About JonWakefield

As a political independent, Jonathan Wakefield serves on the Board of Directors of the Richmond Tea Party. He is the author of SAVING AMERICA: A CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE OF THE TEA PARTY MOVEMENT and the non-political novel FATAL REALITY (an inspirational thriller). Jonathan is also a computer programmer and the owner of a copywriting and editing business. Visit his websites at www.teapartyforchristians.com and www.jonathanwakefield.com.

A Charge to the New Majority in Congress

On biggovernment.com, our own Jamie Radtke said this: Republicans cannot afford to play politics at the margins, focus more on maintaining their power rather than changing Washington, or return us to the business-as-usual approach of “plodding along.” It isn’t often that one can claim to speak for the entire tea party movement without swift rebuke, [...]

By |2010-11-09T18:43:13-05:00November 9th, 2010|Tea Party|1 Comment

Luntz: The Tea Party is Mainstream

In the Washington Post, pollster Frank Luntz reports on the results of five issues he studied over the past two years: a balanced budget, the elimination of earmarks, low taxes and a simplified code, auditing federal agencies to help cut waste and red tape, and requiring Congress to cite its constitutional authorization for any bill [...]

By |2010-11-08T19:14:57-05:00November 8th, 2010|Tea Party|3 Comments

We’ve Come to Take Our Government Back!

Last night was quite a night for the Tea Party. Though there were some disappointments in the Senate, on balance we helped deliver a HUGE victory for constitutionally limited government. In the coming weeks and months, we'll together dissect what it all means and how we should best move the ball even farther down the [...]

By |2010-11-03T13:03:07-04:00November 3rd, 2010|Uncategorized|0 Comments

I Agree with President Obama

He says we can't go back to the failed policies of the past. He's right. Of course, those failed policies of the past are also the wildly failing policies of the present, all championed by him. From Reason TV: So today, vote for those candidates who love our Constitution and will advance limited government, and [...]

By |2010-11-02T10:48:15-04:00November 2nd, 2010|Uncategorized|0 Comments

More on socialism, with some communism thrown in too

Following up on Jamie’s post from earlier today, I have another fascinating and scary video for you illustrating exactly what we’re up against and that November 2nd can’t mark the end of our activism, but merely the beginning. The Big Government takeover has been advancing for so long without our ever mounting any serious opposition to [...]

By |2010-10-30T19:21:18-04:00October 30th, 2010|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Vote NO on Ballot Questions #1 and #2

The focus of the 2010 election five days from now has been on Congress, but Virginians will also be faced with voting on three proposed amendments to Virginia’s constitution (click here for details from the Virginia Board of Elections). The Richmond Tea Party leadership recommends you vote NO on questions #1 and #2. Both delve [...]

By |2010-10-28T19:45:53-04:00October 28th, 2010|Elections|6 Comments

The ACLU Is Wrong: Net Neutrality Is About Government Control of Internet Content

This first appeared on BigGovernment.com: The ACLU Is Wrong: Net Neutrality Is About Government Control of Internet Content by Seton Motley I sincerely hope followers of the Network Neutrality (NN) debate were wearing their seatbelts last week.  The pro-NN Media Marxists’ rapid lurch in position on the issue would otherwise have ensured full chiropractor employment [...]

By |2010-10-27T20:00:19-04:00October 27th, 2010|Uncategorized|1 Comment

Stopping Voter Fraud

Okay, we all know the Big Government politicians love to cheat their way to victory (Al Franken, anyone?), and it appears that the shenanigans have already started this year (see here and here, for example). So we must be extra vigilant this election (and every other one to come, for that matter), doing whatever we [...]

By |2010-10-26T20:02:12-04:00October 26th, 2010|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Creating Wealth

Here's part 3 in the continuing video series by Bill Whittle about the beliefs of small government advocates. This one debunks the myth that wealth is finite and must be obtained unjustly at the expense of others.

By |2010-10-25T12:17:03-04:00October 25th, 2010|Economy|0 Comments

The Patriot’s Toolbox

Heartland.org has made available for free a great resource for Tea Party activists. Here's their description of The Patriot's Toolbox: This book is offered as a guide to public policy for patriot-activists in the Tea Party movement as well as for candidates for public office, incumbent office holders, civic and business leaders, and journalists assigned [...]

By |2010-10-22T12:14:00-04:00October 22nd, 2010|Tea Party|0 Comments

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