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Republican State House Speaker Joe Straus

State Rep. Beverly Woolley is co-chair of the newly formed Tea Party Caucus of Texas that comprises 49 state legislators.  The Tea Party Caucus is advised by the 14-member Texas Tea Party Caucus Advisory Committee which claims to “…bring the views of grassroots conservatives across Texas to the attention of the Tea Party Caucus”  while claiming not to speak for any tea party, 9-12 or other group.  This is a mighty strong dose of cognitive dissonance, IMHO.  This is like saying

We in the Tea Party Caucus Advisory Committee of Texas represent the views of all Tea Party groups in Texas.  But we don’t presume to speak for any of them.

Riiiiiiiight.

Anyway, Tea Party Caucus Co-Chair Beverly Woolley supports Republican State House Speaker Joe Straus (aka “The AntiChrist”) in his current bid for another term as Speaker.  This infuriates many of the leaders in the Tea Party movement in Texas, especially those groups north of Corpus Christi.  There are rumblings about Texas Tea Party leaders calling for a new co-chair to replace Woolley.  They obviously haven’t seen The Omen.  I bet they’d think twice about messing with Straus if they watched the movie.

-Chris

Source – http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2010/12/craddick-loyalist-woolley-back.html

State Rep. Beverly Woolley, R-Houston, today announced she’ll support a second term as speaker for Joe Straus, R-San Antonio. Woolley, a staunch ally of former Speaker Tom Craddick, R-Midland, said she believes Straus will deliver a conservative product next session.

After a frank and open meeting with Speaker Straus, I am convinced he is committed to governing as a strong conservative.  As lifelong Republicans, the speaker and I share steadfast beliefs in limited government, fiscal responsibility and low taxes.  Speaker Straus will manage the House effectively, and with a supermajority behind him, we will pass conservative legislation.

Under Craddick, Woolley was chairwoman of the powerful Calendars Committee, which serves as a traffic cop, directing the flow of legislation to the floor. Her clout took quite a dip after Straus forced Craddick to the sidelines nearly two years ago.

Straus appears to have about 115 of the House’s 150 members on his pledge list — far more than he needs, barring a last-minute stampede by many of the 101 Republicans to either of his challengers, Reps. Ken Paxton, R-McKinney, and Warren Chisum, R-Pampa. Who knows? The speaker may have held the Woolley pledge card to play at an auspicious moment — such as to counter Tuesday’s flurry of announcements by his opponents.

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And just in case you’ve forgotten why you should distrust Woolley, Straus, or anyone else in the GOP, here are ten good reasons (h/t to American Thinker’s Michael Filozof):

1. The majority opinion in Roe v. Wade was written by Republican Harry Blackmun. 
2. Republican appointee Sandra Day O’Connor voted to uphold Roe in Casey v. Planned Parenthood. 
3. Republican justice Anthony Kennedy cited the European Court of Human Rights in Lawrence v. Texas, which declared that the Constitution guarantees a right to anal sodomy.
4. Republican President George W. Bush expanded the already-bloated Federal bureaucracy with the hideous Department of Homeland Security, the TSA,  “No Child Left Behind,” and the Medicare prescription drug entitlement. 
5. Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger supports gay marriage and signed restrictive ammunition bans into law in California.
6. Former Republican Gov. George Pataki signed restrictive gun-control legislation in New York. 
7. Former Republican Gov. Mitt Romney can hardly campaign against ObamaCare after initiating mandatory health care insurance in Massachusetts. 
8. Republican Senators McCain and Graham support amnesty for illegal aliens; Graham and Snowe voted to put Sonia “A Wise Latina Can Make Better Decisions Than a White Man” Sotomayor on the Supreme Court. 
9. Republicans, who supposedly oppose affirmative action, named Colin Powell Secretary of State; Powell rewarded them by endorsing Barack Obama in 2008. 
10. The party that was founded as an anti-slavery party and appointed Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court cannot get more than ten percent of the black vote in a good year.  After losing 96% of the black vote to a black Democrat in 2008, Republicans eagerly panted “Me too!” and named Michael Steele party chairman. 

I’m an equal opportunity skeptic.  I distrust Democrats and Republicans alike.  I also don’t believe everything I see on TV, hear on the radio, or read on the Internet.  I’m skeptical of claims made for or against Straus.  But I’m pretty sure – based on what I’ve been told and read on the ‘Net – that Straus is, indeed, the AntiChrist.  And I’ve seen The Omen, too.

By Chris Rowan

It’s pretty simple, really. Either get your act together and coalesce into a national organization with representation at ALL levels – from the local “grassroots” through county, state, regional, and beyond – or risk sinking into obscurity and irrelevance.

The Tea Party movement has energized the GOP and taken back the House. Time to institutionalize and make permanent those Tea Party values we hold so dear. The only way to do that is by ensuring that the Tea Party endures beyond our own individual participation in it.

