just to get elected. Unfortunately, this time, the “ME” generation was listening and was more excited about making a mixed race man president than they were about the facts. But then again, I am one of Obama’s chosen few, UNEMPLOYED.
One last comment, I want to know if you can remove the email with the links to pictures of the naked ladies. I guess that’s just another “ME” generationer at work (some under 40 who thinks their childish post is funny). Then again, I guess he will need something to look at when he’s been drafted to Afghanistan to continue the GW/Obama war.
To blame all people under 40 years of age isn’t quite fair or correct. If we are to cast blame on a generation. I believe the baby boomers created, the 70’s do anything that makes you feel good type attitude. Much of the liberal way of life was started or promoted during this Era. The sex and drug hippies are much to blame for many of our current problems. To call all under 40 people selfish is laughable, and doesn’t do anything to help fight big government programs. Maybe if the 60’s and 70’s generation had paid more attention to what was going on instead of just having fun. We could have avoided some of our current problems. After all the under 40 somethings learned this me first attitude from their parents. We need to stop pointing fingers and concentrate on what is important. Taking back our country from a bunch of radical, big government types.
Younger generations always lean more liberal, because their idealists. The people who are 40 years and older and voted for Obama should have known better. They’ve seen Lyndon Johnson, Nixon, and Carter. So they should have learned what happens when you put liberals in charge. I know Nixon was a Republican but he wasn’t a true conservative either. I’m 37 and remember life without VCR’s and Microwaves. I also grew up a Reagan Conservative and a Rush baby. I wish we would go back to pro capitalism, pro conservative way of life. We have had republican control, but they weren’t all conservative and capitalists. The only way to fix the economy and ultimately the Nation is to return to unadulterated capitalism.
I would disagree with you on one point Dan, it wasn’t the Boomers. The Boomers parents are to blame. They were the ones responsible for raising them Children. I know what I am about to say is going to sound sexist, so please read it and process it first before jumping to conclusions. Most of the Boomers were raised by women. Men usually think in black and white and womend think in color. No I am not being sexist, women have more of a tendency to think with the heart and most men use to think in terms of right and wrong.
I just found out about this site,really a great thing going on here.As a veteran of two wars I find it refreshing that people back home are sounding off against our ever growing government.Keep up the good work.
August 24,2009
Senator Webb,
As of today August 24, 2009 I have received no less than (3)
correspondence email replies from you. Please do not send me any more of
your “form” letters or emails to me, either now or in the future. They
are all the same and rather boring. All that I and thousands of other
Virginians have requested is an answer, from you, to a very simple
question, “Will you meet with us, your constituency, in a Townhall
meeting to discuss Government Health Care Reform before the last day of
August?” You just simply refuse to respond to that question and to the
voters in the State of Virginia. Please stop with the excuses, “I’ve
been very busy doing the people’s people work this month” or “I’ve been
overseas helping those who need me”. Get over it, we need you right
here, right now! It is obvious that you do not care or want your
constituency “input” on Government Health Care Reform and to that end,
sir, you have shown your true colors of “bright yellow”. Many of my
friends, as well as I, have thought of you as an honorable man, Senator
Webb, but you have chosen to discredit yourself as a typical Washington,
DC politician when the people need you the most. It’s also obvious that
you are afraid of how you may look or come off in a real Townhall
meeting in front of your voters and the cameras, but don’t worry about
it; that is who gutless politicians are. You may feel that you have won,
some how, by avoiding us for this entire month of August, but let me
assure you Mr. Webb when “we the people” vote again, you will packing
your bags. We don’t forget.
God Bless you sir,
Tony Surace, citizen
TS
August 21, 2009
correspondence_reply@webb.senate.gov wrote:
Mr. Tony Surace
Chesapeake, VA
Dear Mr. Surace:
To follow-up on your earlier correspondence regarding health care
reform, I wanted to update you on where this issue stands. As you may
know, Congress has adjourned for the month of August without enacting
health care reform. During the coming weeks, I will be carefully
examining the reform proposals currently on the table. The fact that the
legislation is now on hold will give Congress the opportunity to study
these proposals carefully and to hear from interested citizens. It is
important for us to be very deliberate on an issue of such importance to
the lives of our people. I have stated on several occasions my concerns
that the Obama administration should have begun the process with a clear
proposal that could have been the starting point for the work of the
five separate congressional committees charged with responsibility for
this issue. Without such a specific format, Congress has had difficulty
crafting a bill of such challenging scope and complexity. I am hopeful
that the President will remedy this problem in the coming weeks.
Currently in the Senate, two committees have jurisdiction over health
care – the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee and
the Finance Committee. The HELP Committee has completed work on a health
reform bill, the Affordable Health Choices Act. This bill aspires to
significant reforms in the health insurance market, including provisions
to prohibit insurance companies from denying coverage for pre-existing
conditions. In the Finance Committee, negotiations continue on a reform
package that might win support from both Democratic and Republican
members of the Senate. The success of these ongoing negotiations will be
critical in determining whether a bill can be achieved this year. While
most people are understandably satisfied with their health care, the
system is not working for millions of American families. Spiraling costs
for health care have placed our biggest industries at a severe
competitive disadvantage, as employers struggle to provide insurance for
their workers. By the same token, families are increasingly unable to
depend on their health plans when they need them the most. This has
contributed to the mortgage foreclosure crisis and the rise in personal
bankruptcies. In short, our nation’s continued economic recovery would
be advanced by meaningful health care reform, although such reform must
emphatically be reasonable in scope, cost, and impact. In the coming
weeks and months, I encourage you to visit my website at
http://www.webb.senate.gov for updated information about the healthcare reform
debate. Additionally, the Senate Finance http://www.finance.senate.gov and HELP
Committees http://www.help.senate.gov/index.html have posted on their websites
useful information about their respective proposals. Again, I thank you
for your past correspondence on this issue. Please feel free to share
your thoughts and ideas with me and my staff.
Sincerely,
Jim Webb United States Senator
JW: cc
I will be leaving for Washington on Thursday. I would like to meet with other Hampton Roads Virginians on Saturday.Do you have an appointed place for people who are unable to leave with the group to meet on Saturday?
Can’t Wait. My whole family will be present!
Glad you’re coming! No, we really don’t have an appointed place. We’ve thought about it, but can’t see how to pull it off. Those of us on the buses will be together. We will have our HRTP banner, you may see that. The March starts at Freedom Plaza. There’ll be a historic size crowd!
Our group is suggesting that we make NO purchases in DC on 9-12 in protest. Take your lunch, water, etc.
What group would suggest that? We’re telling people to bring lunch and water only because the crowds will be quite thick and it may not be able
to get lunch.
If anyone is trying to fill a bus seat from Pembroke Mall on Friday 6:30 they cannot take at the last minute, please e-mail me at sing4joy@cox.net and I will buy it from you.
If at all possible, please everyone involved…if you bring something in to the Mall area…please take it out….what an example we can set for the government to see we can take care of ourselves. Bring a little trash baggie with you. Our after rally picture should look a whole lot different than Obama’s inauguration. That could be a great comparison shot, don’t you think? We can show the govt, with freedom comes responsibility and REALLY MEAN IT!
In Liberty,
Leslie Jones
VA Beach
See you all in DC on Saturday. I am so excited to be standing up for our country’s principles and constitution. Our representatives need to be reminded of who they work for. Thank you HR tea party for all your hard work in getting this together. God Bless America!
I have two tickets available for the 6:30 bus from virginia beach to DC that I cannot use due to work issues. You can contact me at jon@greenolivetree.net.
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/09/912_demonstration_a_record_dc.html
It was an amazing event.