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Tony on TownHall – There is no possible comparison between the Tea Party and OWS

Oct 25

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Here is my latest piece on TownHall.com, discussing the inability to compare the Tea Party and OWS. One movement – the Tea Party –  has a vision and values.  One movement – OWS – has no vision, no values and is not a movement at all.

Tea Party and OWS — No Comparison

Steve Annear has an article on Metro.US about the new safety team circulating the Tent City Square, a.k.a. Occupy Boston, a satellite of the original Occupy Wall Street. According to Annear, a team of eight people – armed with neon vests and walkie-talkies – patrol the make-shift town to keep the “residents” safe.
Why is this necessary?  According to the article:

On the heels of an incident last Sunday night, when a heroin addict allegedly pulled a knife on protesters and urinated on a tent….One guard donning a neon vest, who declined to give his name, said they are trying to keep the peace by “rounding up junkies and trying to kick them out,” adding that the so-called junkies have continually been a problem.

I have organized, hosted and spoken at Tea Party events around the country, and we never – ever! – have had to organize a safety team.  Tea Party participants, who’ve gathered in cities and towns all across the country, have never had to worry about their safety from within the movement – - only from without. (see: SEIU) Never once has there been a report of a “heroin addict” urinating on tents….then again, there have been no tents!  After each event, Tea Partiers return to their families, work/job search, school, etc. Heroin addicts don’t seem to be attracted to the Tea Party. And we make sure to have our rallies near public restrooms (usually associated with the properly-permitted spaces) or provide port-o-potties.

There is a difference in the participants, because there is a difference in the cause. The Tea Party is based on what I call “The Four Basics” – - The Constitution, Capitalism, Fiscal Responsibility and Smaller Government.  In a broader sense, it is based on shared ideals for the country. The Tea Party advocates smaller, leaner, more pragmatic government; equality of opportunity. We do, all of us in the Tea Party, “…hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

People are made equal.  What they do with their lives is up to them!  The Occupiers are promoting anti-Semitism, the return of the guillotine (while “maybe” a joke at first, many think it is a good idea, and that I should be under it!), a hodge-podge of hate, vitriol and false truths.

The people of OWS don’t look to the future, to a better America, to a free and prosperous people unencumbered by government overreach to pursue their dreams, wants and desires.  OWS is long removed from its proposed (legitimate?) objective – exposing and objecting to the federal government picking winners and losers on Wall Street and the too-close relationship often engaged between – and is now focused on, well, nothing. They are promoting Communism, a failed system of failed people predicated on a impossible, inchoate proposition that all people can be forced into equality.

The Tea Party promotes a better future, based on the prodigy of our Founding Fathers.  OWS promotes lies, based on the abject failure of the Marxist thesis. Their once (potentially?) worthwhile message has been, unfortunately, hijacked by proud socialists and Marxists, the Democratic party, the unions, and a smattering of Hollywood – the latter three all hoping that OWS can be the Left’s version of the Tea Party, thus giving them something positive to look to in this upcoming election season.

The article continued, with one of the “guards” explaining the situation:

“People wander in here high and drunk and try and get in tents…You’re always going to have drunk a—holes, wherever you go,” he said. “The safety team is pretty efficient. It’s not like this is a junkie haven.”

The reality is, you don’t have drunk “a—holes” wherever you go.  It actually depends on where you go. The Tea Party went towards a more prosperous America, rooted in the Constitution that allows people to live to the moment of their happiness.  OWS went towards “eat the rich,” urinating on tents, threatening reporters, blaming the Jews and sexual harassment.

There is no comparison.

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The Rush To Race Is Ridiculous

Sep 25

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Over the weekend, businessman and presidential candidate Herman Cain won the Florida Straw Poll with a very convincing 37% of the vote.  He more than doubled his nearest challenger, Texas Gov. Rick Perry and third place finisher, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney.

Quickly, blog posts and opinion makers took to social media and blogs, pushing their view of what this victory means.  Among much of the commentary, the idea of race has come in to play.  That the victory of Cain in the straw poll shows that the GOP, and the Tea Party, are not the racists that the hard-core Leftist Progressives claim those groups to be.

Wrong.  Is the establishment GOP really that interested in proving to a hate-filled Progressive minority that they are good people who should be liked?  Are there members of the Tea Party who actually believe that Sen. Boxer, Sen. Schumer, Michael Moore, Janeane Garofalo, Rep. Frank or others will like them because they voted for a black man?

