Bearing False Witness: The Media's at it again

[FCTP]

Sunday morning is my favorite day of the week.  There is a certain calmness that seems to come from a place not of this world.  

 

We do not have the rush to get up and get off to work as we do Monday through Friday.  Saturday is usually filled with errands; baby/wedding showers; grocery store visits; mowing the lawn; having dinner with friends or a night out at the movie with your sweetie.   

Yes, Sunday mornings are special – except when it is interrupted by the newspaper and the Sunday morning news shows bearing false witness against We the People. 

 

As I poured my coffee and flipped the pages of my local newspaper, my usually peaceful Sunday morning was interrupted by Clarence Page indicating we were responsible for the downgrade of the nation’s credit. Next to that article in the center of the page was a cartoon depicting a cup of tea with a tea bag lying on the bottom.  The bag had a figure on it indicating America’s economy drowning and gasping for breath. 

 

I guess because it’s Sunday morning, the Ten Commandments came to mind.  “Bearing false witness,” I thought.  That term means to degrade our neighbor’s reputation or dignity.  

 

On this glorious Sunday morning, my heart hurt for the beautiful people of this movement.  As the newspapers and bobbing-head newscasters line up with their progressive candidates in a vicious campaign to destroy liberty, these precious people will be denigrated and falsely accused of many horrible things.   Today’s paper is just the beginning of many more pages where they will bear false witness against the good neighbors of America.

 

I know the people of this movement and they are the breadbasket of our nation.  They are the ones who toiled to build their own nest eggs.  They are the ones who built small businesses and made a small success for their families to inherit.  They are the ones who worked two jobs to send their kids to college.  They are the ones who worked the soup kitchens on Thanksgiving.  They are the ones who gave money to the family who lost everything in a tornado.  They are the ones who helped out their neighbor when sickness showed up at their door.  They are the ones who hung their flags outside their homes when 9/11 changed our world.  They are the ones whose family tree has the names of America’s founders on a branch.  Those founders stood up against tyrants 200 years ago and today their family members are doing the same. 

 

I love the people of this movement.  You are the best!  Your work ethic cannot be compared to any other nation.  Your valor on the fields of war cannot be measured by any others.  Your welcoming arms to freedom-seeking legal immigrants cannot be surpassed by any other nation.  Your pride in your heritage is the foundation of our future.

 

When the media bears false witness against you, they do the same to all of us.  This movement is millions strong and we grow in numbers daily.   We know the facts and we believe facing them head-on and dealing with them is the way out of this mess.  To falsely accuse us of being responsible for this economic mess is deceitful, arrogant and dangerous.  History will show how the media, the left and yes, some on the right ignored the facts, twisted the truth and caused the downfall of America.  History will also show that the tea party movement was the Paul Revere of our times.

 

I am so proud of all our members and welcome those who recently joined after they watched their savings sink to another new low this past week.  They waited for leadership to show up to say “It’s okay, everything will be alright soon.”  No one did – not from the White House, not from Congress and not from the media. 

 

Each time a leadership void in our country affects the wonderful people of our nation, the tea party membership grows.  Each time we are falsely accused of something, our membership grows.

 

You would think it would be the opposite.  But it isn’t.  Today our membership will grow again thanks to Clarence Page and the horrible little cartoon in the center of the page. 

 

People are on to the tactics and have grown tired of them.  They don’t want games.  They don’t want lies.  They want truth.  They want to be a part of fixing this nation.  They want to know that their futures will be as bright as their past.  They want America to shine again.

 

To you who might think about bearing false witness against my neighbors and my friends, do me one favor.  Check out who these people are first.  You will find yourself surrounded by smart, intelligent, caring, loving, hard-working, patriotic and God-fearing people.  They will stand WITH you and have your back if you treat them with respect.  If you choose the other path, they will stand up TO you and fight for truth.  It’s in our blood.  It’s our heritage.  It’s the American way. 

 

May God bless all the members of the tea party movement on this glorious Sunday morning in America.  Pay no attention to these false accusations.  You know the truth and the truth will set all of us free.  Enjoy your day of rest because Monday’s coming and with it – another week to set the record straight and save the USA.

