Greetings,
Are you ready to Hob Nob?! Don't forget, this Saturday is the Waco Tea Party "Hob Nob" event at the Palladium in Waco. Visit the website for more details.
The Waco Tea Party Team! |
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Waco Tea Party "Hob Nob" Feb. 20th! |
Due to last week's global warming storm of ice and snow, we had to reschedule the volunteer meeting for tomorrow night.
"Hob Nob" Volunteer Meeting
Tuesday, Feb. 16th
4-6 PM
Hoover Library on Wooded Acres
"Hob Nob" Set Up and Decoration Meeting
Friday, Feb. 19th
4-6 PM (or when we are done)
Palladium on Austin Ave.
(across from the Hippodrome on Austin Ave.)
If you are going to volunteer for the "Hob Nob" and can not make it on Tuesday or Friday, please fill out this form or send us an email and let us know what time you can volunteer.
Volunteer Here
The event flier for the "Hob Nob" can be found on our website, please feel free to download it and pass the fliers around to friends and family or email it to your contacts.
If you are running for office and would like to attend as a candidate (any party or as an independent), please contact us as soon as possible at wacoteaparty@wacoteaparty.com.
Thus far, only Republican candidates have accepted our invitation to attend, which we fine sad.
If you have a group and would like a table, please send us an email and request one! Space is limited, so send an email to us today!
Waco Tea Party "Hob Nob"
Saturday, Feb. 20th
The Palladium on Austin Ave.
(Across from the Hippodrome)
10:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Followed by a showing of the
"Tea Party Documentary" movie.
The "Hob Nob" event is free and open to the public, there is no cost to attend or to have a table at the event. Donations are appreciated to help us pay for the venue and other costs. |
| Congress is Back... Take Action! |
We all know that health care in America is the best in the world, it also already has way too much government control! The Government all too often is the problem and not the solution, however we do need some reform to get government OUT of the way. We need REAL reform, not a take over of the industry like the auto and banking industry (look how well THAT has worked!)
The American Grassroots Coalition has put together a non-partisan petition for the grassroots to tell the Democrats in Congress to start over on health care and the Republicans to stand firm in their efforts to start with a clean slate.
If you would like to sign the petition click here or copy this URL into your browser http://www.americangrassrootscoalition.org/petition |
Stop the EPA! |
Americans for Prosperity is asking all Americans to contact their Congressmen to stop the EPA's Global Warming Power Grab!
From the AFP Website:
The Obama administration intends to bypass Congress and implement outrageous global warming regulation of the entire U.S. economy through the EPA. Many of you have helped us put tens of thousands of comments into the EPA, but it they aren't listening. We need Congress to step in and stop the EPA power-grab, by sending a clear message to our elected officials: if you don't stop the EPA, we will hold you responsible for what they do.
If you would like to tell YOUR elected officials that you do not want this administration to bypass Congress, please visit AFP and fill out the form.
http://capwiz.com/americansforprosperity/issues/alert/?alertid=14670271 |
The Tea Party is NOT over! |
The Waco Tea Party received an email about groups who are attempting to "target" the Tea Party Movement. We wanted to pass this on to you so that you can share it with others.
Some groups of progressive, liberal democrats (not the good conservative ones) are trying to stop us at the grassroots level. Why? Because we ARE effective!
Targeting the Tea Parties Liberals created another "astroturf" group to kill the Tea Party Movement. A new website appeared recently called " The Tea Party Is Over." Their mission is: "To prevent the Tea Party's dangerous ideas from gaining legislative traction." The website is paid for by the "American Public Policy Committee," which is nothing more than a domain name registered to Craig Varoga. Varoga, along with his partner, George Rakis, in a consulting firm called Independent Strategies, are listed on IRS documents as the people responsible for several other astroturf organizations, which include: Each of these so-called organizations list their address at 300 M Street SE, Suite 1102, Washington DC. Neither Varoga nor Rakis occupy this office. It is, however, occupied by Joseph Sandler who is an attorney for the Democratic National Committee. These two people launder millions and millions of dollars from labor unions through these astroturf organizations, and now they have put the Tea Party Movement in their crosshairs. It is essential to expose this attack on the Tea Party Movement. Please copy and paste this into a new email and send it to those on your contact lists! We must alert our friends and family to the tactics the far left is stopping to, just to stop Americans from speaking up against taxes and spending! |
| Early Voting Starts Tuesday! |
Early voting begins tomorrow, February 16th for the Republican and Democrat primaries. If you are registered to vote and wish to vote in a party primary you can find your polling locations by clicking herehttp://www.co.mclennan.tx.us/elections/polling_locations.aspx or here for early voting informationhttp://www.co.mclennan.tx.us/elections/030210evinfo.pdf.