Does anyone except the most virulent liberal think that Cain won the straw poll because of race?

Cain’s strong win in the straw poll is not about race, it’s about Cain!  His “999″ Plan has taken hold. People now know that Cain is serious about reducing taxes. They see this in the shadow of President Obama’s $1.5 Trillion tax increase, and see that there is another option.  People have been leery – disgusted! – with Obamacare.  They have heard all the talk about the need to repeal, or at the very least, to defund.  But, with Cain, they have heard what could be their fate under Obamacare.  The personal story of Cain’s fight with Stage 4 colon cancer hit home with voters. They now have a clear picture of the life that their family will have under socialized medicine.  Cain is alive because of an unencumbured health care system, where patients and doctors work towards success.  Cain would be dead under Obamacare.  That message has also taken hold with the American electorate.

There have been some who have used Cain’s victory to combat the ignorant words of actor Morgan Freeman.  On Piers Morgan’s show on CNN, Morgan stated:

FREEMAN: Look at, look, the Tea Partiers…Their stated policy, publicly stated, is to do whatever it takes to see to it that Obama only serves one term. What’s, what does that, what underlines that? “Screw the country. We’re going to whatever we do to get this black man, we can, we’re going to do whatever we can to get this black man outta here”

(PIERS) MORGAN: But is that necessarily a racist thing?

FREEMAN: It is a racist thing.

Why would anyone think it necessary to vindicate themselves from the words of Freeman, who did nothing more than reiterate the tired Racer meme popularized by Garofalo and Keith Olbermann? When Cain was asked for his response to Freeman, Cain didn’t point to himself.  He pointed to the problem with Morgan’s statement:

“Most of the people that are criticizing the Tea Partiers about having a racist element, they have never been to a Tea Party…Name calling is something that is going to continue in this because they don’t know how to stop this movement and this movement is making a big difference in politics…”

Cain didn’t mention his race.  He didn’t mention being black.  He didn’t mention his skin color.  Cain did what Cain does: He focused on the statement, gave the much needed, honest answer and moved on.

It is this approach that is attracting more and more people to Cain.  He’s not giving excuses, he’s presenting a plan.  He admits his mistakes, talks about what he is learning and focuses on giving America a clear set of rules, policies and procedures.  Cain does what Obama can not; walking the walk after talking the talk.

If there is anything to take from Cain’s impressive victory in the Florida Straw Poll, its that the mainstream media will not be deciding who the GOP candidate is.  The idea that America’s choices are reduced to Mitt Romney or Rick Perry are over.  Herman Cain has joined the top tier, and he got there with hard work, an engaging personality and a great message.  How long he stays there is up to Cain and America, not the MSM.

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EXCLUSIVE from APM – Teacher calls Hispanic Tea Party leader a Nazi

Sep 21

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We were proud to post this exclusive over at All Patriots Media.  Eric Adam, and the team at Tea Party Productions, got great video from a panel Q&A event in San Antonio, TX about the DREAM Act.  One of the people asking questions was local high school government teacher Jonathan Bryant.  One of the people on the panel was San Antonio Tea Party leader George Rodriguez.  Bryant, who looked like he was just waiting for a chance to score some cheap points in front of his students, did away with the “new tone,” and went to a new low – calling Rodriguez a “Nazi” for wanting to follow the law.

From the article:

A panel conversation on the DREAM Act turned nasty when a public school teacher told the panel that they want him to act like an ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) Agent, and round up students who are in the country illegally. The teacher followed up by calling one of the panelists, a Hispanic Tea Party leader, a “Nazi.”

(video shot by Eric Adam of Tea Party Productions)

Jonathan Bryant, a government teacher at a local high school in the area, took the microphone and quickly made sure to recognize the kids in attendance, to which he received boisterous applause. Bryant then responded to a comment made by one of the panelists, Schuylar Crist – a supporter of the Minuteman movement and a coordinator for US Border Watch. Bryant said that it seemed that Crist wanted him, as a teacher, to act like an ICE Agent, and report students who are in the country illegally. When Crist was able to respond, he said,

“The fact of the matter is, if they’re in that classroom illegally, then the school administration has a responsibility of reporting them…under 287-G, the San Antonio police department…has that obligation.”

