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Quote from Thomas Jefferson Posted: 28 Mar 2009 05:04 PM PDT “We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt…” Email this post

Whatever happened to balanced budgets? Posted: 28 Mar 2009 04:57 PM PDT 1997 was the last time the Federal Government balanced its budget. This occured under President Clinton and a Republican controlled Congress. When President Bush entered office, he actually inherited a budget surplus for the first time in decades. However, he quickly ran up huge budget deficits and doubled the national debt over eight years. [...]

A quote from FDR’s Treasury Secretary Posted: 28 Mar 2009 04:17 PM PDT Henry Morgenthau, after two terms of FDR’s “New Deal”, stated, “We have tried spending money. We are spending more than we have ever spent before and it does not work…After eight years of this Administration we have just as much unemployment as when we started…And an enormous debt to boot!” Email this post

Bernanke’s failed predictions Posted: 28 Mar 2009 04:07 PM PDT Many consider Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke, to be a financial genius. However, a closer look at some of his most crucial predictions suggest the opposite. First, in early 2008, Bernanke predicted that the US would not fall into a recession. In early 2009, we are now mired in the worst recession since the Great Depression. Second, [...]

America’s defense budget Posted: 27 Mar 2009 11:17 AM PDT Obama’s defense budget is virtually identical to that of the Bush administration’s, around half a trillion dollars. However, with a nearly $2 trillion budget deficit and over $11 trillion of national debt, can we afford to be in over 90 countries around the world? Or is it possible, as some have suggested, to [...]

Congresswoman’s bill would ban global currency Posted: 27 Mar 2009 08:37 AM PDT Congresswoman Michele Bachmann is introducing legislation to prevent the US Dollar from being replaced by any global currency. This is the first, big step toward protecting America’s monetary sovereignty. Next, Congress should stop agreeing to nearly $2 trillion budget deficits, and the Federal Reserve should quit printing trillions of dollars out of thin air. [...]

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Inflation on the rise Posted: 27 Mar 2009 07:00 AM PDT The Fed’s preferred gauge of prices, which excludes food and fuel prices, rose 1.8% in February. This coincides with two, consecutive increases in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). In addition, AAA announced that gasoline prices have risen 10 cents in the last month. Is this the beginning of a major, inflationary event? Top [...]

Illinois to raise income tax 50% Posted: 26 Mar 2009 01:08 PM PDT Illinois is running a massive budget deficit. Instead of making the painful, but necessary spending cuts to get its budget under control, the new Governor is going to raise income taxes, corporate taxes, cigarette taxes, and automobile licensing fees. Illinois isn’t the only state adopting major tax hikes. California, already in a record breaking [...]

“Audit the Fed” Bill now has 44 co-sponsors Posted: 26 Mar 2009 12:47 PM PDT The Federal Reserve Transparency Act (HR 1207) now has the support of over forty Democrats and Republicans in the House. The Federal Reserve, responsible for our monetary policy and the health of the entire financial system, has presided over at least six, major “Boom-Bust” cycles since its inception in 1913. However, it is virtually unaccountable [...]

Congress reviewing college football rules Posted: 26 Mar 2009 12:28 PM PDT While the American people are suffering from the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, Congress is meeting to decide how best to decide the college football national championship. So, don’t worry about the nearly $2 trillion budget deficit, $11 trillion national debt, or 650,000 job losses per month. Congress has all that under control. [...]

Stimulus job promise can’t even be measured Posted: 26 Mar 2009 12:16 PM PDT The Obama administration has predicted that 3.5 million jobs will be created and/or saved by its nearly $1 trillion stimulus package. However, a slew of economists have this to say regarding this seemingly bold claim: “Very uncertain” “Difficult to distinguish among alternative estimates” “Subject to substantial margins of error” As the ABC News article states, “Assumptions are piled [...]

US Postal Service: Next on the bailout list? Posted: 25 Mar 2009 12:19 PM PDT After losing $2.8 billion last year, the agency is expecting a much bigger loss in 2009. Postmaster General, John Potter, said, “Without a change, we will exhaust our cash resources…We can no longer afford business as usual.” The USPS has begun a number of cost cutting measures and has even proposed delivery cutbacks, as [...]

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San Diego Meetup Group Organizational Meeting Posted: 22 Mar 2009 12:52 PM PDT In cities all over the country, groups, organizations, and individuals are taking the initiative to organize Tea Party activities. With the success of unaffiliated Tea Parties growing, the San Diego Meetup group had an “organizers meeting” in Balboa Park so that leaders across the city could meet each other, share information, and better coordinate [...]

