Hello Patriots!
The last few days have been very busy, just as you would expect them to be!
First, we want to thank Tom and JB for putting together a very enjoyable evening at B&D Burger last Thursday. We also want to thank each and every person who attended the meeting and each of you who generously gave your financial support (even if you couldn’t make it that evening) which will allow me to attend the convention. The words “thank you” hardly seems adequate to express the sincere gratitude and appreciation we feel. I am confident this convention will yield tools, resources and information that will allow all of us to have an even greater impact. We had many new people at the meeting and we hope they felt at home and we look forward to seeing them again and working together to save this great country from tyranny.
As we reported at the meeting, you all generously donated enough money to cover my costs for attending the convention, and there will likely be a few dollars left over. What we’d like to do, is set it aside to help pay for expenses associated with a coming event – we have a few planned, as you’ll see below.
As you all know, we were greeted with something other than southern hospitality when some of us attempted to visit Attorney General Thurbert Baker’s office. We distributed the report to as many people as we could. I think some people thought we made it all up because it was so egregious. Bill Edwards had me on the radio and I repeated the story. Bob and Dave called in to lend support, which was very much appreciated. Rose told the group that the interview was also aired on Rush Limbaugh’s radio show and The Savage Nation!
We may be a relatively small band of people, but we are having a significant impact. As much as the media is trying to say the GOP is keeping the liberal agenda from advancing, it is YOU who is holding their feet to the fire. Both sides of the aisle feel the heat and we have to keep the pressure on. Scott Brown’s win in MA, as well as a win for traditional American values in Virginia and New Jersey are a testimony to just that. And don’t forget, health care was supposed to be signed sealed and delivered last August! All your calls, visits, letter, emails and faxes have paid off. Unfortunately, it appears that Congress and the White House doesn’t want to listen to us. That means we can’t let up – and it means we might need to get a little more radical to make sure of message is heard. We need to make sure Washington understands that it’s the people’s agenda that should be followed and not that of either political party.
We talked briefly about the State of the Union address the other night – we’re pretty sure Obama thinks we’re stupid because we don’t agree with his agenda, which he vowed not to change.
We cannot rest as they are still vowing to push health care through. Obama thinks we spent too much time debating the bill and that’s why it didn’t pass. What he still fails to grasp is that we have read the bill – actually bills – and we KNOW we don’t want it!
We don’t want government doing anything outside of what is enumerated in the Constitution. Why is that such a difficult concept for him to grasp? Therefore, our work is not done – it will likely never be done! I could launch into a five page dissertation right now, but let’s stick to business.
The Tybee Island Republicans Club had a meeting last week and enjoyed meeting many wonderful people. We talked a bit with Jack Kingston and hope to meet with him to discuss what we’d like to see from DC. I’m pretty sure he’s got a good understanding of what we want from all the phone calls we’ve made, and the emails, letters, faxes we sent to him, not to mention all the town hall meetings. We’re hoping TIRC will have us back.
I am honored to have been asked to speak at a MOWW (Military Order of the World Wars) meeting on March 12th and at a Constitutionalist Party meeting following the convention. I am looking forward to both as these are great opportunities to educate people about our mission and for them to learn we are not right wing extremists, as we have been portrayed by the media. We are also scheduling an interview with a web video person (I’ll give you details when it’s done) that will likely also be done after the convention.
Glenn Beck: One of his producers interviewed me over the phone about our experience in Atlanta. Apparently it’s of no interest to them, as I have heard back from them! Oh well, if something changes I’ll let you know.
February 27th is the first anniversary of the new Tea Parties. There will be an event in Atlanta and if 50 people from our group would like to go, we’ll saddle up and ride! We’d also like to have a concerted effort to educate the public about our mission. To that end we’ll be putting together a flier that we will hand out to people all over the Savannah area. The flyer will detail our mission (traditional American values and governance within the confines of the Constitution – your feedback if always welcomed) and four-five bullet points on key issues (health care, cap and trade, jobs, budget/spending/deficit – again, your feedback is welcomed). The flier will also contain dates and locations of future events and contact information. WE NEED LOTS OF VOLUNTEERS FOR THIS, because we want to be EVERYWHERE. We might even throw a thank you BBQ at the end of the day!
