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If you suspect problems at the polls e-mail: Voterfraud@Foxnews.com ------- It is "very easy" to steal an election using absentee ballots, claims Jan Tyler, a former Denver Elections Commissioner who now runs the website National Election Reform Examiner. She said some people shoveling her driveway, for example, told her they knew that "six or seven absentee ballots were sent to dead people," and she fears the numbers across the country could be much larger than experts believe and that prosecutors do not take infractions seriously enough. Fox News has found ongoing allegations of absentee ballot fraud in at least a...

Freepers, get ready for THE first national "Telephone Tea Party." Massive exposure is planned and every freeper will be called upon to join this "telephone tea-party." Patriots, get your dialing fingers ready!!! Details will be announced Wednesday morning.

Lawmakers are calling on Americans to storm the Capitol on Thursday in an "Emergency House Call on Congress" to stop the House from passing the Democrats' health-care bill this week. A group of legislators led by Reps. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., and Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich., will be holding an emergency town-hall meeting outside the Capitol at 12 p.m. to protest the health-care bill set to hit the House floor. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has indicated that a vote on the bill could take place as soon as Thursday. Bachmann told WND she is urging citizens to come to Washington and "pay...

Freepers, get ready for THE first national "Telephone Tea Party." Massive exposure is planned and every freeper will be called upon to join this "telephone tea-party." Patriots, get your dialing fingers ready!!! Details will be announced Wednesday morning.

Alright folks, let's pool our resources and our know how. Do you have the cash and are you willing to donate to help increase body count because you can't be in DC? Do you have a willing participatory spirit but you're broke?(all you'll need is a bus ticket) Do you know of a reputable website that is facilitating this, so as to bring the willing people and the cash together to make it all happen?

Bachmann asks for patriots to call Congress and meet up with her at the Capitol next Thursday at High Noon. Time to mobilize! Stop Socialized Medicine Now!!! It's the 11th hour....Let's pay Nancy Pelosi a House Call... and tell her what she can do with the "Pelosi Health Care Plan"

In the News Make a House Call on Congress on November 5th and Stop the Government Take Over of Health Care! November 5th, 2009 Democrat leadership in the House wants to pass a government run health care bill before Veteran's Day, and it's up to us to make sure this prescription for socialized medicine doesn't pass. If you can come to Washington to look your Member straight in the eye and tell them to keep their hands off your heatlh care, do it. If you can't make it to Washington, go to your Member's district office. And, if you can't...

<p>Would you please post this from in the principal part of the thread/introductory remarks? Or pull the thread. I don’t want to confuse members/readers.</p> <p>1. The House votes on their version of the health care bill Friday, 11/6.</p> <p>2. The Senate votes on their final version on Monday, 11/16.</p>

By Stella Lohmann http://stellalohmann.com/ November 1, 2009—Atlanta, GA Representative Michelle Bachmann (R-MN) has mobilized a national Tea Party of her own with just one a few words with Sean Hannity on Fox News Friday night. Buses are being filled as we speak to join her on the steps of the nation’s Capital on Thursday, November 5th at noon. Then Rep. Bachmann wants to walk the halls of Congressional offices with those who answer her call to stop the most recent healthcare reform bill set for a vote by next week. Tea Party activists in Atlanta are already hosting a One...

On Thursday, November 5th, Representative Michele Bachman (MN) will stand on the steps of the Capitol in Washington, D.C. She will be joined by other Members of Congress and many Patriots from across this country. People will be traveling from coast to coast, to stand shoulder to shoulder with other Patriots in Washington this week. We know most of you can’t get to Washington again so soon….. So let’s join Representative Bachman and other Patriots by turning out at State Capitols and Congressional district offices across the country. Instead of yelling or protesting, let’s sing “God Bless America” at 12:30...

