Tax Day Tea Parties

No wonder Americans are upset with BIG government and high taxes. This year they will pay more in taxes than for housing, clothing, and shelter put together. Support your local group no matter how much the media is trying to disparage them.

In 1913, Federal taxes were 1% of income and the average family paid $12.97 in taxes. Today, a fairly low estimate of Federal taxes is 18.56% and the average family pays $6,922.50 on April 15, or an increase of 53,414%.

About Yesterday's Post . . .

Andrew Breitbart has written about several instances that prove my point yesterday about Democrat faux martyrs. Read it to refute the hue and cry from the mass media regarding Tea Party violence. It amazes me that the Republicans are the party of Lincoln and civil rights legislation, yet Blacks almost universally fear them as racists. Then they embrace all Democrats who instituted the Jim Crow laws and opposed civil rights laws at every turn.

Pelosi's Plans

In a memo to Democrat bloggers, Nancy Pelosi wrote:

"My biggest fight has been between those who wanted to do something incremental and those who wanted to do something comprehensive," Pelosi said, according to an account by Washington Post reform advocate Ezra Klein. "We won that fight, and once we kick through this door, there'll be more legislation to follow."

So Princess Nancy has even more "goodies" to foist off on the poor slubs who have to pay for it - American taxpayers.

In the meantime, she has warned all Democrat Congressional Clowns to be especially nice to the Tea Party activists who are storming Capitol Hill again today. She encouraged them to politely explain how wonderful the new health care reform package really is and how misguided its opponents really are.

Pray that our Constitutional Republic will be saved from enemies within and without.

Tea Bagging and Politics

For those who, like me, had no idea what the newly popular terms, "tea bagging" and "tea baggers" meant, I point you to an article by Kyle-Anne Shiver , Are Liberals Encouraging Pedophiles with Their "Tea Bagger" Epithet? You Decide. She has written and published it at great personal expense both emotionally and financially.

I warn you not to read it if you are at all squeamish about sexual perversion. But, whether you read it or not, please do not use these words or allow others to use them in your presence. The vile terms have no place in civil discourse, the public square, or polite society. Honest, patriotic, G_d-fearing Americans should never be associated with the idea, the phrase, or the practice. Do not allow anyone to titillate themselves or others by saying the words out loud. Write protest letters to the editor if you run across them in print.

*I have carried Kyle Anne-Shiver's blog, Common Sense Regained, on my blog roll since reading and admiring her work at American Thinker. Last April and last August, I wrote about specific columns she had written. Sadly, AT refused to publish her current article.

Shamelessly Stolen from Townhall.com

Remember Kenneth Gladney? (Finished blog post)

Gladney was the 130 pound diabetic and leukemia patient who was attacked by SEIU thugs at Russ Carnahan's townhall last August. The attack occured just after Obama encouraged his followers to "punch back twice as hard." Kenneth Gladney recounts his version of the evening here.


Big Government has the police report that confirms the facts about the unprovoked attack. Now, we're all waiting with baited breath to see if there will be an indictment or if the case is dismissed just like the case against thugs who "patrolled" the Philadelphia voting booth in 2008.

Homeland Security???

Are the anarchists listed with the other local threats to the security of the US put out by the Department of Homeland Security? As I recall, that list featured Pro-lifers, gun owners, and veterans, but I don't specifically remember any anarchy group.

The anarchists are demonstrating in Pittsburgh now. There have been arrests, businesses have boarded up their windows, and police wear riot gear, complete with personal shields. I haven't heard any numbers, but anyone can see from the pictures that the number of demonstrators is minuscule compared to the September 12 event in Washington, DC.

The Tea Party protesters, who filled the streets and side streets from the Washington Monument to the Capitol, cleaned up the after themselves, required no police outfitted with riot gear, and no arrests were made. More than a million people gathered to protest intrusive government, but there were no "incidents."

Why are these the people Homeland Security is worried about?

If My People

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. II Chronicles 7:14

I apologize for the light posting lately. Frankly I've been overwhelmed by the blatant hypocrisy and unconcealed corruption that I see in the USA now. I've never been so discouraged about my beloved country that for two centuries has stood as a shining light of hope to downtrodden people around the world.

There are so many stories to cover and that demand investigation that no one can take it all in, much less marshal the forces to fight them. I now believe that the battle we face is more than Tea Party Patriots can accomplish, no matter how earnest and committed they may be. America is involved in spiritual warfare for her survival and we must use spiritual weapons as well as common sense and individual acts of bravery if we are to get our country back.

Please join your fellow countrymen who are praying for an end to abortion and add your petitions to God for an end to corruption and evil wherever it may be: the federal government, state government, local governments, and in our own hearts.

Can You Hear Us Now?

This sign was seen on State highway 15-501 at the Lamm's Grove intersection near Durham, NC.  