Through force of will and personality, leaders have emerged to form Tea Party groups across America. How better to ensure that their hard work and sacrifice was not in vain than by melding Tea Party values into the fabric of American society?

And, once we get our act together nationally, we should start thinking about taking the Tea Party message abroad. Tea Party values are universal, non-sectarian, non-judgemental, race-neutral, and timeless. A vibrant international Tea Party organization would be a much-needed counterweight to a corrupt, bloated, and elitist United Nations.

Unite, or die. That’s my challenge to the Tea Party movement.

This is my opinion, and mine alone. I do not represent the consensus of opinion of the Brownsville Area TEA Party Association or any other TEA Party group.

Folks,

The San Antonio Express/News has published the point/counter point editorial on immigration in today’s (Thursday, Dec.23, 2010) paper.

I am asking everyone to please write in to the letters to the editor to comment about the piece.

We need to show strong support for the conservative point of view when they are published so the editors can see our strength. Otherwise, we will be drowned out by the liberal left.

Please circulate the attached below guest editorial piece I wrote to all you friends and ask them to send in comments. Also, if you want to share it with your local newspaper, please be my guest. Let me know if I can help you in anyway.  

George Rodriguez
210-367-2058

MySanAntonio.com: Securing-U-S-border-tops-immigration-strategy

A Commentary by Tony Blankley
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
 
Not long after the Tea Party sprang into being in the spring of 2009, America’s Progrssive Elites started vilifying the movement.  In an article worthy of a class-action libel suit, The New York Review of Books depicted the Tea Party’s first march on Washington as a parade of bigots.
Ex-president Jimmy Carter spit venom at Tea Partiers by saying they resented an African-American president — a stupid baseless charge of racism willingly echoed by the media.
 

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by George H. Rodriguez
 
The recent elections and the Hispanic support for Republican candidates have surprised many political analysts. It seems that people are seeing through liberals and Democrats who say conservatives are racists and “only work for the rich”. They have also painted Hispanics as helpless “victims of institutional racism” and claimed “the government needs to protect them”. However, it appears Hispanics are starting to look for something different than from the tired liberal rhetoric of the past 45 years.
 
Democrats and liberal Hispanics have always offered the same answers to poverty in the Hispanic community… more public money (tax payer money) for government sponsored programs.
 
It is obvious from the latest statistics that the Democrats’ “War on Poverty” has failed. There is more poverty and there are more social problems among Hispanics today than ever before. The school drop-out rate is extremely high, teen pregnancy is high, and grandparents are left raise the children, while the teen fathers shirk or ignore their responsibility. All the while crime and gang violence continue to plague Hispanic communities.
 
After 45 years of liberal programs and their obvious failure, it’s time for a change. It’s time for a conservative revolution – a grassroots call for conservative solutions. Hispanics need a new plan of action that emphasizes entrepreneurship and private enterprise, and personal responsibility.
 
The new revolution is about the growth of personal wealth. Contrary to what liberals and Democrats preach, it is not a sin to be successful or prosperous! Why should President Obama say that anyone has “enough wealth”? Forty five years of liberal welfare policies and programs have also retarded the economic growth of many Hispanics. It appears liberals and Democrats have wanted to keep people poor to keep them voting for their “class struggle”. Hispanics need to take the initiative to move toward personal economic independence. Personal economic freedom in a free market without government interference is the answer to a better future.
 
Liberals and Democrats have long alleged that conservatives and Republicans are racists. This is an old and tired argument. Why isn’t it racism when Hispanic Democrats support non-Hispanics Democrats over Hispanic Republicans? The allegation of racism by Democrats and liberal Hispanics is just another cynical political tool.
 
In South Texas, there is the issue of immigration. Liberal and Democrats are using this issue to show their sympathy and support for the Hispanic community, but this is yet another political ploy. Liberals and Democrats have controlled the Presidency, the House, and the Senate for 2 years. When they wanted to push through Health Care, they did it over Republican objections. However, they claim Republicans have prevented Immigration Reform. How is it that Health Care was pushed, but Immigration Reform wasn’t? Furthermore, Hispanics are realizing that conservatives are not anti-Hispanic or anti-immigrant as liberals claim.
 
Conservatives want orderly immigration into the US. The US needs to know and control who enters the country, particularly in time of war. Securing the border is a primary concern to control crime and illegal entry. Also, a guest worker program should be considered because it would allow aliens to come to work in the US and to return to their home countries safely.
 
A conservative revolution among Hispanics is long over due. Liberal and Democrat policies and programs have kept many Hispanics separate and unequal either by intent or by misguided efforts.
 
Ya basta! Out with the old and in with the new.
 
(George H. Rodriguez is Chairman of the Juan Seguin Society, a conservative Hispanic organization affiliated with the San Antonio Tea Party. Contact: 210-367-2058)
 
11-18-10

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By Bob Hall

If your wishes are conservative then the only way the new Reps can keep those promises is elect someone other than Joe Straus to be the Speaker.

