You May be a Tea Partier If…..

You may be a Tea Partier if ….

On October 25, 1760 George William Fredrick was anointed as King George III of England. Under his reign a number of restrictions and taxes were imposed on the America colonist. Their petitions for relief, sent to the King and Parlia­ment fell on deaf ears. The freedom they held so dear was slowly being taken away and there was no way they were going to remain silent.

Various steps were taken by the British crown to subjugate the colonists and stamp out the growing rebellion. Ridged laws were passed and heavy taxes imposed. In response, “No taxation without representation,” became a rallying cry among the growing number of patriots. The more the British authorities moved to quell the activities of the growing movement, the more resolute the colonist became. The flame of liberty would not be quenched. One of the most famous acts of civil disobedience, known as the Boston Tea Party, was carried out on the night of December 16, 1773 when a group of colonists, dressed as Indians, boarded the ships and destroyed the tea by throwing it into Boston Harbor. King George dismissed these men and women taking a stand for liberty as insignificant rabble. The colonist had a different name for them – Patriots.

The First Continental Congress was a convention of 56 delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that met on May 10, 1775.  On June 7, 1776 Richard Henry Lee of Virginia introduced a resolution urging Congress to declare independence from Great Britain. On June 11 a committee was appointed to draft a declaration of independence. On June 28, a copy of the committee’s draft was read in Congress. From July 1 thru 4 the assembly debated and revised the declaration. On July 4, 1776 Congress adopted “The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America.”

We call these men our Founding Fathers and the nation they founded the United States of America. They have been described as “enlightened geniuses touched by divine intervention.” Among our founding fathers we find George Wash­ington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, James Madi­son, and John and Samuel Adams, among many others. The youngest del­egate was 26 years old. The oldest, Benjamin Franklin, was 70.

On Nov. 4, 2008 an unknown Senator from Illinois was elected president of the United States. He was an extremely charismatic orator who ran on a platform of “Hope and Change.” Barak Obama is a product of the 60’s. Born to an American woman and a Kenyan father in 1961, he is a self-proclaimed socialist. His earliest schooling was in Muslim schools. His father, like Karl Marx before him, believed and taught heavy taxation as a means of redistributing the wealth. This is a prin­ciple his son has firmly embraced and is using to transform America. Just before the election he promised his supporters “five days from now we will fundamentally change America.” Not only that, but he also promised to “re­distribute the wealth” created by the American system of capitalism.  His coat tails were long, sweeping into Congress men and women who would support his socialist agenda. What the average person did not realize was that the hope and change he preached was his hope to change America into a socialist nation.

Believing he had a mandate for change, Obama entered office with a messiah complex. Having gained control of both houses of congress, he immediately began pushing his socialist agenda on the American people. When he was elected America was facing an economic downturn. He and his congressional minions conspired to change the downturn into a crisis, and then used the crisis they had created to justify enacting his socialist agenda. Through a system of bail-outs, they gained control over the major financial institutions as well as much of the automotive industry. A bill now in congress will give the government control over our entire health-care system. In line behind the health care bill are “Cap and Trade” and “Card Check.” Cap and trade would give the government control of the entire energy system of the United States. If all the legislation now pending before congress is passed, the federal government will have direct control over 48% of our economy. Never in our history has the federal government attempted a power grab of this magnitude.

Sweeping legislation is being proposed which will drive our national debt to a level which can only be described as obscene.  In his first year Obama has created a deficit three times larger than any deficit in history. As a result, the dollar is now falling in value against every other major currency. Our children and grandchildren will spend their entire lives laboring under the largest na­tional debt in history of mankind, with no means of finding relief.

Obama has bypassed the Senatorial confirmation process to put in place a cadre of unelected, unqualified, radical, and immoral Czars, accountable only to himself, who have the authority to oversee and control every aspect of our society. It has been documented that some are openly pro Marxist, even Communist. What is perhaps the most frightening result of Obama’s policies, is that his perceived weakness has emboldened many of our enemies in their opposition toward us. Russia forced him to halt the missile defense shield for Eastern Europe then responded by announcing a new multi-warhead missile. Others, such as Iran, North Korea, Cuba, China and Venezuela have all thumbed their noses at him. In addition, radical Muslims are continually plotting ter­rorist attacks against us.

Today we stand in the shoes of our founding fathers. The winds blowing from Washington smell of evil, corruption, and tyranny. We, like them, are faced with a government seeking to take away our cherished freedoms and God giv­en rights. We, like them, have no representation in the halls of government. The hallowed halls of congress, once walked by statesmen dedicated to serv­ing the interests of the people, are now occupied by power hungry politicians who only hear the voices of the special interests who purchased them. No longer listening to the will of the people, they walk in lockstep with congres­sional leaders to do the bidding of Obama, their great proponent of socialism.

Appeals to the courts of our land have fallen on the deaf ears of carefully se­lected judges who promised in their confirmation hearings to adhere, not to the Constitution, but to the will of the senators who approved them. They have taken their oath of office with one hand on the Bible while the other is behind their back with crossed fingers.

At stake is nothing less than the future of our children and grandchildren.  When they look back on this generation what will they see? What will they think? What will they say? Did we fail them? In the hour of America’s great­est challenge did we rise up as patriots or remain silent as cowards? Will they enjoy the freedom we enjoy, or will our inaction condemn them to life under a tyrannical, oppressive, and socialistic world government?  These questions will be answered by other generations in other times. My prayer is that Americans will refuse to submit to this onslaught of tyranny. The time is now. The future will not wait. “We the People” must make our voices echo throughout the chambers of government, and place “fear of the ballot box” in the heart of every incumbent, Republican and Democrat, from State House to White House.

How many living today were foot soldiers in the Reagan revolution? Do we still remember? Do we still have the resolve? Do we still have the strength? Can we, and will we, once again stand together in defense of our blood-bought freedoms? Or, have our fading health and sunset years diminished our love of freedom, and our willingness to stand and fight for it? I pray not! Will the forces of evil now in Washington condemn our nation to the dustbin of human history? God forbid it!

Our fellow Americans are already in the field. Millions of patriots are mak­ing their voices heard at tea parties and town halls across the nation. More than a million of our neighbors and fellow citizens marched on Wash­ington, D. C. Thousands of letters and millions of e-mails have been sent to members of Congress. The voices speaking out are not those of evil rabble, right-wing nuts, or Astroturf, as some leaders have labeled us. They are the voices of the sons and daughters of America. This government has awakened a sleeping giant and placed within him an awesome resolve. The giant has a name. It is “We the People.” The giant has a purpose. It is to restore that government “of the people, by the people, and for the people” to this land we love.

If you believe in the founding values of free enterprise, limited government and lower taxes you are a Tea Partier.  If you love this nation, have been blessed to live in the land of the free, and want to pass our cherished liberty on to your children and grandchildren, you are Tea Partier.  If you are just an ordinary, hard working citizen, who obeys the laws, pay your taxes, and are concerned with the future of your children and grandchildren, you are a Tea Partier.  If so, please add you voice and your support to those of us already in the field Our website is www.wilsoncountyteaparty.com. The April 15 Tea Party will be from 4:30 to 6:30 at Charlie Daniels Park in Mt Juliet. We encourage you to stand up and combine your voice with thousands of others for the sake of generations yet to be born.  Ronald Reagan’s “Shining city on a hill” must be preserved. We must make the city stronger.  We must make the city freer.  And we must leave her in good hands.