In spite of some disagreements, the overt efforts of a number of neo-cons to hijack the TEA Party movement in behalf of the Republicrats is pretty convincing proof that the movement is headed in the proper direction.

Is very, very encouraging.

Is dissension a bad thing? There is dissension in the Tea Party movement. There was dissension among the Founding Fathers. There was NO dissension (that lived) in Nazi Germany. There was NO dissension (that survived very long) in Fascist Italy. You had to look hard for dissension in the Communist Soviet Union. Dissension is not well received in Communist China. The Democrats like to provide a "united" front. So do the Republicans, although they seem to have a few people leaning away from the mainstream party direction (and they aren't the neo-cons).

Great article; great posts.

But would someone please tell me what is so special about Sarah Palin? Other than being pro-life and knowing how to shoot, what is so magical about this woman?

I just don't get it.

She is (slightly) better looking than Newt! She is also a shallow mainstream media creation.

The neo-con Republicrats can have her. I will personally be looking for someone with a little more depth of understanding and support for the United States Constitution.

I consider myself to be ‘part’ of all local Freedom and Liberty loving Patriot Groups in Montana – because I view all as connected in principle and purpose. We must meet locally for our convenience, but we must communicate state wide for strength.
Lark Chadwick

At $549, at least we know that freedom sure ain't free.

Here's what the British should have done before the Revolution:
(1) Allow the rebels to have the Boston Tea PArty;
(2) Charge each rebel $549 for entry into the Harbor;
(3) Make a ridiculous profit;
(4) Do nothing else.

Marsha Blackburn Voted FOR:
Omnibus Appropriations, Special Education, Global AIDS Initiative, Job Training, Unemployment Benefits, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations, Agriculture Appropriations, U.S.-Singapore Trade, U.S.-Chile Trade, Supplemental Spending for Iraq & Afghanistan, Prescription Drug Benefit, Child Nutrition Programs, Surface Transportation, Job Training and Worker Services, Agriculture Appropriations, Foreign Aid, Vocational/Technical Training, Supplemental Appropriations, UN “Reforms.” Patriot Act Reauthorization, CAFTA, Katrina Hurricane-relief Appropriations, Head Start Funding, Line-item Rescission, Oman Trade Agreement, Military Tribunals, Electronic Surveillance, Head Start Funding, COPS Funding, Funding the REAL ID Act (National ID), Foreign Intelligence Surveillance, Thought Crimes “Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act, Peru Free Trade Agreement, Economic Stimulus, Farm Bill (Veto Override), Warrantless Searches, Employee Verification Program, Body Imaging Screening.

Marsha Blackburn Voted AGAINST:
Ban on UN Contributions, eliminate Millennium Challenge Account, WTO Withdrawal, UN Dues Decrease, Defunding the NAIS, Iran Military Operations defunding Iraq Troop Withdrawal, congress authorization of Iran Military Operations.


Marsha Blackburn is my Congressman.
See her unconstitutional votes at :
http://tinyurl.com/qhayna
Mickey

That liberty is free? Its cost is most frequently blood and/or lives. It's seldom "free".

Tea Party - A bunch of people off on tangents?
IF the tea parties band together, then they become another party just like any other and will eventually become corrupt. Make no mistake, if they become viable, they will be taken over by the ‘insiders’. And/or they will eventually become either a Monolithic or Parliamentary organization. If they become Monolithic, then who ever becomes the boss (or bosses) may alienate the rest of the ‘party’. If they become Parliamentary, then they will become a democracy and may alienate 49% of the ‘party’. Also, IF they retain their autonomy, then their power is disbursed and the 'powers' that be will not worry about them (and will want them to continue to exist because separately they are ineffective).

Just a note, I am in Tennessee and there are two different tea party groups in the Memphis area. One is the Mid-South Tea party and they are OK, they support the constitution and are focused on education and do not want to associate with this Nashville thing. The other group, the Memphis Tea Party are the exact opposite, they are participating and they support the Federalism Bill (constitution convention).

Someone sure made a heck of a profit in Nashville this weekend.

Ron is as close as we get to constitutional government. In his recent Youtube: State of the Union address and his recent video on the CIA, he has shown that he will take on the NeoCon part of the Republican Party. Sarah Palin does not want to challenge the Bush NeoCons.

Sarah is a part of the neocon establishment of the repubirats who have sold us out and she has been groomed to undercut legitimate constitutionalism and the real conservative movement--why else does she hold a star position at Rupert Murdock's (CFR) neocon Fox News--They are deceivers and why do we fall in lock step supporting these traitors.

Sarah also continues to repeat the neocon mantra by referring on more than one occasion to those conspiracy theorists who blame our government---she sights Brown as a good example when he is pro abortion and is for national healthcare--she has not gone rogue-she is one of'em--she is for empire building under the guise of fighting terror and stated that terrorist are not worthy of rights--the government gets to decide who the terrorist are--her common sense solutions are more of the same old----

That inspire hope. I once replied in a post to Mr. Lee Gonzales that I disagreed with something he's posted and thought this nation was finished. I'm pretty sure now, and happy to say, that I was wrong. Apparently there are lots of people out there who know what's going on and are fed up with out-of-control government. To borrow a line from Yogi Berra, "It ain't over 'til it's over". My sincere apology to Mr. Gonzales.

Read Chuck Baldwin's "A Warning to the Tea Party Nation".

Find it at:
http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin569.htm

I'm hoping this all is just "Growing Pains."