Message to our Patriots

Hi,Everyone!

Last week there was some confusion displayed by a local radio talk show host as to whether the Gainesville Tea
Party is endorsing a specific candidate for the Alachua county commission election. The confusion appeared to have been caused by a personal email sent by me urging attendance at a fundraiser for this candidate. This email was not sent to our membership but was sent to selected recipients and was not a public memo. Gainesville Tea Party continues to not endorse candidates but will vet candidates and hold forums for our members and the public. The steering committee does not publicly endorse candidates. We do encourage all of our members to become personally involved with candidates to help those that hold our values get elected.

That being said, to be clear and to hopefully end any possible controversy I am announcing that I personally support John Martin for the District 1 seat. And I urge everyone to get to work to help the candidates of your choice! This election is crucial if we are to ensure limited government and fiscal responsibility are returned to our government.

Thank you all for all that you do!

Laurie Newsom

Maurice Strong: An Enemy of Our Freedoms

 For 40 years Tom DeWeese has been a businessman, grassroots activist, writer and publisher. As such, he
has always advocated a firm belief in man’s need to keep moving forward while
protecting our Constitutionally-guaranteed rights.

“How many of you know of Maurice Strong – and that he is evil?”

“Maurice Strong has the potential to be the most powerful
and most evil dictator the world has ever known – right now – today – in our day
and age – and yet, most of you have never heard of him.

So let me sound the warning bell – loud and long. Maurice Strong will, in all likely hood
be the next Secretary General of the United Nations.”

“The assault on property rights – in fact the entire radical environmental agenda – is being driven by
the United Nations. And Maurice Strong is the number one force behind UN
environmental policy. Maurice Strong is the leader of a radical contingent of
Environmentalists that believe technology and modern industrialization must be
stopped.”

Full article..http://www.newswithviews.com/DeWeese/tom213.htm

All Good Articles

Washington attempting to stifle “fracking”..

http://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/2012/05/beware-federalizing-fracking/579491

Leon Panetta’s next political pandering power grab..

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/may/7/panettas-next-war/

Eric Holder corrupt as usual..

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/05/07/justice-for-sale-holder

FEMA Will Pay for Disaster-Related Stress!

Hey TAXPAYER: Do you consider PAYING YOUR TAXES disaster-related stress?? Obama’s reign is a disaster and I want my share!

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05/08/2012 02:22 PM EDT

CHARLESTON, W. Va. — West Virginia residents facing the loss of homes, businesses or cherished possessions in the wake of the recent storms and floods could find themselves struggling to cope with the emotional impact of the disasters.

Americans Are FAT! Time to Crack Down!

This article is important, not because it is yet another advocacy of control over the lives of Americans, but because it absolves all citizens of PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. I have learned that many citizens either do not understand personal responsibility and individual freedom or are actually afraid of taking responsibility for their actions and facing the consequences, be they good or bad, of their decisions. A citizenry devoid of the ability to take action as individuals are ripe for the imposition of tyranny.

“In an ambitious 478-page report, the IOM refutes the idea that obesity is largely the result of a lack of willpower on the part of individuals. Instead, it embraces policy proposals that have met with stiff resistance from the food industry and lawmakers, arguing that multiple strategies will be needed to make the U.S. environment less “obesogenic.”

“People have heard the advice to eat less and move more for years, and during that time a large number of Americans have become obese,” IOM committee member Shiriki Kumanyika of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine told Reuters. “That advice will never be out of date. But when you see the increase in obesity you ask, what changed? And the answer is, the environment. The average person cannot maintain a healthy weight in this obesity-promoting environment.”

Full article..http://news.yahoo.com/obesity-fight-must-shift-personal-blame-u-panel-123320915–sector.html

 

Taxpayers Paying for Vacation Expenses of Welfare Recipients

Welfare recipients go on vacation with taxpayer funded ATM withdrawals. Casinos alone account for millions of dollars of fraud and abuse. Thanks to Americans for Prosperity California for uncovering this abuse and producing this video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wElqMl5TJM&feature=player_embedded#!

