The Tea Party Platform is as follows:

1. Eliminate Excessive Taxes – Excessively high taxes are a burden for those exercising their personal liberty to work hard and prosper as afforded by the Constitution. A fiscally responsible government protects the freedom of its citizens to enjoy the fruits of their own labor without interference from a government that has exceeded its necessary size, scope and reach into the lives of its citizens.
2. Eliminate the National Debt – By implementing fiscally conservative policies at all levels of government, progress can be made toward eliminating the U.S. National Debt. Massive increases in the National Debt have created and continue to create a huge burden for the next generation of Americans, thus imperiling the country’s short-term and long-term economic health and prosperity.
3. Eliminate Deficit Spending – All deficit spending must be eliminated immediately. We insist that government representatives at all levels maintain a fiscally responsible budget and balance the books as would be expected of any American business.
4. Protect Free Markets – America’s free enterprise system allows businesses to thrive as they compete in the open marketplace and strive toward ever better services and products. Allowing free markets to prosper unfettered by government interference is what propelled this country to greatness with an enduring belief in the industriousness and innovations of the populace.
5. Abide by the Constitution of the United States – The U.S. Constitution is the supreme law of the land and must be adhered to without exception at all levels of government. This includes the Bill of Rights and other Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and their provisions designed to protect states’ rights and individual liberties.
6. Promote Civic Responsibility – Citizen involvement at the grassroots level allows the voice of the American people to be heard and directs the political behaviors of our representatives at both the local and national level so they, in turn, may be most effective in working to preserve the life, liberty and pursuit of happiness of this country’s citizens.
7. Reduce the Overall Size of Government – A bloated bureaucracy creates wasteful spending that plagues our government. Reducing the overall size, scope and reach of government at both local and national levels will help to eliminate inefficiencies that result in deficit spending which adds to our country’s debt.
8. Believe in the People – The American people, given their guaranteed freedoms, will thrive in a democratic, capitalist environment which allows individuals to strive toward ever greater achievements, innovations and the efficient production of needed and valued goods and services.
9. Avoid the Pitfalls of Politics – American politics is burdened by big money from lobbyists and special interests with an undue influence on the peoples’ representatives. The Tea Party movement is seen as a threat to the entrenched political parties and thus is the continual target of smear campaigns and misrepresentation of its ideals. We choose not to respond to these attacks except to strongly and explicitly disavow any and all hate speech, any and all violence as well as insinuations of violence, and any and all extreme and fringe elements that bring discredit to the Tea Party Movement. We are a peaceful movement and respect other’s opinions and views even though they do not agree with our own. We stand by the Tea Party beliefs and goals and choose to focus our energies on ensuring that our government representatives do the same. 

Conservative issues with our candidates:

First–Herman Cain: Goodbye Herman. Many of us are sad to have lost what you stood for. We are sad you may not have been upfront about the skeletons in your closet whichever of them were true. And if true, had you been honest about them, most would have accepted your human failings and still supported you. As it stands, the present concern about a lack of transparency stands out far beyond any mistakes you may have made in your life.

1.) Jon Huntsman:
Issues with Jon: He has a leftist record on the environment and global warming. He stood agains 70% of his state of Utah’s voters in his support of civil unions His quotes out of a spring 2011 campaign ad: “I think health care is a right” and “putting a value on carbon either suggests that you get a carbon tax or a cap-and-trade system underway.” . In addition, Huntsman supported…the most fiscally irresponsible bill in American history…the $800-billion Porkulus (also known as the ARRA). All House Republicans and all but three GOP Senators (Specter, Snowe, and Collins) opposed it, as did Gov. Palin, Gov. Perry, and many others…Huntsman thinks that the problem with the Porkulus is that it wasn’t large enough! On energy, President Obama and Nancy Pelosi tried to impose on America an unconstitutional cap-and-tax scheme. Jon Huntsman believes that it’s a fantastic idea. He also has singled {defense} out for massive reductions, even though it’s already at a historically low level of 3.50% of GDP and less than 15% of the total federal budget.
Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/07/john_huntsman_wasting_conservatives_time.html#ixzz1gTcAX45V(From American Thinker).

