Archive for October, 2010
Press Release: The Spirit of 1776 Summit
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The Spirit of 1776 Summit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 22, 2010
Contact: Gregg Cummings at 641-455-1917
Marcia Hora at 515-964-4980
First Annual Spirit of 1776 Summit for all Americans, Tea Party, 9/12 Project and any other like-minded groups. A full day of rallies, workshops, entertainment, and great food.
When: Saturday, November 6, 2010
8:00am to 5:00pm
Location: Iowa State Fairgrounds/Varied Industries Bldg
3000 E. Grand Ave
Des Moines, IA
Tickets: $12.00/per person which includes entry and lunch
Online ticket purchase available at: http://spiritof1776summit.com/
Speakers:
Mike George
Mike George is the founder of Strong America Now, a grassroots organization that advocates cutting the budget deficit by $1.5 Trillion per year. Mike will introduce his five point plan (Lean Six Sigma method) to eliminate the deficit, drive unemployment below 5%, crate a strong workforce, repeal Obamacare, and restore supremacy of our intelligence, and military defense.
Katrina Pierson
A regular on Fox News and Fox Business News, Fred Thompson calls her the Tea Party Darling. Katrina will discuss the issues that have compromised the grassroots movement, the challenges of the movement moving forward, the necessity of cohesive collaboration of efforts, and how states can create a vetting shield.
Mark Meckler
Mark is a Co-Founder and National Coordinator for the Tea Party Patriots, with over 2,800 chapters nationwide. He is a regular contributor on Fox Business, and has appeared on CNN, NBC, CBS, BBC, and other media worldwide. He will discuss the Tea Party National movement and will comment on the importance of Iowa being the “First-in-the-Nation”.
Summit Workshops:
1) We The People – American Spirit in Action by Strong America Now: Come and learn about this 5 point plan to rescue America’s economic future. To find out more, go to: www.strongamericanow.com.
2) ShoeString Marketing-Patriot 2.0 by American Majority: Utilizing new media and online tools (Facebook, Twitter and Wikitips) to promote successful grassroots activism and campaigns. To find out more go to www.americanmajority.org
3) Educate Yourself-The System We Face by American Majority: An in-depth look at the system we’re in, the problems we face, how we got here, and what we can do about it. To find out more go to www.americanmajority.org
4) Character Building and Collaboration by Rev. Brad Sherman: The creator of Restoring the Power seminars will share character building, collaboration and the Christian foundations of our nation. To find out more go to www.getpurpose.org
5) Stand Up for Liberty (Future Leaders 13-18 years old) by Jeremy Dodge: The Stand Up for Liberty Youth Workshops will encourage and inspire the young people of America to stand up for what’s right and the importance of their voice in our great nation!
To find out more go to http://www.jeremydodge.com/ View Jeremy’s music video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVbhHBGA8lg
Vendors: If you are an individual, group or local/state/national organization and/or you have t-shirts, mugs, buttons, signs etc to sell, 8 foot tables are available for rent at a cost of $50.00.
The Spirit of 1776 Summit is sponsored in part by www.strongamericanow.com, www.teapartypatriots.org , www.dallasteaparty.org, www.americanmajority.org and many wonderful Iowa grassroots groups.
For detailed information contact: www.spiritof1776summit.com/
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eCongress Panel with Jim Rogers and Mike Gravel Oct. 14th
Posted by: | CommentsAuthor: Michael Norbury
Bring Home The Politicians (eCongress) was started back in June of 2009. Ample help came early on from this site (especially it’s admin) in making important connections that lead to local radio interviews and involvement with rallies across the country. This planted the seeds that grew into mentions of eCongress on Glenn Beck’s Radio Show, Fox News, the American Spectator, and other venues throughout the Winter of 2010.
For those unfamiliar with the concept, eCongress is relocating US Representatives to our Local Districts, US Senators to our State Capitals, and State Representatives & State Senators to our City Halls/Courthouses to securely telecommute for 75% of their terms to increase voter access and reduce lobbyist influence.
Nearly a year and a half later since our initial launch, I’m pleased to announce a major event this upcoming Thursday, October 14th from 12:30-1:30 PST / 3:30-4:30 EST in Santa Monica, California. CNBC Financial Commentator Jim Rogers and Former US Senator of Alaska Mike Gravel will be taking part in a panel discussion on eCongress.
This event is open to the public for those living in the Santa Monica area and for everyone else it will be broadcast live on http://econgressnow.com. Your assistance in spreading the word is essential to its success.
Having these two public figures involved is significant because both have advocated some form of eCongress for years now. Most notable is Jim Rogers who wrote about a broad version of the concept in the Afterword section of his 1994 best seller “Investment Biker.”
