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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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By Karl Rove
Democrats are taking aim at the tea party movement. In a recent fund-raising email, the Democratic National Committee called those who attend tea party events “narrow minded . . . nut jobs” and “vile two-bit wing-nuts.” Democratic leaders routinely denigrate tea party participants and President Barack Obama dismisses them as an extremist “strain [that] has existed in politics for a long time.”
But that’s not true. Democrats are attacking the tea party movement because it is a new force that’s bringing millions of here-to-fore unengaged Democrats, independents and Republicans into the political arena. If there’s something a ruling party doesn’t like, it’s a new political player converting spectators into participants.
The Democrats are particularly concerned because the No. 1 target of the tea partiers—ObamaCare—is not rising in public opinion polls. It remains as unpopular as before it was jammed through Congress.
The president’s popularity briefly increased after health-care reform passed but has since fallen back below 50%. Also, the generic ballot, a measure of support for each party, indicates that the GOP could win a large congressional victory this fall.
The White House’s promised campaign to sell its health-care reforms is unlikely to pay off. Mr. Obama delivered 58 speeches on health care in the 51 weeks leading up to Congress’s passage of ObamaCare and was still unable to halt a slide in public opinion against his reforms. What new can he say in the 31 weeks before Election Day?
UPDATED – New emails in this exchange are toward the bottom of this page.
Now I know why my home District (TX-27) gets thrashed election after election by Democrats. I emailed my local County Chairman of the Republican Party a simple question and received an armload of attitude, condescension, and elitism in return.
My initial email:
Hello,
I am a Republican living in Brownsville. How does one become a Delegate? I’d like to become a Delegate to the upcoming Republican Convention for the 2012 election, if possible.
Regards,
Chris Rowan
The reply:
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:19:22 -0800
From: XXXXXXXXXXX
Subject: Re: Questionyou work hard for the county party and have a track record of dedicated service locally. then you compete with others locally who have done also………you become one of the leaders of the local party through demonstrated service and deserve the honor to be elected as a delegate to the national.
please let us know if you desire to become involved 24/7. i’ll place you in contact with the party leadership in brownsville. it takes giving the county party your priority in time in relationship with other activities you may engage in.
norma is our executive director for the south. frank
My retort:
Hi Frank,
I’m the Technology Chair for our local Tea Party. I maintain our group’s website and help the Harlingen Tea Party with their website occasionally. I’ve livestreamed the past four Congressional Candidate Forums via UStream.tv in my area for districts 15, 27, and 28. I even drove to Corpus Christi to livestream their Forum last week. I also used a separate Hi-Def videocam during each of the above Forums, processed the video, cut it into 10-minute segments, and uploaded the videos to YouTube. That way, voters in my district (as well as adjacent districts) can listen to candidates answer questions about important issues and decide for themselves who deserves their vote.
No establishment media were at any of these Forums. I was the only “media” present.
I’m working with the other Valley Tea Party groups to livestream the upcoming April 15th rallies. There’s an opportunity to utilize UStream.tv to livestream the various events in multiple cities simultaneously and get the message out about conservatism without the leftist filter of establishment media.
I’ve conducted technology training sessions to show people how to use the Internet to find information and utilize social apps like Facebook and Twitter to interact with a much larger network of conservatives.
I use social media applications like Facebook and Twitter to keep abreast of news and continually update the website with current, relevant items of interest to conservatives. I announced the livestreaming of the Forums via Twitter and Facebook. Afterwards, I posted the recorded videos to the website I maintain for our local Tea Party.
Last week, I was invited to speak about Tea Party politics and the nature of conservatism on UTB’s radio station, Sting Radio. This may turn into a weekly gig.
I also contribute articles to David Horowitz’s NewsRealBlog.com and FrontPage.com. If you don’t know who David Horowitz is, you should. He has appeared on Nightline, Crossfire, Today, Hannity and Colmes, the Bill O’Reilly Show, Good Morning America, C-SPAN, CNBC, Fox News Channel, CBS This Morning, and other programs. David Horowitz gives hundreds of interviews yearly on radio and television.
Is that the kind of “dedicated service” you were referring to?
