If you were looking for any sign of Tea Party protests in the Lamestream Media, forget about it. Unfortunately for Progressives, Socialists, and Marxists, wishing something doesn’t make it necessarily so. To the chagrin of these haters of Americanism, there were too many Tea Party Rallies to list. Here is a reminder to the left – the harder you try to destroy the Tea Party movement, the more steadfast our resolve to cure the American government’s fiscal insanity and snub out rabid Progressivism.
WI - Tea Party Rally – Progressives Counter Rally Peters Out
CA – Tax Day Rally Welcomes Long Beach Tea Party
Tea Party supporters flock to Palm Desert rally
Tea Party rally held on busy day in Laguna Beach
MA – Boston Police Help Disrupt Tea Party Rally
AL – Tea party event held at Homewood radio station
Tea party rally draws concerned residents to courthouse
FL – Rep. Allen West At Florida Tea Party rally
At Tea Party Rally, Rubio Blasts Obama: He’d rather get Re-Elected than Lead
Scott preaches lower taxes at St. Johns tea party rally
Union Fireman Suspected Of Sabotage At Tea Party Rally
IA – Pawlenty, Cain try to win Iowa Tea Party support
Iowa tea party supporters brave chilling wind for rally
AZ - Tax Day Rally in the Desert Southwest
Tea Party Counter Protesters Arrested
IN – Socialist group protests Tea Party
Tea Party rally takes aim at GOP and Dems
SC – TEA Party rally message: get involved
Tax day tea party protest brings SC Gov Haley, Bachmann to Statehouse steps
Bachmann Visits TEA Party Rally in Bluffton
PA – Tea party, York County NAACP to rally together
NH – Tea Party Rally Calls for Budget Cuts
NC – Tea Party rallies
WA – Tea party rallies for less government, more grass-roots
Tea party activists rally in Everett
CO – Tea party rally attracts 200 to Loveland
Third tax day tea party rally fires ‘em up
RI - tea party rallies at Statehouse
Marxist Group Protests Tea Party Protest
NV – Groups rally in Carson City to support Gov. Brian Sandoval’s pledge to not raise taxes
Tea party supporters want big government out of their lives
TX – Longview hosts Tea Party rally
Tea Party rally in downtown Tyler
NJ – Morristown Tea Party rally
AR – Crowd braves chilly temps for Tax Day Rally
MT – TEA Party rallies in Billings
Racists Fliers By Marxists enrage local Tea Party Patriots
IL – The tea party rant heard ’round the nation
SD – Tea party activists rally, intend to keep heat on legislators
MI – Tea party members attack plans for new Detroit bridge, taxes during Lansing rally
Tea Party holds tax day rally in Grand Rapids
Tea party rally at Capitol draws 400
NY – Tea Partiers rev up at Hornell rally
GA – Tea party rally touts fair tax
Savannah Tea Party: Stop spending, start saving
CT – Hundreds turn out for anti-tax rally at Conn. Capitol
OH – Tri-Party TEA Party encourages show of support for Kasich
MO – Mo. tea party groups rally on taxes, spending
Rand Paul wrote a letter to his Congressional colleagues urging them to not extend the provisions of the unconstitutional, 4th amendment abolishing, and improperly worded Patriot Act. As it stands he held off a push to have it extended for three years or become permanent. His letter spelled out the acts Constitutional violations and asked his colleagues to act within the confines of the American Constitution they swore to uphold. Of course, one of Rand’s colleagues proved why he is no friend of American Freedom. Here is the quote from the Constitution-trampling, Joe Lieberman. Take it away Joe!
…there will be a full-fledged debate on it. That was what is discussed and that is okay with me. I support the Patriot Act as is. I think these three provisions are very sensible. There is no record that they have compromised everybody’s rights but there is a record that they have helped protect our homeland security.
Back to the real world. Here is the video and letter from Rand Paul.
Dear Colleague:
James Otis argued against general warrants and writs of assistance that were issued by British soldiers without judicial review and that did not name the subject or items to be searched.
He condemned these general warrants as “the worst instrument[s] of arbitrary power, the most destructive of English liberty and the fundamental principles of law, that ever w[ere] found in an English law book.” Otis objected to these writs of assistance because they “placed the liberty of every man in the hands of every petty officer.” The Fourth Amendment was intended to guarantee that only judges—not soldiers or policemen—would issue warrants. Otis’ battle against warrantless searches led to our Fourth Amendment guarantee against unreasonable government intrusion. Read the rest of this entry
There may be some hope in keeping the American Republic from flushing herself down the fiscal toilet, but not if the central planning statist progressives on the right and the left have anything to do with it. Rand Paul, a true American-loving fiscal conservative, is proposing cuts to the Federal Government in the order of $500 billion per year.
