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How do we get conservatives back in office in 2010? First they have to be on the ballot and I would guess 99% of the time backed by the Republican Party. Yes I know this may send some of you over the edge but this is just the way it is. So if YOU are interested in getting conservatives back in office READ ON. The Most Powerful Office In The World -To get elected, your candidate must be on the ballot. -To get on the November ballot you must win the Primary. -To win the Primary, you must get the...

Many of you will remember the rabid liberal outbursts and boycott of Sinclair Broadcasting back in 2004 over the airing of the Stolen Honor documentary which told the true story of John Kerry's service record. One of the key tools of this liberal effort was a site called GrassRootsNation which hosted a page used to send letters to Sinclair's advertisers. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1247019/postsWell things have come full circle. Last year the owners of the grassrootsnation domain let it lapse so I picked it up and turned it into a conservative site. I am attempting to build a database of the many (thousands)...

Readers of this blog know I have long admired from afar the activities of the New Hampshire "Free Staters". One of the best ideas they have had is an emergency communications network dubbed Porcupine 411. Now I learn they want to spread their idea nationwide. God Bless them!

On Tuesday, Pennsylvania voters chose seven new judges to her “higher courts.” Six of the seven winners in Tuesday’s races for Supreme, Superior and Commonwealth Courts were pro-life judges. Only one Democrat won in those three major races where seven critical seats were filled in Pennsylvania’s “high” court system. Pennsylvanians are no longer just throwing things at their television screens in frustration, but they are taking their frustration to the ballot box and the streets. On Tuesday, conservatives had great wins at the ballot box. Those wins in the higher courts of our Commonwealth cannot be downplayed by supposed Democratic...

I have written a lot over the years on my experiences with vote fraud in elections. Were it not for fraud, Republicans would win far more elections. After serving as a campaign worker, Poll Watcher, Alternate Judge in a democrat-dominated precinct, and yesterday as an Election Judge, I have concluded that being an election worker is the BEST way to prevent fraud. As a Judge you can enforce the law to the letter. In Texas we have an air tight system enhanced by our outstanding, un-hackable ESlate voting system in Harris County. I was aided by fellow Freepers, Tropicana Rose...

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Rep. Michele Bachmann call for activism, Washington D.C. Thursday, 11/5/09. See more at Michele Bachmann's website.

To: Fellow Freepers On behalf of the Family Security Foundation I wish to inform you about an exciting grass roots project that we are undertaking in cooperation with a number of other liberty loving groups. FSF has joined with the Hudson Institute and others to form a "Committee to preserve American Liberties", whose purpose is self-explanatory. The members of the committee will meet for a symposium. The Symposium, Reclaiming American Liberties, will focus on three major subjects, with sub-topics, and our country’s top speakers, writers, thinkers and commentators will be invited to speak at the all day event. Each subject...

The Tea Party Express rolls into Nevada!! We'll be at Tonopah, Hawthorne and Fallon today, and Carson City tomorrow morning, and then it's back to California at Walnut Creek tomorrow night!! Conservative groups have joined forces to make this massive national effort possible. Besides the lead sponsor, the Our Country Deserves Better Committee, the Tea Party Express II enjoys support from Grassfire.org, ResistNet, Free Republic, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, National Tax Limitation Committee, Americans for Prosperity, the Conservative MultiCultural Coalition, and dozens of local tea party groups across the country. The Tea Party Express II: Countdown to Judgment Day national...

Do you remember that song “The Greatest Love of All” sung by Whitney Houston? It started out with the lyrics, “I believe the children are our future. Teach them well and let them lead the way.” That song was released in April of 1986, and if there was ever a time to apply that to the youth of that day, that was the time. In his farewell address to the nation, President Ronald Reagan made this statement. "Younger parents aren't sure that an unambivalent appreciation of America is the right thing to teach modern children. And as for those who...

