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Honor America's Fallen Heroes and their families with a Memorial Weekend Celebration at Kelly's Irish Times on Capitol Hill, hosted by the country's largest military families organization, Families United. Sunday, May 30, 2010 7:00pm - 10:00pm Kelly's Irish Times 14 F Street NW Washington, DC With a suggested $10.00 admission, you are automatically entered for hourly drawings of FREE BAR TAB GIVEAWAYS - up to $200! Not to mention amazing drink specials, music, and awesome raffle prizes - all while helping to support our troops and their families! 100 percent of your $10.00 door fee goes to support military family...

I secured a permit for a March on Washington on 9-12-2009. The next round of tea parties will be on July 4th, but I'm going to start promoting the 9-12 protest as well. The protest will be at the west front of the US Capitol. Please mark your calendars and spread the word! http://912dc.org http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=7955370#/event.php?eid=87720071984&ref=mf

BREAKING NEWS: The City of Burleson, Texas is trying to shut down a Tax Day Tea Party planned for April 15th!! According to local organizers, unelected “street supervisor” Ray Gonzales, informed them that he was going to prevent the event from happening. Not only does Mr. Gonzales have no authority to do so, city government officials told local organizers that they do not need a permit to demonstrate in Burleson. I will post an update as soon as I get one from the local organizers, but I have been told that Mr. Gonzales is trying to get the Texas Department...

Hi All, Eric’s been doing a massive job coordinating national efforts, so be sure to check out his site: http://taxdayteaparty.com. But since this site is dedicated to the DC effort (and helping out however we can with other efforts as well), we’re pleased to tell you we just got the permit to hold our tea party in front of the Treasury, on April 15th, from noon to 2. We’ll even have a stage and a sound system — weather pending. Stay tuned.

The internet is abuzz with chatter about organizing protests around the country to put an end to this madness on Wall Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. But I’ve talked to many people out there who have never organized a protest, and so they don’t have a clue where to begin. Here are 10 simple steps that you can follow to organize a protest in your own community. If you want more help, just send me an email at bsteinhauser@freedomworks.org and I’ll work with you one on one to help make your protest a success. 1. Pick a location, date and time...

Please help us send a message to Obama and his liberal allies tomorrow outside his townhall meeting in Fort Myers, Florida! Please get in touch with Mary at 239-994-4305 for more details. Thanks!

I’ve been speaking with some folks in Adam Putnam’s district in Florida. They are extremely upset about his vote for the Wall Street Bailout and are planning a protest tomorrow in Bartow. If you’d like to speak to the organizer of the protest, Chris McGuire, please send him an email at cmcguire99@gmail.com or call him at 813-245-3202. Here is the location of Putnam’s district office: 650 East Davidson Street Bartow, Florida 33830 Phone: (863) 534-3530 Fax: (863) 534-3559 The protest is scheduled for early tomorrow morning. The disappointment about this bailout continues to spark grassroots opposition around the country.

Get your FREE "Barack Obama is a Pain in My Gas" bumper sticker! Here is the website: http://freedomworks.org/petition/obama/request.html If you want a bulk order, please check the box that says "Assist with GOTV efforts."

Government attempts to control the internet are growing. Net Freedom Forever is a new campaign working to publicize these threats to the internet, and to organize citizens in opposition. Some in Congress are looking for new ways to control the internet, and monitor what we do online. Take, for example, the "Unlawful Internet Gambling Act". While the bill was intended to stop "unlawful internet gambling" the legislation never actually spelled out what this means. As a result, the bill would have the unintended consequences of expanding government regulation of the internet and turning online payment transactions companies into informants and...

Members and alumni of The Young Conservatives of Texas were pleased to read in today’s Daily Kansan that students at Kansas University are forming The Young Conservatives of Kansas. {Jack Hutsey, Wichita junior, officially founded the Young Conservatives of the University of Kansas on Sept. 4, a week before the group’s first public outreach effort. “Right now, the conservative voice is just a whisper on campus,” Hutsey said. “We just want the liberals to know that we’re going to raise our voice. They can have demonstrations and rallies, and so can we. It’ll take time, obviously, but we’ll have small...

The candidacy of Barack Obama has energized millions of Americans who have turned out in record numbers to participate in the 2008 presidential primaries. Much of his candidacy’s success has been built upon the support he has among the youth and other new voters. Obama has convinced them that he is the candidate of “change.” This book, written by three young voters, seeks to expose Obama’s background, his inexperience, his far left political agenda, and demonstrate that not all the youth are behind him. Through their leadership positions in national organizations, Bierfeldt, Gonzalez, and Steinhauser have had frequent contact with...

