Lieberman Staffer Threatens to have Tea Party Patriot Coordinators Arrested

Below is an article written by Mark Meckler about one of the lowlights at the "Government Waiting Rooms" at the Code Red Rally in D.C. today.

Mark is one of the National Coordinators for the Tea Party Patriots.

From Parcbench --

Today, Tea Party Patriots from across the nation spent most of the day in DC visiting a variety of Senator’s offices to express our opinion that they should not pass the health care reform bill currently before the Senate. Most staffers were polite enough, though usually we were not permitted any time to speak with a Senator or senior staff. However, clearly the Tea Party Patriots were making their presence known in the Senate office buildings as we executed operation Government Waiting Rooms. As we sat waiting to speak to Senators who wouldn’t show their faces, we got the feeling of what it would be like in government controlled health care system; lots of waiting and no results.

The day turned far more interesting when we heard that Senator Joe Lieberman was on the fence. Three of us decided to head up to the seventh floor to see if the Senator would spare a few minutes and speak with us about his position on the pending bill. Accompanied by fellow Tea Party Patriot National Coordinator Sally Oljar, and California Patriot Michael Greer, I entered Lieberman’s office and we asked to speak with him. We were advised that he wasn’t there, but as we had done in all the previous offices we had visited, we indicated that we’d be happy to wait for him.

Unfortunately, Sen. Lieberman’s staff reacted quite differently than all the other staff we had encountered. The gentleman who appeared to be in charge told us that we had to leave the Senator’s office. He kept repeating that the Senator would not be meeting with us, and that he wanted us to leave. As we sat peacefully in the small waiting room, I simply responded to him by telling him that we were happy to wait. When he again insisted we leave, we engaged in a civil discussion where we advised him that as citizens, we felt we had a right to be there, in a building which we pay for. Finally, he threatened to call the Capitol Police and have us arrested for “loitering.;” We advised him to do whatever he needed to do, but that we weren’t leaving.

Eventually, six armed Capitol Police arrived. One officer entered the waiting room and advised us that the staffer was asking us to leave, and that if we didn’t leave, we’d be arrested. I asked the officer if it was a police request that we leave, and told him that we were law abiding citizens and would leave if he asked us to. He seemed hesitant to do so, and ultimately left the room to speak with the staffer without asking us to leave. After several minutes of pow-wow between the officers and the staffer, we decided to leave before the situation escalated further. It was clear, with six officers on hand, they did intend to arrest us.

All across the country, Senators refuse our calls, ignore our emails, throw away our letters and refuse to meet with us.. Today — in the Senate office building — Senate staff literally threatened to arrest three members of the Tea Party Patriots, including two National Coordinators. When one of the most “moderate” Senators threatens to have well groomed, quiet, cooperative tea partiers arrested simply for sitting in the office waiting to meet with a Senator, it is clear that representative democracy is on
its death bed in this country.

Sound too outrageous to believe? Watch the video and see your government at work.

Reason #972, 461 Against Government Health Care

A great example of what happens when the government gets involved with anything - in a rush to get enough vaccines for the swine flu, it sounds as if they bought the cheap stuff from the bottom shelf....

Hundreds of thousands of swine flu shots for children have been recalled because tests indicate the vaccine doses lost some strength, government health officials said Tuesday.

The recall is for about 800,000 pre-filled syringes intended for young children, ages 6 months to nearly 3 years. The shots, made by Sanofi Pasteur, were distributed across the country last month and most have already been used, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Doctors were notified of the voluntary recall on Tuesday. Dr. Anne Schuchat, a CDC flu expert, stressed that parents don't need to do anything or to worry. The vaccine is still safe, she said. (Yahoo News)

Of course the vaccine is still safe - they were given a watered-down dosage!

Tea Party Patriot Action Alert: Passion to Action List

Fellow Patriots,

Many of you are probably wondering, "Are we really making a difference?!?” The answer is a resounding YES!!!!

The Senate still has not voted on Cap and Trade and their goal was for that to be law by now. The Senate and House Leadership expected the health care bill to be out of Congress (both the House and the Senate) before the August recess. As we know, even with the help of a White House pay off, it barely squeaked by in the House and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is scrambling to get the 60 votes he needs.