"Early in the Tea Party movement, I wrote about the significant difference between the Boston Tea Party and the Tea Party movement of the 21st century. Namely, that complaining and marching in the 21st century was by no means equal to tossing British Tea in the Boston Harbor and flatly refusing to pay another penny in taxes to a tyrant clearly operating at odds with the American taxpayer." .... "Before all peaceful solutions are exhausted and only violent revolution remains, it’s time for the Tea Party to become tangible… and time is of the essence!" .... "The Tea Party and...

Troy, Ohio, Oct 20, 2009 / 03:49 am (CNA).- Students in 3,000 schools across 25 countries will participate in the Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity today to protest against the killing of innocent children by refusing to speak, a pro-life group reports. In addition to remaining silent, students will wear red armbands or place red duct tape on their mouths and distribute educational flyers. Many homeschoolers will participate by visiting local malls and other public areas to distribute flyers. Student participants are instructed to be respectful towards teachers and other officials and to speak with them when required. Stand True,...

In an effort to provide more ways to make voices heard, QuestionObama has launched a new Activism Center. We now offer a handful of tools people can utilize to easily put their thoughts and ideas in front of politicians, decision makers, and the public, while at the same time building a "groundswell". 1. Email Campaign – Users can now setup an email campaign where they specify who the email will be sent to and the body of the email, and then recruit friends, family, and other users to add a personal note and send the email with their contact information....

Good luck with your demonstrations. What good did the 9/12 hundreds of thousands do on the footsteps of the Capitol? The media ignored it! You're representatives ignored it! There was little talk about it in the neighborhoods. It went mostly un-noticed. And here we are still facing the obambicare takeover, which in some form will probably become law. And now, the demonstrations on the doorsteps of the MSM outlets will also be ignored. Do really think that the Washington Post, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, et al, really give one ounce about what you think? They have their socialists...

For decades, Congressman Barney Frank has been the iconic image of gay civil rights advocacy on Capitol Hill. He was one of the few openly gay elected officials in Washington for years. I was once proud to say, "Barney Frank has got my back." But as one of the most vocal critics of the National Equality March, Frank has many LGBTQ Americans wondering if he has become a bureaucratic gatekeeper. And worse, many under the age of 40 are asking if Barney Frank is now the iconic image of the generational schism of our gay rights movement. Several march-goers reported...

I did a bunch of Internet work on Thursday evening and Friday last week, then went out of town. When I returned on Sunday I could smell a man's cologne in my kitchen and could tell someone had been in my home while I was gone. Nothing was stolen or missing, but I checked with my neighbor who is a retired cop from NY City to see if he noticed any activity at my house. As a matter of fact, his dogs were barking Sunday night and he looked in my driveway to see if my son's truck was there....

This is a really, really wonderful youtube post by a senior citizen to the members of congress and the president. Well thought out, well said. He covers a LOT of ground and I was so impressed.

Woo hoo!! The Tea Party Express was a great success!! Thirty four cities, thirty four rallies in 15 days, then on to Washington, DC! And two million of us Marched On DC! Wow!! What a mob!! A flood of patriots filled all the main streets flowing into the Capitol and overflowed the Capitol grounds. Millions of us! And all calling for an end to socialism and a return to the constitution! Down with corruption!! Down with tyranny!! Wish we all could have squeezed into the congressional office buildings to run the RATS out, but that just wasn't in the cards...

I was listening to Hugh Hewitt tonight. He had on a group "Contract From America". The folks from the organization mentioned a split with a gent named Williams and what made my hair stand on end was their desire to make the movement "mainstream". I thought those of us with a Tea Party mentality are the mainstream of American Life, as we define it. My gut feel and I hope I am wrong, I smell a RINO cabal. Tell me I a wrong......

On October 2 and 3, Americans for Prosperity Foundation™ is hosting the Defending the American Dream™ Summit where Americans for Prosperity will sponsor a national Town Hall meeting at the Capitol – while Congress is actually in session – so your Senators and Representatives can hear directly from YOU! The Town Hall meeting on Friday afternoon, October 2 will take place on the Capitol steps and then we will go inside the Senate and House office buildings to visit YOUR Senators' offices along with your Congressman's office. Our goal is for these Senators to see a steady stream of grassroots...