I expect not. It’s difficult to infer “tone” from an email, but you seem a bit miffed by my request for information about what is required to be a delegate, as though asking is a disqualifier. If I have to ask, then I must be neither aware nor committed.
Guess I’ll just continue doing what I’m doing – working, paying taxes, and supporting my local Tea Party.
Thanks anyway,
Chris
His Reply:
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:16:14 -0800
From: XXXXXXXX
Subject: Re: Questioni’m sorry you feel that way……….. and reading into something that wasn’t there. i was sending a signal that it isn’t easy to be selected as a delegate or alternate to the national. i was honest and straightforward. we don’t want volunteers to get involved under false pretenses.
you asked about being interested in being a delegate to the national in 12……..delegates to the national are selected when we caucus at the state convention as a cd 27 caucus with other delegates from other counties in that district. we do the same for cd 15. so whoever our county party would like to send as a delegate tothe national is competing against nominees from other counties. so our selection must be competitive in their involvement with our county party in order to be competitive going up against the history of involvement with the other county party nominee………..it is that simple………
ahead of time we try to negotiate with the other counties for slots as a delegate or alternate. only three delegates and three alternates are authorized for each CD.
what you do for the TEA party or any other interest group, movement or candidates campaign are not relevant. everything else being equal, it could count to break a tie. this is one of the few opportunities we have to reward our hard workers. other groups can reward their participants in other ways.
even though we are a small party locally, we are very well organized with some great volunteers. being selected SD volunteer of the year is another way of rewarding.
we are a positive group working as a team. ask those involved in the county party executive committee.
and yes we do work 24/7 and give the county party the time and priority it deserves. our staff leaders have made that commitment. we can’t have individual Republicans who place the Lions, Rotary, etc before the party, they wouldn’t be reliable nor available when needed.
that would apply to the TEA party also…………i have staff leaders who attend the TEA party activities and support the TEA party. but our party comes first in tasks assigned.
i don’t require from the staff any more than i give as county party chairman. we work side by side. we are a family and we care about each other. but the party is run like a business.
i’ve been county chairman for over several decades…. i never sought the office but was asked by the Yturria’s and other Republican leaders in Brownsville, etc.to take the responsibility many years ago. this is my second tenure.
we also ask if married, does you spouse agree with your commitment. if not, there will be problems down the road. believe me when a say if the spouse is not happy, then the effectiveness of the staffer is negatively affected big time.
so that is the story. the ball is in your corner…….,most, not all, find a rewarding satisfaction once involved…….from what you say, you obviously have talent and are a hard, responsible worker. ……. regards, frank
My reply:
Actually, Mr. Morris, your reply to my simple request for information was infuriating in its condescension and elitism.
“what you do for the TEA party or any other interest group, movement or candidates campaign are not relevant.”
Wow. Do you keep up with current events? Do you have a TV?
Now I know why Republicans get beaten election after election in District 27.
Some of my friends think we should support conservative Democrats. I vociferously opposed them. I was wrong.
-Chris
His reply
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:50:47 -0800
From: XXXXXXX
Subject: Re: Questioni think your problem is you want to be completely independent and not part of a team. you are afraid to work as a team member and make a commitment. therefore you attack the system as a way of avoiding having to make the commitment. it gives you the rationale and self justification to go solo.
as part of your work with the tea party you worked totally independent without supervision. free to make all the decision. you seem not able to work within a structured enviornment.
AND THAT IS PERFECTLY OK…………
SO STRUCTURED POLITICAL PARTIES ARE NOT YOUR THING.
BUT THAT IS NOT JUSTIFICATION FOR ATTACKING OUR WAY OF DOING THINGS JUST TO MAKE YOUR SELF FEEL BETTER. IT IS EASY TO WORK OUTSIDE THE SYSTEM AND THEN STEP BACK AND CRITICIZE IT. IT’S THE CHEAP AND EASY WAY OUT. YOU APPEAR TO BE ANTI SOCIAL AND ANTI ESTABLISHMENT. IF THAT IS THE CASE, THEN OUR PARTY IS NOT FOR YOU.
