“Why?”

I want to touch on a few things that have me saying, why? First up, is the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and B.P. I want to first say that it is a sad situation at what is happening to the residents who live by or are affected by the oil spill. Hopefully they can stop this leak and get some of this devastation under control. Who will be controlling what is another question. For 60+ days I’ve heard several folks in the Obama administration saying that this spill is B.P’s problem. While I agree that getting this leak repaired, the cost to clean up the oil and pay damages to those affected are B.P’s problem, it is not theirs alone. I believe in this case, the government can step in with the supply of resources, manpower and logistics needed to speed up the process. The government can then get reimbursed by B.P. I’m not saying the government isn’t doing anything but there is sure a lot of fingers pointing at B.P and little action from the administration besides looking for someone’s ass to kick. My question is why wasn’t help from several outside resources to assist in the stopping and clean up of this oil spill accepted by this administration? Several private companies and a few Countries offered assistance to the administration, but were rejected. Why? Put the politics aside, folks need help. When people need this amount of help, they look to the government to take charge. They want to take over everything else, why not now.



ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION



Damn if I didn’t hear this morning that Sen. John Kyl (R-Ariz) says that President Obama said to him at a June 18th oval office meeting, that this administration is dragging it’s feet on border enforcement. According to Sen. Kyl the President said, “if we secure the border, then you all (Republicans) won’t have any reason to support comprehensive immigration reform.” ” In other words ” explains Kyl, “they’re holding it hostage. They won’t want to secure the border unless and until it is combined with comprehensive immigration reform.” Did you get that? The President of the United States is deliberately allowing our nation’s immigration laws go unenforced in order to force passage of his immigration “reform”, which includes a “path to citizenship.” (Amnesty) for millions of illegal immigrants. Why? Didn’t President Obama take an oath to defend and uphold The Constitution of the United States. Illegal immigration is still illegal isn’t it? It seems he is allowing laws not to be enforced unless it benefits him. Why are we allowing this? The other day, I hear that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is in Central America, that the President is directing the Department of Justice to file a lawsuit against the state of Arizona to overturn the law he is sworn to enforce. Why?



If some of you folks have the answer to “why?”, please inform us. The politicians of today do not deserve our trust, and we should question “why?” to everything. If the politicians are trying to earn our trust, then they should be more than happy to explain their positions on everything that is asked of them. November is approaching and for those in office, who can’t or won’t explain “why” to the people, must be removed from the office they hold.



A while ago, Mike and I put out the call for those who wish to contribute to or even write an OP-ED newsletter on our site. This offer is still available. Many of you have great ideas and post great questions to us. Take this opportunity to share with all of us in the group. Don’t wait for every other week, for Mike or I to post a newsletter. I’d love to see an increase in traffic on the websites. Hard working people exchanging ideas and putting plans into action. This can lead to big things, like taking our Country back. Checkout our website www.thepoepleofliberty.com for valuable information.



