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Judge Napolitano: Final Word on the Last Episode of Freedom Watch

2012-02-16T09:00:00.001-06:00

America, are you listening?

Declaration of Independence – a Must Read

2012-02-10T12:36:00.001-06:00

IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.
He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.
He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences
For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies:
For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.
He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.
He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.

In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our Brittish brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.

We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.

source: Declaration of Independence - Text Transcript

Statement on the Fed's Continued Euro Bailout

2011-11-30T12:53:00.001-06:00

The Fed's latest actions in cooperating with foreign central banks to undertake liquidity swaps of dollars for foreign currencies is another reason why Congress needs enhanced power to oversee and audit the Fed. Under current law Congress cannot examine these types of agreements. Those who would argue that auditing the Fed or these agreements with central banks harms the Fed's independence should reevaluate the Fed's supposed independence when the Fed bails out Europe so soon after President Obama promised US assistance in resolving the Euro crisis.

Rather than calming markets, these arrangements should indicate just how frightened governments around the world are about the European financial crisis. Central banks are grasping at straws, hoping that flooding the world with money created out of thin air will somehow resolve a crisis caused by uncontrolled government spending and irresponsible debt issuance. Congress should not permit this type of open-ended commitment on the part of the Fed, a commitment which could easily run into the trillions of dollars. These dollar swaps are purely inflationary and will harm American consumers as much as any form of quantitative easing.

The Fed is behaving much as it did during the 2008 financial crisis, only this time instead of bailing out politically well-connected too-big-to-fail firms it is bailing out profligate government spending. Citizens the world over deserve better than this. They deserve sound money that cannot be manipulated and created out of thin air by central planners who promise printed prosperity. Fiat money caused this European crisis and the financial crisis before it. More fiat money is not the cure. The global fiat currency system has proven itself a failure, we need real monetary reform. We need sound money.

From Ron Paul - Statement on the Fed's Continued Euro Bailout

11-24-11 Freedom Watch - The Plain Truth

2011-11-29T14:30:00.001-06:00

Ron Paul: Blame the Fed for the Financial Crisis - WSJ.com

2011-10-21T14:23:00.001-05:00

An OpEd by Ron Paul, the only sane person in Washington, written for the Wall Street Journal

To know what is wrong with the Federal Reserve, one must first understand the nature of money. Money is like any other good in our economy that emerges from the market to satisfy the needs and wants of consumers. Its particular usefulness is that it helps facilitate indirect exchange, making it easier for us to buy and sell goods because there is a common way of measuring their value. Money is not a government phenomenon, and it need not and should not be managed by government. When central banks like the Fed manage money they are engaging in price fixing, which leads not to prosperity but to disaster.

The Federal Reserve has caused every single boom and bust that has occurred in this country since the bank's creation in 1913. It pumps new money into the financial system to lower interest rates and spur the economy. Adding new money increases the supply of money, making the price of money over time—the interest rate—lower than the market would make it. These lower interest rates affect the allocation of resources, causing capital to be malinvested throughout the economy. So certain projects and ventures that appear profitable when funded at artificially low interest rates are not in fact the best use of those resources.

Eventually, the economic boom created by the Fed's actions is found to be unsustainable, and the bust ensues as this malinvested capital manifests itself in a surplus of capital goods, inventory overhangs, etc. Until these misdirected resources are put to a more productive use—the uses the free market actually desires—the economy stagnates.

The great contribution of the Austrian school of economics to economic theory was in its description of this business cycle: the process of booms and busts, and their origins in monetary intervention by the government in cooperation with the banking system. Yet policy makers at the Federal Reserve still fail to understand the causes of our most recent financial crisis. So they find themselves unable to come up with an adequate solution.

In many respects the governors of the Federal Reserve System and the members of the Federal Open Market Committee are like all other high-ranking powerful officials. Because they make decisions that profoundly affect the workings of the economy and because they have hundreds of bright economists working for them doing research and collecting data, they buy into the pretense of knowledge—the illusion that because they have all these resources at their fingertips they therefore have the ability to guide the economy as they see fit.

Nothing could be further from the truth. No attitude could be more destructive. What the Austrian economists Ludwig von Mises and Friedrich von Hayek victoriously asserted in the socialist calculation debate of the 1920s and 1930s—the notion that the marketplace, where people freely decide what they need and want to pay for, is the only effective way to allocate resources—may be obvious to many ordinary Americans. But it has not influenced government leaders today, who do not seem to see the importance of prices to the functioning of a market economy.

The manner of thinking of the Federal Reserve now is no different than that of the former Soviet Union, which employed hundreds of thousands of people to perform research and provide calculations in an attempt to mimic the price system of the West's (relatively) free markets. Despite the obvious lesson to be drawn from the Soviet collapse, the U.S. still has not fully absorbed it.

The Fed fails to grasp that an interest rate is a price—the price of time—and that attempting to manipulate that price is as destructive as any other government price control. It fails to see that the price of housing was artificially inflated through the Fed's monetary pumping during the early 2000s, and that the only way to restore soundness to the housing sector is to allow prices to return to sustainable market levels. Instead, the Fed's actions have had one aim—to keep prices elevated at bubble levels—thus ensuring that bad debt remains on the books and failing firms remain in business, albatrosses around the market's neck.

The Fed's quantitative easing programs increased the national debt by trillions of dollars. The debt is now so large that if the central bank begins to move away from its zero interest-rate policy, the rise in interest rates will result in the U.S. government having to pay hundreds of billions of dollars in additional interest on the national debt each year. Thus there is significant political pressure being placed on the Fed to keep interest rates low. The Fed has painted itself so far into a corner now that even if it wanted to raise interest rates, as a practical matter it might not be able to do so. But it will do something, we know, because the pressure to "just do something" often outweighs all other considerations.

