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Join www.ValleyForgePatriots.org or Valley Forge Patriots – www.Meetup.com/TeaParty09
Join www.912PA.com
Schedule at p. 3.
America has made her last nighttime launching of Challenger and will depend on Russian rockets in the future.
Nashville Notes
Sarah is wonderful but looks thinner and tired. Part of her crusade is collecting big fees and giving every nickel to aspiring conservative candidates.
Andrew Breitbart had us all up and both cheering him and jeering the dozen cameras in the back of the room and the networks they represent.
Judge Roy Moore talks in Shakespearean cadence and with the confidence of Blair or Thatcher.
And Leland Baker proved that 1) we are NOW bankrupt but 2) if we eliminated $17 trillion in unconstitutional spending, we would be solvent in 35 years.
Joe Farah still wants BO’s birth certificate. Farah also loathes czars and violations of our constitution. There is more than suggestive evidence that BO’s goals include the systematic destruction of America.
Rick Scarborough encouraged white ministers to testify for responsibility, conservatism, and God.
General themes: Strongly resonant…saving the country for our kids. Also, no sovereigns or great leaders for TEA; we must remain a bottom-up organization; our initials stand for “Taxed Enough Already” but our neglect of core “values” (sic!) led to our money problems. Christians must become rowdier if we are to repel secularism and competing religions.
Internet (from observation and from guru Mark Skoda: lots of new sites, “webinar” is the coming thing, “cloud” systems let us do it all with a cell phone instead of a computer, you can hire robocalls for pennies instead of tens of thousands, and nearly all you want to do can be done on GoDaddy for about $50 per month.
No sign of Tim or Dick or their minions in our crowd of 1200 manic 45-year-olds, all but three of whom happened to be white and of the three blacks, two were campaigning.
I drove the 800 miles back to home, learning that West Virginia doesn’t plow her roads and that snow lands in my drive whether or not I’m home to watch. I approached my drive, saw the unmarked white, revved my engine with “This one’s for Sarah!” and buried my MR2….
Palin Speech at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP4PJlufZ0c
(Thanks Maggie!) Also the Q&A: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgpuBDAoW4U, and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlVveLZuo3Y
See also Financial Times: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6395e3fc-1427-11df-8847-00144feab49a.html
And Palin’s presidential aspirations: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7018587.ece
Steyn: Climate & “Journalistic Failure”
“The poodles are headed for the endangered species list. And deservedly so.”
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZTYyZTBjYjAzOTA1OTM5Y2UyOTQ0Y2I0ZDJkMzBjNDU=
Health Care: May Die on the Hill
“No, maybe he can’t. President Barack Obama, who insisted he would succeed where other presidents had failed to fix the nation’s health care system, now concedes the effort may die in Congress.”
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9DMIO900&show_article=1
Steyn: “Unsustainable”
“Throughout his life, the commander-in-chief has had little contact with the military, and less interest. And, when you give as many speeches as this guy does, there’s no time to rehearse or read through: You just gotta fire up the prompter and wing it. But it’s revealing that nobody around him in the so-called smartest administration of all time thought to spell it out phonetically for him when the speech got typed up and loaded into the machine. Which suggests that either his minders don’t know that he doesn’t know that kinda stuff, or they don’t know it either. To put it in Rumsfeldian terms, they don’t know what they don’t know.
“Which is embarrassingly true.”
http://article.nationalreview.com/424153/unsustainable/mark-steyn
Bob Guzzardi: Gwenne Alexander dropped her run for Lieutenant Governor.
So much for his earlier elation. Meanwhile, there is a “debate” tomorrow night that may be ripe for political snipers and sniping.
So much of politics depends on the arts of strategic gossip. It’s fun. It takes imagination and spite. And it sometimes works not to improve our government but to influence an election’s outcomes.
In contrast, Ohio conservative political consultant, Peter Wolf recommends:
- Hold your debates before absentee ballots go out.
- Collect questions on index cards.
- Randomly choose what is to be asked and return the chosen cards to the authors.
- Give 3 minutes for an answer. Allow a follow-up question or the option to repeat the question to a different candidate.
- Allow 5 minutes to each candidate for an introduction and 3 minutes for a closing statement.
- Tabulate voter ratings by all who are present and give them to the press.
Announcements and Meetings
Candidates’ Forum: February 9th, 2010, 6:30-9:30 P.M. (Snow or Not!)
All the major contenders. More important because of the cancellation on Febrary 6th of a similar meeting.
