The Obama campaign was built on themes of hope and change. The campaign deftly left the definition of each to individual voters allowing them to believe what they wanted to believe. Once Obama took office and started his spending spree, Americans found out that change was not only more of the same but much, much, more of the same spending and wreckless borrowing that had been too much a part of the previous adminisitration and the previous Congress.
Wednesday's Tea Parties were not anti-Obama as much as they were anti-big government, anti-big spending, anti-big brother. And unlike many protests that we've had the misfortune to attend, they weren't ruled by anger and characterized by paranoia. Albuquerque's Tea Party was an exciting event where people of like mind exchanged ideas and peacfully exercised their First Amendment rights.
The organizers should be proud of the event that they put together here in Albuquerque. The participants should be proud of their behavior and their willingness to participate. We're proud to see that there really are people out there who care about freedom and are concerned about liberty. The thousands of people who lined Montgomery Wednesday provided a reason for hope and perhaps the beginnings of change.
Showing posts with label Albuquerque Tea Party. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Albuquerque Tea Party. Show all posts
Apr 15, 2009
Apr 14, 2009
Spending Without Hesitation
The first Tea Party was in response to "taxation without representation." The modern tea parties are in response to spending without hesitation. It's hard for anyone to really get their head around how much we are actually spending. It's helpful to compare the current spending spree to past big ticket items like the New Deal, World Wars I and II, The Marshall Plan, etc.
More than World War II, more than World War I and the Iraq War combined, and four times the New Deal - and that's just the money spent since last September. No one can seriously claim that government isn't spending enough. In fact, the over $12 TRILLION bailout price tag is 14 times the total amount of money in circulation today (ErrorsOfEncnatment.com).
With this kind of spending and this kind of debt - some $42,105 per person - the question isn't why are there over 600 tax day tea parties, but why aren't there more?
More than World War II, more than World War I and the Iraq War combined, and four times the New Deal - and that's just the money spent since last September. No one can seriously claim that government isn't spending enough. In fact, the over $12 TRILLION bailout price tag is 14 times the total amount of money in circulation today (ErrorsOfEncnatment.com).
With this kind of spending and this kind of debt - some $42,105 per person - the question isn't why are there over 600 tax day tea parties, but why aren't there more?
Apr 9, 2009
Movements
There's an old truism that you don't appreciate what you've got until you've lost it. It's happening nationally as anger over war on is being replaced by outrage over out-of-control spending in Washington. Locally, the new State Legislature - dominated by far left Democrats - decided to repeal the only sentence guaranteed to prevent killers from killing again.
When campaign rhetoric turns into reality there's generally a period of general shock and disbelief followed by outrage and action. The Tea Party movement is one such reaction to the realization that our governments - at all levels - are spending too much and borrowing too much.
As you probably already know, Wednesday is tax day. It is also Tea Party day. What better day to protest the out-of-control spending of Congress and the Obama administration than the day that citizens are required to hand over their earnings to those who will deliver it into the hands of those who have not earned it?
So how can you have a tea party without tea... without water for that matter? The organizers of the Albuquerque Tea Party plan to line Montgomery with volunteers holding signs that express their displeasure with the current borrowing and spending policies of government. They'll be "partying" from 4 to 7 Wednesday, April 15th.
Our eyes tell us that our friends over at ACORN are planning to disrupt the peaceful protest against the all-out assault on our liberty. Their plan is to approach Tea Party participants and attempt to intimidate them by trying to collect their addresses and phone numbers while the protest is under way. Organizers are telling participants that the ONLY place any personal information will be collected by Tea Party officials is at the staging site - The Independence Grill, on Montgomery, just west of Louisiana.
Meanwhile, another movement has begun to take root here in New Mexico. The movement - lead by Sheriff Darren White - is called Repeal the Repeal. The group hopes to repeal the recent repeal of the death penalty through a public referendum.
"Life without the possibility of parole" is simply no substitute for the only penalty that is absolutely sure to prevent a killer from killing again. You need look no further than the 2009 Legislature to find the reason why. How long will it take for leftist lawmakers to decide that live without parole is "cruel and unusual?" As long as a killer responsible for heinous crimes is allowed to remain in prison, there's a possibility that someone will place him back in society - back with a whole new set of victims.
Both of these movements are in direct response to the political sea change that started in 2006 and culminated in 2008. Large waves leave a changed landscape in their wake. The wave that was Obama has directly led us to spending, debt, and danger. We now are forced to live with the many consequences of our choice of leaders. Fortunately, even Tsunamis return to sea and the next wave may very well be generated by these new political movements.
When campaign rhetoric turns into reality there's generally a period of general shock and disbelief followed by outrage and action. The Tea Party movement is one such reaction to the realization that our governments - at all levels - are spending too much and borrowing too much.
As you probably already know, Wednesday is tax day. It is also Tea Party day. What better day to protest the out-of-control spending of Congress and the Obama administration than the day that citizens are required to hand over their earnings to those who will deliver it into the hands of those who have not earned it?
So how can you have a tea party without tea... without water for that matter? The organizers of the Albuquerque Tea Party plan to line Montgomery with volunteers holding signs that express their displeasure with the current borrowing and spending policies of government. They'll be "partying" from 4 to 7 Wednesday, April 15th.
Our eyes tell us that our friends over at ACORN are planning to disrupt the peaceful protest against the all-out assault on our liberty. Their plan is to approach Tea Party participants and attempt to intimidate them by trying to collect their addresses and phone numbers while the protest is under way. Organizers are telling participants that the ONLY place any personal information will be collected by Tea Party officials is at the staging site - The Independence Grill, on Montgomery, just west of Louisiana.
If you'd like to take part in the tax day tea party, you can get more information at www.albuquerqueteaparty.com. This country was founded by people who were outraged by taxation without representation. The modern Tea Party movement was founded by those who are outraged over taxation without end and unfathomable taxpayer debt.
The death penalty was never in place for the common crime. It was in place for the most heinous criminals: Cop killers. Child molesters and rapists who murder their victims. These were the crimes eligible for the ultimate punishment...No more.We have to admit, we never thought that the Legislature would ever take away the ultimate penalty for the ultimate crime. Particularly since opponents of the death penalty can't point to a single case where someone was wrongfully executed. In fact, since the death penalty's reinstatement here in New Mexico only Terry Clark has been executed and only because he waived his rights to appeal.
Santa Fe politicians said, no. They repealed the death penalty for even the most horrific murders.
Now you can do something about it.
I hope you will join me in raising our voices to let the will of the voters be heard. With your help, we can be a voice for those who no longer have one.
Darren White
Bernalillo County Sheriff
"Life without the possibility of parole" is simply no substitute for the only penalty that is absolutely sure to prevent a killer from killing again. You need look no further than the 2009 Legislature to find the reason why. How long will it take for leftist lawmakers to decide that live without parole is "cruel and unusual?" As long as a killer responsible for heinous crimes is allowed to remain in prison, there's a possibility that someone will place him back in society - back with a whole new set of victims.
Both of these movements are in direct response to the political sea change that started in 2006 and culminated in 2008. Large waves leave a changed landscape in their wake. The wave that was Obama has directly led us to spending, debt, and danger. We now are forced to live with the many consequences of our choice of leaders. Fortunately, even Tsunamis return to sea and the next wave may very well be generated by these new political movements.
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