The Chattering Class is Pushing back

Uncle Barry is losing his grip on the chattering class of America and he knows it. We are resisting our forced march onto Uncle Barry's plantation in greater numbers by the day. For the fourth straight week Republicans lead the Democrats in Rasmussen's Generic Congressional Ballot and support for Repubs is at the highest level in over two years.

We are getting and staying informed about issues that will affect us for generations to come and we are coming prepared for battle, witness these courageous members of the chattering class as they actually laugh out loud at the bald faced lies their congressman is trying to feed them...




...and this chattering class hero tells Obama sycophant Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius "It will be a cold day in hell before he socializes my country"




We are finally digging in our heels and showing the some of the same grit and determination that our forebearers used when they brought the British Empire to a stumbling halt in the Americas over two centuries ago as we find out more and more about Uncle Barry's promised healthcare plan for us. The outrage grows as we learn the truth about the care the elderly will or will not receive under Obama's ration-based plan. Our parents and grandparents will simply be told they are not worth the expense to care for and their healthcare will be withheld. Our elderly will be hounded, yes hounded, by end of life councelors who come every five years to advise them on their end of life choices. (I double dawg dare a pencil necked wonk from Washington to show up and councel my father about end of life choices, you might just get a lesson in end of life choices yourself.)

As word spreads that abortion and the entire vile abortion industry will be included in the package, even Democratic lawmakers are becoming squeamish at the prospect of having to face their constituents with this blood on their hands.

We are standing up to the liberal media as we witnessed during the TeaParties when the snotty reporter from CNN tried to bully a TEA party participant(her contract was not renewed with CNN by the way ) We realize the media is part of the problem and very many of us view the mainstream media as aiding and abetting the enemies of our nation as they try to force us to live in a marxist state.

We tried to warn you back in the winter when we took to public squares all across this nation, but the liberal elites chose to answer with derision and scorn. But, the average American took notice and started to listen and do their own research, independent of the mainstream media sources. We emailed and blogged to organize a true grassroots network and still the elites refused to heed us. We organized and held ever larger TEA parties and shouted our defiance to an administration that has refused to hear us. But, Mr. and Mrs. Average American has heard us and joined their voices to those of us who were considered to be "far right wing extremists" Is it possible that over 50% of the nation is now saying the same thing those "far right wing extremists" spent so many days and nights jumping up and down and blogging about? If over 50% of the nation does not want this healthcare package shoved down our throats, who does that leave out on the far edges then?

But, of course Uncle Barry tried to soothe our concerns by reminding us that no, this isn't about him...it is about us, he is doing this for our own good. Oh goodie! Uncle Barry is only looking out for us because what...we aren't smart enough to look out for ourselves? Well, if it isn't about Dear Leader, then surely he is not worried that his presidency will be destroyed if healthcare is defeated, right?

..."Let's just lay everything on the table," Grassley said. "A Democrat congressman last week told me after a conversation with the president that the president had trouble in the House of Representatives, and it wasn't going to pass if there weren't some changes made ... and the president says, 'You're going to destroy my presidency.' "...

Oops, my bad, it seems like it IS all about him after all.

Katrina Pierson = Courage

Katrina Pierson. Remember her name, I think you will see much more of her in the future. Her story is an amazing testament to courage and her strong belief in the American dream. Listen to her speak at the Dallas TEA party and be amazed.
"I would like to welcome you all to what could very well be the next revolution"

FBI came to the Tea Parties too

I know this won't come as much of a shock to many of us, but the FBI is reported, by the Canada Free Press to have been at the TEA parties, gathering information and taking pictures of the participants. Ladies and gentlemen, the Federal Bureau of Investigation was using cameras and man power funded by US, the very same citizens who were protesting wasting our tax dollars were being watched by our own government.