A school district near Austin, TX wants to name a new high school there Vandegrift High School after a fallen Marine who graduated in 1999. He was killed in Iraq serving his country, and the local school board voted to name a new high school after him. This is a great gesture of appreciation. But unfortunately some lunatic leftists are protesting this decision. Please contact the Leander ISD to let them know you support their decision, despite what a vocal, anti-American minority of fringe activists think. Call the school district at 512-434-5000. Fax a letter to them at 512-434-5398. Email...

While The New Yorker’s cartoon depiction of Barack and Michelle Obama as radical terrorists is making lots of news, the interesting article inside the magazine on his rise in politics seems to be getting little attention. But this is one of the best articles I’ve read about Obama, and all voters should be familiar with its content. The theme of the 18 page article by Ryan Lizza entitled, “Making It: How Chicago Shaped Obama“, is that Obama is a very practical politician not afraid to do what it takes to win. Lizza recounts the story of Obama using technicalities to...

The Wall Street Journal explains today that Senator Chris Dodd and Senator Kent Conrad received special “VIP” treatment from Countrywide, a company that has been heavily criticized in the sub-prime mortgage “crisis.” It turns out that while Senators Dodd and Conrad were self-righteously railing against companies that offered sub-prime loans, they were refinancing their homes with special deals from Countrywide that the average American did not have access to. Now, these Senators are backing a $300 billion bailout of lenders and borrowers who made bad decisions on mortgages. Countrywide stands to gain a lot from the bailout, which is raising...

Most Americans live within their means and pay their mortgages on time, but some people took risky mortgages, betting that the price of homes would continue to rise. That bet isn’t paying off for some, and now Congress wants to give out $300 billion in new taxpayer loans to some of the riskiest borrowers with the worst credit. The median home price in Kentucky is just $111,000, yet the bailout promises taxpayer loan sizes of over $500,000. The bailout bill will serve as a transfer of money and risk from Kentucky taxpayers to housing speculators in San Francisco, Las Vegas,...

The Republicans in Congress continue to baffle me. They are spending all of their time trying to use the marketing tool of “re-branding” the party, while at the same time they refuse to vote against terrible public policy. The most recent example is the disastrous farm bill that the Senate passed overwhelmingly. The House has already passed the bill, and although President Bush will veto it, Congress will likely override the veto. As long as the Republicans in Congress pay lip service to conservatism while voting like liberals, they deserve to lose in November. Those leading the Republicans down the...

There is an old adage in economics suggesting that it is possible to determine whether a country is developed or not by observing its farm policies. Developed nations such as the United States and those in the EU subsidize their farmers, while developing nations subsidize their cities by setting price controls on farm products. This year’s $300 billion farm bill truly puts the United States in the developed camp. Despite record high prices for crops, the U.S. Congress is moving forward with a massive new farm bill that boosts subsidies while expanding government control over agriculture. It is not surprising...

All we hear these days is whining from reckless home borrowers and their banks. But did you know that renters are 32 percent of American households? And that homes in foreclosure are less than 2 percent? So why is Congress rushing to bailout high-flying borrowers and their lenders with our tax dollars? Sign the petition, watch the video and then check out the pictures from the Capitol Hill delivery! The next wave of signatures will be delivered next week. http://angryrenter.com/?go=7453

Campus activist Ryan Sorba delivered his "born gay hoax" lecture at the notoriously pro-homosexualist Smith College in Massachusetts last night. You can see leftist/homosexualist reaction in the blogosphere and watch a video of the rabid activists that refused to let Sorba deliver his blockbuster speech. Here is a pdf of his upcoming book: http://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen/08a/born_gay_hoax/TheBornGayHoax.pdf And here is audio from a previous speech at Framingham State University: http://www.massresistance.org/media/audio/2008/BornGayHoax_033108.m3u

Why should American taxpayers have to pay to bailout reckless lenders and borrowers? The website Angryrenter.com, launched just last week, has a vitiation demanding that Congress not pass any bailout programs that reward risky borrowing and lending. To wit: "Let the free market sort it out!" The petition is gathering 40 to 50 signatures per hour, according to spokesman Adam Brandon, who adds that the site is already getting 15,000 visitors a day. "There's a huge segment of the country saying, 'We don't want our money used for a bailout,'" said Brandon. AngryRenter.com is backed by FreedomWorks, the conservative, free-market...