For several days I’ve been debating how to approach a New Year’s Eve article and finally it popped into my head this morning. I decided to go with a brief 2009 year in review of the tea party and 912 movement and throw out an idea of naming the New Year, 2010, as “The Year of The Patriot”.

We all know 2009 was a sad year and can safely be labeled “The Year of the Liberal” as they had a stronghold in the House and the Senate as they supported a Liberal President’s agendas. The one thing they never expected, was the uprising of the U.S. citizens as people from all party affiliations came together hand in hand and rose up against a government filled with lies, deception, and a great deal of deep seated corruption. The reason I’m not calling 2009 “The Year of The Patriot”, is because the movement consisted largely of passionate rallies and events with no formal organization or real solutions yet put in place. While many legislators and opponents want to believe the grass roots movement has lost it’s momentum, that thought couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, there is a great deal of organizing and planning taking place during these frigid winter months. As we begin to better organize the movement, we will indeed see the New Year, 2010, as “The Year of The Patriot”.

Let’s sum up some of the important events that took place throughout 2009:

A little known fact is that the events actually started with a Tea Party event held on February 27, 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia. The positive results of the first modern day tea party event helped to spawn the Tea Party movement which quickly exploded into the building of a national movement that produced a national ‘Tax Day Tea Party” event held on the official tax day of the United States, April 15, 2009. With little time and a strong lack of main stream media coverage, the event was to be attended by millions of grass roots patriots from all across the nation. As news of the success of this event spread, Tea Party Groups and 912 Groups, filled with patriots of all colors, party affiliations, and ages, began to pop up all across the nation.

This movement was quick to be labeled by main stream media as a Republican based event, while Republicans were quick to want to use this movement to build support for their party.  Truth be known, the uprising involved Democrats, Republicans, and Independents who have seen all parties as having lost touch with the idea of “We The People”. It’s base was formed around the general disconnect seen as lawmakers refuse to listen to the will of the majority of the people and wrongly chose to cater to special interest groups (lobbyists) and a small group of loud and often bile speaking Liberals who have nothing but the interest of destroying the freedoms and liberties provided to the citizens of the United States by something known as the United States Constitution.

The next major event came along on Independence Day, July 4th, when citizens came together again and held a nationwide rally to show their anger with an out of control governmental body. This was followed by Town Hall meetings where citizens tried to inform their legislators of their failures by choosing to not read the contents of the bills they were signing into law. This brought on a loud outcry of “Read The Bill” with strong regards to the contents of the proposed health care bill being pushed through Congress and the Senate. What was more shocking than anything else, was lawmakers complete disregard for their constituents and their desire to avoid them at any cost. Some chose to hold town hall meetings via phone conferencing systems, while others chose to stay as far away from their districts as possible and hold no town hall meetings.

The next major event took place on September 12, 2009. It was known as the 9-12 March on DC. This event was attended by bus loads of grass roots patriots from all across the United States. What’s different about this event compared to liberal protests, is the patriots usually paid for their own bus tickets and hotel accommodations instead of some large organization footing the bill. Although there were a number of regional events being held simultaneously, the D.C. event was attended by numbers being officially estimated (by aerial photography) at around two million. These numbers were quick to be downplayed by a number of liberal bloggers and main stream media sources as attendance only being estimated around 60 – 70 thousand.

One event that was spawned, from the blatant lies and failed news reporting by main stream media sources, was the “Operation Can You Hear Us Now” event that caught on and grew like wild fire. This event brought patriots out to the offices of their local main stream media outlets, with signs to show their anger with the failed reporting we have seen by a number of companies who are suppose to be reporting the news instead of a twisted liberal agenda filled with lies to sell the general public on a twisted agenda that hates the United States Constitution and the freedoms and liberties provided by it.

Coming to a city near you in 2010:

While many other events will be popping up, the next major planned event will once again be held on the official U.S. tax day, April 15, 2010. It appears that many tea party groups are beginning to align their Tax Day Tea Party event with the concept of “The American Tax Revolt 2010 Nationwide Tax Revolt Tea Party“.

As this movement continues to grow, there are many interesting ideas and concepts coming forth of how to resolve the issues presented to the American people by an out of control government. One of the best solutions I’ve seen so far is summed up in it’s title, “Bring Home The Politicians“, with the basic principle of putting politicians offices right back in their districts where they will be expected to spend at least 75% of their time. Another key advantage to this seems to be the added costs incurred by special interest groups, because they would be forced to spend a great deal more to apply their lobbying efforts as they travel from district to district to try and influence lawmakers with the needs of their supporting cause. I have yet to find any negative to the overall concept involved at, Bring Home The Politicians.

The 912 Project Fan Site would like to take this opportunity to wish ALL of you a Happy and Prosperous New Year!