You can even vote on Saturday or Sunday!
If you would like to see who is on the ballot in your precinct, click herehttp://www.co.mclennan.tx.us/elections/ballots0310/sampleballots.aspx
Section 52.008 of the Texas Election Code requires that sample ballots be printed on yellow paper. If you print copies of the sample ballot images for other than personal use, please use yellow paper.
**The Waco Tea Party does not support or endorse any political party or candidate. We DO encourage voters to VOTE at every given opportunity, whether you are a Republican, Democrat, Independent, Libertarian or other political affiliation.
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Opinions Needed! |
Two new groups have popped up on our radar and we would like YOUR opinions on whether to add them to our list of groups we like and support. Please let us know your opinions!
The first new group is the National Precinct Alliance:
http://www.nationalprecinctalliance.org/main/getting_started
From their website:
In response to the current threats being inflicted on our Constitution, the National Precinct Alliance was formed to assist all Constitutional-conservative patriots in the American political process. This process has existed since the founding of our nation, yet most Americans are unaware of its existence or power. We see this as a very effective formula for reversing the Socialistic agenda now threatening our nation. It is our goal to get as many patriots into their precincts as possible, as quickly as possible. The precinct formula is a simple one, requiring minimal time and effort from each individual. The process of providing each individual with the information they need to participate, is underway at the National Precinct Alliance. As you may imagine, the challenge of covering 50 states, over 3000 counties, and tens of thousands of precincts is sizable. But the will to counter the threat in Washington is growing daily, as is the discovery and interest in this process. We at NPA believe strongly that this is the most effective solution. This is a volunteer effort, and there is no monetary obligation. Whether you are interested in running for your precinct chair, or simply hope to assist in the coordination of this effort, we need and greatly appreciate your help ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Second group is the Defund and Disobey website.
http://www.defundanddisobey.com/
The idea to ask candidates and voters to pledge their support is an interesting concept. From the website:
Whether you are a sitting politician, a candidate running for office, or an American citizen...it's time to sign. Show America that you're ready to Defund everything that has no Constitutional mandate.
POLITICIAN'S DEFUND PLEDGE The Defund Pledge is very simple and very straightforward. Candidates running for office must sign the pledge to earn our votes. Sitting politicians must sign the pledge or be removed from office.
If any sitting politician says he or she is not willing to be bound by the constraints of the Constitution, then we can begin impeachment proceedings.
Demand that your politicians sign the Defund Pledge!
"I solemnly pledge to my constituents that I will consistently vote to defund, or vote against appropriating any money for, any federal department, program, or activity not specifically authorized by an enumerated power of the United States Constitution."
"For any federal department, program, or activity that I do vote to fund, I will provide the specific enumerated power constitutionally permitting it."
CITIZEN'S DEFUND PLEDGE
Whereas, the Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land and as such, all three branches of the Federal Government are subject to its authority; and
Whereas, the Federal Government is acknowledged by all to be one of enumerated powers, and those powers are granted to it by the Constitution, limited by the Bill of Rights, and the other protections found in the Constitutional text; and
Whereas, the proposed Enumerated Powers Act requires each Act of Congress to contain a concise and definite statement of the Constitutional authority relied upon for the enactment of each portion of that Act, and declares that failure to comply with this requirement shall give rise to a point of order in either chamber of Congress.
Therefore, I, the undersigned American citizen, pledge to vote against any candidate for the House or the Senate who refuses to sign the Defund Pledge or who fails to support the Enumerated Powers Act.
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We would like each of you to provide feedback on these two sites! The Waco Tea Party is a bottom up, grassroots group, so your input is valuable to us. You can either submit your opinion via email towacoteaparty@wacoteaparty.com or at our March Volunteer meeting (we will add this to the topics of discussion).
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Thank you for supporting the Waco Tea Party!
Sincerely,
The Waco Tea Party TeamToby Marie, Michael, Carol, Becky & Greg
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