Leftist anti-American, terrorist-supporting groups have announced they will hold a "non-violent direct action" protest at the White House on Monday, October 5th calling for the complete withdrawal of American forces from the Afghanistan and Pakistan theaters in the war on terror, thereby giving victory to al Qaeda and the Taliban.One of the groups leaders is Code Pink's Jodie Evans, an early and top financier of Barack Obama's presidential campaign. The millionairess Evans is an acknowledged expert in playing the inside-outside game of radical politics--playing the radical on the streets while being chauffered in a Cadillac Escalade to high-level meetings with...

I am trying really hard to raise awareness for a letter to Congress. I am shooting for a goal of 20,000 signatures and am a LONG way off. I would really appreciate any support in getting the word out. I believe if more people saw it they would gladly add their signature. The letter can be signed online! Here is a link to the letter http://www.questionobama.com/petition/letter-congress Many thanks Caleb

Happy BirthdayFree Republic(13) Thank you JimRob (or is it that Thompson fella?)for the memories, frustrations with friends & foe, love, and friendships forged over the years.

Let any conservative in the media have an effect, and a counterattack will come from medial lapdogs of the left. Now the Glenn Beck has drawn political blood, he has a bulls-eye on his forehead. Poltico notices that the hyping of an alleged rivalry between Rush Limbaugh and Beck is underway, ignoring the fact that Rush has appeared on Glenn's Fox News show recently. Not exactly the behavior of someone scared of losing his dominance. Of course, the media has been demonizing Rush ever since he first succeeded in national syndication. Now they have a new game to play with...

Doctor opposition to health care overhaul proposals is broad and deep, revealing concerns not just about soaring costs, declining care, possible rationing and a lack of limits on malpractice suits, but also about government competence and motives, detailed responses to a new IBD/TIPP Poll show. As reported Wednesday, 65% of the 1,376 practicing physicians who responded to a mailed questionnaire over the last two weeks said they opposed health care plans that have emerged from the administration and Congress. Just 33% supported them. Perhaps the most shocking result: 45% of these professionals said they would consider closing their practices or...

"Do you think there'll be porta-potties?" Was the anxious question my husband asked. He's in his fifties, after all. He asked about restroom facilities several days before we left for DC, and enjoined me to "find out on the internet" because he thinks I can find out anything on the internet. It was from the various conservative blogs and forums that I haunt on the net that had inspired me to put together this trip to DC in the first place. Like most tea-partiers, I am only loosely affiliated with any of the organizers. I was anxious about restrooms, too,...

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 Make 'em Feel the Heat   [Iain Murray] President Reagan said, "When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." Washington is now completely in the dark — so a new group called Freedom Action is here to help you put the heat on.  Believing in nothing more than individual rights, free markets and limited government, Freedom Action is a new grassroots activist social network aimed at putting government back inside its constitutional limits.Every group has to start somewhere, and Freedom Action's first campaign is about Carbongate — the EPA's internal suppression...

After the 2 million strong conservative freedom rally on 9-12: And, here is the filth left for someone else to clean up after the Inauguration of Barack Obama: Via Prisca

Up to two million people marched to the U.S. Capitol today, carrying signs with slogans such as "Obamacare makes me sick" as they protested the president's health care plan and what they say is out-of-control spending.The line of protesters spread across Pennsylvania Avenue for blocks, all the way to the capitol, according to the Washington Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency. -SNIP- FreedomWorks Foundation, a conservative organization led by former House of Representatives Majority Leader Dick Armey, organized several groups from across the country for what they billed as a "March on Washington." Organizers say they built on momentum...