Bryant quickly retorted, “So you would have students in this room deported?” Crist shot back, “If they were illegal, you bet I would…in a heartbeat.”  Crist was roundly booed by the students in the room.  The moderator, KSTX reporter Hernan Rozemberg, quieted the crowd, and allowed a response from San Antonio Tea Party Leader George Rodriguez.  Rodriguez said,

Again folks, if the person is here illegally, and is breaking the law, they have broken the law or are breaking the law, what do you want us to say?  You know what I would have…I would have you teach more balanced, conservative thoughts, rather than just bringing folks that bring libreal ideals and placards here.

Without any hesitation, Bryant responded:

I mean you could just say what you are, a Nazi.

With some of his students applauding in the background, most of the room seemed to be audibly taken back by the comment.  The moderator again tried to take control of the conversation.  However, Rodriguez continued, “There it is.  There’s the hate. There’s the hate.”  Bryant shot back, “It’s an objective observation, that’s all.”

Rozemberg then tried to bring about decorum to the conversation, stating that as a teacher one needs to be, “…very careful about using those kinds of names and accusations…they may not be the best example to set for students.”

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The Nanny State continues its assault on America

Aug 5

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Over at Pajamas Media, I wrote about a raid at a health food store, and a one year investigation that was helped along by nine different governmental agencies.  The store was raided because they “sell” unpasteurized milk to grown men and women who want to drink it.  Is the government really helping us, or just finding more ways to waste our money, and control our lives?:

In Venice, CA, a beach community in Los Angeles, the owner of a health food market was arrested, along with two others, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney, for the, “…criminal conspiracy charges stemming from the alleged illegal production and sale of unpasteurized goat milk, goat cheese and other products.”

As the Los Angeles Times reported:

The arrests followed a one-year investigation during which undercover agents purchased unpasteurized dairy products from Healthy Family Farms stands in Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, said Matthew Krasnowski, a district attorney spokesman. The products included unpasteurized goat milk, cheese and yogurt.

Yes, a year long investigation to go after the sale of unpasteurized milk, cheese and yogurt.  And not just one government agency, but nine different governmental agencies, according to the LA District Attorney’s office:

Agencies taking part in the ongoing investigation include the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; the California Franchise Tax Board; the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Milk and Dairy Food Safety Branch and the department’s Division of Measurement Standards; the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office; the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health; the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department, the Ventura County Department of Public Health; the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety.

The investigation ended in the raid of the Venice market, Rawesome Foods, and a farm, Palmer’s Healthy Family Farms in Ventura County.  Prosecutors claim that Rawesome Foods did not have a license to sell unpasteurized milk, which is required by the state of California.  Rawesome Foods, however, is not open to the public.  It is a private club that requires a paid membership.  It is not known how undercover officers got into the club to purchase the dairy items, or if they paid for a membership.  This is not the first raid on Rawesome Foods.  They were raided in 2010 for the sale of unpasteurized, or “raw” milk.

What is known is that the government has gone too far in “protecting” its citizens.  Grown men and women have the right to eat whatever they want.  While you and I may not think raw goat milk is the way to enjoy our Captain Crunch, there is no reason that government should outlaw its sale.  Further, the licensing requirements are called in to question when the type of sale does not fit into its parameters (to the public versus via private membership club.) On the surface, this looks more like governmental bullying than “protecting” the unpasteurized goat-milk-drinking public (which one could assume is a very niche market.)

The Tea Party movement has long advocated for smaller government as one of its central tenants.  This unwarranted attack on this small business is a perfect analogy as to why the Tea Party is on the side of all Americans who believe in personal liberty.  The politics of the owners of Rawesome Foods and Palmer’s Farm isn’t important.  The conversation here is about the continued over reach of government into our food and food choices.  We’ve seen New York work to ban salt and trans fats from restaurants. In California, food establishments are required to post calorie counts of all items.  McDonald’s is under attack for putting toys in Happy Meals, and now will only offer apple slices with Happy Meals instead of french fries.  In Chicago schools, students can have their home packed lunch thrown away, and then be forced to purchase the school lunch.

All of those things are not the advancement of a society, but a horrific growth of the Nanny State.  And, as we see from Rawesome, no one is immune.  From McDonalds to private food markets to the schools, government feels compelled to control what we eat. Recently, it was announced that August 20th is Lemonade Freedom Day, in response to the nationwide crackdown on kids’ lemonade stands by police. Perhaps a Food Freedom Day will be next, as it certainly seems it is needed.

