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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.

Public employees are indispensable. No city or town can do without its firefighters, police, paramedics, sanitation workers, and so on. Even the tiniest of municipalities need people to sweep the floors of City Hall, stuff sheets of paper into manilla folders, round up stray dogs and cats, and so on. I have no idea how many city, county, state, and federal employees there are in Brownsville, but there must be quite a few.

Public employees are indispensable, but it really irks me when I read about public employees threatening to strike over benefits, pay, or whatever. At some point, collective bargaining becomes a euphemism for a shakedown, for extortion. You don’t want to cross firefighters or the police because . . . Why, exactly? If the city doesn’t give in to the demands of, say, the firefighters union, will they decide to no longer put out fires? Or will they continue in their capacity as firefighters, only in a somewhat more diminished capacity, meaning they’ll take their time getting to the blaze?

So we’ve gotten to the point where over the years public employees have demanded and been given class “A” benefit packages and retirement benefits that were unsustainable and unrealistic back when they were instituted, but were instituted anyway. And we’re broke.

Scary stuff.

By Chris Rowan

The fight is far from over in Wisconsin. Governor Walker and the Republicans in the Wisconsin state House may have won a crucial battle, but the war goes on. The unionistas are now planning on getting a LibProg elected to the state Supreme Court, which would tip the balance of power in favor of the unionistas.

According to the Texas Political Insider,

A memo written by liberal groups explains that the left’s strategy is to win this race and then “challenge in the courts,” nearly every budget reform that Mr. Walker and the Republican majority in the legislature tries to enact. It also appears that if the court challenge to the collective bargaining bill goes all the way to the Supreme Court, this would happen after the April 5th election.

This should come as no surprise to anyone affiliated with the tactics of the political left. Frustrated at the ballot box and the arena of public opinion, they simply shift focus to manipulation of the courts and the legal system. This is the branch of government in which the political left is the most comfortable because they can rule by decree and avoid pesky, annoying and time- consuming processes like open debate and elections.

There are many roads to socialism, communism, totalitarianism, and ruin. And the unionistas know them all very well.

Investor’s Business Daily

• Editorial: ObamaCare Is No Longer A Law - The Law: Already bruised and unpopular, ObamaCare has now been issued a death sentence. Yet the White House says it will “proceed apace” with its implementation. Has anyone there heard of checks and balances?
• Would We Drill For $200 Oil? - Energy Security: As unrest spreads in the Middle East, threatening oil transport and oil-rich kingdoms, our laughable energy policy may come home to roost. Better get those wind turbines spinning in a hurry.
• Stalling On Fan, Fred - Home Finance: Fannie and Freddie are still bleeding losses, costing taxpayers billions more each month. Yet the White House continues to delay reforms, in defiance of a congressional order.
• Egypt Means Real Trouble For Israel - Middle East: No matter what ends up replacing President Mubarak and his harsh government, history may rewind to the 1970s for Israel — with the Camp David Accords possibly erased in the process.
• Only In Gov’t Do All Benefits Justify Costs - Despite the old saying, “Don’t cry over spilled milk,” the Environmental Protection Agency is doing just that.
• The Revolution In Middle East Is Growing Up - Nobody said it better than Hosni Mubarak: “Our eventual goal is to create an equal society, not a society of privileges and class distinctions. Social justice is the first rule for peace and stability in society.” But that was in November 1981, a few weeks after he had become president of Egypt.
• IBD/TIPP Poll: A Country That Knows What It Wants - Public Opinion: The latest IBD/TIPP poll finds that Americans want decisive action taken to solve some of our biggest problems. But they also recognize the difference between real problems and the fake ones that politicians dwell on.