FOR CD 27 CORPUS CHRISTI IS THE POWER BASE. AND IN THAT COUNTY REPUBLICANS ARE WINNING MANY ELECTIONS AND WILL EVENTUALLY COME OUR WAY. POLITICS IS A SPRINT TO NOVICES, TO THOSE WHO UNDERSTAND IT, IS A MARATHON. CC HAS THE COUNTY JUDGE, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, STATE REP, ETC AS REPUBBLICANS. YOU NEED TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK.
YOU ALSO SEEM TO GET SOME SORT OF SATISFACTION OF TAKING WORDS OR PHRASES OUT OF CONTEXT AND TWISTING THE MEANING.
OR YOU ARE UNABLE TO COMPREHEND WHAT A PARAGRAPH STATES.
AGAIN, THAT IS OK AND I WISH YOU WELL.
AS A 20 YEAR CAREER RETIRED AIR FORCE OFFICER WHO HAS BEEN IN COMBAT, I HAVE COME ACROSS FINE MEN SERVING WHO WERE ANTI SOCIAL AND ANTI ESTABLISHMENT. THEY DECIDED TO LEAVE THE SERVICE BECAUSE THEY COULDN’T PUT THE TEAM BEFORE THEMSELVES AND THEREFORE WERE A DANGER TO ALL CONCERN.
WITH POLITICAL PARTIES YOU SEEM TO BE IN THE SAME CATEGORY. YOU ARE AFRAID TO MAKE THE COMMITMENT TO WORK HARD AND COMPETE TO BECOME A DELEGATE OUT OF FEAR OF FAILURE. THEREFORE YOU WITHDRAW AND CRITICIZE RATHER THAN ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE…………….I FEEL SORRY FOR YOU.
THOSE CC IN THIS MESSAGE ARE PART OF THE LEADERSHIP IN BROWNSVILLE AND I WANT THEM TO BE AWARE OF THIS EXCHANGE.
to continue this exchange serves no useful purpose. i have tried to be courteous and respectful in my initial exchanges…….and friendly……. you seemed to enjoy in a sick way, to do otherwise.
FRANK
My reply:
From: Chris Rowan
Subject: RE: Question
To: “Frank Morris”
Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 5:59 PM
Frank (and everyone),
Thank you for your service. My dad was in the Navy during the Korean War. I miss him every day.
I’ve voted the straight Republican ticket since Reagan. But I had no idea that this was what the Republican party was really like. And to think that this whole exchange started with a simple question! I inferred condescension and elitism from the tone of your responses. And like I stated, it’s hard to infer “tone.” But this latest reponse is just over the top, even threatening. You do know that sending an email in all caps is the equivalent of shouting, right?
No need to shout, Frank. I get it. You’ve got me pegged. I’m woefully ignorant of the machinations of local politics. But, thanks to you, I’m learning. Fast.
It saddens me greatly, but I can no longer affiliate myself with a political party that treats its members like this. What’s worse, I really think I could have done a lot of good for the local cause. Maybe not. We’ll never know.
This is the most bizarre email exchange I have ever had.
-chris
UPDATE: I received this from a member of the Board of my local county Republican party:
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:04:30 -0800
From: XXXX
Subject: RE: QuestionChris: I applaud your to Frank and I am baffeled at his attitude toward you. I brought this to the attention of our board meeting today and we don’t understand what brought it own.
I wish you would have come to one of us in the Brownsville Club, as most of us haven’t met you, but would like to. We meet on the 1st Wed of the month at the new Elks on Central Blvd.
I think what got under his skin was the mention of the Tea Party, as I have not attended any Tea Party meetings yet, I don’t know for sure, but I will be at the next one to see why some of the old line Republicans consider them such a threat. Maybe it’s because they are so focused on abortion or wether Under God remains in the Pledge, that they have forgotten their Conservative Values and want to control the whole thing, frankly it’s making me a little sick.
Give me a call if you would like to talk about or attend the next meeting.