4,000 show up for Orlando Tea Party Posted: 21 Mar 2009 02:36 PM PDT Read the article here. Email this post

CBO says Obama’s budget deficits will be much worse than expected Posted: 20 Mar 2009 10:28 AM PDT According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the Obama administration’s budget deficits will average almost $1 trillion for the next ten years. It gets even better. This year’s budget deficit has been revised to top $1.8 trillion. Next year, the deficit eases to a more “modest” $1.4 trillion. And finally, the CBO estimates [...]

Video | Barack Obama on Jay Leno Posted: 20 Mar 2009 01:31 AM PDT Last night on Jay Leno, Barack Obama told Leno that he wanted to bring America back to its American values.  In the interview, Barack admonished the greedy and selfish AIG employers.   He called for compassion for the common man and asserted his own goodness and respect for the American people.  Yet, he did not question [...]

Sample Tea Bag Letter to the Fools in Washington Posted: 19 Mar 2009 08:58 PM PDT Dear Representative, In December of 1773, the British government gave special tax incentives to the East India Company. In effect, the British government created a monopoly in the tea market that local merchants could not compete with. As a reaction to British legislation, the original American patriots protested the unfair treatment by dumping several crates of [...]

UN Panel to Recommend Abandoning the Dollar Posted: 19 Mar 2009 03:27 PM PDT Next week, a UN Panel of economic experts will recommend that the global community ditch the dollar as the world’s reserve currency in favor of a shared basket of currencies. Russia even plans to propose a new, supranational reserve currency at next month’s G20 summit. Despite serving as the world’s most valued reserve currency, the [...]

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Newt Gingrich “Partners” With Tax Day Tea Party Posted: 18 Mar 2009 05:33 PM PDT In 1994, Newt Gingrich, along with several other prominent Republicans introduced their "Contract with America" after taking a majority control of Congress for the first time in 40 years. The Contract called for a renewed faith in Washington D.C., namely in the Republican Party, asking for Americans across the country to put their faith [...]

National debt hits $11 trillion Posted: 18 Mar 2009 03:55 PM PDT According to a CBS News blog, this equates to about $36,000 of debt for every man, woman, and child. Here are some even more chilling statistics: It just took a little over five and a half months to go another trillion dollars into debt. To put this in perspective, it took our government 191 [...]

Climate plan may cost $2 trillion, Healthcare plan $1.5 trillion Posted: 18 Mar 2009 10:28 AM PDT According to a Washington Times article, President Obama’s climate plan may cost three times as much as the initial estimate of “cap and trade” legislation over an eight year period. And on the healthcare front, Obama’s plan for universal coverage could end up costing more than double the original estimate over the next decade. [...]

Citigroup’s chief economist to advise US Treasury Secretary Posted: 18 Mar 2009 08:26 AM PDT No, it’s not a typo. Lewis Alexander, Citigroup’s chief economist, is being tapped to counsel US Secretary Treasury Timothy Geithner. According to the article, he was quoted as saying in December 2007 that while he believed the housing market would remain weak well into 2008, it was more likely that the economy would [...]

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Obama mobilizes massive, grassroots push for $3.6 trillion budget Posted: 17 Mar 2009 10:32 AM PDT Tapping into his vast grassroots campaign network, President Obama is calling upon his supporters to knock on doors, contact Congress, and gather signatures to build support for an increasingly unpopular budget proposal. The grassroots effort is being directed by the Democratic National Committee and is aimed at drawing from a pool of 13 million campaign volunteers [...]

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Cincinnati tea party draws about 5,000 Posted: 17 Mar 2009 06:43 AM PDT Approximately 5,000 gathered in Cincinnati to protest the Obama administration’s corporate bailouts and massive spending packages.  Organized by the New American Tea Party, organizers utilized local talk radio, the internet, and cell phone cameras to spread the word about the protest.  According to the article, this may have been the largest protest rally in Cincinnati [...]

