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By Duane Rasmussen

Okay, I admit it. I’m a terrorist! At least that’s what the socialist Democrats would like to call me. It is now out of the bag. TEA Party members and followers are now being charged with terrorism by the politically degenerate followers of The Great Prevaricator. I’m proud of it if I can bring terror into the minds of those who would work contrary to our Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights. I want them out of office and out of any position of influence.

It seems everyone is debating the effectiveness of the TEA Party members and supporters in bringing some kind of halt to spending and holding taxes where they are in the passing of the Budget Control Act. One easy way to look at it is where are we today in relation to where we were during the Pelosi-Reid-Obama agenda of one year ago. That agenda was giving us a daily dose of damage to our American economy, destroying jobs with crippling regulations, oppressive spending and brand new taxes. To top it off, the Democrats passed a government takeover of healthcare, spending record amounts of money we didn’t have on a program we didn’t want. Then they raised taxes on hardworking taxpayers to pay for an $800 billion stimulus, claiming they should have spent more.

But on election day 2010, millions of American Patriots stood up and were counted as they said, “We’re Taxed Enough Already!”

TEA Party members have not just changed the debate, they have changed the results. Sure, they are not the extensive results TEA Party members in many instances were working for, but they are a good step in the right direction. The people will take even more of their country back when they gain control of the Senate and the presidency along with the continued control of the House in 2012. The Great Prevaricator has not given up on more taxes. All good socialists want to level the income field. He needs to be stopped at each and every turn. We must not let him destroy our country,

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Speaker Boehner,

Along with many Americans, I have reached my saturation point with our public servants and the corruption that runs rampant amongst you. The violation of Fiduciary trust has gone beyond questionable activities amongst a few and grown to an undeniable level of blatant Treason for which each and every one of you is GUILTY.

We, concerned citizens who come from all walks of life and educational backgrounds and span all Parties and age groups, have found common ground and are committed to exposing the criminals at all levels of our government. We are the disenfranchised and betrayed citizens with no Party and no representatives in our failed government.

MEETING AGENDA

The regular monthly meeting of the Brownsville Tea Party Association will be held at 9:30AM, July 2, 2011, at “New Workout Fitness Center” at 2695 North Coria Street, Brownsville, Texas (the southwest corner of the intersection of Coria Street and Wild Rose).

1. Call to Order

   Invocation:(Joe Murphy)

   Pledge of Allegiance

   Program: Planning of 4th of July activities. (Winifred Marshall)

   Approval of minutes of May meeting

   Treasurer’s Report

   Committee Reports

   Membership (Terry Frady)

   Programs (Entire Membership”)

   Fund Raising (Terry Frady & Jim Holdar)

   Media Relations and Publicity (Chris Rowan)

   Political Awareness (John Barham)

   Education (Winifred Marshall)

   New Business

   Request for new members and collection of current dues.

   Adjourn

NOTE: The following is an email I received from JoAnn Fleming, a member of the Texas Tea Party Advisory Committee (TTPAC), which is composed of a group of Tea Party leaders from across Texas. The purpose of the TTPAC is to act as a sort of watchdog group and liaison between the Tea Party movement in Texas and the Texas Legislature, specifically the legsilators who make up the Texas Tea Party Caucus.

There has always been the very real possibility that the TTPAC would be co-opted by Republicans in the legislature, who would simply use the group to advance their agenda with little or no input from them. Ms. Fleming alludes to this in her email.

-Chris

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Patriots,
 
Please use the following as you see fit.  You have my permission to forward, to post, to print, to distribute to anybody or nobody.  This is my way of putting folks on notice that not everybody is ready to throw confetti at a celebratory parade for the 82nd session of the TX Legislature. 
 
While I was out of state from 5/23 – 5/31/11 due to my father’s illness, a 2011 TEA Party Caucus Legislative Update was circulated.  This was picked up and further circulated by some folks who surely must have had the best of intentions.  

One of the circulators stated, “I think we owe the Leadership of this State a pat on the back.  Call your State Rep. and tell them good job.  The media has been hammering them.”  

As Chair of the Tea Party Caucus Advisory Committee, it is my responsibility to keep plenty of daylight between what the TP Caucus (legislators & staff) says about the session and what the Advisory Committee believes the People of Texas must know before they give any pats on the back or re-elect anybody.
 
Now, to set the record straight:
 
1) True to our role as the
independent Advisory Committee to the TEA Party Caucus of the Texas Legislature, we re-emphasize that we are not an arm of the TEA Party Caucus. We are not political groupies or Republican Party cheerleaders.  While we respect and work with various statewide conservative organizations who have posted complimentary remarks about a “successful session,” the TEA Party Caucus Advisory Committee is not a “me too” group.  Our goal is to save our state from becoming California. .

Our goal is to advance Liberty, fiscal responsibility, adherence to the rule of law, election integrity, private property rights, and true transparency in a limited state government.  Period.  

