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Ben Franklin said it best 320 years ago... "Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either." :tiphat:/>

If life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of the chains of slavery? FORBID IT, almighty GOD! I know not what course others may take, but as for me... GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH! Patrick Henry and me too... Those who desire to give up FREEDOM in order to gain security will not have nor do they deserve either one! Ben Franklin and me too...

I'm a Central Valley Tea Party coordinator in Cali and running for School Board in our District... It's NO on all props EXCEPT 32 & 40. Here's info on 30 & 38 and why they're a BIG NO! We need to quit using Children as an excuse for better pensions than I'll ever have... Prop 30 will not offset any funding to our children only tenured teacher retirements and is a lie propagated and funded by teachers unions. Even the California School Boards Association says the initiative provides no new funding for schools. NONE. Californians already pay the highest state sales tax in the nation along with the second highest income tax. Prop 30 will drastically increase taxes and give the money to politicians and unelected special interest groups to spend as they please. Prop 30 is a flawed initiative that raises taxes on all Californians as much as 50 billion dollars over the next 7 years, doesn't guarantee any new funding for schools, destroys small business, kills jobs and includes no reform. Proposition 38 is for stewardship of public money. It would help relieve the state’s budget problems, but only for 4 years. From mid 2013 to mid 2017 30 percent of the money from prop 38 would be directed to paying down school bonds and other state debt, freeing about 3 billion in the state’s general fund for other purposes such as high speed rail, which the people of the valley have been rallying against. Or like Tesla industries which was recently given $10 million from the General fund -OUR TAX'S-to develop an electric car. Tesla is worth more than $84 billion and this $10 million provided 5 jobs. The car will sell for $55-77 thousand. Either of these propositions does very little to help our children. Once again, our children are being used as a tool for union gain. Either propositions are temporary fixes. It’s time to face our exploding debt. Reading, writing and arithmetic (typing and algebra)are the bare minimum requirement. It’s more important for a kid to graduate being able to read and give change for a dollar than play volleyball. NOTE: Ca is 47/50 in per pupil funding nationally yet we start with $12,000 per student and after pensions/wages/operation it is $4,000 net.

Smarter than Keep??? You don't know Keep!

NOBAMACARE IS OUR DEATH WARRANT. Death panels of non-doctors will decide your fate when they decide to meet. ObamaCare Tax Now that the Supreme Court had ruled the ObamaCare individual mandate portion law is actually a tax you may want to know how this affects us, the average American. Here are the facts: This now gives credit to the President, his Administration and every Congressman and Senator who voted for this legislation that was signed into law for the largest tax increase on the American public in our history. The individual mandate forces every American to buy health care insurance unless you fall under the 133 % of the Federal poverty level. What is that number? That means if you make more than $30,657.00 for a family of four you will be forced to buy “government approved” health care insurance for your family or you will be taxed on your gross annual income for non-compliance with the law. While the middle class tries to figure out how to pay for all the taxes it currently pays in one year on top of the new taxes devised by the ObamaCare tax, many Americans will not face this problem because they received waivers as payment for their support for the law. 1,372 waivers have been given by the Administration so who are these people, the chosen few by the government? 20% of the waivers went to businesses in Nancy Pelosi’s district such as: Restaurants and 4 Star hotels Big Labor Unions including: SEIU, AFL-CIO, CWA Big corporations such as McDonald's, Jack in the Box, REI Undocumented aliens, (who will receive treatment regardless, as they do now) (http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/2011/05/obamacare-waivers-did-you-make-the-updated-list/) And here are some of the new taxes the middle class will face thanks to the overhaul of 1/6th of the US economy in our health care system: http://www.atr.org/full-list-obamacare-tax-hikes-listed-a7010 Enjoy the liberty we know today because it may be gone tomorrow unless we fight the tyranny!

The latest stupid thing that Michelle Obama has said: ...begins with a broad assessment of life in America in 2008, and life is not good: we’re a divided country, we’re a country that is “just downright mean,”we are “guided by fear,” we’re a nation of cynics, sloths, and complacent's. Why does she hate America? — it’s not in jest. The woman hates America. Previous Stupidity Spewed Forth by Michelle Obama: Our souls are broken. And only Obamassiah! knows and understand this. Only Obamassiah! can fix and save our broken souls. (I’m paraphrasing) People are in debt, not because of frivolous spending, but because someone got sick. If we had socialized medicine, there would be no more debt. For the first time in my adult life, I’m really proud of America. Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual. It’s a minor miracle that I can get through each day(…despite being a Harvard-educated lawyer and the millionaire-wife of the second coming of Christ). Every woman that I know, regardless of race, education, income, background, political affiliation, is struggling to keep her head above water. Even my good buddy Oprah!

