Lady Libertas reached out to the Leaders of the Austin area Tea Party groups to get their official statements on Joseph Stack and to confirm … once and for all (this means you moonbats) … that Joseph Stack is NOT A TEA PARTY MEMBER and his actions are condemned unequivocally by everyone involved in the Tea Party.

Lady Libertas would like to extend thoughts and prayers to the victims of the Joseph Stack attack. The suicide of this disturbed man and the death and pain that he has caused are heart wrenching. It is being reported that there was one additional death as a result of Joseph Stack flying his plane into the building to achieve his own suicide.

Lady Libertas was stunned and outraged by the coverage of the Joseph Stack attack in the liberal blogosphere and then the main stream media. Headlines began appearing claiming that Stack was a Tea Party member and that the violence that he wreaked was a hallmark of the Tea Party movement. Donald, on Right Pundits, quickly broke the story (see full story here) of the Fake Facebook account attributed to Stack and set up by the mysterious Emily Waters. Donald provides links to the screenshot of that facebook account and how it was set up by Emily Walters with the Gadsden Flag and the Liberty Tree quote by Thomas Jefferson (and seen below). This facebook account and the distortions by liberals are nothing more than smear campaigns seeking to deface the Tea Party movement and prove some imagined violent agenda. The violent agenda of the Tea Party movement does not exist except in the fevered imaginings of the far left and the liberal media.

Somehow, this deranged girl thinks that misrepresenting a dead man and the Tea Party is all about her free speech.  Facebook removed the fake Stack Facebook account she created and her account so she has had her boyfriend open another Fake Stack Facebook account and filled it with more lies.  We can expect her to be writing for Huffington Post by the weekend, I am sure.  People are dead and Emily Walters is getting her 15 minutes of infamy by smearing Tea Party.  How Very Progressive of Her.

By Thursday evening, the mainstream media began to report the liberal blogospheres rantings that Joseph Stack was a Tea Party member as truth. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Lady Libertas reached out to the leaders of the Tea Party groups in the Austin, Texas area to get their reaction and to ask if Joseph Stack was a member of any of their groups. Leaders from the various Tea Party groups in the Austin area and a 912 group all confirmed that Joseph Stack was not and has never been a member or affiliated with any of their organizations.

Lady Libertas spoke by phone with Greg Holloway, Member of the Board of Austin Tea Party Patriots and Co-Founder of Common Sense Texans. Greg’s wife, Judy Holloway is the Founder of Austin Tea Party Patriots. Greg and I had a heartfelt conversation about the Joseph Stack incident. I asked Greg what his reaction was when he heard that this man had flown a plane into a building in Austin.

“The biggest thing that we found today in Austin, no matter what political affiliation Joseph Stack had, is the human tragedy. We are sorry for him and the people hurt today. This is a personal and community tragedy. Our prayers go out to the victims and to the family of Joseph Stack.”

Greg confirmed unequivocally that Joseph Stack did not belong now or ever to Austin Tea Party Patriots.

“Joseph Stack is not on any lists and was not a member.”

We discussed his view of the Tea Party and why anyone would think Joseph Stack was a member.

“Why would he be a Tea Party member? It could have easily been said he was a member of any group. They are just ridiculously mistaken by saying he was a member of Tea Party. Tea Parties are designed to help people, to bring people back to the Constitutional Principles. We want to make the country a good place for all people, not just a select few. We use civil mechanisms, the rule of law, elections, legislation to achieve our goals. Violence has no place at all in what we do.

These are real people. There was a real tragedy. How these left wing blogs are behaving has nothing to do with what happened today.

I hope there are plenty of friends and family available for the victims and the Stack family. If there is anything that Austin Tea Party Patriots can do for them, we are here to assist.”

Lady Libertas also reached out to Head Organizer, Heather Liggett of Austin Tea Party. Heather provided me with the following statement:

“I can say with affirmation that Joseph Stack was not a member of the Austin Tea Party nor was he a member of The Tea Party Movement. Within Mr. Stack’s own writing, one can see clearly that are no shared values or principles with the Tea Party.

After reading Mr. Stack’s February 18, 2010 statement, it is evident he supported anarchy. The Tea Party movement does not advocate anarchy. The Tea Party movement believes in our founding principles so eloquently written in our Constitution.

Mr. Stack repeatedly showed disdain for free-market principles in his statement. The Tea Party movement knows that every American success is rooted in the freedom of our capitalist principles.