In the last debate, Huntsman argued for defense spending via strategy. He has more foreign policy experience than any other candidate though under a Democrat administration: Huntsman argued that defense spending should follow strategy. Terror will remain a challenge for decades, he forecast. It should guide spending, procurement and America’s alliances. Gingrich added another element—America’s heavy military presence in Europe which no longer serves its strategic interests. “The Russians aren’t coming anymore,” said Huntsman. That’s not isolationism, he added. It’s realism. His economy plan calls for major changes to the U.S. tax code and the passage of new free trade policies to improve job growth in the U.S. My issue with Jon is that he has worked for Obama and is a textbook definition of a RINO (Republican in Name Only). Like McCain, Collins and many others, we want to weed out these folks from our leadership, not place them in the presidency to do more damage to what our Founders had in mind for this country.

2.) Rick Santorum: He remains strong on social conservative issues and defense. Santorum laid out the socially conservative principles of his “Faith, Family and Freedom Tour” at his first tour stop in Iowa on Friday. He calls for: banning federal funding of embryonic stem cell research or any family planning or medical group that performs abortions; repealing a mandate that health insurance plans cover contraceptives; defending the Defense of Marriage Act in court and forbidding military chaplains from performing same-sex marriages on military bases. In addition, he has a concrete plan on Iran.

Santorum would call on Congress to abolish the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which has drawn criticism for its liberal rulings; to reinstate the ban on military service by openly gay men and women; to allow prayer at school functions; and to pass a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman. Santorum also supports a “personhood” amendment to the Constitution, which would state that life begins at fertilization and would result in banning abortion, banning certain kinds of birth control, and potentially making in vitro fertilization more difficult.
He consistently defends defense. and is a proponent of a strong economy having presented his Made in America plan. While I like a lot of what Rick stands for, I worry that he could not gain re-election in his own state and am concerned about his ability to rise to the top and annihilate the Obama machine.
3.) Michele Bachmann:Like Rick, Michelle is a social conservative. She is strong on defense and has a plan for the economy called–American Jobs Right Now Repatriation, Cutting spending and government, Cutting taxes, Repealing Obamacare, Repealing the Jobs and Housing Destruciton Act )(Dodd-Frank), Legalizing American Energy Production and Natural Resources, Repealing any Job Killing Regulations, Increasing Exports, Enforcement of Immigration Laws, Paving an Innovation Pathway, and something called Unleasing American Investment. Michelle stands with Rick Perry and Santorum as one of three truly conservative candidates fighting for the nomination. A nomination the establishment of the GOP wants to avoid for fear of losing the precious “Independents.”

I like Michelle. I would like to see her as the GOP nominee. I know they see her as too much of a Tea Party supporter. That is a problem. For them and us–because of their Tea Party prejudice.
4.) Ron Paul: Ron Paul is a stanch Libertarian. Ron has a platform called: Plan to Restore America The synopsis of this plan is as follows:
SYNOPSIS:
America is the greatest nation in human history. Our respect for individual liberty, free markets, and limited constitutional government produced the strongest, most prosperous country in the world. But, we have drifted far from our founding principles, and America is in crisis. Ron Paul’s “Restore America” plan slams on the brakes and puts America on a return to constitutional government. It is bold but achievable. Through the bully pulpit of the presidency, the power of the Veto, and, most importantly, the united voice of freedom-loving Americans, we can implement fundamental reforms.

Sorry Ron, I see Ron as too kooky and off the charts on his defense and foreign policy.
During the Ames debate in August, Paul said the following about Iran: “Even our own CIA gives me this information that they have no evidence that they are working on a weapon.”

Paul’s remarks aside, Iran under Ahmadinejad is armed and dangerous in all regards. ( From The Washington Times).

Paul takes his Libertarian views and walks over the edge with them. Many of us can’t follow.