I say BS! This is how it started at Lexington and Concord. Blood will be spilled. Many great Patriots will die early on with their guns in their cold-dead hands. We will fight back with pea shooters if need be, but we will fight back. They cannot have my freedom and liberty. Divine Providence guided the true great generation and will again. And just when will you have enough? UNITED WE STAND!

Nobama started with 10 Trillion debt. We now approach 16 Trillion. I don't like Romney but I know who I'm NOT voting for in November...perpetual debt

I understand Spain, Germany and Australia are on board with RP too. The seeds of Freedom and Liberty have been planted and can't be stopped. The inalienable rights of family, vocation, religion and self-government are guaranteed to all, not just to US citizens. All ya gotta do is declare 'em!

"A law might be made to raise their wages; but if our manufacturers are too dear, they might not vend abroad." Benjamin Franklin, 1768...timeless topic, eh?

Congress has already agreed to arrest us with no reasonable cause. Click the Power Point at this site or try this...http://theintolerableacts.org/docs/IntolerableActs-NDAA.pps Detention centers are already set up. Wake up America! http://www.theintolerableacts.org/

Ron Paul is Biblical. We're all loosers in this next election. Have patient's. Build a farm team from school boards, city councils, county supervisors, state assembly, congress, senate and judicial. We have a Tripartite government with a bicameral legislature. Some say it's too late to fix this. I say spill ink, not blood.

How much has the federal debt gone up under Obama? <http://factcheck.org/2012/02/dueling-debt-deceptions/> During his first three years in office, it rose $4.7 trillion, an increase of 45 percent. As of this day, our debt is 15.6 Trillion. Nobama started at 10 Trillion. He has indebted us more in 3 tears than any other President, George to George. THAT'S A FACT! This is absolutely the only fact I need to get rid of this rookie...

John Adams, my favorite, Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin were in France during the writing of the Constitution. This test said I was Madison too. Madison and Jefferson were two-faced punks, each pulling dirty political tricks that would rival anything of today's mischief.

You get negs for spreading nonsense and because most of what you say is just completely wrong...... And its sad really.....you will understand one day......hopefully sooner then later to get some credibility back.... Read more: That's why they call him"Keep"... KEEPemGROUNDED! Thank you, sir.

WAKE UP, AMERICA! Here's what your president supports. Did I mention that this is the "Free Speech" our American fighting men and women have died for...and continue to do so under this miserable excuse for a leader? And give some thought to those media rags you are reading, listening to, or watching to "help you understand" what's going on in this Country...you don't see THIS stuff, do you? If this offends you in any way, then I am in good company. Again...WAKE UP! posted by AWD 6:24 PM Monday, October 24, 2011 LOOK REAL HARD, AMERICA ! (INSERTED HERE WAS A PICTURE OF A IDIOT DEFECATING ON THE AMERICAN FLAG SURROUNDED BY ONLOOKERS INCLUDING CHILDREN. I CAN'T BARE TO INSERT IT, SORRY) Yeah, that's a scumbag wall street protester SHITTING on the AMERICAN FLAG Most Americans are not politically aware. While they can name all 5 finalists on American Idol, they cannot name their Congressman. It’s nice they have priorities. And it explains how we have the morons we have governing us in Washington presently. The Tea Party movement came out of nowhere to stand up and speak out against out-of-control government spending. While the Tea Party has been vilified by liberals and the Democrat party, it has continued to grow in strength. Leftists have used everything from Alinsky tactics to lying to name calling to the total use of the mainstream media to destroy the Tea Party. But they underestimated the patriotism of the producers in America who support the Constitution and believe in capitalism. Many of the American Idol experts have sat idly by listening to Chris Matthews and Katie Couric disparage the Tea Party movement. They had nothing to compare the movement to. All of that changed when the Occupy Wall Street circus came to New York and spread quickly across the country. Like an infection. Small bands of idiots with stupid signs printed by unions spouting lunacy have littered and shat across the formerly pristine parks they now infest in dozens of American cities. What a stark difference from the Tea Party movement. Patriots holding American flags have orderly events with poignant messages about liberty and freedom and then leave in an orderly fashion. Contrast that with the Occupy Wall Street miscreants! Arrests, rapes, flag burnings, pro-communist chanting, garbage, incessant drumming, filth, profanity and lots and lots of losers who still don’t really know why they’re there! Americans now clearly have a choice of what political ideology they want to support. On the one side, they can support hard working, law-abiding, patriots who pay this nation’s bills or they can support the moochers who don’t bathe while calling for killing the rich…whoever they are…and socialism! What does this say that the Democrat Party supports this group of leftist wasteoids while lying about tax paying, productive Americans in the Tea Party? It says the Democrat party must go away until it can return to the political scene as a serious, pro-American party instead of a party more aligned with America ’s enemies! Thank you George Soros and labor unions! You have exposed the idiocy of socialism once again and the stupidity of the people who call for it. Stalin used to call these people “useful idiots.” Angry White Dude calls them “useless idiots!” And the best thing that ever happened to the Tea Party movement and America ! Look hard, America at what your liberal schools and government has created! And bring a bar of soap and a hose!