Jesse Simmons
My reply:
Hi Jesse,
I’m ambivalent over whether to aggressively follow up this email exchange with Frank with a little politicking of my own. I have hundreds of Twitter and Facebook followers who have thousands of followers of their own, and so on. Most are Republican. All are conservative. I think many would be as disgusted as I am. I’ve already posted the entire exchange to my Facebook page where all interested can see. It’s also available for viewing on our website. Out of respect to the office Frank holds (as well as his military service) and the rest of you who have been CC’d, I’ve removed email addresses and surnames.
I realize that the majority of Republicans are not like Frank and the Party as a whole is a decent organization. But this bizarre email exchange with one of the Party leadership really gives me pause. I am shocked to the core, I really am. If I’m invited back to The Daily Carp (conservative talk radio host Craig Price’s UTB Internet radio program), I will definitely talk about this.
If Frank is what local Republicans consider leadership material, then I am no longer Republican. I applaud his service, but that does not justify such a blistering attack on my character and the Tea Party as a whole.
I’m changing my party affiliation today, as soon as I can. Thanks for the invite, but I won’t be attending any Republican party meetings anytime soon. I’ll just continue working for my local Tea Party, doing what I’ve been doing for the past year, for as long as they’ll have me. We meet the first Saturday of each month at the Word of God Church on Alton Gloor, next to Burns Elementary.
-Chris
TEA PARTY PATRIOTS -
I know that many feel like our efforts here in the Valley have been “meager”, but they HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE. The Health Care and Cap & Trade were foregone conclusions to pass, back in early summer – to be “done” by Labor Day. WE have delayed all that till 2010 now, and there IS hope for a better tomorrow.
PLEASE read this message from Pat Buchanan.
Please note that the poll was conducted by NBC!!!
When stacked up against the Dems and Rep. parties, the Tea Party was the choice of 41% of the American public! (I saw this poll reported on Fox News a week or so ago.)
Get involved – keep working at this through the 2010 elections. We CAN make this happen, and turn this socialist adenda away!
Art
From Tracy LaFontaine
Hello True Americans!
After some group debate regarding Tea Party Events we attended the event on 9/12 in our own town. Like many Americans today we are just as frustrated and angry with the events taking place in this country. The turnout on 9/12 was incredible around the country but unfortunately was grossly lost among the fringe media and Washington. Our cause fell on what seems to be deaf ears, and evolved into an issue of racism and other comments that did not present our full agenda.
I have spoken to many people and read hundreds of comments on the internet and am confident that most of us feel that our mission objective has not been taken seriously by our Congress, Senate and President Obama.
TODAY we are not being heard! We need to make our voices so loud that it resonates across America! We need to make it known that we have had enough and that the government works for us, not the other way around! We want our God given rights returned to the American People!
We must build on the events of 9/12 starting TODAY. We can’t wait until tomorrow. We are the resistance. There is no group, be it republican or democrat, that can or will save us. It is up to us!
Keep these numbers and put them on speed dial.
1-877-851-6437, 1-800-833-6354, 1-866-220-0044,
1-866-808-0065, 1-877-762-8762, 1-866-340-9281,
1-800-862-5530
Call them daily or hourly, if you have the time. Let the Congress and Senate know there are more of us out here, and we stand with those who were marching in Washingtonon 912. This revolution has just begun, and it needs every single red- blooded American at the helm. We will not stand down or be intimidated.
We are fighting for our freedom, for our country, for our families, and for those who have no family to fight for them. We must bury our leaders in calls, letters and faxes and demand they hear the voice of the people.
We also need to bombard the news media outlets with our disapproval of their biased and incorrect reporting… and their intentional lack of reporting!
Write letters to the editor of your local paper, educating the public and encouraging them to think for themselves.
Act Now!
Fair warning to all entrenched politicos: Ignore us at your peril.
This resulted from a Mom in Alabama asking her high school son to help with a commercial for the Tea Party she was involved in organizing. Boy, does it slam the message home. Very impressive. Here is her note:
I asked Justin if he could help me make a commercial for my group’s Tea Party. He sat down at the laptop for about an hour, and then brought this to me and asked, ‘Is this okay, Mom?’
After I finished watching it, my stomach was in my throat.
Everyone that I have sent it to has really enjoyed it, so I wanted my friends to see it. I am so proud!
A very powerful video…turn up the sound & sit back…!!!