5.) Mitt Romney: I think Mitt is the darling of the GOP because he comes off as “Steady Eddy.”
Romney’s plan for America’s economy woes is his Five Bills and Executive Orders for Day One Plan:
FIVE BILLS FOR DAY ONE

The American Competitiveness Act
• Reduces the corporate income tax rate

The Open Markets Act
• Implements Free Trade Agreements

The Domestic Energy Act
• Directs the Department of the Interior to undertake a comprehensive survey of American energy reserves

The Retraining Reform Act
• Consolidates the sprawl of federal retraining programs

The Down Payment on Fiscal Sanity Act
• Immediately cuts non-security discretionary spending

FIVE EXECUTIVE ORDERS FOR DAY ONE

The Tea Party conservatives don’t agree however because he has flip-flopped on several of their issues–abortion, environment, and immigration for starters. Then there is Romneycare…always a problem.
6.) Newt Gingrich: The big concern with Newt aside from his own flip flops (Pelosi commercial, Doug Hoffman issue, etc.), seems to be his “inability to govern himself.”
…elite conservative media are rolling their eyes, with National Review editorializing last week against the Gingrich candidacy.

“Gingrich has always said he wants to transform the country,” it concluded. “He appears unable to transform, or even govern, himself. He should be an adviser to the Republican party but not again its head.”
But even if a TV-loving and increasingly newspaper-averse public doesn’t quite get the insider aversion to Gingrich, would their publicly-voiced doubts persist if, say, he were to win and thus face President Obama in the fall? Would partisan pragmatism trump the seeming moral convictions being voiced by so many who know him so well? “McCain was seen as a hot-headed crazy guy but, once he got the nomination, the Republicans were less inclined to trumpet that,” said Dallek.
Newt’s plan for the economy is based on his Jobs and Prosperity Plan as follows:
Stop the 2013 tax increases
Make the United States the most desirable location for new business investment
Move toward an optional flat tax of 15%
Strengthen the dollar
Remove obstacles to job creation imposed by destructive and ineffective regulations, programs and bureaucracies.
Implement an American energy policy
Balance the budget
Repeal and replace Obamacare
Fundamental reform of entitlement programs  
Regarding his social conservatism, he has a Fidelity Pledge that some question.
It may be that the “extraordinary” tension between Gingrich’s rank-and-file support and elite-Republican disdain is starting to break down.

While I love hearing Newt expound on his brilliant historical analogy, I do worry about his off the edge commentary with seemingly little thought behind his statements regardless of context.
7.) Rick Perry: Perry believes: Government’s role is to create an environment ripe for growth, then get out of the way. Texas has gained more than one million jobs while the rest of the nation lost over two million jobs. Since June 2009, nearly 40% of all net new American jobs have been created in his home state. Perry’s plan is the Cut Balance and Grow Plan which reforms the tax code, adds a flat tax, eliminates some taxes and preserves deductions, etc. He stands as a social conservative and is strong on defense and foreign policy. His problem with public speaking is on the verge of ending his candidacy.

On Greta VanSustern’s Fox News Show, Rush Limbaugh stated that Rick Perry, Michelle Bachmann and Rick Santorum were the three truly conservative choices for presidential candidates.

If we look at all of the candidates, we see similarities and differences:

Three important legs of the conservative platform are economic freedom, social issues and a strong defense/foreign policy. We know that with Obama, our country’s demise is rooted in his lack of action and opposing action in all three. But we also have conservative candidates that are less than strong in their commitment to our conservative values. But all of the concerns mentioned pale in comparison to the consideration that Obama may get a second term–a second chance to bring this country to total degradation.The decision seems to be a no brainer: Any of the candidates are BETTER THAN OBAMA.

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Crunchy numbers

The average container ship can carry about 4,500 containers. This blog was viewed about 14,000 times in 2010. If each view were a shipping container, your blog would have filled about 3 fully loaded ships.

In 2010, there were 54 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 200 posts. There were 65 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 40mb. That’s about 1 pictures per week.

The busiest day of the year was January 5th with 264 views. The most popular post that day was Reid’s Secret Amendment to Change the Constitution: Section 3403.

