A Bailout for Greece?

Central Valley Tea Party Patriots (CA) Question Congressman Costa about his Lies

The below video is from our buddy Ben Bergquam of the Central Valley Tea Party Patriots (CA).

In the video Ben & his fellow Patriots question Congressman Jim Costa (D-Fresno) and his lying about votes in which he supported cutting of water to the Central Valley farmers.

Politics 101 Class (Replay)

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 (Replay)
When: February 14, 2010 3:00 PM
Where: Pinnacle Condos
Address: 701 West Lakeside Ave. 3rd floor lobby Cleveland, OH 44113

We are repeating this workshop #2 for members who have expressed interest in the meeting they missed, or for those who want to repeat the experience -- it's a lot of information. 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 the party County Central/Executive Committee and State Central Committee operations are conducted.

It is in these committees where all the back room political deals get made. It is at these levels and on these committees that your involvement is needed most. If you are tired of voting from the lesser of two evils -- you will not want to miss this class.

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.

Workshops like these are being held all over Ohio to give us the tools and information we need to make a difference. Bring with you your ward and precinct details. Look on your Cuyahoga County Board of Elections voter location card, which shows your ward and precinct.

If you can’t find your voter location card, go to the Board of Elections website at http://boe.cuyahogaco... to find out. If all else fails, call the Board of Elections at 216.443.3200. The deadline for applying for committee slots in Feb. 18, 2010.

If you are interested in attending please RSVP at the Cleveland 9.12 Project (click here) 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.

Power of Coalitions event

There is a Power of Coalitions event being hosted by Cuyahoga County for Liberty occurring this Saturday, Feb 6th at the Beachland Ballroom is shaping up to be a great afternoon! There will be several individuals and groups giving presentations on a wide range of pro-Liberty, pro-Constitution topics. The doors open to the public at 11:30am and the presentations run until 3:30pm. The representative groups will have tables setup so you can gather information and learn more about them. Food and beverages (alcoholic and non-alcoholic) will be available for purchase.

By capitalizing on the strengths and similarities of all the groups in Cuyahoga County and by creating a friendly exchange between groups, we will strengthen our mutual interests and pave the way to government from the bottom up as the Constitution intended.

When: Saturday, February 6, 2010
Time: 11:30 AM-4:00 PM.
Where: The Beachland Ballroom
Address: 15711 Waterloo Rd. Cleveland, Ohio 44110

THIS IS A FREE EVENT, THE PUBLIC IS NOT ONLY WELCOME BUT ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND. (http://www.beachlandballroom.com/menu.html)

Keynote Speakers

• Jason Gloyd Chairman – C.O.A.S.T., Cincinnati, OH Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending & Taxes

• William Peirce, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus CWRU & former Chair of the Economics Department Former Libertarian Party Gubernatorial Candidate.

• Walker Todd, J.D., Ph.D. Research Fellow, American Institute for Economic Research Former Adjunct Professor, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Former Officer Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland & New York

Local Groups Presenting;

• Cuyahoga County for Liberty
• Libertarian Party of Cuyahoga County
• Westlake-912
• Cleveland Tea Party Patriots
• Young Americans for Liberty – CWRU
• Oath Keepers
• We the People
• Ohio Freedom Alliance
• John Birch Society
• Fully Informed Jury Association
• American Open Currency Standard

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH); Words of Economic Wisdom

Pelosi still pushing for Health Care Bill

San Fran Nan, the PVC-faced Princess of the Progressives and Squawker of the House, is still determined to push a broken Health Care Reform plan on the citizens of this country.

Politico is reporting that Pelosi is expected to schedule a vote next week on a scaled down version of a health care baill that will rescind a half-century-old exemption from antitrust laws for the health insurance companies....

The vote is part of her new two-track strategy to tackle things that won’t be included in a more sweeping bill — if Congress ever passes one — while giving her members something politically popular to vote on. The move also puts pressure on Republicans, the industry and wavering Democrats, who wish their leaders would abandon the push altogether.

The bill comes as party brass struggles to find a path forward in the broader health care reform effort and amounts to a concession to her caucus as more sweeping legislation twists in the wind. The House bill would resemble a section of the House health care bill that ends an exemption for health and medical malpractice insurers and grants the federal government more authority to regulate antitrust laws.

The Senate didn’t include an antitrust provision in its health care legislation because Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) couldn’t muster the 60 votes needed to include it.

Also, Nebraska Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson — himself a former state insurance commissioner — opposed the House measure, so the bill would face long odds in the Senate. More...

Tea Party Protests at the Ohio Republican Party HQ

Again failing to hear our phone calls, faxes, emails & protests, the lemon heads runnings the Ohio Republican Party move on in a closed door & teleconferenced endorsement meeting for Dave Yost as Auditor.

Here is the You Tube Video of the Tea Party protest at the ORP HQ we found at Bizzy Blog....

Here is part of a post Tom at Bizzy Blog did for Pajamas Media....

Just two weeks ago, the situation was at least tolerable. Though what I have been calling ORPINO (the Ohio Republican Party in Name Only) was backing a residency-challenged candidate for secretary of state (more on that in a bit), it at least had the sense not to get in the way of proven fiscal conservative John Kasich’s outsider-framed effort. On January 14, Kasich selected current state auditor and rising star Mary Taylor as his running mate. This move justifiably led ORPINO chair Kevin DeWine to declare Kasich-Taylor “as strong a gubernatorial ticket as you will see on any ballot in any state.”

Then Kevin DeWine proceeded to complete his ruination of most of the rest of the ticket in the name of money and nepotism.

Until he decided he wanted to be Ohio’s next attorney general, Kevin’s relative, former U.S. Senator Mike DeWine, was last seen being repudiated twice by Buckeye State voters in a 17-month span in 2005-2006. First, despite spending $1 million, his son Pat finished a distant fourth in a June 2005 GOP primary race to fill an open congressional seat.

That thrashing was accurately seen as a proxy repudiation of Mike over his participation in the Gang of 14 and other conservative-betraying votes. After yet another vote in November 2005 to stop drilling for oil in Alaska and a 2006 GOP primary where two completely underfunded challengers blockaded by ORPINO nonetheless took 28% of the vote, Mike DeWine lost his U.S. Senate reelection race against far-left Cleveland-area Congressman Sherrod Brown by a stunning 12 points.

Second-cousin Kevin and the ORPINO gang decided that this awful track record justified clearing the AG field for Mike, even though DeWine’s primary opponent Dave Yost had already racked up a 5-0 record in December and January GOP county endorsement meetings and had earned an intense level of tea party and other grassroots enthusiasm. More....

The only way we can stop this nonsense is by getting involved!