 Laura Ingraham

• Sen. Orrin Hatch on immigration and the tea party – February 01, 2011 (mp3)

Mark Levin

02/01 The Mark Levin Show

American Thinker

• The Story of the Egyptian Revolution - A day-by-day account from Cairo, written by a sophisticated Egyptian analyst.
• The Left and Their ‘Good Victims’ - The left divides the world into good and bad victims.
• Egypt, the United States, and the Ghost of Khomeini - There is still hope that Egyptians won’t display the naïveté of the leaders of the Iranian democratic forces.
• There’s No Abe Lincoln in the Muslim Hood - There are only bad choices.
• Radical Islam or Mainstream Islam? - If the majority of Muslims adhere to Sharia law (at least in their hearts), then we must confront the possibility that “Radical Islam” is actually mainstream Islam.
• The British Left’s Betrayal of America - The latest revelations that Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s government advised Libya on how to secure the release of the Lockerbie bomber may have destroyed the Anglo-American relationship.
• Judge Vinson Also Smacks Down Crony Capitalists - Perhaps almost as pleasing as the affirmation of individual freedom and the dismissal of a government-run society is the smack-down Judge Vinson’s ruling gave to the concept of “crony capitalism.”

FrontPageMag

• Red Carpet for Islamists - Mubarak out, Brotherhood in.
• Obama’s Brotherhood Moment - The president endorses the Muslim Brotherhood and helps pave the way for the Islamic Republic of Egypt.
• Hezbollah’s Lessons - What Egypt’s Islamists learned about grabbing power from their brethren in Lebanon.
• You Say You Want a Revolution? - The dire warning 1979 Iran gives 2011 Egypt.
• Obama’s Secret - Stanley Kurtz joins Jamie Glazov’s new video series to expose the President’s disguised radical agenda.
• The Egyptian Crisis’ Green Roots - How the Left’s biofuel-induced starvation exacerbates instability in the Third World.
• Brushfire in the Middle East - Regional uprisings continue to spread — who will be the next to fall?
• Holocaust Hypocrisy - When will leftists who use Holocaust imagery to attack Israel be held accountable?
• CAIRing for Anwar al-Awlaki and Other Targets of Interest - A radical Muslim group works hard to hinder the FBI’s efforts and to support terror.

Investor’s Business Daily

•  Editorial: Terror In Waiting  - Mideast: As the radical Muslim Brotherhood schemes to oust a pro-American despot in Egypt, U.S. pundits have cheered the move as a boon for freedom. This is dangerous pablum.
•  Egypt’s Kerensky - Succession: As talk of deposing Egyptian strongman Hosni Mubarak grows, one name keeps popping up: Mohamed ElBaradei. If he takes over, it’ll be a disaster not just for Egypt, but also for the U.S. and the West.
•  The Newest Nation - Africa: Far from the rage in the streets of Cairo, there’s joy in the air in the tiny cities of South Sudan. A referendum’s results there should lead to creation of a new nation. It holds some lessons.
•  Egyptian Plagues, American Policies - Diplomatic Ineptitude: Western diplomats were long ago planting poisonous seeds in Egyptian soil. All it took to make them grow was for the U.S. to send some well-intentioned but misguided signals at the wrong time.
•  ObamaCare Can’t Be Reconciled - Health Care Reform: Another federal judge has declared the Democrats’ overhaul to be unconstitutional. A law that should have never been passed is that much closer to being dismantled.
•  Kill The Internet ‘Kill Switch’ - Censorship: Virtually the first thing an authoritative Egyptian government did to quell dissent was to shut down its Internet. So why are we debating a bill to give our government the same power?
•  America’s Next Financial Crisis Is Already Here - In spite of talking about freezing government spending, President Obama reminded everyone during the State of the Union just how out of touch he is about the defining issue of our time — the fiscal dysfunction that threatens to rob future generations of today’s living standards and jeopardizes the global financial system.
•  Middle East Is On The Verge Of Convulsing - Things are about to go from bad to worse in the Middle East.  An Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement is nowhere in sight. Lebanon just became a Hezbollah state, which is to say that Iran has become an even more important regional power, and Egypt, once stable if tenuously so, has been pitched into chaos.