I have no doubt by now, they have scoured all the networking sites and collected those images too. Many of felt this was a historically important event, enough so that we brought our sons and daughters too, I'm sure their pictures are collected up in a book somewhere now as well. I am furious at yet another betrayal of my government.
==========================================

"Listen to what I am saying,” stated the source during an interview with Doug Hagmann, founder (NEIN). “The Department of Homeland Security Intelligence Assessment that is receiving so much attention is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg, and the true patriotic citizens of this country are on the Titanic. This is what bothers me. But is goes far beyond that assessment. There have been very significant changes made over the last few years that redirect the focus and assets of the intelligence community internally. These changes have greatly accelerated under this administration, and the threats have been redefined to include those who used to be patriots. It’s not only chilling but absolutely insulting to God-fearing Americans.” http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/10371

But, wait, it just keeps getting better...
"In addition to obtaining or confirming the location and time of each “demonstration,” each field office was instructed to obtain or confirm the identity of the individual(s) involved in the actual planning and coordination of the event in each specific region, and include the local or regional Internet web site address, if any. The information collected by region was then reportedly sent to FBI Headquarters."

“The implications to the citizens of the U.S. are ominous. It seems that there is a hostile political agenda coming from Washington that characterizes the supporters of our constitutional freedoms as threats to our domestic security, which is totally absurd. The redirection, the refocusing of domestic threats from al Qaeda cells to ‘flag waving right-wingers’ is something that has gone from a murmur a few years ago to a roar today.”
http://homelandsecurityus.com/?p=2659

Bite Me CNN

A lot has already been said about the silly CNN woman who pretended to be a reporter at a TEA party..so I won't add anything else except this great clip. The pseudo- reporter gets a dose of reality from a feisty American woman.

Nashville TEA Party

Wow what a great day to be a right wing extremist at a protest! I went to the Nashville one--and we started as we did the last time, with a word of prayer. Then the Pledge of Allegiance, then we sang the National Anthem--yes WE, the audience sang. All around me patriot voices sang the words, loudly, strongly and I got chills listening to the words coming from ordinary people, just like me.

Oh, before we started, the organizer laid out a few ground rules. He said that we were to expect some ACORN people to show up and if we were bothered by anyone that we should immediately begin to chant USA! USA! to let people around us know. Then the orange vests(specially trained volunteers from the local organizing chapter) were going to move in and escort the trouble makers away. And don'tcha know, a couple of fools showed up and tried us---but we were ready for them and it was basically a non starter. I was too far away to get any shots--but, who cares, let the loosers think they accomplished something. I felt very safe--there were lots of police there and I even took my son out of school to go with me, he's 6' 3" and 230 pounds of solid muscle(he plays football when hes not eating). So, along with a couple other local bloggers we staked out our spot about an hour before the actual event started. Here is an image about an hour-ish before TEA time.

The building in the background is the state capital building and at this time I would guess at least 300-400 people were there--an hour before T-time

This is about 30 minutes later. See how fast the plaza filled up? I like the sign in the center right that says "Karl Marx is Dead" Nice huh?

This one made me giggle, because it is as direct of a message as one could hope for directed to our state Senators, Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker. I have to say Corker has done a better job at holding the line on spending than Lamar has--Lamar I guess this is your unofficial notice.

Do you see that big greyish building in the background? Tall men around me told me the crowd was all the way back to that building--I think it is a hotel, but I'm not sure. I'm not that familiar with Nashville, I don't come to the big city that often...well, lately it has just been for protests and hockey games. The speaker told us they were estimating the crowd at around 10,000. I have no way to confirm or deny that, since I am much too short to see over the crowd--and I wouldn't be a bit surprised because there were substantially more people than last time.

I will be back later with some more pictures and thoughts--but right now I have to make supper. Yeah, down here in the south we eat supper. :)

God Bless America!

Damn Them

When I attended my first TEA party in February, I went with a mixture of excitement and felt a touch of pride. The excitement was because I had never attended a political protest--the pride came because I felt as though I was truly a patriot in the sense that I was planning to exercise my right to peacefully assemble to protest the government for a very valid reason.

