11/18: Call to Action
Members of the 9.12 Project are talking about putting together a protest of the terror trials in New York City with retired firefighters and police officers.
If you are in the area and want more information, you can e-mail webmaster@theglennbeck912project.com. Please put “Terror Trial Protest” in the subject of your e-mail.
11/17: Conservative club targets GOP
The Club for Growth’s recent claim to fame — or infamy, for some — has been mixing it up in House Republican primaries by backing conservative candidates running against moderates.
But the anti-tax, anti-big-government group now is positioning itself to be a major 2010 player in Senate races, too, a development likely to cause headaches for both parties.
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11/16: Vail Valley’s 9.12 Project Meets
The Vail Valley 9.12 Project met on Saturday for the second time. The group was started on Sept. 29 and has grown to 35 members in just a little over five weeks. Thirty-one of our concerned members met at Ticino’s restaurant in the Avon Center. This was an organizational meeting led by Lu Ann Busse, who is the state coordinator for all 9.12 projects in Colorado.
We are committed to restoring the original tenets of the U.S. Constitution. The current Congress is usurping our constitutional rights by mandating such things as compulsory health care.
11/12: Do You Wonder If It Is Worth It?
After last week’s resounding defeat at the hands of Nancy Pelosi, many of us are probably wondering if the protests, rallies, letters and petitions are worth it. My best guess is that over 500 people went to Washington, DC on November 5th from North Carolina. One of these people was Erika Franzi who is the leader of the Asheville Tea Party. She passed on the following letter and drawing from her 10 year old daughter Gracie.
11/10: Our Trip to Washington
By Judy and Steve Morris
Hi everyone! Sure our DC trip cost some money…..Sure it required a plane….Sure it required four days in a hotel…….But we are so happy we went. It was one of the best things we ever did!
What started as a casual request by Rep. Michel Bachmann five days before, turned into 50,000 (yes, 50,000) patriots in front of the Capitol last Thursday. The speeches by many of the Republican Congressmen were probably too long, but they needed our support to give them the courage to continue. So many of us from New York were there, even though one of our buses broke down….flat tire and all…they arrived late, of course, and could only stay for two hours before returning to NY. How fabulous were they??
We expected the vote on Friday, but it was postponed until Saturday. So on Friday, we “visited” 20 offices of the BlueDog Congressmen. Up and down the halls of the 3 Congressional office buildings we went, pleading our case to the very young Congressional staffers. One, who was constantly smirking as we spoke, told us he was more interested in what he was having for lunch than in listening to our objections to the health care bill. When we complained to another that illegals — who had broken the law entering our country — would be covered in the plan, he told us that they should be covered since we already provide health care for prisoners.
When we told our own Congressman (in person) that the plan would end up costing much more than anticipated, he told us not to worry about it as that’s in the future. He gave the same answer when we told him that we feared a government option would lead to a single payer system. He was more interested in showing us his grandchildren’s pictures and his wife’s needlepoint than he was in listening to our opinions.
What started as a one day rally in DC, was now two days, eventually turning into four!! Saturday finally arrived and we were in the House Gallery at 9 a.m. only to be told that we could only stay for 30 minutes at a time. We had to leave, get back in line, and go through security for another 30 minute stay. Nothing was going to stop us!! We did this many, many times during the day. If you got out of your seats for a bathroom or food break, you had to start the whole procedure all over again. We had no choice but to follow Nancy’s rules — although the Galleries were only 1/4 full at times, they kept making us leave and start again.
Some observations…..our rally on Thursday was called radical fear-mongering on the floor of the Congress by many Democrats. We were called patriots and the “silent no more” majority by the Republicans. One of us was told to take off his Air Force-Vietnam Veteran hat, while a group of pro-Obamacare activists sat wearing their matching T-shirts and hats with their insignia on them. They told us that men couldn’t wear hats, while women could.
At 8 p.m. with no vote in sight, we left for dinner. We hadn’t eaten since 9 a.m. and were starving. We were exhausted and decided to watch the vote on our TV in the hotel. Although we could have returned to the House Gallery, we decided that it would have been too painful to watch the vote in person.
Yes we lost the vote, but we don’t lose the faith! Yes, we lost this battle, but we will win the war!! 39 Democrats voted with us!! The Republicans stayed united (with only one turncoat, who it is reported, was given a personal bribe of some special pork for his district on Saturday afternoon when he met with President Obama).
The feeling in D.C. was that we are really a major factor now and that we must be listened to. Congressmen Eric Cantor, Dr. Tom Price, Rep. Marsha Blackburn, Rep. Michele Bachmann, Rep. Boehner and many other Republicans really tried so hard, made strong statements on the floor of the House and behaved in a distinguished manner, except for the one who carried his granddaughter to the podium when he made his statement. We visited most of the Republican’s offices and they were very gracious to us.
The fight now moves onto the Senate. Please call all of the Senators as many times as you can. Tell them to vote NO on cloture and NO on the public option. We will be returning to D.C. before the vote in the Senate which may come before Christmas or slightly afterwards. If any of you would want to join us as a group, please let us know. We must all have the courage to speak out and stand up for our opinions and face the people who vote for our laws. The strongest thing we can do is to look them straight in the eye and tell them how we feel. We have the power of the vote and we can work hard to make sure that anyone who votes for this bill will never be re-elected again.
-Judy and Steve Morris
11/10: The Atlanta Tea Party: One Year to Judgment Day
Images from Monday, November 2’s rally by the Atlanta Tea Party at Georgia’s State Capitol Building:
