Michael Phelps, “You didn’t win that.”

Did Missy Franklin?  “You didn’t win all of those medals, someone else did.”  Really?  Should we not laugh?  Maybe a month ago we would have, but not today.   Peggy Noonan clarifies in Saturday’s Wall Street Journal: “After all, he [Phelps] and I swam in public pools, built by state employees using tax dollars. He got [...]

By |2012-08-08T18:12:44-04:00August 8th, 2012|Featured Categories, Uncategorized|1 Comment

Jewish humanitarian an inspiration for the TEA Party

    Raoul Wallenberg, a part-Jewish Swede, was instrumental in saving approximately 100,000 Hungarian Jews during the end of WWII.  Today, his story can provide inspiration for TEA Party patriots.

By |2012-08-03T13:30:49-04:00August 3rd, 2012|Featured Categories, Tea Party|1 Comment

Action Alert **Update**: Stand Up for Personal Property Rights

On 27 July, we posted this Action Alert. Here's the news release from Fauquier County Citizens for Family Farms (2 August 2012) on today's Fauquier County Board of Zoning Appeals: Farmer Burned by Fauquier County   Statement of Fauquier County Citizens for Family Farms:   Fauquier County Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) ruled against Paris [...]

By |2012-08-02T21:55:06-04:00August 2nd, 2012|Featured Categories, Government, Press Releases|2 Comments

With Cruz victory in TX, is TP the new “Establishment”?

Obviously, the lame-stream media still can’t figure out the TP.  Are we a positive force for positive change, representing a formerly dormant large swath of Americans?  Or are we a group of stick-in-the-mud non-compromisers who will insist on “Our way or the highway”? With Cruz victory in Texas, is the Tea Party the new 'Establishment?' [...]

By |2012-08-02T09:40:46-04:00August 2nd, 2012|Featured Categories, Tea Party|0 Comments

Action Alert: Stand up for Personal Property Rights in Virginia

Fellow Tea Party leaders and activists: There are very few occasions where the ongoing battle for property rights can be confronted head-on. We have just such a time here in Fauquier. There is an assault on farmer’s rights, and a LONE FARMER is standing up to the power of the local government and the Elite [...]

By |2012-07-27T13:58:47-04:00July 27th, 2012|Action Alerts, Featured Categories|1 Comment

RTP Volunteer Dave Metz’s Letter to the Editor

From the Richmond Times-Dispatch, titled "What a Conservative Stands For": I am a conservative. I love my country, my God and my family. More than anything, I want to see this country prosper and provide an environment where everyone has the opportunity to realize his or her dream. I believe in equal rights and equal [...]

By |2012-07-25T22:12:42-04:00July 25th, 2012|Featured Categories, Government|1 Comment

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

Latest Quinnipiac Poll: “Romney Catches Obama in Virginia”

Given the derisive portrayal of business owners by the President while in Roanoke, one would think many a Virginian would wisen up. For the poll in its entirety, click here. Peter Brown, Assistant Director,  Quinnipiac University Polling Institute (203) 535-6203    Rubenstein Associates, Inc. Public Relations Contact: Pat Smith (212) 843-8026 FOR RELEASE: JULY 19, [...]

By |2012-07-19T16:00:45-04:00July 19th, 2012|Elections, Featured Categories|0 Comments

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