Until next time,

Rodney

The Belly of the Beast

Hey Folks,
Sorry I haven’t written in awhile but I have been moving to the Bay Area, now I know many of you are thinking “Holy Cow Michael, have you lost your mind?” and perhaps I have however, I can watch the knuckleheads a lot closer from where I am now. I have my internet hooked up now and am back in business.
While I was waiting for my cable to be hooked up I saw a portion of the Charlie Rose show on the PBS station here, his guest was Chris “Thrill up My Leg” Matthews. During the interview they began discussing Mr. Matthews “Documentary” on Tea-Parties coming up on Wednesday. Mr. Matthews seemed to stress that what the Tea-Partiers are arguing about following the Constitution was “settled in grade-school and we should all know that the Constitution doesn’t matter anymore, and is not for our time anyway”. He went on to also state that Tea-Partiers are “all about the second amendment which makes them very dangerous like the Militia”. Folks, I am afraid this is what most of these Socialist types believe and Mr. Matthews is progressing this belief in his “Documentary”.
You know, two Saturdays ago I went into the belly of the beast, San Francisco, and what a day of irony I had. First I walked from city hall to my favorite place the Buena Vista Inn. Now this walk was an adventure in itself, you see I misunderstood my beautiful wife who told me not to take Hyde St. all the way to the Buena Vista because it would take me through “the Tender Loin” district. Now like most husbands I only heard a portion, I heard “You can take Hyde all the way to the Buena Vista.” Now I’m not one to freak out in bad situations, which is a very good thing, and let me tell you if I weren’t me, I probably would have. The entire trip to my destination smelled of urine, I had every person I saw sitting or lying on the street ask if I could spare anything, I had several persons ask if I wanted a “good time” without knowing their gender on most occasions. Now, I believe I was a very lucky guy because it was 8:30 a.m. and most of these individuals were in wind down mode from the night before. I was very happy to reach my destination and had a really nice breakfast. After breakfast I wandered around a bit and tried not to get high from all the second hand smoke wafting around the wharf area. I headed back towards the marina and found a nice little street fair near Union and Lombard St. Brats and Beer = Good time.
In the afternoon I walked back towards city hall, not on Hyde, so I could meet my wife after her exam. Upon reaching city hall I ran into a protest rally. There were signs saying how evil Barack Obama was and at first I thought I might fit in however, it was a group protesting Israel for the flotilla raids. The main speakers were screaming about how Israel was the cause of all the problems in the world and how they should be done away with, and chanting “Intifada, Intifada”. Behind the protest I saw an Asian art exhibit with a very large statue of a Hindu god and I thought how ironic it was that these Muslims here protesting what Israel did in front of a Hindu god being of the people who have slaughtered more Hindus than any other people on Earth. The protest reminded me of other rallies I have seen only in films of W.W. II, not as many followers, but the same hatred. It was making me ill and I decided to move to another location since I had a couple of hours before my wife would be out of her exam.
I heard loud rock music coming from a few blocks from where the protesters were and I decided I would check it out. I saw many “Rainbow” flags flying around the band that was making all the noise and found out it was a Christian Rock Band. Across from the Christian Rock Band was a cart serving some food to people who looked like they could afford their own but never-the-less they were giving it out. Come to find out it was a Muslim organization handing out the food to other Muslims who were making fun of the Christians. On the lawn were people spinning around like what you would have seen at Woodstock or something with the familiar smell from the wharf circling about, a rather ironic scene indeed.
Now the reason I told you folks this story is because I believe it is a glimpse into the Liberal mind, nothing concrete, just irony after irony. They cannot see the irony they just keep going “like, whatever man”, while everything around them smells of weed and urine. San Francisco is the Liberal Mecca and one can only wonder how these people ever got into power in the first place. Is it because the silent majority is just too silent, too nice, or because the silent majority is too tired? The thing is folks; we do not protest in the same fashion as these knuckleheads do, we are polite and respectful to the Police and others. We do not call for armed uprisings or burn people in effigy. It is for these reasons we are not getting weaker but stronger. The Lame-Stream Media continues to try and paint us as violent, gun-toting, anarchists yet those who know us, know differently and we will win provided we keep our virtue and morals intact and do not become what they want us to be.
We need to educate ourselves and not back down from others who do not know the truth. Take a stand against those that would lie to the world about whom and what America was and shall be again. Go to our website; www.ThePeopleofLiberty.com to learn more about this Great Nation…America!

Mike

The Bureaucracy is Expanding

“A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.” ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower

Hey Folks,

How many of you have been paying attention to all the stuff that is going on lately other than Arizona’s SB 1070, Immigration Law? Did you know “Cap and Trade” is back, along with a new “Healthy Choices Act” which will track the Body Mass Indexes of all American children age 2 – 18 years of age? Oh yeah, the Progressives are going full speed ahead with all the Looney ideas of yester year being brought back to be passed before these jack-a-lopes get voted out in November

“The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy.” ~ Oscar Wilde

It truly amazes me that the President, members of Congress, Governors, Mayors, and even school boards are condemning Arizona’s new Immigration law considering it reflects the same language as the immigration procedures of the Federal government. It just goes to show you how naïve the masses can be when continually told lies by the Progressive Movement. Attorney General Eric Holder condemned the Arizona law without even reading it (this appears to be a trend in D.C.)! Do you think any of the others who condemned it have read it? I especially like how they are throwing out the “Racist” smears, as usual, when Mexico kills and imprisons those that illegally cross into their country (just ask the Guatemalans). . SB 1070 and The Bill Clinton 1996 Immigration Bill are available for you to read at www.ThePeopleofLiberty.com .