None of us know what the current administration and the Congressional Clowns learned from the 9-12 protests in Washington, DC and in hometown rallies all across the land.
But the basic message was:
1. Get rid of the corruption in the White House, the House of Representatives, the Senate, and all organizations feeding at the public trough like ACORN
2. Don't spend another dime
3. Read and understand the bills before voting on them
4. No sweeping health care bills -- We only need to sweep up the trash, not burn the house down and rebuild

It's not Republican versus Democrat; it's American Patriots versus those who merely want to manipulate the system for their own advantage. The patriots outnumber the users, but the manipulators currently hold the levers of power.

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are inalienable rights given to us by God. We must not let them slip through our fingers.

Protest Picture from Atlanta

This picture, courtesy of Nick O'Connor, was taken at a demonstration in an Atlanta suburb. It graphically portrays the intentions of some of the people crafting the healthcare reform bill who are more concerned about saving money than saving lives.

For example, a grandmother in my ocular melanoma support group discovered the eye cancer when she was 45. At age 67, metastasis showed up in her liver and later in her peritoneum. Since then she has had surgery, chemo, and immuno-emobilizations. Now at 73, she wrote,

"Just so you know, I have been fighting this thing for 6 1/2 years, after mets to my liver. I feel fine, lead a full life, enjoy everything, etc. The fighting part has not been a picnic, but it has not been that bad either."

Does some bureaucrat sitting at a desk in DC have the right to say those years were not worth the battle? That this woman did not contribute to medical science discoveries, to her family, to society at large? Do we really want to substitute the "wisdom" of government employees for God?

Watch The Whole DC Tea Party Here

C-Span has provided a 2 hour and 50 minute video of the DC March for the web. They will also broadcast it again Monday evening at 8 pm.

Count The Crowd for Your Self

These time lapse crowd shots show the mass of people who paid their own way to go to Washington to express their beliefs. Too bad Obama and most Democrat Clowns got the h**l out of Dodge before they arrived.

Video from DC Protest

Some newspapers have estimated the crowd there today as "tens of thousands," but the DC park police guessed at least 1,200,000 or 120 of those tens of thousands. ABC (gasp!) said the crowd numbered about 2,000,000. Here's a video of a few scenes from today by FrankStrategies.com. a communication company website.

Tea Party Theme Song

Watch and listen to this great video about "taking our country back" by Lloyd Marcus. You will be inspired.

Democrat Astro Turf

Kyle-Anne Shiver details some thuggery of recent months that tries to pass for political activism in today's column at American Thinker. No wonder that *Democrats immediately accuse the Republicans of astro turfing the town hall meetings and tea parties. They have to recruit attendees (see jobs listings at places like Craig's list), bus the demonstrators to selected locations (note descriptions of bystanders at said meetings), and then pay people (or at least furnish tee shirts, signs, and more) to demonstrate. And according to Rush Limbaugh, they even recruited union members to visibly mourn along the route and at the library for Ted Kennedy's memorial yesterday.

The Clowns just can't quite comprehend large numbers of people making their own signs, doing their own research, and paying their own way to attend political demonstrations without coercion or visible rewards. They can't imagine the intense love for country and the constitution that most Americans have, because all they care about is power. To them patriotism is perfunctory at best.

*Many Republicans think the same things about patriotic demonstrators, but since the media tends to ignore them, no one knows their assessment.

I Don’t Understand, President Obama

I can’t begin to understand why Obama and his acolytes are making the moves that they are. It appears to me that they have an agenda to destroy our economy, our healthcare system, our education system, and our private lives. Every move that they’ve made so far and every plan they’ve discussed publicly seem to be exactly the wrong one – the one designed to cause the most harm, cost the most money, and provide the fewest benefits to the American people.

When, as a young adult, I encountered liberal utopians, I thought they were just misguided. Their plans sounded magnanimous, but when examined, were full of logical flaws and a gross misunderstanding of basic human nature. I sometimes felt overwhelmed when they pointed to Europe as being more enlightened and more equitable because those governments were continuing down the path toward increased government control.

But since the days of Margaret Thatcher, European countries have been slowly retreating from even democratic socialism because it never worked out as promised. It always failed and the average people in each country where it was tried have always suffered during the process. Europe seemed to be catching on that both individuals and society do better with fewer governmental controls.

In other words, Americans not only have logic, common sense, and psychology to support individual freedom over the nanny state, they now have the history of the 20th century to prove their points. So why, are our leaders pushing us down this path? What do they have to gain? Do they not realize that Utopia does not exist and never will?

Tea Party People vs. The Ruling Elite

Back in 2006 many voters either voted against the Republicans or stayed home, delivering both the House and the Senate to the Democrats. A large number of these voters had earlier railed against the steadily increased spending and the ever growing federal government under Bush that continually encroached on their private freedoms. They thought they would just teach the Republicans a lesson for using them to get elected, then ignoring them when governing. More and more began to agree with George Wallace’s evaluation that “there’s not a dime’s worth of difference between the two parties.”

Blinded by their own prejudices, the Democrats and the media interpreted their victory as a demand for their Big Government approach to all problems. Obama’s election in 2008 furthered this illusion, especially for those who view the whole world only through the Democrat/Republican lens. No one bothered to check with Middle America and they scoffed at the spontaneous uprising of Tea Parties on April 15.