Note: To All Fifth Columnists is an open letter written by Ayn Rand around the beginning of 1941, when she was encouraging conservative intellectuals to form a national organization advocating individualism. She desired for the letter be issued by such an organization. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You who read this represent the greatest danger to America. No matter what the outcome of the war in Europe may be, Totalitarianism has already won a complete victory in many American minds and conquered all of our intellectual life. You have helped it to win. Perhaps it is your right to destroy civilization and bring dictatorship...

Saturday, September 12, 2009 NRO at the 912 March   [Mark Hemingway] As journalist who wears his cynicism like badge of honor, to say that today's tea party protest wildly exceeded my expectations would be an understatement. I've yet to see a reliable estimate of the crowd size and the cops seemed bound and determined to keep any photographers away from any high vantage points, but I'd be shocked if it wasn't well into six figures. I've heard crowd-size estimates ranging from 350,000 to 1.5 million — the latter seems wildly optimistic, but the former figure would still be incredibly...

I have been looking for several weeks for a leader or point of contact for the Oahu Tea Party Movement, and have had little to no success. That being the case, I am going to set up a Tea Party Protest for Thurs, November 5th 2009. I would like to coordinate with any conservatives from the island of Oahu. I can be contacted by email: black_rabite@hotmail.com and phone by 808-557-1206. Mahalo

Of course, the fact that this murder of a pro-Life defender occurred on September 11, the anniversary of one of the greatest acts of violence perpetrated against the United States, only magnifies the profound evil of taking innocent human lives. It also reminds us all that a cycle of violence has been unleashed in our age. In 1994, at a National Prayer Breakfast, in the presence of then President Clinton, that little sign of contradiction and prophetic voice, God rest her soul, Mother Teresa, hit the nail on the head. Speaking at a podium where her small stature could barely...

I have a classmate that I re-met through our recent 40th year High School reunion that supports Obama on every Facebook poll ever published. Today, I Commented on her supportive post: "I'm constantly amazed why anyone would think that Government can solve the "problems" of the poor. Please explain this line of thinking. I would Love to know. Seriously. Maybe i'm wrong. Thanks for reply." Any ideas on what Her reply might be? I cannot imagine.

I know yall are not fans of the public health option, neither am I, Hawaii's Reps and Senators are making themselves very scarce (Tele-town halls etc). What can I do to make sure the nails are put in the coffin of both the health care plan, and Barack Obama's socialist agenda. I am legally a resident of the State of WA, so I can do things in that respect.

One of the the ads that appeared above my G-mail Inbox told me I could ad my name to a list that was going to be aired on TV in support of a public option. So far, I have added Mautsi Tung, Joh Sephstalen and Muso Leahni. Who else might support the option?

It was a far cry from a march on the nation's Capitol, but the rally staged Saturday by the Williamsport Tea Party at Brandon Park clearly sent out a message that more than a few people are upset with their government. Speaker after speaker coming to the microphone on this overcast and humid late morning managed to resonate with the crowd of some 2,800 people as they urged them to take back their country from leaders who are "taking them down the wrong path." Specific political topics such as national health care, socialism and uncontrolled spending came up for no...

An open letter to the Republic of the United States

THE EMERGENCE OF THE UNRULY MOB So what inspires normally sedate hard-working citizens to rise up like an unruly mob, as the ruling class refers to them. Could it be the flagrant printing and spending of money for which this great nation has no basis? Could it be the issuance of imperial decrees to purchase airplanes to jet the gentility coast to coast and on junkets around the world? Could it be the building of a citizen army that dresses alike and obeys The One's commands at a whim? Could it be the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate...

The month of August has been packed with American civic engagement, as citizens across the country have participated in lively debates and issue-oriented initiatives. Most notably, President Barack Obama’s administration and congressional Democrats have been confronted on a daily basis by millions of Americans questioning their proposed solutions to health care reform as outlined in the 1,017 pages of HR 3200. While the forums have ranged from town halls and petitions to rallies and blogs, there is one common thread: in return for their involvement, the American people are being verbally pillaged by the government — the very same people...