Mr. Stack did not believe in paying taxes. The Tea Party movement believes in taxes for the defense of Our Great Nation; however like the majority of Americans – be they Democrat, Republican or Independent – we all believe in reform of the current tax structure. We only differ on the type of reform that is best.

Mr. Stack saw churches as corrupt entities and called them “monsters of organized religion.” He spoke of being “brainwashed to believe that there is freedom” and declared “violence is the only answer.” The Tea Party movement believes in God, and we know the valuable contributions our churches make each day to our communities across this land.

Thousands of Tea Parties have been held nationwide, a million Tea Partiers marched in our nation’s capital, and not a single act of violence was ever committed by a Tea Party supporter.

There is a common thread that ties every Tea Party across this country to the Austin Tea Party, and that thread is our eternal optimism in America. Tea Partiers believe in the American Spirit, the American Dream and the freedom of the people to peacefully assemble and use the powers granted in the Constitution to restore our nation. Mr. Stack was void of optimism. It is ironic that some members of the media are void of integrity and would try to make an association where one does not exist, as spelled out by Mr. Stack himself.”

Lady Libertas touched base with Toby Marie Walker, the Head of Waco Tea Party. Toby Marie also confirmed that Joseph Stack was not listed on their membership list and condemned the violent attack and sent an official statement over for me to use.

From Toby Marie Walker, President: “The Waco Tea Party does not condone or advocate acts of violence, the person who committed this violent act was not a member of the Waco Tea Party nor have we had any contact with him.  Our thoughts and prayers are with the the victims and their families.  We would like to thank the first responders and others in law enforcement for their service and dedication to the community.

“The Waco Tea Party promotes fiscal responsibility, free markets and Constitutionally limited government.  We are not an anti-government or anti-tax group, we are an advocate of our taxes being spent wisely and levied reasonably.  Suggesting that the tea party movement is somehow connected to the incident is ludicrous, the perpetrator’s own statements in his manifesto suggest he had far different beliefs than those in the Tea Party Movement.”

“Those responsible for trying to drag the tea parties into this tragedy must be desperate.  “Never let a good tragedy go to waste” is their mantra, and that is obvious here.  At a time when decent Americans are shocked and praying for those affected, they were gleeful in creating misinformation to pin on a principled movement (in reference to Emily Walker who created the facebook account).  She should be ashamed of herself.”

Lady Libertas, with the assistance of SarahInTx (awesome #Twister in Austin!), reached out to one of the 912 groups in the Austin area.  Sarah is an active member of the Caldwell County 912 Project and she contacted  the leadership on my behalf regarding the Joseph Stack attack.  Sarah forwarded me the statement that came back to refute all liberal misrepresentations that Joseph Stack embodied Tea Party principles or behaved in a way that is endorsed by Tea Parties.  This is the statement that I received from Sarah that came to her fromTracy Forester of the Caldwell County 912 Project:

“Joseph Stack was not a member of the Caldwell County 912 Project. To the best of our knowledge, he was not a member of any 912 or Tea Party group. His actions were deplorable and are contrary to everything that the 912 Project and the Tea Party movement stand for. There is no justification for violence, no matter the grievance. The following question must be answered by each member before they join as a member on our meetup site: “Do you agree to be a peaceful and open minded member of this group?”

You will also find our mission statement [on the site}. Our goals are education, information and involvement.

Lady Libertas has yet to find an authentic Tea Party Group or Tea Party Member that endorses or agrees with the horrific actions of Joseph Stack.  We all knew that.

A few, final thoughts.

Thank you to Greg and Heather, Marie, Sarah and Tracy.  I reached out and you responded immediately. You are all True Patriots and I salute the work that you are doing on behalf of our Republic.

Lady Libertas has been involved with the Tea Party Movement for almost a year. I have met some of the most amazing human beings through participation in the Tea Party. It is an amazing group of individuals from every imaginable walk of life, socio-economic level, and political party affiliation. We are white, black, brown, yellow, and red, white & blue. We have joined together not because we are all exactly the same in our beliefs but because we all love our country and we believe that it is in trouble. Tea Party is unique in its uniqueness. Each group is different but there has never been violence condoned or performed in the name of Tea Party. Only the terminally misinformed would mistake our passion for aggression.

One person’s insane actions, no matter what they believe does not define a movement. And that goes for Amy Bishop too.

