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Tax Day Tea Party

Recharge America!

Hosted by the Brownsville TEA Party Association

Inspirational Speakers

Master of Ceremonies: Sergio Sanchez

Friday, April 15, 2011
6:30-8:30 PM

Linear Park, in front of the federal courthouse
600 East Harrison
Brownsville

There will be a few patriotic items available for a small donation.

Optional: Bring your own lawn chair and food & drink (NO bottles or alcoholic beverages)

Also, we believe it is our personal responsibility to help those in need.

Please bring non-perishable food items for distribution.  

Some Tip of Texas Tea Party members received a “reminder” email to attend a meeting of the Tip of Texas Tea Party in which Sue Goldberg will be stepping down as President, and Phillip Deering will be stepping UP at the New Workout today (9/11/10) at 9:30 AM.

I neglected to delete that Google Calendar event.  Totally my fault.  Sorry if this caused confusion or consternation.

I can’t promise this sort of thing won’t happen again, but I’ll try.  Juggling as fast as I can.

-Chris

After further thought and consideration, we are canceling our meeting on Saturday, September 11th . . . and ask that you (and all RGV TeaPartiers) join us instead at a 9-11 Memorial Ceremony beginning at 8:45 am at Dean Porter Park in Brownsville.

Enjoy the day of family fun and activities with live music, great food  & drinks, kids rides, and a 9/11 Memorial Ceremony starting at 8:45 AM at Dean Porter Park in Brownsville 

The park is located at 501 E Ringgold  across from the zoo. 

For more information contact Shannon Guerrero (956) 655-1055. 

In God We Trust,
Sue
 
(TTTP president until October 2nd. . .really)

Our October meeting will be held at The New Work Out in Brownsville . . more info to come.

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By Art Cohan @ the HATPA

BREAKING NEWS!

I just received a call from Chuck Stewart, President of The McAllen Tea Party Association and he said he had just hung up the phone on a call from Tami.She informed him that the “Restoring Honor” event in Washington, DC, hosted by Glenn Beck, will be broadcast live on C-SPAN and will be shown on 2 large screens at the Convention Center in McAllen.

The doors will open at 8:00 AM Saturday morning, so come early for a good seat. The event in Washington is scheduled to take place from 9:00 AM to Noon (CDT), then we will break for lunch. The regularly scheduled program will resume at 2:00 PM (CDT) when we will hear from several speakers as they honor our local heroes.

Tami said the program is scheduled to end about 5:00. Bob Jones of Corpus Christi will MC the event. There will also be special live music! FREE admission! Bring the kids and spend the day.

The Convention Center is located at the Ware Rd exit of Expressway 83.

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I received the following in an email from the Rio Grande Valley Tea Parties list.  I phoned the number provided and spoke to Tami, who has been working overtime to make this event happen.  I’m thinking about livestreaming the event in McAllen, and if I do it’ll be view-able here at the TTTP.

Chris

RESTORING HONOR

Program from 2:00 – 5:00 p.m.

McAllen Convention Center
700 Convention Center Blvd.

SPEAKERS INCLUDE

BOB JONES AND DR. LAWRENCE GELMAN 

Freedom is possible when we remain virtuous.

Pay tribute to America’s Service Personnel and other upstanding citizens who embody our nations founding principles of integrity, truth, and honor.

Help us restore the values that founded this great nation.

ADMISSION IS FREE

 For further information call: (956) 357-7548

Also STAY TUNED…We are HOPING to air Glenn Beck’s RESTORING HONOR  LIVE in its entirety via satellite at the McAllen Convention Center from

9:00 AM – 12 Noon. We have permission, but we need a satellite feed. We are working on it. Please call the number above if you can help!!!

8 / 28 / 2010

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Saturday Constitution Class

Protect your freedom.  Protect your children’s freedom.

Learn the Constitution.

Class will be held Saturday, May 15th, 2010
9:30 AM – 12:00 Noon
Advent Episcopal Church
Elizabeth and Palm Blvd.
Brownsville, TX

We will present the movie
“A More Perfect Union”
as an introduction to the Constitution.

(From Tea Party Patriots)

Many have asked about the news that there may be “infiltrators” at tea parties around the nation.  A website (crashtheteaparty.org) was recently set up.  The creator, though he tried to hide his identity, has been outed; his name is Jason Levin, and he’s a middle school teacher in Beaverton, Oregon.  He’s on record saying that you might see some of his team in Nazi uniforms at your local tea party pretending to be racists and other offensive characters.  Makes you feel all warm and fuzzy doesn’t it?  And one has to ask the question; if tea partiers are racist, anti-Semitic homophobes, and it’s so obvious, why does he need to plant people who pretend to be those things at your tea parties?  Ah…leftist logic and tactics…there is no way to understand their twisted thoughts.  But you do need to know what the left is up to.