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Victory for the Tea Party

Jul 15

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“Let me write the ballads of a country, and I care not who writes the laws.”  – Plato


I first heard this quote from Bill Whittle.  If you don’t know Bill, I encourage you to check out his work on PJTV.  Bill is one of the great minds of our generation.  He is with few equals.  He is brilliant.

One of Bill’s most thought-provoking and in-depth commentaries is about the concept of Iconography – the use of visual icons and artistry to convey a message.  He points out that iconography is part of the American culture; about how the sight of Mickey Mouse can evoke far different feelings that that of the Playboy bunny.  Think about the world around you.  You know a McDonald’s is ahead of you when you see the tips of the Golden Arches.  You know an Apple computer by that very simple apple.  The Apple logo is so identified with Apple computers that they do not need to put the name Apple next to it.

Obama has been masterful in his use of iconography.  The “O” as Whittle describes it,  looks like a rising sun on a field of the American flag, denoting a positive future.  There is no doubting that Whittle is right in his assessment – iconography is extremely important.  Images move us, they compel us.  They can evoke emotions of joy, of anger, of love, of hate, of pride, of despair.  We are a visual nation, and, as some other smart people have said, “Image is everything.”

Madison Avenue, where the tv, print and web commercials are conceived and hatched, knows about imagery.  They are astutely aware of the current trends.  They are constantly feeling out society, moving their message  (and the sale of their products) as well as they can.  As a 38 year old, I know when I hear Led Zeppelin in a Cadillac commercial that the commercial is being directed at me.

Madison Avenue’s job is to take Plato’s advice to heart.  They dictate culture by showing us what is within the American psyche.  By showing us what moves us to the moment of purchase.  Their job is to move our hearts and minds.

With that knowledge, the Tea Party can celebrate a victory!  And it is a big one.  We have won a magnificent battle in the culture war.

Recently, three television commercials have been aired on network television….three commercials that are from three iconic brands – Bud Light, Kraft Macaroni and Cheese and Dodge.  Each of these three commercials highlight the same iconic brand – our Founding Fathers.

They are not in the background, but front and center:  the emotional tug leading us to buy the product in question.  In the Bud Light commercial, the Founders are having a 4th of July party.  In the Kraft Macaroni and Cheese ad, it features President Thomas Jefferson (and author of the Declaration of Independence) detailing how he created the recipe for baked macaroni and cheese.  (NOTE – I was unable to find that ad, though this Jefferson ad for Kraft is online.)  In the Dodge ad, perhaps the most fantastic ad of all, the Red Coats are walking in a field.  They are called by their commander to form a line.  They draw their guns and take aim into the woods.  They wait, there is silence.  Then, the sound of a revving car, and three Dodge Challengers, one with an American Flag on the back, comes racing out of the woods.  The Red Coats become filled with fear, and scatter for their lives.  Behind the wheel of the Challenger – President George Washington.  The tag line is – “There’s a couple of things America got right.  Cars and Freedom.”

Madison Avenue is here to sell.  They have no other agenda.  To sell us, they must understand us.  They must tap into who we are and what we believe.  To do this, they look to the culture.  Their job is to judge the cultural motion (and at times create it.)  Their reading of the culture can not be denied.  The Tea Party is the culture in America.  Freedom, Liberty, Capitalism…those are the selling points!

Nothing the NAACP, MSNBC or add your own multi-lettered-statist-agenda-pushing group here can do or say can change this.  The racist argument has failed!  The radical argument has failed!  (The Dodge ad states that America got things right, something the Statist Left would never admit!)  The Tea Party is now fully entrenched in the psyche of America.  And that image is so fundamentally strong, so encompasses the values of America, so in touch with American ideal of Freedom, Liberty and Capitalism that Madison Avenue has taken it to heart, and to the bank.

We hear about companies who are guarded about their brands.  The wrong association can lead to mass firings.  When clients/celebrities/spokespeople fall from grace, or are involved in activities that companies find damaging to their brand, they run from those people.  (See Tiger Woods, Mel Gibson and Helen Thomas.)

In this case, they are running towards the Tea Party.  Madison Avenue, via three iconic American products/brands, have embraced the Tea Party, and the millions who consider themselves a part of it.