Compared to Nancy Pelosi, former House Majority Leader Tom “The Hammer” DeLay was a pussycat. Speaker Pelosi means to force doubtful Dems to vote for the health care nationalization bill this week or next. But her tactic is anti-historical: she doesn’t remember that in World War Two, Japanese kamikaze pilots were all volunteers. Pelosi is ordering her fearful members to vote for the Obama-cum-Pelosi healthcare “reform” bill that has voters up in arms all over the country. House Blue Dog “moderates” are already caught in a crossfire between their constituents and their leadership. The Tea Partyers have been heard, and...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- There is a "political rebellion" going on in America that the Republican Party is hoping to speak for, the U.S. House minority leader says. Rep. John Boehner of Ohio, speaking Sunday on CNN's "State of Union," said an incident in which a GOP-endorsed New York congressional candidate withdrew from an election under pressure from Republican conservatives showed that "we're in the middle of a political rebellion going on in America." Boehner said, "This rebellion are by people who really have not been actively involved in the political process. And they don't really care whether you're...

Richard Viguerie, the legendary hard-right activist who spent much of the past decade arguing that George W. Bush and Dick Cheney were too liberal, now declares that: "Tea Party Activists Are the New GOP." There is little reason to argue with the man whose direct-mail campaigning funded the rise of the Republican right in the late 1970s and who grumbled loudly when Newt Gingrich, Bush, Cheney and Republican leaders tried to soften the party's roughest edges. Viguerie isn't grumbling now. He's celebrating. And rightly so. With the decision of moderate Republican Dede Scozzafava, the party's nominee in New York state...

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) is playing down the impact of the withdrawal under fire of the Republican Party candidate in a New York Congressional race, but the GOP leader is also warning of a new force in American politics that could pose a threat to both major parties. "This is a pretty unusual circumstance," Boehner said on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday as he discussed the withdrawal of Republican Dede Scozzafava from the NY-23 contest after conservatives swung their support behind Doug Hoffman who is running on the Conservative Party line. "We are in the middle I...

<p>Need some FReeper help! The Tea Party Express is coming to Wyoming & Colorado on Wednesday for a series of tea party rallies and we're working hard in the short time that remains to get the word out and build up the sizes of the crowds.</p>

Has anyone heard anything about a 912DC march part two? Loads of people I know would go if there was another since they couldnt go this time. I also had a great grassroots idea that I would have no idea how to start... sort of a "Mansion March" where thousands of people being represented by Pelosi, Ried, and Frank march in their neighborhood and surround their home... not sure the legality of it, but to get the media there and letting the world see how these fat pigs live would be a big plus... just dont put me at Barney...

On October 30, Congressman Michele Bachmann of Minnesota called for people to meet her on the steps of Congress Thursday, November 5 at Noon, to walk the halls and tell our elected officials we don’t want obamacare. Click here to watch Michelle: [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TAskp6q6h8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TAskp6q6h8[/url] We’ve called and faxed until we’re blue in the face. It’s time for us to show up in person. If this monstrosity passes, we can kiss our freedom good-bye. Bus trips and car pools are being organized across the nation. If you are interested in going by bus or car, please send an email to info@bloodofpatriots.org. If...

To read the way Jamie Duffy of NJ.Com gleefully tossed around the crude and childish term "teabaggers" seven times in a local story about a tea party in Morristown, New Jersey, you would think she was some snarky teenage intern who enjoyed using that vulgar pejorative. However, according to her profile, Duffy has been around a long time so she has no such excuse for her juvenile behavior in print: Jamie Duffy is a social correspondent for The Star-Ledger and MorristownGreen.com. She lives in Morris County with her husband and two sons. She spent 10 years abroad, two in England...

An estimated 200 anti-socialism protesters carried signs and waved at passing motorists for more than two hours yesterday afternoon as they have almost every Saturday for six months at the intersection of Highways K and N in O’Fallon, Mo. Among those participating were three first-generation Americans who took time to share powerful messages every freedom-loving American should hear. Those messages appear in this video.

I'm going to let the cat out of the bag. I confess. The bulk of the folks attending the Tea Parties across America are good old fashion God fearing Christians. They work hard, love their families and their country. If they are racist, you can not prove it by me. I'm traveling across America on Tea Party Express II. The mostly white audiences at every rally embrace me with open arms, especially after hearing me proclaim myself to be an American rather than a politically correct hyphenated African American. These people love me and call me brother because we share...

The Tea Party Express II rolled into Spokane, WA. today. It was a beautiful day for patriots from all over the Inland Empire to gather and listen to the uplifting speeches and music!