What exactly the Fed will do is anyone's guess, and it is no surprise that markets continue to founder as anticipation mounts. If the Fed would stop intervening and distorting the market, and would allow the functioning of a truly free market that deals with profit and loss, our economy could recover. The continued existence of an organization that can create trillions of dollars out of thin air to purchase financial assets and prop up a fundamentally insolvent banking system is a black mark on an economy that professes to be free

Ron Paul: Blame the Fed for the Financial Crisis - WSJ.com

Let the Progressives / Liberals Have Their Way - Letter to Editor

2011-10-14T11:26:00.001-05:00

Here is a “Letter to the Editor” submitted to the Register Mail by Dick Conklin of the Galesburg TEA Party. I hope we make the right choice!

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About 6 weeks ago my brother-in-law suggested we let the progressives/liberals have their way. Let them give as much money away to as many people and projects as they wish. Let them tax the wealthy and anyone else however much they desire. In other words let them construct an economic lab test. This should then settle finally the issue whether this thing called Keynesian Economics will work.

Fortunately new don’t have to wait the 2 to 4 years to determine the results of this experiment. We currently have a lab experiment on this issue pretty well near completion. It’s called Greece, and the lab results are pretty well complete. As far as I have read most economists freely admit Greece’s economic collapse is due to its extremely large public employee payroll and consequent legacy costs as well as a huge entitlement class, supported by a too small private sector. In essence the private sector in Greece and the wealth it creates is not sufficient to support Greece’s generous public payrolls, benefits and entitlements. In fact there apparently isn’t enough wealth in the rest of Europe to bailout Greece from its Public Sector Largesse. There are also at least three more of these lab experiments coming close to finishing up and from all signs it’s pretty clear the results in Italy, Spain and Portugal will be the same. There may be other conclusions we will be able to draw from these economic laboratory experiments, but none so strikingly clear as that you can’t have a public sector without a thriving private sector.

The choice now is ours. Do we learn from these laboratory experiments or do we insist that we waste our own time and money re-running this experiment. Do we want Greece here in Galesburg and in every other community across the nation? I am sure our children and grandchildren will hold us accountable for whatever we decide.

Dick Conklin

Galesburg TEA Party

What is the FairTax plan?

2011-10-03T15:18:00.001-05:00

The Monmouth TEA Party Group is please to be hosting Glen Ebbing, president of the Quincy Fair Tax Group at our October meeting. He will be giving a presentation on the Fair Tax and answering questions.

TIME AND LOCATION:

Monday, October 10th at 7:00pm

215 S. 1st Street, Monmouth, IL 61462

1st Street Armoury

Here is some information from the FairTax web site:

The FairTax plan is a comprehensive proposal that replaces all federal income and payroll based taxes with an integrated approach including a progressive national retail sales tax, a prebate to ensure no American pays federal taxes on spending up to the poverty level, dollar-for-dollar federal revenue neutrality, and, through companion legislation, the repeal of the 16th Amendment.

The FairTax Act (HR 25, S 13) is nonpartisan legislation. It abolishes all federal personal and corporate income taxes, gift, estate, capital gains, alternative minimum, Social Security, Medicare, and self-employment taxes and replaces them with one simple, visible, federal retail sales tax administered primarily by existing state sales tax authorities.

The FairTax taxes us only on what we choose to spend on new goods or services, not on what we earn. The FairTax is a fair, efficient, transparent, and intelligent solution to the frustration and inequity of our current tax system.

The FairTax:

Enables workers to keep their entire paychecks

Enables retirees to keep their entire pensions

Refunds in advance the tax on purchases of basic necessities

Allows American products to compete fairly

Brings transparency and accountability to tax policy

Ensures Social Security and Medicare funding

Closes all loopholes and brings fairness to taxation

Abolishes the IRS

We offer a library of information throughout this Web site about the features and benefits of the FairTax plan. Please explore!

The FairTax Five

The gloves are off as critics try to pick apart the FairTax. Trouble is, it's just a replay of the same five FairTax myths:

"The 23% rate is misleading. It's actually 30%"
Well, actually...

"It's not enforceable and evasion will be rampant"
Well, actually...

"It will not be revenue neutral at 23%"
Well, actually...

"The FairTax is not politically viable"
Well, actually...

"The FairTax is regressive and shifts the tax burden onto lower and middle income people"
Well, actually...

source: What is the FairTax plan?

Techniques of the Left, by Charlie Gruner

2011-09-30T06:18:00.000-05:00

I have to express my gratitude to Christian Schock of Galesburg. His letter in the September 17, 2011 R-M, he gives me an opportunity to show examples of techniques he uses when he runs out of facts for his arguments.

The first technique is to try to marginalize your opponent. Near the beginning of his letter, Schock writes that I am a TEA Party leader,assuming that many people will find that enough to dismiss my opinion. Then he adds that “facts don’t matter very much” to the TEA Party. Trying to marginalize me and/or the TEA Party makes the second technique easier if you succumb to the first.

The second technique is called mis-direction. Here’s how it works: Point out an opponent’s argument and then subtly change the subject. In Schock’s first attempt at this he calls attention to my contention that insurance company officers would be jailed if their companies were run like Social Security. Schock then changes the subject to the relative administrative costs. My observations were on the fraudulent nature of the “product” and Schock focuses on administrative costs rather than the subject of the argument.

The next example of mis-direction is when Schock talks about the amount of income that the Social Security tax was to be levied on. He discusses the effects of inflation (though this was never explained in the promises of the original act) and says that the $3,000 figure is equivalent to$45,000 today. Granting Schock’s numbers, how does he explain that the maximum today is $106,800? That’s over three times the rate of inflation. He also ignores the fact that the rate of tax has also gone up over 600%.