Tea Party – 1  Statists/Race Hustlers – 0

(NOTE – This is a huge victory, but – to think of it in military terms – we have only won a battle, not the war.  The next victory is November, 2010.  However, the Generals must be planning now for the real victory – November 2012….2014….2016….2018….2020 and beyond.)

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Liberalism, Judaism and the Tea Party

Apr 19

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This week, on the Tony Katz Radio Spectacular, I will be talking about Liberalism, racism, Judaism and the Tea Party Movement.  Along with a series of in-studio guests, I will be dissecting the MSM’s treatment of the Tea Party movement, why Jews are Liberals, has Liberalism ever helped anyone and the future of the Tea Party Movement in relation to all of it, all the while eradicating the racism meme.

Joining the conversation are T.J. McCormack, Sonja Schmidt, Larry Greenfield, Larry O’Connor, Alfonzo Rachel and more

From AllPatriotsMedia.com

In the wake of the Tax Day Tea Parties, the continuing assault by the Main Statist Media, the constant exposing of Liberal lies, and the disturbing words against the Tea Party Movement by Rabbi Denise Eger, and her group, A Moral Compass To Justice, Tony has decided to dedicate the entire week to understanding and exposing Liberal tactics and word play in every facet of our lives, including the media, religion, and social interaction.  Every day this week on the Tony Katz Radio Spectacular, Tony will speak with expert guests – in studio – to expose lies, find truth, and engage in the conversation like you have never heard before.

Listen to the Tony Katz Radio Spectacular, Monday through Friday on the All Patriots Media Network.  3pm PST, on AllPatriotsMedia.com, or your local AM station.  You can reach Tony Katz on Twitter or Facebook.

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How Low Does Politics Go?

Feb 27

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A story from the Washington Times, which was reprinted by the good people at Smart Girl Politics.  It seems that the newly formed Nevada Tea Party, which was created as a political party in Nevada, and is running a candidate for Senator, is not in any way affiliated with the Tea Party Movement. The only phone number listed for the party is for the lawyer who did the filing with Nevada, Barry Levnison, who is also named as the party’s secretary. He is known as an Obama supporter, as well as the lawyer who defended John Wayne Bobbit.

Is this the future of politics? Creating fake parties in an attempt to split the vote of the right in favor of the Statists? Do the Tea Parties, and an informed electorate, really scare the Left that much?

The answer is yes.

From the article:

Critics say the party, which already has a candidate for Senate, doesn’t have any connection to the state’s “tea party” movement and looks like an attempt to draw votes from Republicans, thereby aiding embattled Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in his re-election bid.

The party filed a constitution, bylaws and list of officers Jan. 28 with the Nevada secretary of state’s office. The party also has collected the 250 signatures necessary to place Jon Ashjian on the November ballot as a candidate for the seat now held by Mr. Reid, said Nevada secretary of state spokeswoman Pam duPre.

All this came as a shock to Frank Ricotta, a Las Vegas pharmacist and one of the founding members of the state’s tea party movement. Not only was he unaware of any plans to form a third party, he also didn’t know any of the 10 people on the party’s executive committee.

“I talked to some of our people in the north, and none of us recognized any of the names on the filing,” said Mr. Ricotta, whose group Nevada Patriots is part of the Nevada Leaders Coalition, a tea party movement umbrella group.

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One Year of Tea Party Thanks

Feb 26

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365 days ago, I became a member of the Tea Party. I stood on the pier in Santa Monica, and watched a small, but vibrant crowd of strangers get together. I shook near every hand that gathered that day. And I had the privilege, and, as I look back on it, the honor, to be the first person ever to speak at a Los Angeles Tea Party rally.

In my review of the past 365 days, the economy sank – both the country’s and mine – and businesses floundered – both the country’s and mine .  As a Capitalist, I have always known that if you keep looking, keep searching, keep fighting, keep thinking, keep trying, you will find you way to the success you endeavor. I knew that losing funding on a new business would be painful, (and it was) but it would not be forever. It was the business that lost, not me. I was still here. Organizing Tea Parties, letting my voice be heard, and helping others do the same.

From that first rally in Santa Monica, to the Tax Day Tea Party in Van Nuys, to the success of 912West and all of the events in between and since, I am overjoyed by the response of Los Angeles to the Tea Parties. I am thrilled by its success, and its growth, across the country. I am thrilled to see people actively participating in their nation, running for office on principle-based tickets, not party-based. It seems that there are millions who truly embrace the mantra of “Principle. Not Party.” I am thrilled to see that the movement is moving overseas.  People taking control of their lives, taking responsibility for their past actions, and working to make better choices in the future, for their futures.