With your continued help and we can make sure this does not happen. Together, each and everyone of us is making a difference. And this is why the below Action Alert is so important!

One thing we are asking you to do that is different this week is to call not just the Targeted Senators and your own Senators but also the Senate Minority Leadership (see list of phone numbers below).

Erick Erickson from Redstate.com explains why it is important that the Republican minority fight the government takeover of health care in the Senate with everything they have. We implore you to take the time to read this article in Redstate.

To defeat this bill which will take away our liberty, we need Republicans to step up to the plate and exercise their rights in the Senate as much as we need the targeted Senators to vote no on the bill.

From what we are gathering, many of the Senators in the minority need to know that we support them. Today we were notified that the Senate offices have been buried with calls from AARP members urging them to support the Senate health care bill. It is very important that we encourage these Senators to stand up and fight. They seemingly do not have the courage and conviction to do what is right because it is the right thing to do on their own.

They need us to give them that courage! This week we are going to give it to them!

Passion to Action Weekly To Do List

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

8:45 AM For those in DC, meet at Upper Senate Park to break into groups and go into the Senate Office Buildings to talk to our Senators for Government Waiting Rooms.

1:30 PM for those in DC, Senate Emergency Call Rally in Upper Senate Park, hosted by Americans for Prosperity and others.

If you can go to your Senators local district offices, do so.

Where: Senator Voinovich's Office
Date: Tuesday 12/15/09
Time: 3:00pm - 5:30pm
Address: 1240 E. 9th Street Cleveland, OH 44199 (E.9th & Lakeside)

If you cannot personally visit, PLEASE make phone calls and send faxes to DC and the local district offices. Ask your Senators to vote NO on the health care bill. If your Senator is already voting no, ask the Senator to exercise every single parliamentary procedure in the Senate to stop this bill. Tell them you personally and on behalf of other Tea Party Patriots from around the country support their no vote and their actions to stop the bill.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party

Call the Targeted Senators (listed below) and tell them to vote no on health care. Remind them that our country was founded out of frustration over high taxes and inadequate representation. Remind them that between 51 - 56% of Americans do not want this bill and they represent us, We the People.

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Repeat the calls to the Senate Minority Leadership telling them to do what it takes to stop the bill.

Friday, December 18, 2009

Call the Targeted Senators again and tell them to vote no on health care. Remind them that between 51 - 56% of Americans do not want this bill and they represent us, We the People.

Targeted Senators

Sen. Blanche Lincoln, Arkansas
DC Office Phone Number: 202-224-4843, DC Fax Number: 202-228-1371

Sen. Ben Nelson, Nebraska
DC Office Number: 202-224-6551, DC Fax Number: 202-228-0012

Sen. Mary Landrieu, Louisiana
DC Office Phone Number: 202-224-5824, DC Fax Number: 202-224-9735

Sen. Joe Lieberman, Connecticut
DC Office Phone Number: 202-224-4041, DC Fax Number: 202-224-9750

Sen. Michael F Bennet, Colorado
DC Office Phone Number: 202-224-5852, DC Fax Number: 202-228-5036

Sen. Mark Pryor, Arkansas
DC Office Phone Number: 202-224-2353, DC Fax Number: 202-228-0908

Sen. Robert Byrd, West Virginia
DC Office Phone Number: 202-224-3954, DC Fax Number: 202-228-0002

Sen. Jim Webb, Virginia
DC Office Phone Number: 202-224-4024, DC Fax Number: 202-228-6363

Sen. Mark Warner, Virginia
DC Office Phone Number: 202-224-2023, DC Fax Number: 202-224-6295

Sen. Jon Tester, Montana
DC Office Phone Number: 202-224-2644, DC Fax Number: 202-224-8594

Sen. Mark Begich, Alaska
DC Office Phone Number: 202-224-3004, DC Fax Number: 202-224-2354

Sen. Evan Bayh, Indiana
DC Office Phone Number: 202-224-5623, DC Fax Number: 202-228-1377