After running out of gas on the subject, Schock then talks about the debt incurred to Social Security and blames Republican administrations. This is another subtle change in subject because I never specified party. In fact you will find that I and most TEA Party folks hold both major parties responsible.

In no part of Schock’s argument is there any factual information refuting the actual comparisons that I made between Social Security and Ponzni Schemes. In fact, at the very end of his letter Schock says that it is not a Ponzi scheme but blames the “Bush administration” because it is one. I’m not sure how that makes any sense.

Charlie Gruner

Galesburg 9/12 Group Member

A response to: Will Schick, Tea Party book pick a great read

2011-09-29T10:06:00.001-05:00

This letter to the editor was recently published in the Galesburg Register Mail

Thanks to Will Schick for pointing out the ant-Christian sentiments of Thomas Paine to us Tea Partiers. Apparently his point is we have no business quoting Mr.Paine as his religious beliefs are opposed to that of the vast majority of Tea Partiers. To this I would like to quote, in Thomas Paine's own words, from a section on religion in his famous treatise Common Sense. "For myself I fully and conscientiously believe it is the will of the Almighty, that there should be diversity of religious opinions among us. It affords a larger field for our Christian kindness. Were we all one way of thinking our religious disputations would want matter for probation..." So it appears religious believers and non believers of all stripes are welcome under Thomas Paine's tent.

In reading Ed Klapp's letter of 9/20 attacking Tea Partiers I really don't see anything to respond to. Much of it was pure ranting. And yes, I am guilty as he charges. I am anti Communist anti socialist, against government intervention in business ala Solyndra and in favor of deregulation. His charge we Tea Partiers are under the influence of the Koch brothers is no different than the charge that Progressives are mere pawns of George Soros and Michael Moore. How do you disprove either charge?

Both his letter and that of Will Schick are really distractions from the real issues and that is what we should be debating or discussing,i.e, how do we live with $14 Trillion and growing debt, when there is not enough wealth, not income, but wealth to appropriate to remove our debt. Further what are the consequences for our children and grandchildren if we continue on the current path of $1 Trillion or more in deficits each year to add to our debt?

So rather than be distracted by name calling, and charges that can be levelled at both sides and questioning the shallowness of one side's reading list, why can't we debate the serious issues that confront us? Here's a good list to start with. Does Social Security really need fixing? If so, how? We know Medicaid and Medicare need fixing. How do we do it? Why does the Department of Justice pay $16.00 per muffin and $52.00 per person for conference coffee breaks? Who was paying for those $16.00 muffins? If Obama Care is so great why will it take 16,000 IRS workers to enforce it? Is the cost of these IRS workers included in the Health Care Reform cost or hidden in the IRS budget? If Obama Care is so good, why, at the latest count that I heard, are there over 1,000 entities asking for and receiving waivers from it including some of Nancy Pelosi's own largest contributors. I recently came across an alternative proposal to health care reform that on the surface looks pretty good. Yet it never saw the light of day because the then Democratically controlled congress allowed no discussion on the issue. So why is an area as important as Health Care, which represents 1/6 of our economy, not open for debate, discussion and input from both parties? Can we not even now bring this very important topic back for open discussion in Congress as well as in the public forum. Maybe Obama care is the best solution but we will never know until it is honestly debated in the public forum.

Theses are questions that should be honestly and openly debated, not which book I have read most recently.

Dick Conklin

Soon to be retired Tea Party Sympathizer

Will’s article: Will Schick: Tea Party book pick a great read

U.S. Government Used Taxpayer Funds To Buy, Sell Weapons During 'Fast And Furious,' Documents Show | Fox News

2011-09-26T15:18:00.001-05:00

Buy and give them to Mexican drug runners but restrict the constitutional rights of American citizens to buy, own, and carry our own. Time for a TEA Party!!!!

Not only did U.S. officials approve, allow and assist in the sale of more than 2,000 guns to the Sinaloa cartel -- the federal government used taxpayer money to buy semi-automatic weapons, sold them to criminals and then watched as the guns disappeared.

full article here: U.S. Government Used Taxpayer Funds To Buy, Sell Weapons During 'Fast And Furious,' Documents Show | Fox News

Fair Tax Presentation @ Monmouth TEA Party Meeting 10/10/11

2011-09-20T11:08:00.001-05:00

The Monmouth TEA Party Group is please to be hosting Glen Ebbing, president of the Quincy Fair Tax Group at our October meeting. He will be giving a presentation on the Fair Tax and answering questions.