Nothing is done alone.  The Tea Party Movement is proof of that.  And while we remain joyously leaderless, (regardless of MSNBC’s claims) there are some people who need to be thanked.  They were first, because someone had to be first.  What makes me feel so great is the knowledge that they are not the last, and that we many not see the last for many years to come (regardless of what Gov. Schwarzenegger says.)

My thanks to Brooks Bayne, Stephen Kruiser, Ashley Nicole Ingram, Justin Smith and Gary Aminoff.  I had a growing friendship with Brooks, but I didn’t know the others.  365 days later, they are friends.  We talk, we drink, we smoke cigars, we laugh, we learn, we argue.  We do the things that friends of a lifetime do.  Our lifetime started 365 days ago.  Our Tea Party bond makes us strong.

My thanks to Top Conservatives on Twitter, created in the fall of 2008, which got people talking to each other.  The hashtag #TCOT made it possible to reach others quickly and effectively, and those early members helped spread the word about Tea Parties, and made them viable across the country.

My thanks to my wife, whom I do not blog about.  And, while I haven’t done the research, I believe this is the first time I have ever referenced her.  As I stated earlier, Nothing is done alone.  While I was organizing, my wife was giving advice, holding down our family, and supporting the decisions that we made to work hard for the Tea Party Movement.  We knew, and we still know, that we control our destinies.  That our children should have the same freedom and liberty that we had.  That this is our motivation.  We owe it to them.  If picking a spouse was a game show, then I’m the guy who won the Amazing Race.  Luckily for me, I’m still on that race with someone I love.

And to all of you I have met over the course of this year.  To the great work you do, and will do, let me say thank you.  In Los Angeles, we don’t believe in career Tea Party politicians.  That is why I have stepped back from organizing, and good people like Michael Fell have come in to lead LA.  While I will never stop being a part of the Tea Party Movement, the Tea Parties are not about one person.  They are about we.  They are about you.  Everyone must participate.  Everyone must put their skin in the game.  Everyone must take responsibility.  Without that, the Tea Party Movement has no chance of survival.  With that, Statism has no chance of survival.

One year later, and I couldn’t be more proud.  A year that brought my family the worst economic times in our history, has made us rich beyond words.  We thank you all for that.

I can not wait to see what 2010 brings us.

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A Great Olbermann Rebuttal

Feb 23

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Last week, I eviscerated MSNBC commentator Ketih Olbermann’s rant about the Tea Party movement.  I described, in detail, that Olbermann was not attacking the Tea Party, as much as he was confessing his own prejudices, and deep-rooted internal racial issues.

However, it seems that the members of the Dallas Tea Party have done a fantastic job in proving Mr. Olbermann’s comments a total farce.

In the immortal words of The Hunt For Red October – “WAY TO GO, DALLAS!!!”

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9/11 Truthers, Debra Medina and Tea Parties

Feb 11

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Today, on the Glenn Beck radio program, gubernatorial candidate Debra Medina was asked about rumors that she is a 9/11 truther.  She was asked, point blank, whether or not the US Government was involved in bring down the World Trade towers.  Her response is not just disheartening, it is pathetic:

She calls herself an “everyday, ordinary person…” and then gives the most political and politically correct answer the world has ever seen.  She aggressively tried to defend her position, and digs the hole even deeper.  Or, is it, that she shows her real character with more clarity?

I am not a truther.  I have looked at their purported evidence, and I see no value in it.  They have convinced me in no way, and I openly question their motives and their intentions.

Debra Medina has painted herself a Tea Party candidate.  Tea Parties are about The Consitution, Capitalism, Ficsal Responsibility and Smaller Government.  I accept that Medina may be for those things, I accept the fact that Truthers may be part of the Tea Party Movement, and I can not ask them to leave. However, they will never get my vote, and I will not allow candidates to publicly take the mantle of Tea Party member, and spew this nonsense.

Debra Medina made her decisions.  Her candidacy may or may not be over.  However, her aligning herself with the Tea Parties as a candidate is.

*****DEBRA MEDINA RESPONDS*****

Here is a link to her website, where she responds to the Glenn Beck interview.

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