Laura Ingraham

• Gov. Mitch Daniels on China’s rise and a social issues ‘truce’ – January 31, 2011 (mp3)

Mark Levin

01/31 The Mark Levin Show

American Thinker

• Obama’s Ongoing War on Inspectors General - One after another, inspectors general have been reporting that Obama’s stewardship of taxpayer money has failed.
• Overachievers with Low Self-Esteem - America is up to its eyeballs in people concerned with saving us from their demons.
• Obama’s Rathole Moment - President Obama got matters exactly backward when he addressed education last week before a joint session of Congress.
• Obama’s Standing Army of Regulators among Us - The victims of today’s excessive government regulatory zeal face the same enemy confronted by the nation’s Founders: unconstrained centralized power.
• Stop the Fraud — Freeze the Debt Ceiling - The debt ceiling is a key to stopping the political insanity.
• What Reagan Meant to America - Seven years ago, when Reagan died, millions of Americans waited for hours to share a brief moment with this greatest of contemporary Americans.
• China’s Insight into Human Nature - And why President Obama misunderstands China’s rise.
• America and the Middle East Food Riots - Obama policies have driven up food prices, triggering riots.

Frontpage Mag

• Middle Eastern Moment of Truth - Israel soberly prepares to stand alone in a sea of hate.
• 1979, 1989 or 2009? - Gauging the nature of Egypt’s Revolution — and the urgency for America’s response.
• Why Coptic Christians Fear a Revolution - If the Muslim Brotherhood takes power in Egypt…
• Inside Egypt - The growing cancer I witnessed during my recent visit…
• To Destroy Israel - A member of the Army of Islam escapes from an Egyptian jail amidst the chaos — and shares his top priority…
• ObamaCare Inches Closer to the Fall - Florida judge rules that the president’s signature legislation is unconstitutional — what’s next?
• Free Speech Victory: Lars Hedegaard Acquitted - The battle for freedom is far from lost…
• The Middle East’s Intifada - The Muslim Brotherhood shrewdly maneuvers its way to power in Egypt.
• The American Left and the Crisis in Egypt - The Unholy Alliance rears its head once again.
• Dictatorships and Revolutions - As an Egyptian Muslim raised during the generation of the 1952 Egyptian revolution, I see history repeating itself.
• Egypt’s False Prophet - Mohamed ElBaradei’s disturbing affinity for the Muslim Brotherhood and the Iranian Islamic Republic.
• Why They Hate Mubarak - “He is supporting Israel. Israel is our enemy…”
• The Criminal Truth in Denmark - In defense of Lars Hedegaard. . . .and our civilization

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.

If you believe there was election fraud by changing election results at 3:00 a.m. after a recount has already been called, and the winner went home, but the losers stayed and “found” enough votes to say their candidate won, then join out protest on Monday, November 22, at 8:00 a.m. at Commissioners’ Court (located in the Dancy Building.)  Bring a sign that says you want fair elections, or borrow one of ours.

 
Dancy Building
Cameron County Commissioner’s Court
1100 E. Monroe Street
Brownsville, Texas 78520
956-982-5414 

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Back to Basics …
 
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND
THE CONSTITUTION

JULY 31, 2010, 10am – 1pm

AUSTIN, TEXAS

Are you frustrated by all of the disastrous legislation being pushed through Congress these days?

Do you wonder what it will take to bring our government back to where the Founders envisioned?

The San Antonio Tea Party, with speakers from leading tea party and 912 groups across Texas, will be re-awakening us to the Founders’ values as set forth in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. 

Remember what has long made
our country great! 

Rekindle your love for America and
get ready for an incredibly important election season! 

On July 31, 2010

Meet us on the South Steps of the Texas State Capitol

1100 Congress Avenue
Austin, TX 78701
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

OPENING

GEORGE WASHINGTON, (Mark Collins), La Vernia – Unique Among Nations

LISA FRITSCH, Talk Radio Host, Austin
 
BILL PRESSGROVE, Texas State Director, Independent Caucus – Restoration Begins with Education
GEORGE RODRIGUEZ, San Antonio Tea Party – We’re All Americans

L. SCOTT SMITH, Corpus Christi – America Unraveling

MIKE MELENDEZ Temple – In God We Still Trust
 
JAMES IVES,  Fort Bend County Tea Party – American Exceptionalism
ZACH RICKS, Central Texas 9-12 Project – A State of Crisis