The next few days will be immensely difficult for everyone involved as they attempt to recover from this unexplainable tragedy. Let’s hope that the left can leave off their political machinations, smear campaigns and fake facebook accounts to allow the victims, families and people of Austin time to wake up from this nightmare and begin to heal.

Lady Libertas Salutes:

Greg Holloway~Member of the Board of Austin Tea Party Patriots

Heather Littenger~Head Organizer of Austin Tea Party

Toby Marie Walker~Chief of Chaos & President of Waco Tea Party

SarahInTx - #Twister & Patriot - Please say HI to her on Twitter!

Tracy Forester - Caldwell County 912 Project

Donald from Right Pundits has also provided an update and a release of a statement by Emily Walters on his blog post:  Who is Emily Walters?.

Bungalow Bill is also on the unfolding Emily Walters is a Lying Liberal by updating his blog with new screenshots:  Who is Emily Walters & why is she trying to reinvent Joseph Andrew Stack on Facebook?

The major  mistake that Liberals and Democrats have made about the Tea Party Movement is that Conservatives are all Republicans and avid George W. Bush supporters.  The truth is that the Tea Party Movement is comprised of individuals from all over the political spectrum and, although the majority are Conservatives, many are libertarians, independents and recovering liberals.  Tea Party participants are united in the belief that the government,  which includes Democrats AND Republicans, has not been working for the People.  Our elected officials have become bloated on power and corruption and are out of touch with the common People.

We believe that Washington has been broken for a long time and it needs to be fixed.  Conservatives, in particular, have been silent for far too long and we are done being silent.

Republicans have not represented Conservatives since the Reagan years and it has been that long at least that Liberals have confused Conservatives with Republicans.  Let’s clear that bit of misinformation up right now – A Lady Libertas Reality Check if you will…why should the White House have all the fun with Reality Checks!?

What is the definition of Conservatism?

• a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes (Princeton)
• Conservatism is a political and social term from the Latin verb conservare meaning to save or preserve. As the name suggests it usually indicates support for tradition and traditional values (wikipedia)
• A political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement with respect to religious, cultural, or nationally defined beliefs and customs (wiktionary)
• A political ideology that embraces individual opportunity, public order, and traditional values. Over the past few decades, more Americans have self-identified as conservative than as liberal, with moderates sometimes surpassing conservatives in number. (source)

Ronald Reagan described a core Conservative belief in his first Inaugural address:

Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. From time to time we’ve been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people. Well, if no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else?

Recognition of the responsibility of the individual and the call for the least amount of government intervention is fundamental to Conservatives.  As Barry Goldwater said:

“Every man, for his individual good and for the good of his society, is responsible for his own development. The choices that govern his life are choices he must make: they cannot be made by any other human being, or by a collectivity of human beings.”

Through our system of checks and balances and by spreading out power over the three branches, the Fed may be checked (in most cases) from running rampant.  As well, Conservatives hold the Tenth Amendment to be a cornerstone when analyzing the reach of the Federal government and how much it may interfere in our daily lives; “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”

The belief in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights as the defining documents for governance of the United States is also very important to Conservatives.  We do not take loose interpretation lightly.  Those words are the foundation of the United States of America and carry as much weight today and are as efficacious today as they were when written.  The Constitution should prevent an abuse of power or the encroachment of Socialism and Communism – the enemies within.  In these current times, under the leadership of Obama, we will find out the fortitude of our Constitution and I have faith that it will hold strong.

Another defining principle of Conservatism is the belief that Freedom is more important and different than Equality.  The Right will always prefer freedom over equality and the Left will prefer equality over freedom.  Conservatives do not hold to a perfect, or in many cases with the Left, a manufactured equality as we believe in Exceptionalism.  Because Conservatives prize Individualism, the fact that some individuals are endowed with greater skills, intelligence or abilities and that those individuals will benefit all of us as a whole is Exceptionalism and reality.  Conservatives deplore the Liberal tendency to drag everyone down to the lowest common denominator rather than allowing exceptionalism to be an inspiration of achievement.  As John Stuart Mill stated: “Genius can only breathe in an atmosphere of freedom.”

