From Travis Witt, chairman of the Virginia Tea Party Patriots Federation, comes commentary on the current border crisis. The federal government's complete unwillingness to perform one of it's most basic and fundamental responsibilities is both concerning and unexpected, unfortunately. Below is an excerpt of his comments, and click the link to jump to the full [...]
New Yorkers would not have to tremble in fear by merely walking a street at night, or fear muggings in stairwells or subways, robberies, rapes and murders, because they would have a fighting chance. Nor would they need multiple locks on their doors. But no, they have accepted that all guns are bad and don’t [...]
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As in, "be careful what you wish for" Democracy has been accurately described as mob rule. Why? Because majority rule IS mob rule. The majority work their will on the minority, using force to do so. In the case of the mob, they just do what they want. In the case of democracy, they use [...]
Thomas Jefferson Center Event Where: Andrews Residence Hall Randolph Macon College 114 College Avenue Ashland, VA 23005 Driving Directions When: Saturday September 22, 2012 from 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM EDT Add to my calendar The Thomas Jefferson Center for Constitutional Restoration invites you to attend the fourth "Healing of America" Seminar Series called [...]
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Statement of Speaker William J. Howell Regarding Today's Ruling on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act RICHMOND, VA - Virginia House of Delegates Speaker William J. Howell (R-Stafford) issued the following statement today following the release of the Supreme Court's decision upholding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: "I was very disappointed to [...]
The following is a guest post by Cynthia Howerter, a new volunteer for Richmond Tea Party. This post originally ran May 7, 2012 on her blog, SOAR WITH EAGLES. She wrote it and e-mailed it around, knowing that if we don't gather enough people to stand against an out-of-control government NOW, we will soon no [...]
Give Me Liberty, or Give Me ObamaCare! Supremes to Consider ObamaCare This Week by Joe Guarino, chairman, Richmond TEA Party An obvious play on Patrick Henry’s famous quote—“Give me liberty, give me death!”—this is the essential crux of the battle over the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a., ObamaCare. Do we Americans desire the liberty on which [...]
Over the past several years, judges across this country have increasingly turned to laws and precedents in other countries when deciding cases. This is unconstitutional per Article VI, clause 2, of the US Constitution. Virginia has decided to join other states in clearly outlining its public policy intent that its courts may only use American [...]
LIBERTY. It never ceases to amaze me how many of the Left can be so ignorant to the meaning of that word, while just as many are so blindly unaware of its importance. Some may realize they have Liberty, or at least should have it. But to liberals, Liberty is just another word to hijack. [...]
Too many people today don’t even know what’s in the Constitution, let alone why it was written the way it was. As a result, they are fooled by the argument that it is outdated and out of touch with today’s modern world. This argument is further enhanced by the claim that with advancements in knowledge [...]
