Posts Tagged “Tea Party”

After the primary next Tuesday will the Tea Party groups deflate?

Given all of their pre-primary noise, what happens if they fail to propel any of their candidates into office? Will they go the way of the “Lost Tribes of Ross Perot?”

Fire away with comments.

I’ve watched and participated in some debates online with two Tea Party movements here in Indiana. iCaucus, and the Indy Defender’s of Liberty. They’re a disjointed bunch that collectively only boast about 1300 members. They piss and moan about some fairly inane topics, have no focus, suffer from a variety of in-fighting, and at times, seem like a bunch of schoolyard bullies.

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What do you get when you take someone that enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1999, served in Fallujah as a sergeant in 2004, calls himself a libertarian and a constitutional conservative, and has the backing of Ron Paul, the Republican Liberty Caucus and the 912 Project?

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I suggested to a friend that to get an inside view of how some of the Tea Party types think, he should go to this group http://www.meetup.com/Indiana-DOL/ and subscribe to some of their emails.

His response:

TeaParty…no thanks
Retreaded UFO & Dungeons Dragon types

Art Bell retired somewhere (probably an abandoned Minuteman Silo) years ago…

After being on their email list for a week and seeing some of the buffoonery exchanged among them, I must say, he’s not entirely wrong with his assessment.

Dear Hoosiers,

The Cincinnati Tea Party has extended invitations to Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana citizens to attend what promises to be the largest Midwest tea party to date: the Voice of America Freedom Rally, September 5, from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., at the Voice of America Park Museum in West Chester. The theme of the event will focus on average citizens becoming engaged in the political process and holding their representatives accountable.

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Guest post by Ric Runestad

“I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.” — Thomas Jefferson

This Saturday at 11 a.m., a crowd will gather on the Allen County Courthouse lawn to protest the massive expansion of the federal government.

The motivations for the “Enough Already” tea party are numerous, but all center on the belief that the current enlargement of government will serve to deprive the citizenry of their liberties over time.

The flashpoint for most of those attending is the government’s bailouts of financial firms that, in partnership with the government, are responsible for the current crisis.

With the size of the bailouts taken into consideration, the total federal, state and local government spending as a percentage of gross domestic production will top 40 percent.

This level of spending, in conjunction with the nationalizing of major banks and industries, has convinced many that we are no longer on the road to socialism, but have already arrived.

Most distressing of all is the way this spending is being financed.

Many Americans believe that when the federal government approves trillions of dollars in new spending, the money simply falls from the sky. The truth is, the government has only three ways of getting the money it spends. It can raise the money in taxes, borrow the money or some simply print the money it is spending.

The government’s plan calls for few new taxes up front. Most of this spending binge will be done with money that is borrowed or printed.

When a government has its central bank print extra money, a practice euphemistically called “monetizing debt,” it serves to debase the value of the currency and, in the case of the United States, jeopardize the dollar’s standing as the world’s reserve currency.

Hence, most of the government’s plan revolves around sinking our nation under ponderous debt.

The advantage of using debt is that it is painless at the time. Just as an irresponsible college student feels no discomfort as he runs up his father’s credit cards, so, too, the citizens feel no direct effect of running up the national debt to fund a short-term stimulus plan. The pain comes when the bill comes due.

In the case of the college student, the bill will often come due that semester, and the person they have hurt is their parent. However, they have plenty of time to pay the debt themselves.

When a nation of irresponsible adults racks up massive debts, the bill will be presented to its children and grandchildren, and the adults themselves will have no opportunity to right the situation.

Former U.S. comptroller general David Walker has laid out the very inconvenient truth of our nation’s indebtedness. In brief, it is fair to say that there exists no conceivable way the U.S. will be able to meet all its future entitlement commitments without towering future taxes, major cutbacks in guarantees, wholesale debasement of the dollar or some combination of these “solutions.” He started touring the nation to deliver his message even before the stimulus packages were added to the national debt.

We as a nation cannot afford this latest round of reckless spending, and the only lasting fruit it will bear will be the indentureship of our posterity that goes with indebtedness.

If you, too, regard yourself as a patriot who loves this country and wishes to see its greatness preserved for future generations, we urge you to join us Saturday to start having our voices be heard.

Ric Runestad is owner of Runestad Financial Services Ltd.

Fort Wayne’s official Tea Party will be held tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. at the courthouse square, with Alan Keyes as keynote speaker. Keyes will also appear in South Bend to protest Obama’s upcoming address at the University of Notre Dame.

Event organizers are hoping for upwards of 4,000 to attend.

I would suggest arriving early if you want to find a parking spot close by. The weather is going to be wonderful, with a high of 73, (64 degrees by 11 a.m.)

Contrary to what some of the wingnuts are saying, ACORN has not shown up at any Tea Parties and are not expected to be there.

Always love the Nuge.