Fox News write-up Posted: 17 Mar 2009 06:31 AM PDT The Fox News headline reads, Taxpayers Strike Back With ‘Tea Parties’. Continuing its recent television coverage, Fox mentions Sunday’s tea party in Cincinnati and the hundreds planned in upcoming months. Momentum continues to build as Americans decry profligate government spending and outrageous fiscal irresponsibility. Read the article here. Email this post

ReTeaParty PodCast Week 3 Posted: 16 Mar 2009 11:56 PM PDT Welcome to the third edition of our ReTea Party Weekly PodCast. Here you can get the latest update on all ReTeaParty activities, information on how to promote and organize your event, and some insight into the non-partisan principles of constitutional government that demand respect for the American tradition in the face of Washington D.C.’s [...] This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Intrepid Fox News Reporter Ignites Tea Partiers | ReTeaParty Posted: 16 Mar 2009 02:22 PM PDT DIGG IT Email this post

Tea Party in WorldNetDaily Posted: 16 Mar 2009 12:22 PM PDT WorldNetDaily reports, “Fed-up Americans mobilize: More than 150 tea parties”. The article goes on to mention the exploding grassroots organizations, including our very own, forming around the nation to protest the federal government’s reckless spending. Thus far, over one hundred and fifty tea parties have been scheduled, and the number continues to [...]

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America’s Tea Party | July 4, 2009 Posted: 13 Mar 2009 08:52 PM PDT The Boston Tea Party was an act of direct protest by American Colonists demanding representation in the British Government. They became known as the original patriots. The Chicago Tea Party of 2009 will reinvigorate that American and Patriotic spirit; one that demands respect for individual rights and property. As the bailouts spiral out of control, [...]

April 1, 2009 | Tea Bag the Fools in D.C. Posted: 13 Mar 2009 06:08 PM PDT Our founders have stopped rolling over in their graves. After months of tossing and turning, we have finally taken back the banner of hope that has been hijacked by the "do-good" saviors. Statist sympathizers call us cynics; those who complain without answers of our own. They call us "selfish", implying that funding failure is [...]

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Update From the San Diego Tea Party Posted: 13 Mar 2009 12:14 PM PDT With momentum building allover the country, the San Diego Tea Party Meetup Group is taking steps necessary to make sure that this movement is a success.  Check out their next meeting agenda to get some ideas on how groups are utilizing different social networks to coordinate and communicate with other patriotic supporters in their local [...]

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Glenn Beck | Don’t Put all your Eggs in One Basket Posted: 13 Mar 2009 12:36 AM PDT Glenn Bleck explains how the “rich” float the tab for all the freeloaders, mooches, deadbeats, slackers, lazy bums, and “octo-moms”, in addition to the relative few people that we should actually be helping. But what happens when those “rich” people are all gone? Email this post

Statement of Principles and Objectives | Tea Party Movement 2009 Posted: 12 Mar 2009 02:48 PM PDT As passion builds for the freedom movement, Tea Party organizers have popped up all over the internet.  There are Tea Parties on a variety of dates, organized by a number of different individuals and organizations, spreading passion throughout our communities.  Yet, in order to make this movement the success that it [...]

How To Start, Organize, and Promote Your Own Tea Party Protest Posted: 11 Mar 2009 09:56 PM PDT By: W. E. Messamore With all the Tea Parties being set up, many patriots have asked how they can begin organizing their own Tea Party.  There are several independent Tea Parties, including a mass nationwide Tea Party on April 15th.  Although this website is for the purpose of organizing well coordinated, but decentralized Tea Parties from [...]

We The People | The Passion Builds Posted: 11 Mar 2009 01:29 PM PDT Submitted by Paul Williams, this video characterizes the sentiments and desire for self-responsibility. It's time to break the silence! Email this post

Speaker Pelosi | No Confidence in the American People? Posted: 11 Mar 2009 01:40 AM PDT With deficits skyrocketing, government ballooning, and the responsible fuming, our elected leaders are checking the laundry for any change they can shake out or our pockets. From, The Hill: House Democrats are looking at yet another economic stimulus bill beyond the $787 billion one just enacted as investors and consumers continue to show little faith [...]

March 10th Reminder of Our Constitutional Rights | From A Patriot Posted: 09 Mar 2009 10:57 PM PDT In support of our 10th Amendment mass reminder to Washington D.C., the letter below was submitted by a supporter concerned over the destruction of our Constitution and the preservation of our freedoms.  Today, March 10th, send your representatives a reminder and share your voice by leaving a comment below. Dear ____________, I wanted to let you know [...]

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Extremism in the Defense of Liberty Posted: 01 Mar 2009 12:01 AM PST In a recent post, supporters were asked to submit the reasons why they are MAD, and to give us their solutions to the problems we face today.  Give us your take on the situation, as we will continue to feature your ideas: Where does one begin? I say with natural rights! I have a right to [...]