LibertyChick sez:
I recently finished creating a brochure / pamphlet for The 9.12 Project. It’s 8.5 x 11 and double-sided format with a vertical fold, to make it 4.25 x 11 when folded.
It displays the 9.12 Project snake and its numerical representation of the values and principles on the front (and continues across the back). And it asks “Are YOU a 9.12er”?
On the inside, it lists the 12 values, the 9 principles, and an introduction of The 9.12 Project and its purpose. In addition, the brochure briefly emphasizes the founding fathers’ intent for America’ system under “People’s Law” and defines the vertical separation of powers as defined by Thomas Jefferson (also listed on the back of the brochure). This helps to outlay the reasoning for less government, and more dependence upon personal responsibility and community in taking care of one another.
Please feel free to download, print and distribute freely as you wish!
The brochure is located on the 9.12 Project Member Resources page under the Original Graphics & Brochures heading. It is available in both .jpg and .pdf formats. Contact me directly if you need the Photoshop files instead.
Enjoy!
http://libertychick.com/the-912-project/the-912-project-resources
Art Cohan, contributor
USNA-At-Large, Bob Hinckley writes for your consideration; this comes from the “All enemies, foreign and domestic” files –
As a young Midshipman I had the honor of marching down Pennsylvania Avenue with the Brigade in the Inaugural Parade for President John F. Kennedy.
Little did I know that 48 years later I’ll be marching once again but for an entirely different reason – to protest the systematic destruction of the United States.
There are many USNA grads in the DC metro area. This is the time for all of us to get away from our TV and computer screens and show up Saturday, September 12th for the March on Washington!
Here is the info:
I’ll close with this quote:
“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless.
Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.”
(Contributed by Art Cohan)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Cincinnati Tea Party Contact
Sue White, Manager of Communications
Direct: (513) 258-0454
sue@cincinnatiteaparty.org
Congressional Acceptance Received for Town Hall at the Cincinnati Tea Party’s Voice of America Freedom Rally
Cincinnati, OH, August 25, 2009.
House Minority Leader John Boehner has agreed to answer questions in a town hall setting at the Voice of America Freedom Rally on September 5 at the Voice of America Park Museum in West Chester. The Cincinnati Tea Party is also waiting to hear from the regional congressional delegation, as well as Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland, and Ohio gubernatorial candidate John Kasich. All received invitations to attend and answer town hall questions at the event, which will be from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.Full congressional attendance will be announced in a future press release.
How can you watch something like this and not be moved? Such passion, poise, and intelligence speaks volumes about her upbringing, doesn’t it?
Something tells me this is just the first of many public appearances by this young lady.
TOWN HALL MEETING
A Town Hall Meeting/Public Forum will be held at 7:00 PM in the Auditorium of the Harlingen Library on Tuesday, August 18th. Seating begins at 6:30. Representative Solomon Ortiz has declined participation and Hinojosa has not replied. Their challengers will be present.
Your attendance is strongly encouraged!
Contact Your Representatives and Join the Rally!
Please Handwrite letters to your representatives urging them to vote No on Health Care Reform. Addresses are available via our website.
Letters can be hand delivered to Ortiz’s office on Saturday, August 22nd, during our rally from Noon to 1:00 PM.
We will have someone deliver your handwritten letter for you if you cannot attend!
Suggestions:
- Have a letter writing session at your home with your aquaintances.
- Take a letter around your neighborhood and get signatures.
We must act now!
Meet or Rally in Austin on Sept. 5th!
Our Next General Meeting will be on Saturday, Sept. 5th at Word of God Church 1944 E. Alton Gloor Blvd. (next to Burns Elem. School in Brownsville).
This is also the day some of us will be going to Austin to participate in the State TEA Party from 1:00 – 4:00. If you would like to join those going to Austin, respond to ttteaparty@gmail.com.
Those not traveling to Austin, please make every effort to attend our meeting. We will have a meet and greet session at 9:00 AM and The meeting will begin at 9:30 AM.
Thanks to all who attended today. Your input and participation are invaluable to me and America! It was great to see new faces. Everyone, bring a friend on Sept. 5th!
-Sue