And by the way, if you’d like to let Mr. Levin’s school district know what you think of his behavior, and his potential influence on public school students in Beaverton, Oregon, you can contact them here. And you can reach the Principal at his school, Mr. Zan Hess, at this number: (503) 524-1345. If you choose to contact them, in direct contrast to Mr. Levin’s behavior, please be polite. Remember, just because he’s exposed himself publicly as a vile, indecent human being who will stoop to Nazi symbolism, and the promotion of racism and bigotry to silence those with whom he disagrees, doesn’t mean everyone in the school district is bad.  

In any event, we know that infiltrators might be coming to our tea parties.  But remember last April 15th; the idea that the tea parties would be infiltrated in the same way was all over the news.  The results?  Virtually no infiltration.  We know they might be coming, and they know we know.  And they know we are ready.  So if you’re a couple of guys who enjoy wearing Nazi uniforms or holding racist signs, are you really likely to show up…just a couple of you, all alone, at a well organized tea party of 1,000-20,000 people who disagree with you?  I haven’t seen many leftists with that much spine.  They prefer to hide in the shadows and lurk, like sleazy predators, or secret molesters.  They don’t want to be identified.  And we ARE ready to identify them.  Do they really want their ugly mugs pasted all over the internet holding racist signs?  Hmmm…they might find it funny to think about and even to threaten, but it’s probably not a good career move, and most will chicken out before they ever get started. 

So here are some tips for dealing with this situation, should it arise at your tea party.

1. Be prepared.  Make sure your security team knows about the potential for disturbance, and your procedures for dealing with any issues.  If you have law enforcement at your event, let them know about the potential threats in advance.  Most are happy to remove people who intend to disturb your event.
2. Have a plan.  We suggest that you handle every incident in a predetermined manner.  Your preparation will allow you to handle any incident in a calm and reasoned manner.
3. No aggressive confrontation.  Make sure all of your people know that they are in the media spotlight.  Our behavior will be watched.  So if you encounter these miscreants, be polite, and ask them to leave your event.  If you have police there, ask them to help you.
4. Video, video, video.  Make sure you have teams of people with Flip cams or other easy format video, and make sure every single encounter of this nature is captured on videotape.  Create the record.  We’ll use it later to publicly humiliate the bad actors, and also to allow you to prove your version of the incidents if challenged.
5. Partner up.  If you are going to deal with one of these situations, always have at least one other person with you.  It’s imperative that any situation not be your word against someone else’s.  Have a witness and a helper with you at all times.
6. Make signs that say “Infiltrator.  This person is not with us.”  Put a big arrow on it so that you can stand next to infiltrators and point at them.  Usually this will embarrass them, ruin their prank, and they will leave.  Plus it’s just plain fun and makes for great photos and video.  Again…always with good humor, and a cheerful demeanor.  It’s fun to mock the lefties, and it makes them truly crazy when you are nice. 
7. Talk about the issue of behavior and signs at the beginning of your event.  Set the guidelines from stage.
8. No signs or behavior evidencing bigotry or racism of any kind will be tolerated, and people will be asked to get rid of them or leave.
9. We are polite, law abiding people, and that’s how we run our events. 
10. Ask attendees to immediately report any suspicious people to event security or the police (according to your own guidelines). 

Don’t worry…be happy.  If you weren’t so good at what you are doing, and so successful at influencing the debate in this country, people wouldn’t feel compelled to try to shoot you down using sleazy tactics.  You are dominating the political playing field, and doing so by being honest, operating with integrity and staying within the law.  Be proud of what you are accomplishing, and enjoy your day.

Take signs that reads “Not a Tea Party Member” with an arrow ponting to the side.  If someone attends the rally carrying a sign with a message that promotes violence, for example, someone can stand next to him/her holding the “Not a Tea Party Member” sign.

(From The Monitor)

McAllen Tea Party’s second annual Tax Day Tea Party Rally will be 4-7 p.m. April 17 at Rio Grande Speedway.

The 1/4-mile dirt track is located on the east side of South 10th Street, about four miles south of Expressway 83.

Radio station KURV’s Sergio Sanchez will emcee the rally, which will feature speeches from Orlando Perez and Soraya Zamora, who plan to speak about their experiences living under regimes in Cuba and Venezuela.

Admission is free but participants can pick up a ticket for a prize package giveaway.

For more information, e-mail mtp@rgvtp.com or visit www.mcallenteaparty.net.