click here to see facebook event

The Obama Way: screw the taxpayers, pay off your friends

2011-09-20T07:00:00.000-05:00

It's pretty obvious at this point that this POTUS's priorities include making sure his friends get bigger slices of pie than anyone else and making sure the taxpayers get nothing (NO piece of pie) if his friends turn out to be not only greedy but incompetent.
This is the Chicago way; this is the Obama way. This is the principle of governing, apparently, that has become the Way of the Weasels in this White House.
Take, for example, the Solyndra mess. The White House was warned that the company was not solvent and could not possibly make any money, but still loaned hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to it. NRO:
Homing in on one of the several shocking aspects of the Solyndra scandal, lawmakers noted that, a few months before the “clean energy” enterprise went belly-up last week, the Obama Energy Department signed off on a sweetheart deal. In the event of bankruptcy — the destination to which it was screamingly obvious Solyndra was headed despite the president’s injection of $535 million in federal loans — the cozily connected private investors would be given priority over American taxpayers. In other words, when the busted company’s assets were sold off, Obama pals would recoup some of their losses, while you would be left holding the half-billion-dollar bag.
As Andrew Stiles reported here at NRO, Republicans on the Oversight and Investigations subcommittee say this arrangement ran afoul of the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
And who gets paid back first? Why, the Obama friends! Not the taxpayers.
To this date, we do not know (why should we be allowed, after all? This is the Obama way.) if the second loan Solyndra applied for was given by the taxpayers. Why can't we know this? Why isn't this public information? Why the secrecy, White House?
Over the weekend we learn that GM union workers are all getting an outrageous $5000 "signing" bonus with their new contract, which wouldn't be a problem if 1) cars didn't cost so much already 2) they weren't pushing expensive inefficient crap like the Chevy Volt on the public 3) they didn't still OWE THE PUBLIC billions of dollars. Mickey Kaus:
How about paying back the $15 billion first? I’m sure there are sophisticated arguments for why the UAW members shouldn’t pay back the taxpayers who bailed their employer out of bankruptcy before they negotiate a deal that gives them each a $5,000 bonus. I just can’t think of them right now. … Just from a PR standpoint, repaying the debt would seem like a good idea. …
So let's get this straight, GM. You still owe the taxpayers billions of dollars but you're giving every employee an extra $5000? And your union boss calls US, the taxpayers and car buyers, SOBs for wanting to reign you in?
Of course, GM workers are not allowed to strike on this new deal as per their government takeover agreement, and that is the only leverage, Kaus points out, that the unions hold over the company, which doesn't seem to be a problem. Obviously these two are in bed.
Then let's take health care. Unions pushed the Obamacare debacle like it was a really good thing. Mmm. Then they all applied for and received exemptions from having to be part of that program themselves. There's some panic as they realize that the structure of Obamacare will eventually force everyone into the same mess.
So now we get the whole class warfare argument about taxes. POTUS is going to make everything better by taxing the hell out of the only people in this country making money. Something like 1/3 of 1% of the population falls into the category POTUS wants to tax. Yeah, that'll dig us out of this mess.
And the unions continue getting away with snookering the taxpayers.
The White House favors its friends and screw the working man. Yeah, that's right. If you're not in a union, you're a WORKING MAN or WOMAN.
So, hey, Day of Rage protesters? You'll get right on this, right?

full article: Tea Party at Perrysburg: The Obama Way: screw the taxpayers, pay off your friends

The Old Man And The Sea - 2011 | ZeroHedge

2011-09-19T09:53:00.001-05:00

Winning and losing are not what is important in life, as we all will lose out to death in the end. It is the honor gained during the struggle that matters. It’s the legacy we leave for future generations. Did we fight the good fight, or did we sit idly by while life passed by? Did your life mean something to someone? You can stay safely on the shore or you can jump into your skiff and sail into the deep water and conquer your marlin.

Ron Paul has a clear vision of the America our forefathers imagined. It is a vision of a people free from government control of every aspect of their lives. It’s a vision where the people keep what they earn and don’t pay half to government to be redistributed based upon a politician’s re-election aspirations. It’s a vision where the people are free to make their own choices and free to succeed or fail based on their own merits. It’s a vision where a truly free market exists and private bankers do not control and manipulate the currency. It’s a vision that calls for a strong national defense, not being the policeman to the world. It’s a vision where we follow the U.S. Constitution and the rule of law. It’s a vision where a limited government ensures the liberties and freedoms of the population. It’s a vision that calls for balanced budgets, sound money, and citizens and corporations accepting the consequences of their actions. If Santiago was a fisherman in the U.S. today, he would be required to have a license to fish, a permit for his boat, pay taxes on his catch, and probably have to release the marlin because it was endangered. Some government thug would have met Santiago at the dock and written him a ticket for being at sea too long and illegal feeding of sharks.

full article here: Guest Post: The Old Man And The Sea - 2011 | ZeroHedge

Area tea party calls out detractors - Galesburg, IL - The Register-Mail

2011-09-17T08:00:00.000-05:00

“Tea partiers have the common view that we need less government, less taxes, less spending, less regulation and more personal responsibility,” Block said. “We ought to deal with our debt. The nation cant live the way we are living. We dug the hole for ourselves, and it’s time to fix the problem.

full article: Area tea party calls out detractors - Galesburg, IL - The Register-Mail

"Hardest Hit" in Illinois aren't those facing foreclosure, they're those paying taxes

2011-09-16T08:30:00.001-05:00

Question is, who really is the "hardest hit" in Illinois? Certainly no one enjoys seeing a neighborhood family be forced to pack up and move out because the recession pushed them into unemployment or underemployment and out of their homes. But what about the folks who bought homes within or under their means, sacrificed new cars, food and clothing in order to make their house payments and pay their taxes?

How about those who are struggling with the same jobs they've had for years, but have had to make salary and wage concessions to keep their companies afloat? And all the time, they were paying federal taxes so that hard-earned money can be dished out to neighbors through the greased palms of bureaucrats seeking political allegiance? How about those small businessmen whose overhead has multiplied via jacked up health care costs, thanks to Obamacare?

We think maybe those good folks that "play by the rules" are once again left holding the bag - those folks are Illinois' real "Hardest Hit." Maybe that sounds cruel and heartless, but where does this stop?

read the full article here: Illinois Review: "Hardest Hit" in Illinois aren't those facing foreclosure, they're those paying taxes

Social Security is a “PonziScheme”, says Rick Perry

2011-09-13T10:21:00.000-05:00

This Letter to the Editor By Charlie Gruner of the Galesburg 9/12 Group was in today's Register Mail:

Texas Governor Rick Perry called Social Security is a “PonziScheme”

A Ponzi Scheme, namedfor Charles Ponzi, is a pyramid scheme where the schemer takes money form“investors” and promises far better than normal returns on that “investment”.In order to make the initial investors believe that the scheme is working hehas to pay out “profits” to fulfill his promises. He gets this money from thenext group of investors.

To keep the scheme solvent the schemer has to keep expandingthe base or increase the required investment from future investors. Eventuallythe Ponzi scheme is unsustainable and collapses.

