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Our country is unlike any other on earth. The freedoms we take for granted in America are often times nonexistent in other parts of the world. We are free to speak our minds, bear arms, own property, and pursue happiness to our satisfaction. We are free to practice whatever religion we choose or practice no religion at all. These are but a few of our many liberties, liberties brave men and women have died to protect. The mission of the T.E.A. Party is to protect and preserve our republic. We believe in the power of the individual and free markets to improve the quality of human life. We believe that equality should not be confused with entitlements. We support a tax structure that encourages private sector growth, not government dependency. The Tea Party movements across our great nation share similar values and principles that enable us to speak collectively as one voice to those within our government that seek to control us as a people. We conservatives, from all parties are now watching.We are not with one party. We are for All Americans from All Parties and All walks of life as conservative citizens of the U.S.A.
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All men are by nature free and independent and have certain inherent and inalienable rights amoung which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. To secure these rights and protection of property, govennments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.
Together We Stand, Divided We Fall.
Stand as Americans, not a party. Do not let any government divide the people of this land. We are the power and they are our voted in hired help. Let your voice be heard, let your stand be known.
The taxpayer - That's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't take the civil service examination. Ronald Reagan
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TEA Party Event Photos from Springfield with love.
Happy Independence Day America.
EVERY DAY
Please read to the bottom for new links to read and study.
"I wish it were possible to obtain a single amendment to our Constitution ... taking from the federal government their power of borrowing." --Thomas Jefferson (Letter of November 26th, 1798)
Please Check out the link below, Obama and our rights of the 2nd Amendment
Please use this calendar to check out statewide events listed on this state TEA Party Calendar. Many other groups use this too.
illinoisteaparty.net go to this site for IL. TEA Party
Our friend Chris Loesch, Dana's husband, was targeted yesterday.
TWITTER used to silence Conservatives??
Conservative Chris Loesch, music producer and husband of radio host and CNN contributor Dana Loesch, had his Twitter account suspended on Sunday. He was apparently targeted by leftist users who utilized the "Block & Report Spam" function to trigger the social media account's automatic spam algorithm. He was notified of his suspension via an email from Twitter claiming it was due to multiple unsolicited mentions to other users. "You will need to change your behavior to continue using Twitter," the email admonished.
"I never threatened anyone and am careful about being concise with what I write especially in public," Mr. Loesch told The Washington Times. "They were going to make me sign this note that said one more infraction and I would be permanently banned. I wasn't going to do that so I wrote emails to some of their people."
Supporters initiated by fellow conservatives Ben Howe and Jerome Hudson began sending tweets with a "#FreeChrisLoesch" hashtag. Retweets soon had it trending as one of the top 10 messages being sent in the United States. A couple of hours later, his account was reinstated only to be mysteriously suspended again within an hour. So the campaign was renewed, this time asking Twitter to "#FreeChrisLoeschAgain".
Mr. Loesch believes the spam-reporting campaign was kicked off by comments he made in defense of his wife. "It was business as usual for her I suppose," he said. "Veiled threats, rape and murder comments, the typical liberal misogynist slag. Being the chivalrous and testosterone filled being I am requires me to protect the woman I love and call out the haters for being the 'anonymous internet tough guys' they are...Needless to say they don't like being called out and struck back by reporting me as a spammer or worse."
Conservatives suspect a coordinated campaign to report as spam users with whom liberal users disagree. Several users sent out tweets bragging about getting Mr. Loesch blocked, including one claiming "my life job to make conservatives lives miserable."
If Twitter is indeed using an algorithm that allows user accounts to be reactively suspended according to malicious whims, that's a threat to free speech for everyone -- regardless of individual political views. Though Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for comment, Mr. Loesch was told that the company is going to try to create better safeguards to address this issue for the future.
At posting time, Mr. Loesch's account was still suspended but was reportedly slated to come back online sometime on Monday once Twitter's engineers were available. How long it will stay up this time remains to be seen.
Anneke E. Green is Assistant Editorial Page Editor for The Washington Times. She is on Twitter @AnnekeEGreen.
For more than 120 years, May 1 has been celebrated internationally as a day to honor workers and commemorate the suffering they have endured - and continue to endure - in their struggles for equity for all in the workplace.
Building on the history of May Day, the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement is calling for a Day Without the 99% by students, workers, and immigrants on Tuesday, May 1 to highlight economic injustice and corporate domination. Already, over 115 cities will be participating in this historic event.
Healthcare-NOW! encourages our members and supporters to participate in a May Day action organized by their local Occupy, and to bring with them the message of improved Medicare-for-all as the solution to the crisis in inequality in wealth and health.
Go here to find out about May Day events in your area.
Be sure to visit Healthcare-NOW!'s resources page for petitions and handouts you can download and bring with you, and send us any pictures or videos of your events at info@healthcare-now.org.
Some of the May Day actions include:
Healthcare-NOW! - New York City is kicking off their 100x100 Petition Drive for New York State's universal, single-payer healthcare bill May 1. Learn more and pick up materials at Union Square (on the steps at the South End) from 12n - 5:30pm.
Occupy LA East Wind, in collaboration with Labor United for Universal Healthcare, Single Payer Now, and others, will be holding a giant puppet show featuring the Working Family Vs. Greedy Insurance Giant at 1pm to speak out against the broken healthcare system. Go here for more info or contact Lisa Patrick-Mudd at lpmudd@gmail.com.
At a time in our country when 50 million people are uninsured and millions more remain underinsured, unemployment is at its highest level in more than 30 years, and student loan debt has reached a crippling one trillion dollars, this coming May Day occurs while the disparity between the privileges of the top 1% and the hardships of the rest of the 99% have been boldly illuminated by the efforts of OWS.
Please join with thousands of Healthcare-NOW! members and occupiers to show the world a May 1 without the 99%.
In solidarity for single-payer,
Francesca and Jeff
Healthcare-NOW! National Staff
Denise Cattoni
Illinois Tea Party
www.illinoisteaparty.net
Very Interesting Info, and they call us radicals...