* Senate Minority Leadership *

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky
DC Office Phone Number: 202-224-2541, DC Fax Number: 202-224-2499

Assistant Senate Minority Leader John Kyl, Arizona
DC Office Phone Number: 202-224-4521, DC Fax Number: 202-224-2207

Senate Republican Conference Chair Sen. Lamar Alexander, Tennessee
DC Office Phone Number: 202-224-4944, DC Fax Number: 202-228-3398

Senate Republican Party Conference Secretary Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Alaska
DC Office Phone Number: 202-224-6665 DC Fax Number: 202-224-5301

Senate Republican Policy Committee Chair Sen. John Thune, South Dakota
DC Office Phone Number: 202-224-2321 DC Fax Number: 202-228-5429

You are the heart and soul of the Tea Party Patriots. Thank you for promoting the causes of fiscal responsibility, constitutionally limited government, and free markets with us!

Questions that Should be Addressed by Environmentalists

Kevin Price
From Facerbook


The world is about to meet in Copenhagen about the future of Global Warming. In spite of chilling news of the revelation of thousands of emails that indicate that the alarmists have distorted information about climate change, world leaders seem to be on pace to move on with an aggressive agenda designed to massively expand government control in virtually every industry. The environmental agenda includes heavily taxation and increased regulation of many industries.

With this agenda, it is time to ask some serious questions.

What kind of impact have these policies had on other countries?

Although most European countries have been passionate in its environmental activism, one of the most aggressive has been the country of Spain and the results have been disturbing for any country considering a similar approach.

A study (by Gabriel Calzada Álvarez PhD) about Spain's efforts provides an insightful view of the negative impact the pursuit of green jobs have had on the economies of Europe. The chasing of "green jobs" is nothing new, according to Calzada. He points out that European countries have lived under regulations and subsides for the development of such industries since 1997, and the economic impact has been both impressive and very negative.

According to Calzada, Obama's "model country" of Spain has lost 2.2 jobs for every job created. That translates to 9 jobs lost for every four new jobs provided. Calzada goes on to extrapolate the numbers and points out that, if the US was "fortunate" enough to create 3 to 5 million green jobs, it would do so at the lost of at least 6.6 to 11 million jobs that already existed. For most Americans, this is simply too big of a price to pay.

What is also disturbing is how much these green jobs cost. According to the study, each job cost an incredible $800,000 each. This for jobs that often only pay approximately $15 an hour. In a situation where the US unemployment rate is growing at a rapid pace, this type of cost for employment and the trade off of pre-existing jobs is a difficult sale.

The technology/prosperity question.

The countries with the worse environments, generally speaking are poor and have primitive technology. The countries who have made the biggest strides in the environment are economically rich. When countries are poor they simply have fewer resources to improve the environment or to make better technology.

I remember an encounter I had while conducting seminars on Free Market economics. When I traveled to Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, I was in shock at the pollution levels. Poland was particularly bad. I remember escaping to a local park because of the trees there made it easier to breathe. Much of the time my eyes simply watered and I coughed. It was miserable. I had a meeting with an economist in the Polish government and he noticed my distress and he quickly concluded it was due to pollution levels. He said that Poland did not lack regulations and in fact "we have the toughest environmental laws of any country in the world." Sure enough, I did my homework, and that was true at the time. This gentleman became quite philosophical about the problem, stating "the problem was recognized long ago by Aristotle who said 'What is common to the greatest number gets the least amount of care. Men pay most attention to what is their own; they care less for what is common; or at any rate they care for it only to the extent to which each is individually concerned. Even when there is no other cause for inattention, men are more prone to neglect their duty when they think that another is attending to it.'" The economist went on to say that he hoped that the efforts the country was taking towards free markets would lead to more ownership and better care of the environment.

Later, in another meeting he said, "the answer to these environmental problems are found in technology, not regulation." I liked the sound of that, so I asked him to go on, he said"as we recover economically and have more ownership, we will enjoy greater capital formation, which will lead to better and more efficient technology. That, more than anything else will reduce pollution." I casually responded, "I have never seen a poor country that was not polluted" he shrugged his shoulders, lifted his hands in the air and said "neither have I."