When the Social Security Act was passed (August 14, 1935),it was sold to the American People as a form of “insurance”. (Any insurancecompany run like the SSA would be closed down and the officers jailed.) Therewere promises made to the public, among them that it would be voluntary, thatthe Social Security Number would never be used as identification, that the taxwould never exceed 2% and that only you, the SSA and your employer would everhave to know that number. Every single one of those promises has been brokenover the years.

Let’s examine Social Security against the Ponzi scheme. ThePonzi scheme is completely voluntary. Social Security is not, even though itwas originally presented as such. The Federal government does not have todepend on volunteers because it can, and does, use the power of coercion. Onceyou’re in, you cannot opt out. On this level the Ponzi scheme is the betterdeal. First, you don’t have to get in if you don’t want to. Second, you can optout at any time by simply not re-investing.

How about expanding the base that is continually bringing inmore money to pay out on the earlier investors? Social Security has increasedthe base in at least three ways. First, the people who were specificallyexcluded originally (including self-employed, professionals, certain governmentworkers, higher-income citizens, etc.) were required to join. I was required toget my Social Security card when I was 16 years old and got my first job. Nowyou cannot bring your new-born child home from the hospital without the card.

The second way that the base has been expanded is simply byincreasing the Social Security tax rates. Since 1937 these tax rates haveincreased 19 times. Third, the base was expanded by increasing the amount ofincome the tax applies to. In 1937 the rate applied only to income up to $3,000per year. This has been increased 42 times until it now applies to income up to $106,800.

The Social Security tax rate was decreased exactly once inthe last 74 years, by one-tenth of one percent, the exact amount of theincrease in Medicare tax. The Medicare tax was implemented in 1966, which couldaccount for 12 of the rate increases because Medicare and Social Security werededucted under one entry on your pay stub. That changed in 1991 when it wasdecided that the increases in the tax might be noted by the public easier ifthey were given one number rather than if they had to add them together, so nowthere are two line items. Medicare has worked in a way similar to SocialSecurity in that the base kept changing. The difference is that in 1991 thelimit on earnings was changed to No Maximum. Social Security taxes are appliedto income up to a maximum of $106,800 this year but there is no limit for Medicare.

A while back we all watched the news as Bernie Madoff wasconvicted of fraud. We were told that he built the biggest Ponzi scheme in thehistory of the world. Actually, Madoff’s scheme pales beside the fraud of SocialSecurity. Even the Social Security Trustees have been saying that the systemcannot be sustained for too many more years. But even that isn’t all. Rememberthe trillions of dollars that we are in debt? Social Security owns much of thatdebt. It’s not just China and Japan; it’s everyone in the country who has aninterest in the Social Security system. That means almost all of us.

Something has to be done to insure that people who aredependent on the system will not be abandoned, but it cannot go on forever.While it may be comforting to know that the government is going to look out foryou in your future, the reality is it can’t. What we as citizens have to do isbe vigilant and not vote for anyone who promises something that has to be paidfor by someone else or that offers us something for nothing. Now as always, “there’sno such thing as a free lunch”.

CharlieGruner

Knoxville, IL

Letter to the Editor: Farmland Fines

2011-09-11T18:00:00.000-05:00

Dear Editor –

If you come toward Monmouth and you smell an odor, it isn’t coming from Farmland’s hog processing plant. It is coming from the federal government! We read that on August 22, 2011, the Justice Department settled with Farmland for, what seems to us, following the law!!!

The settlement of $290,400 was because Farmland was essentially protecting itself from litigation if they hired illegal aliens to work at the plant. The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 established a prohibition on employers from hiring unauthorized workers and established criminal and civil sanctions. The lawsuit sited Farmland for “imposing unnecessary and excessive documentary requirements on non-US citizens and foreign-born US citizens when establishing their authority to work in the United States.” It seems to us, Farmland was covering itself because of all the fraudulent documentation that is available to illegal aliens.

Part of the problem is that on August 24, 2009, Illinois enacted S1133 prohibiting the state or localities from requiring employers to use an employment eligibility verification system. As of June 15, 2011, Illinois is the only state to impose limited usage of the E-Verify system. E-Verify was implemented by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in partnership with the Social Security Administration (SSA) to help employers determine employment eligibility of new hires and the validity of their Social Security numbers. How else is Farmland to determine eligibility other than asking questions of potential new hires? Farmland is a private company. Where does the government get off thinking they have the right to control a company? The company has all the risk and provides a service to the community – jobs. What is government’s contribution? Uncertainty about the future.
To add to the uncertainty and confusion, IL passed HB 1743, which creates privacy and antidiscrimination protections for workers if employers participating in E-Verify do not follow the program’s procedures. Is your head swimming yet?

Government says it is OK to be here illegally but damned the company that works to have a legal operation.

Western IL can not afford to lose industry which in turn causes a loss in jobs!!! I’m not sure President Obama or Governor Quinn makes that correlation when they add more tax and regulation to companies, sign wishy-washy legislation and sue those companies that are needed to provide jobs. Western IL does not have an over abundance of industry. When one shuts down, the effect is devastating. Just ask Galesburg after Maytag left.

Businesses are there to make a profit. When they hurt, the entire community hurts along with them.

D. M. Wasson and C. J. Parrish
Monmouth Tea Party

link to the original article: http://www.galesburg.com/news/business/x1153511442/Farmland-to-pay-290-400-in-penalties

Roundtable: How to create U.S. jobs? - Galesburg, IL - The Register-Mail

2011-09-10T21:57:00.001-05:00

QUESTION:

WASHINGTON D.C. —

What strategy would you suggest for creating jobs in the United States?

