Again and again in the media in the last few weeks we've heard the constant droning on and on about how the "rhetoric" coming from the tea parties is "dangerous" and filled with "hate". We're called bigots, and it's implied that we're somehow against "civil rights". A few non-representative tea party protest signs are singled [...]
Watch this great parody of Charlie the Unicorn. See weird, bizarre and surreal.
(from Donna Holt of Campaign for Liberty) Dear Friends of Liberty, Senate Democrats, Saslaw and Marsh, continue to violate their own rules to prevent an up-or-down vote by the full Courts of Justice Committee on HB69, the Virginia Firearms Freedom Act. Such a vote would force Democrats to choose between their anti-gun position and the [...]
UPDATEA: Only 50 tickets left! Relive the beginning of the Tea Party Movement that started less than a year ago. A fantastic documentary film!
Here's a great video montage from the Lobby Day rally on January 18th at the Capitol. Virginia is clawing her way back to the Constitution, one bill at a time. Keep fighting!
The Lobby Day rally was mentioned by the Washington Post again, this time in the Express Night Out newsletter. There's not much content, but the article was a fair description of the events (except for the low attendance number, but we're all accustomed to that). We tried to locate the article online for posting/linking, but were [...]
There is big news regarding the two 10th Amendment bills being considered in the General Assembly, specifically HB10 (Virginia Healthcare Freedom Act) and HB69 (Virginia Firearms Freedom Act)! We learned today that: Delegate Joseph Johnson (D) from the 4th district has co-patroned both bills, and Senator Charles Colgan (D) from the 29th district has co-patroned HB10. [...]
Former Chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia and Constitutional lawyer, Patrick McSweeney, will be on this podcast tonite at 7pm. It will be a fascinating conversation. Be sure to listen by going to www.freedomwize.net!
We received some very positive coverage by ABC News this week. I know you are shocked, but please read on... You want to know where the tea party movement is headed, this is a good assessment: "Every group that organized rallies last year is now looking to be involved in the electoral process," Odom said. [...]
Well, well, well...seems like the GOP in the 5th congressional district hasn't learned their lesson from the NY23 race. See the write up that was done yesterday on this issue. Here is an excerpt from www.virginiateapartypatriots.com The first mistake happened in December when six of the seven candidates for the GOP nomination were in support [...]
Just heard today that Delegate Tom Gear and Delegate Brenda Pogge have joined as co-sponsors on the Health Care Reform Bill (HB10). Understand that Senator Ryan McDougle will also co-patron Health Care Reform Bill with Senator Jill Vogel on the senate side. Things are looking up...
www.virginiateapartypatriots.com For Immediate Release Tea Party/Patriot Movement in Virginia Raises the Stakes Date: January 7, 2010 (Richmond, VA) The Tea Party/Patriot movement in Virginia has gathered significant strength with the formation of the Virginia Tea Party Patriot Federation. The non-partisan Federation is a coalition of tea party and 9/12 grassroots groups in Virginia. The Virginia [...]
