TEA Party Photos
April 15th has come
and gone. Much ado about nothing? I beg to differ. Let us recap.
What began six
weeks ago, culminated in an incredible display and formation of the 1st
Amendment in full action. What an incredible opportunity to make
history and take part in the freedoms we all have been granted by our
forefathers. It began in 1607 in Jamestown with
13 sovereign states
maturing to 1773 and the Boston Tea Party which ultimately led to the
American Revolution. We owe a debt of gratitude to the many men and
women that fearlessly braved the wide open ocean on rough seas to leave
their mother country of Britain and head to the New World. I can't even
comprehend what sacrifices have been made since that time; however, I do
realize the sacrifice we all must make in order to save our country from
the elite few that are so maliciously spending it away.
Piracy is occurring
on the high seas off the coast of Somalia and on the sterile grounds of
D.C. The United States Government has been pirated by 535 individuals.
They have taken hostage the American people and are holding them for a
rapidly growing ransom. Where will it stop? Can it be stopped? Must
it be stopped? How do you make it stop? You firmly set your sights on
them and take them out simultaneously with your vote. Stand up, stand
proud, stand firm on American ground and vote them out. Let freedom
ring with the resounding voices of American grassroots. The grassroots
have sent a loud vocal and a large visual to all who would see. The Tea
Parties were a great success. People came out and made our forefathers
proud.
Lubbock, Texas
citizens stood loud, proud, and bound to a set of traditional values at
their tea party. They came armed with signs, respect, prayerful hearts,
willing minds, and unity. There was an abundance of enthusiasm,
intelligent speakers, melodious patriotic music, beautiful children,
wonderful weather, and heartfelt cries. God protected His people. God
was honored. There were no guns, no extremists, no radicals, no
politicians, just a large mass of united
people willing to
use their 1st Amendment right to freedom of speech. It was a great scene
of grassroots. We planted the seeds and now it is time to grow.
Take hold of a
larger vision. Truly believe we can make a difference. The battle has
only begun. We stepped up and now we must move forward. Stay informed,
stay involved, stay motivated, and we will succeed. A great awakening
is occurring. Spread the word, tell the story, let not the fire go
out. We are on fire and we intend to make our elected officials hear
our voices. We have the power of the phone, internet, and ballot.
July 4th should and
must be our next opportunity to unite and spread the word of Take It
Back. Independence Day is coming! Let us snap, crackle, and pop! We
need your involvement, we need your commitment, and we need your
presence; therefore, stand up and be counted again. We are working to
unite as many as we can. Numbers matter. Large financial numbers do
not make sense to our government but large masses of people speaking in
unison do. Do not be afraid. Do not let them intimidate you. WE THE
PEOPLE will succeed!
Thank you for a
successful Tea Party! Let the good times roll!
Your fellow
patriots -- Americans for Integrity in Government
And more to come.......If
you send them to me!
Taxed
Enough
Already!
WEDNESDAY, APRIL
15, 5:00 P.M. DOWNTOWN AT THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE GAZEBO A
"TEA PARTY" TO PROTEST THE STIMULUS AND SPENDING BILLS
Special Guest Speaker will be
Roger
Williams,
former Secretary of State and Chairman of Texas Victory 2008. Please
click here to learn more about him.
Music
provided by the Jeff McCreight Band.
Bring your
flags, banners, signs, tea bags, and join your friends in registering
your opinion by your presence. The public and the media are invited to
attend.
(TENTATIVE SCHEDULE)
TAX DAY TEA PARTY
Lubbock County Court House
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
4:00
PM. Entertainment by Jeff McCreight
4:00 PM.
Food vendors open.
5:05 Opening Prayer
Color Guard & Pledge
5:15 Welcome
5:20 Introductions by John McDaniel
5:25 Speakers including, Brad Bentley, Henry Mirabal, Dr. Robt. McKenzie, Derek Coulson ,Dr. Donald R. May &
Chris Winn
6:00 Keynote Speaker, Roger Williams, former Secretary
of State.
6:20 “God Bless America” Jeff McCreight and the band
6:30 Prayer for our country.
6:35 Questions and comments from crowd.
6:45 More music by the Jeff McCreight band
7:00 Closing
Number
6.13:
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Ten Tax
Facts for Tax Day Tea Parties
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03/31/2009
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President Barack
Obama and the U.S. Congress have gone on a spending and debt
spree that the country cannot afford. As a result, a spontaneous
grassroots movement is emerging from every corner of the nation
with a message for Congress and the president: Stop spending us
into an inevitable spiral of debt and higher taxes … now!
To that end, groups of Americans will be
meeting in towns and cities across the nation on April 15 for
“Tax Day Tea Parties” (think Boston Tea Party, not biscuits and
fine English china). These “Ten Tax Facts” are our effort to
make sure the American people are well- informed as they gather
together to express their concern about the direction Washington
is headed.
#1 .Under the Obama budget, the
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects that the
national debt will double over the next five years; and
it will triple over the next 10 years to $17.3 trillion.
#2. Under the Obama budget, CBO
projects that the national debt will soar over the next
10 years from 40 percent of GDP today to a shocking 82.4
percent. (Ronald Reagan left office with the national
debt at 42 percent of GDP).
#3. The president’s budget also
states that total federal borrowing will grow by $2.7
trillion this year alone, an increase of 27 percent in
one year!
#4. The budget President Obama
proposes for this year increases federal spending by an
incredible 34 percent over the previous year, with a
total of $4 trillion in federal spending, the highest
ever.
#5. The federal budget deficit (not
the national debt) would reach $1.845 trillion this
year, according to the CBO, the highest ever. That would
be more than seven times Reagan’s largest budget deficit
of $221 billion, which caused so much consternation
among Reagan’s critics.
#6. The CBO estimates that this Obama
budget deficit will total an astounding 13.1 percent of
GDP, more than one-eighth of the entire U.S. economy,
for the federal budget deficit alone! Under George Bush,
the federal deficit for 2008 was 3.2 percent of GDP. The
deficit for fiscal year 2007, in the last budget adopted
when Congress was controlled by Republican majorities,
was $162 billion, or 1.2 percent of GDP.
#7. The Obama budget also includes $1
trillion in tax increases on the upper 5 percent of
income earners, mostly tax rate increases. But the top 5
percent of income earners already pays 60 percent of all
income taxes.
#8. The Obama budget projects that
revenues from the corporate income tax will more than
double in 3 years, increasing, in fact, by more than 124
percent.
#9. Another $645 billion tax increase
comes from President Obama’s anti-global warming cap and
trade system, which is essentially an energy tax on the
production and use of carbon energy, such as oil,
natural gas, and coal.
#10. While the Obama administration
claims to have cut $2 trillion from the budget over 10
years, fully $1.5 trillion of those “cuts” actually
represents the troop drawdown in Iraq, which was already
scheduled to occur under the Bush administration. Of the
remaining $500 billion in budget “savings,” fully $311
billion is categorized as “interest savings” but is
actually an additional tax increase on upper income
earners.
It’s not as if you can’t stimulate economic
growth while at the same time cutting government spending.
President Reagan did it. Reagan adopted budget cuts soon after
he entered office equal to close to 5 percent of the federal
budget at the time. Even with his defense buildup, total federal
spending declined from a high of 23.5 percent of GDP in 1983 to
21.3 percent in 1988 and 21.2 percent in 1989. That’s a 10
percent real reduction in the size of government relative to the
economy. Reagan’s policies conquered inflation and started a
25-year period of economic growth, which would look awfully good
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