And, even another apology... Obama’s State Department (run by Hillarious Clinton) has contacted the family of al-Qaeda propagandist and recruiter Samir Khan to “express its condolences” to his family. Samir Khan a right hand man to Anwar al-Awlaki, was killed along with his jihadist buddy in an air strike in Yemen that took place on September 30. A Khan family spokesman even went so far as to say he felt State was not only apologetic for killing Khan, a terrorist enemy of America, but for not giving its condolences sooner. By way of background, Khan was an American citizen who maintained an anti-American web site while he lived in Charlotte, North Carolina. Two years ago, he left for Yemen to help produce Inspire, an English language blog. In an early introductory essay, Khan described himself as “proud to be a traitor to America.” He was also the author of Make a Bomb in the Kitchen of Your Mom. This man was a self identified enemy of America whose death should be celebrated, not apologized for. http://floydreports.com/amazing-obama-apologizes-to-slain-terrorists-family/ http://www.frontporchpolitics.com/2011/10/what-obama-apologizes-to-slain-terrorists-family/

Occupy Wall Street? They're No Tea Partiers Official statement from the Tea Party Patriots: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, D.C.– Today, Jenny Beth Martin and Mark Meckler, co-founders of the Tea Party Patriots, the nation’s largest tea party organization, contrasted the tea party movement with the “Occupy Wall Street” protests in New York and other cities. “For two years now, tea partiers have stood firmly on principle and helped shape the political debate in this country. They believe in time-honored American values, principles and systems—including the freedom to innovate and employ people to implement and distribute one’s ideas to the public. They believe freedom from government allows entrepreneurs to try new things, see what works and discard what doesn’t. They don’t believe corporations aren’t inherently evil, nor should bankers be beheaded. They do not believe this country should be divided by class, but united in a return to the principles that undergird our nation’s success. In fact, they want more of what made America great: more Constitutional restraint on government so that the people have more freedom to achieve the good things the country offers. “By contrast, those occupying Wall Street and other cities, when they are intelligible, want less of what made America great and more of what is damaging to America: a bigger, more powerful government to come in and take care of them so they don’t have to work like the rest of us who pay our bills. “The tea party, meanwhile, was a spontaneous, organic and fast-moving movement, but it has maintained a cogent message: a demand for fiscal responsibility in government. “Tea party rallies have always been safe and clean. Unlike in New York, we can find no reports of tea partiers being arrested, individually or en masse, at the thousands of tea parties across the country with millions of attendees that have taken place for years now. They are not lawbreakers, they don’t hate the police, they don’t even litter. A quick glance at the TV reveals the sharp contrast posed by the Wall Street occupiers. “Yet the Leftist media cheers for a group of lawbreaking troublemakers who occupied a park in New York, blocked the Brooklyn Bridge, were arrested by the hundreds and treated law enforcement with disrespect and disdain—all while trying to tear down the foundations of the greatest nation on earth. “Such a media response is expected. But when you compare these people with tea partiers—now you’ve got a problem with We the People.” Tea Party Patriotsis a national grassroots coalition with more than 3,500 locally organized chapters and more than 15 million supporters nationwide. Tea Party Patriots is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to promoting the principles of fiscal responsibility, constitutionally limited government, and free markets. Visit Tea Party Patriots online at www.TeaPartyPatriots.org. For further information, please contact Jameson Cunningham with Shirley & Banister Public Affairs at (703) 739-5920 or (800) 536-5920. ###

Not racist. Not Bigoted. Just FLIPPIN UNFAIR!!!!!!!!! My son was wounded twice in Iraq and resides in San Antonio, Tx. If he wanted to return here to Cali (where he was born) to attend college, he would be forced to pay more than the illegal alien! When will we tire of being SLAVES! UNITED WE must STAND IMPEACH MOONBEAM BROWN Keep in mind it is against Federal Law to aid and abet illegal aliens. It appears that Gov. Brown just committed a felony. A campaign to recall Gov. Brown (like we did Gray Davis) is already in the works and a referendum is planned to repeal AB 131. This new website will be active soon. http://stopab131.com/ Stay tuned. This treason and pandering to criminals and foreign organized crime will not stand!