Tea Party Express Saturday, October 31, 2009 Feel the Energy from Portland! Amy Schroeder of Parcbench produced this video from the Tea Party Express II rally in Portland, OR. You'll definitely feel the energy of this video, and we liked that because the rally in Porland was just that - ENERGETIC. Thank you to the great people of Portland and thanks to Amy of Parcbench. We hope all our supporters enjoy this short video! Posted by TPX Admin at 5:24 PM 0 comments Yippee! Great event in Tri-Cities ANOTHER OVERFLOW CROWD THIS TIME IN TRI-CITIES WASHINGTON! Thank you to...

One of the country's leading Tea Party organizations is calling for all Tea Party supporters to boycott the "Big 3" TV networks (ABC/CBS/NBC) from November 9 - 14, during middle of the Nielsen "sweeps" rating period. From the web site: TURN ’EM OFF Take a stand against the BIG 3 TV NETWORKS - CBS, ABC, and NBC/MSNBC - for their distorted, biased, and manipulative media coverage. BLOCK THEIR CHANNELS The network news blatantly promotes the most far left-wing agenda ever proposed in the history of the United States. They do not deserve our attention or our patronage - and certainly...

In a Wall Street Journal column last week, Rebublican columnist Peggy Noonan reveals to us that we’re a nation adrift. Millions of productive Americans, she says, are despondent about the direction of the nation. In melancholic, heartfelt tones she explains that many Americans feel alienated by both political parties, and yearn for an as-yet-to-be-found leader to offer hope for their despair. She laments: … [P]eople are becoming and have become disheartened … this condition is reaching critical mass, and … it afflicts most broadly and deeply those members of the American leadership class who are not in Washington, most especially...

Is there a Freeper out there that can help me by hosting a Tea Party Banner ad made with flash? Contact my mail account if you can help. Thanks.

BARACK OBAMA’S most devilish political move since the 2008 campaign was to appoint a Republican congressman from upstate New York as secretary of the Army. This week’s election to fill that vacant seat has set off nothing less than a riotous and bloody national G.O.P. civil war. No matter what the results in that race on Tuesday, the Republicans are the sure losers. This could be a gift that keeps on giving to the Democrats through 2010, and perhaps beyond. The governors’ races in New Jersey and Virginia were once billed as the marquee events of Election Day 2009 —...

Scozzafava’s departure is a blow to the establishment GOP. But the latest development in upstate New York’s special congressional race also means ‘outsiders’ clearly are viable in US politics. After dramatically dropping behind in three-way polling, embattled New York Republican Dede Scozzafava jumped ship Saturday in the hotly-contested NY-23 congressional election scheduled for Tuesday.That leaves the door wide open for Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman, supported by national Republican figures like Sarah Palin and Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, to take on Democrat challenger Bill Owens in a head-to-head special election in the historically Republican enclave. Scozzafava “released” her endorsements on...

The group of intelligent patriots swelled to around 100 yesterday, Oct. 30th from 4-6 PM in Roanoke County VA at the intersection of westbound Brambleton Avenue (US221) and Northbound Electric Road (VA 419). In keeping with the upcoming Halloween holiday, one lady dressed as a doctor with a mask and stethoscope. Her sign, with a drawing of a hypodermic syringe, read “Congress Sticks it to America Again.” One gentleman’s sign showed a caldron and a caption of “Obamacare, a Real Witch’s Brew.” The reaction of those drivers passing by who expressed opinions was overwhelmingly positive by about 20 to 1,...

"Doug Hoffman and NY-23 is an earthquake in American politics, and is the first of many challenges to establishment Republicans that we will see for the 2010 elections and beyond. The stupid decision by Republican leaders to pour $900,000 into the NY-23rd race against a conservative has unleashed a fury that will lead to new GOP leadership.

Friend -- Remember all those socialist-hollering, Glenn Beck-worshiping, tea party wing nuts from this summer's town hall meetings? If Sarah Palin gets her way, one of them could soon be a member of Congress. Next week marks one year since President Obama was elected. The amount of money we have in the bank will be used as an instant referendum on his first year. With Sarah Palin out there raising hundreds of thousands of dollars to stack Congress with those tea party lunatics, the media is watching to see how Grassroots Democrats respond. Help us raise $500,000 in response to...

