From Wiki: Scylla and Charybdis are two sea monsters of Greek mythology noted by Homer...they were said to be located close enough to each other that they posed an inescapable threat to passing sailors; avoiding Charybdis meant passing too closely to Scylla and vice versa. Scylla was said to be a creature who was [...]
Rep. Eric Cantor has decided against joining the House Tea Party Caucus established by Rep. Michele Bachmann. Here's his explanation: The second-ranking House Republican told POLITICO on Tuesday that he's not joining the group started by Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) because he sees it as more of an organic, grass-roots movement rather than a Washington entity. [...]
So after more than a year of being ridiculed, maligned, and told we would not last, the Tea Party has been such a dramatic success that Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann formed a Tea Party Caucus in U.S. House of Representatives. From the Politico: Bachmann, already a hero within the tea party, sent a letter to House [...]
The AP is reporting the following: The Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are trying to steer attention away from an NAACP resolution condemning racism within the tea party movement. Jackson deflected the issue Wednesday during the annual convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. They realize they just stepped into [...]
Dan Riehl has two posts on his blog about elected Republicans’ generally negative view of the Tea Party movement. In the first, he discusses how the soon-to-be-retired-against-his-will Congressman Bob Inglis believes the majority of his fellow Republicans agree with him that we are a conservative movement that preys on people’s fears and won’t last. In [...]
For Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally in Washington D.C., the RTP has heard considerable interest in arranging bus transportation, and has acted on that interest. We are pleased to announce availability of buses leaving Richmond from the Short Pump area. If there is enough interest, we will look to increase capacity. UPDATE: WE ARE COMPLETELY SOLD OUT [...]
An Independence Day-inspired Dodge Freedom ad featuring George Washington has reporter Amy Gardner wondering in a July 6 Washington Post article if "Madison Avenue has gone Tea Party." The ad shows George Washington advancing on a cavalry brigade in a Dodge Charger, with American flags flying. Does this mean the media will stop hating, and start hearting the Tea Party movement? Not so [...]
Thanks to everyone who attended the first Goochland Tea Party "Grass Roots" meeting that was held at the Goochland Library on June 8th. Your attendance demonstrated that you care about the future of your community and how government affects the American way of life for you, your loved ones, and your neighbors. We invite you [...]
Victor Davis Hanson wrote a piece in Pajamas Media articulating extremely well what drives the Tea Party movement. Here are a few excerpts: There is a growing sense that government is what I would call a new sort of Versailles — a vast cadre of royal state and federal workers that apparently assumes immunity from [...]
This is a wonderful video that was put together by Hampton Roads Tea Party. Watch this 1 minute video and pass it along.
Providence Forge residents John and Sharon Phelps along with two friends, Richard Dawes and Ron Stiers, decided that they had seen and heard enough of a government that was over reaching; spending and taxing us too much; and was so corrupt that they weren’t even trying to hide it any more! They knew they could [...]
From the NY Daily News: Here in this city of labor rights, gay pride and lefty havens, Tea Partyers lead double lives as foot soldiers in a quiet war to reverse the direction of America. A statewide Marist Poll of 686 New Yorkers commissioned last month by the Daily News highlighted the phenomenon: One in [...]