The Progressives seem to like calling us names, funny thing though, the names they call us are mostly associated with them throughout history. Take Nazi for example, this was the National Socialist Party of Germany. We are definitely are not Socialists. How about them saying we are “Racists members of the KKK”? Interesting enough, history shows that the “KKK” formed to combat the Republican Party and most blacks in the 1800’s were Republicans. The Klan killed Four Thousand Eight Hundred people, 1300 of those were white Republicans and 3500 were blacks, Black Republicans. This is our history, how many of you know it? There are new videos on www.ThePeopleofLiberty.com from American Heritage with David Barton, one of America’s greatest historians, which will educate you on this subject.

John Kerry announced the other day that he has a new bill to propose, “The American Power Act”. Do Not Be Fooled! This bill is “Cap and Trade” repackaged. If this bill passes, it will result in the largest redistribution of wealth in the history of man and the wealth that is to be redistributed, yours and Your Children’s! People, this will increase the cost of every manufactured item you purchase. Spain tried a similar “Cap and Trade” system and they are now on the verge of bankruptcy with over 20% unemployment! We are not Europe nor do we want to be Mr. Kerry! You can read this new bill at www.ThePeopleofLiberty.com .

Another bill presented this week was the “Healthy Choices Act” from Congressman Kind and Mary Bono-Mack. The bill requires tracking of the body mass indexes for all children 2 – 18 years of age. It gives grants for analysis of said BMI’s, preventative health services, training programs, and requires transmission of income information by sponsored family or day care groups. It creates new bureaucracies to take care of the new bureaucracies but it is not Socialism, Marxism, Nazism, or Leninism at all! Sure sounds a lot like a “Cradle to Grave” system to me. You can find this bill at www.ThePeopleofLiberty.com .

Folks, we need to band together and educate our fellow Americans to what is happening. We cannot let the naïve believe the lies the Progressives are filling their heads with. The truth is in your hands use it! The only way we can guarantee that America does not become just like the rest of Europe, Socialist-light, is to educate our friends, families, and co-workers so we can “Vote The Bums Out” in November!!!

Mike

They are slowly becoming unhinged

We are entering that time of year, where several States will be holding primary elections, leading up to the general elections in November. I think we have the progressive/socialists very nervous. As you have no doubt heard, the attacks against the tea party movement have increased ten fold over the past few weeks. Look at Rep Carson’s statement above. We have now gone from being a bunch of white racists, to being a domestic terrorist threat sowing the seeds for domestic terrorism. It’s funny, being that progressive/socialists have no problem calling the tea parties racist, yet they can’t mention that the times square bomber is Islamic. So now, what progressives/socialists are doing is to shut us up by shame. This country is being smothered by political correctness. Why is it now wrong for calling a spade, a spade? Oh, yeah! progressive/socialists are scared. They are slowly becoming unhinged. Come on November, I can’t wait.

Arizona immigration law SB 1070

You know I had to at least broach the subject. I know this is a sticky subject now, but it’s amazing how if you speak to most people, they would agree that this is a nation of law. Oh wait, except when we talk about the passing of this Arizona law. Now, the law be damned. Some claim this will lead to racial profiling. Some out right say this law is racist. We now have Cities, Counties and States calling for a boycott of Arizona. Even the Phoenix Sun’s basketball team wore Jerseys that said “Los Suns” in protest to the Arizona law. This law does nothing more than to enforce the law that’s already on the books. How dare a State enforce the law! What takes the cake is that day that Arizona’s Governor signed the bill, lo and behold, the President of the United States steps to the microphone and calls this law and apparently a majority of Arizona citizens who wanted this law, “misguided”. This law calls for the police to inquire about immigration status only AFTER people are stopped for violating some other crime. I say, good for you Arizona. Hopefully other States start taking action. What part of illegal don’t people understand?