This time though, I am nervous and filled with dread. I am nervous those flaky moonbats will show up and some how suck me into interacting with them. Oh I have a plan, but, Mr. Murphy will show up and bring his stupid law and my plans will become his victim, most likely. I don't want to screw this up for the rest of the movement, of course, I could argue with myself that I am not that important that anything I say tomorrow will screw up the TeaParty movement, but I do tend to blurt things out...So I'm going to avoid the moonbats tomorrow if I possibly can, of course it would be very helpful if the flakes tied a sign around their necks or something.

The dread comes in because I'm going to be attending a rally in a larger city and I read the DHS report, then I listened to this exerpt of an interview with the Under Secretary person at DHS. He couldn't deny that DHS will be at the protests filming or taking pictures. Did you hear me? He couldn't deny that DHS won't be taking pictures of the protestors. They aren't going to make a scrap book with those pictures. Those pictures will NOT be used for any thing good.

SO,the damned moonbats and the damned DHS types have completely freaked me out. I dread going to the TEA party, but I'm going. I won't let them intimidate me into staying home. I WON'T allow my fear of my government force me to become mute. I won't allow my fear of confrontation and bullies keep me from doing what I know to be my duty to try to protect the Constitution and my beloved nation.

So listen up all you damned, flaky statists...I'm not going away. You can scare me. You can bully me. You can threaten me. You can mock me. You can label me an enemy of my beloved nation...but I am not going away. It is a disquieting bit of knowledge to come to the understanding that elements of my nation, in a department that is supposed to protect ME from terrorists---now view ME as a right wing extremist. ME. I am a middle aged, slightly greying suburbanite, grandma who has never been arrested, never been sued, never even had an over due library book, the last speeding ticket I had was in the 80s, I vote regularly, I even have a bird feeder and a goldfish pond in my front yard for crying out loud. I am engaged in my community and church, and I am now labeled by my government as a right wing extremist...the world has indeed gone upside down, nuking futs.

(TEAparty FEB 09)


So, now, maybe I can sleep...maybe.

HuffPo Is Coming to the TEA Parties--just so you know

A few days ago I posted some concerns that echoes several other bloggers concerns that groups like ACORN may try to cause trouble at the TEA parties and get pictures in order to discredit the real TEA party attendees. Please read this letter from the Huffington Post actively recruiting "citizen reporters".

"The Huffington Post wants to have citizen journalists at as many of these events as possible. If you think you'd be interested in attending one of the Tea Parties and reporting back to us with dispatches, photos, or video, click here to sign up. We'll contact you shortly with further instructions."

So, being the curious sort, I clicked and signed up with another email address. Pretty benign, until you get to the example of the images they hope to capture, from the G-20 Protest. Weren't those called riots? SO, if anyone approaches me to "interview" me, I will be polite but firm and then take my picture with them.

Yep, if they get my picture Im going to get their picture. I'm also going to have a second sign that might say something like "Special Guest from HuffPo" and follow that person around with the sign. Or maybe not, I don't know right now, but at any rate, just wanted to put the information out there that the left is planning to "inflitrate" the TEA parties and it is my opinion they are hoping to find pictures that will discredit us and our cause. You know, its a good thing we are "wasting our time" LOL