The rhetoric coming from Copenhagen seems to be ignoring the scandalous emails that have rocked the environmental movement, the negative impact this agenda has had on jobs, and the linage between prosperity and technology. Watch carefully what comes out of this event.

Politics 101 Workshop

Patriots,

The Cleveland 9/12 Project and the Cleveland Tea Party Patriots are teaming up and hosting Politics 101 Workshops.

• What: Politics 101 Workshop #2
• When: January 10, 2010 3:00 PM
• Where: Pinnacle Condos
• Address: 701 West Lakeside Ave. 3rd floor lobby Cleveland, OH 44113

This is the second of several must attend workshops to provide some ABC's on how politics in Cleveland and environs, Cuyahoga County, and Ohio are organized. The Cleveland 9.12 and The Cleveland Tea Party Patriots are scheduling these to give all of us as voters insights into the process of identifying and selecting candidates, or working on issues. These workshops will also detail the structure of the political partys and exposing how their operations are conducted.

It will also provide those brave members who are considering running for office -- from local City Council to US representative - valuable information on how to proceed.

We will have three experienced resources as our “seminar leaders” political strategists Joe Scarola and Ken Rubinstein, and Cleveland Tea Party Patriots Ralph King.

The first session was a real education for all of us. If you missed it, the first 15 minutes of Workshop #2 will recap. Workshops like these are being held all over Ohio to give us the tools and information we need to make a difference.

Learn more here: http://www.meetup.com/Cleveland-912-Project/calendar/12061962/

If you are interested in attending please RSVP at the Cleveland 9.12 Project or email: clevelandteaparty@gmail.com with Politics 101 RSVP in the reference line. Due to size constraints seating is limited to the first 50 people.

Candlelight Health Care Vigil

From Medina Tea Party Patriots --

The light of freedom shall not be extinguished!

Join the Medina Tea Party Patriots candlelight vigil of “prayer and patriotism.”

• Date: Monday, December 14th
• Time: 7 p.m. to 8 p.m
• Location: Medina City Square
• What to bring: Please bring your flags, signs, candles and flashlights

We will gather by the Gazebo for a short time of prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. We will then walk around the Square.

Purpose: Our goal is to voice our concerns as a community about government-run healthcare and to help others see the dangers of the current Senate healthcare bill. We also will commemorate the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, which took place December 16th.

We hope to see you all there!

Last Call for D.C. Code Red

This is the last call for those wanting a seat on the bus departing Cleveland for the D.C. Code Red Rally on Dec. 15th.

Bus will depart Cleveland for D.C. at 2:00am December 15 and depart D.C. for Cleveland at 5:00pm. If you want to go email: clevelandteaparty@gmail.com with RE: DC Bus Trip Reservation, before 8:00am Monday December 14th. The cost is $50.00

The events are being hosted by several groups, including: Tea Party Patriots, Freedom Works, Patients First - a project of Americans for Prosperity, Let Freedom Ring, National Taxpayers Union and others.

We will be having Government Waiting Rooms in targeted Senate offices and be making Emergency Calls to the all the Senate offices through the day. We will be making Emergency Calls to Ohio Senators Brown and Voinovich. Bring handwritten letters from your family, friends and co-workers and you can deliver them personally.

The objective of the Government Waiting Rooms event is to show the impact of rationing and long waiting lists that will occur if our government takes over our health care. The event will start as a sit-in; however, throughout the day, we will have people dying from causes like not getting preventive treatment (i.e. mammograms until 50) or waiting for cancer treatment.

There will be a rally at 1:00pm and the list of speakers so far includes;

• Senator Tom Colburn, M.D.
• Senator Jim DeMint
• Laura Ingraham
• Rick Scott, Chairman, Conservatives for Patients Right.

We know this is a busy time of year for everyone and an event like this is asking a lot. But at a time like this it is important not to think about how we are inconvenienced but to remember the sacrifices the Founders Fathers of this great country made for our Freedom.