While most Conservatives are Hawks, it is a hawkishness born from the stance that the United States of America is not going to be threatened or bullied by any other country.  If we are attacked, we will attack back and finish the fight; however, Conservatives stand for less foreign entanglement.  We do not care if we are popular in the world – we want to protect and support our interests and allies.  For that reason, many Conservatives disagreed with the war in Iraq.  Lady Libertas disagrees with the war for several reasons, the primary being that war is not politically correct.  If we go to war, then we need to do just that and not fight a war based upon attempts to win an internation popularity contest.  If American boots are on the ground, then we are there to win and get out, not play peacekeepers or engineers to rebuild Iraq.  Lady Libertas’ solution to Afghanistan?  Nuke the poppy fields, remove the financial backbone of the Taliban and walk away.  Conservatives are frequently accused of being warmongers but the fact is, we simply believe in waging war properly and getting out and not to spread Global Democracy .  Bush broke all of those rules and Obama has not only followed in his footsteps but has increased our engagement in Afghanistan which is now resulting in the four deadliest months in eight years.

Bush spat in the face of Conservative beliefs of balanced budgets and fiscal prudence and Obama has not only continued to fly that flag but he has hoisted about a trillion of his own little flags.  Conservatives support commerce, trade and business, in particular small business which provides 70% of new job growth in the United States every year.  We all know about Haliburton and their no-bid government contracts but Liberals wave this flag as if it is a tenet of Conservative politics.  It is a tenet of “politics as usual” PERIOD.  Every politician in Washington DC seems to adhere to this tenet – Democrat and Republicans alike.  Under this same “politics as usual” tenet, we have also watched the reveal on tax evasion by high-ranking Democrats and members of Obama’s administration.  And Lady Libertas is here to say, NONE OF IT IS OK.

Bush increased the agriculture subsidies, destroying our farms and setting us up for corporate welfare programs while setting the stage for more costly corporate welfare in the form of TARP and bailouts.  Conservatives say – let them fail and we do not want our tax money paying for bonuses, retirement programs, unions and all other manner of nonsense.  We are all struggling to support our families, save money for retirement and succeed – paying for the bailout of companies that deserve to go bankrupt does not help anyone except to set up dangerous precedents of crony capitalism.  As well, the idea of our government owning portions of any private businesses is anathema to Conservatives -  More dangerous precedents that lead to increased deficits and rampant government expansion.

And the Patriot Act?  Well, you could hear Conservative heads exploding throughout the country.  For those of us who want less government involvement, inviting them into our homes via wiretaps was a bit much.  Now before the Libs jump on the Bash Bush Bus again, let me remind you that Obama has continued the Patriot Act.  It has been a long and cold wait at the Hope and Change Bus Stop.

Under the Tea Party Movement, the Conservative movement has coalesced and charged forward.  We have had it. Notice to the Liberals – keep the Bush blaming to yourselves, because many of us blame him as well.  And now that we have found our voices, we are not going to be silent anymore.  Rush Limbaugh has the top radio show in the country and Glenn Beck has the #3 show.  Fox News eviscerates the other cable news outlets.  We marched on Washington DC by the hundreds of thousands.  And we are not just putting Liberals on notice, we are putting ALL POLITICIANS OF BOTH PARTIES ON NOTICE – 2010 IS COMING & WE WANT OUR COUNTRY BACK!

Lady Libertas is a Conservative.  Not a Republican.  And you may consider this your Conservative Reality Check.

Guest Blog Post by: Lady Libertas aka Kimberly

I have never attended a MoveOn.org meeting or received their literature – I have had enough conversations with their followers to know that it is not the place for me.

This week, however, I received a call out from the South Florida Tea Party to attend a MoveOn.org meeting at a local library here in Delray Beach, Florida about healthcare reform, so I packed my camera and notebook and headed out today to see for myself what was happening on the other side of the issue.  Pure lunacy would be harsh but it was, in fact - pure lunacy.

I was one of about 12 TEA Partiers that came to the meeting.  There were approximately 60 people total at the meeting – most of them Senior Citizens.  No signs were allowed in the library from either side.  I was asked to sign in and sign their petition – I did but declined the petition.

They identified me as a TEA Partier immediately (not sure what gave me away – the T-shirt or the Fair Tax hat), but while I was waiting one lady commented that she hoped things would be calm.  *eye roll*

A woman asked me why I wouldn’t sign the petition and I explained that I had experienced Socialism & Socialized Medicine after living in the UK and that I also work in healthcare.   She said – oh, we should have asked you to speak and I sweetly offered to come to any of their meetings and speak.

Another lady said she was from Holland and had “survived socialized medicine” and I replied that she was lucky and I exclaimed that I was worried about the quality of survival here.  I also asked them for a list of their speakers and was told that the list was not available for public distribution.  OOOK.  Big smiles – I thanked them and moved to take my seat.  I was first TP there but I was soon joined by fellow Patriots and we all sat together in the back.