Remove onerous regulations, cut waste
Some large corporations at least appear to have a lot of cash on hand. Consumers seem to be willing to buy although without using their credit cards quite so recklessly. The hang-up is uncertainty. From large corporations to small businesses there’s a wait-and-see mentality. The key, therefore, is to remove the uncertainty.

Last week the president announced the elimination of some of the government regulations. Not as many were removed as were added. As long as the uncertainty remains, jobs will elude us unless we start reversing the situation. I would suggest: Start eliminating the most onerous regulations. Next, start eliminating the waste and redundancy that was reported by the GAO last March. They can be done simultaneously. Once this is seen as a serious effort confidence will begin to emerge and hiring will begin again. If no serious effort is seen, employment will remain stagnant at best.

Charlie Gruner

Galesburg 9/12 Group Member

To read the full article follow the link below:

Roundtable: How to create U.S. jobs? - Galesburg, IL - The Register-Mail

Letter to the Editor: Congressional Black Caucus Attacks Tea Party

2011-09-08T22:18:00.001-05:00

This is a letter to the editor sent to the Register-Mail on Wednesday. It has not been in the paper yet.

I am writing about the 3 recent attacks on the Tea Party by the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC).

1) Rep. Maxine Waters , California Democrat, while addressing a community summit, said the Tea Party can go straight to Hell. Rep. Waters is currently under an ethics probe for obtaining $12 million in TARP money for One United Bank. Her husband Sidney Williams was a former director of the bank and owned $350,000 in bank stock.

2) Rep. Andre Carson, Indiana Democrat, while addressing a CBC event in Miami, said that some Tea Party affiliated Congressmen would love to see you and me (blacks) hanging on a tree. I would suggest Rep. Carson identify these Congressmen so we can vote them out of office.

3) Rep. Frederica Wilson, Florida Democrat, while addressing a jobs fair in Miami, said the real enemy is the Tea Party.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson also jumped on the Tea Party "dog pile". Jackson was speaking at a Martin Luther King luncheon and said the Tea Party is not new. It is reminiscent of the States' Rights groups of the past that fought federal integration. In case you forgot, Rev. Jackson was the one caught on an open microphone saying he wanted to neuter then candidate Obama.

I have been to a few Tea Party rallies and several Tea Party meetings. I have never heard a racist comment. When I attended my first Tea Party meeting, I was not greeted by a "Grand Inquisitor" at the door asking if I was a racist, homophobe, gun owner, Christian, pro life, right-wing extremist, big oil and corporate jet owner lover. I was merely welcomed to the meeting. The Tea Party has 3 core values - limited constitutional government, fiscal responsibility, and free enterprise. Our monthly meetings are educational in nature. Our members are encouraged to do research on pertinent issues affecting our Country such as social security reform, health care, immigration, tax reform, deficit reduction, etc. and present position papers to the group for open and honest discussion. Although many Tea Party members are already active in community service, we have been exploring ways to increase the service by possibly partnering with other groups.

I have found my fellow Tea Party members to be well-informed individuals who care deeply about the Country. I would like the CBC to adhere to Dr. King’s ideals of judging people by their character.

Kirk Heller

Galesburg TEA Party Member

Knoxville, IL

Galesburg Tea Party 2nd Annual Rally - Sept 15, 2011

2011-09-02T11:08:00.000-05:00

Galesburg Tea Party
2nd Annual Rally
Thursday, Sept 15, 2011
6:00p.m.
Lake Storey Pavilions 1,2 & 3

“We the People” - What We Stand For!
Fiscal Responsibility, Limited Government & Free Enterprise

2011 Master of Ceremonies
Judge Harry Bulkeley & Rick Welty
2011 Guest Speakers
John Block, Former Secretary of Agriculture
Darin LaHood, Illinois State Senator
Dick Johnston,
Professor Monmouth College
Joe Mangieri,
Mangieri Electric

Enjoy patriotic music, singing and
reciting the Pledge of Allegiance!

FREE TO THE PUBLIC!

Bring your own lawn chairs,
refreshments & umbrellas!

Visit our Website
www.galesburgteaparty.org

Letter to Editor -Tea Party, a Party of Balance

2011-08-29T15:16:00.001-05:00

This is a copy of a letter to the editor written by Dick Conklin and published in the Register Mail on 8/28/11. Thanks Dick!

It may shock some that the "Party" , the Tea Party which is told to "go to 'hades' and stay there', that is called terrorists, hostage takers, extremists is really the Party of Balance, the "Party" that is centered. This probably sounds to many like self-justifying political pablum but I'd like to offer a few examples.

In the area of taxation the Tea Party favors a flat tax rate applying to more tax payers, with virtually no loopholes or exemptions. Then the Warren Buffets of the world would no longer get away with paying less in taxes than their secretaries and GE with its billions in profits wouldn't get away with paying no taxes while other private enterprises may pay anywhere between 0 and 35% as under the current tax structure. Which is the more balanced approach this latter or current tax structure or the Tea Party's approach?

The Tea Party again favors a "Flat" or "Fair" Tax Plan ( 2 different approaches to taxation) that removes lobbyists and special interest groups from determining tax rates. This certainly is a more balanced and reasonable approach to setting tax rates and structures.

Regarding Government Spending, George Bush in his 8 years of Presidency generated nearly $5 Trillion in additional debt while President Obama nearly $4 Trillion in his 3 Years. The current debt reduction plan will actually result in an increase in our current debt of $14.4 Trillion by another $8 Trillion in10 years. None of this is balanced or centered. The Tea Party favors deficit and debt fixed in relation to a percentage of GDP. They favor a balanced budget amendment because historically congress has shown no adult capability in reigning in uncontrolled unsupportable spending.