Place: Crystal Tea Room 100 East Penn Square 9th Floor Philadelphia,
Contact Kevin “grace” Kelly of The Loyal Opposition grace522@comcast.net
Tuesday, February 9, 7 PM: West Chester TEA Party
Chester County Government Building, 601 Westtown Rd, West Chester, PA 19382
Thursday, February 11, 3:30-5 PM, VF Patriots: Meet & Greet Sam Rohrer
The Pickering Creek Inn, 37 East Bridge Street, Phoenixville.
PA Representative Sam Rohrer has been one of the leading voices for state government reform and constitutional principles. Son of a steelworker, Rohrer promotes the role of parents in education, opposes tax increases on employees and workers, and crafts legislation to eliminate school property tax.
“As the Republican chairman of the Game and Fisheries Committee, he is an outspoken proponent of commonsense conservation policies that respect private property and protects the rights of tens of thousands of hunters and anglers. Because of his uncompromising support for Second Amendment freedoms he has earned the consistent backing of sportsmen and gun owners. (And, hopefully, from those interested in freedom of speech!)
Open to the Public. Please RSVP to Diane Canney 610-933-1296 or dianecanney@verizon.net
Friday, February 12th, 6 PM: Valley Forge Patriots – Patrick Henry Sellers
Pickering Creek Inn. 37 East Bridge St, Phoenixville, PA 19460, 610-933-9962
“Sellers entered the race to represent Pennsylvania’s 6th Congressional district because no other
candidate holds values close enough to those he finds important – individual liberty through self reliance, limited constitutional government, sound money, property rights, free markets and a non-interventionist foreign policy. He believes supporting the Constitution is important, because it is the ultimate defense of the individual against the government.
“He will speak about running for congress as well as our money and the Federal Reserve System.”
Tuesday, February 16th, 6:30 PM: Souderton 9-12
Price: $5.00 per person. Hennings Market, 290 Main St, Harleysville, PA 19438, 215-256-9533
Building on the momentum of our first meeting in 2010! Lots to do to get ready for the 2010 elections and keep up the successes we recently saw in Massachusetts.
The $5 cost includes sweets, fruit, and beverages.
Wednesday, February 17th, 6 PM: “Dump Murphy”
Roman Delight, 255 East Street Road, Warminster, PA 18974, 215-957-6465
“We are pleased to be joined at this meeting by several of the GOP hopefuls to replace Congressman Patrick Murphy.
“First we replace the man who voted for Cap and Trade, Stimulus, Healthcare, and every other multi-thousand page bill that his staffers abridged for him. Then, like a hawk over a fat mouse, we watch his replacement.”
February 18th, 7 PM: Delaware County Patriots
Kings Mills Inn, 6000 Pennell Road, Media PA 19063, 610 558-1860
February 18-20: CPAC 2010 – Saving Freedom
The 37th Annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) will be held at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC.
Register at http://www.cpac.org/registration.html Online Registration Ends on February 11!
Pat Toomey Speaks: February 25th, Thursday. 45th Annual Lincoln Day Dinner
Republican Committee of Lower Merion and Narberth
Merion Tribute House, Merion Station, Pa. www.LincolnDinner2010.com
February 27th: Joe Sestak Gives Away Some More
Eeagh!
“I am committed to once again networking the regional organizations chartered to help citizens weather difficult times…This Summit will include a service fair that connects community members with government agencies, non-government organizations, and local resources. Exhibitors will cover a variety of issues including housing relief, employment, health services, adult education, credit counseling, legal issues, elder and child care, Veterans benefits, and more. I am hopeful that this summit will give families full access to all available aid and assistance as well as the opportunity and resources to fight through this recession and plan for a secure future.”
The event will be held at Interboro High School (16th and Amosland Ave, Prospect Park, PA 19076) on February 27, 2010. Guest sign-in begins at 10:30AM and the event will run from 11:00AM - 1:00PM.”
Chester County Elections
http://dsf.chesco.org/election/cwp/view.asp?A=3&Q=644864
February 16th: 1st date to circulate nomination petitions. (You need only 15 sigs.)
March 9th: Last day to file nomination petitions. (Do it earlier, risk a challenger.)
April 16- 18th, 2010, 11 AM, “The Patriot Caucus”
Price: $5.00 per person
Valley Forge Convention Center, 1160 First Avenue, King of Prussia, PA 19406, 610)354-8212
“Our floor capacity will be approximately 1,000. The conference will be set up theatre style and there will be no meal breaks. Each individual will be responsible to leave the room and eat whenever possible. This is done to ensure we keep the event free and low cost, and that we utilize all time possible.” http://www.meetup.com/912-PA/calendar/12227504/
August 28th: Beck at Lincoln’s knee… “Restoring Honor.”
Donate to Special Operations Warriors (http://firstgiving.com/glennbeck).
karinstocking@msn.com $35.00 Karin Stocking, 1939 West Marshall St Norristown, PA 19403.