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were mail.yahoo.com, facebook.com, search.aol.com, zerohedge.com, and mail.live.com.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for section 3403 health care bill, health care bill section 3403, porno hut, porky pig, and section 3403.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

Reid’s Secret Amendment to Change the Constitution: Section 3403 December 2009
13 comments

The Raping of the Illinois Teacher Retirement System April 2009
38 comments

Incredible Letter to Glenn Beck: 53-year-old Woman Hits the Nail on the Head June 2009
15 comments

The Epitome of Evil: Obama has Turned Terrorism Inward March 2009
21 comments

Porky Pig Pelosi May 2009

TSUNAMI MEDIA ALERTMay 29, 2009
The Latest Czar to Regulate Far More than Cars
By: www.WAMAction.org

A long-forecast and dreaded announcement came this morning from the head of the “Change” Administration himself. The astonishing sequence of end-runs, by the “Change” Administration – around traditional and critical structures which preserve the U.S. Constitution- and its balance of powers – seems about to take its greatest toll to date.
The protections provided by the 3 American branches of government have continued to erode via Obama’s unprecedented installation of “Czars” – eg. Politically hand-picked individuals who are given enormous powers over free enterprise – and whom report directly to the Chief Executive himself. This newly invented system for expanding Executive branch authority, among its other dangers, eliminates the need for Congressional approval or involvement with these power-packed new authority figures. It also short-circuits Capitol Hill oversight of the activities which they undertake.

Obama has made public today his plan to take control of the Internet – directly from the White House – on behalf of preserving “cyber-security.” This strategy to expand his authority to encroach further on Americans right to privacy – with warrantless supervision of online activity – has been in the works since the Inauguration. The timing of its current announcement holds notable coincidence to the Chief Executive’s recent decline in public opinion polls (along with the downhill slide of popularity among his key Congressional leadership (Pelosi, Reid and Dodd.)

Former Democratic activists who worked against Obama’s nomination are among those most aware of the alarm bells this current move to suppress opposition sets off. His online primary campaign, which generated maximum impact via use of high tech applications-is recalled by many for its brutality and vicious conduct against web opponents in 2008. Several reported personal threats while many more indicated repeated disruption of their blogs and large-scale attacks on their forums. Throughout the campaign season, an online army of campaign-paid web thugs were hired for these intrusions, as reported and verified by FOX News. Intimidation, verbal threats, gutter language and even obscene images were the order of the day.

Those in the know, are acutely aware, then, that the “threats to security” listed by this Head of State in his televised speech today ironically coincide with tactics similar to some his own campaign used to get elected. An Obama small-dollar-on-line donor even reported receiving a phone call on his unlisted cell phone to remind him of a “Meet Up” in his own neighborhood – this despite the fact that the donor had not supplied the campaign with either his cell number nor his physical address! At least one Nigerian husband and wife both confessed last year to using their executive positions with international tech corporations to obtain personal records of U.S. citizens for use in harassment by the “Change” campaign.

In the meantime, while specifics of the new leader’s rationale remain to be seen, it’s already foreshadowed they will be as far-reaching as possible. Obama makes sweeping statements about the urgent need to protect everything from banking records, to online purchases to information exchange.  Rumors have indicated that the NSA is also disturbed that this new report-to-President only position would also circumvent this agency’s normal role in cyber-watching. Further evidence of the long-term planning of this eradication of online privacy plan lies in the fact that Senators Rockfeller and Snowe introduced a bill in Congress on April 1st to give the White House these cyber-space powers.

One could ask: How does the rest of Congress feel about turning over their responsibility and authority to the Executive Branch?

Also, if the right to online privacy is allowed follow the path of warrantless phone wire-tapping what does Big Brother have in mind next? And lest we wonder who might be put on the Cyber Czar’s Watch List, just remember the recent Homeland Security Warning that “right wing extremists” (ie any citizens identified as “Change administration opponents) are now a grave threat. Even a child could connect quickly connect the dots between that recent DHS Alert and the press conference on cyber-security threats today! It’s not hard to gauge whose “security” seems to feel most threatened. The only question rhat remains is how much more terror – against free enterprise and freedom of speech – will We the People permit the “Change” Administration to undertake?

For quick valuable information on other current events, come to Wake Up America Movement at: http://www.WAMAction.org/NewsRoom

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Jim Tedisco and the Conservative Movement need this seat to begin to turn the tide on Obama, Pelosi, Reid and their minions in the “Destroy America” initiative of the Democrat Party.

On March 31…there is a Special Congressional Election in the 20th District of New York. This district includes Albany and the area just north of New York City. Voter registration shows that the district leans Republican. This seat was recently vacated by Democratic Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand who resigned to be appointed to the U.S. Senate. That position opened after Hillary Clinton resigned to become Obama’s Secretary of State. Polls now show that the Republican can actually win this district! There is huge dissatisfaction with the Democrats and Obama — even voters in liberal New York are getting fed up. The Republicans have picked Jim Tedisco as their candidate. Jim is a solid conservative on both fiscal and social issues.