In the area of Government intrusion in our Lives The Tea Party feels it is not the job of the government to micro manage our lives down to telling us what kind of light bulbs we can use in our own homes. When Donna Brazille, former campaign advisor for Bill Clinton and current political analyst for the DNC, opines in a recent Guest Column, that it is the government's job to protect us from corporate greed, the Tea Party would ask where she finds that power in the constitution. The problem resides in that she is making and asking the government to make a subjective value judgement and base policy on it. What is one woman's greed may be anther's incentive to create wealth for herself and jobs incidentally for others. When you have a strong central government it is only natural for it to try to intrude itself in our lives. It takes an ever vigilant citizenry to minimize the role of a strong government in picking winners and losers based on its own subjective values such as one's definition of greed over another's.

These are just a few examples of the balanced nature of the Tea Party. This will most likely not convince the hard line name callers on the other side. However, it may open the eyes of many others that the Tea Party is far more balanced in its approach than that of its demonizers.

Dick Conklin

Galesburg TEA Party

Flashback: 'Your Children Will Be Communists'

2011-08-29T08:17:00.001-05:00

“I ask you to join me in helping to restore the individual freedoms and initiatives this nation once knew. To make government more the servant and not the master of us all. In this free nation, we do not choose to be ruled. We elect to be governed.”

Flashback: 'Your Children Will Be Communists'

Illinois Review: Illinois Loses Most Jobs in the Nation in July

2011-08-23T16:22:00.001-05:00

This is what raising taxes does.

“Illinois started to create jobs as the national economy began to recover. But just when Illinois’s economy seemed to be turning around, lawmakers passed record tax increases in January of this year. Since then, Illinois’s employment numbers have done nothing but decline.”

Illinois Review: Illinois Loses Most Jobs in the Nation in July

Monthly TEA Party Group Meeting

2011-08-19T10:43:00.001-05:00

Monday, August 22 · 7:00pm - 8:30pm

1st Street Armoury

Monthly TEA Party Group Meeting

TEA Party Rally Tomorrow!

2011-07-03T08:19:00.001-05:00

Everyone,

The TEA Party Rally at the Monmouth Square is tomorrow! Please be there if you can. It is important that we show our government representatives that they work for us, not us for them. We have two great speakers (Richard Johnston & Jim Bennett). We will have petitions to sign and information about the new Monmouth TEA Party group and more.

The Rally is from 9:30am to 11:00am on Monday. Please take this time out of your holiday weekend and support the reason why we celebrate this weekend; Freedom from a tyrannical government.

Thomas Jefferson said: “In questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.”

This is what we must do with our governmental representatives and this is what the TEA Party is all about.

Please be there if you can.

Sean

19 Reasons Why The Federal Reserve Is At The Heart Of Our Economic Problems

2011-07-01T09:08:00.001-05:00

If the U.S. government had been issuing debt-free money all this time, the U.S. government would likely not be spending one penny on interest payments. Instead, the U.S. government spent over 413 billion dollars on interest on the national debt during fiscal 2010. This is money that belonged to U.S. taxpayers that was transferred to the U.S. government which in turn was transferred to wealthy international bankers and other foreign governments.

19 Reasons Why The Federal Reserve Is At The Heart Of Our Economic Problems

Letter Re: The Argument for Return to Constitutional Principles - SurvivalBlog.com

2011-06-30T11:49:00.001-05:00

Heritage is fleeting. Lest we recognize ours is a nation of excellence, it shall be lost. Liberty is not offered lightly; it is guaranteed to freemen, having been procured by the blood of patriots and defined by the United States Constitution. Those who declare liberty, do so with the knowledge that all men are created equal, while those denying liberty do so considering men as subjects.

Letter Re: The Argument for Return to Constitutional Principles - SurvivalBlog.com

4th of July TEA Party Rally

2011-06-20T11:56:00.004-05:00

Public Square

Monmouth, IL 61462

9:30am - 11:00am

Richard Johnston of Monmouth College’s Political Economy and Commerce Department speaking

Bring your American Flags, hand-made signs or banners and help us celebrate our unalienable rights and peacefully rally for the republic…

a republic that believes in civil liberties, low taxes and a low spending - limited federal government! Join WE, the American People!

See the Facebook Event

TEA Party Group Meeting

2011-04-26T12:17:00.002-05:00

Organizational meeting. open to all. Please RSVP!

Monday, May 23rd · 7:00pm - 8:30pm
1st Street Armoury - In the Cafe
215 S. 1st Street
Monmouth, IL

https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=205409296157147

Monmouth TEA Party group organizing meeting

2011-03-30T16:16:00.000-05:00

Organizational meeting. open to all. Please RSVP!

Monday, April 4 · 7:00pm - 9:00pm

1st Street Armoury - In the Cafe
215 S. 1st Street
Monmouth, IL

https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=81447302472

Monmouth Tax Day Tea Party

2010-04-12T15:48:00.000-05:00

The corn fields of Monmouth, Illinois....actually the Quad at Monmouth College will be filled with people on April 15th, 2010(Tax Day) to show our support of bringing the government back to its roots. This rally is to promote the ideas that our founders had, and instilled in the Constitution and Bill Rights.

Featured speakers will be Professor Richard Johnston of Monmouth College's Political Economy and Commerce Department, Bobby Schilling-Republican candidate running for Congress on a small government, fiscally responsible platform against Democrat Rep. Phil Hare in Illinois' 17th district. Other speakers are being added and will be announced soon.

This is not so much a protest, but rather a rally for the republic. A republic that believes in civil liberties, low taxes, and a low spending-limited federal government.

If you'd like to help out let us know here on facebook and we will get you started.