Puerto Rico

Ah yes. This past week, the House of Representatives passed legislation to start the process of making Puerto Rico the 51st State. Never mind over the last few decades, the people of Puerto Rico have rejected this notion several times. This administration is just unbelievable. I guess, as with the healthcare bill, they know what’s best for Puerto Rico and us. Oh no, wait just a minute. The tea party movement is called racist. The administration is damning the immigration bill and will fight for the illegal immigrants from Mexico; the House of Representatives wants Puerto Rico to become a state, therefore allowing them to vote. If memory serves me correctly, a vast majority of people of Hispanic decent and the people of Puerto Rico tends to vote for democrats. No, never mind. It’s just a coincidence……. isn’t it?

Until next time,
Rodney

The Country

Since the Tea Party movement began over a year ago, many of us have learned a lot more about our Country, our Founding Fathers, the Declaration of Independence, our Constitution, and our Bill of Rights. We have come to embrace the ideas that made us the Greatest Nation God ever gave man. Now I know some of our fellow citizens do not believe any of this and disparage our movement but do not be too upset about this, you are in great company. Many of those who oppose us feel the same way about the great men and women who made this the Country that in time of trouble and despair, all other countries run to for help. The Country that people from all over the world have fled to from nations more evil than our detractors believe we are. The Country more people have come to with nothing more than a dream and the clothes on their backs to become Captains of their own destinies. The Country, whose people have volunteered their time, fortunes, blood, and lives for strangers the world over. It is plain to see, for most, that it is the American people that make America great, not it’s Government. Funny thing though, even though most people agree it’s the people who make America great, our brothers and sisters on the other side of the political divide want to make Government stronger. What The Heck? First, they are complaining about our Government being evil and oppressive, then they want to make it bigger and stronger! I wonder if they realize they will not be in control forever. Well, with the arrogance of some of them, they probably think they will.

It would be nice if we had a giant reset button where every one of our politicians would be up for re-election this year. We could vote all the bums out at the same time! Just something I’ve been thinking of.

Another thing I have been thinking of is the amendments to the Constitution, the eighteenth in particular. The eighteenth amendment was the “Prohibition Act” that forbade the manufacture, sale, transport, importation and exportation of intoxicating liquors (another bad progressive idea). This amendment to the Constitution did not affect all Americans, only the ones involved with alcohol. Therefore, my question is this, if the aforementioned required an amendment for only a percentage of Americans, why was something like the Health Care Reform Act, that has an affect on all Americans, not made an amendment to the Constitution? If it was that important to this administration, I mean come on, go all out! Did they fore go the amendment process because they knew they could not get ¾ of the states to agree on it, or was it because they were afraid it would be repealed by another amendment as the eighteenth was by the twenty second? Well, I guess the silver lining in all this is that we won’t need ¾ of the states to repeal it either.

Folks, we need to keep on keeping on and try to remain civil. You know the truth and how great this Country you live in is, that is right, I said IS! As I said at first, it is the people, “We the People”, that make this Country great, not the Government. Remember in November; let us return our Country to a limited Government, the way it is supposed to be.

Mike

New on www.ThePeopleofLiberty.com in the other Bills section of the Armory, the “Endless Stimulus” bill from Chris Dodd.

The Game is Changing

Yesterday (4/15/10) was a good day, wasn’t it? Thousands and thousands of people letting their voices be heard. Hopefully, all of you were able to attend a Tea Party near you. I personally was able to make it to two parties. I arrived to the first one, where 100+ people on 4 street corners were having a good time. I opened my trunk to get the signs I made then fear struck me. Oh no, …I forgot my Klan robe & hood at home. I have to go to this party totally exposed, a black man at a Tea Party!!! This isn’t supposed to happen, according to the mainstream media. I took my signs and proudly walked up to a group of people. They looked at me and guess what happened? Hugs, kisses and high fives all around. Total strangers united in a common goal. We had a great time. The same result at the second Tea Party I attended. I was vigilantly watching for potential problems and inappropriate signs but I saw none. Everyone was well behaved and I haven’t heard of any problems at any other Tea Party. My only complaint was at the first rally, there were 3 anti Tea Party protesters further down the street. I recognized a local Reporter and wouldn’t you know it, he spent more time covering them than the Tea Party. Oh well, no surprises there, the media is so full of crap.