This week, some Republican politicians, encouraged by the likes of James Carville, began encouraging Republicans to move faster down the road to Democrat Light, while the Tea Party people stare in disbelief. They had “punished” the Republicans for moving to the left and now these same Republicans suggest moving farther to the left faster.

Tea Party People have a visceral opposition to a big government, especially one that eagerly takes over private sector entities and activities. Throughout the twentieth century they have read about and watched big governments become totalitarian governments that spread death and misery to millions of people. They know that every tax and every government program is an intrusion into their personal lives and a diminution of their freedom. They may fail at reforming the Republicans or at forming a successful third party. But they will not willingly let Washington politicians or the media change the country into something it was never meant to be.

Listen to The Judge. . . .

Judge Napolitano, a judicial analyst for FOX news and author of three books, had three recommendations for Tea Party participants to make their protests more effective.
1. Run for office – outside the current Tweeddledee/Tweedlledum party system. In other words, send Mr. Smith to Washington because the current population there has no understanding of our complaints, much less how to solve them. For moral encouragement, read “A Wind Blows Against the Political Spectrum."
2. Start campaigning now to get your state legislature to pass a resolution asking for a Constitutional Convention to abolish the 16th Amendment which mandates our current income tax system. A Constitutional Convention has to be convened if 2/3 of the states request it.

Today’s tax system is so onerous that even the Secretary of the Treasury “can’t” figure out how to file. If a taxpayer calls the IRS to ask for advice on how to handle a particular situation and FOLLOWS the advice from the IRS, there is no guarantee that the advice followed will stand up during an audit. If you call three different IRS representatives, you will get three different interpretations of the same regulation. There are 1,135 different forms for filing a return this year. Income tax invites fraud and punishes the very success that our country offers all citizens. There has to be a better way to fund the government for real needs without manipulating citizens and encouraging special interest groups' tyranny through tax code carrots and sticks.

Hint: A Constitutional Convention does not necessarily have to take place, but enough states have to ask for it to get the Congressional Clowns to pay attention. It’s sort of like hitting the mule with a 2 by 4 in order to get its attention.

3. Change your attitude toward your government. As Thomas Jefferson said, “When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.” The IRS and Janet Napolitano (no relation to the Judge) should be shaking in their boots about our reactions to incomprehensible rules and partisan DHS documents.

Find Mr. Smith, Then Send Him to Washington

For years I have listened to people complain that they hated voting because there was never a place to select “None of The Above.” Friends, we have tolerated greedy politicians and bad government for too long. The Tea Parties proved that the majority of Americans are unhappy with current conditions at all levels of government. The reason the news media can't figure out the Tea Party message is because they have no clue about the depth and breadth of our angst.

To be frank, it’s time to kick the bums out – all of them – and put some good guys in. We’re supposed to have government of, by, and for the people, not government of, by, and for the political class who think they know how to run our lives for us.

That means that we need to get involved in ways that go far beyond Tea Parties. For true change to occur, we must find good, honest people to run for every office there is and support them until they win their elections. It means that some of us need to step up to the plate and become Mr. Smith. Politics has developed into a career path for lazy people with questionable character. The Founders of the Constitution envisioned it as a service to one’s country, not a stepladder to personal wealth. Let’s get back to the Founders’ ideal!

If we’ve gotten the “leadership” we deserve, we need to change our ways to deserve better leadership. That means citizen involvement, not citizen grousing from the sidelines.

For inspiration, rent or buy Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, a 1939 Frank Capra classic starring Jimmy Stewart and Jean Arthur. One review of the film reads, “

In Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, however, the decent common man is surrounded by the most venal, petty, and thuggish group of yahoos . . . . Everyone in the film -- except for Jefferson Smith and his tiny cadre of believers -- is either in the pay of the political machine. . . . or complicit in corruption through their silence, and they all sit by as innocent people, including children, are brutalized and intimidated, rights are violated, and the government is brought to a halt. The film's story of innocence and righteousness triumphant over corruption frames a chilling picture of an ineffectual and venal government fronting for gangsters.”

The Tea Parties Must Have Been Successful

Just look at the number of people who’ve ridiculed them with dirty jokes, derided the cause, or discounted the number of people involved.

David Axelrod claimed that they could easily change into something “unhealthy” and the people involved just didn’t understand how much Obama was doing for them by lowering taxes for 95% of the American people. Apparently he does not understand that “we the people” have figured out that the government can only spend what it takes from its citizens.

Obama pretended not to have heard about them despite the numbers involved. The American Family Association claimed that over 3,000 Tea Parties were held on April 15, including over 2,000 sponsored by them. Perhaps he’ll notice the 4,000 AFA plans for July 4 or the other, non sponsored ones, that will take place then.

The final numbers are not yet in, but PJTV.com has reported that at least 650,000 people from all walks of life and all political persuasions were in attendance. And yes, Nancy, these are grass roots protests because professionals would have turned in their statistics much sooner, but the amateurs have jobs and families that come first.

And to top it all off, according Canada Free Press, an unnamed FBI agent claims that attendees were secretly photographed by the FBI.