JANET THOMAS, Immigration Reform Coalition of Texas – The Ghost of Amnesty Past

GREG HOLLOWAY, Austin Tea Party – What Limited Government Means to Us
 
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Here is a map of the Capitol, which shows parking:
 http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=16920242&msgid=190419&act=NV3E&c=687984&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tspb.state.tx.us%2FCVC%2Fplan%2Fplparking.html
Map of Downtown Parking Areas:

http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=16920242&msgid=190419&act=NV3E&c=687984&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.downtownaustin.com%2Ftransportation%2Fparking%2Flots%2F

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While the Brownsville City Charter requires the City of Brownsville to get voter approval on municipal obligations (bonds/ certificated of obligations) the City is following the Texas Attorney General opinion that the City can ignore the charter.  

We need a petition with 5%(approximately 5000) of the City registered voters by July 19, 2010 to require the City to ask the voters for approval before issuing municipal obligations. We have the petition ready for signatures. 

We have petition packets of 20 signatures pages per packet for any one interested in helping maintain control of their City Government. 

You may pick them up at 2355 Barnard Rd , ABC Office or call 956-542-1050 for more information. We deliver. We have to stop this uncontrolled spending.

For more info: email 

sorolamoses@yahoo.com 

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I received an email from a participant at the Austin Rally to Support Arizona that took place this past Saturday.  I asked the author’s permission to repost his email and pictures.  I put together a little slideshow/movie of the commentary and pictues.

-Chris

NOTE:  The high school kid in the video has cajones of steel.  Watch it.  I wish I had that kind of courage.

-chris

(From Israel National News.com)
by Hillel Fendel

A loud and angry mob of pro-Arab demonstrators outside the Israeli consulate in Los Angeles on Tuesday became even more enraged when one, lone Jewish high school student with a yarmulke and a large Israeli flag marched fearlessly alongside them. 

The young man seemed to be unmoved by the angry curses hurled at him by the American-Arab crowd. Though protected by a line of policemen, it appeared he could be attacked at any moment.

Read the rest of the article at Israel National News.com

Video Below

(From Quinnipiac University)

Quinnipiac Poll

Michelle Malkin recently posted “Yet another reconquista photo album the MSM won’t print,” which documents some of the photographs taken by Donald Douglas, author of American Power Blog, who attended the anti-anti-illegal immigrant law rally and march in Phoenix, AZ, on May 30.  I’m reposting the photos here, without captions or commentary.  Visit American Power Blog for Douglas’s informative commentary.

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(From MichelleMalkin.com)

Striking back at so-called sanctuary cities, the Costa Mesa City Council declared itself a “Rule of Law” city, setting itself up as a lightning rod in the latest wave of debate over immigration reform, it was reported today.

The vote came last night at the urging of Mayor Allan Mansoor, who was condemned by the Orange County branch of the Anti-Defamation League in April when he called for city efforts to help enforce immigration laws.

In 2005, Mansoor proposed training Costa Mesa police to enforce federal immigration laws, and that touched off a debate that culminated in a First Amendment lawsuit. Costa Mesa prevailed in the case when a jury rejected the ACLU-backed lawsuit in December.

Tempest in a teapot?  Perhaps.  But President Obama is doing nothing to relieve tensions along the border. On the contrary, he is ramping up the rhetoric by claiming that the Arizona anti-illegal immigration law ”…has  the potential to be applied in a discriminatory fashion.”  Any law has the potential to be used in a discriminatory fashion!  Is Obama saying that law enforcement officers in Arizona are more likely to violate the civil rights of suspected non-citizens than law enforcement officers in other states?  Where is the evidence to support such an outrageous claim?

He even sided with visiting Mexican president Felipe Calderon today against Americans in general and Arizonans is particular when he said ”[A] fair reading of Arizona law reveals the possibility of illegal harassment.”  Again, intimating that Arizona law enforcement is somehow more likely to harrass non-citizens than law enforcement in other states.  Such demagoguery is unbefitting a President of the United States.

 Such inflammatory rhetoric from the President can only serve to stoke the flames of anti-ANTI-illegal immigration unrest along our southern border.  Costa Mesa is in for some rough times ahead, I’m afraid.