PITTSBURGH -- A group of Republicans, looking to recoup the party's clout, is borrowing a page from liberal Democrats by beefing up Internet efforts to energize the grass roots. The conservative Americans for Prosperity has further embraced Internet activism to energize its 700,000 members and point them to dozens of town-hall meetings with lawmakers over the past weeks, leaving Democrats on the defensive on a signature issue: overhauling health care. Americans for Prosperity held their conference Right Online here last weekend. It centered on ramping up the use of Facebook, Twitter and other online megaphones to rally conservative opposition to...

Monday, August 17, 2009 The Salem Town Hall Meeting with Kurt Schrader Your intrepid reporter was there! Although I fell asleep half way through as Mr. Schrader is rather long winded and boring as heck. What I came away with was: about 2/3rds of the crowd were Conservatives concerned with Obamacare and a small segment were what really looked to me like OLD HIPPIES.Yes, old hippies. I didn't know they still existed. The evidence is the bus pictured above. Oh, and a large group of Illegal Immigrants holding signs for "immigration reform". They were the only ones to applaud when...

Yesterday I took a bus ride with a group of people down to President Obamas Grand Junction Colorado Town Hall on health care. I should preface this after action report with a few foundational thoughts and a little bit of background. First, I was completely honest about my name, the fact that I was/am a Citizen Reporter for the Huffington Post, and the fact that I write a politically charged health care blog, and am a health care activist. While I did not tell those in charge of the trip that I am also a conservative free market activist who...

Radio Talk Hosts Prepare for Historic Two-Day Broadcast Blitz Live from Washington 50 Talk Hosts Gathering to Support Secure Borders and Continued Immigration Enforcement (Washington DC) The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) announces September 15th and 16th as the dates for its annual Hold Their Feet to the Fire radio rally in Washington, D.C. 50 radio hosts, led by Roger Hedgecock of KOGO-AM in San Diego and Lou Dobbs of United Stations Radio Network and CNN, are scheduled to broadcast live from “Radio Row” on Capitol Hill. As in previous events, talk show hosts from around the nation will...

Monday August 10th saw Oregon and Oregonians truly leading the Nation by example with the outstanding good grace of her citizens. GOP Candidate for Congress Stephan A. Brodhead joined a crowd that at its height saw an estimated 1000 people engaging their first amendment rights of free speech, peaceful assembly and the right to redress their grievances with their representative in Congress. While walking through the milling crowd waiting outside the McMinnville Police Station, Steve handed out approximately 200 bottles of water to anyone that might want or need it in the over 80 degree heat. During the lively spirited...

McMINNVILLE, Ore. -- Passions overflowed at a health care forum hosted by Congressman David Wu on Monday as Oregonians packed a small McMinnville conference room while hundreds of others lined up outside, unable to get in. The health care reform debate playing out across the U.S. came home to Oregon as opponents and supporters of a federal overhaul yelled and sniped at one another at Wu's town hall meeting. Congressman David Wu hosted a town hall meeting on healthcare reform Monday night in McMinnville. And the calm of the summer evening gave way to an evening full of debates. “I...

US Rep. Tsongas (Massachusetts) meeting on Obama health care proposal in Chelmsford, Mass Aug. 8, 2009. Rep. Tsongas stated the abortion would not be covered under the proposed plan because of the Hyde Amendment prohibiting the use of public funds for the procedure. She also stated that illegal aliens would not be covered. Many reports on the proposed plan say otherwise. 800 people showed up for the meeting but only 400 were allowed in the hall.

The health-care debate was supposed to play out at rallies and inside gymnasiums when lawmakers headed home for the August recess. But after a series of contentious town-hall meetings, some Democratic lawmakers are thinking twice about holding large public gatherings. Instead, they are opting for smaller sessions, holding meetings by phone or inviting constituents for one-on-one office hours. Democrats have accused Republicans of manufacturing the opposition by organizing groups to attend the events and encouraging disruptive behavior. Republican organizers say the unrest reflects genuine anger about the proposed health-care changes. [Snip] Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D., Ariz.) on Thursday canceled...