Many are surprised to learn that eCongress has gotten a lot closer to becoming a reality than Mr. Rogers’ writings. In 2001 following the September 11th attacks, J.H. Snider of the New America Foundation presented this idea to US Congress as a highly recommended national security upgrade. The idea was put into multiple US House Bills in 2002 drawing bipartisan support, but the effort was eventually dismissed citing Congressmen could not be relied on to show up for votes and committee meetings if allowed to telecommute. This excuse is even more absurd today given the millions of Americans out of work who would have no problem maintaining perfect attendance in the name of a paycheck.
Moving beyond the November election, it’s going to take ideas like this to pull us out of the quagmire. And because eCongress garners support across the political spectrum, this has a better than average shot of coming to fruition in the midst of a deeply polarized nation.
I thank you for your support in the past, the present, and into our future where we will defy expectations and emerge from this uncertainty as a shining example of liberty, freedom, and ingenuity for the rest of the world.
Who is the Dirty Pelosi Lapdog today?
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Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) and Senate Candidate Sharron Angle (R)
According to the latest radio ad for Sharron Angle, Harry Reid still holds the honor of being Nancy Pelosi’s lapdog in the spot by the Western Representation PAC. In the ad a call is placed to Pelosi’s phone by the union supported Senator Reid where he is portrayed as being a loyal lapdog while leaving several messages asking for advice from Pelosi on how to continue to distort the facts with his campaign’s attacks against Sharron Angle.
The PAC is responsible for the Defeat Reid 2010 website and has been working hard to help Sharron Angle fight against the well funded SEIU union campaign supporting the Senator in this critical Nevada Senate race. This has become known as one of the most critical campaigns for the 2010 election cycle with the efforts of the unions to most likely be ramped up in the remaining weeks as the latest Rasmussen poll shows Angle having jumped ahead of Reid by 4 points.
The Rasmussen Report states,
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Nevada Voters shows Angle hitting the 50% mark for the first time since mid-August, while Reid earns 46% of the vote.
Here the latest radio ad for Sharron Angle ~HERE~.
Michelle Obama: Please Keep Whining
Posted by: | CommentsForbes Magazine‘s has announced that Michelle Obama tops their 100 Most Powerful Women list:
“At the top of our list, First Lady Michelle Obama is a true change-maker since taking lodge in the White House in 2008. The first African-American in the post, she’s changed the face of the office (literally), and with consistently high approval ratings, she’s given a new generation of girls and women around the world a role model. A former private attorney and public servant in Chicago, her interest in working with young people and advocating for healthy eating, among other issues, is evidenced by her Let’s Move! campaign, which aims to solve the epidemic of childhood obesity within a generation.”
The role as First Lady of the United States doesn’t seem to be sitting well with Ms. Obama who apparently finds the job so difficult that The National Enquirer (which broke the news of John Edwards’ affair two years before the MSM touched the story) is reporting that the day after the First Family returned from vacation at Martha’s Vineyard, Ms. Obama could be heard screaming at her husband:
“Michelle collapsed in tears and even threatened to divorce Barack if he seeks a second term as president,” a source in the nation’s capital told The ENQUIRER.“At one point, Michelle was heard yelling, ‘I hate you for dragging me through all this…I’ve had enough!’”
One Nation Rally Shows Loss for Hope and Change
Posted by: | CommentsThe One Nation Rally came and went, and along with it’s passing comes all the great controversy over size does matter. While promoting his event, self proclaimed super progressive Ed Schultz, stated, “I guarantee you, I could do more than 300,000!”, because those were in his mind the high numbers of the 8/28 Restoring Honor Rally held in D.C. in exactly the same location.
As you can clearly see from the images below, Ed Schultz’s mouth is much bigger than his actions. Better luck next time, Ed. Maybe next time you will find more than that little Fargo, North Dakota fan base to show at your event.
Just in case your argument has something to do with the time of day the bottom image was taken, take a careful look at the shadows and notice the shadows of the perspective trees are due North or close to it. That would put the time of the photo at or near the 12 PM time frame.
So, let’s give them another chance to prove themselves. Just maybe they left the grounds as clean as the attendees of the Restoring Honor Rally.
Ouch! I’m sorry to see they just couldn’t have enough pride in their own One Nation event to have taken the time and consideration to clean up after themselves.
Just maybe they are beginning to realize that they got a whole lot of change without the hope to back it up.
Camp Politics Launches with it’s Political Satire Video
Posted by: Trent Thevenot | Comments (1)The Liberty loving team at Institute for Justice launches a new campaign called, Camp Politics, against the Free Speech killing campaign finance laws meant to suppress your free speech rights found in the 1st Amendment.
While many would consider the Camp Politics to be political satire, it is well intended to show the idiocies involving the current political arena and the passage of laws to stop you from voicing your concerns and having a voice in your America.
This explanation of Camp Politics can be found on the page devoted to the campaign,
Camp Politics: Training the Next Generation of Censors Since 1974