Lots of organizations, groups, politicians, etc, are trying to take credit for knocking out the RINO in this race, but the real credit goes to the millions of grassroots conservatives all across this great land who have loudly declared they are fed up and are not going to take it anymore!! The grassroots conservative Tea Party Rebellion wins a big one!! Congratulations to everyone in the movement!! Keep making those calls, writing those letters, attending those Tea Parties and loudly voicing your desire for constitutionally limited government and FREEDOM!! We CAN change it back!! When the people fear the government,...

I have reworked recent poll data to remove 'Fava from the race. My analysis indicates that Hoffman will pick up almost twice as many votes as Owens. Further, the most recent elections (1998 to 2008) all went Republican big time - by an average margin of victory of 39 points (and that's ignoring the cycle where the Republican ran unopposed ... and he wasn't even an incumbent!).

"Today, I again seek to act for the good of our community," "It is increasingly clear that pressure is mounting on many of my supporters to shift their support. Consequently, I hereby release those individuals who have endorsed and supported my campaign to transfer their support as they see fit to do so. I am and have always been a proud Republican. It is my hope that with my actions today, my party will emerge stronger and our district and our nation can take an important step towards restoring the enduring strength and economic prosperity that has defined us for...

Michelle Bachmann has asked that as many as possible meet with her on Thursday to chase down congressmen and look them in the eye and tell them NO on the health care bill. It would really be great if lots and lots of people answered her call.

AB 17 which was enacted by the California legislature and signed by Governor Schwarzenegger, requires the California Franchise Tax Board to adjust the payroll withholding table with an increase. The payroll withholding tables apply to pensions, as well as wages. AB 17 will increase payroll withholding by 10 percent, effective for wages paid after October 31, 2009. Withholding on supplemental wages increase from 6 percent to 6.6 percent effective for supplemental wages paid after October 31, 2009 and for stock options and bonus payments it will increase from 9.3 percent to 10.2 percent.

 TEA PARTY EXPRESS II ROLLS INTO WASHINGTON STATE! RALLIES TO BE HELD IN PUYALLUP ON FRIDAY,KENNEWICK & SPOKANE ON SATURDAY. (FROM THE ROAD IN CENTRAL OREGON) - The national, cross-country tour titled, Tea Party Express II: Countdown to Judgment Day (www.TeaPartyExpress.org)  is rolling into Washington State to host Tea Parties in Puyallup (Friday 6:00 PM), Kennewick (Saturday 9:00 AM), and Spokane (Saturday 2:00 PM). The Tea Party Express II: Countdown to Judgment Day will hold rallies that seek to educate, entertain, and encourage patriotic Americans who are concerned about the quasi-socialistic policies being pushed by the Obama/Pelosi/Reid administration. Momentum has grown for the tour, as word of...

 Campaign to Defeat "Competitive Option" Healthcare Plan Unveiled THOUSANDS OF LETTERS HEADING TO POLITICIANS (ON THE ROAD IN CENTRAL OREGON) - Tea Party Express II: Countdown to Judgment Day (www.TeaPartyExpress.org) has launched a campaign during its national tour to defeat the "competitive option" (previously known as "public option" or "government-run") healthcare plan. At each of the Tea Party Express II rally stops, a table has been set up with paper and envelopes for rally attendees to write letters to their local members of the House and Senate - opposing the government-run healthcare plan.  The letters are being collected at each rally and then...

Our Say No To Government Health Care rally is scheduled for this Friday (10/30) from 4:00-6:00 p.m. We will meet at Cave Spring Corner, at the intersection of Rt. 419 and Brambleton Avenue in SW Roanoke County, and start by occupying the grassy area in the northwestern quadrant of the intersection (just near Walgreens). As more people arrive, we will spread along the right of ways of 419 and Brambleton. If this area is completely filled when you arrive, please move down to another intersection such as 419 and Chapparall, 419 and Ogden Road (Republican Headquarters), or the Oak Grove...

They're back and feisty as ever. Protesters clutching anti-Barack Obama and pro-Constitution signs braved damp, chilly weather Thursday in Alba Park as they waited for the arrival of the Tea Party Express II. Two Express buses wound their way up from San Diego to Medford as part of a cross-country tour to spread the belief that the federal government has lost its way. Jeff Krump, of the Americans for Prosperity, took to the gazebo to address the 100 or so protesters. "We believe in the founding fathers' vision of a constitutionally limited government," Krump said to a round of cheers....