Of course, the typical mantra coming from both sides is, “we want cuts, just don’t mess with our programs”. That’s why those that argue that government should be the “everything for everybody” paternalist have no intention of cutting anything and could truly give a rat’s ass whether they spend America into oblivion or continue to ignore the tenets of the Constitution of the United States. Those that perpetuate this reckless mindset are the cancer that is affecting America. These statists will attempt to grow government to a point that the bureaucracy will perpetuate continual growth to protect its interests. Those that continue America down this path need to be replaced or they will replace the American Republic with a European-style socialist state.
To be frank, Rand Paul’s budget/program cuts are just a start. If your typical uninformed and blissfully ignorant American would take the time away from self-indulgence and entertainment and concern themselves with the sustainability of America, they could find how much taxpayer money is wasted, lost, or stolen from this unaccountable, out of control bureaucracy called the Federal Government.
While I have little faith in the toothless Federal Government agency called the General Accountability Office (GAO), they do reveal the fact that there is massive fraud, waste, and inefficiency in every Federal Government department, agency, program, etc..
Americans and Statesmen need to stand up and oppose the statists that want American exceptionalism buried forever to keep America from continuing down the proverbial road to hell. Otherwise, see ya in hell.
Here is the outline of cuts proposed by Rand and friends. To see more detail, visit Rand Paul’s Senate website linking the proposal.
|
Dept., Agency, Program, etc.. |
Dollar Amount |
Percent |
| 1 |
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH |
$1,283,000,000.00 |
23.0% |
| 2 |
JUDICIAL BRANCH |
$2,434,000,000.00 |
32.0% |
| 3 |
AGRICULTURE |
$42,542,000,000.00 |
30.0% |
| 4 |
COMMERCE |
$5,322,000,000.00 |
54.0% |
| 5 |
DEFENSE |
$47,500,000,000.00 |
6.5% |
| 6 |
EDUCATION |
$78,000,000,000.00 |
83.0% |
| 7 |
ENERGY |
$44,200,000,000.00 |
100.0% |
| 8 |
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES |
$26,510,000,000.00 |
26.0% |
| 9 |
HOMELAND SECURITY |
$23,765,000,000.00 |
43.0% |
| 10 |
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT |
$53,100,000,000.00 |
100.0% |
| 11 |
INTERIOR |
$10,934,000,000.00 |
78.0% |
| 12 |
JUSTICE |
$9,057,000,000.00 |
28.0% |
| 13 |
LABOR |
$2,803,000,000.00 |
2.0% |
| 14 |
STATE |
$20,321,000,000.00 |
71.0% |
| 15 |
TRANSPORTATION |
$42,810,000,000.00 |
49.0% |
| 16 |
VETERANS’ AFFAIRS |
No cuts |
|
| 17 |
CORPS OF ENGINEERS |
$1,854,000,000.00 |
27.0% |
| 18 |
EPA |
$3,238,000,000.00 |
29.0% |
| 19 |
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION |
$1,936,000,000.00 |
85.0% |
| 20 |
INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS |
$24,300,000,000.00 |
100.0% |
| 21 |
NASA |
$4,500,000,000.00 |
25.0% |
| 22 |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$4,723,000,000.00 |
62.0% |
| 23 |
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT |
$9,070,000,000.00 |
3.5% |
| 24 |
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION |
No cuts |
|
| 25 |
FCC |
$2,150,000,000.00 |
22.0% |
|
|
|
|
| ABOLISH |
|
$2,050,000,000.00 |
|
| 26 |
(1) Affordable Housing Program. |
|
100.0% |
| 27 |
(2) Commission on Fine Arts. |
|
100.0% |
| 28 |
(3) Consumer Product Safety Commission. |
|
100.0% |
| 29 |
(4) Corporation for Public Broadcasting. |
|
100.0% |
| 30 |
(5) National Endowment for the Arts. |
|
100.0% |
| 31 |
(6) National Endowment for the Humanities. |
|
100.0% |
| 32 |
(7) State Justice Institute. |
|
100.0% |
|
|
|
|
| MISC |
|
|
|
| 33 |
Collect delinquent taxes from Federal Employees |
$3,000,000,000.00 |
|
| 34 |
Freeze Federal Government employee pay |
$2,000,000,000.00 |
|
| 35 |
Reduce Federal Government travel |
$7,500,000,000.00 |
|
| 36 |
Repeal Davis-Bacon |
$6,000,000,000.00 |
|
| 37 |
Prohibit union project labor agreements |
$2,000,000,000.00 |
|
| 38 |
TARP repeal |
$4,481,000,000.00 |
|
| 39 |
Sell Federal Buildings |
$19,000,000,000.00 |
|
| 40 |
Reduce Federal vehicle budget |
$600,000,000.00 |
|