The Old Tea Party Revolution and the New Tea Party As I study the founding fathers, I can’t help but identify similarities in their cause and ours. These are the sited grievances from the Declaration of Independence against King George III. Does anything sound familiar? - He has refused his Assent to laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the Public good! - He has forbidden his Governors to pass laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend them. - He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable and distant from the depository of their public records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures. - He has endeavored to prevent the population of these States; for the purpose obstructing the laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of the new appropriation of lands. - He has made judges dependent on his will alone, for the tenure of their offices... - He has erected a multitude of new offices and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people and eat their substance . - He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution and unacknowledged by our laws, giving his Assent to their acts of pretended legislation: - For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world. - For imposing taxes on us without our consent. - He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us... Slowly, we’ve allowed socialism to overcome our lives. This has taken decades and there is nobody to blame but ourselves. Look at how similar the founding fathers grievances are to our present day challenge. We are slowly turning into slavery by volunteering to give up our freedom by complacency on election day. The public at large needs to trust the present day Tea Party. The leadership is 99 percent unpaid volunteers who have no ambition for power or rule, just survival! We acknowledge the failure of our government to control our lives and desire to educate our communities. We vet proposition’s and candidate’s and offer solutions through our three core values: constitutionally limited government; fiscal responsibility; free market enterprise. It’s taken decades for our country to decay to this point and if we don’t do something quick, our children will be doomed to grievances more and more similar to those sited in that beautiful document. Want a peek into your future? Refer to the Declaration of Independence. We cannot insure success, but we can deserve it.

True story, when the Tea Party folks first started protesting in my area....i was mad too, the government was spending too much money on the banks and wall street, against the people's requests....So i drove to the protest ready to join in the fight.... When i pulled up i saw signs about Birth Certificates, men in their 60-70's with signs about keeping the government out of their healthcare,Signs about socialism, but everywhere i looked....there was not a SINGLE person protesting the bailouts...The whole reason for the Tea Party was Taxation without Representation, which is EXACTLY what was happening with the bailouts The problem with the Tea Party is that they are NOT following the beliefs of the original Tea Party, they're scatterbrained its literally thousands of people protesting thousands of different things with no real 'Taxation without Representation" stance... This post has been edited by donnydoright: Today, 05:59 PM Read more: OK DONNYdoRIGHT, you could have been that single person protesting bailouts, but ya blew it. That's how the Tea Party works...ALL volunteer. I'm a coordinator in Cali and your all wet, we're following the original Tea party of 1773. Does this sound familiar? The Old Tea Party Revolution and the New Tea Party As I study the founding fathers, I can’t help but identify similarities in their cause and ours. These are the sited grievances from the Deceleration of Independence against King George III. Does anything sound familiar? - He has refused his Assent to laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the Public good! - He has forbidden his Governors to pass laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend them. - He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable and distant from the depository of their public records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures. - He has endeavored to prevent the population of these States; for the purpose obstructing the laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of the new appropriation of lands. - He has made judges dependent on his will alone, for the tenure of their offices... - He has erected a multitude of new offices and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people and eat their substance . - He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution and unacknowledged by our laws, giving his Assent to their acts of pretended legislation: - For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world. - For imposing taxes on us without our consent. - He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us... Slowly, we’ve allowed socialism to overcome our lives. This has taken decades and there is nobody to blame but ourselves. Look at how similar the founding fathers grievances are to our present day challenge. We are slowly turning into slavery by volunteering to give up our freedom by complacency on election day. The public at large needs to trust the present day Tea Party. The leadership is 99 percent unpaid volunteers who have no ambition for power or rule, just survival! We acknowledge the failure of our government to control our lives and desire to educate our communities. We vet proposition and candidate and offer solutions through our three core values: constitutionally limited government; fiscal responsibility; free market enterprise. It’s taken decades for our country to decay to this point and if we don’t do something quick, our children will be doomed to grievances more and more similar to those sited in that beautiful document. Want a peek into your future? Refer to the Deceleration of Independence. We cannot insure success, but we can deserve it.

Thank you Eileen and Debratzz. I'm gonna make it OK. BLESSU2

I've been diagnosed with stage 2 bladder cancer. Most agree it's from years of smoking, which I quit. That Asparagus diet has popped up in my research. Seems it's better cooked or canned. I'm doing chemo and radiation therapy. YUK. Wife has me on vinegar/honey, pure lemmon-aid, broccoli, asparagus, cranberries, blueberries, apricot seeds, herbs and whatever she puts in front of me. 6 weeks of hell ahead.

Maybe this post will end this thread. "Eat the Rich?" is a must see. I concede, the "Super Rich" control the world economy but they don't live here nor pay tax's here. The Rothchild's and Bilderburg's are European. Don't fall for thyat MODO video. It's intention is lies that divide us. Division is where the "Super Rich" want us. Divide and conquer? Unite and Stand?

I can counter any reply. Don't be "SHEEPLE".