Unemployment Remains Ugly

The April numbers are out and the picture remains ugly. Remember there will also be a downward revision in the number of jobs created about three weeks from now. The full article is excellent but should you be short on time then the summary below says it all.

“Overall the report painted a picture of a jobs market that had gotten a boost from unseasonably warm winter weather but now has cooled.  Though the headline number indicated job creation, the total employment level for the month actually fell 169,000. The disparity likely emanates from a drop in the labor force participation rate — or the level of Americans actively looking for jobs or otherwise employed — from 63.8 percent to 63.6 percent, its lowest level since December 1981. The amount of discouraged workers swelled from 865,000 to 968,000, an increase of 12 percent. Those working part-time for economic reasons surged 181,000 to more than 7.8 million. “In the weakest recovery since the Great Depression, more than four-fifths of the reduction in unemployment has been accomplished by a dropping adult labor force participation rate — essentially persuading adults they don’t need a job, or the job they could find is not worth having,” said University of Maryland economist Peter Morici.”

“In short, overall employment fell, the number of Americans abandoing the workforce altogether surged by 12 percent, and even more Americans shifted to part-time work out of economic necessity.  Economic stats guru Zero Hedge notes that more than half-a-million US workers left the labor force last month — a number that dwarfs the official “jobs added” total.  President Obama often reminds us that he inherited the worst recession since the Great Depression.  His failed policies have, in turn, precipitated the weakest recovery since at least the 1930s, plunging us much deeperinto debt with very little bang for our borrowed buck.  No wonder the Obama campaign is desperate to manufacture wars on women, students, oil speculators, etc — anything to avert voters’ gaze from these awful numbers.”

Full article…http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2012/05/04/ugh_total_us_employment_falls_by_169000_jobs_in_april

 

FORWARD: The Acronym

From our own James Sharp..

The Obama campaign has been using the word “FORWARD” as its latest slogan. I have come up with my own meaning for “forward”:

FORWARD: Freedom Only Rings When America Restores its Dignity

And it WILL – this November!

Thank you, James

Let Freedom Ring This November!

Twitter & Facebook: Powerful Media!

It is quite clear that social media (Facebook, Twitter) is an important tool for this year’s election process (see Michelle Malkin’s article below). Social media will allow you, the citizen activist, to reach many more people with the information that will be critical in knowing the issues and the candidates when the voters go to the polls.  NOW IS THE TIME to learn about these tools and we are ready to teach you! For those of you who have not set up Facebook let us show you how to do it and how to use it! For those of you with smart phones learn how to reach a huge audience using Twitter! Contact us and we will set up an appointment with one on one interaction so that you will be comfortable with your new media access. The process takes about 45 minutes to set up your Facebook page and navigate you through the ways you can use it.  Please contact me at laurie@gainesvilleteaparty.org and we will set up an appointment for you. This is an effective and convenient way for you to make a difference in this election season just by using your computer or smart phone! We want to hear from you!

From Michelle Malkin:

“What’s changed in 2012 is the Internet revenge of thousands of conservative female activists who have played a larger role than ever in controlling political narratives. These include tea party leaders such as Breitbart.com editor Dana Loesch, national grassroots groups such as Smart Girl Politics, the proliferation of conservative female bloggers and podcasters, and the critical mass of stay-at-home moms, work-at-home moms and young conservative women flocking to Twitter.

As we’ve documented at my new Twitter curation/aggregation site, Twitchy.com, GOP moms, grandmothers and daughters have besieged White House social media efforts to paint conservatives as anti-women. They’ve torn apart hypocritical White House rhetoric about equal pay from an administration that has failed to practice what it preaches.”

Full article…http://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2012/04/13/real_moms_of_the_gop_vs_white_house_sop/page/full/

As California Goes, So Goes the Country?

It’s often been said that California is a portent for all of the United States. Let’s keep our fingers tightly crossed that this is not true anymore!

“This year, to avoid such reductions, Brown will ask voters to raise the sales tax, already the nation’s highest, to 7.5 percent from 7.25 percent, and boost rates on income starting at $250,000. Those making $1 million or more, now taxed at 10.3 percent, would pay 13.3 percent, the most of any state.”

