TEA Party News!

A patriots quote, the Tea Party & Napolitano's shame
From J. Nelson, Benton County Republicans 4/17/2009 Email - Thanks to patriot Patricia Anderson for the following quotation:

If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen. --Samuel Adams, August 1, 1776, from a speech at the Philadelphia State House

The TEA Party was a tremendous success all across America!

Locally, our newspaper said that about 350 persons turned out to demonstrate at the Corvallis post office and in front of the Benton County courthouse. However, a friend, at about 5:40 p.m., counted 375 in front of the courthouse, and many people had already demonstrated and left. The organizers are estimating that about 450 people attended.

And what a party it was! There were many, many wonderful signs demonstrating deep concern for our nation. My favorite was P.J. Hunter’s. It showed Barney Frank and Chris Dodd looking through a set of handcuffs and said, “the Chris and Barney show. Doing all they can to bring down America.” The spirit of enthusiasm was very high. Hundreds put their names on a contact list and asked that the organizers to bring everyone together again!

A couple of days before the Tea Parties, Barack Obama's Department of Homeland Security issued a "rightwing" threat assessment to warn of the "current economic and political climate fueling resurgence in radicalization and recruitment" for "rightwing extremism."

Who are these extremists? According to the report, adherents are primarily "hate-oriented" or "antigovernment" but also include "individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration," as well as veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Potential terrorists, all of us.

Predictably, the same mean-mouthed critics, who for the past 8 years have fed the gullible public hate for President Bush and criticism of everything Republican and a moral America, were on the editorial page of the G-T today, misstating fact and spewing venom toward those who speak out against infringement against our Constitution and back-breaking debt for our nation.

We are not cowed or deterred from our purpose to speak out against corruption and poor government actions. We will continue to band together and speak out for justice, liberty and a free America for ourselves and for our children.

GOD BLESS AMERICA!