The youtube video about America Awakening passed the 10,000 view mark today after a month. Thanks to everyone for watching. Please keep passing its message around if you are so inclined. AWAKEN O AMERICA, YOU LIBERTY IS CALLING There is a great evil that has beset our nation and is attempting to destroy it, from within and without. We have the most radical, un-American, and dangerous administration and congress in history. Our forefathers are rolling over in their graves, and if the founders were alive, I believe those men would have rebelled outright against such radical, unconstitutional departures from the...

Mr. Peel and I are thinking about attending the Tea Party Express in Oklahoma City on November 4 (at 6 pm). We were wondering if any other FReepers plan to be there. I thought this might be a good way for others to share their Tea party plans (which location and time)

The Tea Party Movement bubbled up in the United States of America as a result of the fear we felt that when we thought we had lost what we deemed most precious to us – our freedom and liberty. Just nine months ago, many of us were concerned that we had waited too long to get involved in the body politic of the United States. Nevertheless, some of us decided to stand by no more, regardless of how hopeless the task seemed to be as we saw the first few months of the Obama Administration unfold. Be honest, we thought...

Excerpts from a TPXII mail message: We just completed our rally in Redding, CA and it was fantastic. We're posting a report on it at our blog: http://teapartyexpressblog.blogspot.com/ Tonight Fox News Channel will be doing a segment on the progress of our tour. Watch Great Van Susteren's show "On The Record" at 10PM Eastern // 7 PM Pacific. News coverage of the Tea Party Express II has been growing and growing. We're going to try to keep you up-to-date on all the reports. Here's one for you to watch now - it's a segment on Anderson Cooper's Show (with John...

<p>Tonight Fox News Channel will be doing a segment on the progress of our tour.  Watch Great Van Susteren's show "On The Record"  at 10PM Eastern // 7 PM Pacific.</p>

LATEST RALLY DRAWS OVER 1,000+ IN LIBERAL SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA (ON THE ROAD IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA) - Crowds continue to build as the Tea Party Express II: Countdown to Judgment Day (www.TeaPartyExpress.org) gains momentum! Yesterday in the very liberal San Francisco Bay Area, more than 1,000 people turned out to show their support for smaller government, less deficit-spending, and opposition to government-run healthcare. The rally held particular importance as a Special Election for Congress takes place on November 3rd in California's 10th Congressional District. Conservative candidate for Congress, David Harmer, spoke at the event. The Tea Party Express II...

As right-wing protesters dominated the news this summer, it would have seemed the perfect opportunity for Obama's much-touted organizers to drown out the conservatives with some coordinated agitation of their own. But they barely made a ripple. Where were they? And how could such a formidable grassroots operation-having just put Obama in office-fall quiet so quickly?

In a much publicized rant that sent chills up the legs of millions of liberals, oops, progressives, Janeane Garofalo emphatically exercised her opinion of the millions of 'tea-party' protestors: "This is about hating a black man in the White House. This is racism, straight up. Its is nothing but a bunch of tea-bagging rednecks." Anyone who has read Thomas Sowell's Black Rednecks and White Liberals, knows that Garofalo's statement is either demonstrably false, or just plain racist...

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The Young Republicans of Union County are hosting a “Tea Party” rally at Marshall Park in uptown Charlotte on Saturday October 31, 2009 from 10 AM until noon. Press Release ………………………………. We're all invited to the TEA Party in Charlotte on Halloween Day (10/31/09). Hope to see you there! We come from diverse backgrounds, but we believe in these basic principals: 1. The Constitution was written to limit the powers of the government, not the freedoms of the people. 2. Personal responsibility, Free Markets, and a Laissez-faire (hands off) government is what creates jobs, wealth, and greatness in America 3....

Note I sent to my elected representatives today: Dear xxxxxx, NO GOVERNMENT OPTION. No matter what it is called, government option, trigger, personal choice, opt out -- NO GOVERNMENT OPTION. Please vote NO on the health care bill package President Obama is trying to push on America. We can’t afford it and neither can the future generations. My husband and I would like to see: 1. tort reform. 2. the ability to purchase insurance in any state. 3. the deductible (high or low) of our choice. 4. medical savings account. Growing up in a low-income home, I do know that...