As Assembly Republican Leader, he led the fight against Govenor Eliot Spitzer’s plan to issue driver’s licenses to illegals in New York.  On his website, you can see the various initiatives he sponsors and co-sponsors. He is, unlike many of his Democrat counterparts, PRO government transparency and AGAINST government wasteful spending.

Jim is running against Dem pick millionaire, Pelosi backed Scott Murphy, a Schumie Schumer supporter who made millions of dollars by sending US jobs to India. Tedisco holds a narrow lead but Murphy has the backing of not only his own dollars but also Moveon.org PAC, Pelosi’s Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and the National Health Care Workers’ Union.

One local newspaper speculated that the liberals and unions would spend as much as $1.5 million to win this contest in order to avoid embarrassing President Obama with a stunning defeat.

By stopping Murphy and the Democrats in this congressional district, we can help stop more phony “stimulus” programs, stop higher taxes, stop Eric Holder’s plan to ban our guns, stop card check for unions, and stop Obama’s plan to legalize 12 million illegal aliens.

Jim Tedisco’s election is the first step in taking back Republican control of the Congress in 2010 and ousting Obama from the White House in 2012.

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Because of who she is, Sarah is the best hope for America:

Governor Palin is a tough executive and has brought Republicans and Democrats together within her own Administration. She challenged the influence of the big oil companies and fought for new energy resources while fighting for the development of new energy resources. Palin challenged a corrupt system and passed a landmark ethics reform bill. She used her veto power to cut budgetary spending. Her experience in shaking up the status quo is exactly what is needed in Washington today.And, last, but not least, she is the head of Alaska’s National Guard and a mother of a soldier herself understanding the importance of supporting our troops. (The above is paraphrased from McCain’s first announcement speech about Sarah as his running mate.)

Without her or someone very much like her, if there is anything left of America after B.O., it won’t withstand another “Washington-as-usual” politician.

I’m talking about having an armor of defense to defeat the evil that will be waiting. The LIBS developed a plan for “The One” for several years and put it into action and because of Axelrod and many like him–they won. I know in this last election, the white house was bought and a lot of cheating went on but even still, they will be next to impossible to beat so conservatives must be VERY unified and VERY ready.

Conservatives need someone like Axelrod to be working OUR side. His scruples have been questioned, but something I do know is that he brilliantly executed B.O.’s campaign. He was the mastermind behind the win. Who is there on the side of conservatives that can do that for us?
—-I’d be willing to work towards paying this person anything s/he’d want or need–to get that kind of 24-7 drive that Axelrod has.
—-Next, or maybe even before then, how can rules be orchestrated to change the reporting for contributions? B.O. got in from Soros’s over-contributing illegally but along with the donating foreign groups, he hid behind the loophole of reporting whose credit card was being charged with each donation. These are the behind-the-scenes actions that need to take place now. B.O. can’t be allowed to hide illegal money coming in during the next election.
—-In addition, a small group must work in each state to begin now to investigate voting rules and regs and how secure they are–how ACORN-proof they are? What can be done in each state to preclude ACORN from stealing votes?

—-Another “before the campaign activity” needs to be–who in each state can be the point person to get out letters to all representatives toward strong opposition to amnesty for illegals and voting rights for felons (automatic Democrat votes).
—Can those same people be a watch-dog for The Fairness Doctrine that will keep the conservative message from getting past the MSM? We must fight this from taking place and we can do it partially through writing/calling campaigns.

Can we get a small grassroots group IN EACH STATE for these kinds of things that will help pave the road for Sarah and the congressional support she will need?

This website can help: http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml -

–Lastly, can we get the ear of Shaun Hannity, Glen Beck, Michael Medved, Mike Gallagher, Greta Van Sustern, etc? Who do we have who is a high enough connection that could regularly help get the word out.

In my opinion, a best-case scenario would be for Sarah to get exposure in Congress as a senator. I don’t know if this can or will happen. The MSM is STILL hammering at her.

The fight in 2012 won't be easy.

If we love our country and care what happens in the future, we have to start now.