About Eric M

Eric uncomfortably admits that until about 20 years ago, he was a political "free rider", always thinking that others would do the heavy lifting to keep America on course. After watching both democrats and republicans steer us FAR in the wrong direction, Eric knew he had to get involved. Now working with Richmond Tea Party to advance conservative principles, Eric serves on the Board of Directors and as a resource for "all things technology".

Speaker Boehner Thinks You’re a “Knuckledragger”

Well isn't this just special? It's candid moments like this when our "leaders" in Washington let slip out what they really think about us, and the Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives is no different. When speaking recently to Greta Van Susteren on FoxNews regarding the TARP bailout, Speaker Boehner had this to say: [...]

By |2012-08-19T00:20:15-04:00August 19th, 2012|Featured Categories, Media, Tea Party, Video|0 Comments

Romney Selects Paul Ryan for VP

Republican candidate for President Mitt Romney today announced Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin to be his vice-presidential running mate for the November election. From CNN: Richmond, Virginia (CNN) -- Mitt Romney on Saturday officially announced U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin -- considered a rising Republican star and the party's leader on fiscal and budgetary [...]

By |2012-08-11T13:33:14-04:00August 11th, 2012|Economy, Elections|0 Comments

Chesterfield County Sets Dates for Comprehensive Plan Review

[sws_tp_red_box] [sws_ui_icon ui_theme="ui-smoothness" icon="ui-icon-alert"] [/sws_ui_icon] From the Chesterfield County website, below is a press release detailing the schedule (by district) for informational meetings about the comprehensive plan. If you want to be a part of the decisions that will directly affect you and your family, please consider attending. It's your duty.[/sws_tp_red_box] For Immediate Release Chesterfield [...]

By |2012-08-10T00:07:14-04:00August 10th, 2012|Featured Categories, Government|0 Comments

RTP Receives 501c4 Non-profit Status

As many of you know, the Richmond Tea Party has been through a grueling process lasting nearly THREE YEARS in an attempt to secure designation from the IRS as a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization. During the review application, the organization was subjected to what we believed were requests for information from the IRS that were entirely [...]

By |2012-07-24T23:38:45-04:00July 24th, 2012|Featured Categories, Tea Party|2 Comments

Obamacare Costs Already Skyrocketing?

From The Blaze, an interesting graphic showing how "affordable" the Affordable Healthcare Act really is. Was there ever any doubt that the costs would head in ANY direction other than up? [sws_picture_frame1 src="http://www.richmondteaparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ObamacareCosts.jpg" title="" alt="ObamacareCosts" align="sws_frame_center" lightbox="1" album="" video=""] [/sws_picture_frame1] Be sure to read it all.

By |2012-07-12T01:31:02-04:00July 12th, 2012|Featured Categories, Healthcare|2 Comments

Obamacare Supreme Court Decision Explained

Are you looking for an easy way to explain the recent Supreme Court decision on Obamacare? Do you want to share something with friends/neighbors in a way that won't have them snoring in 1 minute flat? Check out this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUoPlipOfn_kc1y1q7sXN5yQ&v=egXurxdD7kE&feature=player_detailpage

By |2012-07-04T00:17:51-04:00July 3rd, 2012|Featured Categories, Healthcare, Media, Video|1 Comment

Did You Miss a Key Court EPA Decision Today?

Today the DC Circuit Court upheld the EPA regulation of "greenhouse gas". This is a TERRIBLE development, the damage resulting from same I fear to even imagine. From The Hill and Mark Levin via The Right Scoop: A federal appeals court has upheld Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) greenhouse gas regulations, a victory for the Obama [...]

By |2012-06-27T00:42:25-04:00June 27th, 2012|Energy, Featured Categories, Media, Video|2 Comments

Is Voter Fraud Underway in Virginia?

The Disrupt the Narrative blog has a post today about what appears to be unusual circumstances surrounding voter registration documents. Read the details in the blog, but does this indicate that games are afoot? A snippet: This mailer arrived in our box for my wife today. My first suspicion was that this mailer was under [...]

By |2012-06-16T21:40:27-04:00June 16th, 2012|Elections, Featured Categories|0 Comments

Guest Blogger: Floyd Bayne

[sws_grey_box box_size="630"]Upon request, Richmond Tea Party will consider having guest bloggers submit content to be shared with our supporters, provided that the content is consistent with the organization's 5 principles. We recognize that providing a venue to be heard for candidates for office is important, as financial constraints can make it difficult to share information [...]

By |2012-06-09T23:56:46-04:00June 9th, 2012|Elections, Featured Categories|0 Comments

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