=================Here are the Instructions from the email================
Thank you for joining the Tea Party reporting team.
Next week, on April 15, we need you to be inside the crowd taking photos and video, jotting observations, and using Twitter to give HuffPost readers the on-the-ground coverage of the Tea Party protests. Locate the event closest to you HERE (click on your state listed on the right side of the page).Not everyone is a writer and not all people want to take photographs, which is why we have laid out four ways to be part of the team.1) Pen and Pad Reporting: Each protest presents a unique story. We definitely want to know the basics: how many people were in attendance? Where there any prominent speakers, and what did they say? Which slogans did the crowds chant, and what did they paint on their signs? We're also interested in understanding what kind of people showed up and why--so feel free to ask them if you feel comfortable doing so.
We are asking for dispatches of no more than 600 words. Email your report to submissions+teaparty@huffingtonpost.com by noon on April 16th. (Check out our reporting standards for further guidance.)2) Picture the Protest: Take your camera and capture the best images from the gathering. Protest signs and banners make for good photographs, as do families and establishing shots of the entire crowd. Email your pics to photos@huffingtonpost.com. Incude your name, city, and state in the subject line and a brief description of each photo in the body of your email. For inspiration check out the slide show from the G-20 Protest in London. 3) Film the Show: Some HuffPosters have already shown interest in filming their local Tea Party. We don't have specific guidelines on video production, however we suggest that you edit your footage to less than five minutes in length and that you identify all interviewees. You can publish your video to YouTube and email us the link, or send your mpeg file to submissions+teaparty@huffingtonpost.com usingYouSentIt.
4) Twitter the Facts: It's impossible to give an exhaustive report in 140 characters, but Twitter's short form is great for quickly getting across basic facts and observations. Using your cell phone or mobile device, you can "tweet" the approximate attendance or a choice quote. IMPORTANT: We'll only see your tweets if you include #huff in ALL of your messages. Also, remember to include your city and state so that we know where you are. (Sign up for an account with Twitter here.) If you have any questions, email submissions+teaparty@huffingtonpost.com.
Good luck,
Matt

Tea Time in Nashville

Tea Time in Nashville

Here are some of the pictures that I took along with a fellow blogger from my area -thanks USMC for your help!

These were taken before the event started. I think my favorite one was "Obamanomics, Chains we can believe in"

See that guy in the striped hat? He was with another woman and a young girl, I guess the woman was his mom but they had a camera with them and it seemed to me they were trying to get people to talk to them. I didn't really pay attention to them until I saw a woman holding a sign make a gesture with her hand like "no more" and I think she said "That's enough" but, I really couldn't hear them. The 'mom' then panned the camera to her daughter and told her to make a peace sign, daughter dutifully did. After that they left.

Heh, no doubt.

This shot covers about one third of the crowd. I wanted to get a panoramic shot of the crowd, but my other hand was holding my flag and there was a bit of a gusty breeze, so I didn't manage one.

After the protest broke up we decided to pay Congressman Cooper a visit and voice our displeasure at his support of Porkulus. In the next picture, note the policeman (he was very nice by the way) Of course the people in the office said they didn't call him, and that he just 'happened' to show up. I heard him talking on his radio when he requested another unit and somehow I don't quite believe that he was just walking his beat and happened by...but...whatever.

"Free Markets, NOT Free Loaders" indeed!

I posted this picture because it struck me that after around 600 people stood in this spot, there was not a single piece of trash on the ground, not a single one. The trash bin to the left was full, however. Maybe, it is because conservatives don't expect anyone else to come behind us and clean up our messes.

Something I noticed right away was how friendly everyone seemed to be. I didn't hear anyone say anything "I hate Obama" related. I heard alot of discussion about how to stop the spending spree Obama has embraced.

Personally, I think the best course of action is to keep up pressure on our local representatives. I also heard alot of talk about another demonstration with April 15 as a likely day. I think this is a great idea and I'm going to stay tuned for that one.

Demographics(completely unscientific): Male/female about 50/50

Ages: All ages, a few babies in strollers up to several over 70s(my guess, didn't ask)

race: overwhelmingly white

Party Time!!

I'm going tomorrow. I'm nervous yet excited and glad to finally have something concrete to do to protest this unholy alliance of greed and ego. I will post some notes tomorrow afternoon.

Michelle Malkin has a pretty extensive list of parties. Check it out and see if one is near you.
http://michellemalkin.com/2009/02/26/lets-get-this-tea-party-started/