 

NOTE:  If you live in North Florida, we are showing a movie next Sunday afternoon, August 21^st.  The movie is entitled:  “Grinding America Down:  The Agenda.”  You’ll see the facts and hear the truth about the agenda behind the progressive movement.  Purchase your tickets here:  http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1990745373

 

ANOTHER NOTE:  Congratulations to Rep. Michelle Bachmann for winning the Iowa Straw Ballot.  We are positive the media will be flapping their jaws and turning their heads in disgust at the people of Iowa.  We are sure bearing false witness will be the play of the day.  And we predict, the tea party movement in Iowa will grow stronger for it!

 

[sabrina Wheeler]

is NOT the city...sorry

[sabrina Wheeler]

It's not just Clarence Page's column today, it's everyday. I sit amazed to read letters to the editor from complete morons touting Obama and bashing the Tea Party. What has happened to our city? Could the T-U be monitoring these letters, picking and choosing those that most match their ideology? This is the city I grew up and lived in for the past 50 years...

[Mike Phillips]

we will continue to be persecuted as christians, however we have the armor of God for protection

[Doyle]

It's too bad that Page didn't check to see how the Founding Fathers felt before he claimed the debate over increasing the debt ceiling would have left them quaking. It would have, I'm sure, but not for the reasons Page wants his readers to accept.

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I place economy among the first and most important virtues, and public debt as the greatest of dangers to be feared. To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. If we run into such debts, we must be taxed in our meat and drink, in our necessities and in our comforts, in our labor and in our amusements. If we can prevent the government from wasting the labor of the people, under the pretense of caring for them, they will be happy. -Thomas Jefferson

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We're already being taxed to pay off the public debt, and Congress runs it up even more handling us an even bigger bill to pay.

If the debt were a one time thing or an occasional occurrence because of catastrophic events, I think we'd all agree that taxes or raising taxes to pay it off would be justified. That, however, is not the case.

Instead we have out-of-control government at every level demanding we pick up the tab for every cockamamie idea that the poltical elites can buy their constituents off with, to ensure their own high-paid employment within government and even bigger money after they leave office.

And keep pundits like Clarence Page collecting their own paychecks.

[Steven D.Upshaw]

If you want to stop the lies of those who write them you should call your local news paper and stop your subscription and tell them you are tired of their lies. The only way to reach them is to hit their pocket. When enough people do this they will understand. If every Tea Party member closed their subscription the editors would soon get the message. I canceled my subscription to the Times Union long ago. If it were done by 1000 people at once the message would be strong. If it were done buy 10,000 the pain in their pocket would echo all around Jacksonville. If every branch of the Tea Party in every town around the country did it it would ring around the nation. It can be done. 

[William Korach]

Thank God for the patriots of the Tea Party, and others who have born witness to the truth. The mainstream media, led by the NY Times have tried to remake America into their own image. In order to do this they must first discredit the Constitution, and the Declaration of Independence that recognize our liberties come from God and not man. Thus Tea Party members, as witness to the false, biased reporting of the mainstream media, constitute a threat. 

We are not going away, and we will not rest until Constitutional government is restored, and socialism and "global government" are defeated. May they be destroyed utterly and the earth sown with salt where they stood.

[Ronald I. Robertson]

Billie, I had a similar violent reaction to Clarence Page's editorial.  Just shows how out-of-touch people like him (inside the beltway crowd) are viz-a-viz the real main stream of America.  His notion that the tea party has 'peaked' is wishful thinking at best and mean-spirited hate mongering at worst.  Like you, I am confident the tea party movement is still in its infancy.  As more clear-thinking, patriotic Americans realize what people like Page, Wasserman-Schultz, Axelrod et al. are purposely doing to this country, Republicans, Democrats and Independents alike will join this movement.

[Jax Tico]

There are so many more of us than there are of them.  Many Tea Partiers don't even know they hold the same believes as we do.  For instance, have you seen how many people are out this weekend shopping because it is a tax free weekend?  Did you notice how many people are buying so many essentials because they don't have to pay sales tax?

Now this is just one sales tax holiday, imagine if we can get the federal government to reduce the cost of everything by decreasing regulations on the supply chain, from manufacturing to transportation to energy to employment regulations our economy would be back to the good ol' days.  Tea anybody???

 

[Paloma Patnode]

Another great blog, Billie.  Thank you!

[allen shemetulskis]

do you think clarence paige knows there are democrats and independents that espouse tea party values?

anyone catch Wasserman-Shultz on face the nation.  i belive her new motto should be

"IF YOU CAN'T DAZZLE THEM WITH YOUR BRILLIANCE. THAN BAFFLE THEM WITH YOUR BULLSHIT"

Former Southside Chicago Democrat