Once Joe Straus is Speaker your Rep will lose all ability to influence legislation. Straus will only appoint liberal Democrats and Republicans that he under his complete control to chair the key committees. Those committee chairmen have total control over legislation. Without their approval no bill can even get to the floor for a vote. And all your Rep has is vote. Without something on which to vote it is not much good, no matter how good his intentions.

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The Brownsville Area TEA Party Association has agreed to host an emergency meeting at the New Workout on Thursday Nov. 18 at 6 PM.

The agenda is:

1. What can be done to preserve the election of County Judge Cascos?
2. What can be done to restore our election system to a system we can trust?

Signed Phil Deering

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Randy Lewis, (678) 596-5589September 21, 2010              

Tea Party Patriots Receives $1,000,000 Donation to Grow and Strengthen the Tea Party Movement

Donation to provide grants for development of organization’s grassroots resources

Washington – Tea Party Patriots (TPP), the nation’s largest Tea Party organization with more than 2,800 affiliated organizations, today announced that it has received a $1,000,000 commitment to fund a grant program for the purpose of growing and strengthening regional and local Tea Party Patriots affiliates across the country.  The donor, who wishes to remain anonymous, is committed to building a stronger tea party movement.

TPP made the announcement at a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington. D.C. ”The Tea Party movement is here to stay,” said Jenny Beth Martin, Co-founder and National Coordinator of Tea Party Patriots. “This fund will be distributed over the next several weeks, to help ensure that the principles and values of the Tea Party Patriots will inform the citizens of the nation as we head into election season.”The funds will be distributed in grant form based on applications made by TPP affiliates across the country.  Recipients of the grants will come from among thousands of TPP affiliate organizations.”

In keeping with the spirit and philosophy of Tea Party Patriots, this fund will be immediately and broadly distributed to tea party organizations on the ground, in order to allow them to leverage their current efforts” said Mark Meckler, Co-Founder and National Coordinator of Tea Party Patriots. “We will continue to focus on the tea party activists in the field. They are responsible for the success of the tea party movement. The core values of the Tea Party Patriots are resonating with tea party activists and with voters across America, and we expect this organization to continue its dramatic growth.”

“Tea Party Patriots is proving this is are truly a bottom-up, grassroots movement.  They are empowering tea party and 912 groups to make a difference spreading our core values of fiscal responsibility, constitutionally limited government, and free markets.”

The Core Values of Tea Party Patriots are: Fiscal Responsibility  Constitutionally Limited Government  Free Markets

Tea Party Patriots is a national grassroots coalition with more than 2,800 locally organized chapters and more than 15 million supporters nationwide.  Tea Party Patriots is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to promoting the principles of fiscal responsibility, constitutionally limited government, and free markets.  Visit Tea Party Patriots online at www.TeaPartyPatriots.org.

For more information or to arrange an interview with Mark Meckler or Jenny Beth Martin, contact Randy Lewis (678) 596-5589 or randy@fitzlew.com.

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I just sent the following email to all the City Commissioners and the Mayor of Brownsville. They’re voting to increase our taxes today at 6 PM. You can email them, too.  I already got a reply from one of them.

-chris

Patricio M. Ahumada, Jr
Mayor
mayorahumada@cob.us
Phone: 956-543-3695
Fax: 956-544-4960

Anthony P.Troiani
Commissioner
At-Large “A”
aptroiani@cob.us
Phone: 956-541-4235
Fax: 956-541-9174

Rose M. Z. Gowen
Commissioner
At-Large “B”
rose.gowen@cob.us
Phone: 956-466-9928
Fax: 956-504-9199

Ricardo Longoria, Jr.
Commissioner
District 1
ricardo@cob.us
(Deputy Mayor Pro Tem)
Phone: 956-455-5349
Fax: 956-548-2822

Charles “Charlie” Atkinson
Commissioner
District 2
atkinson@cob.us
(Mayor Pro Tem)
Phone: 956-371-0147
Fax: 956-541-0173

Melissa Zamora
Commissioner
District 3
melissa.zamora@cob.us
Phone: 956-455-7044
Fax: 956-546-4021

Edward C. Camarillo
Commissioner
District 4
camarillo@cob.us
Phone: 956-534-7204
Fax: 956-546-5895

Honorable City Commissioners, Mayor:

My name is Chris Rowan. I live at xxxxxxxxx here in Brownsville. I cannot attend today’s City Council meeting, but if I could I would implore you NOT to raise taxes in the middle of a recession.

I understand that you are trying to make up for a budget shortfall or a misallocation of some $3,000,000 in federal “stimulus” funds. How is that my fault? Why are we taxpayers being punished for the mistakes of city government bureaucrats?

Please don’t raise taxes. Be creative. Cut spending! Consolidate! But whatever you do, don’t raise taxes in the midst of the worst economic downturn of the last half-century.

Sincerely,

Chris Rowan
Brownsville native and resident

This is going to be GOOD.  -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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