Looking Back | Friedman and Rational Economics Posted: 28 Feb 2009 10:43 PM PST Thirty years ago, Milton Friedman sat down with Phil Donahue to discuss the virtues of capitalism, explaining that great achievements come from individuals, not governments.  Today, economists on the traditional “left” and “right” bicker about who should get tax cuts, who should get subsidies, and what programs should be funded by the government. Keynesian theories are [...]

The Time is Now! Posted: 28 Feb 2009 04:01 AM PST If one thing is clear from the decades of reckless spending and the bipartisan destruction of our Constitution, it is that Washington D.C. cannot be the pilots of our economy, and cannot be entrusted with our future. Bailouts and stimulus packages rob responsible savers, promote recklessness, and stifle productivity. Fear mongering has become a tool [...]

Re Tea Party Podcast Preview Posted: 27 Feb 2009 12:01 AM PST Listen to the introduction of Reteaparty.com’s podcast now! Then, tune in weekly to get the latest news and activities on the movement to save America. Email this post

“They’re Going to Blow Us All Up” Posted: 26 Feb 2009 11:25 PM PST Peter Schiff uses analogies to describe our current economic crisis. Topics include debt-financed consumption, business cycles, the Federal Reserve, the cronies in Washington, and the modern American service economy. Email this post

A Reason for Optimism Posted: 25 Feb 2009 10:30 PM PST Within two days of launching this site, thousands of patriots poured out their frustrations, concerns, passion, and hearts. We are still getting through the responses. From these e-mails, one thing is certain: the cause of freedom is filled with hard-working, wise, and articulate men and women who understand the problems we face [...]

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Time to Take Our Country Back! Posted: 03 Mar 2009 12:44 AM PST In just over a week, ReTeaParty.com has received thousands of passionate letters and comments in support of freedom.  We are listening to your advice and suggestions in appreciate all of your input.  In response to your enthusiasm, check out the new features we have rolled out: A regular podcast is now available every [...]

America: Land of the Czar? Posted: 03 Mar 2009 12:22 AM PST Americans have traditionally respected private property and individual rights, rejecting elitism and excessive power.  We reject unchecked power, generally associated with partisan elitist states and political institutions that take rights and property from the general population and distribute them to preferred party members and supporters in order to reinforce their power. [...]

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Time to Organize | Check out the new Forum! Posted: 02 Mar 2009 12:45 AM PST In order to best organize all Tea Partiers, ReTeaParty.com has added a forum for event planners and attendees to discuss and coordinate their local Tea Party events. Now supporters can communicate and coordinate with each other directly. If you are interested in organizing your own Tea Party, please contact us about moderation privileges for your [...]

ReTeaParty PodCast Posted: 02 Mar 2009 12:19 AM PST Welcome to the first edition of our ReTea Party Weekly PodCast, please check back every Monday for the newest edition or subscribe to our podcast feed: Listen Now: You can subscribe to the podcast here: http://www.reteaparty.com/feed/podcast/ Email this post This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

March 10th | Send Washington D.C. a Friendly Reminder Posted: 01 Mar 2009 09:31 PM PST Thomas Jefferson described the Tenth Amendment as "the foundation of the Constitution" and added, "to take a single step beyond  the boundaries thus specially drawn … is to take possession of a boundless field of power, no longer susceptible of any definition." Our token leaders continue to redefine and expand their unconstitutional bounds of power.  We cannot [...]

Take OUR Country Back! Posted: 01 Mar 2009 09:18 PM PST In response to a recent blog, Joe F. unleashes some wisdom on the political elite and the need for us as Americans to take our country back. Give us your take on the mess, as we will continue to feature your submissions: The country is in such a mess simply because those gangsters in the political [...]

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Extremism in the Defense of Liberty Posted: 01 Mar 2009 12:01 AM PST In a recent post, supporters were asked to submit the reasons why they are MAD, and to give us their solutions to the problems we face today.  Give us your take on the situation, as we will continue to feature your ideas: Where does one begin? I say with natural rights! I have a right to [...]

Looking Back | Friedman and Rational Economics Posted: 28 Feb 2009 10:43 PM PST Thirty years ago, Milton Friedman sat down with Phil Donahue to discuss the virtues of capitalism, explaining that great achievements come from individuals, not governments.  Today, economists on the traditional “left” and “right” bicker about who should get tax cuts, who should get subsidies, and what programs should be funded by the government. Keynesian theories are [...]

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