Thank you

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Monmouth-IL/Monmouth-College-Tax-Day-Tea-Party/319627288660?v=wall&ref=search#!/event.php?eid=394080746927

Quincy, Illinois Tea Party

2009-09-08T11:27:00.004-05:00

Quincy Tea Party * LINCOLNS LEGACY PATRIOTS ON THE PRAIRIE

Quincy, Illinois

Saturday, September 12, 2009
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
WASHINGTON PARK - Where the Lincoln - Douglas Debate Held
Maine Street 4th - 5th Street

Quincy, Illinois Tea Party

SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKERS: ANDREW BREIBART GLENN REYNOLDS Kevin Jackson and many more!! 3 P's - PEACEFUL - PROFESSIONAL - PERSISTENT www.quincynews.org * host * for the PATRIOT SPECIAL HOTEL LINK Have also launched our MILITARY CARE PACKAGES Collections for this upcoming Christmas season mailing. Go to our web site for drop sites. GIVING back as we can to THOSE who GIVE SO MUCH for US! twitter: Queenofplenty

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Peoria, Illinois Tea Party

2009-09-08T11:24:00.002-05:00

Celebrating 222 Years of Our Constitution
Peoria, Illinois

Peoria, Illinois Tea Party

Thursday, September 17, 2009
11:00am till 2:00pm
Federal Courthouse
100 NE Monroe
Russell D. Dill (organizer)
309-678-3337 (organizer phone)

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Springfild - Budget Tax Tea Party - May 16th

2009-04-24T17:46:00.000-05:00

Jill Tracy invited us to Springfield and we are currently making contact with all of the Tea Party Organizers we can reach to converge on the Capitol next month!!!

My Challenge to you:

20,000 at the Capitol
We Need Volunteers from all cities immediately to make this happen!!! Missouri is next!!!

http://quincyteaparty.com/

The Monmouth Tea Party - Review Atlas Article

2009-04-16T09:08:00.003-05:00

About 100 people ventured out to the public square in Monmouth on Wednesday afternoon to protest the way government has been spending money recently.
Richard White, Monmouth, said he was there to support the people who were organizing the event and to protest big government.

http://www.reviewatlas.com/homepage/x50617754

Monmouth Illinois Tea Party Pictures

2009-04-15T19:18:00.003-05:00

More Pics Here

New Report: The TARP is Unconstitutional

2009-04-14T13:16:00.001-05:00

"Our government is based on the separation of powers. This means, as the Constitution states, that “All legislative Powers” are “vested in a Congress of the United States” and cannot be delegated to the executive branch. A new legal brief finds that the broad authority of the TARP “Wall Street bailout” legislation violates this legal doctrine and is unconstitutional."

http://www.freedomworks.org/tarp

Message from Thomas Paine

2009-04-14T09:23:00.000-05:00

Tea Party Sign Ideas

2009-04-14T08:39:00.001-05:00

Check here for Tea Party sign ideas!

What Is The Tax Day Protest About?

2009-04-13T08:34:00.000-05:00

Tax Day Tea Party

The Tea Party protests, in their current form, began in early 2009 when Rick Santelli, the On Air Editor for CNBC, set out on a rant to expose the bankrupt liberal agenda of the White House Administration and Congress. Specifically, the flawed “Stimulus Bill” and pork filled budget.

During Rick’s rant, he called for a “Chicago tea Party” where advocates of the free-market system could join in a protest against out of control government spending.

A few days later, grassroots activists and average Joe Americans began organizing what would soon become the Nationwide Chicago Tea Party effort.

On February 27th, an estimated 30,000 Americans took to the street in 40+ cities across the country in the first nationwide “Tea Party” protest.

Organizers of the February 27th events pledged to continue on with an even bigger and better protest to follow the first. With April 15th being “Tax Day”, it was decided to schedule the second round of Tea Party protests to ride alongside the tax deadline.

And with that, the “Tax Day Tea Party”, the second round of the Nationwide Tea Party protests, moved into reality.

The Tea Party effort is just a small piece of a much larger movement aimed at restoring the basic free-market principles our country was built on. The Constitution, for the most part, is being ignored by our government and we intend to work together to correct the problem.

The Tea Party effort is a grassroots, collaborative volunteer organization made up of every day American citizens from across the country. We take pride in the fact that we’ve built a 50 state network of leaders and activists using nothing more than the internet, a few websites and a burning desire to restore freedom.

source: http://ashevilleteaparty.wordpress.com/what-is-the-tax-day-protest-about/

Rick Santelli’s Rant

2009-04-13T07:52:00.001-05:00

Rick’s rant, he called for a “Chicago tea Party” where advocates of the free-market system could join in a protest against out of control government spending:

Tax Day Tea Party Wednesday - Galesburg, IL - The Register-Mail

2009-04-12T14:50:00.001-05:00

Monmouth Illinois Tax Day Tea Party in the news...

Tax Day Tea Party Wednesday - Galesburg, IL - The Register-Mail

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American Tea Party Anthem by Lloyd Marcus

2009-04-10T14:08:00.001-05:00

Silent Majority No More!

2009-04-10T12:42:00.000-05:00

It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people’s minds.

— Samuel Adams

One Trillion Dollars

2009-04-10T08:51:00.001-05:00

I.O.U.S.A. Movie Trailer

2009-04-08T08:18:00.001-05:00

Join the Monmouth Illinois Tax Day Tea Party

2009-03-31T09:42:00.000-05:00

Party Like it's 1773

Join the Monmouth Illinois

Tax Day Tea Party

Lovers of the Constitution,

advocates of limited government,

and folks who want to live in a freer country:

We are celebrating our unalienable rights and peacefully protesting a government that no longer represents nor protects the great big WE, the American people.

Where: Monmouth Illinois Town Square

When: Wednesday, April 15, 2009, between 12 noon and 1 P.M.

What we need:

American flags.

Hand-made signs.

Hand-painted banners.

Revolutionary costumes.

Pocket constitutions.

A scroll version of the Constitution would be good to have on hand…

Are you on Facebook?

Visit: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=75159309223

RSVP: Attending