Hey people, you know what? The game is changing. A year ago at our first Tea Party, the media and some Politicians were minimizing us, calling us a few rabble-rousers. Telling folks that there were only a few people showing up at the Tea Parties, when in fact there were thousands. Last year, Liberals/Democrats tried to ignore us, now, they are trying everything they can to disrupt us. This sounds like an act of desperation. They now fear us, which is a good thing.


As we look towards the November elections, we must be extremely vigilant with Politicians who are running for office. Remember, a Politician is a Politician and will say anything to get elected. Most of them will say anything to appease the crowd but we must also look under the exterior of these Politicians. Look at their voting records (if previously elected). Watch their interviews and debates. Listen to what they are saying and not saying. We must ensure that Politicians will go and do the people’s bidding, not the lobbyists. Let’s make sure these Politicians understand the Constitution.



Please check out our website, www.thepeopleofliberty.com and post pictures, share with us your experiences with the Tea Parties you attended. I, for one, will not let the media dictate where we go from here. Let’s roll up our sleeves and get to work.



Until next time, Rodney.

Don't Be What They're Looking For

"A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government." ~ Thomas Jefferson (always worth repeating)



Well, it’s Tax Day Tea Party Time again and there are so many more angry Americans than last year just waiting to be heard, we want you to be heard too. I have posted many of the Tea Parties going on around the country on our website: www.ThePeopleofLiberty.com . If you don’t see one in your area I suggest you google the name of your city, or one near you, with the words “Tea Party” after it and you should be able to find one. I know I didn’t get all of them and some are repeats, I’m working on that.

Things are heating up with the Parties with record numbers becoming more interested in our movement.We need to show the interested that we know what we are talking about and not let them believe the blatant lies about us in the media. This year we have something new, an opposition group, the “Coffee Party” who has vowed to disrupt as many Tea Parties as possible and as I have said before, we need to be informed. Folks, I can’t stress this enough, we must keep our cool and be the more informed in this battle. The press and the Liberal Machine are looking for us to be “Racist, Angry, Misinformed, Gun Hugging, Spitting, White People without Hoods and Sheets”. Seriously, these people are starving for just one moment captured on film or audio to discredit the whole movement. They’re already making stuff up to do this, let’s not give them the ammo to destroy that which so many have worked so hard for. Believe me, Rodney and I are angry at all the slights from those who are suppose to represent us and those that say they are “Open Minded” yet call us names without even hearing the facts but, this is not the time to be the “Angry Mobs” they want. If we want to be heard, we need to articulate and educate everyone about what we believe and who we are. As angry as you may be, please show restraint even if confronted by a “Coffee Party” member. Think about what the media may use against you or us when you speak and no,I am not taking away your freedom of speech. I am only asking you to be smart in what you are saying.

“Our fight is not with bombs and guns; our fight is at the ballot box.”

One way we can win this war is by informing ourselves, our families, our neighbors, our friends, and those around us about what America was meant to be. I have been reading a lot of books on the founding of this Great Nation lately and I must say that my education didn’t teach me a lot about our Founding Fathers or the sacrifices they made to give us the Freedom we have taken for granted (o.k., perhaps I was asleep during those lessons). I have put a book review on our site to assist you in choosing some really great books to help you educate yourself and others. There are some really great videos on the site to inform and entertain you. We have government documents such as the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, speeches from George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Ronald Reagan. We have the Hacked E-mails from the “Climate-Gate” scandal, the Health Care Bill, the Cyber-Security Bill, and others, all for FREE! Check it out.