ONE YEAR LATER: WHERE DID THE TEA PARTY MOVEMENT COME FROM?

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This coming Thursday the First Coast Tea Party will once again hold it’s Tax Day Tea Party. Last year at this same time, six individuals came together to set up the first big rally of our local tea party. Not knowing what to expect, we anticipated about 500 people would show up. Instead 5,000 came together and waved their signs and voiced their opinions about the bailouts.

For me – the personal journey of igniting my civic responsibility to ensure freedom – started in September 2008. When the market crashed in September, John McCain suspended his campaign to return to Washington, a fearful-looking President Bush told the American people we were in a financial crisis and the soon-to-be President Obama sat quietly by and watched from the sidelines.

Shortly after those announcements, the bailouts began and the organizers of the Tea Party Movement found each other through the internet and all at one time and on one day – we Stood Up for Freedom alongside Rick Santelli as he ranted and said the things we all felt. When he called out for a Tea Party, we Stood Up and Said “Let’s roll!” and the first tea parties across America began. See Rick's Rant here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp-Jw-5Kx8k&feature=related

As a reminder, the Tea Party Movement began as a response to the bailouts and taxes being imposed on the American people. While researching those bailouts, we uncovered a very disturbing C-Span interview with Rep. Paul Kanjorski. In that interview, Rep. Kanjorski tells the viewers about the “run on the banks” by “someone” and why Congress and the President had to do what they did with the bailouts to ensure our banking system and political system remain in tact. Watch this very revealing video and hang on – you’re not going to be pleased.

For more about this story, check out Jeff Lukins article at http://www.redstate.com – “2008 Market Crash Should be Investigated.”

As this year has unfolded politically, we have watched as this Administration and Congress have failed to listen to the American people. They have passed legislation that we do not want and will cause us personal pain and suffering. They don’t care and we wonder why. The only answer we can come up with is this: Power

Those we sent to DC to serve us, have instead turned on us. They are attacking the people, taking away our freedoms, pushing down legislation that will hamper our success, unemployment continues to rise, welfare rolls are increasing, houses are upside down, CEOs are demonized, banks are failing faster and more frequently than ever before, healthcare is now being run by the IRS, small businesses are barely holding on, students are now working for the government, car companies are being run by the government, babies and senior citizens are being aborted through legislation and those who hate us in other countries are laughing at our vulnerabilities.

And with all that said, we are told to sit down and shut up? Not on our watch Mr. Obama, Congress and you thugs in purple shirts and you nuts from ACORN. You can’t scare us anymore. We are the people and you forgot one big factor – we are the AMERICAN people and we stand up against tyranny!

Have you had enough? If so, join us at the Jacksonville Landing at 5:30 this Thursday, April 15th for our Stand Up for Freedom Rally. We’re calling all citizens who love this country and love freedom to join us ‘cause it’s your turn now to Stand Up for Freedom. If not you, then who?

Here's the information for the event. Pass it along and share the joy of Standing Up for Freedom as an Amerian citizen.

[John Guy]

I would tend to agree with whoever you listened to on MTP with regard to leadership and organization. I would disagree vigorously that it will not last. Until we have a central group that leads everyone in the same direction and with the ability to seek donations to buy advertising on a National basis to grow the movement into the Third Political Party we all want, we will waste valuable time. Heck Billie, you lead. Star. SOMEONE. Just my opinion folks.

[Valerie Sawyer]

Just saw someone (didn't get his name) on Meet the Press say that the tea party movement lacks organization and direction and a movement like that can never last. What he doesn't realize is that this is not a "movement" - this is "We the People"! The only way the tea parties will go away is if they do away with the majority of the American people. I love that these lefties have actually started to fear us. It's about time!!

[Cilla Whitcher]

No one ever said you had to be smart to be in the congress, you just have to be connected. Well that's what we elected "connected idiots". If you don't work to change things in November the "connected idiots" will stay in power and that will be on us not them. To quote the head nut Cindy Sheehan "Power to the People". No truer words were spoked by nut or patriot.

[Helen Rose Chestnut]

Billie,
God bless you for getting Star Parker in Jacksonville. "We the people" are privilaged to have a speaker of her caliber. Good job!!!