Before the speakers began, we were approached by one of the organizers who asked us to please be nice and not make any threats.  V and I both assured her that we are Americans who like other Americans and we would not be threatening anyone.  Good Grief!  *eye roll*

And then the speaker began…  The introduction set up their mantra: “MEDICARE FOR ALL” and took a couple of shots at Sen Bill Nelson (D) who has voted against healthcare reform.  They have accused him via their only handout of taking $3.2 million from big insurance and health interests in his race for federal office.  Their source for this info is a website called opensecrets.org.

I took copious notes and I would like to share some of my WTF moments of the day.

The first speaker was billed as a local small business owner – what she did not say was she was the one that was from Holland – so they opened with a Socialist.  She did discuss healthcare savings accounts but she lost me when she complained that there are “no laws requiring everyone to have healthcare” and that the government should not only make such laws but  should also be providing the healthcare as well, and that no one should have to contribute more than the first $3000 of healthcare.  Confusing but understandable as she was a Socialist; I was feeling a bit better that I was still copiong at this point.

The second speaker was a Nutter!  She was introduced as a Mental Health Practitioner and yup – that explained it.  Not just politically kooky, but she was so enamored with herself and her stories – she led us down a winding road about how she helped two poor girls years ago through the Jewish Family Service and one found her on Facebook and could we imagine helping everyone with healthcare, “even people with tattoos of skulls and crossbones and don’t tread on me”.  She closed with this nugget: “Everyone should be blessed with Medicare.”  So – I am still breathing steadily – we Patriots were whispering a bit here and there amongst ourselves but I was still feeling okay.  Unfortunately, things went a bit downhill from here.

The third speaker was a local Professor of Bilingual Studies.  Her lines were pretty standard Socialist-borderline-Communist-Kumbaya – the USA sucks and we all need-big-government-to-take-care-of-us nonsense.  Then she began quoting studies about life expectancies and how we were all in danger, as she shrilly announced that the “USA ranks 45th in the world in life expectancy, below even Jordan” and that our quality of medical care is only going to improve through government intervention.

Her final nugget of Communist wisdom:  “Yes! We DO want government bureaucrats making our healthcare decisions!”.  OK – our Patriot whispers were getting a bit more fierce and a few snickers snuck out – just a few, but I guess we had to make allowances for her condition – Marxist and all. (Will that be covered)?

The fourth speaker took the cake.  I had a brief fantacy of hijacking the microphone and making an impassioned speech until the police carted me off in handcuffs.  But that would be bad. 

So – the fourth speaker was a Haitian who was very difficult to understand but clearly stated that he had been brought in by the SEIU from New Jersey.  “THAT’s ACORN – the SEIUS IS ACORN” burst from my lips.  I couldn’t help it.  SEIU/ACORN man kept going.  He regaled us with a tale of a house he went to that had a lady who had been stricken with a pain in her stomach for five years.  This lady was a Haitian immigrant as well, who had no access to healthcare here in the United States.  So he suggested that she go to Cuba.  But she could not go to Cuba.  So he suggested she go to Canada.  But she could not go to Canada.  So he suggested she go to Haiti.  She said she would go to Haiti but she was afraid that during the operation the hospital would lose power and she would die. 

So here was this woman, very ill, with a pain in her stomach, unable to get healthcare.  He paused – for sympathetic effect (although due to his accent, I doubt 80% of the audience couldn’t even understand him),  and said that he believes in union health insurance and that even 80/20 coverage would not help anyone. 

Direct quote: “ The American workforce is sick & have no access to healthcare”.  Jaw dropping.  Really.  This is ACORN folks – they are frigging scary.

Speaker #5 was a local Dermatologist.  He was calm and reasonable – said that we have the best quality healthcare in the world but the problem is accessibility and his answer is….MEDICARE FOR ALL!  Why?  Because Medicare runs on a 3% overhead versus a 30% overhead like  private insurance companies, so it will save us tons of money in the end.  He even acknowledged that MassCare in the great liberal state of Massachusetts was a “complete failure” and said that Medicare will save us all.  My palms were itching a bit at this point to smack someone.  No threats – just a nice resounding SMACK.