Full article…http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-04-27/california-april-taxes-falling-short-as-brown-readies-budget

Florida Ranks #2 in Best States To Do Business!

Business tax and regulatory reforms bringing businesses to Florida! Let’s reform Alachua County’s stifling business environment to attract private enterprise!

“In Chief Executive’s eighth annual survey of CEO opinion of Best and Worst States in which to do business, Texas easily clinched the No. 1 rank, the eighth successive time it has done so. California earns the dubious honor of being ranked dead last for the eighth consecutive year.

This year, 650 business leaders responded to our annual survey, up from 550 in 2011. CEOs were asked to grade states in which they do business among a variety of areas, including tax and regulation, quality of workforce and living environment. The Lone Star State was given high marks foremost for its business-friendly tax and regulatory environment. But its workforce quality, second only to Utah’s, is also highly regarded.

Florida moved up from number three last year to number two. Last year, Florida Gov. Rick Scott penned a tongue-in-cheek letter to Texas Gov. Rick Perry, warning him that Florida is coming after the Lone Star State’s top ranking. Since Scott took office, his administration has enacted business tax and regulatory reforms that have contributed to the creation of more than 140,000 private sector jobs and an unemployment drop of 2.1 percentage points last year—one of the biggest decreases in the nation.”

Full article…http://chiefexecutive.net/best-worst-states-for-business-2012

Gov Scott Rejects Concealed Weapons Ban in Tampa

“TAMPA — Gov. Rick Scott has rejected Tampa’s request to ban concealed weapons outside the Republican National Convention.

Mayor Bob Buckhorn asked Scott on Tuesday to issue an executive order prohibiting the transportation of firearms in downtown Tampa during the convention, Aug. 27-30.

In a response dated the same day, Scott said Tampa was overreaching. Already, he said, the Secret Service will ban firearms inside the Tampa Bay Times Forum, the site of the convention, as well as in a hardened security perimeter immediately around the convention campus.

“You are now requesting that citizens be disarmed in all of downtown Tampa, including in areas across the river, and distant from the convention center and Secret Service safe zone,” Scott wrote in a two-page letter to the city.

“It is unclear how disarming law-abiding citizens would better protect them from the dangers and threats posed by those who would flout the law,” the governor said. “It is at just such times that the constitutional right to self-defense is most precious and must be protected from government overreach.”

Full article…http://www.tampabay.com/news/localgovernment/article1228001.ece

Private Sector Hiring Slower in April

SHOCKER! April hiring was lower than predicted! Who knew?? I am posting this because it is the perfect example of government predictions and statistics in today’s financial debacle. The government predicts “slow but steady gains” or “robust growth”, numbers come out lower than predicted, FOLLOWED several weeks later with a REVISED number which is even lower! My advice? Don’t read any numbers until at least three to four weeks after the first count! And then read with much skepticism.

“The declines came after a report on private-sector job growth in April showed an
increase of just 119,000 jobs, well below expectations for 175,000 new jobs and
sharply lower than March’s downwardly revised gain of 201,000 jobs. The
private-sector jobs report is seen as a preview to the closely watched
government employment report due on Friday. Separately, factory orders in March
declined 1.5% from February, in line with expectations.”

Full article…http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304743704577379553452632954.html?mod=djemTMB_t

Ironic: Layoffs from Bank of America on May Day

“Bank of America’s plans to trim its workforce are nothing new, but the surprising thing about Tuesday’s news of 2,000 layoffs in addition to the 30,000 the bank already announced is who the new cuts target: The bank’s own top 1 percent of workers. Coming on a day of populist protests that Occupy Wall Street sees as its resurgence, that’s pretty deliciously ironic.”

Full article…http://www.theatlanticwire.com/business/2012/05/bank-america-lay-its-own-1-percent/51759/

Mayday Mayhem in Seattle

Union funded Occupy. A video is worth a thousand words. From Trevor Loudon’s New Zeal..

http://www.trevorloudon.com/2012/05/mayor-issues-emergency-order-after-mayhem-in-seattle/

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