This covers everything from the state budget to the 2nd and 10th Amendments to education reform/funding to sanctuary cities to eminent domain to redistricting. 
 
2) Our assessment of the 82nd Legislative Session is in progress.  It will be factual.  It will be hard-hitting.  It will not contain spin or give cover to protect any party, any politician, or any lame excuse for not getting the job done.  It will give credit where credit is due, but it will also place responsibility squarely and firmly on the shoulders of those who deserve to be called out.  We will hold all officials accountable for their actions or inaction. 

In today’s political climate, it is fashionable to use heated “fed up” rhetoric to bash the feds, bash the opposing political party, and pound the table to impress the conservative masses.   Trouble is — all that talk and no real action does not impress us. 

This legislative session was an opportunity for Texas to stand tall, stand proud, and lead the way.  Instead, we’ve had much of the same old game-playing, deal-making, “scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours” business as usual.  That’s not what we voted for last March and November.  And that’s not what we will be voting for in March and November 2012.
 
3) Once the Special Session of the 82nd Legislative Session is over, many members of the TEA Party Advisory Committee have made a commitment to each other to continue our work.  We will offer recommendations for Legislature Interim Studies and will continue to press for true state government reforms as embodied in our Fourteen Point Plan.  We must get government back into a constitution-sized box at the state and federal level.  

On the road to doing that, we will incur the wrath of liberals, statists, progressives, party establishment types, status quo protectors, and the self-proclaimed ruling elite.  Fine with us. 

Let’s roll. 

JoAnn Fleming, Chair, Advisory Committee to the TX Legislature’s TEA Party Caucus

The regular monthly meeting of the Brownsville Tea Party Association will be held at 9:30AM, June 4, 2011, at New Workout Fitness Center at 2695 North Coria Street, Brownsville, Texas (the southwest corner of the intersection of Coria Street and Wild Rose) 

1. Call to Order

2. Invocation: (Joe Murphy)
 
3. Pledge of Allegiance

4. Program: “Comparison of Obama versus Hitler,” presented by Duane Rasmussen

5. Approval of minutes of May meeting
6. Treasurer’s Report
 
7. Committee Reportsa. Membershipb. Programsc. Fund Raisingd. Media Relations and Publicitye. Political Awarenessf. Education
 
8. New Business a. Discussion and planning for July 4th activities.b. Discussion about “constant contact”
 9. Request for new members and collection of current dues.
 
10. Adjourn

Brownsville Tea Party Association

Acting President: James L. Holdar
Acting Vice-President: Terry Flores
Secretary: Dorothy Boven
Treasurer: Terry Frady

What good is having a super-majority House in the Texas Lege if our Republicans are going to ignore the Conservative mandate the voters sent them in November, and instead — behind the exceptionally failed “leadership” of Speaker Joe Straus — are going to vote for more government intrusion and more government regulation while diminishing personal freedoms and liberties?

In this case, I’m talking about the statewide smoking ban (as an amendment on Senate Bill 1811):

The Texas House tonight passed an amendment to create a statewide smoking ban.

The close vote, 73-66, came during debate on the enormous budget-related bill, Senate Bill 1811.

The amendment by Rep. Myra Crownover, R-Denton, was one of a few opposed by the measure’s House sponsor, Rep. Jim Pitts, R-Waxahachie, that actually passed.

The amendment would ban smoking in public places, which would include bars and restaurants because they are places where anyone would be welcome.

But some of Crownover’s tea party-leaning Republican colleagues fought her on the amendment because they believed it would infringe on rights of business owners.

No, we don’t believe it would infringe on the private property rights of business owners, we know that it infringes on the private property rights of business owners. What other legal activities is the House comfortable with prohibiting? What legal activity are they going to go after next?

Making sure that we find a good Conservative candidate to primary Ms. Crownover when she’s up for re-election should be one of the top priorities of Conservatives. Right along side of putting Speaker Straus out to pasture as well.

This still has to make it through the Senate, those Republicans haven’t shown much more of a Conservative backbone than their House counterparts.

UPDATE and Correction:  I was looking at the wrong record vote. My representative, Paul Workman (R-HD 47) voted NO to this freedom-robbing bill. Good for him. I originally posted that he voted in favor of it.

Business owners and a free market should be allowed to decide if smoking is permitted in a private business or not. If there is no market for a bar where smoking is permitted, then it will fail on it’s own without any government intrusion, as expressed by Rep. Jose Aliseda, R-Beeville, who succeeded in exempting pool halls:

“I am not a smoker, but I believe that a private business owner should have the right to choose their own business model.”

Well, at least we have at least one Conservative in the House GOP. In November 2012, we will look to add a bunch more Conservatives to the Texas Legislator (by kicking out a bunch of Republicans). Yeah, I’m talking about you, specifically Mr. Workman. I hope you enjoyed enriching all of your construction industry buddies and personal interests as best you could in your freshman session, because you are one-and-done, sir.