March 17th – is St. Patrick’s Day! We have applied to march in the parade this year! This may sound a little odd, but it should be LOTS of fun. People who want to march will be dressed in 18th Century clothing! We will have some period re-enactors among our group who will do a musket drill, while the other enjoy a spot of tea at the various stops. We may even have some instrument players in our group so we may dance if we so desire! We are not allowed to hand things out along the parade route, however, we can hand things out before the parade begins. We were thinking the women could pour green tea from their tea pots and the men could hand out scrolls with our info on them. Please let us know if you’d like to march and/or pour and scroll!
April 15th – I know the Savannah Tea Party group is going to be holding a Tax Day Tea Party at Rousakis Plaza at noon. So mark that on your calendars. We also have a bunch of patriots who just can’t seem to get enough of Washington, DC, so we’re packing our bags again and heading north! Bus is $105 per person, leaving 4/14 at 7:00am from Home Depot in Pooler, returning about 8:00pm on April 16. Because “they’ll be in session” hotel rooms in DC are VERY expensive. We’re working on hotels both in and out of DC and will let you know what we’re able to get by next week. We’ll be sending out a flier when we have the hotel information.
July 4th – this is the one year anniversary for 13th Colony Patriots and obviously a day of celebration for our country. Let’s get together and have some fun! We’re thinking about some good ol’ American favorite like baseball, hot dogs and apple pie – then again a horseshoes, a low country boil and watermelon sounds good too! You guessed it, we’re looking for people to help coordinate and promote the event.
We know many of you were looking forward to the Glenn Beck rally in DC on August 28th. We have recently learned that the event’s purpose and focus has changed completely from its original intension. The event is now a fund raiser for the Special Operations Warrior Foundation provides college educations to the surviving children of fallen special operations personnel. Funding is provided for tuition, books, fees, room and board and expenses. The Foundation also provides immediate financial assistance to the families of wounded special operations personnel to allow immediate travel to be bedside for their loved one’s recovery. I suggest we have a fund raising event here that day and send a nice size check to the fund instead of attending the event in DC. Please let us know if you would like to help coordinate the event in Savannah. If there are at least 50 people interested in taking a bus to DC for the event, we’ll make it happen, but we’ll need to know by July15th.
9/11 – rally in Washington. All I can say is put the date on your calendar and get ready to ride a bus to reclaim freedom for this great country and every citizen who loves her.
November 2 – is election night. Let’s get together and watch the results roll in! Details will be coming as the date draws near. Just have your best pjs ready to go and a big batch of your favorite snack to share!
Our website is being tweaked as we speak (thank you Mary Conley)! The site is www.13thColonyPatriots.com. The site isn’t live yet but should be rolling by 2/8. I’ll send out an email to everyone when it’s up. Please bookmark the site once it’s up and check there often. We’re going to be putting links and posting articles that we hope you’ll find useful and informative. You will also be able to get event details there.
We noted that the National Tea Party Convention has received some bad press recently and two speakers have backed out. We contacted the event coordinators ourselves and were told that they were denied approval by the Ethics Committee (who’s on that committee) to speak. No big deal. The media also reported that the coordinators of the event may make money for their efforts – when did that become a crime? Anyway, I’m excited to be going! I will post a video blog at least once each day so you can keep tabs on me!
We also announced that one of our patriots will be running for US House of Representatives in the 12th District. We wish Mike Horner the very best and hope that this encourages other patriots to come forward and consider running for office.
Finally, I have stepped down from being on the planning committee of the Savannah Tea Party. I feel my time and energies are best focused on continuing to develop the 13th Colony Patriots and the specific purpose for which we were formed. Of course, we will continue to support the Savannah Tea Party, and those within that group are more than welcome to join us on the frontlines of the war against tyranny. It is essential that we keep in mind that the grassroots movement of which we are part, consists of a variety of groups, including Patriot, Tea Party, and 9/12 and others. The more expressions of the movement that we see rise up across our country, the better, so we can continue to “look over the shoulder” of those we put into office.
Next meeting is scheduled for February 13th – place to be announced next week. The concentration will be on getting the word out about what we’re doing on 2/27 and sharing what Memphis had to offer.
My bags are packed and I’m ready to go! Up the revolution!
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March 25, 2010 5:35 PM | 
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