Back with Some New Projects

We’re back!

After a break to work with a TEA party group, I’m back to start some new projects and use this blog as the starting point.  (I feel like Dr. Chandra in the sequel to “2001:  A Space Odyssey” waking  HAL up and getting the computer to talk again). 

Watch this space over the next few weeks for some audio/podcasts, video internet ads, etc.  Some fellow TEA partiers are going to collaborate and produce generic anti-incumbent ads that can be customized and used by TEA parties all over the country.  (The theme of the first ad is “You’re fired!”  I also have a bag of plastic roaches on my desk that is begging to star in a video.  Got any ideas for that one?  We’re also planning on  recording  a series of podcasts on earmarks, highlighting extra-fat  pork and identifying those responsible).  We’ll need  help in research and appreciate any leads you can give us.    Once these projects are completed, we’ll also need  your help in distribution.  We’ll need you to download them and e-mail them out to as many as possible.  We’re in the process of setting up a website and will probably move this effort to a new blogsite there.  Whatever is decided, we’ll be sure to keep you informed on this site.

 Just  when I thought life was going to get simpler!  What was I thinking?

The Arizona SB 1070 (Illegal Immigration)

Have you read the bill?  It’s only 21 pages and that includes the title and signatures!   (Maybe we should all send a copy to AG Eric Holder)?

Here it is: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2010/05/full-text-arizona-illegal-immigration-law-jan-brewer.html

The Contract from America

The Contract from America serves as a clarion call for those who recognize the importance of free market principles, limited government, and individual liberty. It is the natural extension of a movement that began in the local communities and quickly spread across America in response to unprecedented government expansion, reckless spending, and a blatant disregard by our leaders of the nation’s founding principles.

Sign it.  Pledge it.  Share it.  Spread it.

http://www.thecontract.org/

The Speech of the Decade

“Should America Bid Farewell to Exceptional Freedom?”  by Rep. Paul Ryan

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/04/02/should_america_bid_farewell_to_exceptional_freedom.html

Other Organizations in this Fight (Courtesy of Paul Wiljanen)

Since the Tea Party is a grassroots movement, I have found it best to sign up
with different organizations to know what is going on. Some of these have
Michigan chapters with local activities listed and some are national only.
 
www.retakeourgovernment.com
(A local group in Brighton/Highland area) Posts local events and news.
 
fentonpoliticalaction.wordpress.com
(A local group in Fenton) Posts local events and news.
 
www.resistnet.com
(Home of the Patriotic Resistance) An on-line community for patriotic citizens who are opposing the rising tide of statism with a patriotic, idea-based, conservative resistance. FLIP This House in 2010 is a non-partisan campaign to re-instill values in national politics. Grassfire.org is tied in.
 
teapartypatriots.org
(Grassroots American Movement)  Provides tools for organizers to administer Tea Parties and for  participants to communicate with organizers. TTP users are state coordinators, event organizers, and event participants.

www.freedomworks.org
(Lower Taxes, Less Government, More Freedom) Fights for lower taxes, less government, and more economic freedom. Drives policy change by training and mobilizing grassroot Americans to engage fellow citizens and encourage their political representatives to act in defense of individual freedom and economic opportunity.
 
www.americansforprosperity.org/national-site
(Educating and Mobilizing)  Mission is educating citizens about economic policy and mobilizing them as advocates in the public policy process. In the name of limited government and free markets on local, state, and Federal levels. Principals of entrepreneurialship and fiscal and regulatory restraint.
 
www.leadershipinstitute.org
(Training Conservative Leaders)Mission is to increase the number and effectiveness of conservative activists and leaders in the public policy process. Also has site campusreform.org for college campuses.

icaucus.ning.com
(A citizens movement to take back government from “big money” interests groups. Mission is to replace bad apples in Congress with good ones using our current party system. Good for calendar of local events.

letfreedomreignusa.ning.com
Information on local meetings, rallies and Tea Parties.
www.ourcaucus.com
(Citizen’s Movement to Take Our Government Back)
www.freedomforce.us
(Uniting to Take Our Government Back)
 
www.givemeliberty.org
(Home of We The People)
 
thepatrickhenrycaucus.com
To restore and uphold the sovereignty and rights of the individual states as guaranteed by the 10th amendment to the Constitution.
 
teapartyexpress.org
Organized city-to-city bus trip.

Mission is to uphold the constitution, protect Americans privacy, liberty and freedom. Restore values and morals. Elect responsible candidates. Educate our children. Apply accountability.

Upcoming Events in Washington D.C.

I got a call today from Paul Willjanen concerning some confusion about the events scheduled later this year in Washington D.C., especially those scheduled for the weekend of  9/11.  He noticed that there were marches listed for both Saturday, 9/11 and Sunday 9/12.  He made some phone calls and found there are two marches planned:  one on Saturday and one on Sunday. 

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From Paul Wiljanen:

There are three independent major events

in Washington, DC in the Fall of 2010:

August 28, 2010   Saturday
Glenn Beck  ”Restoring Honor”
www.glennbeck.com

September 11, 2010  Saturday
March on DC
www.marchondc.org

September 12, 2010  Sunday
9/12 Taxpayers March on Washington
www.freedomworks.org

WE ARE GOING TO ALL OF THEM. HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

The Mount Vernon Agreement

Let Freedom Ring

Yesterday, more than 100 conservative leaders joined together to celebrate the release of the Mount Vernon Statement – a document around which the conservative movement has coalesced around to reaffirm its commitment to Constitutional conservatism and the principles of the Declaration of Independence: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Over the past year, our country has seen an abusive government that disregards listening to the American public’s outcry and disrespects the limits of the Constitution. The Mount Vernon Statement hopes to put the modern conservative movement in the right direction as our country moves forward.

This is your opportunity to make a difference. You can become part of history by signing the Mount Vernon Statement today. Please, stand with us on the historic principles of Constitutional Conservatism.

Go to http://www.themountvernonstatement.com and sign today!

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Just click on the “Sign me up” button under “Email Notification” on the right margin of this screen!

How many Precinct Delegates?

According to Prudy Adam, the city of Fenton has 5 precincts that are allowed 4 delegates each for a total of 20.  Fenton Township has 6 precincts with a total of 38.  The city of Linden has 2 precincts with a total of 9.

If  you need a form to file for the ballot, there’s a post here with a link to download it.  Fill it out,  get it notarized, and take it to your city, township, or the county clerk’s office.

Here’s the breakdown by precinct:

Fenton Township			City of Fenton			City of Linden
Precinct #	Delegates		Precinct #	Delegates		Precinct #	Delegates
1	5		1	4		1	4
2	5		2	4		2	5
3	8		3	4		Total:	9
4	8		4	4
5	7		5	4
6	5		Total:	20
Total:	38

American Thinker: “Dear Mr. President: Why We’re Not Hiring”

Great reading!  Pass it along!

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/02/dear_mr_president_why_we_are_n.html