Speaker #6 trots out and here it comes – the Politician!  Mark Alan Siegel – Chairman of the Palm Beach County Democratic Party!  WOOHOO!  Gladhands all around!  He announces that he is going to reveal to us the objectives of our President and the Democratic Party!  And here they are:  they want to get us as close to UNIVERSAL healthcare as they can!  They will bring down the cost of caring for the people of this country!  We all know private insurance is just an “ineffective bureaucracy” that requires us to do nothing but fill out pages and pages of paper! (IRS or private insurance I wondered) Then he babbled about the “spiritual component” of the medical profession and how committed they are to taking care of ALL OF US!  They will incorporate best practices and cost savings and give us EVERYTHING!  And no one believed that they could legislate tolerance but they DID!  And NOW they are going to legislate a “CULTURE CHANGE and adjust the culture in this country”!  They are committed to “reducing the cost for caring for each and every individual in this country”! AND…AND…if we do not do this……”there will be bankruptcy of the state and federal government.”

By this point, we were getting a few dirty looks as the whispers and snickers got a bit louder and Miss B burst out with a few IDIOT comments.  But we were trying – really really trying.  I could not believe that these are the lines that 50% of our country actually buys!

The next speaker jumped up and read a prepared statement from Congressman Alcee Hastings – it sounded like blah blah blah blah because I was still reeling a bit.  This gentleman had also given everyone a handout earlier “compliments of Congressman Hastings” that was about free and low-cost info from….Pueblo, Colorado.  EH?  no idea.  His t-shirt said he was outraged but apparently, he was confused as well.

Now this next speaker was my personal favorite.  He got so nutty that the organizers started looking uncomfortable and even approached him to try and get him to stop talking.  He was introduced as a physician and Neurologist.  The doctor opened by saying that drug research and medical imaging are not curing anything.  He then went on to explain that even with all of our supposed advances in healthcare, a stroke patient who has a bleed in their brain is still treated the same as in the 70’s and that the expensive surgery that is done today is pointless.  He said that there should not be any scientific experimentation because his medical opinion is that it will not go anywhere – it is all just useless and high cost.  AND THEN IT HIT ME – OMG – they brought this whacko in to prep these poor old people to not expect life-saving healthcare – OMG OMG.  I almost jumped out of the seat again.  He apparently had a real…issue with Medical Imaging and denounced that one of our cities had more MRI machines than some countries.  We should be ashamed – and what happens to old MRI equipment he asks???  NOTHING.  We need to create jobs to fix it and send it to poor countries that do not have them.  SEE!  he says that would be job creation – fix old broken MRI machines and send them to other countries.  This got him warmed up to his real agenda: “We need to create an ARMY!” he said. “an army of healthcare providers who will go out and provide healthcare to the WHOLE WORLD!  WE must fund this army and send them out to give good healthcare to everyone in the world! and bring our old MRI machines!”  this was when the organizer began approaching him to swipe the microphone.

We then were regaled with a letter from Congressman Wexler – who, by the way, does not even live in his district here.  He lives in Maryland.  Congressman Wexler who had the police meet constituents at his office a few weeks ago when they called and asked if they could come and air some of their concerns.  Not TEA Party folks either – this was a church group.  They were met at the door by a police officer and told them that they were not welcome there.  AT THEIR CONGRESSMAN’s office.  yup.

At this point, I had it.  I had to get out or get loud.  I was going to be rude and that would not do anything other than confirm to them that we are indeed unruly and extreme…which I am but I have manners!  plus, this was their party so they were not under obligation to give us any time.  And they were starting to say that they were out of time so I knew that I would not have an opportunity for a comment.

We all met in the parking lot.  Our little TEA Party group and we had a blast chatting and exclaiming.  We ranged in age from late 20’s to 90’s (actually toddlers if you count the munchkins) – there were 12 of us total I think.  And we exchanged info and laughed and I thought…this is IT.  This was what it is about.  Laughing and exchanging information and not sitting and having some lunatics hand out brainwashed ideas.  A gentleman came up and started talking and then went and got his Mom – said she had to meet all of us.  She was from Israel and had been saying from day one that Obama was a Muslim and he thought she was just talking but now he has grave concerns and maybe Mom wasn’t so far off.  They want to come to a TEA party now!

The moment of the day for me?  The elderly lady (I guesstimate late 80’s to 90’s) said to me – They are going to put us in the concentration camps again.  I was horrified and I said No – they won’t.  She said – They will – what can you do?  and I said – I will fight to the death and I will not let them put you or anyone else in a concentration camp.

No drama, people.  I mean it.  THEY CANNOT HAVE OUR COUNTRY.

South Florida Tea Party Patriots!